"Is there such a thing?" Li Guanqi asked not Lin Bai, but Qin Minzhong.

"What Lord Lin said is right!" Qin Minzhong lowered his head and said, "I know about this!" ”

"What do you know? Is it why there are victims in Xuanzhou Mansion, or is Wang Ba feeding the victims with rice bran and wheat bran eaten by livestock? Li Guanqi's tone increased sharply, and he was also very angry when he heard the news at first glance. But what made him even more angry than this incident itself was that Wang Ba was the talent he personally selected, and Qin Minzhong was the head of the hundred officials he had selected.

"Two things I know!" Qin Minzhong said in a deep voice.

"You're unconscious! You! Li Guanqi shouted angrily, "Since you know, why don't you stop it, and why don't you report it to me?" Could it be that just because Wang Ba is the person I have chosen, you Qin Minzhong don't dare to touch him because of Mei Jun? ”

Seeing that Qin Minzhong's head was getting lower and lower when Li Guanqi said it, Zhao Pu said on the side: "Your Majesty! The minister knows this! ”

"The minister also knows!" Dongfang Rui also said.

"Huh?" Li Guanqi couldn't help but take a breath, the three major scholars of the center knew about this, but why didn't they tell themselves? Is there something hidden in this? After a pause, he calmed down and said coldly to Zhao Pu: "I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer!" ”

Zhao Pu stiffened his neck and said: "Regarding the fact that Wang Ba replaced the food eaten by the victims with rice bran and wheat bran, Lord Lin felt unbearable, and Lord Qin felt ashamed, but the minister felt relieved!" ”

"Why?" Li Guanqi and Lin Bai asked in unison. But Li Guanqi was really strange, and Lin Bai was questioning.

Zhao Pu said to Lin Bai unhurriedly: "Lord Lin, do you know how the victims of Xuanzhou came?" ”

"No...... I don't know! Didn't the local area suffer a disaster? Lin Bai asked a little puzzled.

Zhao Pu said lightly: "Jiangnan Province is the granary of the Tang Dynasty. Although there is a slight drought this year, the people can still be self-sufficient! ”

"Where did the victims come from?" Lin Bai was also a little confused.

Li Guanqi sighed and said, "I know! It was Jiannan Province and Shannan Province who escaped! ”

Zhao Pu nodded and said, "Not bad!" The war between Jiannan and Shannan caused the people to be displaced, so they flocked to Jiangnan Province, and Xuanzhou, as the gateway to the west of Jiangnan Province, was the first to bear it. Hundreds of thousands of victims poured in......"

"Lord Zhao! Do you think this has anything to do with the evil deeds of the king? Lin Bai said impatiently.

"Of course it does!" Zhao Pu immediately replied, "Lord Zhao, do you know how many people are in Xuanzhou Mansion?" How much is white rice per stone? How much is brown rice a stone? How much is rice bran and wheat bran? ”

"This ......" Lin Bai was speechless for a while, and said with a blushing face, "I don't know what Lord Zhao is asking these for?" Could it be that this also has something to do with Wang Ba's evil deeds? ”

"Lord Lin doesn't know! But the Central Government knows! Zhao Pukankan said, "Xuanzhou Mansion has a total population of 300,000, but the influx of victims is 350,000. Xuanzhou itself has suffered from drought this year, and grain is relatively expensive, with polished rice costing two taels of silver and one stone, and inferior brown rice costing one tael and five coins of silver. Even rice bran and wheat bran are four coins and one stone! ”

"Please tell me directly, the old man doesn't understand what you mean by saying this!" Lin Bai said impatiently.

"Can't Lord Lin see it? The money to buy one catty of rice is enough to buy four or five catties of rice bran and wheat bran. That's the same amount of food that could have saved one person, but now it can save four or five people! Zhao Pu also explained a little impatiently.

"Ridiculous!" Lin Bai said sharply, "Rice bran and wheat bran are for livestock, not for people!" ”

"Can the victims still be considered human?" Zhao Pu blurted out a sentence that shocked everyone present.

"What did you say?" Lin Bai's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "You say it again?" ”

"Lord Lin! What are you going to do with your eyes so big? Do you want to fight me? Zhao Pu took the opportunity to fight for Dongfang Rui, "You simply beat up all the bachelors, political scholars and supervision bachelors of our Central Mansion!" ”

"Zhao Pu! You don't have to play here! Get down to business! Li Guanqi stopped at the right time.

"Yes. Your Majesty! Zhao Pu bowed to Li Guanqi and continued. Lord Lin listened to it not badly at all! What I just said is that disaster victims are not human! Because they have nothing to eat, they are dying of hunger, and those who are dying of starvation are no longer human beings, no different from livestock. As long as they live, rice bran and wheat bran are good things, grass roots, tree bark, and dirt. That's all you can eat! ”

"Lord Zhao! You are a member of the Central University, a prime minister! How can you be so ruthless and unjust? Like the corrupt officials of Wang Ba, who treats the victims as cattle? Lin Bai's body kept trembling, obviously choking with anger.

"Am I ruthless and unrighteous?" Zhao Pu sneered and said, "When Xuanzhou Mansion was full of victims. Your Majesty is fighting in Jiannan and Shannan! Lord Qin is raising money for disaster relief! I'm in the disaster zone! Where are you? You're just drafting one article after another in your study! ”

"You...... You ......" Lin Bai glared at Zhao Pu angrily, unable to say a word.

"What's wrong with me?" Zhao Pu was not afraid at all, and continued, "I saw things you didn't see in the disaster area, and I saw things you didn't see!" Lord Lin, you say that I am ruthless and unrighteous, have you ever seen a person who eats Guanyin soil and swells to death? ”

"What is Guanyin soil?" Lin Bai obviously heard this term for the first time!

"Looks like you don't know." Zhao Pu sneered and said, "Let me ask you again, have you ever seen the scene of a thousand miles of plains, where the bark of all trees has been gnawed away?" ”

"Is this true?" This sentence was asked by Li Guanqi and Lin Bai together, and both of them were shocked and disbelieving.

"Back to Your Majesty! The ministers originally wanted to hide it from you. But it's true! Zhao Pu also said with a sad face, "The minister personally went to the disaster area. When I saw it, the minister's heart was cold. Relying on disaster relief funds, it is impossible to save so many hungry people who are cannibalism! If it weren't for Wang Ba's ability to be flexible, I'm afraid that now, these victims would have already turned into bones! It's not alarmist, it's what I've seen with my own eyes. ”

"You're using strong words!" Lin Bai said excitedly, "The food for disaster relief is not enough, so you can let the household department allocate it again!" This is clearly a dereliction of duty on the part of the household. (To be continued......)