Chapter 030: Liaocheng Drought
Liaocheng disaster, the grain transported by the capital is far from enough, now the treasury is tight, the capital is also panicked, for a while, the situation in the capital is also changing rapidly.
There was no movement after this rain prayer ceremony, which really made people's hearts angry.
Not only are the dignitaries and nobles deeply thrifty, but luxury is also abandoned in this palace.
In the Chongde Palace, all the courtiers were silent, and the entire hall was so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling to the ground.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this Liaocheng disaster, relying on the court's relief alone is the next policy after all" Someone suddenly broke the dull situation.
"Now the treasury is tight, but there has been no progress in the matter of Liaocheng, I don't know, but now it's not raining, and I don't know what to do."
"Your Majesty, please allow Weichen to say more, this dry situation is just like the situation of Shu, and the emperor of this Shu land may be able to concoct it according to law" Du Yu Shiyun Huaien said.
"Oh, after mentioning it in the imperial history, I did remember this, but this General Qi has been dead for many years, and it was all solved by General Qi back then, and now who knows this method, how can it have the same effect"
"If you go back to the emperor, there is one person to recommend Weichen"
"Who?" The emperor asked anxiously.
"General Qi's widow" Yundu Yushi slowly spit out a few words.
"This..."The emperor was a little loose, and seemed to think that he could give it a try.
The courtiers whispered instantly, thinking that it was not advisable, a little widow was just a child, and what ability could he have, even if it was created by his father, but who knew if the child would remember what kind of rain, and it was really laborious.
"Back to the emperor, Weichen thinks it is not advisable" left deputy capital Yushi that is, Zhao Wenming said prominently.
"Back to the emperor, Weichen doesn't agree with it, and ask the emperor to think about it."
"Please think twice!"
"Alright, I know what you are worried about, but there is no way to do it right now, so it doesn't hurt to give it a try, come and spread my will"
The courtiers saw that the emperor had made up his mind, so they no longer stopped and knelt down and retreated.
"Luo Xiangguo and Yundu Yushi, please stay"
"What's the matter, Gonggong Su, but what does the emperor command?" After retreating from the court, he was about to leave the palace gate of the Chongde Palace, and when he heard someone calling behind him, he turned around and turned out to be the emperor's father-in-law, Su Gonggong.
"The emperor invites the two adults to go to the imperial study to talk in detail," said Father-in-law Su put the dust on his wrist.
"There is Lao Su's father-in-law, then let's go, don't let the emperor wait"
"Xiao Jiezi took the two adults to the imperial study, and the Sprinkle family still has to go to the Qi Wangfu to announce the decree," Su Gonggong shouted Xiao Jiezi said.
"It's okay"
"Two adults, please, the emperor is waiting inside" At the door of the imperial study, Xiao Jiezi opened the door of the imperial study and signaled that the emperor was waiting.
"Weichen see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"
"Get up, give me a seat," the emperor put down the fold he was looking at in his hand.
"Emperor Xie!"
"Come, take a look at this" The emperor took out another envelope, handed it to the two, and motioned for them to open it.
"Your Majesty, what is this?" Luo Xiangguo said loudly.
"You take a closer look before you talk," the emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and said.
"This! … It's an unforgivable sin..."The two of them were shocked when they saw it.
"I also think that this is really an unforgivable sin"
"Your Majesty, Weichen dared to ask, where did this envelope come from?" Yundu Yushi was puzzled.
"It's strange to say, this palace is full of strictness, and it is not easy to sneak into the palace quietly, but this is indeed placed on the desk of the imperial study, but I don't know who it is" The emperor said with some fear.
This actually quietly entered the palace and put things, if this person intends to kill the emperor, I am afraid it will be easy, the emperor thought to himself, although he does not know whether this person is currently friend or foe, but this letter let the emperor know the meaning of the expression - Xieming Jun...
"This, the emperor, Weichen believes that this matter must be thoroughly investigated, not to catch the wind and shadows, and definitely not to be spared" Luoxiang National Road.
"I know, but this happened in Liaocheng, now that this drought has not passed, it is really not appropriate to make a big alarm, I think that after this drought is over, I will definitely not let the villain go unpunished" The emperor said cautiously.
"The emperor is wise!"
King Qi's Mansion, the proclamation of the decree of Su Gongcheng is reading the holy decree,
"This king's decree" Qi Lianmo took the decree lightly.
"Little prince, the emperor has great expectations for you, and I hope that the little prince will not live up to the emperor's expectations."
"Please also ask Gonggong Su to tell the emperor that the king will do his best"
"Then the Sprinkle family will retire first, and the emperor is still waiting for the Sprinkle family to go back and report it"
"Uncle He, send Father-in-law Su out of the mansion" Qi Lianmo said to the only old housekeeper in the palace.
"Yes, Lord Wang, Grandpa Su is here, please," the old butler gestured.
As soon as the father-in-law left, Qi Lian and Mo handed the holy decree to Heimu at will, and his face was silent.
"Master, what do you think about this emperor?" asked Kuroki cautiously after receiving the holy decree.
"What else can it be, but there is no way, whether he believes that this king can do this well or not, there is always a little hope, but if this matter is handled well, it will kill two birds with one stone, if it is not good, it will definitely find someone to dislike, then the emperor will definitely not be able to save face, and he will have to talk about this king"
Qi Lianmo paused slightly and said.
"In this way, let's pack up and leave immediately, this matter is not big or small, this king has his own measure" Qi Lianmo turned around and walked to the wing behind the curtain.
"Yes"
Liaocheng Taishou Mansion "Cheng Taishou, have you heard, this is the saint today sent a young child to deal with this drought, it is really unreasonable, it should be a family" The Liaocheng County Commander said respectfully.
"Hahaha, Ben Taishou's sister also wrote to Ben Taishou to be cautious, this time before and after, but I saw a tiger general, and now there is an ignorant child, so it seems that Ben Taishou's sister is more and more careful in the palace, and even this is frightened" Cheng Taishou hugged a young and beautiful woman with thin clothes as cicada wings in his arms and laughed.
"Cheng Taishou said very much, the villain will toast Taishou again, I wish Taishou this wealth is abundant, and the beauty continues" Liaocheng County Ling Wang raised the cup in his hand to toast to Cheng Zhijin.
"Hahaha, okay, what Lord Wang said, come and toast" Cheng Zhijin picked up the wine glass on the table and asked the beauties around him to pour him full of wine.
Besides, Qi Lianmo got into the carriage and rushed to Liaocheng overnight, arriving at Liaocheng at noon on the second day, but this desolate scene was indeed unexpected.
Although Qi Lianmo was a little surprised, he went to the inn without changing his face, but he came overnight, and he didn't alarm the group of bullying people in the Taishou Mansion.
After meeting with General Yuwen and Chen Shangshu, who came here to transport grain a few days ago, they also talked in detail about the current situation here. Talking about the need for strong arm people to throw ice cubes
General Yuwen said, "This is not simple, there are many strong men in the general's army, and there are catapults, and General Ben will return to the emperor and ask the emperor to send some people to assist King Qi in rainfall."
In this way, everything can be easily solved, and he has to study this method of ice and rain carefully, which is extremely consuming and requires the help of a young and strong man with strong arms. This will require the emperor to send someone.
It is also necessary to find the Central Plains and the place where the clouds are thicker, and it is also necessary to build a high platform first, and this high platform must be built on the high ground. This is the need for the head of this Liaocheng to help find it.
There is also a light stimulus, which requires some people to swing their swords underneath to stimulate.
So he sent people back to the Taishou Mansion to let them be familiar with the terrain to look for them, and only after the search was completed, the strong men mobilized by the emperor arrived and could be implemented.
This is the method left by General Qi, said to be taught by a sage of the rivers and lakes, but at that time, there was no one before and after him, no one dared to tempt, General Qi fought bravely, and spent most of his body True Qi in the end, but the True Qi can be cultivated again.
So every year there is a great drought in Shu, General Qi, as the protector of Shu, naturally can't bear to see the people suffer so much, so he uses this method to rain every time, this Qi Lianmo grew up in Shu since he was a child, and he also knows how to do it. So he learned, and at that time he wanted to be a good general for the people like his father.
"Stop, who is here, who dares to trespass into the Taishou Mansion, I think you are impatient," a young man in front of the door shouted imposingly.
"You went back to your Taishou, our prince was personally sent by the emperor to deal with the drought, like a second-grade court official, just a five-grade petty official, you are a door-guarding little guy, how dare you be presumptuous in front of our prince! Don't go yet! Black Feng, another secret guard who was following Qi Lianmo's side, immediately retorted unforgivingly.
"You, you, you wait" The little guy pointed at the black wind for a long time, and finally flicked his sleeves and closed the door.
"Hmph, it's just a kick in the face, the fox fake tiger man" Black Wind continued to muttered in the back.
"Okay, Hei Feng don't say a word, be careful of being heard by the prince" Hei Mu saw that Hei Feng was not angry, afraid that he would do something, so he stopped him loudly.
"Too shou, too shou" the little guy shouted and ran towards Cheng Zhijin's yard.
At this time, in the courtyard, a beautiful woman seemed to be leaning on a tree half-naked and letting Cheng Zhijin paint her, and from time to time she wanted Cheng Zhijin to throw a flattering eye.
"Bastard thing, what's going on in a panic, Ben Taishou's good mood for painting has ruined you, if there is no big deal, you just wait to be hit by the board" That Cheng Zhijin was intoxicated with the land of beauties, and was frightened by the little girl, and the brush and ink in his hand dripped onto the front robe of his clothes, and he suddenly scolded with a straight face.
"Yes, yes, it's the villain's fault, the prince, someone outside the door claimed to be the person who sent the rain from the emperor himself, and also claimed to be the prince, the villain didn't dare to let people in without permission, so he hurried to report it to the Taishou" The little guy whispered in Cheng Zhijin's ear.
"Oh, in that case, Ben Taishou wants to see who is so bold that he dares to pretend to be a person in front of the emperor, pretending to be a prince is a capital crime" Cheng Zhijin thought that there was no prince in the capital, so he concluded that he was a fake person, in order to make this decision for food, I want to finally meet an interesting one, these days, staying in the Taishou Mansion is also extremely boring.
"You, go, open the way ahead," Cheng Zhijin commanded by pointing to the little guy.
"Yes, Taishou," the little guy said very doggedly.
"Who calls himself the prince? Ben Taishou looks at which person who is not long-sighted dares to pretend to be the prince, it is a capital crime, hum! "Before anyone arrived, they asked.
"It's the king, how about it?"
"Someone, this person pretending to be a relative of the emperor is a capital crime, and he will be arrested by Ben Taishou!"