open sea

Chapter 462
On the day Zhao Shizhen left the capital, the little Emperor Wanli in the Forbidden City was punished by his mother to kneel for an hour.

For no other reason, the little emperor was overjoyed at the coloring of the big copper ball, so excited that he couldn't sleep, he rushed to Kunning Palace early in the morning with dark circles under his eyes to inform Queen Mother Li of the news that he wanted to clear the war in the universe In all directions, the shoes are gone.

Before anything else was said, after her husband's early death, her only wish was to educate the little emperor Wanli as an adult, and the Empress Dowager Li, who could take on the big responsibility, set a penalty first, without the attitude of a king, and knelt down for half an hour first.

Little Wanli was terrified, and stammered out his great vision for the world, and was then fined for half an hour—it does not conform to the core values ​​of the imperial family of the Chinese Empire!
The core values ​​of the imperial family of the Chinese Empire are nothing else. Kings and officials must know that the people are the most important thing in the society, and the king is the least important. Regardless of whether the emperors of the past dynasties have done this well, they have been educated since they were young. This is the ultimate goal, the pursuit of peace and prosperity.

"Mencius" has more than [-] characters, which is the most in the "Four Books", and it has been a compulsory test site for imperial examinations in all dynasties.

Conquering everywhere is a great success. Such an emperor sounds like an overlord with enough prestige. Do the people live comfortably?

Opening up frontiers and opening up land is a blessing for future generations. Tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people have become the number of casualties on paper, and even future generations do not feel particularly touched.

But what if everyone has their own parents, wives and children, and everyone has their own story?

The emperor didn't know the importance of life and death, so he talked lightly about war.

Empress Dowager Li felt that kneeling for an hour was not wronged.

But the little emperor felt that he had been wronged. He knelt under the stone steps at the gate of Kunning Palace, his body was drooping and his eyes were closed.

"Don't let me beat you, but I want to beat you... Blue, green, white, yellow, you guys punish me to kneel for an hour, just let me wait!"

Empress Dowager Li didn't blame anyone, she just sat at the gate of Kunning Palace and watched Wanli bow his head to admit his mistake, while wiping tears secretly, he sternly drove away the court ladies and eunuchs who interceded for the emperor.

It is said that a strict father produces a filial son, the little emperor lost his father a long time ago, and a woman is weak when she is a mother, so Empress Dowager Li can only give up her mother's loving identity and educate the emperor like a strict father.

Zhao Shizhen, who caused the emperor to kneel down, was unaware of everything that happened in the Forbidden City. Yesterday, he led his guards to take the disaster relief money from the Ministry of Housing embezzled from the military pay outside the city, and stayed overnight with the five hundred guards who escorted the money Yulin Station.

After a good night's sleep, he hurried to Xuanfu in the early morning. When he arrived at Yanqingwei, he sent an edict to Jiang Yuelin, the commander of the capital and the official.

Zhao Shizhen came here with an official position, and Chen Mu was credited with helping the disaster relief this time. He was suspended from the household department and assigned to work abroad, a seventh-rank civil official.

Don't look at the smallness of the official, he also brought the emperor's disaster relief edict, the cabinet's letter from the chief official of Shanxi Datong, and transported more than [-] taels of silver behind him.

Of course, none of the eunuchs, brocade clothes, and the Beijing army are guarding him. The four Nanyang army flag troops who really guard him are the ones guarding the 7 taels of disaster relief money. As long as the letter and edict are there, Brother Zhao It doesn't matter if the child is there or not.

"Commander Jiang, I'm Zhao Shizhen, I've heard Chen Shuai mention the prestige of commanding the battle at Juma River."

Jiang Yuelin was just getting annoyed. He heard that there was an imperial edict sent to the door to call him, and the leader rode over on a fast horse. His nose was not his nose and his eyes were not his eyes. I don't want to talk to him.

The etiquette in this line is thoughtful, but they don't say a word that is superfluous.

For no other reason, he was very busy. The generals and school at the Xuan Mansion did not do enough to contain the victims, and the people affected by the disaster in Datong ran to the face of the donkey. He was guarding the huge Juyongguan, and the people were not allowed to pass. It's too late for him to get rid of the crime, how can he have time to talk to the Taoist priest who ran from Beijing.

It's not from the Ministry of War!

But when he heard Chen Shuai, Jiang Yuelin blinked and asked Zhao Shizhen, "Nanyang Military Mansion Chen Shuai?"

Zhao Shizhen looked at the nonsense, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, I am a member of the Staff Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Nanyang Military Mansion. I come to Beijing for business. When Datong encounters a drought, I come to escort the relief silver. Command to send additional troops to rescue the disaster."

After all, the old department also benefited a lot from Chen Mu's presence, not to mention Chen Mu's power in Nanyang now, Jiang Yuelin was naturally smiling, but when he heard that Zhao Shizhen was going to call in troops, he sighed and glanced at the people behind Zhao Shizhen With a glance, he said: "Your Excellency, please follow me through the pass first. You can't go to the fork in the front, and Yanqingwei can't get in either."

Zhao Shizhen heard that Jiang Yuelin's words had other meanings, that is, fate silver soldiers camped near Juyongguan, and followed Jiang Yuelin to the pass.

Several miles away, almost as soon as he saw the pass, he heard the noise of chaos on the other side of the pass. He and Jiang Yuelin looked at each other, and the commander in armor shook his head and led him up without a word. After reaching the city gate, he stretched out his arms and pointed outwards, and let out a long sigh.

Zhao Shizhen was dumbfounded.

People, densely packed outside the city gate, the people who fled from Datong to Xuanfu sat or lay down, dragging their families along the road for several miles.

"This……"

"There was a severe drought in the west, and the governor ordered the guards to strictly guard the border. It was announced that the price of grain would rise. The governor and officials from all over the country ordered the guards to release grain for porridge, and secondly, to strictly prevent the victims from crossing the border."

"I just want to know how they got here!"

Jiang Yuelin was so angry that his whole face drooped when he mentioned this, and said: "Everyone wants to be a good person. Anyway, they have no barriers. Let them pass because the roads are complicated and the soldiers are few. In the end, the people will be sent to me."

"I also want to let him go, but his mother has nothing to do with it. If I want to let it go, the master of the capital can't let me go?"

"Porridge is also used. In the past two years, the sweet potatoes outside the mouth have grown well. More than half of the grain stored in Weili has been released. If 2000 people can be fed by Yanqing, I will put them in the west. At first, people built wooden sheds and porridge sheds in Weiwai. Seven days ago, there was still enough food for April, but yesterday's inspection of people and food was only enough for half a month."

"The porridge is thin in the morning, and the common people come to the gate to enter Suntian."

"You are the chief of staff under Chen Shuai's command. You can give my brother an idea. How can I get rid of the crime if I let the people go." Jiang Yuelin raised his elbow to touch Zhao Shizhen, and whispered: "I sent all the soldiers Went to Wanquan, said it was for defense, only [-] were left at the pass, and then they said they couldn't defend it, do you think you can get away with it?"

Zhao Shizhen looked at the victims of the Guanxia, ​​then at Jiang Yuelin, blinked in a daze and said: "Why do you want to get rid of the crime? The hungry people have no food to eat, so they have to cross the customs and enter Beijing. I will bring the government's disaster relief money. As long as I buy rice in the Xuanfu , the predicament will resolve itself.”

"Now it's not a matter of taels of silver. If it was normal, these people would not be short of that little money to buy grain. In the morning, three taels and one stone rose to four taels at noon. How much silver the imperial court sends is enough to buy grain. I, Yanqing Wei, donate porridge. A loss of thousands of taels of silver!"

Zhao Shizhen was at a loss, "So expensive?"

"Oh, so expensive?" Jiang Yuelin sneered, raised his arms and pointed: "You ask how the government collects taxes. It's no wonder that food prices are not expensive when there is a disaster!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)