Chapter 291: Disaster Relief

Hearing this, Gu Qian said angrily, "Lord Lu, do you mean that someone is cutting corners on the construction of the embankment and filling his own pockets?" ”

Gu Qian was born in a poor family, so he naturally hated corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Since he was on the high school list, the first thing he did was to join the county master of his hometown Liming County.

The county lord who did not act, acted indiscriminately, and acted blindly was naturally investigated.

has been the soil emperor in Liming County for decades, and the county master didn't expect that he would end up in Gu Gan's hands.

Seeing the devastation on the land of Shandong Province and the displacement of the people, Gu Qian was also heartbroken.

"Lord Gu, Lord Lu's guess is not impossible." Qin Yichuan, who was thoughtful, said, "The top priority, we must first summon the governor of Shandong Province and other officials, count the disaster data, and by the way, comfort the victims and build a river embankment." ”

"Not bad."

"Let's keep going."

Lu Siyuan frowned and galloped on his horse.

The three of them and dozens of guards rushed towards Nanfeng Mansion non-stop.

Namfeng Mansion is the seat of Shandong Province.

The former Han Wangfu is now the governor's yamen.

Upon learning of the arrival of the minister, the governor Song Boyan, and Feng Shaohui and others greeted him outside the city.

"See Chincha-sama...."

"Don't be polite, go in and talk."

Lu Siyuan looked at the crumpled robes on everyone's bodies, as well as the dirt, and the anger in his heart suddenly disappeared a lot.

It can be seen that these people are carrying out disaster relief work.

The once prosperous Nanfeng Mansion has now been ravaged by floods.

Lu Siyuan entered the mansion and asked, "Lord Song, Lord Feng, how is the current disaster?" ”

"Lord Qiqichencha." Song Boyan said bitterly, "The specific statistics have not yet been implemented, but the day before yesterday, another section of the river embankment burst, and now the scope of the river has expanded from more than 30 counties to 43 counties, about 200,000 hectares of land have been damaged, and about 500,000 houses have been washed away by mudslides..."

"Hiss~"

"Hiss~"

Hearing this shocking figure, Lu Siyuan and the others couldn't help but gasp.

"How did you do that?"

"Your Majesty has spent astronomical sums of money on water conservancy construction alone in recent years."

"Your Shandong Province is located in the lower reaches of the Tianhe River, and it is also the bulk of the annual financial expenditure, how did you build your water conservancy project?"

"Now that the embankment has just burst, and the embankment has burst one after another, shouldn't you give Your Majesty an explanation?"

Lu Siyuan stood up, looked at Song Boyan, Feng Shaohui and the others and scolded angrily.

The officials of Shandong Province also lowered their heads, and everyone showed bitterness on their faces.

Feng Shaohui stood up, "Lord Qincha is angry, Your Majesty has indeed allocated a lot of money over the years, but this disaster is not trivial, Tianhe has never had such a fierce flood season over the years, according to historical data, this is the most terrifying tide in three hundred years, the water level is several meters higher than usual, our fortifications can't resist it at all..."

The officials of Shandong Province were all personally appointed by Guo Tianyi when he pacified the vassal king.

For example, Song Boyan, Feng Shaohui and others were also promoted by Guo Tianyi at the beginning.

When it comes to corruption, they don't have that much courage.

Lu Siyuan guessed that it was because of the tofu scum project, but now it seems that this disaster is as fierce as a tiger, and it is far from being able to withstand the current defense.

The great water that has not been seen for hundreds of years happened at this time.

Feng Shaohui and others also have words of suffering.

They also want political performance.

Something so big happened, and they organized people to rescue the disaster as soon as possible.

But the disaster is getting bigger and bigger.

Later, they couldn't stand it, so they asked the court for help.

Moreover, the granary of the government has been urgently opened to release grain, and now that the grain is running out, there is no other way not to ask the court for help.

Listening to everyone's reports, Lu Siyuan frowned and said, "It's useless to talk this nonsense now, if you have a way to flood control and disaster relief, say it." ”

"Lord Qincha, flood control and disaster relief are still mainly based on flood control and pacification of the victims..."

"Nonsense, Benchin doesn't know how to deal with floods? Benchin did not know how to pacify the victims? Lu Siyuan said majestically, "Your Majesty has given me 200,000 stone of grain this time, and it will arrive in a few days. ”

For the first time, Lu Siyuan, a future celebrity, showed his ability to act vigorously and resolutely.

Lu Siyuan belongs to the pragmatic school, and what he doesn't like the most is to listen to the people below talk nonsense.

Moreover, this person has a clean sleeve, and later became an official all his life, and he can't even find a hundred taels of gold at home, which shows how good his character is.

Guo Tianyi was also relieved to hand over the important task of Qincha to Lu Siyuan.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

"The minister thinks that the flood control is still according to the old method, blocking the mouth of the embankment..."

"Lord Qincha, you don't know the seriousness of the front line, our people can't get to the front of the river dam at all..."

"Lord Qincha, it is better to build a new canal and lead the water of the Tianhe River to Weishui..."

"Chincha-sama...."

The officials chattered and finally sorted out a set of plans.

That day.

Lu Siyuan made a jaw-dropping decision.

He was going to go to the front line and go to the disaster relief.

Tens of thousands of government soldiers in Shandong Province have long participated in the disaster relief work, and he, the Qin Cha, is the first soldier at this moment, which can not only cheer up the government soldiers, but also appease the emotions of the people to a large extent.

Really.

The effect is surprisingly good.

When they learned that Lord Qincha had come to the front line, everyone's spirit was different.

Lu Siyuan did not dislike dirty, and personally filled the gullies with everyone in the mudslide and treated the floods.

The same is true for Qin Yichuan and Gu Qian.

Two days later, the food for the imperial court disaster relief arrived.

But...

There are too many victims.

Before the arrival of Lu Siyuan and others, another section of the river dam burst its embankment, and more than a dozen counties were affected.

Seven days!

After only seven days, there was no food.

And the government's grain stocks have also bottomed out.

"Lord Chincha, what should we do?" Feng Shaohui said anxiously, "Why don't you write another letter and ask the court for food?" ”

The people who are helping the disaster will eat, and the people will eat.

With so many people, the consumption of a day is astronomical.

"It's too late."

"When the excerpt arrives at the imperial court, His Majesty approves it, and then transfers grain to the household department, it will take ten days to say the least!"

Lu Siyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Come with me, there is still a large amount of grain in the official warehouse of Shanxi Province, follow me to get it, and the grain will be delivered within three days!" ”

"This, this..."Gu Qian was shocked, "Lord Lu, by all means, we are not bad, but there are not only military rations but also reserves of emergency food in the official warehouse of Shanxi Province, we are not in accordance with the rules like this, but we will be killed!" ”

"I can't care so much."

"If you cut off your head, you can cut off someone's head in my Lu."

"If there is no food in three days, the old, weak, women and children among the hundreds of thousands of victims here will not be able to withstand it!"

"Come on, come with me!"

Lu Siyuan immediately turned over and got on his horse and took people to Shanxi Road.

There is no way to do it.

This can only be solved in this way, if there is no food and a mutiny is caused, the consequences will be even more terrifying.

Lu Siyuan took the Shengshang's edict to the neighboring Shanxi Province to collect grain, but the news also spread to the capital.

Shanxi Provincial officials Shen Lu Siyuan's excerpts are a bunch of them.

Moreover, the ministers who were opposed to Wang Yuan's faction in the DPRK and China also spoke out to Lu Siyuan.

Falsely proclaiming the holy decree and requisitioning food without permission is a capital crime!