"It's snowing............"

No one expected that this year's heavy snow would come so early that many people were not ready for winter.

"All localities should hurry up and prepare food, if there is a business trip in any place, they must report it as soon as possible, and they must not conceal the disaster, and those who conceal the disaster will be raided!"

Looking at the heavy snow outside the door, Wang Zhong gave an order mercilessly.

The officials went down in an orderly manner to make preparations, and no one dared to slack off, because they all knew that what the emperor said was true.

Now they have figured out the emperor's temper, and if they do a good job, the emperor has clear grievances and grievances, and they will definitely be rewarded.

If it is not done well, if it is really an external reason, the emperor will not care about it.

But if it is your own trouble, once you cause a big problem, you will not be spared.

Therefore, no one dared to slack off, especially the two ministers who were in charge of building the house, one facing south and the other facing north, when they left the palace, and hurried to prepare for the king's orders.

In the sky, it was snowing heavily.

Three days later, the snow was already ten centimeters thick.

Wang Zhong stood in the snow with a solemn face.

"Your Majesty, Minister Zheng asks to see you." A small eunuch ran in.

"Hurry up, please."

"Yes!"

Soon, Zheng Shishi, who was wearing a red cloak, walked in quickly: "Weichen Zheng Shishi, see the emperor." ”

"Aiqing doesn't need to be polite, hurry up, how about the grain exchange plan I asked you to negotiate with the Persian Empire?"

The Persian Empire was also a large agricultural country with a large population, and after knowing that there was such a place, Wang Zhong sent Zheng Shishi over to discuss trade matters with some of his country's native products.

"After the negotiation is settled, that country is willing to exchange grain for our cloth and silk, and the king of the other side has also said that he is very interested in your proposal to establish embassies for each other, saying that it will facilitate exchanges between the two peoples in the future, and an alliance can be established."

"Oh?" Wang Zhong smiled and said, "That's good, tell me how you got the other party to agree." ”

Zheng Shishi said with a smile: "Wechen inquired among the people that there are many enemy countries around the Persian Empire, and the Persian Empire is relatively rich and often harassed by neighboring countries, so Wechen made this suggestion to the king of the Persian Empire, as long as we establish embassies with each other, our country can become a friendly country with him, if one of the two countries is in trouble, the other side will definitely help." ”

"Later, I also found that there were not many iron weapons in that country, and I showed them that the iron tools of our country were much harder than theirs, and they were full of praise for our equipment, saying that they were willing to exchange food for our weapons."

Zheng Shishi finished speaking in one breath, and Wang Chong nodded again and again: "Very good, very good, winter is coming now, my country is just short of a lot of food, with the food support of the Persian Empire, my Great Yan Dynasty has a great security." ”

"Zheng Shishi!"

"Wechen is here."

"You have made meritorious contributions to foreign trade, and I will reward you ............"

………………

It snowed heavily for several days, and the weather suddenly turned cold.

And Zheng Shishi arranged all the fleets in the country and nervously transported supplies.

There are a lot of supplies, first of all, food, and secondly, warm clothing.

A month later, the real snow came.

It's now winter, and it's not only cold, but also snowy outside.

In just one week, the snow covered more than half a meter high, and many people could not even travel.

However, Wang Chong had already made various preparations and arranged for the soldiers to go out to popularize the knowledge of snow rescue.

In order to make it easier for the people to see, Wang Chong summarized three main points.

First: the roof should be cleared with snow every day.

Because the roof is not cleared with snow, once the weight is too thick, it will cause the house to collapse, which is very troublesome.

Second: Wear as much as possible when you go out.

Third: If you can't survive, you have to find the government.

Three key points that are simple and easy to understand.

Many people in Madahar ignored it and many houses collapsed.

But more often than not, they are hiding in their own houses and struggling to survive this winter.

Soon, food began to soar in every place, which made many people feel that they could not afford to eat, and the people's grievances grew.

At this time, the imperial court promulgated a new policy, all those who did not have a house could go to the big houses in each town to spend the winter, and when the winter was over, the court would help each family build a house.

At this time, the people knew what these big houses were for.

In fact, the big house built by Wang Chong is just a huge factory in modern times.

It was of no use other than shelter from the elements, so it was not expensive to build.

But the effect is different, and many people who feel that they can't survive enter the big house and feel a new home.

After that, the king reinstated the name of these large houses, which were called the Sanctuary.

Immediately after, the next day the policy came out.

It is strictly forbidden to speculate and sell grain, and those who find it will all be raided.

Families who do not have food to eat can go to shelters and collect food.

Each household can only receive two days of food, and the voucher can be collected.

Many people who feel that they have a way to live have a lot less complaints about Wang Chong, and they feel that Mingjun is on top.

Of course, this news was known to Gao Yan, Qiu Renzhong and others.

"I'm afraid that the people of the Great Yan Dynasty will have tens of millions, this emperor is so courageous, he actually provides disaster relief, although he has won the hearts of the people, but in this way, the treasury must be empty."

Gao Yan exclaimed in his study.

"Yes, but there are always places that can't be taken care of, and when the treasury is empty, I believe that the emperor will be in a hurry."

Qiu Renzhong said, and hesitated in his heart.

Because he doesn't know if he is doing the right thing now because he is anti-king.

Once, the reason why he opposed the Great Yan Dynasty was because he saw that the people were not living well, and he saw that officials and officials protected each other, and officials and businessmen colluded.

But now that everything had changed a lot, he suddenly felt that maybe it would not be good to rebel.

looked at Gao Yan, Gao Yan smiled at this moment, and continued: "Old Qiu, then I'll go out to give porridge." ”

"Well, go ahead." Qiu Lao nodded slightly, now is the perfect moment to win the hearts of the people.

Soon, several cauldrons were set up at the entrance of Gao's house.

"Dangdangdang............"

"Folks, my young master has sent porridge, everyone come and eat."

"Fragrant and sweet rice porridge, my young master is sympathetic to the suffering of the people, and specially ordered us to send everyone soup to drink."

"Come on, come on, everyone, come on............"

Gao Yan stood on the edge of the cauldron with a calm demeanor, according to his previous experience, after a while, many victims would come over to thank him.

"Brother Gao Yan, why are there so few people coming this time?"

After waiting for a long time, Gao Yan's fiancée Yanzi saw that only a few victims had come, and said a little strangely.

"Maybe there's no one at home."

Gao Yanhu said suspiciously: "After all, it's freezing this day, and everyone has nothing to eat, so they may go out to find something to eat." ”

Swallow nodded slightly, "Maybe." ”

For Gao Yan's words, Yanzi has always believed in it.

"Young Master Gao, I know what the reason is." At this time, the housekeeper rushed to the shelter: "It turns out that many of the victims have run to the shelter. ”

"Shelter?" Gao Yan frowned, "What kind of place is that?" ”

"Didn't the emperor allocate a lot of silver taels to prepare for the construction of a big house during the flood? At the beginning, we were still suspicious of what kind of place that place was, but now we know that the current emperor has already guessed that there will be a cold snap this winter, so he built a big house in advance, and now it is called a shelter, so that the people who have no houses can take refuge in the ......"

"Hehehe, good, good wow!"

Gao Yan smiled, "This emperor is really hidden, but does he think that it is good to just give people to live, you know, the most important thing is to eat." ”

"By the way, young master, the officials at the shelter heard about the young master's request for porridge, and he said that he could go to the shelter to give porridge so that the victims could pick it up."

Hear the words.

Gao Yan was a little depressed in his heart, he was kind enough to give porridge, but he still had to be sent to a designated place.

There's nothing wrong with going to the shelter, but what if someone mistakes it for the emperor's soup kitchen?

So he decided to go over to give porridge in person, and he must not be thought to be the emperor's credit.

Soon, under Gao Yan's arrangement, he began to give porridge at the shelter.

"This is the porridge sent by my young master, everyone come and eat."

"The fragrant porridge was given by my young master, and my young master has a good heart, so he sends porridge."

The Gao family's family members shouted at the door of the shelter.

There are many victims here, and when they heard that there was free porridge, they rushed to the scene one by one.

Seeing this scene, Gao Yan was very relieved, but what made him speechless was that these victims were drinking porridge and actually talking about the emperor's goodness.

"Let's go and drink inside the vault, it's warm inside."

"Wow, it's really cold this year, fortunately, our emperor is sympathetic to the people and built us a shelter, otherwise I don't know how many people died."

"Yes, I have scolded the emperor before, but now that I think about it, it is really a sin, the emperor is really a king."

"Well, good emperor, Mingjun is alive, this is the real Mingjun."

At this time, the housekeeper on Gao Yan's side couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Even though the emperor is good, our young master Gao here is also good, and he will give everyone porridge every year." ”

"You can pull it down, every time you come out to give porridge, you have to beat gongs and drums, it looks like a war."

"Like, don't you want us to say a few words about him?"

These victims didn't know that it was the housekeeper of the Gao family in front of them, and they didn't know that Gao Yan was on the side, so they didn't hesitate to talk about it.

Another person said disdainfully: "Look at this porridge, there are a few grains of rice floating there, this is also called porridge?" If you look at the food sent by the emperor inside, that's called generosity. ”

"Yes, in my opinion, this Young Master Gao Yan is definitely a villain, and he wants to show his kindness by giving a few bowls of porridge, I'm sorry, this kind of person is the most disgusting."

The more Gao Yan listened, the more ugly his face became.

A bunch of untouchables dare to say that about me.

If it weren't for Young Master Ben wanting to leave a good reputation, I would have beaten you up a long time ago!

Taking a deep breath, Gao Yan snorted coldly and left here.

Qiu Renzhong on the side frowned.

Gao Yan had good intentions and knew how to carry out the plan.

It's just that the heart doesn't seem to be very good, utilitarian, and jealous is also very strong.