In two days, all the grain stores in Xingyang City were raided by the Shenwu Army, in addition to arresting the principal of the merchant and confiscating a considerable part of the grain, but also left a message to the shopkeepers who stayed behind in the grain stores, the grain shops must continue to open their doors, the price must drop to the price level before the outbreak of the disaster, and the residents who come to buy grain must be restricted, and each household can only buy how many catties per day according to the number of people, and the household registration must be taken when purchasing.

Once the price of grain rises, the overall price of the market will rise, and the price of grain will fall, and the overall price of the market will also fall, through this method, Zhao Junsheng only took a few days to reduce the overall price in the affected areas.

This kind of means is not a full administrative measure, but a semi-administrative means, only to limit the price of grain, relying on the market itself to adjust the ability to pull prices back to the normal level, in fact, the arrest of those grain merchants also played a great deterrent role in the entire market, Zhao Junsheng also told all the merchants of the Great Qian Empire through this means, the imperial court does not restrict the merchants to make their business bigger, nor do they see that the merchants make money, as long as the commercial tax is enough, but the imperial court will never allow unscrupulous merchants to take advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters to hoard materialsOnce someone touches this red line, they will definitely be punished with the most severe sanctions.

As a cart full of grain entered the camp, the camp that stretched for more than ten miles soon became lively again, the faces of the victims showed a happy look, the whole camp gradually regained its vitality and firepower, and the children's faces were filled with happy smiles, chasing and playing with each other in the camp.

Zhao Junsheng's palace is located on a hill next to the disaster camp, and the mountain is full of sentry posts, he stood on the big stone in front of the palace and watched the disaster camp under the mountain lively, and felt relieved.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Tiandu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works who was sent by the imperial court to be in charge of disaster relief matters, asked to see him!" The voice of the eunuch Yuan Jian sounded behind him.

Zhao Junsheng didn't look back, just made a gesture to announce Zhang Tiandu's visit.

Yuan Jian turned around and shouted: "Your Majesty has a will, announce the Tiandu audience!" ”

A middle-aged minister walked over quickly, bowed down and shouted: "The criminal minister Zhang Tiandu knocks to see Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng slowly turned around and faced Zhang Tiandu: "Sinner? What sin are you? ”

Zhang Tiandu knelt on the ground and said: "The imperial court has allocated five million guan, two million stones of grain and countless other disaster relief materials for this disaster relief, but the minister, as the minister of disaster relief appointed by the imperial court, was constrained by the officials of the disaster area and was powerless, they secretly embezzled the disaster relief materials and obstructed the minister's arrangement and implementation of the disaster relief, resulting in the slow progress of the minister's disaster relief matters, the minister is guilty, he really has failed the grace of God, and he has failed the trust of His Majesty and the court, and is willing to be punished!" ”

Zhao Junsheng listened quietly and looked at this Tiandu, whether this Tiandu was selling miserably, or if he was advancing by retreating, or he really blamed himself for failing to make significant progress and results in disaster relief, one thing cannot be denied, Zhang Tiandu was ineffective in disaster relief!

The slow progress and poor results of disaster relief are due to the inaction of officials in the disaster area, and even the deliberate obstruction and embezzlement of disaster relief funds and materials, and the reason that Zhang Tiandu's official position is not high enough to control the scene and his lack of ability.

But none of these are reasons for Zhao Junsheng, the emperor, since he has taken over this errand, he must have the consciousness of becoming a benevolent if he does not succeed, and no reason can be a reason to shirk responsibility.

Zhao Junsheng walked down the big stone and came to Zhang Tiandu's side, "Zhang Tiandu, I have heard about what you have done in the disaster area, and you cannot be blamed for the slow progress and little effect of disaster relief, but you are the ambassador of disaster relief, if the disaster relief is done successfully, so that the people can rebuild their homes with the fastest speed and the fullest mental state, this is your merit and political achievements; Otherwise, this is inaction and crime! Therefore, you have to take part of the responsibility, you can't continue to work as a squire of the Ministry of Works, go to be a county magistrate, the county magistrate of Jing County is currently vacant, and Jing County is also a disaster area, I hope you can let go of the burden in your heart, have the courage to get up from where you fall, and continue the disaster relief in Jing County, so that the people can live in new houses before the cold winter comes, and there is enough stock at home for the winter and the New Year, so that they can have enough seeds for spring plowing and sowing and holding on until harvest! ”

From the Ministry of Industry to the county order, this blow is not a big deal for Zhang Tiandu, but he knows that there can be such a result or the emperor's extrajudicial mercy, otherwise there is a possibility of being imprisoned and killed, and someone must carry the black cauldron, judging from Zhao Junsheng's treatment of him, Zhao Junsheng did not let him carry all the black cauldron, but only punished him slightly.

"The emperor's grace is vast, and the ministers are grateful! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will be ashamed and courageous, and do a good job in the disaster relief of Jingxian County! ”

Zhao Junsheng sent Zhang Tiandu away, walked towards the palace, and asked when he passed by Wang Tanzhi: "Do you think this Zhang Tiandu and those people are one of the backers in the imperial court?" ”

Wang Tanzhi bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has checked Zhang Tiandu's resume, this person has never served in the Ministry of Industry before he became the squire of the Ministry of Industry, nor has he served in other ministries of the imperial court, nor has he served in the counties along the Yellow River, so he should have nothing to do with these people!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was noncommittal, pondered for a while, and instructed Yuan Lian: "Send someone to Xuan Yang Baonian and Zhao An to meet him!" ”

Yang Baonian was the former governor of Xingyang County, and when the former Taishou Cui Yanze and others wantonly embezzled disaster relief funds and did nothing about disaster relief matters, it was Yang Baonian and Zhao An and others who tried their best to raise food and other materials for the victims, and they were also trying their best to appease the emotions of the victims and maintain the stability of the victims.

Zhao An is the crown prince Zhao Dong, Zhao Junsheng arranged for him to go to Suiyang to serve in a fake identity, so he used a fake name Zhao An, Zhao Dong has been able to do a county order from a small official in recent years, and Yang Baonian, the county has promoted him a lot, but it is obvious that Yang Baonian does not know Zhao Dong's true identity.

Soon, Yang Baonian and Zhao Dong came to the palace together.

"Minister Xingyang County Cheng Yang Baonian (Mi County Order Zhao An) knocks to see Your Majesty!" The two of them shouted and knelt down.

Zhao Junsheng glanced at the two of them, raised his hand and said, "Flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

When the two of them got up, Zhao Junsheng said: "It can be seen that your reputation among the victims is very high, because you have done a lot for the victims, after this incident, your official reputation in Xingyang County has risen, I have decided to promote you to serve as Taishou and County Cheng respectively, I hope you can continue to maintain a sincere heart to ask for the people's life as soon as possible, so that the people of Xingyang County can come out of the shadow of the disaster, organize them to rebuild their homes, resume production, restore the previous standard of living in the shortest possible time, and even make the people live a better life!" ”

Yang Baonian and Zhao Dong immediately bowed: "The ministers will bear the trust of His Majesty and live up to the people of Xingyang County!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "There is one more thing, you are now the No. 1 and No. 2 people in Xingyang County, and the officials of the entire county are watching you, I hope that you will set an example for them, be honest and honest, fulfill your duties, always keep the people under your rule in mind, and strengthen the supervision and teaching of subordinate officials on weekdays. ”

The two agreed: "Ministers remember Your Majesty's teachings!" ”

"In the past two days, the soldiers have transported 20,000 stone of grain from Xingyang City, which is enough for 120,000 victims to eat for more than half a month! Starting tomorrow, the two of you will organize officials to distribute half a month's worth of food to the victims, so that they can go home as soon as possible after receiving the food! ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

When Yang Baonian and Zhao Dong left, Zhao Junsheng instructed Yuan Lian: "Go and tell the prince that he will come to see me at dinner!" ”

"No!"

At dusk, Zhao Dong came to the palace, and he was introduced into the palace by Yuan Lian.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!" Zhao Dong saw Zhao Junsheng and bowed.

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the short table opposite and said, "Get up, sit there!" ”

"No!" Zhao Dong got up and knelt down behind the low table, and found that there was a lot of food on the low table.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Grandpa knows that you haven't eaten well or drunk well and slept well in the past few months, this is specially prepared for you by Grandpa, you accompany Grandpa to drink a few cups, sleep here when you are full of food and drink, and get up early tomorrow morning to cooperate with Yang Baonian to distribute food to the victims!" ”

Zhao Dong got up and saluted: "Son Grandpa Xie, it's just that those victims can't eat enough, but my son is here with a lot of fish and meat, and I really feel a little sorry for it; The victims were not persuaded to return home for a day, and the sons were always at ease all day, but they were afraid that they would not be able to sleep here, so their sons would eat as much as they wanted, and they would go back to the tent first after eating! ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhao Dong and found that he had made great progress as an official outside in the past few years.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while and said to Zhao Dong: "Son, you have the people in your heart and have compassion for the people's livelihood and suffering, Grandpa is very happy; Meticulous and unremitting in dealing with official duties, Grandpa is also very happy and satisfied with your progress in the past two years. But you must know that things cannot be done, and you must pay attention to the combination of work and rest, so that the efficiency can be the highest; You have to know that the body is the capital of everything, if you want to do things, want to do great things, you must have a good body, if you are tired of the body, even if you have great ambitions and ambitions, even if you have amazing talents, there is no chance to display, wouldn't it be a pity? ”

Zhao Junsheng's words were still very effective for Zhao Dong, he listened to it, and thought that it was indeed very reasonable, so he agreed: "Remember Grandpa's teachings and follow Grandpa's arrangement!" ”