The Jinghu area is the land of water and rice, an important granary of Dahua, and the foundation of the country. In the past two years, I don't know which way to offend the gods, Jinghu, the big granary, has been plagued by many disasters, first two consecutive years of major floods, and after the beginning of spring this year, there was a locust plague, and the people had no food and clothing, which became the source of chaos.

The Jinghu Rebellion must be quelled as soon as possible, but the emperor is very hesitant about what strategy to use. The most direct way is, of course, to send troops to encircle and suppress it, but the soldiers will be together and the lives will be ruined, and the consequences will be extremely serious. If it is appeased, I am afraid that it will be uncontrollable for a long time. The emperor did not forget that Dahua Taizu started in Chu and took advantage of the civil turmoil.

"Han Aiqing, what do you think of the Jinghu Rebellion?" The emperor looked at Han Fei in the side compartment and asked.

Han Fei walked to the front of the imperial case, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to calm down the Jinghu Rebellion, it is nothing more than suppressing and appeasing, and you must be cautious about what strategy to adopt!" ”

"Well, Han Aiqing, tell me what you think!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive Weichen for being blunt, although the Jinghu Rebellion has natural disasters, I am afraid that there are also great human factors!"

"Oh? Han Aiqing, tell me all your opinions, just talk about it as our monarchs and ministers! ”

"Your Majesty, that Weichen is presumptuous!"

Han Fei paused slightly, organized the language, and said: "Two consecutive years of floods, this year's spring has caused a locust plague, seeing that the summer harvest is hopeless, the people's lives are extremely difficult can be imagined, but it has not yet reached the level of riots, the reason why the current situation is caused is more the promotion of the black hands behind the scenes!" ”

The emperor bowed his head and asked, "Aiqing is talking about the White Lotus Sect's stirring up trouble?" ”

"This is just one of them, and there is another black hand that is a local official!"

The emperor frowned and said hurriedly: "Why did Aiqing say that?" ”

Han Fei sighed: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has allocated a lot of money and grain for disaster relief in the past two years, and the disaster relief efforts in the Jinghu area are also very large, the total population of the Jinghu disaster area is only one million people, and the total amount of disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court is two million quintals, and the silver money is one million taels, that is to say, each person can get two quintals of grain and one tael of silver, according to the calculation of a family of five people, each household is ten quintals of grain and five taels of silver, although it is impossible to feed the victims, but dig some wild vegetables and catch some fish, how can you spend these two years!" ”

"Aiqing is right, in order to help the victims, I have reduced other expenses, and even the birthday celebration of the Emperor Taishang has been canceled, I can't imagine that the victims are still making trouble!"

"Your Majesty, if the people have a stutter, how can they do such a headless thing? There is only one possibility, the money and food for disaster relief from the imperial court are not at all, or not all of them are distributed to the people! ”

The emperor was startled and shouted: "Aiqing is saying that the money and food for disaster relief have been greedy by local officials!" ”

"Quite possibly! His Majesty knew that there were reporters stationed in various places in the Minmin Declaration, and Weichen once ordered the Jinling Minmin Declaration Headquarters to send reporters to Jinghu to investigate, but the result was that the people received very little food for disaster relief, and some of the victims did not even know that there was any food for disaster relief, and there was no money at all. The reporter's visit was obstructed by the local government and even threatened his life, so Wei Chen was concerned about the safety of the reporter and ordered the reporter to withdraw from the Jinghu area. ”

When the emperor heard this, what else didn't he understand? He slapped the imperial case and said angrily: "I have always been lenient to the officials of the court, I can't imagine that there are so many traitors, they should be killed!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, it is inevitable that there will be traitorous ministers in all dynasties, as long as you make up your mind to remove these tumors!"

"I know! What is Aiqing's good strategy for quelling the Jinghu Rebellion? ”

"Your Majesty, if the people have no place to live and have complaints about the government, they will be provoked by the cultists and rise up to make trouble. If it is used, it does have an immediate effect, but the consequences are tragic. Cultists wander everywhere and cannot resist the might of the imperial court, so they will flee, and in the end it will only be the people who blindly obey. After the killing, not only is there no one to resume local production, but there is also an irrepressible hatred left behind. ”

"So Aiqing means to approve of the use of caressing?"

"Not necessarily, the resentment of the people must be appeased, and a way must be found to let them see the hope of life, and most of the people will obey the management of the imperial court, but for the few stubborn and unrelenting people, as well as the White Lotus Sect, they must be ruthlessly exterminated! Therefore, the meaning of Weichen is to adopt the strategy of 'focusing on appeasement, suppressing and appeasing', and the pacification of the imperial court must be backed by strong coercion! ”

After listening to Han Fei's words, the sadness on his face gradually dispersed, and he said with relief: "Aiqing's policy, I deeply sympathize, you sort out what you just said, and I will discuss it with the cabinet!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Han Fei had already thought about the Jinghu Rebellion, and when he heard the words, he immediately waved it in the palace, and then presented the fold to the emperor, saying: "Your Majesty, the summer harvest is hopeless, but you can't miss the summer seed, Weichen suggested that the minister should be sent immediately to quell the chaos, otherwise, once the autumn harvest is hopeless, the situation will only be more chaotic!" ”

"I know!"

Han Fei handed over the folds to the emperor, which can be regarded as fulfilling the responsibility of a courtier, and the Qincha who Xuanfu Jinghu will not be able to take his turn as a newcomer to the officialdom, besides, the emperor still expects him to take care of the fetus in Concubine De's womb, and he will not let him leave Beijing.

After Han Fei left the palace, he planned to go to the Commercial Bureau to have a look, but the next person reported that his senior brother Yu Shiying had arrived at the Han Mansion in the capital, and hurried back to the mansion.

"Senior brother, the junior brother is in the palace, and Senior Brother Liang is training special guards, and no one is going to pick you up......"

"Our brothers, why are you saying these kind words, your housekeeper Lin has already gone out of the city ten miles to greet you. Senior Brother Han, for my brother who has just arrived in the capital, he has not yet rented a house, and he will live in your house for the time being. ”

"Senior brother, junior brother is in the capital, why do you still need to worry about these trivial matters? I have already bought you a house, not far from my house, but it is a little smaller, you will live in it first, and then change it when you meet a big house in the future. ”

"Senior Brother Han, how can this work, how can you break the bank......"

"Senior brother, between us, let's not talk about the outside world, didn't you give birth to another kid, this house is a meeting gift for the little guy!"

"But ......"

"Don't be, let Steward Lin send someone to move your cage over first, you and your sister-in-law and nephew will rest here, and we will go to the teacher's mansion in the evening!"

Han Fei and Yu Shiying didn't need to report when they arrived at Du Mansion, and rushed to the study to meet Du Yun.

"After Shiying enters the palace tomorrow to thank the emperor, he can go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take up the post of Zuo Du Yushi!" Du Yun nodded to Yu Shiying, and said to Han Fei: "Shouzheng, in the afternoon, the emperor convened the cabinet ministers to discuss your proposal, which was unanimously approved, but he did not find a suitable candidate for the minister of Xuanfu for a while, Ruan Changfeng said to the emperor, since the plan was proposed by you, just let you go, the emperor is very hesitant about this, what do you think?" ”

After a pause, Du Yun said again: "Xuanfu Jinghu is in danger, the predecessor Qin Cha was attacked and killed by bandits, Ruan Changfeng didn't have a good heart at all when he recommended you, and the teacher didn't approve of you going!" ”

"Teacher, Ruan Changfeng's intentions, the disciple knows that the emperor's hesitation is only concerned about the safety of Concubine De, in fact, I am afraid that I also want the disciple to go!" Han Fei smiled calmly and said, "Since it is imperative, the disciple will enter the palace early tomorrow morning to take over this errand!" The disciple wanted to keep a low profile for two years, but Ruan Changfeng cried and shouted that he wanted to give credit to the disciple, what could he do? ”

"Haha......"

(End of chapter)