"Your Majesty, the rain in Xiangzhou in the eleventh year of Yongchang has not fallen, the people are not living, eating grass and eating food, and starving for hundreds of miles, the first emperor has issued an edict for himself, and he is willing to suffer for the people with his own body, praying for the mercy of God to rain nectar, and the heavy rain fell from the sky in the next month"

"In the 20th year of Yongchang, Huaizhou will rain heavily for more than a month, the flood is raging, the people are miserable, the first emperor issued an edict to sin himself, reflecting on his own virtue is not enough, such as Su January, so the Huaizhou flood receded."

Several old ministers quoted scriptures and classics to testify about the case of the unjust emperor, and just when the emperor said that he couldn't bear it, the chamberlain informed Cheng Daqi to ask for a meeting.

The emperor summoned him without thinking about it, he just hoped that he would get acquainted, otherwise don't blame him for being polite, hum!

Cheng Daqi entered the door, first bowed respectfully, and then explained about the earthquake in front of everyone, saying that the aftershocks after the earthquake would cause more damage than the earthquake.

"Wechen just listened to an ear, as if he heard the 'edict of sin', Wechen thought that it was not yet time to need the emperor to sin himself, the top priority was how to help the people affected by the disaster, at this moment the people outside the palace were panicked, some of the houses collapsed, the capital is still like this, I don't know how the hardest hit place is, according to Wechen's humble opinion, food and medicinal materials should be raised as soon as possible, as well as doctors who can treat external injuries, ready to save people at any time."

"This disaster should put the lives of the people first, if the people are left alone, and the lives of the people are disregarded, will it not attract the dissatisfaction of God even more? Put the cart before the horse, and the people affected by the disaster will not heal because of the emperor's guilty edict, the collapsed houses will stand again, and the lost relatives will come back. ”

"Every moment after the earthquake is very important to the people affected by the disaster, Weichen has no talent, and he just walked more places than others, and saw more things, if the emperor has a place to get Weichen, Weichen will not hesitate to go to the soup."

The emperor's tense complexion finally improved, and he saw his sincerity at the critical moment, and he really won his heart, and he was a loyal minister!

The crown prince Li Ruling, who had never spoken, bowed his hand, "What Uncle Shunyi said is that disaster relief is the most important priority. ”

The emperor snorted coldly in his heart, he has been silent for so long, and now it is just an afterthought, this prince has disappointed him.

At this time, the eight hundred miles arrived in a hurry.

On April 15, the fourth year of Jianchang in Xijin, there was a sound coming from the northeast, the ground roared, the trees and houses leaned forward and backward, one after another, and the official houses, private houses, and temples all fell like flat ground for a while

When the 800-mile rush all the way to the capital, the imperial court realized that there was a ground movement in Lingxiao City, which was 100 miles away from the capital, but fortunately, the ground movement occurred in the daytime, which reduced the casualties.

Du Linxiang, who learned the news, almost stood unsteadily, and the Du family was in Lingxiao City, "I don't know what happened to my father, mother, brother and sister-in-law?" ”

Xiao He was also worried, "Let the second child accompany you on a trip, go back and see how the situation is, if it is serious, bring the daughters and children of the family first." ”

The main force of the family naturally wants to leave the aftermath, as for Cheng Youyi, he is still needed for family affairs, and he can't leave for the time being.

Du Linxiang was very grateful, "Thank you, mother." ”

"The family doesn't need to be so polite."

Xiao He looked at Cheng Youer, "You pack up and accompany your sister-in-law, listen to your sister-in-law's arrangement on the way, third, go to the dart bureau and arrange a few people to escort your sister-in-law and second brother." ”

"Little four, let the steward below arrange for a cart of grain to be brought over, just in case."

Xiao Siniang nodded, and said to Cheng Youer: "Second brother, this is also an opportunity for you, to see how the disaster situation outside is, how difficult the people are, and think about what you would do if you were a parent official, it will be good for you in the future." ”

Cheng Youer nodded solemnly, saying that he would definitely observe carefully.

An hour later, Cheng Youer escorted Du Linxiang to Lingxiao City with food, Cheng Daqian and the others came back in the evening, and after seeing Cheng Daqi with a red face, several people entered the house and discussed their next moves.

Cheng Daqi hasn't gotten an errand for the time being, but he can't stand it, so he took the initiative to arrange an errand for himself, and at the same time recommended his own method to the emperor.

"Xiao Si gave a suggestion, there are more than 300 households living in our area, including eight of our households are officials, and officials should lead by example in times of crisis, and our eight families will send people to form a rescue team to arrange more than 300 households in this area."

"The emperor thinks it is feasible, and at the same time allows me to participate in the morning court tomorrow morning, and Xu will officially let me do this work tomorrow morning."

"Second brother, I feel like I'm about to take power."

Cheng Daqi is still excited.

Cheng Daqian was happy for him, "I will do my best to help my eldest brother." ”

Cheng Daqi rubbed his hands and sighed, "When this matter is over, if we really gain a firm foothold in the capital, we will take all the children from the family and arrange them to study in the best academy in the capital. ”

"When that time comes, our Cheng family will be regarded as having completely changed the lintel, not the Bofu that will be finished in one generation."

The next morning, Cheng Daqi got up before dawn, for his first opportunity to go to the court, the whole house was very important, carefully for him, eagerly sent him out, eager to send him directly to the emperor.

As soon as he left, the entire Shunyi Bofu was busy, Cheng Daqian and a few people did not go out, and were busy in the mansion to Zhang Luo's next things, and Mrs. Cheng put an incense burner and took the female relatives of the family to kneel and worship the Bodhisattva, firstly, I hope that everyone in the family can pass by this ground movement, and secondly, I hope that Cheng Daqi can go smoothly, and it will only be easy for him to do well if the children and grandchildren of the Cheng family are good.

Maybe the Bodhisattva heard her prayer, the emperor divided the area to deal with the post-disaster affairs, and Cheng Daqi successfully got the matter of the part where the Shunyi Bofu was located, and he had full authority to decide everything big and small.

Cheng Daqi thanked him on the spot, although this required the Cheng family to sprinkle silver outside, but it also took a successful step.

The disaster relief in Lingxiao City finally fell into the hands of the prince, and when he left the palace, the prince also said a few words to Cheng Daqi, to the effect that he hoped to get Cheng Daqi's support.

What is supported?

Money and food, of course.

Cheng Daqi didn't refuse, but he didn't catch up, only said that he would find a way.

Cheng Daqian's brain is better than Cheng Daqi's, and he is also quite pragmatic, "The prince is only a temporary prince, the emperor still has so many sons, we know how many catties and taels we know, the emperor is still young, and we naturally want to be loyal to the emperor at the moment." ”

"We have contacted several merchants, and those who have not yet agreed are all 800 people with hearts, so much silver and grain go out, and they will always hear the sound."

"Besides, now is not the right time."

The imperial court hasn't done its best yet, and it's not burned out yet, so they don't have much effect at this time.

Xiao Siniang went out after hearing this, her second uncle is much more reliable than her fat father, and she has a reason to be lazy.

(End of chapter)