Walk to the bazaar and buy a carriage to go to Chaoge. On the way to Chaoge, there are many refugees here. The red sun is scorching, the earth is smoking, the cracks are sunburned by the scorching sun, and the farmland is even more unharvested, so the drought weather is another year of great disaster this year, the corpses are all over the field, and the vicious dogs eat human corpses. The sight he saw while sitting on the carriage was painful, and he felt pity when he stepped out of the carriage. The old man couldn't walk and sat in the wasteland, just to protect the corpses next to him and not be eaten by wild dogs. Ji Kao got out of the car and walked forward, looked at these refugees left and right, walked forward very slowly, leaned over and asked, "Uncle, where are your relatives?" Why are you the only one left? ”

The old man raised his head, his eyes were dull, and he was so thin that he only had skin and bones, and his words were weak, and he said: "They all starved to death on the way to escape the famine, and only my old bones remained, and now I really can't walk, so I can only sit here and wait for death."

"Where are you going?"

"Chao Song Wangdu, see the Son of Heaven and beg to give us the people a way to live today, years of natural disasters and drought, farmland is no harvest, taxes and all kinds of miscellaneous taxes are heavy, we ordinary people have no way to live, you see these starvation all over the wilderness, miserable!"

Ji Kao faced the groom behind him and said, "Go and take out all the dry food in the car to help these people."

"Childe," the groom standing behind him was stunned for a moment, and stood in the same place.

"The people's livelihood is suffering, how can we stand idly by and watch, go and take as much as we want." Ji Kao's concern for the people's livelihood is obvious to all, how can they refute it? Walk towards the carriage and get some dry rations and walk up. Ji Kao took out some dry food and continued to lean over and said, "Uncle, you can eat first." Seeing this, tens of thousands of hungry people rushed to grab them, and the horseman faced these hungry people and said, "Don't rob them, everyone has a share." When the hungry people had received the food, they all knelt down and said, "Benefactor, we have kowtowed to him."

"You all get up, it is my fault to be born as parents and officials and not to suffer for the people's livelihood," Ji Kao looked at these hungry people, knelt down and bowed, and said, "I am ashamed of it."

"Good official, Qingtian, you are the Qingtian of our people, we kneel in Qingtian." Ji Kao instructed the groom to help them up, sit on the ground, and said: "Now the king is the king of the Holy Ming, I will enter the court song to ask for the people's life, ask the king to open a warehouse and release grain, and allocate disaster relief funds to spend this year of disaster, you all go back, and wait for the good news."

"My lord, take care of yourself all the way," Ji Kao got up and got into the carriage, and all the people followed behind to escort Ji Kao to Chaoge, Ji Kao couldn't bear the people to suffer with him all the way, poked his head out to look, and said, "You all go back."

Ji Kao sat on the carriage, entered the city of Chaoge, found a post station, and settled down first. After Ji Kao settled down, he called an entourage official and said, "Doctor Xin, what kind of person do you think this Fei Zhong is?"

"The eldest son, Fei Zhong was born in the market, greedy for money and profit, as long as he bribed him with some money, he would say some good things in front of the king and ask for the release of the Hou Ye."

"Money can make ghosts grind, you can do this matter, I want to see Cheng Bi, you go and arrange it first."

"The minister will arrange it, the eldest prince will wait for a while, and the minister will retire." After Xin Jia exited Ji Kao's room, he immediately ran to the Prime Minister's Mansion, stepped forward and grabbed the door knocker with one hand, knocked three times slowly, and it was a subordinate who opened the door, poked his head out and said, "Who are you?" Why did you come to see the Prime Minister? ”

"In Xia Nai Xiqi Doctor Xin Jia, I came to visit the Prime Minister on the order of my eldest son, Ji Kao."

"The prime minister is handling official business in the Qinzheng Palace, and he is not at home."

"When will the prime minister come back?"

"It's estimated that it's very late, you go back and wait first, and when the prime minister comes back, the small one will be clear," and then closed the door, Xin Jia had no choice but to leave, and returned to bring a few boxes of jade shells to visit Yin Shang's doctor Fei Zhong, and when he entered the mansion, he ordered a few subordinates to bring a few big boxes and put them in the hall, Fei Zhong looked at these big boxes with two eyes, and said, "What are these?"

"Doctor Fei, you will know when you see it," and then ordered his subordinates to open a few large boxes, which were full of jade shells. Fei Zhong looked at these big boxes and even straightened his eyes, ran forward and squatted beside the boxes to look at the money, and then picked it up with both hands and sprinkled it, stood up and pretended to be serious, and said, "What do you need the official to do to send this money?"

"Please also ask your lord to say a few kind words in front of the king, and ask the king to release the Hou Ye, who has been imprisoned by the king for seven years."

Fei Zhong looked sideways and said, "What's your lord's name?" I forgot. ”

"Xibohou Jichang."

"Xibohou Jichang, this official knows that he has been imprisoned for seven years, and this official will say a few kind words in front of the king, don't worry, go back and wait for the news."

In the middle of the night, Uncle Wang returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and as soon as he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the people came to report the matter to him, and then he was taken by chariot to the place where Ji Kao lived. Uncle Wang walked in, Ji Kao stood and bowed, and said, "Prime Minister." Uncle Wang Bigan looked at Ji Kao, who was standing in front of him, and said, "You are the eldest son of Xibohou."

"What the Prime Minister said is that Xiaosheng came here this time for his father's business."

"Eldest son, let's sit down and talk later." Then the two sat on the ground, and in the middle of them was a long desk, and on one side was a bronze lamp, the flames of which swayed in the wind, one bright and one dark. After Wang Shubigan sat down, he said: "The filial piety of the eldest prince can move heaven and earth, and now the king is a holy king, and he will feel the filial piety of the eldest prince, so he will let Xibohou go."

"This also needs to be explained to the king."

"Okay, this official will arrange for you to see the king tomorrow."

"Prime Minister Xie, Xiaosheng still has a matter to report to the Prime Minister, on the way to Xiaosheng to the song, there are many refugees, this year's drought, there is no harvest in the fields, and hunger is everywhere."

Bigan just nodded, listened to Ji Kao's opinion very carefully, and said: "I will arrange for officials to visit, if the situation is true, report the affairs of the disaster area to the king, ask for disaster relief and release of grain, relief of the suffering people, and work together to get through this year of disaster." The next day, Ji Kao drove outside the palace hall and got out of the car to bow down and wait for Di Xin's summons. At this time, the courtiers entered the court one after another, Di Xin stood between the ministers, climbed and sat on the main hall, and the temple people next to him stepped forward and said: "The eldest son of Xuanxi Bohou Ji is admitted to the palace." All the ministers went out of the hall together. Only then did Ji Kao get up and go up the stone steps, enter the main hall, look up at Di Xin who was sitting on the main hall, kneel three times and bow nine times, and shouted: "The foreign ministers bow to the king, may my king have no time for 10,000 years, and Yin Shang for 10,000 years."

"Ji Qing is flat."

Only then did Ji Kao stand up and said, "Thank you, the king."

"I heard that Ji Qing entered the court for your father Xibo Hou Ji Chang, do you know what crime your father committed?"

"I don't know, please show the king," Ji Kao knelt down again, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"What is your father's desire to win the hearts of the people, ignore the imperial court, expand his territory, and surrender the princes?" Di Xin was not angry and arrogant at this time, which made the Manchu civil and military tremble.

"The foreign minister is guilty, please forgive my father's sins."

"It's okay to let your father lift the ban, but you have to stay in Chaoge as a hostage and drive alone, I don't know if Ji Qing is willing."

"As long as the king forgives your father's sins, what do you want your ministers to do, and your ministers will never complain."

"Okay, Lonely, according to your wishes, you will stay in Chaoge in the future."

Late at night, Di Xin summoned Fei Zhong into the palace. Fei Zhong rode a carriage to the palace gate, ordered the coachman to show his waist card to enter and exit the palace, and then ordered his coachman to wait outside the palace gate. Fei Zhong walked into the palace, entered the dormitory and saw Di Xin, and immediately knelt down and said, "Weichen meets the king." Di Xin turned around and helped Fei Zhong up, and said, "Fei Qing, please calm down." Only then did Fei Zhong stand up and look at Di Xin who was standing in front of him, and said, "Thank you, the king." Di Xin just nodded silently, walked up, sat down in front of the desk, and said, "Fei Qing, please take a seat."

"Thank you for the king's sitting," Fei Zhong sat on the side and said, "I don't know why the king summoned Weichen late at night?"

"Lone asked Fei Qing for a question."

Immediately, Fei Zhong knelt down in fright and quickly kowtowed, "Weichen doesn't dare."

"Fei Qing, please get up," Fei Zhong stood up and sat down, and said, "I don't know what the king is asking?"

"Today in the court, how do you observe Ji and test this person?"

"Back to the king, Ji Kao this person has a world-shattering talent, if you stay it will become a big disaster, according to Weichen's investigation, Ji Kao came to my Yin Shang before I knew the livelihood of Yin Shang, visited to understand the details of the disaster area, this person is very scheming, deep and not revealed, in order to rescue his father to Weichen bribes, this person can not stay."

"If this person is really talented, what will happen if he is released back to Xiqi?"

"The king can't, the king's move is to let the tiger return to the mountain, it will become a disaster for his day, he is like a dragon flying over the sky, not a thing in the pool, can not be surrendered, for this reason Weichen has a plan, chop Ji Kao into meat puree, make meat balls and send it to Xibohou Jichang, Xibohou Jichang is not known as a saint? Ordinary people know the truth that tiger poison does not eat children, if he can eat these balls and let him go back to Xiqi, it is useless, let him be a mediocre marquis, if he does not eat, you can know that Xibo Hou Jichang is not a mediocre person, this person is determined to win the world, and if he is put back, he will be opposed, so he will kill him, send troops to destroy Xiqi, and eliminate future troubles. ”

"This plan is very good, so I will follow Fei Qing's plan."

Fei Zhong got up and knelt down and bowed, "Your Majesty is Shengming."

"Fei Qing, step aside."

"Wei Chen retired," Di Xin said a meaningful word after Fei Zhong retreated, "Fei Zhong was born in the market, and he is really a villain. If you can't use it, it will bring disaster to my Yin Shang, but this person has a lot of talents, insight into the heart, and is a blessing for Yin Shang to use his talents. ”