The disaster relief silver taels in one province of Henan reached one million taels, which was more than the rest of the provinces, which also showed that the disaster situation in Henan was very serious, and Su Tiancheng really didn't dare to be negligent when he suddenly accepted such an important task.

After the Xiao cavalry battalion was ready, it was waiting for Su Tiancheng's order.

Disaster relief is like fighting a fire, of course, he will not delay, he received the holy decree, and immediately prepared to go.

However, this time there was more than one person who went to Henan for disaster relief, and Yan Zizhang, the superintendent of the Imperial Inspectorate, followed Su Tiancheng to Henan as a deputy envoy.

Yan Zizhang is a jinshi during the Apocalypse, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and has always been in the capital.

Sending Yan Zizhang as a deputy envoy is also Zhou Yanru's meaning, probably not at ease, feeling that Su Tiancheng is too young.

The relevant preparations have just been rolled out, and there is a contradiction between Su Tiancheng and Yan Zizhang.

According to the requirements, these silver taels should be escorted to Henan, and as for whether they should first go to Kaifeng Prefecture, the capital of Henan, or to Mengjin under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture, this is arranged by themselves according to the needs of disaster relief work.

Yan Zizhang meant that he would escort these silver taels directly to Luoyang, Henan, which was less than fifty miles away from Mengjin, so that it was convenient to carry out disaster relief matters on the spot.

Su Tiancheng had a different opinion, he believed that the soldiers were divided into two ways, Yan Zizhang took a small amount of silver to Luoyang, and he brought a large amount of silver to Kaifeng Mansion.

At first glance, Yan Zizhang's suggestion is very reasonable, and Su Tiancheng's proposal is a bit of a waste of manpower and material resources.

In fact, Su Tiancheng has a deeper idea.

The Yellow River breaks at the mouth of Mengjin, there are countless victims nearby, Mengjin is only more than 40 miles away from Luoyang, it can be said that a large number of victims. The first choice is to pour into Luoyang, Luoyang's life must be difficult, according to the news on the imperial palace, some places in Luoyang have also suffered disasters.

The breach of the Yellow River was on the sixth day of June. It is now the end of July, nearly two months have passed, and the situation of the victims must be very bad, the description on the newspaper said that the soldiers and civilians were killed and injured innumerable, and the people migrated, praying for food everywhere, and there was almost no way out. This illustrates. The victims are already in a desperate situation.

In such a situation, the victims need not silver, but food, as well as necessary daily necessities, including medicines.

If you go to Luoyang with this money, it is impossible to buy a lot of food, including necessary daily necessities and medicines, and the best way to do it is to do so. While calming the emotions of the victims, they also purchased a large amount of food and relief materials.

Besides. It is very likely that some of the victims left Luoyang and came to Kaifeng, people are like this, seeing that there is no way to live, try to go to a big place, maybe there is a glimmer of life.

Divided into two lines. There is a great advantage, Yan Zizhang is in Luoyang, he can represent the imperial court, appease the victims, and he is in Kaifeng. After purchasing a large amount of food, medicine and other materials, they went directly to Mengjin, and many victims could be taken in along the road.

Su Tiancheng patiently explained his thoughts, after all, during the period of disaster relief between him and Yan Zizhang, they needed to work together, and the two of them could discuss many things.

Yan Zizhang listened to the explanation and didn't say much, obviously a little moved, but he just didn't agree with Su Tiancheng's opinion, but he couldn't say the reason for his opposition, and it was just one sentence over and over again, the disaster was urgent, and it couldn't be delayed, and it couldn't go in the opposite direction.

Su Tiancheng was very strange, he didn't understand why Yan Zizhang was like this, this was tantamount to being unreasonable.

After arguing for most of the day, Su Tiancheng couldn't help it, he was the main envoy, he had the power to make decisions on the spot, and he had the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor, this little thing could not be solved, and how to carry out disaster relief work.

What's even more strange is that Su Tiancheng made a tough decision, and Yan Zizhang did not have a clear objection.

It's so abnormal.

There must be a demon when things go wrong, and he has to figure out what the reason is.

The night before departure, Su Tiancheng entered a secret mansion.

Dong Chang was waiting, and this time he saw Su Tiancheng with a very serious expression.

After listening to Su Tiancheng's doubts, Dong Chang spoke slowly.

"Kun Yuan, disaster relief is a big thing, you can't be negligent, things are complicated, you will encounter many difficulties, there is no smooth sailing, the more hardships you encounter, the more determined you must be, you can turn the tide, is the mainstay, if you encounter difficulties, you will cringe, how to stand on top of the court in the future, how to face the turbulent waves in the court."

Su Tiancheng paused for a moment, he had never heard Dong Chang say these words.

"You are still young, the old man is glad for you, it is a good thing to be sent to Jiangning County, you can grasp the situation in one county, and you will be able to control the situation in one province in the future."

"The teachings of Shibo are remembered by the younger generations."

"The old man has been an official for decades, witnessing countless ups and downs, many handsome people, with no talents, different heads, mediocre and incompetent, but high in the temple, you can know what it is for, the old man thinks, the handsome people are outstanding, acting government affairs are at ease, but they are arrogant, not good at flexibility, wood show in the forest, the wind will destroy it, on the other hand, the mediocre and incompetent people, self-aware of the insufficiency, but they are well versed in officialdom and knowledge, and they will meet their intentions and do what they like, and they will eventually be promoted, and even worse, they sell themselves for glory, and do everything for power."

Su Tiancheng didn't understand a little, what Dong Changwei said these words, was he reminding himself to pay attention to something, although it was better to say it directly. He had a faint sense of foreboding, could it be that he had seen something big in the court, or that something big would happen in the court.

"Yan Zizhang is still good, but it's a pity that in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, such an official should have been released a long time ago."

Su Tiancheng finally couldn't help it, the purpose of his coming was to understand the situation, Yan Zizhang's performance was too strange.

"Shibo, the juniors really don't understand why Yan Zizhang is so stubborn and doesn't listen to the opinions of the juniors."

"Hehe, what is this, there may be more things in the future, you go to Henan for disaster relief, some people are originally dissatisfied, you are so young, you are not willing to rely on anyone, how can people support you, I wish you had a problem, so you must go all out, you can listen to your opinions, take your own ideas, and don't be interfered with by others."

"Juniors get it."

"Okay, it's good that you understand, in recent times, there have been a lot of things in the court, if there is any change, the old man will send someone to inform you."

Dong Chang said vaguely, but Su Tiancheng was not confused.

Yan Zizhang must listen to the above, so no matter what he does, he will not follow his own opinions, he can find trouble and spare no effort, he is mainly responsible for disaster relief, and if he does something wrong, the responsibility lies on his own head, since some people oppose him to go to disaster relief, he must be thinking about messing it up.

As for the situation of the victims, it is not an important issue.

He was a little angry, party strife and factional struggle, to such an extent, what hope did Da Ming have.

July 28, Mao Shi.

The disaster relief team set off, and the Xiaocai battalion escorted one million taels of silver and left the capital for Henan.

Su Tiancheng's plan was to enter Henan on the first day of August, and on the third day of August, he arrived at Weihui Mansion, and after that, Yan Zizhang took 100,000 taels of silver and went directly to Luoyang through Huaiqing Mansion, and he took most of the men and silver to Kaifeng Mansion.

Along the way, the wind eats and sleeps in the open, and it is not allowed to delay time.

This plan was a decision he made directly, and Yan Zizhang disagreed.

There was no argument, Su Tiancheng didn't want to continue to discuss, the requirements he put forward to Yan Zizhang were all of an order nature, and the special request was that along the way, don't accept the government's invitation to eat, and he will not go to visit the officials in Kaifeng Mansion, and after purchasing relevant materials, go directly to Mengjin.

The combat effectiveness of the Xiao cavalry battalion, needless to say, is still the scorching summer stage, the hot climate, is very tormenting, ordinary people can not bear it, they not only have to hurry, but also always be on guard, the public security situation in Henan is very bad, not only the activities of the rogues, but also a lot of bandits who occupy the mountains as kings. Under such high intensity, the speed of the march can still be guaranteed.

Su Tiancheng's endurance was slowly reflected.

He always followed on horseback, without the slightest speciality.

Yan Zizhang was a little unbearable, the first two days were fine, when he left Beizhili and entered Henan, his face turned blue, and he could see that he had gritted his teeth and persevered.

Su Tiancheng didn't order to slow down, he just wanted Yan Zizhang to really experience that he was coming down for disaster relief, not coming down to shake his prestige, and it must be very hard to complete this disaster relief mission.

Along the way, he had already thought about it, since Zhu Youzhen trusted himself and let him come to Henan for disaster relief, then he should do it well, practice it, endure more hardships, rely on the officials of Henan Prefecture, and make his own decisions on major matters.

In his heart, he does not approve of such an approach, he is responsible for such a thing, and he should be directly responsible for such a thing, and he should not raise so many officials in the imperial court, what role does it play.

The situation he saw along the road made him feel a little cold, and when he had not yet entered Henan, he saw a small number of homeless people, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and under careful inquiry, these homeless people, there were actually Mengjin people, if the local government came forward to help, how could such a situation occur.

Entering Henan, passing through Zhangde Mansion, the number of displaced people gradually increased, most of them were on the official road, in groups.

The yamen of Fuzhou County still does not allow displaced people to enter the city, and there is very little relief.

On-the-spot relief is definitely going to take place.

Yan Zizhang raised an objection again, which meant to ignore the small group of displaced people, go to Mengjin and Kaifeng as soon as possible, and start a large-scale disaster relief, this time, Su Tiancheng became angry and unceremoniously reprimanded Yan Zizhang, so many displaced people along the way, how many victims can be seen when they really arrive in Mengjin, is everyone waiting for death in Mengjin. (To be continued.) )