Wen Tiren sighed and said: "Then it depends on Governor Li's ability, in the opinion of this official, the imperial court is a little unbearable." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

After Li Shuo and Cao Dezhang listened to Wen Tiren's words, they were silent, because they knew in their hearts that the imperial court was not rich, and in addition to the warmer weather in Liaodong, a new round of Houjin offensive was about to begin, and in the future, the focus of the imperial court would also change from Shaanxi disaster relief to Liaodong defense line, which was a situation that no one could change.

Everyone has their own thoughts about a meal, and it is tasteless.

The next day, Li Shuo accompanied Wen Tiren from Beijing to the most severely affected government to inspect, the crops in the field were half dead, the people in the past were yellow and thin, suffering from vicissitudes, Li Shuo couldn't bear it, but there was nothing to do, he could only order the lower-level officials, the grain money allocated from Chang'an Mansion should all be used for disaster relief, and the inspectors at all levels were strictly supervised, if someone moved a penny and a meter, they would be severely punished, even so, Li Shuo knew better than anyone that most of the money and grain in Chang'an Mansion came from the relief of the imperial court, Most of the money and grain allocated by the imperial court came from the provinces south of the Yangtze River, if the provinces of Jiangnan were overwhelmed, or if there were major changes in Liaodong, then the court would no longer have time to take care of Shaanxi, and then the real test would come.

Wen Tiren stayed in Shaanxi for ten days, except for going out the next day, he stayed in the Chang'an Mansion Station, Li Shuo was a little dissatisfied in his heart, and it was not easy to show it, and he never mentioned Wen Tiren's dereliction of duty, just because Wen Tiren was the first batch of confidential ministers since the establishment of the Confidential Division, if he impeached him, the emperor would be disgraced, and he would offend a powerful person in the court, and the gains outweighed the losses.

After Wen Tiren returned to Beijing, Zhu Youzhen summoned him.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon couch, rummaging through a book from Nanjing, which was written by Shi Mingrui, the prefect of Nanjing, and was full of grievances, only saying that most of the grain in Nanjing City was transported to Shaanxi by the imperial court, and if it went on like this, I was afraid that there would be public grievances.

Zhu Youzhen chuckled, and casually put the piece on the dragon case, at this moment, Zhang Gong pushed the door in, walked forward with a half-arched waist and said: "Your Majesty, Wen Tiren, Lord Wen is ordered to make a pilgrimage." ”

"Let him in." In the past few months, Zhu Youzhen felt sincerely tired, although the court was still arguing at this time, but the new policy was still implemented, and the Confidential Department was established according to his own ideas, but the situation did not change as he imagined, and the Shaanxi disaster made the court helpless.

After Wen Tiren entered the main hall, he walked to the dragon couch and knelt down: "Weichen greets my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

"Flat." Saying that, Zhu Youzhen stood up and walked to Wen Tiren's side.

Wen Tiren, who had just stood up, saw Zhu Youzhen walking to his side, and was inexplicably nervous, just because the conditions in Shaanxi were very bad, and he stayed in the post station all day, even if Li Shuo invited him to go to the palace to discuss matters, he couldn't refuse, could it be that Li Shuo sued himself in front of the emperor?

"Wen Tiren, what do you think of going to Shaanxi this time?" Zhu Youzhen didn't know that Wen Tiren was derelict in his duties.

"Your Majesty, the situation in Shaanxi is severe, and Weichen thinks that he should make other plans."

"What are the other big calculations?" Hearing Wen Tiren say these words to himself, Zhu Youzhen felt a trace of anger.

"The catastrophe in Shaanxi is a natural disaster, not manpower, although the imperial court is active in disaster relief, but if most of Shaanxi this year has no harvest, the number of victims is more than one million, when the time comes, the imperial court will take what disaster relief, people say, the rich family has surplus grain, but in the year of the catastrophe, how many rich households are well aware of the righteousness, if the imperial court stops the disaster relief in Shaanxi at this time, then the Shaanxi government can only last for more than two months, when the displaced people are everywhere, the government must be difficult to cope with the situation, so the imperial court should make more plans to prevent the displaced people from flowing out of Shaanxi." When he came to meet Zhu Youzhen this time, Wen Tiren also put a lot of effort into asking the staff and checking the surplus grain situation in Shaanxi. The plan he proposed was the most suitable, and it was also an idea that the so-called upright gentleman couldn't come up with and didn't dare to come up with, but it was such a remark that made Zhu Youzhen furious.

"I understand what Aiqing means, what do you mean is that if the imperial court is not capable of disaster relief, it should activate the army, blockade the entire Shaanxi, and cut off the people's way of life? My palace is so big, and the use is also very large, even if I have one meal a day, I will never give up Shaanxi, Wen Tiren, I tell you, even if the imperial court is unable to provide disaster relief, the imperial court will never issue an order to block the entire territory of Shaanxi, I can't cut off their way of survival, of course, I know that there will be people who will rebel, but I am not Emperor Yuan Shun, and my Ming Dynasty will not be as vulnerable as the Yuan State established by the barbarians. Zhu Youzhen said coldly.

After Wen Tiren heard Zhu Youzhen's words, he panicked and hurriedly knelt down, bowing his head and saying nothing.

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath and waved his hand: "You get up, I have some Meng Lang." ”

"Wechen is guilty, Wechen is guilty." Wen Tiren was really afraid that Zhu Youzhen's opinion of himself would change for the better.

Zhu Youzhen knew that he was asking Wen Tiren now, and he didn't have the slightest opinion, so he waved his hand to let him step back.

After Wen Tiren withdrew from the main hall, he took a deep breath, and was about to take a step to leave, when he heard someone shouting behind him, and when he turned his head to look, he realized that it was Wang Chengen.

Wen Tiren hurriedly stepped forward, arched his hand and smiled: "Princess." ”

Wang Chengen's face was serious, and he waved his hand and said, "Lord Wen, can you take a step to speak." ”

Wen Tiren looked at Wang Chengen, who was a little serious, his heart tightened, nodded, and followed Wang Chengen to a secluded place.

"Lord Wen, would it be good for you to look at something?" Wang Chengen said softly.

"Father-in-law, what is it?"

Wang Chengen looked around, took out a letter from his cuff, and handed it to Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren looked at it after taking it, his face changed greatly, and he looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Princess, who said what was said in this letter, there is no such thing at all." ”

"Lord Wen, is there such a thing, you and I are very clear in our hearts, this is submitted by the Jinyi Wei in Shaanxi, I believe it very much, I think the emperor will also believe very much, as a confidential minister to Shaanxi, the emperor trusts you so much, is to let you go to supervise and inspect, I didn't expect you to go for ten days, nine days in the post station, you said that the emperor knew, will Long Yan be angry." Wang Chengen said with a sneer.

Wen Tiren looked at Wang Chengen, knowing that Wang Chengen must have something to do with him, if it weren't for this, he would definitely not be able to see this letter, so he suddenly calmed down and said softly: "I hope that the prince will hide a thing or two for the lower officials, and the lower officials are grateful." ”

"Dereliction of duty, not to mention that Shaanxi is involved, if the emperor knows, he will definitely miss his future. Lord Wen, you have the world in your heart, sooner or later you will enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, if you hurt yourself because of this trivial matter, then I am afraid that it is too unworthy, and the miscellaneous family is not worth it for Lord Wen, so the miscellaneous family did not hand over this secret letter to the emperor, and the miscellaneous family has also instructed the Jinyi guard to command Luo Yangxing, so that he can also control his mouth. ”

Wen Tiren half-bowed down and said, "Thank you for your great kindness." In the future, if the prince is sent, the lower officials will do their best to do it. ”