Chapter 356 Zhang Xian Asks for Help

Song Mo was very tired, so he dismissed the two accompanying ministers.

Zhang Xian and Zuo Anmin resigned respectfully.

In front of the palace gate, Zhang Xian flicked his sleeves, glanced at Zuo Anmin, and said calmly, "People, sometimes you have to be kinder. Master Zuo, what do you think?"

Zuo Anmin's face turned dark.

Zhang Xian ignored his black face and continued to taunt, "What do you think you want? Harm others but not yourself, dig a hole to bury yourself."

"Stop talking nonsense, what are we going to do about Nanyang?" Zuo Anmin was vomiting blood in his heart. If he had known better, he would not have been so mean. Now it's fine. Zhang Xian is the official in charge after all, and he only hired a deputy?

"Whatever you do, do it. The worst we can do is live and die together." Zhang Xian was angry and walked away.

The two returned home and made a tacit agreement not to announce that they would go to Nanyang to deal with the disaster.

Zhang Xian comforted his wife with a few words, asked her to pack some necessary things, and then got up and went to the study.

Treating disasters is really thankless. It would be fine if the national treasury was rich. Unfortunately, if the national treasury is not rich, the disaster will be even greater.

He sat in a chair and pondered for a moment, then decided to write a letter to Mr. Lu.

This is the first time he has written to Mr. Lu in many months.

After Mr. Lu left Chang'an, he left him a farewell letter and then unilaterally cut off contact with him.

He also honestly followed Lord Lu's words and never wrote to Liaodong County, but he kept in correspondence with He Ziqi, a disciple of Liucheng in Liaoxi County.

I heard from He Ziqi that Mr. Lu was very prosperous in Liaodong County and managed the entire county very well. Zhang Xian was sincerely happy to hear the good news.

He went to Nanyang to deal with the disaster this time, but he really didn't feel confident. He felt there was no shame in asking for help, and he really hoped to get help from the Lu family and his daughter.

Zhang Xian knew that if he and Zuo Anmin were left to do it, they could get decent results and fool them, but what about the common people?

The news of Nanyang's earth dragon turning over had just reached Chang'an, and all the ministers felt a little bit in their hearts. The earth dragon turning over was not an auspicious sign, and the emperor must be in a very bad mood.

During the next period of time, they must be careful in their words and deeds so as not to cause trouble for the emperor. While secretly warning themselves, these ministers also restrained their families to keep them in peace recently.

Chang'an was particularly deserted on this day.

The adults in Chang'an City didn't go out today. They locked themselves at home and thought about countermeasures.

In particular, the four ministers who took care of life in the court quickly summoned their disciples to discuss countermeasures to prevent the court from being questioned by the emperor tomorrow. Some of the slow-minded ministers even deliberated all night.

The next day, many ministers braced themselves up and went to court with their eyes drenched.

In the morning, after discussing several matters, the issue of Nanyang Earth Dragon's resurrection was inevitably mentioned.

Song Mo sat on the dragon chair at the top, looked at the civil and military officials in the hall, and said in a deep voice, "I believe all of you ministers know that Nanyang Earth Dragon has turned over."

Here it comes, here it comes! The ministers were stunned and looked at their noses and hearts one by one.

Song Mo continued, "As soon as the incident broke out, two ministers asked for orders to go to Nanyang to deal with the disaster, and I agreed."

Um? Two fools asked for help? The ministers suspected that they had heard wrongly.

"Next, Zhang Xian and Zhang Aiqing will go to Nanyang to preside over the disaster relief work, and Mr. Zuo Anmin and Mr. Zuo will also go to Nanyang to assist Mr. Zhang in the disaster relief work."

Zhang Xian, Zuo Anmin and Zhang Xian, whose names were called by the emperor, both came out at the same time, "Weak ministers take orders!"

Ah, it turned out to be these two unlucky guys?

Suddenly, Manchao Wenwu looked at the two of them with a different look. These two are good people.

Some people looked at them with admiration. In the past, they had misunderstood others, thinking that they could only flatter and confuse the emperor. Now it seems that these two favorites are okay, and they will really come forward when something happens.

Song Mo looked at the reactions of the ministers below through Tamamo with the emperor's crown hanging down, and silently thought in his heart: The emperor's mind, the art of balance...

"You two dears, please get back together quickly."

Zhang Xianzuo Anmin said in unison, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After they were leveled, Song Mocai continued, "Two dear friends, you are now setting an example. You are both the pillars of my Dali. I am in Chang'an, waiting for your good news."

"I have ordered Lord Duzhi Shangshu Wu to prepare the disaster relief materials. If there are any missing materials, you can go to him."

After the emperor said these two sentences, the eunuch beside him shouted to withdraw from the court.

After the emperor retired from the court, Zhang Xian took Zuo Anmin to find Wu Chunyu.

Wu Chunyu handed the supply list to Zhang Xian.

When Zhang Xian saw it, his heart sank violently. It was too little. The food he had brought for disaster relief was too little!

Zhang Xian handed the supply list to Zuo Anmin with a stern face, "Take a look!"

These two words are quite gritty, "dog thief, look at the trouble you've caused!"

Seeing Zuo Anmin, Zhang Xian felt that his heart, liver, and lungs were burning with rage.

After Zuo Anmin read it, he frowned and said, "Mr. Wu, is there a little less food for this disaster relief?" He had been to Nandi for disaster relief and knew that the demand for supplies in the disaster area was very high.

Zhang Xianxin said, is it just a little missing? It’s obviously too little!

Wu Chunyu cried out, "Mr. Zhang, Master Zuo, our treasury is not rich either. You two are very capable. If you don't have enough food when you get to Nanyang, please think of a way. Please, please, don't embarrass me."

Seeing him like this, Zhang Xian and Zuo Anmin were speechless.

What else could they do? In the end, I could only hold my nose and admit it.

Wu Chunyu is the emperor's man. When the emperor was still the fourth prince, Wu Chunyu was a member of his team. Later, he was able to secure the position of Minister of Finance by virtue of his meritorious service. This list of supplies may have been intended by that person.

Zhang Xian sneered, "Old thief, do you regret it?"

Zuo Anmin snorted, he really regretted it!

Southland

After more than a month of governance, countless money and grain have been spent, and the governance of disaster victims has begun to show results.

Xie Zhan closed the book and sighed in his heart that the scholars in the south are really useful, and there are many good seedlings among the refugees...

But he first thought of the more than 200 scholars who drove north in groups on the day the city gate was opened, and then thought of the 20,000 or 30,000 people taken away by Qin Sheng, and felt depressed.

The refugees who went north are probably not going to come back. I wonder how many of the more than 200 scholars can come back, and how many of them can stay in the south after they come back?

He sent people to find out that the more than 200 scholars who went north were a relatively outstanding group. Thinking of this, Xie Zhan felt very sorry.

"Master, the invitation you asked us to give to Gu's family was accepted by Gu's family."

"Oh?" Xie Zhan was not surprised. This was the third time he had sent an invitation to Gu Huaisheng, and the other party finally agreed to meet him.