The recovery and reconstruction work in Mengjin County has been unusually smooth, and the number of victims and displaced people who have come to Mengjin County has increased significantly, and at its peak, it exceeded 100,000 people.

Su Tiancheng knew that many people came from other places, and his purpose was that the more people who came, the better.

Henan's disaster relief work is not so easy to carry out, and there are interests of the local government, and Su Tiancheng did this to curb the local government to the greatest extent.

Slowly, the prefect of Henan Prefecture has some opinions, seeing that the silver is flowing out like this, and after falling to the worst, I am afraid that there is not much left in the government, this situation has lasted for half a month, and the political envoy and governor of Henan Province also have opinions.

They feel that this time the imperial court's disaster relief, the local government, excluded, is completely sent by the imperial court to patrol the imperial history to be the master, this is a great disrespect, not to mention, this patrol according to the imperial history, is just the county magistrate of Jiangning County, Tianfu, and is not a great figure, if the imperial court is above the third grade, they do not dare to express their opinions at will.

The impeachment went to the imperial court.

Su Tiancheng also learned the news, of course, it was sent by Jinyiwei.

In this disaster relief, he seemed very lonely, and all he thought about was the interests of the victims and the displaced people, so to speak, under pressure, against officials in Henan Province.

In fact, it is very dangerous to do this, if he turns a blind eye and hands over most of the silver taels to the provincial officials, or directly to the governor, he may be able to get a lot of praise.

But he won't do this, if he does, it won't be long before Henan will become a hard-hit area, and there will be a shortage of food. As a result of the successive disasters, more and more peasants did not have enough to eat, and as a result, there were so many rebellious peasants that they could not take care of it by relying only on relief. This time, if you have the silver, you have to make the most of it.

The peasants were actually very kind, and as long as there was a way to live, they would never want to rebel.

The more people who came to Mengjin County, the more farmers got the silver.

The peasants in Henan are very conscious, and all of them who participate in the dredging work are young and strong. It is almost impossible to see the old people and children, let alone women, many peasants understand that this is the imperial court to help them, working for a day, not only to eat, but also to pay a subsidy of three dollars of silver, ten days down. It's three taels of silver, and I rely on it. The whole family can barely survive for a year, and all this silver is used to buy food, which is enough for six to seven stones.

They knew that if they gave up a position, they would be able to save the family.

And this inspector is the imperial history. Grain is being organized to keep the price of grain down to the greatest extent, and wheat flour, which once required five cents of silver and one stone, has been reduced to four pieces of silver.

The effects of disaster relief are slowly being felt. First, displaced people from all over Henan Prefecture, including peasants, rushed to Mengjin, then Huaiqing Prefecture, Weihui Prefecture, and Zhangde Prefecture, and later, peasants from Kaifeng Prefecture and Ruzhou also rushed to hear the news, and more and more peasants gathered in Mengjin.

All over Mengjin, earth-shaking changes have taken place, farmers do things, not lazy, not slippery, honest, these silt is also fertilizer in the farmland, clean up the cultivated land, covered with a layer of air-dried silt, the fertility is very sufficient, the veteran of farming, are very clear.

A month later, the silt along the way was almost cleared, and the time was in early September.

Su Tiancheng basically completed the task of disaster relief.

All over Mengjin, the construction is very good, if someone comes here and suddenly sees it, they will never believe that three months ago, there was a flood disaster here.

After the construction work was over, the victims left Mengjin County one after another, of course, they all left with white flowers, and many of them also carried the seeds of the coming year issued by the government.

The one million taels of silver brought were spent more than 700,000 taels, and there was still nearly 300,000 taels of silver left.

After Su Tiancheng and Yan Zizhang discussed, they were all handed over to the Yamen of the Henan Political Envoy.

Mengjin and Henan Mansion no longer need this silver.

After all, there are still places such as Guide Mansion, Runing Mansion and Nanyang Mansion, which have not received much relief, and the remaining silver taels are invested in these places, and it is almost the same, as for whether it can really reach the hands of the victims, God knows.

Xu Eryi, the director of the Ministry of Works, suddenly came to Mengjin County.

When Su Tiancheng saw Xu Eryi, he was very surprised, and when he learned that Xu Eryi was representing the imperial court and came to inquire about things, he already had a calculation in his heart.

Xu Eryi was very serious, although in the second hall of the county government, there were only the two of them.

"Lord Su, on behalf of the imperial court, I will ask you a few questions, and you must answer them truthfully."

"The first question, the imperial court appointed you as the inspector of the imperial history, responsible for disaster relief in Henan, why have you been in Mengjin all the time, and have you not gone to other places to see?"

"Back to Lord Xu, the disaster in Mengjin is the most serious, the official bears a heavy responsibility, and he does not dare to delay at any time, if he says that this disaster relief is only concerned about Mengjin and other places, and does not take care of other places, the lower officials will never admit it, the victims in Mengjin County are not more than 20,000, and the victims who can be relieved by the lower officials have reached 200,000 people, just ask those disaster victims, where did they come from."

"How can you be sure that these people are disaster victims?"

"All the victims who came to Mengjin had the guidance of the government, and the lower officials also sent sergeants to various places to inquire about the situation, proving that these people had indeed suffered disasters, and they came to Mengjin to do things, and they got silver taels, which could maintain the life of their families, and the lower officials thought that this kind of relief was the most appropriate."

"The second question, since you came to Henan for disaster relief, why don't you rely on the local government and fully grasp the situation, but make a decision on your own?"

"Xiaguan has always relied on the local government, the official's plan, divided into two steps, the first step, to maximize the relief of the victims, which needs to practice, grasp the situation, rather than listen to the local report, do this well, the second step, is the local organization of the victims, to carry out production to save themselves, if these things, all entrusted to the local government, the lower officials have the expectations of the emperor, there is a heavy trust of the court."

After the two questions, Xu Er looked at Su Tiancheng and didn't speak for a long time.

"Lord Xu. Do you have any questions, the lower official is waiting to be answered. ”

"Okay, the next question, no need to ask, Kun Yuan, I have a truth. I don't know if you like to listen to it, this disaster relief matter must rely on the locality. ”

"Teacher, students also have a truth, relying on the local area is certain, but students must maximize the benefits for the disaster victims, so that the disaster relief work is not effective, and the farmers can also survive."

"Aren't you afraid of offending many of your colleagues?"

"It's false to say that you're not afraid. However, if the farmers are cornered because of the ineffective disaster relief work, or even fall into the grass or join the ranks of the rogues, the students would rather offend many of their colleagues. ”

Xu Eryi's lips twitched.

"Well, that's right, the old man didn't misunderstand you. Kun Yuan, don't worry. After the old man goes back, he must fight on the basis of reason, if you are so loyal, you will be impeached, what is the reason to speak of, you can hate these officials in Henan. Always thinking of your own interests, what you are staring at is the disaster relief money allocated by the imperial court, and the old man is ashamed to talk to them, so you can do it boldly. The old man has your back. ”

"The student has thanked the teacher."

"Kun Yuan, don't say it, it should be the old man who thanked you, it's been two days since I arrived in Mengjin, the old man went down to take a look, the situation is very good, the people call you Qingtian Bodhisattva, the old man saw the victims, their faces were ruddy, they admired the court, and thought that this disaster relief was real, and the silver was used on their heads."

"The students have not done enough, but unfortunately the time is too short, and they will return to the capital in a blink of an eye to resume their lives, if it is longer, the students will definitely use all the silver on the heads of the victims."

"The old man understands your feelings, just do it in moderation, the old man has been an official for so many years, although he has a bad temper, but there are still a lot of things he has seen, you can't learn from the old man, it's not okay to be too upright, the necessary flexibility is still necessary."

Su Tiancheng looked at Xu Eryi and looked very surprised.

"Hehe, people change."

After finishing the business, Xu Eryi's expression became serious again.

"Kun Yuan, during this time, something happened in the imperial court, Min Hongxue, the secretary of the ministry, was removed from his official position, and the prince Shaobao and Chen Yuting, the imperial historian of the left capital, were also removed from their official positions, and the imperial court is probably going to be public."

Su Tiancheng looked at Xu Eryi and did not speak.

"Lord Zhou and Lord Wen, no one has been able to please, fighting back and forth, it's not a lose-lose situation, how can the emperor not understand these things, each of them will play fifty boards, I don't know if the court can stop some in the future."

"The students thought it wouldn't stop."

"Kun Yuan, why do you think so much?"

"Party strife within the imperial court has always existed, if you want to eliminate these strife, it is impossible, students think that when the country is in danger, the minister of civil and military affairs can abandon the past suspicions, work together, and tide over the difficulties, even if it is very good, if at a critical moment, still think of interests, think of fighting, it is an unforgivable sin."

"Kunyuan, you're not simple, you can have such an analysis, okay, your disaster relief mission has been completed, you don't need to go back to the capital to reinstate, take the Xiaoqi camp, and go back to Jiangning County directly."

Su Tiancheng was a little gloomy, and he didn't go back to the capital, which showed that there were still people who were sparing no effort to impeach him, and the emperor was in a dilemma, so he had to let himself go back to Jiangning County directly.

What happened next, he could never have imagined.

Yan Zizhang actually said good things for him, when Xu Eryi investigated, Yan Zizhang sought truth from facts, thinking that Henan's disaster relief work was done very well, and Su Tiancheng made great contributions.

As for Deng Hui, he has always followed Su Tiancheng, he is still a little frightened, Su Tiancheng is decisive in killing, such a handsome man, he has seen it for the first time, especially the disaster relief work in Henan, which has done a very good job, he admires it from the bottom of his heart, and he can't think of such a good way.

When it comes to his future, he is nervous, and as time goes by, he slowly makes up his mind to follow Su Tiancheng, as long as he is loyal, he will definitely have a future. (To be continued.) )