In recent months, there have been heavy rains in the south of the Yangtze River, floods in all directions, and the people in many places have almost no harvest, and now there are many victims who have come to the capital, if you go out, you must be more careful. ”

When it came to the floods in Jiangnan, Xie Yutang's brows couldn't help but screw together.

Chi Wan knew that he had been running around for the floods in Jiangnan during this time, and everyone had lost a lot of weight, so he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"Jiangnan has always been the grain depot of the imperial court, if it is flooded, presumably the imperial court will find a way to deal with it, right?"

"Your Majesty has decided to allocate the money he spent on the hunting grounds for disaster relief."

Despite this, it is still a drop in the bucket, but since His Majesty has set an example, the rest of the courtiers naturally cannot lag behind, and they have expressed their generosity.

Xie Yutang pondered for a moment, "How much silver do you have at home now?" ”

"I don't have much cash at home, but I've told the shopkeepers to transfer all the cash out of the store." Ji Wan had already guessed that he would not be able to help the victims, so he prepared the silver early in the morning.

"It's really Wanwan, who knows me!" Xie Yutang couldn't help but hug Chi Wan, being able to marry Chi Wan was really the greatest luck in his life.

Chi Wan thought about it for a while and then considered, "I don't think you should get involved in raising money." ”

Those princes and ministers asked them to take out the money to help the people, and now their hearts are dripping blood, if they let Xie Yutang do this, I am afraid that they will offend the entire court officials, large and small, Xie Yutang is too bright, and if he offends these people, it will only be more difficult to do in the future.

Xie Yutang didn't want to deal with those fake villains, so he agreed.

So when the king of Chu brought him up to be the person in charge of preparing the disaster relief silver, he politely refused.

The smile on King Chu's face was a little stiff, but he quickly concealed it, and asked curiously, "But it's because you've been too busy lately?" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, the minister's health is very good, but the work of raising money is too cumbersome, and I am careless, I'm afraid I can't do such a meticulous thing." Xie Yutang didn't say anything about Chi Wan's dissuasion of him.

When King Chu heard him say this, the smile on his face suddenly relaxed a lot, "I have just ascended the throne, and I want you to help me in many things." ”

"Your Majesty is serious." Xie Yutang hurriedly arched his hand.

The king of Chu paced back and forth in front of the palace, and suddenly turned around, "This flood in the south of the Yangtze River, a large number of victims have poured into the capital, although this matter has been handed over to the prime minister, but he has always been in poor health, you can help him when you have time." ”

The other party had already said this, and Xie Yutang couldn't refuse anymore, so he agreed, and after going back, he told Chi Wan about the matter as soon as possible, but saw her face full of anger.

The King of Chu was clearly deliberate, and the previous things could be said to be her heart, but now his thoughts are becoming more and more obvious, Xie Yutang, a former friend, can't tolerate him as a high-ranking general.

"Your Majesty is really going to make trouble for you, it's obviously the prime minister's business, what's the matter if it's left to you?" The more Chi Wan thought about it, the more she felt that King Chu was really a hypocrite, "This matter, even if you do it well, you will not be praised, if you do it badly, the blame will be on you at that time." ”

"How so?" Xie Yutang didn't think about it so much, "Prime Minister was injured in the early years, and he has been taking medicine all year round, so I should help him." ”

"You idiot." Chi Wan was so angry that he stomped his feet, he didn't understand King Chu's sinister thoughts at all, "Don't you think that Your Majesty has a heart to guard against you, and is trapping you step by step?" ”

Xie Yutang's expression froze suddenly, and then he said very seriously, "I think you're thinking too much." ”

He and the King of Chu have known each other since childhood, and they have supported each other over the years, experiencing life and death several times, and he believes in their friendship. And fame, wealth, and power, he has never been obsessed, and the King of Chu is also very aware of this.

Chi Wan only felt that he was naïve and ridiculous, perhaps, before the king of Chu became the emperor, they were good brothers who shared weal and hardship, but after ascending the throne, which emperor could tolerate courtiers who were more prestigious than himself?

"Have you ever thought that you now have a very high prestige, whether in the court or in the people, which is a threat to Your Majesty." Ji Wan is afraid that he will fall into someone else's trap one day, and he is still stupidly working for others.

"Don't think I'm alarmist, you see which powerful minister in history has a good result in the end."

Xie Yutang saw that the more she spoke, the more anxious she became, her face turned red, and she stepped forward and patted her back gently, "I know that you said that this is all for my good, but I believe that Your Majesty is not the kind of person who is capricious and suspicious. ”

Chi Wan directly threw him a big roll of the eyes, but she also knew that their love for so many years was not something that she could impress with a sentence or two.

She could only wait slowly, waiting for the King of Chu to reveal her thoughts.

The city gate in the early morning has always been crowded and lively, whether it is the countryside people or the wealthy businessmen, if they want to enter the city, they can only line up honestly.

But now the city gate has become a mess, and a large crowd of people are surrounding the city gate to enter the city, but the soldiers guarding the city have red tassel guns in their hands, and their faces are majestic and do not let anyone pass.

Xie Yutang stood on the city wall and looked at the chaos below, his face becoming more and more ugly.

The gatekeeper standing beside him was shaking more and more, he had long heard of General Xie's prestige, and knew that he was upright, for fear that he would blame himself for the disaster below.

"It's the lower officials who are not doing well, I ...... After a while, let people drive these rebels away, and prevent them from blocking the city gates. The city keeper trembled and prepared to go down to drive the people.

"Stop." Xie Yutang's majestic voice came from behind him, and the city guard's legs were weak, and he almost fell directly to the ground.

"What else does the general have to explain?" The city guard asked cautiously.

"These people down there are not chaotic people, they are all ordinary people, they have left their hometowns and come here, just want to live, if you drive them away, it will only make the people of the world chill."

Xie Yutang frowned, he had long known that the floods in Jiangnan were serious, but judging from the current number of victims outside the city, the disaster was more serious than he imagined.

The city guard was a little surprised, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "What if you don't drive them away?" ”

Xie Yutang also had a headache in his heart, if he rashly let these disaster victims in, not to mention where they were placed, but to manage them, it would also be a very major challenge to the security of the capital.

"I remember that there are a lot of abandoned houses and temples in Xishan in the western suburbs, so let's put the victims there and resettle them there for the time being."

Xie Yutang looked up at the sky, now it is the scorching sun, people stand in the sun for a while and sweat like rain, most of the victims below are old and young, women and children, many of them are pale, it seems that they can't support it anymore.

"You can send someone to set up a few tea houses at the gate of the city, so that they can rest for a while."

Xie Yutang explained a few more things to the city guard, and before he knew it, it was noon.

The city guard came here early in the morning to greet Xie Yutang, and now he was hungry and hungry, but looking at his serious appearance, he didn't dare to shout hungry at all, but fortunately his savior arrived in time.

"Husband." As soon as Xie Yutang turned his head, he looked at Chi Wan standing at the door with the maid.

"Why are you here?"

"It's time for lunch." Chi Wan looked very helpless, knowing that he was a workaholic and would definitely forget to eat, so he came over to bring him lunch.

The little girl next to her put the food box on the table and laid out the dishes inside one by one.

The smell of food came to his nose, and the city guard couldn't help but swallow.

"Let's have some food with this adult." Chi Wan opened her mouth to invite and specially brought more food.

The city guard looked at the food on the table, then at Xie Yutang, and finally shook his head, and ate with the general, I'm afraid he didn't have any appetite at all, although these meals looked really delicious.

Chi Wan didn't force him, but just asked the little maid to give him a food box.

The city guard took the food box and said gratefully, "Thank you to the general's wife, then the lower official will retire first." After saying that, he didn't wait for them to answer, and ran away as soon as he smoked.

Xie Yutang had something in his heart, looked out of the city in a daze, and did not find the city guard, so he left.

"When it's time for dinner, you can put your business aside." Ji Wan stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, only to pull back his distant thoughts.

At the dinner table, Xie Yutang kept frowning, looking preoccupied.

"Did you encounter anything difficult to do?" Ji Wan asked with concern.

Before Xie Yutang could answer, he heard a commotion outside the door, and saw the prime minister coming over with a group of people.

"General Xie is really interested, I thought that the general was busy with the affairs of the victims outside the city, but I didn't expect to accompany my wife to dinner."

As soon as someone came in and saw the food on the table, he said sarcastically, "The people outside the city can't even drink saliva, but the general and his wife eat a lot of food." ”

Xie Yutang didn't want to defend himself, but Chi Wan couldn't stand it anymore, and asked, "Listening to this adult's tone, it seems that your family must have a coarse meal of tea and light rice, and the money saved has helped the victims outside the city, and I don't know how much silver you donated this time?" ”

The person who spoke at the beginning looked sneered, "Although I am not as rich as the general, I have also done my best and donated all my money for a year." ”

The more Chi Wan listened, the more angry she became, there was nothing else in this person's words.

"The net worth of my generals was earned by accompanying His Majesty from birth to death, so naturally you can't be compared with my generals."

The man was not convinced, and wanted to argue a few words, but the prime minister on the side looked at him with a look, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.