Chapter 234: The Matter of Refugees
In the early morning of the next day, the cold wind was biting, and the biting cold wind was howling wantonly, and the bustling people on the street subconsciously wrapped their cotton clothes tightly and couldn't help but shiver.
Squinting his eyes and raising his head slightly, the gray sky was filled with a chill, followed by snowflakes as light as a feather, and the snowflakes flew wantonly.
Gradually, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and without the slightest intention of stopping, a violent storm of snow came in.
The goose feather snow has been falling for dozens of days in a row, and it has not stopped, and it is white everywhere, but it is really covered in silver.
The river outside the city was frozen three feet.
Many families had been swallowed up by the relentless snowfall, and the well water had frozen, making it a big problem.
When the people were displaced and had no choice but to plan to come to the capital and seek a shelter.
The refugees all had chapped lips and teeth, sallow and thin faces, and were thinly dressed, shivering with cold in this freezing environment, and many of them could not stand it, and they were frozen to death, and their bodies became extremely stiff, and they were abandoned on the side of the road, and no one cared about them.
The number of refugees is increasing, and the number of corpses is only increasing.
At the feet of the Son of Heaven, when such an incident occurred, someone reported it to the imperial court.
When Emperor An He was asleep, he heard someone shouting outside, he frowned, got up and dressed, and asked sharply, "Who is making noise outside the palace?" ”
The eunuch replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, a minister asked to see him, saying that there was a 100,000 urgent matter, and the emperor was asked to adjudicate it." ”
Emperor An He flicked his sleeves, and his tone was slightly helpless, "Let him come in." ”
The minister was dressed decently, walked in respectfully, and was about to give a big salute to Emperor Anhe, when Emperor Anhe saw this, he frowned slightly, "Excuse me, Aiqing got up so early today, I don't know what's going on?" ”
When the minister heard this, he reported truthfully, "Back to the emperor, this month, it is the cold winter wax moon, the heavy snow has not stopped for dozens of days, the people's houses and houses have been swallowed up by the heavy snow, the well water is frozen, the frozen to death, the starving to death, and now the living are coming to the capital, only a few days, the capital has been full of corpses, everywhere are frozen corpses, and please ask the emperor to decide." ”
When Emperor An He heard this, a trace of anger appeared on his face, "Okay, I know, the early dynasty will deal with this matter, you go down first and send someone to bury the body of the refugee alive, there must be no mistake." ”
Even in a peaceful and prosperous world, everyone is happy to live and work, but they still can't withstand natural disasters.
In the early dynasty, Emperor Anhe's face was full of anger, and his sharp eyes swept at the civil and military officials below.
"I heard that it is snowing heavily, the people are displaced, gathering in the capital, and the number of refugees is only increasing, what is your opinion?" Emperor An He said without being salty, but there was a faint anger in the depths of his eyes, and his sharp eyes scanned.
When Xie Yuan heard this, he was overjoyed, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win the hearts of the people, and he couldn't miss it, he was about to step forward, but there was a trace of hesitation.
I secretly speculated in my heart that if this matter is handled well, it will definitely kill two birds with one stone, not only to get the support of the people, but also to get the support of more ministers, if it is not handled well, it will definitely be infamy, all in all, analyzing the pros and cons and dealing with the refugee incident, it has been difficult to achieve both throughout the ages, the most difficult to deal with.
The eyebrows were slightly raised, and his eyes were full of complicated expressions.
This is a gamble, if you win, it will be of great help to win the position of the prince, if you lose, it will be another matter, as the so-called one mistake will become a thousand hatreds.
But if he didn't dare to face it like this, then Xie Wen would definitely snatch this opportunity with him.
"Why, when it comes to dealing with refugees, no one wants to deal with it, is it so tricky?" When Emperor An He saw that no one answered, he was immediately furious, what do these idle ministers want them to do.
An elderly Chen with high moral standing stood up tremblingly, "Your Majesty, it's not that no one is willing, but this matter of dealing with refugees must be considered in the long run, and many matters such as appeasing people's hearts and distributing shelter require a lot of manpower and material resources. ”
Emperor An He looked at the minister helplessly, and then looked at the two princes, both of whom were worried, thinking that they were also thinking about countermeasures.
At this time, Xie Yuan felt that the time had come, with a smile on his face, his thin red lips lightly opened, "Father, the son and son took the initiative to ask Ying to deal with the refugee matter. ”
"Emperor, this refugee matter is even more difficult to handle, you have a good plan."
When Xie Yuan heard this, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and his eyebrows were raised, "Erchen has a good strategy, the refugees are all displaced, most of them are people who are not afraid of heaven and earth, there will be someone who will take the lead in rioting, among the refugees, all those who obey the orders will arrange shelter and distribute food, if they do not obey the discipline and cause trouble, they will be killed quickly." ”
As soon as this plan came out, the ministers discussed it for a while, some in favor and some in disapproval.
"Your Majesty, the prince of Yuan is decisive in killing, and he will definitely be able to investigate and take on a big task."
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although the plan of Prince Yuan can solve the problem of refugees, it will cause public indignation among the people and will definitely cause an uproar, and please think twice."
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"Your Majesty, it's better to let Prince Wen and Prince Yuan deal with it together, Prince Yuan is resolute and decisive, if there is a refugee riot, he will be able to stop the riot, and Prince Wen will be kind-hearted and will be able to appease the hearts of the refugees."
Emperor An He felt that this was a good strategy, the best of both worlds, a slight smile appeared on his face, and his tone was calm, "Look at the meaning of Zhong Aiqing, then let Prince Yuan and Prince Wen go together to deal with the affairs of the refugees, this plan is very good, then I will send the two emperors to go." ”
"The emperor's life, the two princes will definitely be able to solve the refugee matter."
After Emperor An He dealt with this matter, he went down to court satisfied.
On the high wall, Xie Yuan and Xie Wen looked at each other, their eyes full of hostility.
"Xie Wen, why don't you understand, this refugee's matter can be big or small, and the best way to deal with it now is to kill it quickly." Xie Yuan shouted loudly.
Xie Wen didn't back down at all, his eyes were bloodshot, "They are all living people, my father asked us to be appeased, not to kill them, if we can be appeased, we can also solve this matter." ”
"You're just stupid, when the time comes, will there be a riot, can you solve it? Refugees are so vicious that you and I can't stop them. Xie Yuan's eyes were gloomy.
"In any case, they are all the people of my father, and I will definitely not let you kill them."
For a while, the two were at loggerheads, and progress in treating the refugees was slow.
When Xie Shiyun heard about this, she quickly wrote to Emperor An and asked to go with him to treat the refugees.