"What Guo Changshi scolded was that the old man and others lived for such a long time in vain, and they almost made a big mistake!"

"In the past, when there was a major event in the village, we needed to rely on the help of the elders and villagers in the neighboring village!

Even, several villages often intermarry with each other, and today they turn against each other because of some rivers, and they fight hard, which is really undeserved! ”

"We old guys are really confused, thank you Guo Changshi for waking us up......"

All the old men hurriedly admitted their mistakes with sincere faces.

"You are all village elders, the chief, it would be great if you could wake up!"

Guo An's eyes also showed a hint of joy.

"You are neighbors to each other, and you used to take care of each other, how can you fight so hard in a drought?

Moreover, you are not short of food at home now, and you still have money to spare.

In addition, His Royal Highness King Yan has ordered people to go to the south to buy grain.

Even if there is really no harvest this year, you don't need to worry, His Royal Highness King Yan will definitely have grain to sell to you.

Moreover, the price of food will not rise.

Even if you have no money left in your family, there will be a lot of workshops and fortifications in Yanwangfu, so that you can go to work and use food as your wages!

Rest assured, everybody......"

"Your Highness is merciful, thank you Guo Changshi!"

A group of villagers, the elders are full of joy.

Guo An said again: "Also, you also know that His Royal Highness King Yan has almost attacked Goryeo. As for the Wa Kingdom, it's almost there!

At that time, His Royal Highness King Yan will inevitably need a lot of trustworthy people in order to control Goryeo and govern Goryeo.

And you, as the people of Beiping Mansion and the people under the rule of His Royal Highness King Yan, are the most trusted people of His Royal Highness King Yan.

Therefore, you should unite with each other and work together for His Royal Highness King Yan! ”

"Guo Changshi, don't worry, when I go back, I will definitely supervise those bastard boys!"

The villagers and elders suddenly blushed and were extremely excited, as if tomorrow, their heirs would be able to go to Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom as officials.

"Great goodness!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then said, "However, we are not here to dissuade you today.

Under the drought, nothing exists.

The water in those rivers is getting less and less day by day.

However, as long as the rivers can continue to flow for one day, they should be watered as long as there is enough water for all the people and animals. ”

"However, you have so many villages, you need to stagger the time, one village a day, and you are not allowed to water too much, just enough for those crops to survive!"

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

A group of village elders and elders answered again.

Afterwards, Guo An sat on the side and watched these village elders discuss.

Obviously, this was not the first time that these village elders had sat down together to discuss, and soon agreed on the order in which their village should be watered, and even the amount of water for each family was prescribed.

Guo An looked at it, it was still very reasonable, and nodded with great satisfaction.

Then, he threatened the elders of the villagers: "In the future, you are not allowed to fight in groups."

If we hear that there is still a village that is extremely domineering, or a village that does not care about the life or death of other villages, and wantonly waters, the people of these villages will be arrested and locked up for ten days and half a month, so that all your farm work will be mistaken! ”

"Guo Changshi, don't worry, we will never be impulsive again!"

The elders of the villagers were taken aback and hurriedly promised.

Subsequently, after Guo An instructed again for a while, he began to set off and headed for Beiping City.

When I returned to Beiping City, it was getting dark.

Guo An went directly to his duty and went home.

Day 2.

Guo An continued to the next county.

is still accompanied by the local magistrate, and it is still familiar with group fights, familiar scolding, and reasoning.

Then, call the village elders, lieutenant chiefs, and A chiefs of all the villages upstream and downstream, reprimand them intensively, intercede, reason, threaten, and then draw a big pie.

In the end, all the villagers and elders who were bright-hearted walked down the steps with happy faces.

As for some that are too muddy, they will be directly arrested and locked up for three or four days.

Kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, these people are honest.

Nevertheless.

Guo An was still busy for half a month before he ran through all the states and counties.

As a result, the drought is severe again, and the bottom of some rivers can already be seen.

There are even some small rivers that have dried up directly, exposing the silt at the bottom of the river.

As for the crops in those fields, even if they were watered by the river before, they were still six or seven out of ten.

The food collected by the people is not enough to eat for a year, let alone support their families!

In the entire Beiping Mansion, there was a mourning.

……

In Yanwang Palace, Guo An frowned and found Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, there is a great drought in my Beiping Mansion, and I don't know if the political envoy and the envoy can go to the court and ask the court to allocate relief food?

Why has the autumn harvest passed, but the imperial court has not yet distributed relief grain? ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "What does Guo Qing mean, in a situation like my Beiping Mansion, I also need disaster relief food?" ”

"Your Highness, there is a great drought in my Beiping Mansion, thousands of miles of red land, and the people have no food to eat!"

Guo An shouted directly, "In this case, my Beiping Mansion naturally needs disaster relief food." Even, His Royal Highness should go to the court and reduce taxes and forced labor for the people of Beiping Mansion! ”

Zhu Fu on the side stared, and then slowly lowered his head.

"What Guo Qing said is reasonable! In the matter of taxation and forced labor, the court has reduced or exempted the people of my Beiping Mansion. ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "However, the officials of the Political Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Department are really thief officials, such a catastrophe, they don't even force disaster relief food from the imperial court, and even those granaries, when necessary, they should also be opened to provide disaster relief to the people!" ”

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An arched his hand.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu Ke has always adhered to the strategy of accumulating grain, and has established granaries such as wide accumulation warehouses, reserve warehouses, and righteous warehouses in various states and counties in the Ming Dynasty.

As a strategic place in Beiping Mansion, and in recent years, Beiping Mansion has been developing, and there are more granaries.

It can be said that even in this drought, the people in those prefectures and counties will not be able to harvest a single grain of grain, and the people of Beiping Mansion will not starve to death if they occupy these granaries.

Now, the most important thing is, how to let the big landlord in Jingshi, the most picky, allow a few granaries to be opened and put grain for the people of Beiping Mansion!

On the side, Zhu Fu couldn't stand still, sighed slightly, and said: "Your Royal Highness, now the entire Ming Dynasty knows that my Beiping Mansion is prosperous, the people have grain in their homes, and many people have built big brick houses.

On the grounds that the drought was serious and there was no harvest, several high-ranking officials of the political envoys and the envoys of the Imperial Court asked the imperial court to allow the people of Beiping Prefecture to be exempted from grain tax and forced labor this year.

If His Royal Highness plays again, I am afraid that the court will think that His Royal Highness is shouting poverty and wants to take advantage of the court! ”

Zhu Di said with a disapprehensive face: "We are just asking for disaster relief food normally, how can we take advantage of the court?" ”

Guo An also said very confidently: "Exactly, my Beiping Mansion suffered from drought, and the people had no harvest, according to the court's policy, they should be exempted from taxes and forced labor this year."

Moreover, the righteous warehouse was opened to provide disaster relief and rescue to the people.

The people of my Beiping Mansion are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, so they should enjoy the same policy! ”

Saying that, Guo Anyou arched his hand towards Zhu Di with a straight face, and said: "Your Highness, in order to prevent traitorous ministers from slandering Your Majesty, prevent the imperial court from distributing disaster relief food, and assassinate the people of my Beiping Mansion, I also ask Your Highness to report all the tragic conditions of my Beiping Mansion to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Di nodded heavily, "Guo Qing don't worry, we have experience in this matter!" ”

"Having His Royal Highness King Yan is a blessing for the people of Beiping Mansion!"

Guo An complimented.

Zhu Di stroked his beard and chuckled.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Fu's eyelids twitched on the side, but he didn't continue to say anything to stop it.

There is so much grain in the granary of Peiping Mansion, if it can really distribute some disaster relief to the people, it will also be a great merit.

……

Three days later.

Zhu Di's recital was sent to the Beijing Division, in front of the old Zhu table.

"Humph!"

After watching Zhu Di's recital, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly with disdain on his face.

"Grandpa Huang, what's going on in Beiping Mansion?"

On the side, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly asked.

"Your fourth uncle's bastard thing, he actually learned from those officials in Beiping Mansion to cry poverty to us!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said as he handed the book in his hand to Zhu Yunwen.

"Take a good look, these nonsense written by your fourth uncle, don't be deceived in the future.

It is true that the people of Peiping Prefecture have suffered from drought, but to say that the people of Peiping Mansion are already hungry and about to dig up grass roots, gnaw tree bark, and sell their sons and daughters......

Even, if there is no relief food, in winter, more than half of these people will starve to death, how is this possible?

Bastards, if you are eyeing the grain in our Guangji warehouse in Beiping Mansion, you will come to give us a sloppy look!

How rich is his Yan Wangfu, can we not know? ”

Zhu Yunwen said with a sad face: "Grandpa Huang, the people rely on the grain grown in the fields to make a living.

Now, under the drought, the people of Beiping Mansion have no harvest in their fields, no food at home, and they will inevitably starve in winter!

Moreover, there are still many Mongolians to be raised in Beiping Province.

The grandson thinks that what the fourth uncle said is right, he should distribute some relief food to the people affected by the disaster in Beiping Mansion! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with great satisfaction.

"Since our eldest grandson has spoken, then we will allow it to distribute some relief food to the people of Beiping Mansion.

However, we need to pay for work, build county schools, pave concrete roads, or dig ditches......"

"Grandpa Huang is wise!"

……

The court hall of this meeting is completely Zhu Yuanzhang's Yiyan Hall.

Soon, the edict was issued.

Peiping Province was allowed to open three warehouses with 200,000 stone of grain.

Hearing this, all the officials in Peiping Mansion were full of joy.

The political envoy of Beiping and the envoy also found Zhu Di, the king of Yan, in a very timely manner.

Two days later, led by Yan Wangfu, a large-scale cash-for-work campaign began.

repairing streets in various states and counties; repairing county schools and state schools; paving cement roads; Establishment of a social ......

In Beiping Mansion, a large-scale project suddenly began.

It's just that in more than two months, three granaries and 200,000 stone of grain were directly distributed.

Zhu Di played again.

However, this time Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow it, and even scolded Zhu Di severely.

In desperation, he could only be supplied by the Yan Wangfu.

Moreover, the money that Yanwangfu should hand over to Lao Zhu should also be handed over in full.

Hearing this, the king of Qin and the king of Jin, who had not suffered the disaster, wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob again, and wanted to use grain to ask Zhu Di for the ships of the Goryeo caravan.

In the same way, Zhu Di still refused mercilessly.

Thereupon.

Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, and Zhu Li, the king of Jin, were furious and directly ordered that those merchants in Shaanxi and Shanxi were not allowed to cooperate with the Yanwangfu caravan.

Listen to this.

Zhu Di, Guo An and others all smiled disdainfully.

Merchants seek profit, can you prohibit it if you want to?

……

(End of chapter)