When Pei Changtian was stunned, above the golden palace of the imperial palace, the civil and military forces of the capital city in the fifteenth year of hope lined up to the court.

It can't be compared with the Great Dynasty, but the officials of various ministries in the capital will also be present with a certain grade, and the front of the queue of 100 officials is naturally Chu Hang, who is the first of the 100 officials.

Many of Chu Hang's protégés were somewhat excited when they saw Chu Hang coming, but some were worried, and other officials also looked at this old minister.

Chu Hang ignored everything around him, and just smiled back at the people who came to salute him.

"The emperor has arrived—"

The voice of the eunuch came from above, and the current great emperor strode over, and when he reached the dragon chair, Chu Hang and the ministers chanted together.

"Greetings to the Holy One—"

The emperor was wearing a dragon robe and a black gauze winged crown, and he looked at Chu Hang at first sight.

"All love is exempt!"

After saying this, the emperor immediately showed concern.

"Chu Xiang's health is not safe during this time, and I am always worried, Chu Xiang came to the court today, he should be in good health, right?"

Chu Hang saluted the Son of Heaven again.

"Back to the saint, the old minister's body is fine, thank you for your concern!"

The Emperor nodded and looked at the officials below.

"Today's Shuowang, do you Aiqing have anything important to do?"

As soon as the emperor's words fell, Yu Ziye, the superintendent among the officials below, raised his head and subconsciously glanced in the direction of Chu Hang.

Chu Hang seemed to be aware of it, and glanced at the supervising imperial history, the official on the side of the imperial history platform, the imperial history Zhongcheng is now hanging empty, it seems that His Majesty has allowed the other party to return to his hometown.

Yu Ziye knows how to flatter the emperor best on weekdays, but in the face of Chu Hang, he was still stunned, he didn't expect Chu Xiang to come to the court today.

But no matter how worried he is, he will have to bite the bullet, so Yu Ziye is ready to come out of the crowd, and he is not the only one anyway.

Just as Yu Ziye stepped out with one foot, someone stepped out first.

"The old minister has a book—"

The voice of the column was loud and full of energy, which startled the nearby officials, and also frightened some absent-minded or apprehensive people, it was Chu Hang, who was the left servant of Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu, and was the emperor of the two dynasties.

At this moment, even the emperor sitting on the dragon chair was slightly shocked.

Among the civil and military officials above the court, many of them only felt that their scalps were numb, and there were many protégés of Chu Hang who were excited.

The Emperor frowned, but spoke as calmly as he could.

"What's going on with Chu Xiang?"

Chu Hang looked at the emperor, took out the fold and presented it, the eunuch on the side came down to take the fold, and hurriedly sent it to the emperor, while Chu Hang opened his mouth to state at this moment.

"The old minister wants to play, Lingdong Province and Hexi Province have had severe drought conditions since the beginning of spring last year, and Lingdong Province can still keep some harvests according to the drought-resistant canal built during the Chengxing period, and Hexi Road did not harvest any crops last year, and the grain prices in various states have grown wildly, and merchants are hoarding goods."

As he spoke, Chu Hang swept past the officials present and looked up at the emperor even more.

"My people may have a little surplus of food and resources, but they can't support the collusion of officials and businessmen to exploit them repeatedly, and now although they are not starving all over the wilderness, they have already given birth to disasters."

"The officials of the two and sixteen states have made more than 20 concerts, but they have been pressed under the door for several months and no one cares, and from this autumn to this moment, there is not much rain in the two states, and I am afraid that there will be drought again in the coming year!"

What?

The emperor looked stunned, he really didn't know about this.

Don't say that the emperor doesn't know, in fact, Chu Hang also didn't know it long, a few days ago, at the dinner table, when talking about the matter of Lingdong back then, Qi Zhongbin had a vague feeling, and after careful calculation, he broke the matter at that time.

Chu Hang made a special trip to various government offices to check and verify this, and sure enough, he found many suppressed pieces, and he was a little angry for a while.

At this moment, although Chu Hang's face was calm, his voice was deafening in some people's ears.

"The old minister wants to impeach his subordinate Lang Zhan Shiwei, as well as the governor of the six states. I hope that Your Majesty will decide this matter as soon as possible! ”

Zhan Shiwei in the queue of officials was already in a cold sweat of fright.

"Zhan Shiwei, can there be such a thing?"

Zhan Shiwei came out of the queue in a hurry and said tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, Wechen also didn't know it for a long time, how dare Wechen act like this, Chu Xiang, Zhan Mou did not intend to suppress the chapter, Your Majesty, please Your Majesty to be clear, Wechen is wronged."

"That is to say, there are indeed two states that press on the province of Menxia? Li Aiqing? ”

As the leader of the subordinate province, the subordinate was so frightened that his body shook and hurried out.

"The old minister is guilty of negligence, and he doesn't dare to excuse him, please punish Your Majesty!"

The emperor patted the dragon chair.

"As for the chapters, go get them all!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

There was a lot of discussion in the court at this moment, and a few officials from the province left in a hurry, and after a while, some people returned to the Golden Palace with many concerts and documents.

In front of the Manchu civil and military personnel, they were read out one by one in the recitals and documents.

It turns out that the drought in the two provinces is not limited to last year, in fact, the year before last has already seen the clues, because the harvest of the previous year was extremely poor, and last year many places were even more drought, the situation of lack of rain and drought is widespread, relying on some large waters to barely support.

Most of the people have surplus food or surplus funds in their homes, but whenever there is a natural disaster, the people's little things cannot withstand consumption, even if they should have been able to withstand it, they may suddenly become unbearable because of some special things.

For example, the income paid in the household records, most of the two states did not change much in this disaster year, and the situation of the people and some officials and merchants in this is very worthy of scrutiny.

A court meeting that might have been aimed at Chu Hang and his representative faction suddenly turned into a serious council.

Many officials were even more panicked, but Chu Xiang did not show too much pertinence, and although the Son of Heaven was angry, he did not widely say that he was responsible.

"Your Majesty, the scope of the disaster this time is extremely extensive, please decide on the disaster relief matters first."

The officials of the household department have already made a rough calculation

The Emperor also nodded and looked at the officials present.

"The top priority at the moment is to dispatch grain for disaster relief, prepare grain for the coming year, control the hoarding of merchants, boost the confidence of the victims, and order the superintendent Yu Shiwei to supervise Yu Ziye, an official in the two states."

"The minister is here!"

"You go."

"Obey the order!"

The Emperor nodded, then glanced at his courtiers.

"Can there be people who are good at water conservancy, understand the terrain and farm all night? Is there a candidate for the Ministry of Works? ”

Most of the officials in the Ministry of Industry are also from the imperial examination, although they have also done some things, but this kind of major event is inevitably apprehensive, and no one dares to take the initiative to take responsibility.

An angry look also appeared on the emperor's face, and it was also at this moment that Chu Hang spoke again.

"Your Majesty, the old minister's old bones, you can go to Lingdong Road and Hexi Road again, and when it comes to water conservancy, terrain, farming and relief, no one can understand it better than Lao Chen."

"Chu Xiang."

The emperor was stunned for a moment at the moment.

"Chu Xiang, you are old, or"

"Your Majesty!"

Chu Hang directly interrupted the emperor's words, but this matter was nothing to him, he stepped forward and said calmly.

"Thanks to the Son of Heaven who did not give up, Chu became an official without the imperial examination, and after three dynasties, not to mention hard work and diligence, it can be regarded as doing his best to respect me in the court, there are many people who are afraid of it, and there are many people who form parties in my name for personal gain."

Chu Hang glanced at the officials of the DPRK and China, and even began to enumerate the actions of some officials, mentioning some phenomena of the government and the opposition, some naming names, and some stopping at the point.

Unexpectedly, these words came out of Chu Hang's own mouth, and people in the court, whether they knew or not, had a sense of absurdity, even the emperor himself.

But at the same time, my heart is not immune to being touched.

But Chu Hang's words have not stopped.

"The old minister feels the trust and support of the three generations of the Son of Heaven, and he is also ashamed that he has not been able to worry about the monarch at all times, and now that he is old, he is even more powerless, and he has been strong for several years."

This is not like an official's petition, but more like an old minister's self-report, the words are sincere and moving, and the court falls into silence.

"Although the minister is old, he still has three points of strength, and he can't lead a hundred officials, but he can adapt measures to local conditions."

After saying a long word, Chu Hang finally gave up.

"Please ask Your Majesty for your permission!"

Letting an old prime minister go to the disaster area should not be agreed to, but at this moment, he may be moved by Chu Hang's words, or it may also be a way that fits the emperor's own plans.

The Emperor stood up from the dragon chair.

"In that case, please ask Chu Xiang!"

Chu Hang bowed to the Son of Heaven above.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At the end of the court meeting, the hundred officials retreated, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all talking about it when they left, as if the focus of political affairs had shifted from disaster relief to Chu Hang alone.

And in the imperial study, in addition to the emperor himself, some of his cronies are also here.

"Chu Xiang can also be said to have done everything he could, Xu Zhongjing, Fu Bofeng and the like, and it is unlikely that Chu Xiang will show it."

Some people say this, and the emperor is also sitting behind the imperial case with some emotion.

Of course, today's preparations to attack a certain faction in the DPRK and China seem to have been put on hold.

Maybe this first assistant position, the old Xiangguo can sit for a few years, and he should sit for a few years, when the emperor thought about it like this, Yu Ziye suddenly mentioned it.

"It's just that I'm still a little confused about one thing. There is a lot of backlog in Menxia Province, although there is a dereliction of duty, so how did Chu Xiang know so clearly? ”

Several officials around looked at Yu Ziye, and everyone had different expressions, and the emperor after the imperial case also frowned and his heart jumped!

Among the several officials who were also in the imperial study, some of them took a deep look at Yu Ziye.

This sentence is not just a doubt, from the perspective of a courtier, it is right to think so, but at this time, mentioning it in this way cannot be said to be simply worrying about the king.

——

Of course, it is impossible to spread the matters in the court meeting casually, but it is not difficult for some people with a heart to want to know.

That is, not long after the end of the court meeting, Tan Yuansheng, who was temporarily living in a mansion in Chengtian Mansion, had already received the news, but he only sighed.

Yi Shuyuan and Qi Zhongbin set up a stall to tell fortunes, and the other wandered around the city, so naturally they also felt something in their hearts, and they already knew it after a little calculation.

In a phase master stall by the bridge in the capital city, Qi Zhongbin, who had no customers in front of the stall, frowned and shook his head at the moment, just sighed.

"Maybe I shouldn't have talked too much."

(End of chapter)