One evening, Li Chengqian sat on a throne by the canal and wept bitterly as he watched dozens of low-ranking officials kneeling below.

These officials were the county commanders and some subordinate officials of the three counties of Wucheng, Jingcheng, and Linqing in the south of Beizhou.

Li Chengqian looked at them expressionlessly and cried hoarsely, and after a while, when they were tired of crying, their voices gradually became smaller, and then he said lightly: "If you are tired of crying, just rest for a while and continue to cry." ”

The officials in front of them looked at Li Chengqian in astonishment when they heard this, and they didn't know what to say.

Seeing that they stopped, Li Chengqian asked indifferently, "Why don't you continue to cry?"

After a pause, he continued: "You are officials of the imperial court, you can't govern the place well, and when you see the lonely king, you fall to the ground and cry bitterly in an attempt to get by?"

"The minister is guilty!"

"The Guilty of the Minister"

Seeing that Li Chengqian saw through their hypocrisy, several people hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded guilty.

Li Chengqian watched them kowtow incessantly, and after a while he asked lightly, "How is the drought situation in various places?"

Several people were stunned again, and looked at Li Chengqian in puzzlement.

"King Gu is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and no matter how confused he is, he knows that the local drought cannot be delayed."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise."

"Tell me, what's going on with the drought?"

Wucheng County ordered Xu Yue to mourn and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, there has only been one snow in Beizhou and Youzhou this winter, and there has been no rain for more than two months after the New Year, and the people really have no choice." ”

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go back to disaster relief." ”

"The ministers are leaving." As if they had been granted amnesty, they left in a hurry.

As soon as a few people left, Hao Chujun, who was in the dust, hurriedly asked, "His Royal Highness the Prince, just let them go." ”

Obviously, he has been running non-stop from last night to the present, and he is a little dissatisfied with Li Chengqian's letting go of these officials so lightly.

Li Chengqian looked at Hao Chujun's face, and said with a slight smile: "It's hard work for Hao Qing's family, this matter has just begun, and I am not in a hurry to decide the winner." ”

Hao Chujun hurriedly bowed down and said: "The minister doesn't dare, but watching these traitorous ministers fool His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this, the minister is really unhappy in his heart." ”

Li Chengqian smiled mildly and said: "The more they fool the Lone King casually, the more it shows that they have no fear, let's just look behind." ”

Hao Chujun listened to it and thought about it, but he couldn't think of a reason, but seeing that Li Chengqian didn't mean it explicitly, he saluted again and said, "The minister understands." ”

Li Chengqian didn't care whether Hao Chujun really understood or whether he understood, and said directly: "Hao Qing's family go and have a good rest!" ”

Li Chengqian saw Hao Chujun leaving, so he said to Du He: "Du He, write a letter to Zhao Jie, all the manpower that can be used around Luoyang will be summoned to the steel mill to make every effort to build farm tools." ”

"Obey the order!"

"Wang Fangyi, you go like a will, send it to the four governors of Yingzhou, Youzhou, Zhenzhou, and Weizhou, tell them that the spring drought in Hebei Province has been completed, and order them to step up military training and strictly prevent the invasion of various departments in the grassland." Li Chengqian said.

"Obey the order!"

Traditionally, whenever there is a disaster in China, the first thing is to repair the city wall to prevent external troubles, and then go all out to provide disaster relief. Li Chengqian's decree at this time was timely, but it was not very clever, and it could only be regarded as decent.

After arranging these two things, Li Chengqian turned around and returned to his boat.

The next day, Li Chengqian's fleet continued northward, but it only slowed down after walking more than 20 miles.

Li Chengqian was sitting in the warehouse reading "Zuo Chuan", when he saw Liu Kui walk in and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Wang Fangyi just reported that thousands of people kneeling on the shore five miles to the north begged to see His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Li Chengqian's heart came to the end in the end, and the "University" said: There are people who are virtuous, there are people who have soil, there are people who have land, there are people who have wealth, and there are people who have wealth.

It seems that Li Shimin's compromise with these scholars in the early Tang Dynasty was not because Li Shimin was incompetent, but because these scholars still had the will of the people.

Li Chengqian thought about it, but still used the old method, and said lightly: "Spread the will of King Gu, and order the crown prince to accompany him to honor the three guards, and use the crown prince's full honor guard to meet the fathers and elders of Hebei Province." ”

"Yes." Saying that, Liu Kui went to deliver the message.

The crown princess and Wang Liangdi, who had been accompanying Li Chengqian by their side, hurriedly got up and said, "The ministers are waiting for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to change clothes." ”

Wang Liangdi turned her head and said to the palace maid beside her: "Go and prepare the clothes of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Chengqian put down the book in his hand and said, "No need, just bring a set of kudzu cloth clothes." ”

Li Chengqian stretched out under the puzzled eyes of the two beauties, stood up and explained: "What the lonely king wants to see is the disaster victims. ”

"But if you don't wear a dress, how can you show the dignity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and make the people have a sense of awe?" Wang Liangdi is also familiar with poetry and books, but she can't use them.

The crown princess looked at Wang Liangdi and smiled: "The full crown prince's honor guard is brilliant, which is enough to deter those people." ”

Li Chengqian nodded appreciatively and said, "You also change into a coarse cloth coat and go with me to meet the people here." ”

The crown princess hurriedly nodded yes, and saw that the palace maid had found a set of dark blue kudzu cloth clothes for Li Chengqian, so she and Wang Liangdi helped Li Chengqian change into it.

Li Chengqian changed his clothes, and the boat gradually stopped.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the guard of honor is ready." Liu Kui walked in to report.

Li Chengqian motioned to the crown princess to change her clothes, then sat down slowly, and said indifferently: "Drain all the honor guards of the lonely king, and the lonely king will go out after a while." ”

"Yes!" Liu Kui saw Li Chengqian's expression, and hurriedly went out to deliver the message.

On a piece of wasteland on the east bank of the Grand Canal, two miles away from the canal, Zhang Datong, the governor of Beizhou, led the officials of the Beizhou Prefecture and the eight counties under its jurisdiction to stand facing the canal and wait to greet Li Chengqian.

Dozens of officials stood in front, and behind them were thousands of people from Wucheng County, and many people from Chenjiabao were among them.

The men all looked up in the direction of the canal, but they couldn't see anything in the canal through the dam.

I don't know how long I looked up, Chen Datong's neck was sore and unbearable, and he couldn't help but turn around and say to Liu Hao in Beizhou Zhizhong: "It's all your good idea, you have to bring these people here, or we can stand on the canal embankment to greet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Liu Hao was cold in his heart, but he said respectfully on his face: "Lord Assassin Shi, the people have dug the canal, if only we come by ourselves, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can easily spare us." ”

Chen Datong's momentum weakened when he heard this, and he looked at the people behind him and scolded: "These Diao people are really difficult to treat." ”

With that, he sighed helplessly and looked back again.

Just when the officials of Beizhou were impatient, they faintly heard a rumbling sound from the other side of the canal, and experienced people immediately knew that this was the cavalry accompanying Li Chengqian, and the cavalry arrived at Li Chengqian's boat.

Chen Datong perked up, turned his head and shouted at the subordinate officials and people behind him: "Be in good spirits, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." ”

Liu Hao, who was behind him, only showed a sneer when he saw this, and said in his heart: With Li Chengqian's domineering, if you don't kill you this time, you will be treated lightly.

After a while, Liu Datong and the others heard the sound of bells, drums, and ceremonial music, and immediately saw six teams of armor soldiers holding spears, halberds, axes, axes and other ritual weapons, slowly walking down from the embankment, and then walking from the temporary paved loess road to this side.

Behind the armor is the standard-bearer, and the four teams of standard-bearers flutter high in the air with various dragon flags, looking straight like a splendid forest from a distance.

Behind the umbrella are two rows of umbrella covers, and behind the umbrella cover are musicians, palace lanterns, incense burners, feather fans, and so on.

The mighty honor guard of more than 2,000 people walked slowly according to the rhythm of ritual music, and the people behind only saw it, solemn and brilliant as a fairyland.

Seeing Li Chengqian's pomp and circumstance, Chen Datong and the others were trembling with fright, and the thousands of people behind them were also fascinated, thinking that the heavenly immortals had arrived.

When these armor standard-bearers, musicians and others came to Chen Datong and lined up with them, there were people behind them carrying a golden throne and placing it between the umbrella cover and the feather fan.

As soon as the banner of the armor soldier was blocked, Chen Datong and the others could not see the situation on the river embankment, they thought that the honor guard had been lined up, and Li Chengqian should come.

I didn't want to wait, so I waited for another half an hour, and I still didn't see Li Chengqian.

Seeing this, Liu Hao sneered in his heart, and said secretly: It seems that this crown prince wants to give us people a dismount, and if he really wants to make him die, he must first make him crazy.

After a long while, Liu Hao was ecstatic in his heart, Chen Datong's legs were sore, and he couldn't stand anymore, only to see two teams of East Palace officials riding horses from both sides of the crown prince's guard of honor.

After the two teams of officials came out, they walked directly to the throne and lined up on the left and right to wait.

Everyone at the scene knew that the crown prince was coming, and everyone looked at the golden throne with bated breath.

Suddenly, the music flickered, and two teams of palace maids came out from behind the throne with palace lamps in their hands, followed by a pair of young men and women wearing kudzu robes, supporting each other and slowly walking out.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess has arrived!" One of the chamberlains shouted.

Then I saw the officials and armor of the East Palace saluting towards the pair of young men and women: "See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Princess!" ”

All the officials in Beizhou are stupid, these two people are the crown prince and the crown princess?