CHAPTER XVIII

He knew that Qizhou was a blessed land, rich in rice, grain and grass, and if there was a war, Qizhou could supply grain and grass to the front line. And because the canal passes through it, it attracts merchants who do not want to take root here to do business, and they can collect some taxes and silver to fill the treasury. If you are a corrupt official, you can make a lot of money by making a small amount of oil and water.

Lao Tzu said: Woe is what blessing depends on; Fuxi; Woe lurks.

Although Qizhou is white, it is also slightly flawed. Qizhou has abundant rain, if the rainfall is moderate, it will benefit one party, and if it rains raining, it will be a disaster. Floods are common in Qizhou. Whenever this happens, the imperial court has to distribute two taels of disaster relief silver, and if the person who uses it is not a loyal person, it will hide some disaster relief money privately. The imperial court has spent the most money and done the most unreliable things. Liu Yi knows the stakes well.

Qin Shao is the son of Qin Han, an old minister of the former dynasty, Qin Han is an honest official, and he once revealed that a petty official stuffed him with silver to ask for a future, which caused heated discussions in the court for a while, involving a lot of corrupt officials, and it was rumored among the people that Qin Han was a loyal minister who was upright and honest. However, Qin Han is already old, and he can't go to guard Qizhou and benefit the people, so he should enjoy his old age in peace.

Qin Han is like this as an official, as a person, and even as an educator. At the time of Qin Shao's enlightenment, the first story Qin Han told was that Yang Zhen of the Eastern Han Dynasty refused money, hoping that his son would be able to be honest and honest after inheriting his mantle, just to guard the right path in the world. This matter became a beautiful conversation among the Yanjing aristocracy and officialdom for a while, and Liu Yi had also heard about it. So Liu Yi sent Qin Shao this beauty difference.

It seems that this matter is a simple assignment of disaster relief money, but it is not so simple.

Because a few days ago, the palace at the foot of Amber Mountain caught fire, and the palace was built to give the emperor's favorite concubine Qian Guifei a hot spring. Amber Mountain is famous for hot springs, Qian Guifei's body is cold, and she needs to soak in hot springs to recuperate, so the first emperor built a palace at the foot of Amber Mountain. Although Concubine Qian still went one step ahead of the first emperor, the first emperor still cherished the Amber Mountain Palace very much, and seeing the palace was like seeing people. During his lifetime, the first emperor would allocate some silver taels every year to repair the Amber Mountain Palace, which raised some rare birds and beasts that were difficult to see in the Yanjing Palace, and there were some authentic works of famous artists that were difficult to find.

These days, he is ordering his ministers to start repairing the Amber Mountain Palace, which is a big project that costs some silver. If it is not repaired in time, I am afraid that some of the original data will be lost, and it will be difficult to restore it to the original state, and the placement of those surviving birds and beasts is also a problem. If he didn't recover, he was afraid that the first emperor would go underground in a hundred years and question him.

Liu Yi's brows tightened, only feeling a faint pain in his forehead, and he gently rubbed the corners of his forehead with his other hand. The hand holding the pen hung there, and he refused to put pen to paper. Two voices intertwined in his heart, arguing. He understood that if this matter was not handled properly, it would cause many unnecessary troubles, and the reputation he had worked so hard to gain since his accession to the throne would be ruined.

On the one hand, the people of Limin, and on the other hand, the cherished love of his father and emperor during his lifetime.

After struggling for a long time, he finally put pen to paper, and a line of words floated on the fold - sending silver to relieve Qizhou, and distributing food from the granaries of the government in nearby Jizhou, Yanzhou and other places to relieve the victims. As for the Amber Mountain Palace, let's put it aside for now. After a hundred years, he went underground to personally ask his father for sin. After all, the moment his father handed over the throne to him, he also entrusted all the people of the world to him.

He never forgot that when his father was dying, he held his hand tightly, gasped for breath, and said: "I am going west, I will hand over this world to you, and the people of this world will be handed over to you, don't let me down, let down my ancestors and ancestors." As soon as he finished speaking, blood gushed out of his father's throat, and the first emperor held his hand and twitched incessantly, and then swallowed. Blood stained his robes and his eyes, but he did not weep. In his opinion, the emperor cannot be emotional.

Liu Yi took a deep breath and tilted his head and closed his eyes for a moment.

When Liu Yi opened his eyes again, he saw that the little eunuch was still kneeling there, holding a tray in his hand, shaking slightly, Liu Yi did not blame.