Xie Yutang completely conquered everyone else with his superior force, and finally succeeded in winning the first place and won overwhelming applause.

Even the emperor was overjoyed, he said: "It is worthy of General Xie, the undefeated god of my dynasty, so that I can see such a wonderful martial arts competition, and this time the champion of martial arts is naturally none other than you." ”

The emperor waved his hand, and a group of maids came up with a tray covered with announcements, and they stood still and lifted the red cloth, under which were all kinds of rewards.

The first two trays contained two delicate daggers with rubies as red as pigeon's blood on the hilts. This knife is extremely fast, and can quickly cut flesh into pieces, which can really be called a sharp weapon that kills people without blinking.

On this tray is a long sword, made by one of the most famous swordsmiths in the capital, and it is said that there are some special materials in it, which can sharpen iron like clay and quickly cut through the mess.

The long sword is silver all over, with a faint emerald green on the edges, and when the fingers are close to the sword, you will feel a faint chill, which makes people tense.

In addition, there are some supplements and gold and silver ingots, and the last few plates are almost all ingots, which is very real.

In the end, the emperor also personally awarded Xie Yutang a special badge-like thing. It was a symbol of honor that he specifically ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to customize for this year's martial champions, and wherever you wear it, as long as you know this symbol, you will know that you are the strongest person in the entire capital.

With such a rich reward, Xie Yutang immediately saluted and thanked him. This scene made the crown prince and Mu Zhufeng itch in their eyes, it could be said that the roots of their teeth were itching, I really don't know when Xie Yutang was already so powerful, is there really no one in the entire capital who is comparable to him?

"Humph!" Next, the prince naturally didn't want to continue watching, he quietly left early, and Mu Zhufeng also found an opportunity to follow after seeing the prince leave.

In the East Palace, the crown prince was furious, he angrily grabbed the things in his hand and smashed them to the ground, and a loud bang made Mu Zhufeng's body slightly shocked.

"Waste, all waste!" The prince was very angry, after all, seeing his plans fail one by one, and all the masters sent by him were defeated at the feet of his enemies, no one would be upset.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......" Mu Zhufeng saluted him, "Your Highness is angry, there will be a chance in the future." ”

At this time, the crown prince finally realized how powerful this enemy was, and it was no wonder that Mu Zhufeng was slow to do it, and it seemed that he had to pay attention to it.

"But at the moment, he just won the first prize of the Martial Arts Competition, and we won't be able to move him for a while!" The prince's hand clenched into a fist and slammed into the table beside him, "Damn, Xie Yutang, one day I will definitely take your life!" ”

After the Wu Zhuangyuan Competition, Xie Yutang became famous, and the emperor showed more and more love for him. After all, he is not only strong, but there is no powerful family behind him to pose a threat to the royal family, and he can be said to be loyal to the emperor, so I ask who doesn't love having such a right-hand man by his side.

However, at this martial arts competition, Xie Yutang also found out that Mo Gongzi, who fought against him for the first time, was obviously sent by someone to target him. What's more, when he was in the preliminary round before, he also found a lot of people who came specifically at him, the kind that was not good.

He probably guessed that someone was playing tricks on the subject, and this person should be the prince. On the stage, Xie Yutang saw the situation below clearly, and when he saw the distorted face of the winning prince, he knew how much he hated himself.

It's just that the evidence is still not enough, and Xie Yutang can't fight back at will, after all, the other party's identity is higher than his own, and he still has royal blood flowing in it. Looking at it this way, he is just a person who works hard for the royal family, how can he compare.

So now we can only wait, Xie Yutang has been waiting for a suitable time to take revenge......

Within a few days, Xie Yutang received an order from the emperor to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace. After Xie Yutang went, he saw that the emperor was reviewing the recital. Xie Yutang thought to himself: The emperor summoned me at this time, did something happen?

"See the emperor!"

The emperor raised his head from the recital, saw Xie Yutang saluting him, and said with a smile: "You are here, sit." ”

Xie Yutang was a little surprised, but he still followed the emperor's instructions and sat on the seat closest to him. The emperor looked at the fold in his hand for a while, and then handed him to Xie Yutang and said, "Come, you look at this." ”

"Your Majesty, this ......" Xie Yutang hurriedly refused, "Your Majesty, Weichen is just a military general, how can he participate in political affairs!" ”

"It's okay, I'll allow it."

At this time, Xie Yutang had no choice but to take the fold and look at it carefully, what was written on this fold was probably about a sudden drought in a place not far from the capital, the crops could not survive, the people had nothing to eat, the people were resentful, and there were even more incidents of robbery and plunder.

The emperor asked Xie Yutang, "What do you think of this?" ”

Xie Yutang replied: "Your Majesty, this drought is a natural disaster rather than a man-made disaster, and it is really unavoidable. ”

"And what do you have to do about it?"

"This ......" Xie Yutang still couldn't think of it for a while, and the emperor saw that he was a little flustered, so he softened his tone and told him: "The crown prince also came here just now, and I also told him about it, and he gave me a few ways." ”

"Oh?" Xie Yutang instantly lifted his spirits when he heard the words of the prince, and he looked like he was listening.

"He gave me five ideas, one of which was to ask me to open a granary and set up a porridge shop in front of the major yamen in the drought-stricken area to solve the problem that the victims had nothing to eat."

Second, he asked me to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens in the capital, and asked the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to participate, and encouraged them to donate, and the hundred officials should be reconciled. Subsequently, there were royal officials who set an example above, and the dignitaries below would also follow to collect donations, and this money was naturally used to relieve the victims. ”

The emperor summed it up and said: "To provide relief, we must first register the victims in need of relief, and then distribute relief food according to the people on the list, so as to ensure that the relief reaches every victim." ”

"Second, we need to enable wealthy families to donate money or sell food to the victims at a discounted price. At the same time, the family that made the donation can be registered and their children can be benefited later. ”

"Third, set up a porridge factory, give porridge to the victims, and then encourage those officials to help, and link their evaluation system to their performance in this disaster relief, so that they will do their best to help the disaster relief."

"Fourth, tax reduction and exemption, the original people's income is not good, if taxes are levied again, will not increase the people's resentment. If it is reduced, the people will surely thank His Majesty for his favor. ”

The above is almost the original words of the prince, in fact, at first glance, what he said is very reasonable, and the feasibility is also very high.

The emperor commented: "I also asked some ministers, and they also agreed with the prince's approach. In fact, it has always been practiced in the past. ”

Xie Yutang thought carefully about those methods in his mind, and under the emperor's expectant gaze, he said: "The emperor is slow, Weichen thinks that these five methods may not work." ”

"Oh? Why is that? It seemed to be the emperor's expectation, but he still wanted to get to the end.

"Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's five methods seem to be comprehensive, each of them will bring huge hidden dangers, because he has not personally considered this aspect of human nature."

"It seems that it can alleviate the situation very well, but it may cause riots among the victims, and this fault may be in the middle."

The emperor showed a happy look on his face, he didn't expect Xie Yutang to dominate on the battlefield, and he could analyze things and speak in an orderly manner.

"In fact, the emperor can think about it, every time there was a natural disaster before, it was implemented like this, why the victims of the disaster did not get the best relief. Take one of the points as an example, the materials that are registered to be distributed to the victims are not directly handed over to the victims, but distributed layer by layer, which inevitably leads to official deductions, and in the end there are very few to the people. ”

"After all, the final distribution power is in the hands of those officials and historians, who may take advantage of the disaster for personal gain, conceal, falsely report, and lie about the real situation."

Xie Yutang knew that what he said was a bit excessive, so he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is just guessing in vain, and the emperor forgives you." ”

"Get up." The emperor picked up another fold and showed it to Xie Yutang, and after he took it, he found that it was the result of an official's investigation of some things that happened in the disaster area, just as Xie Yutang expected, the victims rioted.

"At first, I also listened to the prince's full authority to let him and his men handle it, but I sent people to inspect and found out who were pretending to distribute porridge to the victims while the people I sent to inspect were there, but as soon as my people left, they removed the porridge shop."

"What's even more excessive is that they mixed white soil into the relief food, and finally simply used the bark of grass roots and trees to make the victims drink this kind of porridge! With such a disaster relief, how can there be no riots? ”

Xie Yutang secretly complained in his heart, the prince really lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot this time, and it was a rare opportunity for him Xie Yutang.

"The emperor doesn't want to criticize His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he is just the one who came up with the idea, after all, he was born in the palace and didn't understand the disaster, which can be regarded as excusable. The main thing is that those officials who do not do their best really dare to do this kind of thing under the emperor's nose, and the emperor should blame them. ”

The emperor was silent, Xie Yutang's words showed that the prince was stupid and thoughtless, and the people under the prince were all plotting against him. But when you think about it, he seems to have a point, if it weren't for them, how could there be a riot in the disaster area?