Chapter 67: I Have a Way to Alleviate the Drought

When Emperor Chu asked, His Royal Highness and all the military officials closed their mouths.

One by one, they looked left and right, but no one dared to stand up and answer.

Because they all know in their hearts that the drought in Qingling and Qingling Prefecture is now very serious.

If this thing is done well, of course, you will get some rewards, but if it is done badly, it is likely to be a matter of losing your head.

What's more, this time the disaster relief money was raised by Chu Mo, the big demon king, even if they wanted to take the opportunity to get some oil and water, I am afraid they didn't have the courage.

After all, who is impatient to live and dares to be greedy for Chu Mo's money.

So this is a job that has no oil and water, but is hard and tiring, and naturally no one is willing to stand up and take it.

Seeing the reactions of the ministers, Chu Mo shook his head lightly, greatly disappointed in his heart.

He originally thought that he would find a trustworthy newcomer in the court, recruit him into the prince's mansion as a staff, and then slowly hand over the accounts of the prince's mansion to him to manage.

But now it seems that his idea can only be invalidated.

And the most disappointed was Emperor Chu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, frowning, looking at the position of the right minister: "The Manchu Dynasty civil and military, no one can go to the disaster relief? In the past, the drought and flood relief in various places were all arranged by the right minister, you arranged for the right minister, or the right minister, you will recommend another virtuous person now?"

As soon as he heard this, Yu Wen Chenghua, the right minister, immediately stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Kong Mengzhi, the servant of the ministry, can take on this important responsibility!"

It's just that as soon as he said this, An Guogong next to him immediately stood up and objected: "The old minister doesn't dare to agree, Kong Mengzhi is a servant of the ministry, and he is only in charge of punishment, so it's probably not appropriate to let him go to Qingling and Qingling for disaster relief." The old minister thought that Qian Jia, the household servant, was more suitable for disaster relief. ”

As soon as the two spoke, the six Shangshu, including the Hubu Shangshu and the Rite Shangshu, also followed one after another.

The main point of view is nothing more than Kong Mengzhi and Qian Jia, who is more suitable to delegate important tasks to disaster relief.

This is clearly a chore, in the past, it was the right minister Yu Wen Chenghua who arranged his own people to go to disaster relief, but now there is no oil and water to fish for this errand, and he will definitely not appoint his own people to go.

Therefore, at this moment, the situation in the court suddenly became clear.

Even if Chu Mo didn't know much about the previous situation, after this dispute, it was not difficult for him to see that Kong Mengzhi should belong to An Guogong's forces.

As for that Qian Jia, he must be the person of the right Xiangyu Wen Chenghua, and even among the six Shangshu, there are several of them, all of whom have already been attached to the right Xiangyu Wen Chenghua.

It wasn't until now that Chu Mo suddenly realized why the dignified prince was engaged to the daughter of the Duke of Anguo.

The mystery in this is probably that in order to enhance the power of An Guogong, Emperor Chu made it compete with the right and contain each other.

Suddenly, Chu Mo's eyes when he looked at Chu Emperor Chu Yunxiu became very solemn.

In the past, he still thought that Chu Yunxiu might just pick up the rivers and mountains that the first emperor of Chu had worked hard to fight for nothing, but after today's incident, he can be considered to understand.

In fact, Chu Yunxiu is the smartest one in the entire court.

A smart leader, his strength, often not in intelligence, but in knowing people and making good use of them.

Obviously, Chu Yunxiu is such a person.

It's just that the two sides have been arguing for a long time, and neither of them is willing to back down, and they both want to throw this hot potato to the other party.

At the end of the dispute, the right prime minister Yu Wen Chenghua seemed to be a little impatient, and simply said to the Chu Emperor again: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is a little inappropriate to send people to Qingling and Qingling Prefectures for disaster relief now. ”

"What is the opinion of the right minister, why don't you come and hear it?" asked Emperor Chu.

Yuwen Chenghua said seriously: "Your Majesty, as far as Weichen knows, the drought in Qingling Prefecture is very serious, if you can't wait for the rain to come, the disaster relief funds of more than three million taels will only be a drop in the bucket, and it will be useless." ”

"Then, according to the right minister's opinion, how should the imperial court deal with this matter now?" asked Emperor Chu again.

Weichen believes that instead of throwing the more than 3 million taels into a hole that fills the dissatisfaction, no one can save them in the end. It is better to keep this disaster relief money first, and when the drought in Qingling and Qingling Prefectures eases a bit, His Majesty will allocate this disaster relief money for the people of Qingling and Qingling Prefectures to rebuild their homes. ”

It's just that as soon as Yuwen Chenghua finished speaking, Chu Mo frowned and snorted coldly: "How can this be true, if you don't save millions of disaster victims, you have to wait for the disaster victims to die before the imperial court is willing to save them?" Could it be that the people of Chu State are not as important as those few taels of silver in the eyes of the right minister?"

After speaking, he didn't forget to snort coldly at Yuwen Chenghua, and secretly scolded the old beast in his heart, sure enough, what kind of father there is, what kind of son.

No wonder Yu Wenxuan's little brute dares to flirt with a woman from a good family on the street, it seems that these two men are really good all the way, and they are not good things.

And hearing his sudden attack, the right minister Yu Wenchenghua frowned, and explained casually: "His Royal Highness the Prince's words are really frustrating to the ministers. Although Weichen's words are ugly, they are all for the sake of the court and for His Majesty's worries. ”

"That's how the right minister worries about His Majesty? If the people in Qingling and Qingling Prefectures who are being affected are not rescued, let them fend for themselves?" Chu Mo shook his hand and sneered.

In this regard, Yuwen Chenghua was not in a hurry, and explained casually: "Your Highness doesn't know that with the current disaster situation in Qingling and Qingling Prefectures, there is no way to completely alleviate the disaster by relying only on the three or four million taels raised now." If the two prefectures of Qingling can't wait for the rain to fall before the disaster relief funds are used up, and then the imperial court will have no money to send it down, and more victims will starve to death by then. That's why Wechen suggested that we should keep this disaster relief money first, and then let this disaster relief money play its due role when it is really needed. ”

"In the end, I still don't think that the disaster relief funds have been raised enough, right? Although you can rest assured that the disaster relief funds will continue to find ways to raise them, the disaster relief matter is imminent and cannot be delayed for a moment. ”

Chu Mo turned his head, and his heart was very indistinguishable.

Yuwen Chenghua smiled slightly and said: "Weichen knows that His Highness is good at raising money, but if the drought in Qingling and Qingling Prefectures is not alleviated, even if His Highness raises more disaster relief funds, it will just be filling a big hole that will never be filled, and wasting the silver of the people of Kyoto." ”

His words, on the surface, praised Chumo for being good at raising money, but in fact, he took the opportunity to ridicule Chu Mo's business. At the same time, he also took advantage of the situation and attributed the credit of Chu Mo's disaster relief funds to the people of Kyoto.

When the ministers next to them heard this, they all agreed.

But just when they were secretly complacent, thinking that Chu Mo couldn't do anything about them, Chu Mo smiled faintly and said: "According to the right minister's statement, if there is a way to alleviate the drought in Qingling and Qingling, can the imperial court send people to help the victims?"

"What? Your Highness is saying that you have a way to alleviate the drought?" Yuwen Chenghua's face was full of doubts, and his tone was uncertain.

Chu Mo nodded and said solemnly: "That's right, there is a way to alleviate the drought." ”

Yuwen Chenghua stared at him directly, and after a few breaths, he suddenly laughed and mocked: "Hahahaha, ignorant child, do you really think that you have the ability to call the wind and rain?"