Chapter 322 Erosion

Chang'an, in the palace.

Xiao Wenxuan immediately summoned Fiji after reading the memorial from Qingzhou.

In the imperial study, the two ministers were silent for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I have also received some news about Jizhou. As King Qi said, Bingzhou and Jizhou did suffer from drought last year, but it still hasn't rained yet. Now, the people in the fiefdom of King Yong have no surplus food at home. Unspeakable."

"It's Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou again. If it weren't for the chaos in these three places decades ago, the imperial court would not have been hurt because of the rebellion. Now this natural disaster strikes again, what should this be?" Xiao Wenxuan said in his eyes. It's deeply worrying.

He still remembered that he was the second prince of the Great Yu Kingdom at that time, and was ordered to conquer the rebellion in the three places.

In order to quell the rebellion, the Forbidden Army fought bloody battles. During this period, there were countless wars, big and small. It took three years for the rebel leader Zhang Dong to be beheaded.

But it was because of this rebellion that he took control of the military and won the battle for the throne in one fell swoop.

Fiji looked at Xiao Wenxuan, "Now there is no other way but to allocate food for disaster relief, but there is not much food for the imperial court. It is when His Majesty issued a decree to raise food for all the vassal kings, especially the kings of Chu, Wei, and Shu. , King Yan, King Runan and other vassal kings in wealthy places.”

"That's the only way to do it, but I'm afraid there is little hope." Xiao Wenxuan sighed, these vassal lords are very responsible if they don't react, how could it be possible to raise food for disaster relief.

He knew very well that in times of crisis, these vassal kings would only be wise to protect themselves.

With a sigh, Xiao Wenxuan said to Fiji: "You immediately draw up a decree and send it to the various kings. In addition, the King of Qi sent a method to restrain locusts. Although this method is a bit different, it is now a method."

Fiji nodded. King Qi's solution was to eat locusts. This was indeed a weird idea, but it was better for the victims than starvation.

Slowly exiting the imperial study, Fiji left the palace and went home directly.

King Qi's fief had just improved in the past two years. He did not expect to encounter such a disaster. The real person was not as good as he wanted. Now he is worried about Xiao Ming's fate.

Hope he can make it through this time.

Thinking of this, he suddenly sighed.

"Daddy, why are you sighing?" At this moment, a soft voice sounded, but Fei Yue'er and Xiao Huan came over.

Fiji never hides some things from Fei Yueer. He said: "The emperor just summoned me and said that there were signs of drought and locust plagues in Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou. I am afraid that there will be civil unrest in these three places."

"Qingzhou?" Fei Yue'er covered her mouth in surprise, "Isn't it just that Qingzhou had a good weather last year?"

"Among the three places, Qingzhou was the least affected, but Jizhou and Bingzhou were in chaos, and Qingzhou would not be better off. The chaotic people have always looted the rich and prosperous places." Fiji said with worry.

Xiaohuan exclaimed, "Ah, wouldn't it be dangerous if the young lady married Qingzhou at this time."

"Xiaohuan can't talk nonsense. Now that the marriage contract has been decided, King Qi and I are one body, and we should share the same weal and woe. That's the reason why we only enjoy happiness and can't suffer losses." Fei Yue'er frowned.

Fiji looked at Fei Yue'er with satisfaction, this is the daughter of the Fei family.

"The barbarians of King Qi are not afraid, how can they be afraid of some chaotic people. What the emperor is worried about is that the barbarians will take the opportunity to fight again. This King Yong and King Liang are not the kings of Qi."

Fei Yue'er nodded slowly, this King Yong has a violent personality, is courageous, and has always been ignoring the advice of others. This is troublesome.

Seemingly not wanting to talk about this nasty person, Fiji said: "Yue'er, I see that your complexion is ruddy these days, and your body seems to have recovered to be no different from ordinary people. In this case, you and Xiaohuan can go out for a walk. ."

"Thank you dad." Fei Yue'er said excitedly.

Then Fiji told Feiyue about the method of King Qi to control locusts, which made Feiyue sigh again, and became more and more novel about Xiao Ming's strange thoughts.

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In Qingzhou, Xiao Ming stepped up the fiefdom's drought relief after learning of the civil unrest in Jizhou, until the sudden light rain in early May made Xiao Ming heave a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Pang Yukun and many people in the fief were also relieved.

At least that says a severe drought doesn't appear to be happening on land in the six states.

"Although it is raining, the disaster prevention and welding prevention must not be taken lightly. The construction of the reservoirs in the fields and the excavation of ditches should be accelerated to save the losses as much as possible."

In the Governor's Mansion, Xiao Ming gave orders to officials from the six states.

In order to avoid excessive losses, he personally supervised the drought and disaster prevention. These days, Li Kaiyuan sold a large number of chickens and ducks to the people for breeding.

At the same time, Pang Yukun also went to the people to organize production teams in various prefectures and counties to fight drought. In the newspaper, Xiao Ming also issued an order for the whole people to fight drought.

There is a light rain now, indicating that the disaster situation in Qingzhou will not be serious. Although the grain production will be reduced this season, the people's livelihood should not be questioned.

And the food he reserves is enough for the army to eat.

However, the fire at the city gate has affected Chiyu, and he has been keeping the secret guards concerned about the situation in Yongzhou.

Now the imperial court has allocated food for disaster relief in response to the situation in Yongzhou, and at the same time it has recruited food from other vassal kings. However, according to his understanding, as he expected, just like when he collected food and grass in the battle of Cangzhou at that time, the decree of the imperial court did not play much. Effect.

The vassal kings only gave 30,000 shi, and the other gave 50,000 shi to send to the court.

They can't wait to see the court's jokes at this time, but this is not what Xiao Ming hates the most.

Because according to the news from the Secret Guard, only 10% of the relief food was in the hands of the people, and 90% of the food was exploited by officials from Chang'an and Jizhou. Li Kaiyuan even bought Jizhou's relief food in the market.

"The officials of the Great Yu Kingdom are so rotten and overturned in an instant."

When he learned that there was disaster relief food among the food purchased by Li Kaiyuan, Pang Yukun sighed, leaving Xiao Ming with a desolate back.

In the next few days, Pang Yukun handled government affairs like crazy, and he was often seen in the fields.

Xiao Ming was also shocked by this incident. He did not expect that the incident of officials exploiting disaster relief food in textbooks was actually happening now, and he also understood why the people would turn against each other during major disasters.

With a bitter sigh, Xiao Ming could only pin all his hopes on his own fiefdom. This decaying dynasty, like an old man with a turbulent age, began to smell of death.

After the last exchange of interests with the Cao family, the Cao family fulfilled their promise, and Yue Yun returned to Dengzhou with three Galen ships.