The officials and gentry present and the scholars were also shocked: Could it be that the emperor wants to move the Holy Prince?

"Alright, let's all disperse." Hu Weiyong only said one word, then stopped saying it, and left the Holy Temple with the crowd. There was still a kind face on his face, and he looked very respectful to Yan Shenggong.

That same evening.

Horse-drawn carriages loaded with gold and silver drove into Li Yuan.

Hu Weiyong was very satisfied with the performance of the other party in understanding current affairs, crossed Erlang's legs, and leisurely drank gaiwan tea.

……

"These people are so hateful!" At this time, Zeng Huai, a member of Zhongshu Province, walked in from the outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he was furious. There were mud footprints everywhere on the court clothes, several large wounds were torn, and there were wounds on the head, and blood oozed from the white cloth. One arm was broken and hung on his chest, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Who do you say is hateful? Diao Min? Hu Weiyong said, "Didn't you go to punish those officials and gentry, what does it matter to the people?" Aren't you just doing things for the victims, and it should be the gentry who hate you. ”

"The wounds on my body were all beaten by those victims." Zeng Huai said, "Those gentry and officials who were caught by me were very honest, and after I disposed of them, they all increased their rations to the disaster. ”

"You have done such a good job, and the victims should thank you." Hu Weiyong said.

"My subordinates haven't figured this out until now." Zeng Huai frowned and said, "I have sought substantial benefits for them, so that they can eat enough for every meal, why are they beaten?" ”

"They're lucky they didn't kill you. There are thousands of victims, none of whom have household registration, and if you are killed, you will die in vain. And after you die, not only will you not have the reputation of a clean official, but you will also be accused of being greedy for ink and leaving a stench for 10,000 years, and your children and grandchildren will not be allowed to enter the court as officials. Hu Weiyong said lightly, "In addition, you are still alive now, and you have to thank this official." ”

"Thank you?" Zeng Huai was very disdainful, "As soon as you came to the ground in Shandong, you mixed with those gentry and officials, and you haven't even been to the disaster relief site, you and them are the same dog, why should I thank you?" ”

"If you don't thank it, forget it, anyway, you Qingliu literati are not all the way to this official." Hu Weiyong said, "Teach you to be a good man, if you really want the victims to really eat in their mouths, just mix sand in the porridge." ”

"The victims are already miserable, and you still want to harm them?" Zeng Huai said angrily, "Xia Guan suggested that adults might as well go outside to take a look, those victims of the disaster are all scattered, their faces are yellow and thin, they can't even walk when they are hungry, and there are starving people everywhere, how dare you do such a thing?" The more he talked about it, the more angry he became, and he almost got up on the case.

"Only when sand is mixed in porridge, those rich people won't eat it, don't you understand such a simple truth?" Hu Weiyong said.

"The lower officials don't understand!" Zeng Huai said, "You can give them normal porridge, why do you want to give them something that is difficult to swallow?" I don't believe that there is no justice in this world. ”

"Whatever you want." Hu Weiyong said, changing the topic, "Have you seen the carriage boxes outside?" ”

"See." Zeng Huaiyu's anger did not subside, and he said coldly, "What are the things in there?" ”

"They are all gold and silver treasures they have sent to the official, which is as much as five million taels." Hu Weiyong said.

"How dare you be greedy for ink! And he is greedy for as many as five million taels? Zeng Huai's expression froze, Huo Ran stood up, clenched his fists and raised his hands, "After this official returns to the court, he will definitely ask His Majesty for a copy." ”

"Don't be so impulsive, you look like a court official?" Hu Weiyong waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, "If this official really wants to be greedy for ink, do you still have a chance to know?" ”

"You don't even have a chance to make it back alive."

"Let me tell you the truth, this money will be handed over to the treasury in the future. With this money, the household department will be able to encourage farming, build water conservancy, and provide more people with enough food and clothing. Hu Weiyong said, "This official can earn so much silver for the court without leaving home, and you, you were almost killed, and you haven't received any results." ”

"Why didn't it work?" Zeng Huai was not convinced, "There are at least three porridge factories, which can already feed the victims." ”

"Of course they have to be perfunctory in front of you, and when you leave, the porridge factory will be different, and the victims will only be worse than before. Can you do it every day? There are so many porridge factories, do you have skills? ”

"With the help of this official, hundreds of thousands of people can have enough food and clothing. And you, a clean official, not only hurt the people, but you were almost killed. Do you say that you are good to the people or that the official is good to the people? ”

Zeng Huai was speechless for a while.

After that, Zeng Huai really followed Hu Weiyong's instructions and mixed sand in the porridge, although the victims complained, but at least they could really eat the innermost, and the gentry mixed rice was basically eliminated.

However, new problems have arisen.

After the victims had enough to eat, they became homeless people, and there were incidents everywhere, and even robberies and thefts occurred in the city. Because there are so many people, the local government can't do anything.

Zeng Huai told Hu Weiyong about this again.

Hu Weiyong also frowned when he heard this: It was said that the victims should not be allowed to eat too much. In the past and present, the victims have not been so powerful. In the past, disaster relief was basically a show, as long as they didn't starve to death too much.

And now they can eat enough, and they cause something for no reason.

I secretly regret that I shouldn't have taught Zeng Huai that method.

But now that the incident had happened, he didn't know how to deal with it properly, so he had to write a letter and submit it to the emperor urgently. He actually has a way, but he just keeps it and doesn't use it.

……

Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was very ugly, and yesterday he received two pieces that annoyed him.

First, Hu Weiyong came to report that the victims were well fed and could not be resettled, and there was an incident of smashing and looting. When the officials stopped giving porridge, they gathered to make trouble and wanted to repatriate to their hometown, which was flooded.

The second is that Mu Ying's recital said that the extermination of bandits did not go well. As soon as Mu Ying arrived in the southwest, he let the troops be divided into pieces and entered the states and counties to clean up, but the number of bandits was too much, and the personnel were scattered, and there were so many dozen or twenty on almost every mountain. When they heard that an official army was coming, they immediately hid in the mountains, and after the officers and soldiers left, they immediately went down the mountain to burn, kill, and loot.

Bandits are extremely rampant, killing entire families at every turn, and some even directly attack local states and counties.

After the officers and troops dispersed, the number was insufficient, and they were not familiar with the mountain roads, which led to the futility of the effort. If we concentrate our forces to clear them one by one, we don't know when we will be able to suppress thousands of bandits in several provinces in the southwest.