Xia Concubine wanted to find a way to bring down Hezhi. But after thinking about it for a long time, she didn't find a suitable idea, and in desperation, Xia Concubine couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Xia Concubine sighed and said to herself, "Right now, Concubine Shu doesn't mean to blame, I don't have to be too anxious, and think about it slowly." ”

Thinking of this, Xia Concubine was not too nervous, and her expression relaxed a lot. She put this matter behind her mind for the time being, and slowly walked back to the palace.

How the dark tide is surging in the palace, and what kind of ideas all the concubines have in their hearts, let's not mention it for the time being. said that in the court, there was a change of its own.

The atmosphere in the court today looks particularly heavy. All the ministers, even Shen Huo, who was above the court, were silent and silent, without saying a word.

After a long while, Shen Huo seemed to have found his voice, and said slowly: "Fang Cai, what the spy said, can all Aiqing hear it clearly?"

After hearing this, all the ministers nodded heavily. The stakes are high, no one has the intention of joking, and everyone is in a bad mood.

Here's the thing - the weather is bad this year, it's the height of summer, but only the sun is shining, and the shadow of the rain is not visible at all. Forget it, it's not like this in Xijing, almost everywhere in the Great Zhou, it's like this.

Besides, Xijing is the capital, which can be said to be at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and it will be much better than other places anyway. It is because although the grain output in Xijing is nearly half less than in previous years, almost every household has surplus grain, and Shen Huo has opened the treasury appropriately, so there is nothing to do. Shen Huo was not worried about this. What really worried him was what the spy said just now-

Just now, a spy came in, his face was full of panic, and he said anxiously to Shen Huo: "Report to the emperor, there is a great drought in Shanxi, many victims are moving along the waterway, and a group has already arrived in Xijing and is at the gate of the city, do you want to let it in?"

After hearing this, Shen Huo's face first showed a little stunned, obviously he didn't expect such a show. But soon, Shen Huo calmed down and ordered: "Let the victims come in first, find some troops, and place them in a suitable place." Other arrangements will be discussed later. ”

The spy nodded and left. Seeing the figure of the spies leaving, before Shen Huo could breathe a sigh of relief, immediately after, several spies came in one after another, and almost all the news came was bad.

It turned out that there was a severe drought in Shanxi, and there was a locust plague, and it seemed that he couldn't stay any longer. However, Shanxi is a large food province with many people, so after the disaster, a large number of victims poured into Xijing along the waterway. Not long after the spies reported it, the victims broke through the city gates, and they couldn't stop them at all.

That's it, but after fleeing all the way, the victims have already been frightened, and they don't listen to the command at all, just blindly scurrying, in Xijing City, as long as they see food, they don't care, and they gobble it up first. There were even some people who fought over food.

After such a fuss, Xijing, which was originally calm and serene, suddenly began to riot, and all the original people of Xijing were panicked. And after listening to what the spies said, Baiguan was helpless.

Over the years, disaster relief has been a painstaking undertaking. Not to mention that the drought and locust plague are very serious, which makes the relief work very difficult. The officials thought about it for a long time, but there was no good way.

Shen Huo, who was sitting on top of the court, also felt a headache. She didn't expect that she had only been on the throne for a few years, and she would encounter such a thing, and for a while she only felt that one head had two big heads, and she thought about it for a while, and she didn't think of a good idea.

After a while, Shen Huo said, "What the scout said just now, all Aiqing have also heard clearly. I just don't know if you have any good ideas to solve this dilemma. ”

"If you want to solve the dilemma, you still have to start from the roots." After a long time, a minister spoke tremblingly and said to Shen Huo, "The minister thinks that according to the method you just said, send out the army first, and resettle the victims in a suitable place, and the rest will be thinking about it in the future." ”

"That's the only way to do it for now." Shen Huo sighed and said to the hundred officials, "Hubu Shangshu, you go and count the treasury, take out some of the food for the victims, and let them settle down first." The secretary of the military department, you go to send the army, I don't think I need to say much about this matter. ”

The two officials who were named by Shen Huo stood up after hearing the order, nodded, and showed that they had understood Shen Huo's words. Shen Huo bowed slightly, signaling them to go and busy themselves, this time the early dynasty was over.

After the end of the early dynasty, Shen Huo returned to the imperial study and began to read the recitals. Seeing it like this, Shen Huo was even more frightened. I saw that in the midst of the twists and turns, nine times out of ten they were talking about the great drought in Shanxi.

After reading these excerpts, Shen Huo also had a clearer understanding of the severity of the drought in Shanxi. Seeing what was said in those excerpts, this great drought was clearly a disaster of the ages, the people were struggling to make a living, and the country was almost in danger.

"What should I do about this......" Shen Huo muttered to himself. On the outside, he is a majestic king, who cannot hesitate at all, and must be decisive in everything he does. But after abandoning this identity, in fact, he is just an ordinary person, without three heads and six arms, and he will also be anxious because of natural and man-made disasters.

It was only when he was alone that Shen Huo could inadvertently reveal a little vulnerability. He muttered to himself for a moment, and then his fragile expression was put away, replaced by a firmness that could not be ignored.

"No, I can't. No matter how hard the process is, I can't give up easily. This is a matter of my people, and if I give up, who else will be able to save them? For now, it is still up to us to see how the disaster relief situation is, and not to give up hope easily. After comforting himself like this, Shen Huo really felt a lot better.

His expression returned to firmness, and the fragile figure of Fang Cai seemed to no longer exist. Shen Huo wiped the sweat from his forehead slightly, and began to seriously review the folds again......

Under Shen Huo's guidance, the process of disaster relief was very fast. However, in just two days, a fat growing place for the victims to live temporarily has been built, and there is also a large place to provide porridge and rice near the tent. It's not very tasty, but it's enough to satisfy your stomach.

However, although the process of disaster relief is fast, the problems that follow are also overwhelming. After the famine, the victims were all crazy with hunger, and they showed an extraordinary thirst for food.

And this desire is incomprehensible to ordinary people. Every day, the victims of the disaster fight to grab a bite of food, and even worse, it is not an exaggeration to break their heads and bleed. People have almost lost their humanity for food, and they only know how to fight blindly, and they can't care about anything else.

Faced with such a situation, Shen Huo understood the psychology of the victims, but he was still sad to see such a scene. Not only that, but with the development of disaster relief, many problems have also arisen, and disaster relief can be described as difficult.

Regarding the disaster relief, Shen Huo meditated hard for a long time, and finally made up his mind. On this day, above the court, Shen Huo looked at the hundred officials solemnly and said slowly.

"Faced with the current situation of disaster relief is difficult and almost impossible to implement, I have an idea in mind. Disaster relief should start at the source, and such a method of treating the symptoms but not the root cause will not work after all. ”

After saying this, Shen Huo paused slightly, and then continued: "Therefore, I have decided that after the morning court today, I will pack my luggage and go to Shanxi for a private visit, to see what the disaster is, and then to find a way to solve it, what do you think Aiqing thinks?"

As soon as Shen Huo said this, the faces of all the ministers changed. Hearing that Shen Huo decided to pay a private visit, the ministers were at a loss in their hearts, and it can be said that they had reached the peak.

Originally, these days, because of the disaster victims, everyone was already panicking. Now that they heard that Shen Huo decided to leave Xijing and go to Shanxi Weifu for a private visit, everyone suddenly felt that there was no backbone, you look at me, I look at you, and they can see the same panic in each other's eyes.

In a panic, the ministers couldn't care about other things, and just wanted to persuade Shen Huo to come back first.

I saw an old minister step forward in three or two steps, looked at Shen Huo, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, don't!" You are the emperor, the foundation of the country, the pillar of the country. If you make a mistake on the road, what can you do with your ministers, what can you do with Da Zhou? ”

After saying this, the old minister said: "The minister understands that you are worried about the disaster relief, and you are really thinking about the people. But you have to think for yourself. All the way to Shanxi, disasters continued, the road was tortuous, far away and hard. You can send someone over, and you don't have to work so hard for relatives to pay a private visit. ”

After the old minister said this, all the ministers also nodded their heads in agreement. They were bent on persuading Shen Huo not to get into the horns, and only wanted to go to Weifu for a private visit. After all, it must be difficult and dangerous to go to Shanxi, if Shen Huo has three longs and two shorts, no one can bear the responsibility.

However, since Shen Huo had already made a decision in his heart, how could others easily shake it? Hearing your words and my persuasion, Shen Huo just shook his head.

"You don't have to persuade anymore, I've made up my mind." Shen Huo said calmly, "The great drought in Shanxi is a big matter, after all, I have to go and see it in person, so I can rest assured." Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to rest assured anyway. ”