Chapter 591 Borrowing Food

The four provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi were hit hardest by the drought. Hubei, Gansu, and Sichuan are all affected, but not as serious as the previous four provinces.

Yuxi was doing her best to worry about the disaster, and Yan Wushuang's life was also difficult. Dozens of memorials from Shanxi, Shandong and other places were submitted to the capital every day, asking the imperial court for disaster relief.

Yan Wushuang threw a folder from Shanxi back to the desk after reading it, and said to a group of ministers: "The common people in Shanxi, Henan and other places are almost running out of turf and tree roots, and some have already started to eat them." Avalokitesvara is dead."

Master Lu Er said: "The harvest in Jiangnan is good this year. We should go to Jiangnan to buy grain and transport it to the disaster area as soon as possible." This is also a pertinent opinion.

Jiang Wenrui, Minister of the Household Department, said bravely, "There are only 980,000 taels of silver left in the treasury."

Among the six ministers, the one who has worked the hardest now is the minister of household affairs. Jiang Wenrui has been able to sit in this position for more than two years, and he is also determined.

After saying this, everyone else fell silent. Disaster relief costs money, and there is no money for disaster relief.

Yan Wushuang said: "Because the Northwest received a warning in advance, they speculated that there might be a drought this year, so they stored a lot of grain. I am going to send imperial envoys to the Northwest to borrow grain. Who of you wants to go?"

When everyone heard this, they all shrank their heads. They had already got the news that the grain warehouses in the Northwest would not be able to accommodate them. But no matter how much food the Northwest had, they would not lend it to them.

After a while, Master Lu Er raised his head and said, "My lord, the drought in the northwest is also very serious, and the imperial court may not be able to borrow food from them." Anyway, no matter who is sent, he will not be appointed as the imperial envoy, so Master Lu Er is not worried .

Yan Wushuang said expressionlessly: "If you don't try, how will you know it won't work? Tell me, who would be more appropriate to send?"

Minister of the Ministry of Rites stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it would be more appropriate for Han Gong to borrow food. Although it is said that the Han family severed the father-daughter relationship with Han Gong, Han Han Gong is Han Han Gong's biological daughter after all."

Everyone felt that the minister of the Ministry of Rites was out of his mind, and no one could send Han Jingyan there. Princess Pingxi and Han Jingyan are enemies, not father and daughter.

Yan Wushuang said with a cold face: "Who else has a better candidate?" How dare he use Han Jingyan, a person who has more success than failure.

Lord Geng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, looked at Jiang Wenrui and said, "Master Jiang is the uncle of King Pingxi, and the eldest son has made great contributions in the northwest. I think King Pingxi will give him face if Lord Jiang borrows grain." Minister of the Ministry of Officials He and Jiang Wenrui have been at odds with each other for many years. It would be great if he could use this to get rid of Jiang Wenrui this time.

Jiang Wenrui wished he could poke the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to death, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said, "My lord, since Yun's death, my relationship with the Yun family has been estranged. King Pingxi even thinks that I killed Yun." Shi, every time I see me, I always look at me with anger. If you send me to the northwest, not only will you not be able to borrow money, but you will also offend King Pingxi." In order not to go to the northwest, Jiang Wenrui also went all out, and it was too late to cover up his family ugliness on weekdays. Will take the initiative to violent out.

Yan Wushuang said: "This time you are going to the northwest to borrow food on behalf of the imperial court, and there is no personal grievance involved. Yunqing acts upright and will not embarrass you because of the past."

Jiang Wenrui complained in his heart, he was not worried that Yunqing would kill him, after all his eldest son was in the northwest. If you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, Yun Qing will not kill Fu Geer. But others may not. It's a long way from the capital to the northwest, and the road is not smooth, so it's very likely that you won't be able to come back after this trip.

Marquis Tai Ning stood up and said, "My lord, I don't think it's appropriate to rashly send an imperial envoy to the northwest to borrow food, it will make King Pingxi and Princess Pingxi feel that the court has the intention of persecution.

In this way, it violates our original intention. "

Yan Wushuang asked: "Then according to Taining Hou's intention, how should this matter be handled properly?"

Marquis Taining meant to borrow food from Yunqing first in the name of the imperial court. If Yunqing agrees, then he will send someone to transport the grain. If Yunqing disagrees, then there is no need to say anything.

Master Lu Er also agreed with Marquis Taining's opinion: "In this way, even if King Pingxi does not agree to borrow grain, it will not hurt the court's face." Anyone with a normal mind knows that it is impossible to lend grain to the court in the Northwest. Of course, Master Lu Er didn't think that Yan Wushuang's decision was wrong. Because he knew that borrowing food was just an excuse for Yan Wushuang, and he must have other plans.

Yan Wushuang thought for a while and said, "Then let's do it like this for the time being." Yan Wushuang deliberately proposed to borrow food from the northwest, but in fact he wanted to transfer part of the pressure.

Back at the palace, Meng Nian told Yan Wushuang something bad: "My lord, I just got the news that someone secretly dug potatoes from the ground and ate them, and he died. The doctor diagnosed that the man ate poisonous potatoes. Dead." Liaodong was not affected by the drought, as in previous years. However, life is difficult for the common people, and many people do not have enough to eat. Hearing that yams are edible, I secretly dug them up and ate them.

Yan Wushuang said without thinking, "Impossible. If the yams were poisonous, the people in the northwest would eat them all, so why didn't one of them die from the poison?"

Meng Nian also just got the news, and the specific situation is not clear: "My lord, this is absolutely true, there is nothing wrong with it. My lord, I am worried that this potato is not suitable for planting in Liaodong?" Otherwise, why did the people in the northwest eat it? Death, how come the people in Liaodong died after eating it!

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, "It's impossible. I've never heard of something that can be poisoned if it's planted in another place. There must be some reason we don't know about it."

After thinking about it, Yan Wushuang asked Meng Nian to ask the imperial physician, "Maybe they know the reason."

After getting to know the details, Doctor Zhang thought about it and said to Meng Nian: "This yam is not yet ripe, so it may be poisonous. When it is mature, it will not be poisonous. But these are just my guesses. Whether this is the reason can only be determined after the potatoes are ripe."

Meng Nian was a little surprised and said, "Immature yams are poisonous?" This was the first time he had heard such a thing.

Doctor Zhang nodded and said: "There are some plants like this." Doctor Zhang now only regards yam as a kind of medicinal material, not food.

Yan Wushuang heard Meng Nian's report and said, "I'm afraid that's the reason." It doesn't make sense that the ones grown in the northwest can be eaten, but the ones grown in Liaodong are poisonous.

Meng Nian asked about borrowing food: "My lord, why do you want to borrow food from the northwest?" He didn't even know the impossible, so how could the lord not know!

Yan Wushuang said: "If these disaster victims know that there is a large amount of food stored in the Northwest, our pressure will be reduced." The disaster victims from Shandong, Shanxi and other places all flocked to the capital.

After finishing speaking, a sneer crossed Yan Wushuang's face, and he said, "By the way, Han Yuxi's hypocritical mask will also be pierced."

Meng Nian fell silent when he heard this. It doesn't matter whether Han Yuxi is hypocritical or not, the important thing is that this trick can really help them relieve a lot of pressure.

The letter to borrow grain from the northwest in the name of the emperor did not reach Yuxi and Yunqing. This letter was first in the hands of General Liu Yongnan. After reading the letter, Liu Yong scolded directly: "You son of a bitch, borrow food? Are the emperor's children and Yan Wushuang's brains flooded?" Now the Northwest is facing a severe drought. It's fine if the imperial court doesn't provide disaster relief, but they still want food from the Northwest, which is a beautiful idea!

The subordinate said: "General, what should we do with those people?" Knowing the contents of the letter, no one was not angry. There is nothing good about these dog officials.

Liu Yongnan said: "I'll kill it." The soldiers who came out of Yucheng hated the imperial officials. Because they suffered too much from these people and suffered too much.

After speaking, Liu Yongnan directly burned the emperor's handwritten letter. Then write this matter in the booklet, and send someone to pickaxe city half an hour later.

When Yuxi saw Liu Yongnan's notebook, he sneered, handed the notebook to Yunqing, and said: "Knowing that we won't borrow food, he specially sent a letter from the emperor. He is deliberately trying to dissuade us. What!" Liu Yongnan dared to burn the emperor's personal letter because he knew that Yunqing and Yuxi would not borrow money.

Yun Qing is also tired of Yan Wushuang now. It is true that their husband and wife have stored a large amount of grain, but the Northwest is also the hardest hit area. These grains are the foundation of stabilizing the Northwest. The imperial court wants their food, in the next life! Yun Qing said: "Don't bother with this lunatic."

But Yuxi said with some concern: "We can ignore Yan Wushuang. But those disaster-stricken people in Shanxi and Henan will definitely flock to the northwest by then."

Yun Qing said: "They can't enter the northwest." All the border towns have been closed, and it is more difficult to pass through the checkpoints to enter the northwest.

Yuxi said hoarsely: "Yang Duoming's letter said that cannibalism has already occurred in Henan. Although it is only a minority now, I am worried that it will continue, and it will become the norm by then."

Yun Qing said calmly: "I will not let such a tragedy happen in the Northwest." They did a lot of preparation work, and many people died in Linzhou and Yanzhou during this period. Even if all the people in the Northwest cannot be rescued, it is even more impossible for them to manage the victims in Henan, Shanxi and other places.

Thinking about the coming flood, Yuxi said in a low voice: "God really doesn't give people a way to live!" Yuxi felt that her previous life was a waste of time. She didn't know about such a big drought, but she only knew that there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River. If she knew that there was such a big drought, she would definitely make more preparations.

In fact, Yu Xi couldn't be entirely blamed for this, it was mainly due to the special circumstances at that time. Those who fled were all from other provinces and spoke in dialects. Even the flood in the south of the Yangtze River was heard from a little boy who could speak Mandarin.

Yun Qing patted Yu Xi on the shoulder and said, "No, we will definitely get through this difficulty."

Yuxi hummed and said: "Yes, we will definitely get through this difficulty." She can't control the people in Jiangnan, Henan and other places, but she will do her best to minimize casualties in the northwest.

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