The subsidy money disappeared, and Lord Wang, who was in charge of this matter, repeatedly excused himself from knowing it, and said that the money had already been divided.

This kind of shirking responsibility like kicking a ball made Zhong Xiaoshu angry.

"Check, since that Lord Wang said that he distributed it, then check it layer by layer, I don't believe that I can't find anything at all."

Zheng Cong was ordered to take people to investigate, but after four or five days of investigation, there were no clues, and they were about to get to the bottom of the house. The pants were all out, but still nothing.

This result made Zhong Xiao feel relieved, and she slapped the table hard.

"How could such a large sum of money disappear out of thin air, it must have been filled by that group of wine bags and rice bags, and they are not afraid of rotting their hearts and livers after eating the people's life-saving money!"

"Since they are not afraid of losing their hearts, then this palace doesn't have to care about face!"

After she said this, Qing'er and Xia Zhitao chuckled in their hearts, they glanced at each other, and then heard Zhong Xiaoshu say.

"Let Zheng Cong build a few sheds at the gate of the imperial city, exchange all the silver tickets for broken silver and scatter them, since those old things have no face and no skin, then we don't have to care about their feelings."

Zhong Xiaoshu made a final decision, and even Yin Zhige only informed him and asked Zheng Cong to do it immediately.

Soon several sheds were erected in front of the palace, and at first others thought that someone had done it on purpose and wanted to make trouble.

I went to the guards to report it, but the guards ignored it and drove everyone who came to report it.

Everyone was a little confused, and when they saw that there had been no movement, they stopped paying attention.

A few days later, Zheng Cong emptied the broken silver and copper plates of all the money houses in the capital, and exchanged one million taels of silver tickets for a dozen boxes.

He led the people to move all the cash boxes to the shed, and then sent people to the street to distribute notices.

"The queen is well aware of the righteousness, the winter disaster people, this year's harvest has no rice, and the people have no grain for the New Year.

She felt heartache, thought about it, and simply built a scattered silver shed outside the imperial city, and the people who really couldn't open the pot at home and had difficulties could go to get the silver. ”

As soon as they heard that someone was giving money, no one believed that there would be such a good thing in the world, and they all thought that someone was playing a prank, and no one went to receive the silver for the whole day after the notice was distributed.

Zheng Cong squatted on the ground with a sad face, he looked back at the neat dozen large boxes in the shed, and felt that his head hurt a little.

At noon the next day, a man in brocade came out of the gambling house with an indignant look on his face, and he spat on the ground.

"Bad luck." He scolded, looked at his empty purse, and began to burn in his stomach again.

"Yo, isn't this Young Master Wang, why did someone provoke you with this expression?"

Someone who knew him recognized him and said hello with a smile, Young Master Wang ignored him, and when the person saw him standing at the door of the gambling house, he instantly understood, and he laughed.

"Could it be that Young Master Wang has lost again? If your dad knew about it, it would be terrible. ”

As soon as he said this, Young Master Wang's face changed, and the man smiled for a while and patted Young Master Wang on the shoulder.

"I heard that someone is scattering silver at the gate of the imperial city, do you want to go and see, if this is true, you have silver in your hand, and your father will not break your legs."

As he spoke, he also pointed in the direction of the imperial city, and Young Master Wang looked suspicious, but for the sake of his legs, he still went over there.

The man saw that Young Master Wang really believed it, and immediately burst out laughing.

How could someone give away silver for free, and not stupid!

But when the news that Young Master Wang was safe and sound after returning home with three taels of silver reached his ears, he was not good.

Could it be that someone is really handing out silver?

He gritted his teeth, and immediately ordered his little servant to check on the situation, and he really received the silver, which was a big deal.

The matter of issuing the silver is true, and as soon as the news came out, many people immediately rushed over to receive the silver.

Looking at the people who suddenly came from all over the world to receive money, Zheng Cong also kept an eye on it, only 10,000 taels a day, and each person received a maximum of one tael of silver.

But Rao is like this, after three or four days of dispersal, Zhong Xiaoshu sent people to check the situation, and there are still many farmers who are really in difficulty and have not received a penny.

This news made Zhong Xiao feel relieved enough.

"What the hell did Zheng Cong do, none of the people who should have given money gave him, and everything that shouldn't have been given went into the pockets of those rich people, what's going on!"

Zhong Xiaoshu's angry head was on fire, Qing'er looked at Zhong Xiaoshu, who was very angry, hesitated and spoke, "The slave has an idea, I don't know if it can be done." ”

"You say it's what it is." Zhong Xiaoshu rubbed his temples, and his tone was a little impatient.

Qing'er cleared her throat and continued.

"This year's winter disaster has affected all farmers, and they have more or less fields in their hands, and Niangniang wants to scatter money to help them survive the winter, so it is better to let them temporarily take out the land in their hands and mortgage it."

Zhong Xiaoshu frowned and objected, "The palace scattered silver just to let them have a full meal, if they arrive at the field for that bit of silver, what will they do in the future?" ”

"The mother misunderstood the meaning of the slave."

Qing'er was not in a hurry, she poured Zhong Xiaoshu a cup of tea.

"Naturally, it's not for them to be really mortgaged, you think, it's the farmers who are affected.

And those who have money in the family naturally know how much an acre of land is worth, and they can't afford to lose their own fertile land for that little bit of money. ”

"And the fields in the hands of those victims are basically not fertile and good, and they have little value.

But they relied on the few thin fields for food, and now there is no grain in the fields, and they cannot even afford to buy the next year's grain.

The field had lost its value to them when they came, so perhaps they would be willing to give some of it in exchange for alms. ”

"That way, we can naturally distinguish between those who really need relief."

Zhong Xiaoshu frowned, feeling more and more that this situation was too pathetic, she clenched her fists, "Just do as you say." ”

At the same time as the relief money was distributed that day, Zheng Cong scattered the news.

"If you want to give relief to silver, you can exchange it for a field, not much, a penny of land for a tael of silver."

The rich people's fertile land could not be bought at this price, they were not fools, and it was impossible to make a loss-making transaction, so the number of people who came to receive the silver was more than half.

The rest of those who came to receive the silver were all after a great struggle before they relented and took out a few pieces of land for silver.

Zheng Cong accepted the land deed, registered the name and address, and exchanged the silver for them as usual.

Everything was in order, but by the third day, no one had come, and more than half of the one million taels of silver that had been prepared had not been moved.

"Maybe they feel that starving for one winter is more acceptable than starving for the next few years or even decades."

You can't blame them for being stupid, it's only normal to have this thought.