Everyone went, and there were only three people left in the warm pavilion: Long Shaoyang, Xiao Di and Prince Xiao Minglong.

Long Shaoyang knew that the prince had something important to talk to the two of them, so he didn't say anything at the moment. For a while, it was quiet in the warm pavilion, only from time to time a gust of wind outside wrapped in snowflakes hit, and the window paper rattled.

Xiao Minglong stood up, staring out the window at the smoke-like fog, the snow that kept falling, and the statue-like motionless, the cheerful expression on Fang Cai's face had disappeared without a trace, and he was replaced by a grim face.

After a long time, I only heard him sigh and say, "Brother Long, you have been in Los Angeles for a while, and my situation must have been heard by my eldest brother." Since that day's birthday banquet, I have accompanied the envoys of various countries, and then it has snowed for several days, and I am busy giving relief to the homeless, but there is always one thing that makes me think about it. Saying that, Huo Ran turned around and stared at Long Shaoyang with burning eyes, "I'm really worried-"

"Worried that I will ignore the feelings of righteousness, or protect my life, or just leave?" Long Shaoyang smiled dumbly, sighed and said: "Although Long has always lived in a remote place, far away from wealth and nobility, but the way of being in the world that the sage has established is also practiced since childhood, and his heart yearns for it. Your Highness is in trouble today, how can you sit idly by as a brother? You and I are righteous and marry Jinlan, whether you are a noble or an ordinary person, I Long will treat you as a righteous brother. Not to mention that His Royal Highness and Brother Xiao have treated me like a mountain. From now on, I will advance and retreat together with you, Your Highness, to fulfill the righteous feelings of you and me that day. ”

Xiao Minglong stared at Long Shaoyang, so excited that he couldn't speak, his eyes lit up, and then dimmed, looking out of the window wordlessly.

Xiao Di admired Long Shaoyang's impassioned words, and couldn't help but cast an approving glance at him.

After a while, Xiao Minglong suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Long, I think you already know that a few days ago, my father ordered the ministers to give advice on the resettlement of the displaced people, and ordered me to take charge of this matter and come up with a proper plan for ten days. Now that the time limit has passed halfway, except for King Teng's old tune "Resettlement of the Displaced People" and a few general Chen songs, none of the other courtiers have played, I am afraid that in a few days, in front of my father and the ministers, I will not only make a fool of myself in public, but also have a reputation for being ineffective and useless!"

"Your Highness doesn't need to be too sad. Xiao Di said lightly, "Now the situation is also expected. Look at this group of civil and military officials above the court, seven or eight out of ten are all looking at my old Taishan horse. On that day, the court agreed that he intended to sing this play, and the ministers figured out the intention of his proposal. As for the small number of people who are not willing, those who are powerless will watch the play and stay out of the situation, and those who are powerless will be perfunctory and will not be offended. He breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "If you can have a little bit of strength, I'm afraid that only the loyal Hou Wujun is left, but it's a pity that this person can't be wise." ”

Long Shaoyang chewed on the words of the two people and said, "Your Highness, Brother Xiao, Your Majesty is wise and wise, and it is not so easy to be deceived when you think about Shengcong. ”

Xiao Minglong's face flashed with a trace of bitterness, and said: "Brother Long doesn't know, although my father is just and not confused, the royal body has been getting worse in the past few years. If it weren't for the longevity feast after the Shangyuan Festival and the resettlement of the homeless people one after another, I am afraid that I would not easily see his old man's face. ”

"Your Highness can't easily see Your Majesty?" Long Shaoyang said strangely.

Hearing the surprise in Long Shaoyang's question, Xiao Minglong smiled helplessly and said slowly: "Well, my father is now dedicated to cultivating the way of life, the art of alchemy. ”

Long Shaoyang couldn't help but be taken aback, and the scene of the first time he saw Tianyan at the birthday banquet suddenly floated in his mind, with a thin face and godless eyes, like a frail and sickly scholar. At the moment, it was clear in my heart, no wonder I felt this way when I saw His Majesty for the first time, it turned out to be caused by taking the medicine of Jinshi for a long time. Thinking that the prince actually told himself about this kind of secret matter related to the face of the heavenly family, he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and he was burned inside, and a hot current surged into his heart, and he couldn't speak for a while.

I only heard Xiao Di say: "After the expiration of ten days, if there is no good plan, and Your Majesty refuses to say a fair word for His Highness, His Highness's situation will be very worrying." ”

The room fell silent again.

Long Shaoyang was stunned for a moment, and said to Xiao Di: "Brother Xiao, what is the difficulty in this resettlement strategy for displaced people?"

Maybe it was because he had been sitting for a long time, Xiao Di set up his crutches and slowly paced back and forth in the pavilion, making a burst of crutches on the ground. I only heard him say slowly: "Shaoyang, the resettlement of this homeless people has been a problem since ancient times, and it has been a problem for dynasties and generations. Generally speaking, there are no more than two types of methods, the first type is to appease, repatriate to the hometown, and order the local pastoral guards to provide relief and bereavement to comfort the people. ”

"Hmm. ”

"This second category, which is mainly based on suppression, sends officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, and the displaced people are either killed, reduced to slaves, or reduced to grass bandits, and so on. The former method is easy for the displaced people to go and return, and the latter method is easy to provoke the people to revolt, and it is difficult to deal with the aftermath, and the imperial court still needs to spend a lot of silver taels - neither is a cure. ”

Seeing Long Shaoyang nodding, Xiao Di continued: "This time the displaced people incident is different from the past. The large number of displaced people, with tens of thousands of people already pouring into the city, coupled with the continuous snowfall and freezing weather, such a large group of people are waiting to be fed. If the porridge and rice are not given well and there is a civil uprising, it will not only make the envoys of the countries see my jokes, but also give them an opportunity to take advantage of them. If they take the opportunity to provoke a border incident, it will be shocking to the outside. ”

He was unhurried, eloquently, and his words were slight, and he was whipped into it, and Long Shaoyang and Xiao Minglong couldn't help but be shocked when they heard it. I only heard Xiao Di continue: "This displacement incident is not trivial, the difficulty lies in the long-term strategy, the difficulty lies in the real money, and the difficulty lies in the fact that the time is not waiting ......for me."

Xiao Di stopped, stood beside the crown prince Xiao Minglong, and also looked out the window, looking at the snow that was still drifting, and no longer spoke.

After a long time, Long Shaoyang groaned: "What Brother Xiao said is that as the saying goes, the people are the foundation of the people, and the people are the foundation of the country. Your Highness, Brother Xiao, I've thought of a way these days, I don't know if it's available?"

Xiao Minglong was surprised and delighted, turned around, stared at Long Shaoyang with blazing eyes, and said, "Big brother, I don't know what you have to do?

Xiao Di didn't answer, stepped back in the chair and sat down, only looking at Long Shaoyang with an inquiring gaze.

Long Shaoyang said slowly: "This method is in the pile of documents sent by Lord Jing Zhaoyin on the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a few days ago. ”

"What do you mean in those documents?" Xiao Minglong wondered, "I remember that day Brother Di sent you that note, and when we both saw that you were going to borrow these documents, we were confused. ”

"Please sit down, Your Highness, and let me elaborate slowly. Long Shaoyang smiled and said slowly, "Your Highness, don't underestimate these documents, I remember that there was an ancient record in the previous dynasty, saying that the world was in turmoil at that time, and the princes were in dispute, and there was a road where the princes took the lead in attacking the imperial capital." His generals scrambled to be the first to kill the treasury and loot all the gold and silver treasures. or break into the harem and catch all the beauties of the palace. In the middle, there was a staff member who led the soldiers straight into two places, one was the Prime Minister's Mansion and the other was Wutai. ”

"What is he going to do in these two places?" Long Shaoyang asked, and then said, "It turns out that this staff member is far-sighted. His move was to properly keep all the legal books, classic documents, etc. of the previous dynasty in order to seek the world. In this way, all the world's sorrows, registered populations, local strengths and weaknesses, and people's sufferings will be fully covered. In the future, this prince swept the world, ruled the world, and ranked this staff member in the first place when he was rewarded for meritorious deeds. ”

After hearing this, Xiao Di and Xiao Minglong looked at each other without saying a word, and they couldn't help but nod.

Xiao Di said: "Well, the document is like this, I didn't expect it to be so important." ”

Long Shao let out a "hmm" and said, "Those sent by Lord Jingzhao Yin are all the registered population, acres of cultivated land and other documents and files of the twenty-two counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion. Since the manuscript arrived, I have been studying it carefully, sometimes staying up all night before I can sleep with my clothes. For several days in a row, the number of registered persons and acres of cultivated land in the entire Jingzhao Prefecture was under my control. According to the records of the prefecture, in the twelfth year of Xianning, there was a great epidemic in Mengxian and Xinxian, and the disease of one person infected one household, and the disease of one household infected a township and a town, and tens of thousands of people died;

"What, it's so serious?" Xiao Minglong stood up and blurted out. Long Shaoyang nodded and continued: "Your Highness, rest easy, this is just the words of the official family, and the real situation may be even more shocking. In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have been rampant, the number of people has decreased year by year, but there are more and more ownerless fields, and in the three counties of Mengxian, Xinxian and Yixian around Los Angeles alone, there have been more than 20,000 hectares of new ownerless fields in recent years. With that, he sighed softly.

"The previous government and county officials were convincing, saying that the epidemic had been under control and that there were few injuries, and that they were digging for springs and alleviating the drought, and they dared to be emotional—" Speaking of this, Xiao Minglong paused, clenched his fists and slammed the armrest of the seat a few times.

Xiao Di sneered, and said: "In order to keep the black gauze hat, these filthy officials are naturally unscrupulous officials, bullying superiors and subordinates, and doing everything they can. However, Shaoyang, I still don't understand, what is the relationship between these situations and the plight of the displaced people in front of me?"

Long Shaoyang said in a deep voice: "There are more than 20,000 hectares of ownerless fields in these three counties alone, which are all cooked and fertile fields. Your Highness, Brother Xiao, don't underestimate these fields, this is a huge fortune. If you use it well, this dead land can become a living land. ”

This sentence was like a lightning bolt in the minds of the two of them, and the two of them only felt a shock all over their bodies, and blurted out almost at the same time: "You mean-"