Jian Huaizhen then spoke: "This matter will be handed over to Jiuzhong to deal with, so as to be appropriate." ”

"The eldest princess, please rest assured, the Nine Pillars will definitely let the people under his command investigate this matter in detail." Nangong Jiuzhong gave Jian Huaizhen a deep salute, and then walked away.

As soon as Nangong Jiuzhong left, Jian Huaizhen got up and went to the palace.

Naturally, he saw Zhu Qizhen soon.

"Aiqing has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, what is the important thing to come to see me today?" Zhu Qizhen asked with a smile.

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, something big has happened to the disaster relief in Henan, I don't know if the emperor already knows about it." ”

Hearing that Jian Huaizhen was saying such a sentence, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then said to Jian Huaizhen: "I don't know what happened. ”

Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said, "The emperor has nothing to hear. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Didn't I send Li Kelin to Henan for disaster relief, and there was no special piece to hand it over." ”

Jian Huaizhen replied: "You don't have to go to Henan, there are many more people who have fled from Henan in Gyeonggi these days. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he didn't care at all, and said to Jian Huaizhen: "Even so, it's not a big deal, the locust plague in Henan, some Li people in order to upgrade their livelihood, it is also human nature to go to Beijing to join relatives and friends, this is human nature, and there seems to be no need to make a fuss." ”

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, Jian Huaizhen also slowed down and said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, in the years of famine, there are naturally many displaced people, and it is inevitable that the relatives and friends of the people will go to Beijing in order to survive. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "Aiqing also has this, it is not bad at all, it is just." ”

Jian Huaizhen also bowed slightly when he heard this, and then said: "Although this matter is understandable, the emperor can know that there are many people who have fled from Henan near the imperial city of Gyeonggi. And these people are all from Beijing after the emperor accompanied Li Kelin to Henan for disaster relief, which is quite strange. ”

might as well Jian Huaizhen said this, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard it, he thought in his heart that Jian Huaizhen had a reason for this remark, so he asked: "What's wrong here." ”

Jian Huaizhen heard Zhu Qizhen's question, so he spoke: "Your Majesty, isn't it obvious that the emperor appointed Li Kelin to Henan for disaster relief last month, and the imperial court has also allocated a lot of money, silk, grain and grass, and it stands to reason that it is not difficult to devote the power of a country to attack and rescue the victims of Henan, but from the current situation, Henan's disaster relief is ineffective, and the refugees who poured into Beijing from Henan have not decreased in the slightest, but have increased a lot." ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "If this is the case, why is this?" Didn't I ask the treasury to allocate a lot of grain and grass to send to Henan for disaster relief, and I also ordered Taicang to be opened to help the people, so there should be no shortage of grain, grass and food. ”

Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "What the emperor said is even, the imperial court has allocated a large amount of grain and grass to help the victims, and the pressure on the Jingshi should be reduced, but according to the ministers, the victims around Gyeonggi are increasing unabated, and today Nangong Jiuzhong and his ministers went to the Sangong Temple to visit the victims, and as a result, they heard an extremely terrifying thing from the mouths of the victims. ”

Hearing what Jian Huaizhen said so solemnly, Zhu Qizhen followed up and asked, "What is the matter?" ”

Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "After arriving at the Sangong Temple with Nangong Jiuzhong today, I found that there were countless victims living in the Sangong Temple, all of whom had recently fled from Henan. Under careful inquiry, most of the victims were silent, and only after careful questioning did a victim with a broken leg come out and say that Henan was corrupt from the governor downwards, and the emperor ordered the money and grain allocated from the imperial court to the disaster victims to the county government, and they were exploited to go to a layer before they reached one place, and when they were launched into the hands of the victims, there was not much left. And most of the grain is mixed with stone sand inferior rice, and there are even old rotten rice, the victims will die if they eat it, so that people are panicked, and many of the victims would rather not have the relief of the imperial court, but also flee to Beijing. It is reported that some of the victims of the disaster went to Beijing to sue the imperial court, but unintentionally reported to Shi Heng by mistake, and almost all of these victims who came to Beijing to sue the imperial court were killed, and the remaining few were also lame. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "If this is really not possible, Shi Heng should not do this, I think it should be his subordinates who are hiding from him to deal with it like this." ”

As soon as Jian Huaizhen heard Zhu Qizhen's words, he had the intention of excusing Shi Heng, and he quickly understood that Zhu Qizhen still had some protection for Shi Heng in his heart, and now he wanted to use this to bring down Shi Heng, but I was afraid that it would not be an easy task.

With this thought in his heart, Jian Huaizhen decided to retreat and drag Li Kelin into the water first.

"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, there must be something strange about the disaster relief in Henan, if the imperial court does not investigate it, I am afraid that it will provoke greater chaos, if the victims of the disaster are desperate to rebel, the sparks will burn the plains, and it will be more difficult to clean up the mess at that time."

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen's heart was also a Ling, he knew in his heart that Jian Huaizhen's words were not bad at all, judging from the current situation, if the victims caused great changes, things would not be simple, Zhu Qizhen had not experienced suffering and turmoil, and he had palpitations about such prospects in his heart.

"What Aiqing said is that I understand. This time, the disaster relief matter was entrusted to Li Kelin to deal with, which was because I remembered his past mistakes in his own letter and asked for punishment. When I saw that he was sincere, I did not want to punish him, and gave him a chance to atone for his sins. It's just that I didn't expect that Li Kelin didn't have much ability, and according to the current situation, it is very likely that I will use people inappropriately in the disaster relief in Henan. Zhu Qizhen said to Jian Huaizhen.

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, Jian Huaizhen felt that he needed to make another suggestion.

"Your Majesty, it's important to figure out this matter first, if the Henan disaster relief is not clear, it will be quite embarrassing for the imperial court. Once the livelihood of the disaster changes, I am afraid that the foundation of the world is unstable, but we must pre-emptively guide it, so as not to leave future troubles and be unable to clean up the mess in the future. Jian Huaizhen said to Zhu Qizhen with great sincerity.

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen spoke: "What Aiqing said is true, judging from the current situation, it is time to really check the disaster relief in Henan." ”

"Emperor Shengming, as long as this matter can be ascertained, it will be more convenient in the future." Jian Huaizhen spoke.

Zhu Qizhen heard Jian Huaizhen's words, so he spoke: "Judging from the current situation, there has been a big mistake in the disaster relief in Henan, and even so, it is not appropriate to make a big move, after all, this kind of thing will hurt the national body if it spreads, and if we laugh at foreign countries because of this matter in the future, how can we be underestimated." ”

Hearing that Zhu Qizhen had this concern, Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "What the emperor said is not bad at all, judging from the current situation, what is the situation of Li Kelin's disaster relief in Henan, there are rumors in the Beijing Division, but it is not enough to accept it." However, the court must not take this matter lightly. ”

"Yes, that's true. I will not sit idly by. Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said.

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "The emperor is shengming, it's just how the emperor is going to deal with this matter." ”

Zhu Qizhen heard this, and said with a slight sigh: "I am determined to investigate the disaster relief in Henan to the end, but the two places are separated and cannot be heard, and I am afraid that it will not be so easy to deal with this matter." ”

Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, Jingshi and Henan are located in two places, and the news is separated, and it is not easy to know the details of Henan's disaster relief now. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "What Aiqing said won my heart, and the Henan disaster relief was entrusted to no one by me, and it almost delayed the big event. Now the big mistake has been made, and now only Xu Tu can remedy it. ”

After saying this, Zhu Qizhen sighed.

Jian Huaizhen saw that Zhu Qizhen was in such a situation, so he spoke to Zhu Qizhen: "The emperor doesn't have to be anxious, this time the imperial court handed over the disaster relief to Li Kelin, who asked for punishment, so that he would atone for his crimes, which is already a thousand graces. Unexpectedly, the imperial court allocated a large amount of grain and grass for disaster relief, and after a month, there was no progress in disaster relief, and the influx of victims from Henan into Beijing intensified, which shows that Li Kelin, the person in charge, is mediocre and unbearable. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen spoke: "What Aiqing said is extremely true, judging from the current situation, this is the case. I should never have handed over such a major event as Henan disaster relief to this straw bag Li Kelin to deal with, making the disaster relief ineffective, and the refugees were displaced from the road, and the situation deteriorated. I have a lot of responsibility for making this situation like this. ”

Zhu Qizhen blamed himself for this, and Jian Huaizhen, who heard this, opened his mouth and said: "The emperor doesn't have to blame himself so much, judging from the current situation, Li Kelin is hard to blame." At present, as long as the matter is thoroughly investigated and another person is selected to go to Henan for disaster relief, there is still room for salvage. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's eyes, Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "Aiqing can say this, I am very relieved. It's just that the disaster relief in Henan is a big matter, and whether Li Kelin is really unavailable still needs to be carefully analyzed. ”

Jian Huaizhen didn't think about Zhu Qizhen's tone again, and then spoke: "What does the emperor mean." ”

Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "Judging from the current situation, there is no suspicion that there are disaster victims in Henan who have entered Beijing, but the specific situation of Henan disaster relief is not yet clear, and I feel that it is urgent to investigate this matter at the moment." My purpose is not to wronged a good person, nor to spare a traitor. ”

Jian Huaizhen heard that Zhu Qizhen still had the meaning of distinguishing between good and bad in his heart, and he had no other way in his heart, so he had to say to Zhu Qizhen: "What the emperor said is not bad at all, the court is naturally unable to wronged the good ministers, nor can the traitorous ministers be let go." I don't know how the emperor is going to support this matter? ”

Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said: "Judging from the current situation, even if I want to personally issue an order to investigate this matter, I need to know some of the situation first. There are actually victims from Henan who have been expelled by the government on the ground of Gyeonggi as mentioned by Aiqing, and there are also Henan refugees who have been injured who claim that since the governor of Henan and below, the officials in Henan regard the grain, grass, money and silver allocated by the imperial court for disaster relief as Tang monk meat, and everyone comes to take a bite, all of them use their power for personal gain, fill their own pockets, and the money and grain will be exploited at every level of the official office, which makes me feel sad. If this is the case, wouldn't it mean that when the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court reached the hands of the victims in Henan, there was not much left of it. What's more, someone dares to use shoddy goods, drop bags to replace the grain and grass of the imperial court, and secretly replace some inferior rice mixed with stone sand, it is simply heartless, I will never tolerate the existence of such a thing. ”

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "The emperor is the most saintly, if you can find out some courtiers who have a vegetarian meal this time, and depose and denounce these heartless people, it is also a good thing for people's hearts." As long as the emperor can stick to this ambition, things will be easy to deal with. ”

Jian Huaizhen said this, Zhu Qizhen thought about it and felt that it was not bad at all, so he opened his mouth and said: "This matter is not bad at all, I must punish the former and the latter, and I can't be soft on those who are full of private pockets." ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and said: "What the emperor sees is that if he is soft on such people, it will open the door to these silverfish, and the court will want to do things in the future, how can he win the trust of the people." ”

Zhu Qizhen's words made Jian Huaizhen feel slightly moved, and for Jian Huaizhen, he naturally felt that this was a good opportunity to speak.

With this thought in his heart, Jian Huaizhen decided to tell Zhu Qizhen that he had encountered many hungry people in Henan on the way to Huaimingyuan today, and he couldn't bear to help some of the victims.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing I don't know if I should talk to the emperor or not."

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen spoke: "There are no outsiders here, but it doesn't hurt for Aiqing to speak." ”

Jian Huaizhen turned his eyes and looked around, the eunuchs who were originally waiting had already been separated, and Jian Huaizhen spoke: "Okay, this matter is also simple, in the middle of today, I encountered some people from the official government who forcibly drove away the victims of the disaster in Henan. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen was slightly stunned and then thought about it, and suddenly blurted out: "The official person that Aiqing said refers to the slaves in Shiheng's mansion. ”

Jian Huaizhen heard the emperor's question, and felt that it was necessary to find out the matter, so he quickly said: "No matter how holy it is, it is the emperor, and the people who forcibly expelled the victims on the way today are indeed the people in Lord Shi Hengshi's mansion. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and cleaned up: "Aiqing just said that after the victims fled to Beijing, some of the victims wanted to sue the emperor, but they were wrongly sued to Shi Heng. I never thought that almost all of these people who wanted to sue the disaster were killed, and the remaining few were also crippled. But it was all done by the people of Shifu. ”

Jian Huaizhen replied: "What the emperor said is true, it is exactly so. The people in Shi Heng's mansion are rampant and domineering, and they are already lawless. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he sighed and said: "Protecting the calf is deep, Li Kelin is Shi Heng's nephew after all, since the two have such a relationship, Shi Heng wants to protect him, which is also human nature." ”

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Jian Huaizhen opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the victims of the disaster in Henan can't survive, and they want to go to Beijing to sue the emperor, this matter is understandable. It is true that the so-called people take food as the sky, if they can't even eat their stomachs, they are afraid that they are not willing to do things. As for the false accusation to Shi Heng, judging from the current situation, almost all of these complainants were killed, and the remaining few were also lame, which is really suffocating. Lord Shi Heng wants to protect his nephew, but he can't ignore the royal law of the imperial court. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen's words, Zhu Qizhen was silent for a while, and suddenly said in a loud voice to the outside: "Come on, order Xu Youzhen to come to the palace quickly, I have something to ask him." ”

The eunuch who was standing far away heard Zhu Qizhen's words, and hurriedly went up to the palace to see him.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen saw that the eunuch had arrived, he opened his mouth and said, "Hurry up and go to the Chaofang to find Lord Xu Youzhen, who is on duty, and say that I am waiting to see him." Let him come to me quickly. ”

Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, the eunuch naturally didn't dare to slack off, and after obeying his fate, he hurriedly went to find Xu Youzhen.

After finding Xu Youzhen, he informed Xu Youzhen of the emperor's intentions.

Xu Youzhen didn't expect that the emperor had another urgent call, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, so he immediately followed the eunuch who came to deliver the decree to see Zhu Qizhen.

As soon as he saw him, Zhu Qizhen scolded him: "What happened to Li Kelin's trip to Henan for disaster relief?"

Zhu Qizhen's voice was not good, Xu Youzhen didn't dare to hide it, so he opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, Li Kelin has no report. ”

"It's one thing to have no report, you should know something." Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth and said.

When Xu Youzhen heard this, her heart sank, and she opened her mouth and said: "Weichen doesn't dare to hide it, judging from what the officials of Henanjing said, this disaster relief has not achieved much effect. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen snorted coldly and said: "It's not just that the effect is not great, it's just that the more you give money, the more you go back, there have been a lot of refugees who have fled from Henan these days." Li Kelin actually dared to say in the previous recital that the disaster relief and aftermath were quite effective. Now that I think about it, it's actually such a good method. ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, Xu Youzhen understood that he must not do things for Li Kelin today.

Thinking about it like this, Xu Youzhen opened his mouth and said: "The emperor knows everything, and Li Kelin's disaster relief is still ineffective. ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, he said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Lord Xu Youzhen has a mirror in his heart, it is better to hand this matter over to Lord Xu Youzhen for thorough investigation. ”

The purpose of Jian Huaizhen's statement was to divide Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, so he persuaded the emperor to let Xu Youzhen investigate the matter thoroughly.

Zhu Qizhen was still angry in his heart, and when he heard Jian Huaizhen's words, he opened his mouth and said: "This is right, Xu Youzhen's matter will be handed over to you to handle, and Li Kelin will be released and returned to Beijing first, and he will be disposed of." ”

Xu Youzhen didn't expect the emperor to give such an order.

However, the emperor's Chrysostom said that there was no room for things to turn around, so he had to agree.

After a period of playing, Xu Youzhen returned to the court room, pondered for a while, and felt that this time he had to offend the godson he had just recognized.

After thinking about this matter, Xu Youzhen was also very happy, and he didn't dare or want to leave a favoritist impression on the emperor, so he took an 800-mile urgent document and sent a large team of people to Henan to arrest Li Kelin.