Yu Yan, who was not far away, looked at everything that happened just now, and did not have any intention of interfering, and found that the porridge in the hand of a little boy not far away was snatched away by the middle-aged man next to him, and he drank it in a big gulp amid the crying and pleading voice of the little boy.

A black shadow rushed towards the middle-aged man, and before the middle-aged man could swallow all the porridge in the bowl, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and the porridge he had just eaten gushed out, and his body seemed to be hit by a galloping horse, and he was heavily planted backwards, and with a sound, the middle-aged man was thrown on the ground and fainted in pain.

After digging out a new bowl of porridge, Yu Yan handed the porridge to the crying boy, got up and went to maintain law and order.

Nanyang City, the South City Gate, and the city gate upstairs, a group of two people came over in the dust.

"See the prince, disturb the prince, and hope that the prince will forgive the sin!" the two middle-aged men saluted to Qin Jingshan and pleaded for their guilt.

Qin Jingshan didn't pay attention to the two, but looked at the people below who were helping the refugees in an orderly manner.

"Two, one is the respected Nanyang City Parent Official Taishou, and the other is the Nanyang City Garrison Lord, what do the two adults think of the thousands of refugees below?" Qin Jingshan held the wall battlements in both hands, and seemed to find a familiar figure in the crowd below.

Knowing that the prince was not satisfied with the things he was dealing with, after Taishou and the garrison glanced at each other, Taishou replied first: "The prince doesn't know, the group of refugees below was encouraged to run thousands of miles to Nanyang City, this kind of little trick, or send it away, don't let it go into the city, for fear of causing trouble!" Taishou said respectfully, in such a position, of course, you should know how to speak, in order to eliminate yourself from trouble to the greatest extent.

Qin Jingshan listened to Taishou say what he expected, and he also glanced at Taishou coldly, and then instructed Zhao Wu who came back: "Zhao Wu, you go down to see if those three people are Tianxin, Xiaoru and that little elf, and bring them back." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to the guard and said, "The guard also thinks so?"

Nanyang Garrison Nanmen Junming has always been used to flying in Nanyang City, but there are two people he still has some evasions, one is Nanyang Taishou This kind of civil official, and the other is the king of Zhennan in front of him, don't look at the current vassal king does not have the infinitely amplified power before, but it is not something that his small garrison can shake.

"Back to the prince, my subordinates agree with what Taishou said!" Nanmen Junming replied with his hands in fists.

This kind of answer was also expected by Qin Jingshan, Qin Jingshan looked at the refugees who were eating porridge, and his words revealed sympathy, "There is nothing wrong with what you said, there is nothing to say in order to protect the people in your jurisdiction, but if you drive away these refugees below, where will you go? Qin Jingshan's voice questioned, and there were bursts of sweat on his forehead, the garrison belonged to the army, and the prince had no right to interfere, but he was the official in charge of the administration of Nanyang City, and the prince had the right to interfere, not only could he meddle, but he would probably be dismissed if he went to Zhongjing City with a letter.

However, this kind of thing is better to be less involved, according to the information I know, this matter is obviously aimed at the prince, and the person who is against the king of a vassal is not a little Taishou of his own can interfere.

"Listen to the prince's orders!" Taishou said to Qin Jingshan.

These old fritters are getting more and more slippery in the officialdom, although these words are expected by Qin Jingshan, but now that he hears them with his own ears, he is still a little angry.

There are thousands of people at the bottom, not thousands of pigs and dogs, and these people are the people who can represent the whole empire, if they are not handled well, the next disaster will be more likely to cause a military disaster, this matter has not happened before, but why do some people still want to use this matter to make a fuss? Don't you know the seriousness of the matter?

The more Qin Jingshan thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and asked Taishou loudly: "How much grain is there in the granary now that can be used for disaster relief?"

Taishou was also shocked by Qin Jingshan's question, and said resignedly: "Lord Wang, it is enough to relieve these refugees for ten days at most!"

It's okay not to say it, this statement made Qin Jingshan angry, and asked coldly with murderous intent in his tone: "Lord Taishou, the empire stipulates that the reserve grain of a city must be enough to support the soldiers defending the city for more than two months! Why is the granary so empty?

Taishou suddenly knelt down, fell to the ground and cried: "The prince is clear, those warehouses and grain officials have not moved at all, and they are all used to pay taxes!"

"The amount of taxes?" Qin Jingshan stared at the Taishou who was lying on the ground and said suspiciously, "Isn't the increase in taxes in Nanyang City passed on to the merchants, why do you still need to move the granary?"

"The prince doesn't know, it has indeed been transferred to the merchants, but those taxes are too difficult to collect, it was okay before, and it can still be collected in the face of the lower officials, but after the amount of Zhongjing City was raised again, those merchants really didn't want to pay more, and the prince, you forbade the lower officials to collect the increased tax from those peasant families, and the lower officials really couldn't collect it. Tai Shou Nian explained with words.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier if you couldn't collect it?" This king sent a guard to you, why did you move the granary?" Qin Jingshan asked.

Taishou raised his head and glanced at Qin Jingshan, his face showing a hesitant and flickering expression.

"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Qin Jingshan saw that Taishou seemed to have something to say, but he was squirming there.

Thinking about what he had made up his mind, Taishou said with a calm face: "Lord Wang, the lower officials only used the granary according to your instructions!

After these words were spoken, Nanmen Junming, who was standing on the side, obviously moved, and his eyes drifted to Taishou and Qin Jingshan.

"According to the orders of this king, when did this king let you move the granary?" Qin Jingshan thought for a moment, and really thought that he had never given such an order to Taishou, and thought that it was a reason for Taishou to make up evidence to escape the crime.

Anyway, the words have been opened, Taishou is not so afraid, and the words he said are not as nervous as just now, "It was about mid-April, and the lower official went to the palace to report the tax amount, and the prince was talking to people in the council hall at the time, and the lower official was waiting in the courtyard, but after a while, he saw General Zhao Wen running out of the door with the county lord in his arms, and the prince was also close behind, and the lower official stepped forward to explain his intentions, and the prince said to the lower official, no matter what method is used, even if the granary is emptied, it cannot be squeezed from the peasant family!" After dropping this sentence, the prince left, and the lower officials thought that the prince meant to let the lower officials move the grain storage in the granary first, and then find a way to collect taxes from the merchants, so it has been delayed until now!

Qin Jingshan's thoughts flew backwards, what happened in mid-April, after getting a hint from Taishou, Qin Jingshan remembered, because Tianxin suddenly fainted, Zhao Wen took Tianxin out for treatment, and he also followed, and he did meet Taishou at that time.

Thinking of this, Qin Jingshan remembered, he was very anxious at that time, and he was concerned about Tianxin's safety, so he said such things irritably, and he just took out the granary to talk about it, who knew that this Taishou really moved the granary, but in this matter, his own responsibility could not run.

"Get up! This king has indeed said these things, why do you take this king's orders? This matter is like this now, after the refugees are settled, we will make up for it, how will we deal with so many refugees now?" Qin Jingshan asked.

Taishou stood up while thanking, and was about to say his countermeasures when Zhao Wu came over with three people from behind.

"Daddy, what are you asking Uncle Zhao Wen to bring me over? I still have to go to the next relief for the refugees?" Qin Tianxin was wrapped up in Zhao Wu, and he was angry, so he had to give it to Qin Jingshan, who let it be Qin Jingshan's order.

Qin Jingshan saw his daughter's dirty appearance, put on a look of hatred for iron and steel, and admonished: "There are so many women below, and you are still missing? Regardless of your identity, you go down to feed the refugees, and you don't have the appearance of a county lord!"

Hum!

Qin Tianxin was speechless by his father's words, so he could only hug his hands and hum, standing aside, Xiaoru and Qingyang Lanruo cautiously followed behind Qin Tianxin.

"Sister Xiaoru, this old gentleman is so fierce, I'll let Brother Li teach him a lesson, and be angry for Sister Tianxin, hum!" Qingyang Lanruo secretly stared at Qin Jingshan with a look of righteous indignation.

Xiao Ru saw Qingyang Lanruo's appearance, she burst out laughing, and when she saw someone looking at her, she suppressed it again, and muttered to Qingyang Lanruo: "Do you know who that old gentleman is?" Xiao Ru is really curious why Qingyang Lanruo calls Wang Ye an old man, and Wang Ye doesn't look so old!

"Who?" Qingyang Lanruo asked with a blink of eyes and confusion.

"That old gentleman is your sister Tianxin's father, Lord Wang, do you still dare to teach Brother Li a lesson?" Xiao Ru smiled and teased Qingyang Lanruo.

After learning that the person she was talking about just now was actually Sister Tianxin's father, Qingyang Lanruo glared at Qin Tianxin in surprise for a long time, and then exclaimed: "Sister Tianxin is so pitiful, she has lived with that fierce old gentleman for so long, and she is still so beautiful, if I had been ugly a long time ago!"

Xiao Ru saw Qingyang Lanruo sighing there with a worried expression, and almost laughed out loud again, what is this girl in her head, thinking about it, why is she so whimsical.

Qin Tianxin was listening intently to the conversation between his father and the two adults, and he talked about how to deal with the refugees for a long time, but to no avail, and the root cause was also understood by Qin Tianxin.

Money!

It takes a lot of money to arrange these refugees, and who pays for it?