According to common sense, there was a great drought in Hedong, and the Taishou of Hedong should have reported it to the Son of Heaven as soon as possible, but Liu Rong had never heard anyone talk about it in the court.

Quietly asked Tang Sheng on the side: "Have you ever heard of the drought in Hedong?"

Tang Sheng was also confused when he heard this, "The minister has never heard of it."

Hearing this, Liu Rong frowned, turned his head to look at the old man in front of him, smiled and bowed, and said, "Thank you for the elder's teaching."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left with Tang Sheng.

Listening to the old man's words, Liu Rong naturally couldn't believe it completely, and met a few people on the road, and after several inquiries, he learned that what the old man said was not bad at all. Although the corn is drought tolerant, there was not a single heavy rain in the months before it matured, so that this year's corn harvest in Hedong failed.

In this way, Liu Rong and Tang Sheng returned to the Beiping Marquis Mansion together, sitting alone in the room, Liu Rong thought about it, and felt that there must be something wrong with this matter.

In the early days of the Han family, the Son of Heaven was particularly concerned about the livelihood of the people in the world, and according to the past practice, no matter which county was affected, the county Taishou should report to the court as soon as possible, so that the Son of Heaven would know.

And this Hedong has been in drought for several months, and it is already winter, but the whole of Hedong County has not reacted in the slightest.

Not only did Hedong Taishou Shen Tugong not play the Son of Heaven, but Zhou Yangyou, the governor of Hedong who was good at dictatorship and trouble, also had no reaction.

The Han family has always attached great importance to the candidates of the Taishou, and whenever there is a Taishou dismissal, the emperor generally summons him in person and gives condolences.

And the power of the Taishou is very large, the appointment and dismissal of the county magistrate and the county magistrate are recommended by him, and the subordinate officials of the county government are appointed and dismissed by the Taishou himself from the people of the county, and he has the tiger charm and the bamboo talisman to control the garrison of the county.

It was also because of the excessive power of Taishou that when Liu Yu arrived, he came up with a way to assassinate the history and take charge of supervision.

The world is divided into thirteen states, and each state capital sends an assassin to patrol the counties and picket lawlessness with six edicts.

The history of the Western Han Dynasty is very different from that of later generations, although he is in charge of supervision, he is only an official with a rank of 600 stones......

In Liu Rong's view, this policy is also inappropriate, the assassin Shi is only an official of 600 stones, and he has a complete supervision of several counties, and the officials who supervise the history of the assassination can only picket officials whose rank is more than 600 stones, and it is not allowed to assassinate officials who are lower levels.

Over time, how could this petty official, who had such a great deal of power in his hands, not meddle in the local affairs of the county.

However, at this time, if the things up and down Hedong County were too guarded to say anything, the county orders under it would definitely not dare to speak out and submit them to the imperial court......

"It seems that my father must have known that something had happened in Hedong to make me here," Liu Rong said secretly.

By the time all the mourners returned, it was already dusk, and Liu Rong originally wanted to ask Zhang Feng, but when he saw Zhang Feng's tired face, he didn't say anything more, so he had to go straight back to his room............

The next day, the sky was bright, but without waiting for Liu Rong to look for Zhang Feng again, Zhang Feng ordered someone to invite Liu Rong to the lobby of the mansion.

As soon as Liu Rong arrived, he saw that Jia Yishen Gong and others were kneeling in the banquet, and several slaves and maids put some wine and meat on the table in the hall.

It seems that as long as Liu Rong arrives, he can have a feast and drink.

Seeing Liu Rong arrive, everyone present naturally got up and bowed, and Zhang Feng even saluted before Liu Rong approached and said, "Please also invite the angel to take a seat!" ”。

Liu Rong replied, "How can the Marquis of Beiping do this, that day I was ordered to live in the main hall of the mansion, and it also made me feel ashamed, but today's banquet in the mansion, how can I still be seated."

Hearing this, Zhang Feng didn't say much, so he stepped forward to grab Liu Rong and let Liu Rong sit on top of him.

At this time, Liu Rong was sure that his identity must have been known by Zhang Feng, and when he glanced at everyone present, he felt that only the teacher Jia Yi had leaked the possibility of this matter.

Seeing Liu Rong staring at himself, Jia Yi was also a little aggrieved, obviously he guessed it, but it wasn't what I said............

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And Zhang Fengdang even raised the wine in his hand and said: "Some time ago, because of the great funeral of my father, the hospitality was not good, I hope you don't blame him", and after speaking, he drank all the wine in the cup.

Seeing this, everyone also raised their wine glasses and drank them together, and only the twilight who was not good at drinking reluctantly took a sip and put the wine glass on the bookcase in front of him.

In this way, after a good drink, Liu Rong opened his mouth and asked Zhang Fengdao: "Today I went outside the mansion and listened to the people above the market, a few months ago, there was a great drought in Hedong, can the Marquis of Beiping know about it?" ”。

Seeing that Liu Rong was asking about business, Zhang Feng turned his head and said: "The subordinate lives in Hedong all the year round, how can he not know, and because of this, it is difficult to collect the endowment of food this year."

Hearing this, Liu Rong smiled: "I have heard that because of this drought, Wenhou, the father of the Marquis of Beiping, took out the food stored at home to help the people affected by the disaster, and Wenhou really deserves to be the virtuous marquis of my Han family."

Since he knew that this angel was Liu Rong, the eldest son of His Majesty's emperor, Zhang Feng thought about how he could climb Liu Rong's high branches, so that he could give himself the title of Marquis of Beiping and an insurance.

The Han family has been established for decades, which column can guarantee that there will not be a child of dogs and horses all day long, and to this day, the column candidates who have been abolished because of the unfilial piety of their children and grandchildren are not one or two.

Most of them have been completely forgotten, and only the great marquis like the Marquis and the Marquis Liu, after being deposed, the Son of Heaven will also be grateful for his great achievements and reinstate his position as a marquis.

However, if the 1,500 small marquis of Beiping Marquis is abolished, there is no possibility of wealth and nobility.

Solid this, this time I saw Jia Yi, who had been named the Marquis of Dangyang and was in a high position in Jiuqing, to come to mourn in person, and Zhang Feng was overjoyed in his heart. In this way, there are people in the DPRK and China who will take care of it......

originally thought that his father was Jia Yi's teacher, and Jia Yi was Liu Rong's teacher, and Jia Yi was used to pull in the relationship between the two.

In this way, he will become Liu Rong's elder, and after thinking about it, forget it.

As soon as he heard that Liu Rong mentioned his father's distribution of food and civilians, Zhang Fengdang even said: "Thank you for the fallacy of the angels, when my father was favored by Emperor Menggao and Emperor Xiaowen, he was able to pay homage to the marquis." Now there is a name given by the angel of the Son's destiny today, and the spirit of the father in heaven will also be grateful for the kindness of the Son of Heaven.

Solidly, taking out corn to help the people is naturally the duty of the subordinates! ”。

I just said that Zhang Cang gave food to help the people, and Zhang Feng, the successor of the Marquis of Beiping, actually patted the sycophants of the Son of Heaven, and once he slapped the three sons of the Han family.

Liu Rong couldn't help but sigh: This rainbow fart is ............

"The Marquis of Beiping is really a noble person, after returning to Chang'an, I will definitely explain the merits of the Marquis of Beiping to the Son of Heaven!".

After speaking, Liu Rong asked again: "Dongyuan County is so close to the big river, why don't you bring the water of the big river to irrigate it."

Zhang Fengfeng smiled, "Angels don't know, although the big river is not far from Dongyuan County, but the terrain of Dongyuan is very high, and drinking water and irrigation are only a few villages not far from the big river that can lead to the water of the big river."

To irrigate the rest of the fields, it is necessary to use a lot of manpower and build large canals."

PS: The name of the Yellow River in the Han Dynasty was Dahe.

Hearing this, Liu Rong nodded, it was indeed too simple for himself to think, the productivity in ancient times was extremely low, and repairing a large canal was not something that could be repaired.

At the time of the Warring States Period, after King Qin Zhaoxiang captured Shu, in order to make Shu become the granary of Qin, he ordered Shu County to guard Li Bing, which lasted for many years before Dujiangyan was finally completed.

And by the time of Qin Shi Huang, King Han Huan, in a desperate situation, adopted a very clumsy strategy of so-called "tired Qin". Zheng Guo, a well-known water conservancy expert, was sent to Qin to persuade the king of Qin to dig a large irrigation channel between Jingshui and Luoshui.

However, on the surface, this matter can be used to develop the agriculture of the Qin State, but the real purpose of King Han Huan is to exhaust the strength of the Qin State.

Even the Qin State, which is already a superpower among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, has to devote the power of the country to build the Zhengguo Canal, but the difficulty of opening a canal to drink water in the east of the river can be imagined.

By the end of the banquet, it was dusk, and the drunken Zhang Feng was helped back to his room by the servants of his family.

Liu Rong summoned Jia Yi to his room, and after closing the door, Liu Rong said: "Teacher, I have found a clue here today!" ”。

Jia Yi smiled and asked, "Why is this?" ”。

"Hedong Dahan, according to the usual practice, his Taishou Shen Tugong should have reported to his father that he had learned that it was now in the middle of winter, but he still did not see him ask for the help of heaven.

And there are two official warehouses in Hedong County, the root warehouse and the wet warehouse, and there are millions of stone of grain in storage, even if you don't report to the Son of Heaven, can't you open a warehouse for disaster relief? ”。

Due to the opening of warehouses to help the victims, the grain stock has decreased, even if Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, knows about it, not only will he not blame him, but he will also issue an edict to reward him!

"What His Highness said is true, this is absolutely unreasonable."

Liu Rong nodded, and then said: "Dongyuan County has the help of the Marquis of Beiping, and the people should be able to barely survive."

In this way, the rest of the counties in Hedong still did not know what the situation was, and when I came, my father said that he wanted me to go into the people to visit him. Why don't I wait until the counties east of the river to find out the people's situation."

Seeing that Liu Rongneng cared about the people of Hedong, Jia Yi was naturally happy, and after some contemplation, he said: "Since His Royal Highness has decided to do so, the ministers will naturally follow it."

"It's just that Shen Gong and the three of them are all over sixty years old, and they can't stand the fatigue of traveling all day, what if I wait?"

After Liu Rong paced in the room for a while, he opened the door and summoned the attendants outside the door and ordered him to summon Tang Sheng.

As soon as he saw Tang Sheng, Liu Rong said: "I am determined to visit the rest of the counties in Hedong, and the three old men who came with me should not suffer from this hard work, Tang Qing sent someone to send them back to Chang'an?" ”。

As soon as he heard Liu Rong finish speaking, Tang Sheng frowned, hugged his fists and saluted: "Your Highness, Your Majesty sent you here just to mourn Wenhou, at this time Wenhou has been buried, and the minister should escort His Highness back to Chang'an." How can you divide the troops and send others back to Chang'an first..................".

"What His Highness says, you don't want to listen to?"

Seeing that Liu Rong was annoyed, Tang Sheng immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Highness, this is not a minister who does not want to do it, but before leaving, Your Majesty said that coming to Hedong must not cause His Highness the slightest damage!" If the troops are divided, the ministers are only afraid that the guards will not be well guarded, and His Highness will be damaged."

Looking at Tang Sheng with a sincere face, Liu Rong was both angry and funny, so he had to reach out and take out something from his arms and light it up in front of Tang Sheng's eyes, "This is a talisman given by the Son of Heaven himself, seeing it is like seeing the Son of Heaven, does General Tang want to resist the decree?" ”。

Tang Sheng held back for a long time, and only said one sentence: "Minister...... Yes".