In the autumn of the twentieth year of Yankang, the crown prince Liu Qu personally went to Liangzhou for disaster relief.

When he wore a plain dress and rushed here, the world was shocked, before that, the ministers did not have a very high evaluation of this prince, after all, this son of heaven is not only a ruler of the ram, he is also a good martial artist, all day long is mixed with military studies, and later went to the southern army in person, I heard that those martial artists of the northern and southern armies are quite fond of this prince.

But for the temple ministers, such a prince, can not be regarded as too virtuous, but no one dares to express their thoughts, I heard that the prince not only personally rushed to Liangzhou, even, he personally rushed to the county town with the most victims, one by one with these people to greet, and also brought some food, and many victims to eat together, suddenly, the prince's fame resounded in the entire Xiliang area.

In the promotion of a certain unnamed Son of Heaven, this matter also appeared in the Di Bao, and was known to the world, in the people, the people have praised this prince, what filial piety wind, filial piety and virtue such words, crazy circulation, weekdays strictly prohibit folk rumors of the embroidered messenger, at the moment is also ignoring this.

And at this moment, in Liangzhou, Hu'er's life is still very good.

At present, the person in charge of Liangzhou disaster relief affairs is Yuan Xi of Jimin Mansion, Yuan Xi this person, how to say it, he is a more honest person, as a family background, he does not have much arrogance of the family, do his duty, do not seek breakthroughs, but will not make mistakes, after Zhuge Liang served as Shangshu Ling, over the years, he was reprimanded by Zhuge Shangshu the most, and even his current position was almost unable to keep.

However, Zhuge Liang still did not abolish his official status for a long time, perhaps because of his temperament, he may not be able to propose any decent decrees, but Zhuge Liang's arrangement, he can still complete it well, at least, he will not be cheating, not afraid of fatigue, but Hu'er is not very good at this person, just came to Liangzhou, he went directly to the county with the most victims according to what Xun Linggong taught.

A lot of materials brought from Luoyang were directly sent to the people here, and they exchanged a few words with them, telling them that they would accompany them and get through this difficult time, the temple would help them, and the Son of Heaven was also very concerned about you.

Hu'er dined with them, and two days later, Yuan Xi came to see him.

Hu'er is living in the county government of Fuping County at the moment, the county order has already given this place to the Son of Heaven to live, he moved out with people, worked in other places, and gave Hu'er a lot of specialties here, the sheep here are different from the sheep in the Central Plains, hairy, the meat has no fishy smell, it is very delicious, Hu'er just ate it once, it is like this food.

"Your Highness, the servant of the Jimin Mansion shot Yuan Xi and came to pay a visit." , Jiang Wei said slowly.

Now he has been dismissed from the position of the Southern Army by the Son of Heaven, but he himself has entered the East Palace, which is not a bad thing, after all, entering the East Palace and serving as the personal entourage of the prince, the future will definitely be the position of the three orders of the temple, and as the first courtier to enter the East Palace, it is very likely that he will serve as the position of the three orders, so for him, most of the colleagues in the Southern Army are also congratulated.

When Hu'er heard this, he nodded and said, "He is finally here, it has been almost six days since I arrived in Liangzhou, and I thought that he would not come to see me... Let him in! Jiang Wei hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Yuan Jun is also busy with disaster relief, so he can't spare time, His Highness still doesn't blame him." ”

Hu'er laughed and said, "I understand. ”

Yuan Xi was personally taken to the county office, and when he saw the prince sitting on the throne, he hurriedly bowed, "The minister greets His Royal Highness the prince!" Hu'er squinted his eyes and looked at the person in front of him, Yuan Xi was tall and thin, and his appearance was not outstanding, and at this moment, he was a little messy all over, which made Hu'er a little disliked, "Yuan Jun, come, sit down." ”

Yuan Xi sat aside, Hu'er pointed to the mustache in front of him, and said with a smile: "Yuan Jun came at the right time, this Fuping County, there is a delicacy, called rotten sheep's hooves, which is to throw the sheep's calves directly into the ring, steamed for six hours, and then accompanied by many spices from the Western Regions, plus wheat, it is really delicious... You see, this is just about to be done, and you're already here..."

Yuan Xi glanced at the man in front of him, nodded, his expression was a little wooden, and he asked, "Your Highness... I don't know when the new batch of relief materials from Ruoyang will arrive..."

"I don't know, you have to ask Liu Jun."

"I understand." , Yuan Xi nodded, sat on the side in a daze, and didn't speak, the atmosphere was a little awkward, Jiang Wei opened his mouth and asked, "Yuan Jun, I don't know how the disaster is now?" ”

"The weather is getting colder and the disaster situation is improving, but we still have to get rid of the locust eggs, otherwise the disaster will be even more terrible next year."

Hu'er also became a little interested, and asked curiously, "Yuan Jun?" How is this locust to be removed? ”

Yuan Xi said stiffly: "The prince said: Locusts are afraid of fire, and birds... Burn them with fire, eat them with fowls..."

"Even I know that, and I'm asking you, what about the other than that? Is there no other way? Hu'er asked impatiently.

"Cao Situ said: Locusts are afraid of fireworks, so they can be expelled with smoke..."

Hu'er shook his head in displeasure, his face was already a little disdainful, but, seeing that he was still doing his duty, he didn't say much, Jiang Wei was smiling and chatting with Yuan Xi about disaster relief, in contrast to the smart Jiang Wei, Yuan Xi's sluggishness was completely revealed, for example, Jiang Wei asked about the number of victims, etc., he couldn't even answer directly, but had to take out the paperwork from his sleeve and read it carefully several times before he could answer.

In his sleeve, he didn't know how many documents were in it, and Hu'er even suspected that if he didn't have those documents, he wouldn't even know how many victims there were in Liangzhou!

Soon, the so-called Fuping food was ready, and Hu'er even wanted to give Yuan Xi a piece, but when Yuan Xi stepped forward, Hu'er almost threw out the rotten meat in his hands, just because Yuan Xi's body was too foul, Hu'er had never smelled such a stench, even if it was the smell of blood on the battlefield, it was not so bad.

"Yuan Xi!! You don't even take me seriously?! You came to see you in such clothes, and I didn't say anything, but you smell it, what kind of smell is this on your body, you can't get along with me sincerely?! Liu Qu shouted angrily, Yuan Xi was startled by him, looked at the prince in horror, bowed to him, and had some grievances in his eyes, "The minister doesn't dare... It's all poultry manure..."

"I can't eat this rice either!! Don't come to see me again without my orders!" Liu Qu angrily threw the chopsticks in his hand to the ground.

Yuan Xi bowed again, didn't dare to look at the prince again, lowered his head, left the camp, looked at the departing Yuan Xi, Jiang Wei frowned, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Your Highness, why are you doing this?" Yuan Jun is dedicated to his duties, does not dislike filth, and serves the country, how can His Highness treat him like this? ? ”

"Boyo should be angry, I have never heard of a minister dressed so badly, come to see the king, although I am only a prince, but his behavior is really rude, he is simply fooling me like a child, I do not want him to burn incense and bathe, just wash a little and come to see me again, I will not be so angry." , Hu'er said.

"Your Royal Highness, I have often heard that since ancient times, Mingjun has been able to be a corporal of Lixian...", as soon as Jiang Wei spoke, Hu'er laughed, shook his head, and said: "Don't worry, he is a person with no talent, this point, I know best, if he has the slightest talent of Boyo you, I will definitely be able to Lixian Corporal, but unfortunately, he is a mediocre courtier..."

"Why did Your Highness say this?? Yuan Jun is a dignified servant, how can he be talentless, he once apprenticed to Zhao Gong, governed the classics of Confucianism, and passed the assessment to serve as an official, over the years, there has never been the slightest mistake, so he was promoted to the servant, not to mention me, even let the rest of the servants in the court call to replace him for disaster relief, may not be able to do better than him, how can His Highness say so? ”

Hu'er waved his hand, and said indifferently: "You don't know, but I can see clearly, I know who will be a great talent, who will not be, you look at him, for disaster relief, there is no plan of his own at all, all of them are to follow the ancestors, no opinions, only promises, look wooden, such a person, I really don't know how to become the three evils of Yuxian County!" ”

"In the three evils of Luoyang back then, my uncle Liu Yi is now serving as the temple councilor, and Cao Jun is now also a dignified captain of the Northern Military Academy..."

Jiang Wei looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince helplessly, sighed, and said: "Yes, Your Highness, you think that the most untalented mediocre person among the three is now serving as a servant, and the other two have to bow when they see him..."

Hu'er was stunned for a moment, and said unhappily: "He's just because of his family background... Don't mention this, Boyo, let's hurry up to the temple and transport the relief materials as soon as possible..."

"Alas...", Jiang Wei nodded.

In the county office, the lights were swaying, the tiger happily scooped up the rotten meat, gobbled it up, and many officials of the county government sat around cautiously, flattering the benevolence of the current prince with all their might, but Jiang Wei was not here, he had returned to the study, helped the prince to go to the temple, and asked Liu Ba to send the remaining materials over earlier, and his words were full of pity for these victims, which can be described as tears for the hearer.

Hu'er listened to everyone's flattery, grinned, his face was full of oil, and he was extraordinarily proud under the lights.

And outside the city, the thin and wooden servants, holding torches, with the people, were running wildly around the ploughland, and the torches in their hands hit the pests, and many people lit fires around, and fanned the wind in the direction of the ploughland, so that the inside and outside of the plough were full of smoke, and the servants were sweating profusely, and their bodies were covered with a bad smell, and they ran wildly all night, and sat down on the ground tired.

The situation was finally contained.

People all over the world sighed at the prince's feat of personally relieving the disaster, and praised the prince's benevolence, if there was no prince, how would the people of Liangzhou survive in the face of such a large-scale locust plague???