When such a strange thing happened, Chen Qi was also a little confused, and quietly followed those who were carrying the grain, grabbed a tongue, and intimidated them, only to know that they were all members of a large family in the city, and they came to "receive food" on the order of the head of the family today, and they didn't know anything else.

Let go of that tongue, Chen Qi fell into contemplation, there should be two possibilities for such a strange thing to happen today, the first is that the county order and the big households in the city collaborated to embezzle for personal gain, the county order was ordered by the imperial court to open a warehouse and release grain, and the big families sent people to "bring back" the grain, and then share the spoils together.

This has an advantage, that is, if the imperial court investigates, the county order can justify that it has been ordered to release grain, and as for not sending it to the victims, it means that the subordinates are not in a good position, and they can hand over a few substitutes for the dead.

However, there are many loopholes in this, and if the county order wants to be corrupt, there can be many means, such as shoddy, deception, tampering with accounts, and other covert means, without cooperating with the big families in the city, making the city full of wind and rain, and giving people a handle.

Moreover, teasing the victims in this way can easily lead to civil unrest, and when the time comes, the court will investigate it, and the county order will not be able to escape.

So, there is only one last possibility, this county order does not know why it is not to deal with the big clans in the city, today he was ordered by the imperial court to open a warehouse to release grain, and those big families specially sent people to dismantle his platform, and if there is any chaos, it is the responsibility of the county order to drive him away.

Sure enough, the victims were already hungry, and finally waited for the yamen to open the warehouse to release grain, and were teased again, and did not receive a grain of rice.

At this time, a young official wearing an official robe rushed from a distance, and when he heard the news that the victims were about to riot, he was so anxious that he didn't care about making a sedan chair, so he rushed from the yamen. He ran so fast that one of his shoes fell off, and he didn't bother to pick it up, so he climbed up the gate tower and shouted down.

"Everyone, please calm down, this official is Tang Qian, the county magistrate of Xinye County, if you have any grievances, just say, don't mess up, this official will make decisions for you. ”

"It's Lord Tang!"

"I heard that Lord Tang is a good official. ”

"Yes, everyone says that he is a clean official who loves the people like a son, let's talk to him?"

"That is, reason with him. ”

......

It seems that this Tang County Commander has a good official reputation on weekdays, and the victims believe him, their emotions have stabilized, and they have finished talking about what happened.

After Tang Qian listened, he quickly understood who did it, his face was pale, and he trembled with anger, he did have a dispute with the big clans in the county because of the distribution of disaster relief money and grain, but he didn't expect them to use such despicable means to deal with him.

"Everyone, please listen to what Tang Mou said, Tang Mou will order someone to bring ten more truckloads of grain, and this official is waiting here today to see who dares to make trouble!"

After another ten truckloads of grain arrived, Tang Qian was in charge, and the families of those big families did not dare to come, but he soon found that something was wrong, the number of victims seemed to suddenly increase a lot, although some people were dressed in rags, but their faces were ruddy, not like disaster victims.

"Zhang San, your family has 100 acres of fertile land and a rich life, why did you come to grab the life-saving food of the disaster victims?" Tang Qian actually recognized an acquaintance from it, who was his neighbor, and was immediately angry.

"Lord Tang, although my family has a lot of fields, but this year's rain is too much, the yield has been reduced by half, and the food at home is not abundant," Zhang San was not afraid at all, and calmly quibbled, "Besides, Lord Tang, you open a warehouse and release grain, these northern Yankees can receive it, and our villagers are also short of food, why can't they receive it?"

"That's it, Lord Tang, you can't be partial!"

"Lord Tang, those northerners eat so much every day, they don't do anything serious, they steal chickens and dogs all day long......"

......

Many of the people in the crowd were local people like Zhang San, and they immediately became noisy.

In the face of catastrophes, humanity has not always been able to unite and respond together. The people of Xinye City have long been dissatisfied with the refugees from the north, believing that their arrival has robbed them of their scarce food rations and job opportunities, causing prices in the city to skyrocket, making their lives very difficult.

Tang Qian opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. If he stops the local people from receiving food today, then his prestige in the hearts of the people of Xinye County will be completely ruined, without the support of the people, and the family will squeeze him out, he will not have to stay in Xinye County, and leave as soon as possible.

Besides, Tang Qian couldn't stop it, because the people under him were all locals, villagers, and they just received some food, which was not a big mistake, even if Tang Qian gave a death order, his subordinates would be perfunctory to him, and they would not really drive people out.

Without Tang Qian's stop, the "disaster victims" in Xinye City, relying on not starving and having good physical strength, squeezed those refugees from other places aside and took away most of the food, and the victims only received a very small part.

During this period, friction and fighting naturally occurred, but the locals were very united, coupled with good physical strength, and the favoritism of catching fast, the refugees from other places could not take advantage, and could only watch the life-saving food being taken away by the locals.

"Tang... Tang ordered someone to transport ten more carts of grain, "Tang Qian climbed on the city wall, feeling very powerless, and heard someone talking behind him.

"Brother Tang, you do this to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, there is a fixed amount of grain in the treasury, if you distribute too much, the court will suspect you of favoritism and corruption," the speaker was a young man in brocade, who was Wei Xu, the son of the king of Zhennan, and it seemed that he and Tang Qian were old acquaintances.

"His Royal Highness, please forgive me," Tang Qian turned around and bowed to the end, "Today, I was originally picking up the wind for the prince, but I suddenly encountered an emergency, I was really slack, Tang is ashamed!"

"Brother Tang is polite, you and I are best friends, there is no need to do this!" Wei Xu raised his hand to stop.

"I don't know what Shizi just said, could it be that Shizi, you have a good plan to solve this tricky matter today?" Tang Qian asked expectantly.

"Brother Tang, you can give porridge and make it a little thinner, those people in this city will not run such a long way for a bowl of gruel every day. ”

"Shizi, do you know that the flood has passed, and the victims are going to return to their hometowns, and this food is for them to eat on the road. ”

"Then there's only one way, you come here!" Wei Xu said mysteriously.

"This matter must not be, Tang is upright, how can he do such a deceitful and shoddy shady thing?" After listening to Wei Xu's strategy, Tang Qian shook his head again and again.

"Brother Tang, don't worry, listen to me, if you don't do this, they will also encourage the people in the city to come and receive food, how much food is not enough, and the victims will not receive food, whether your reputation is important, or the lives of the victims are important, you think about it yourself. ”

After much deliberation, Tang Qian finally agreed.

The team carrying the grain came again, this time there were twenty carriages, and everyone, including the people of the city, cheered, but when the grain was distributed, the people of the city looked disgusted, and complained that Tang Qian had learned badly and became a big corrupt official.

It turns out that these rice are deliberately mixed with half of the sand and stones, and the local people are not short of food at home, but they are encouraged to take advantage of a little advantage, but these rice mixed with impurities, and they still need to be picked out a little bit when they get home, which is too troublesome and time-consuming, so they naturally don't want to ask for it, and go back stupidly.

But those real victims are not disgusted, as long as they have food and can live, it is not the time to pay attention. Eventually, all the food was actually distributed to the victims.

Seeing Wei Xu appear here, Chen Qi was also a little surprised, it was such a coincidence, he saw his next behavior in his eyes, and praised his wit in his heart.

At this time, a flash of inspiration flashed in Chen Qi's mind, and an idea emerged.

Maybe to conquer Kyushu, unify the world, and build a new world, you don't need to end up yourself, you can learn from those worldly masters in romance or storytelling. Although those worldly masters are worried about the country and the people, they don't want to be contaminated with worldly cause and effect, and delay their own practice, so they find a disciple with good qualifications, pass on their skills, and let him go to help the world and the people, so it's really the best of both worlds!

The more Chen Qi thought about it, the more he felt that this attention was good, Wei Xu happened to be his apprentice, and as a clan, his identity was just right, Daliang ruled Kyushu for more than 200 years, although the rule has been shaken a little in recent years, but the orthodox concept is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

If Wei Xu raised an army, it would only be a struggle for the throne within the royal family, and many people would wait and see, if it succeeded, it could quickly stabilize the hearts of the people in the world and revive the Great Liang Dynasty again.