emperor cold concubine

Chapter 623
If we say that at first Shuhe and Yunyang went to Bianzhou to investigate the case with a playful attitude, then after four days of carefree days, as they gradually approached the day of Bianzhou, the happy smiles on the corners of their mouths followed. As the distance got closer, it became less and less, and in the end, Yunyang's little face became paler and paler.

Bianzhou is close to Cangzhou. In the past, when King Feng did not lead an army stationed at the border of Cangzhou, the iron cavalry of Lan Kingdom nobles often crossed the border and made troubles. Not only the people of Cangzhou complained, but Bianzhou was also disturbed.Although homicide cases are not frequent, but robbery of women's property is a common occurrence.

It was not until King Feng led [-] elite troops to guard Cangzhou that these situations began to be eliminated.

In terms of economy, the life of the people at the border has never been very stable. In the past two years, the harvest has been good, and the shortage of food and clothing has improved a lot, but they have not yet reached the level of prosperity.

The river broke its embankment, and a flood destroyed all the crops. The knee-high water did not recede for three days. When Shuhe and Yunyang arrived in Bianzhou, they could still clearly see the muddy roads in front of them filled with potholes and filled with water.

In the city and outside the city, in the streets and alleys, men, women and children stood in front of every house with decadent expressions. Some looked at the muddy road in front of the door in a daze, and some looked worried at the scene of the fields being flooded.

Although it is not yet to the point where the roads are starved to death, but this year's taxation is obviously hopeless——

Apart from the wealthy households, the food remaining in the households of ordinary people is probably barely enough to survive the cold winter this year. If the imperial court imposes taxes again, I am afraid that they will only starve to death on the street.

However, no one knows whether this year's tax may be reduced because of this disaster, or, by the grace of God, this year's tax will be directly exempted.Only in this way, this winter may not be so difficult.

The restless eyes, confused expression, and depressed mood made these people who had just lived a stable life for two years experience the ruthlessness of natural disasters and man-made disasters once again.

"Shuhe..." Yunyang's face turned pale, and he whispered, "What's wrong here?"

Living in the palace for 16 years, although he didn't really live a life of luxury because he was not favored, Yunyang only found out today that even if the queen deliberately suppressed him, he was in the past and didn't know the blessings.

Seeing the scene in front of me, I know what the ancients described, I don't know what the suffering in the world means.

Dressed in a light blue gown, with a long sword on his back, he looked like Shu He, who was in the ordinary world, frowned, and said calmly: "Natural disasters and man-made disasters cannot be avoided."

"But..." Yunyang frowned, and looked up at the sky, "The weather is very clear, it doesn't look like the humidity in the air after a storm, where did the word 'natural disaster' come from?" ?”

Shu He remained silent, knowing that Yun Yang was right.

He has indeed asked someone just now. The rain in Bianzhou is normal this year, and there has been no continuous rainstorm. It has hardly rained in the past month. Even if there is occasional rain, it is light rain, and the wind is not strong. According to common sense It is impossible for such a thing to happen.

However, if it wasn't for the impact of the heavy rain, what caused the river embankment to burst?
Even, Yue Xiao said a few days ago that the embankment here is very strong, and Emperor Ming sent people to vigorously repair it, so it is so strong that it is impossible to damage it easily.

Shuhe took Yunyang's hand, "Let's go, it's getting late, let's go back to the inn first."

"But..." Yunyang hesitated, looking at the people with mournful faces, "Should we just leave them alone?"

"What do you do?" Shu He turned his head and glanced at her, "Can you make the destroyed rice grow back?"

"..." Yunyang was speechless.

The two returned to the inn and ordered a pot of heart-warming tea, a roast chicken, a few side dishes, and a plate of spiced peanuts in the box on the second floor.

Yunyang was a little depressed and had no appetite, so he only drank some tea. Shuhe tore a chicken leg and brought it to her, "Eat."

Yunyang raised his head and frowned, "I can't eat."

"Why can't I eat it?" Shu He stuffed the chicken leg into her hand, "Because I sympathize with those people? I feel sorry for them, so I don't feel like eating?"

Yunyang didn't speak, but his expression was tacit.

The first time she saw this situation, she felt shocked and sad.

At this moment, Shuhe regretted bringing her here.

Simple as Yunyang, although he looks like he has no tendons all day long, he is actually very gentle and kind-hearted, and he doesn't want to see innocent people suffer.Shuhe didn't think the situation in Bianzhou was so serious at first, and he just wanted to take her out to play for a few days, but he didn't expect that now she was so sad that she couldn't even eat.

"Yunyang, this kind of situation is actually not uncommon. For them, they haven't reached the end of the mountain. There are worse things than this, but you haven't seen them before." Shu He wanted to comfort her, but he didn't Knowing that this way of comforting her, it's better not to say it.

Seeing that her face was getting worse, Shu He wisely changed the subject, "Well, the most important thing at the moment is to report the disaster situation here to the prime minister in detail, and then formulate a solution."

"Formulate a solution?" Yunyang wondered, "How to solve it?"

"This matter has not been investigated clearly yet. What went wrong and what caused the river bank to burst." Shuhe explained to her simply, in a language she could understand, "After finding out the cause, it is Report to Tianting, and then this year's tax will probably be reduced or exempted. This is the responsibility of the Ministry of Household Affairs. If the court officials are appointed, then the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment also have their work to do—naturally, these all need the prime minister’s approval to issue orders, and there are many clauses in them, and you won’t understand if you talk too much. Let’s eat first, I'm going to check up the canal after dinner."

Yunyang really doesn't know anything about the affairs of the imperial court or the people's livelihood, and he also understands that sometimes it is useless to have a sympathy.

However, when she heard that Shuhe was going to the canal to check the damage to the embankment, she hesitated and said: "Don't you need to take a rest first?"

"No need." Shu He shook his head, ate something, was silent for a while, raised his head and said calmly, "I have a hunch that the results that are about to be found must be different from what you see on the surface, and there must be something inside. Yunyang , I will probably be very busy in the next few days, Cangzhou Border Pass is very close to here, King Feng's army is stationed there, the barracks will be much safer, I will send you there to be taken care of by King Feng, what do you think?"

"Phoenix King?" Yun Yang was startled, "My eldest brother?"

(End of this chapter)