At the beginning of June, there was a severe drought in Youzhou.

In the imperial study room in the palace, Emperor Jingxi was discussing this matter with the minister.

Emperor Jingxi sat on the dragon chair, looked at the twelve people below, and asked, "Do you Aiqing have a way to resolve the drought?" ”

The people below have different thoughts, waiting for each other to speak first.

Emperor Jingxi was displeased, looked at the prince and said, "Prince, come on." ”

The prince had no choice in his heart, although he had convened his staff to discuss the matter before, but he did not come up with a good solution, so he stiffened his head and responded: "Erchen, I think that it is necessary to mobilize grain and grass from the nearby state capital for disaster relief to prevent the occurrence of riots." ”

Emperor Jingxi thought that this method might also work, the state capital had no food, and officials could ask local merchants to donate money and grain.

The second prince bowed his hand and said: "Father, the son thinks that this matter is not feasible, the son has traveled for many years and found that the state capitals have no grain at all, if the merchants are moved, it is likely to cause panic, and what happened during the Five Kingdoms War." ”

The crown prince looked at the second prince and was very unhappy, since he found out that the two emperor brothers were not the real idle kings, their relationship had changed, they were harmonious on the surface, but they were fighting fiercely in secret.

In this year, both sides also lost a lot, in general, he was still very jealous of the second emperor brother, after all, he and the fourth emperor brother and the fifth emperor brother teamed up to win the battle, and let him blend into the court and form a four-corner confrontation with them.

Retracting his gaze, the crown prince looked at Emperor Jingxi and found that his face had changed from the original joy to deep thought and displeasure, and said respectfully: "Father, the son thinks that what the second emperor brother said is untrue, the country is in trouble, although the businessman is profitable, he will also help the country through the crisis, and this is a natural disaster, not a big war." ”

Emperor Jingxi squinted his eyes at the prince, and after a while, he said loudly: "The prince went to Suzhou to collect donations from merchants for Qincha, and at the beginning of July, 100,000 catties of grain were transported to Youzhou and handed over to King Yongcheng. ”

When the prince heard this, he was stunned, and he was very reluctant to accept this task, but now there was no way to push it off, and he turned his head slightly to look at Prime Minister Sun Cheng who was standing on the side, hoping that he could help him.

However, Prime Minister Sun Cheng noticed the prince's gaze, as if he didn't see it, since the princess miscarried, the relationship between the Sun family and him has become rusty, and later the prince planned to abolish the princess and set up another matter, which made him feel cold, and he treated the Sun family like this before he became the emperor, and the Ronghua Road of the Sun family was likely to be gone.

The crown prince could not get the help of Prime Minister Sun, so he could only deal with the matter first, thinking about going back and discussing it with his staff.

When the three princes saw that the prince had received this thankless errand, they all hoped that he would do it well, and they also thought about whether to do something.

Seeing this, Emperor Jingxi let the ministers leave, and when everyone left, he said in the air: "Come out." ”

Yiyingwei appeared and saluted Emperor Jingxi at the top: "My subordinates pay homage to the master." ”

Emperor Jing Xi asked, "How are things going?" ”

Ying Wei hesitated, but he didn't dare to hide it, and reported: "Back to the master, the king of Xuanli County was robbed. ”

Emperor Jingxi said unhappily: "Didn't you tell you to catch people and send them directly to the palace?" Why did you miss it? ”

Shadow Guard said: "Our people sent the king of the county to Kyoto City, but they were robbed on the way, and the person who robbed the king of the county, we suspect that they are from the four countries. ”

Emperor Jingxi got up, walked up to the shadow guard, and asked, "What is the basis?" ”

"Some of them speak Gentile languages and have totems on them. ”

Those who like to tattoo totems on their bodies, among the five kingdoms, there are only Hu and Xifan.

Emperor Jingxi walked back and forth, what is there in the Zhong family, let the people of the four countries be involved, if it is wealth, now he doesn't believe it, he looked at the shadow guard and said: "I will give you another chance, if you do it again, you will come and see you." ”

"Yes, please ask the emperor to command."

Emperor Jingxi said: "Go to the ancient city and check the Zhong family to the bottom of the sky." ”

"Yes."

Emperor Jingxi waved his hand, and the shadow guard dodged away.

Emperor Jing Xi looked at the sunny sky outside, and smiled at the corners of his lips, but thinking of the news that the shadow guard gave him, Emperor Jing Xi's face stiffened with a smile.

Zhong Xuanlan, you really deserve to be the head of the Zhong family, but it's a pity that you were born in a merchant, otherwise, you would probably sit in this supreme position like his great-grandmother.

Zhong Xuanlan, no matter how capable you are, the Zhong family will not be able to get rid of the palm of my hand, I know that you are busy transferring everything from the Zhong family, but I will let you hand it over little by little, and the Zhong family will only belong to the royal family!

The person who wants to be investigated is discussing with others in the study at this time.

Dong Solstice said: "Big boss, my subordinates have found that some people are looking for something near the mountain recently. ”

Zhong Xuanlan closed his eyes, pinched his eyebrows, opened his eyes again, looked at the winter solstice and ordered: "Let our people guard carefully, if someone breaks in, kill." ”

Winter Solstice commanded: "Yes." ”

Zhong Xuanlan picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and put down the teacup before saying, "Is there any news from Xuanli?" ”

The winter solstice shook his head at Zhong Xuanlan.

Zhong Xuanlan was disappointed, after so many days, where was Xuanli taken, it turned out that she suspected the one in the palace, but now it doesn't seem to be, who could it be, what do you want to do.

"Get Xuanwei involved."

Winter Solstice commanded: "Yes." ”

At this time, Chun Zhi walked in and said, "The head of the house, the head of the house, they are here on the summer solstice." ”

Zhong Xuanlan squinted at the spring solstice, which made the spring solstice panic, and looked at the winter solstice helplessly for a while.

Dong Zhi quietly made a knock on the door, and Chun Zhi looked at Zhong Xuanlan with annoyance, she was not worried about the safety of the summer solstice and the autumn solstice for a long time, and now that they returned safely, they were too happy for a while and forgot to salute.

Chun Zhi hurriedly confessed, Zhong Xuanlan said: "Remember to knock on the door next time, otherwise I will change people." ”

"Yes." Spring Solstice hurriedly said.

Zhong Xuanlan continued: "Go and call them!" ”

The spring solstice was ordered to retreat, and after a while, he led the summer solstice and the autumn solstice to come in to restore his life.

Zhong Xuanlan looked at the two solstices, and saw that they were tired and not injured, so he was relieved and asked, "Can you encounter trouble all the way?" ”

Xia Zhi replied: "We have been cautious all the way, and we have encountered one or two state soldiers searching, but we have avoided all of them. ”

Zhong Xuanlan asked, "Have you met the state soldiers?" ”

Summer Solstice nodded.

Zhong Xuanlan asked again: "Where is the grain now?" ”

Xia Zhi replied: "In the forest outside the new city." ”

Zhong Xuanlan pondered whose idea it was for the state soldiers to search, Emperor Jingxi, the lord of the state capital or the general of the state capital?

After thinking for a long time, Zhong Xuanlan ordered: "Tonight, you go out of the city to transfer grain into the city." ”

"Into the city?" Xia Zhi asked, thinking about the victims of the city, would it be too dangerous?

Qiu Zhi said: "The big boss, his subordinates think it is impossible." ”

Zhong Xuanlan said: "The most dangerous place is the safest place, go ahead, let the prince of Yongcheng help me, I don't think he will refuse." ”

This food will not save all lives, but it will play a key role.

"Yes." Sizhi was ordered to retreat.