Drought and flood disasters in the southern region have been the most troublesome thing in the past 20 years since the founding of the Wei State.

Such a problem already existed in the previous dynasty, and the flood became a major problem at that time, often occurring during the summer rainstorms, and every year the imperial court would allocate a considerable amount of money and food to cope with the difficulties encountered by the people.

The southern region of Wei mainly refers to the territory from Zhengnan to Changtai, where the terrain is low and flat, thousands of miles of fertile soil, and there are many rivers and rivers, and the Jiangnan region is more northerly.

Therefore, it is most suitable to farm in this area, but the people of Li have been farming in this area for generations, and Yanmo never thought that the people would be displaced, so they continued to multiply in the southern region, so as to be able to provide supplies for other places in the Wei State that lacked food and clothing.

In addition to buying grain from foreign countries, most of the food sources of Wei came from the south, but Shaoliang was suitable for many fruit trees to build some fish ponds for business.

This year's flooding was so serious that most of the southern part of Wei was flooded, and there was a huge loss of grain, shelter and livestock, and the people fled, scattered, and died.

As for the reason why the officials at the bottom did not report it, because earlier Yanmo said that every year before the flood came, preparations should be taken in advance.

In the past, officials carried out the above intentions to a greater or lesser extent, but after a long time, people's hearts could not stand the test, and greedy thoughts grew like weeds.

When the imperial court allocated a large amount of spare money and food to deal with the flood as usual, after the exploitation of layers of officials, there was not much left by the time it came to the local officials.

Because the impact of the floods last year was relatively small, they made false reports, but if they reported more seriously this year, they could have coveted a large number of supplies and would not have been discovered.

But the premise of doing these things is that there will be no serious flooding this year, the wind and rain will be smooth, and it will be okay to use a little money.

However, what all the officials in the south did not expect was that this year not only did not have the wind and rain go smoothly and peacefully, but on the contrary, there was a flooding that was even more serious than before, and overnight, thousands of people's farmland were flooded and their homes were washed away.

The river was so strong that it burst its banks after the torrential rains, and many people were swept away and drowned while still asleep.

When I woke up the next day, I was dumbfounded to find that there was a sea of people on the streets of the town, so I reported it directly and asked for immediate disaster relief.

But what about the money? They had already been divided up by the moths, and they did not really go down to see it, so that they all thought that the local magistrates were too greedy and learned from their methods to make false reports, so they refused their requests.

The county officials who couldn't get help and wanted to go to Shaoliang to report only hated that Jianghu Road was far away from quenching their thirst, so they had no choice but to prevent the remaining villagers from self-rescue. I also mobilized some local tycoons to help, but how much help can we get when everyone is in danger?

Some of the agitated victims of the disaster went to the county government, forcing some county officials to be ashamed of the people who were affected by the disaster and died on the spot. Faced with no way to seek help, in the face of such a desperate situation, the people were forced to have no choice, so soon after the flood, the scattered people began to flee outside.

As a result, more people fled, and some of the people who went to Beijing to ask for help were secretly intercepted by the corrupt people, and they were not allowed to make false accusations. You must know that if they are accused, it is a matter of pulling radishes and carrying a string of mud, and no one can escape, and if the matter is exposed, those involved in it will be exiled at least and beheaded at worst.

So they all chose to be silent.

Those who can be stopped will be stopped, and those who can be killed will be killed. Those who starved to death on the side of the road didn't even look at it, and most of the victims fled north, those who recognized Shaoliang ran to Shaoliang, and those who didn't recognize it ran blindly with the crowd.

So far, half a month after the flooding, a large number of victims fled to Guangchuan County, a poor county still far from Shaoliang.

The pressure from above said that he would not report it to Liu Mingjie, the local county official of Guangchuan County, so he kept suppressing these things, and the people of Guangchuan County were very poor in their homes, and a large number of disaster victims poured in, where could they provide for them? Those who are sympathetic will give some things, and those who are a little selfish are reluctant to take out even half of the nest.

The victims who fled here were miserable, hungry for many days, and ate the turf bark along the way, and when there was really nothing to eat, they were eaten by their children, and the things that were contrary to human ethics were also done.

Because he was afraid of taking responsibility, Liu Mingjie secretly ran away one night when more and more victims were pouring into Guangchuan County, and left this mess here.

The next day, after the officials found out that the county magistrate had run away overnight, they knew that the affairs in Guangchuan County were already uncontrollable and difficult to control, so they simply followed the example of the county magistrate and ran away secretly. In this way, Guangchuan County is even more chaotic.

After the county next to it found out, it did not take the initiative to help these victims, but turned them away, and even sent special guards such as Catcher Kuai, and did not allow the victims to come in.

Of course, there will still be fish that slip through the net, but as long as they don't cause turmoil in their own county, these fish that slip through the net are actually nothing.

As a result, nearly a month after the flooding, more and more people from Guangchuan County poured in, and the number of people was incalculable, and many of them were either tired and hungry and could no longer walk, or because everyone was a victim of the disaster and had a dependence, but in fact they were all enemies fighting for food.

In this kind of purgatory-like situation, there was a mass grave here for a short time, and many babies climbed up and down in this mass grave, because they were sleeping in it were their parents and relatives, and some of them were crazy and directly stole these children to eat.

What is a tragic word enough to describe?

Therefore, when Yanmo knows the cause and effect of this incident, can he not be angry? Naturally, he was furious, and he didn't expect that the people below would dare to do such a thing under his nose.

Ning Ze was not present at the time, so he didn't have to be angry, but even if Ning Ze was present, it is estimated that Yan Mo would not say anything about him, after all, he was busy enough with many government affairs, who could have predicted that such a thing would happen in the end?

The ministers knelt down in front of Yan Mo and shouted in unison for His Majesty to calm his anger, but how could a few shouts calm Yan Mo's anger? As the so-called Son of Heaven was angry, millions of corpses were ambushed and thousands of miles of blood were shed.

Yan Mo ordered a thorough investigation into the matter, and thoroughly investigated the officials involved in the case of withholding money and food from the victims, and found that the comrades involved in it, no matter how big the rank, were all dismissed from their posts and sent to prison, and all the family members of the three clans were sent to the army, and they were never allowed to return to the court.

After the promulgation of this decree, although some ministers doubted whether it was too serious to hurt the foundation of the criminal law, they still shook their heads and remained silent when they thought of the innocent victims who had been killed and injured countless times because of the injustices committed by these people.

It's miserable! It's so miserable! The people who witnessed the tragedy in Guangchuan County and escaped all had a sad look on their faces.

Because the victims of the disaster were left alone for so long, that some of them became entangled in mob thugs, and gradually developed an unprecedented hatred for the innocent residents in the vicinity who did not suffer from the disaster, so that they began to commit robbery and theft, and in some places even hurt people.

So much so that in dealing with the affected people, it is no longer possible to solve the problem by appeasing and giving money and clothing, and it is necessary to use some force to help solve it.

So, in the past two days, Yanmo asked the ministers to discuss how to solve these things, the vanguard has already brought food supplies to the areas where they are needed, but more investment is needed for follow-up processing, and how to organize these affairs is also a problem, which is the most urgent thing for Yanmo to solve at the moment.

Ning Ze was not in the court, and Yan Mo couldn't hear his opinion even if he wanted to, so he anxiously urged the palace people to go to the Guanghan Palace, when would Ning Ze recover.

Ning Ze, who came out of the bath, looked tired, and the warm pool water couldn't relieve his fatigue, and now he urgently needed to sleep well, he hadn't closed his eyes much in the past few days, and his eyes were red when he stared at Qi Shu's situation.

Later, the reason why he didn't appear again was that he felt that maybe Qi Shu wouldn't want to see him if he woke up, so he still obediently took the initiative to let Qi Shu guard the side.

If a person has a cherished object, it is as if he has a baby bump in his arms, so that everything is from the other party's standpoint, always caring about her thoughts, for fear of doing something that annoys her and dislikes her.

But now that Ning Ze has figured it out, if insistence is absolutely good for her, even if she doesn't want to, he has to do it. Fortunately, Zhao Huanting took good care of Qi Shu, and she couldn't do anything by herself, so she could only watch from the side, I have to say that she was still a little disappointed that she didn't seize the opportunity and gave Zhao Huanting the opportunity to take care of Qi Shu.

Shaking off the chaotic thoughts in his head, he got up and walked towards the bedroom, his head ached faintly from sleepiness, and he couldn't stand it anymore. As soon as it touched the bed, the eyelids closed and immediately fell into a sweet dream, the kind of black sweet and black sweet.

But Ning Ze didn't know that just when he fell asleep, there was another guest in the house, an old acquaintance, His Royal Highness Prince Ji Nan.

Recently, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been diligent in political affairs, and it seems that he has a lot of thoughts about making contributions, and many people speculate that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already come up with the idea of ascending to the throne, so that he wants the old prince Ji Ci to see his actions, so as to prove that he is a very qualified king.

But how outsiders misunderstand, Ji Nan doesn't know, he is more concerned about the disaster victims now, and how to deal with the disaster victims who are pouring into the central and even the north from the south is a problem.

Because of this flood, the agricultural harvest in the south has been greatly traumatized, so that the production base has been destroyed, the peasants are unable to do their work, and many things in the development of production have to be delayed.

The production relations of the entire Wei State will be greatly affected, and Ji Nan also has a heart that loves the people, not only does not like to oppress the people, but also cares very much for many Liming people.

So much so that after the waterlogging happened, he wanted to come to Ning Ze to sum it up and see what to do about it! After all, Ning Ze said that he had been on leave for a long time.

Curious, he didn't believe Ning Ze's excuse for calling him sick, after trying it with Fang Jie some time ago, he didn't ask the old prince Ji Ci for advice, so how could he get sick so easily?

It was expected that Ning Ze should have something particularly urgent to do, so that he had to take such a long vacation, but at the moment, the affairs of the victims were urgent, so he had no choice but to find Ning Ze's door in person.

"Where is your lord? Hurry up! Let the temple in, it's hot to death! "It happened to be noon when Ji Nan went out, so that the sun outside was scorching, Rao is Ji Nan is not afraid of the sun, but he can't help it.

The guards were naturally very excited to see that His Royal Highness the Prince, who had not been seen for many days, came to the door, but it didn't seem to be particularly good to see that the situation of their own prince was not particularly good, so they hesitated to talk to the housekeeper for a while, and how to deal with this matter when they saw it.

After Ji Nan was put in, he went straight to Ning Ze's study, because usually Ning Ze doesn't have anything special to stay in the study and doesn't come out, Ji Nan, who is very familiar with his nature, naturally has me, and he usually comes like this.

But what Ji Nan didn't expect was that when he pushed open the door of Ning Ze's study, he didn't find that Ning Ze was inside? It's really weird, where else can you go if you're not in the study?

It just so happened that the butler of Fuda hurried over after receiving the report from his subordinates, and he wanted to explain a little to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"His Royal Highness the Prince! How do you have to be free today?! Fuda was holding a round body, sweating on his face, and saw Ji Nan smiling like a flower.

"Fuda?! You've come just in time! This palace wants to ask you, where has your prince gone? Ji Nan stood in the corridor, unconsciously fanning the wind with his sleeves, the golden thin shirt on his body felt a little dazzling in the sun, Fuda squinted at him and said very respectfully: "Didn't my prince call himself sick and take leave, isn't he still sick." ”

Ji Nan glanced at Fuda strangely, and said suspiciously, "Really? Ning Ze has rarely been sick, how can he say that he will fall ill when he is sick? Fuda, do you want to deceive His Highness again?! ”

Previously, it was time for Ji Nan to come to the Guanghan Palace, and he would tease them when he was idle, including Fuda. However, Fuda is different from those subordinates, he has always been the only one who teases Ji Nan, so Ji Nan can't take advantage of him.

Over time, that's how the name of the old slippery head came out.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't believe it? The old slave will take you to see it! ”