My country is dying

Chapter 479

Early the next morning, someone knocked on the door.

When Mi Le opened the door and saw Xiang Lan outside, he was stunned for a moment: "Why are you here?"

"I'm not the only one here!" Xiang Lan turned sideways, and Mi Le saw Yu Quan and Xiangsi outside.

"Greetings to the emperor, the slaves have tossed and turned during the days without the emperor, sleeping and eating are difficult!" Yu Quan wiped his eyes as soon as he saw Mi Le, looking like he was about to cry.

"All right, all right, don't use this trick in front of me... I!" She looked over the crowd and looked at the opposite side. Hou Junli must have rested in the original room when she kicked him out yesterday. There was no movement.

"Is the emperor looking for King Qi? King Qi is having breakfast downstairs, but the emperor wants to go down to use it?" Sure enough, Yu Quan was the most human, he could understand what she wanted with almost just a wink from her.

"Use it in the room!"

Mi Le returned to the room again, Yu Quan immediately went to tell the waiter in the shop, and left Xianglan and Xiangsi followed.

"How did the emperor meet King Qi? He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?" Thinking of Mi Le's escape, according to Hou Junli's temperament, Hou Junli would inevitably be furious, and the two daughters were very worried.

Mi Le sat on the chair with his chin in his hands, weakly: "You have all appeared here, you can imagine how the situation is going."

"Don't be discouraged, Your Majesty, there will be a second time if you fail once!" Xiang Lan comforted her, "There will always be a chance in the future! At least King Qi is here, so the Emperor's identity will not be revealed so easily!"

"Yes." Mi Le drank the tea brought by Acacia, "The existence of King Qi is not only a support, but also a cage. I can already predict that the rest of my life will be covered with dark clouds and gloomy clouds!"

"What are you afraid of?" Xiangsi said very simply, "Don't the emperor still have Mr. Qi and General Xiao? General Xiao is already on his way. As for Mr. Qi, he will definitely come after finishing the affairs of the capital. At that time, the emperor will be like a tiger with wings added. Afraid of King Qi!"

"Xiao Qi's matter is settled?" As soon as Xiao Qi and Qi Moxuan were mentioned, Mi Le suddenly became energetic.

"These servants are not very clear, I'm afraid they have to explain to the emperor personally when General Xiao arrives." Xiang Lan said.

"According to the information, the affairs of the Soul Moon Kingdom are settled, but after all, it is a country's internal affairs, and many things cannot be resolved overnight, but now that our Jinyan Kingdom has appeared, the royal family has a guarantee, and those disorderly officials and thieves dare not act rashly!" Acacia said.

Mi Le nodded, just as the waiter in the shop brought breakfast into the house, the group had breakfast in the house.

On the road again, Mi Le had Xianglan Xiangsi sitting in the carriage to relieve his boredom, and his mood finally became a little brighter.

But as soon as they got out of Fenyang City, the disaster victims on the road immediately came into view again, and once again besieged their carriages tightly.

"Don't hurt them!" Seeing that the guards were yelling to stop, Mi Le couldn't help telling Yu Quan.

Yu Quan immediately gave orders. The difference is that this time they took the official road and brought some guards with them, so the refugees did not dare to risk their lives to harass them, and Mi Le did what he could to Every time they pass through a town, they will buy all the steamed buns in the town, distribute them to the refugees along the way, and tell them to settle in nearby towns.

As for the town, the news that the emperor is about to visit the West Sea has already spread, and the local officials are all terrified, no one dares to neglect, and refugee camps have been set up along the way, but in this way, the imperial court will inevitably not have enough funds, and this requires Mi Le to come Concentrated solution.

Qihou County is located in the hinterland of the West Sea, and it is also one of the most severely drought-stricken places. When Mi Le and his party arrived in Qihou County, the county guard led the county magistrate and a group of officials out of the city to meet them.

Mi Le asked Yu Quan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Hai Qingxuan to get into the carriage, and then the group went to the county magistrate's office.

Haiqing is the newly appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Industry after the downfall of the Guan family. He is rigid and doesn't know how to flatter him. In the order of the courtiers, Haiqing stood out from the crowd of officials who had nothing to eat. Although he was rigid, he was quite talented, upright, and dared to tell the truth. It was precisely because of this that Mi Le was sent to the court after the fall of the Guan family. He was promoted, and he was a member of the new courtiers. He came to Xihai this time, and he was also arranged by Qi Moxuan to be in charge of the refugees in Xihai.

"My Majesty, I have already arranged for the addition of rescue points, and now some of them have been completed, but the government's allocation of funds is insufficient, making the construction slow. If this continues, the relief point may not be built, and the refugees will starve to death! "Hai Qing explained the recent West Sea issue
"I have heard about this matter." Along the way, Mi Le made up for the government news that fell during this period. She had a thorough understanding of the matter about Xihai, and she also knew that the progress of this matter was slow. It's because the allocated funds are insufficient, but Hai Qing, who is in charge of this matter, knows more about the specific matters, so she also wants to hear his opinion.

"In Master Hai's opinion, should the imperial court increase the allocation of funds to solve the refugee problem?"

"Reporting to the emperor, I believe that the appropriation of funds by the court cannot solve the fundamental problem. The problems caused by drought are malleable. There is no food harvest. The people not only have to survive the years of starvation, but also have severe winter cold and survival problems. This means that The livelihood of the people in the next year or even two years will be a problem. Appropriation can only solve the urgent need, but it cannot fundamentally solve the livelihood of these refugees, so if we want to solve it completely, I am afraid that the drought must be solved fundamentally!"

Speaking of this, Lord Hai suddenly sighed: "The drought problem is no longer a one-time or two-time problem, it happens every year. It's a pity that the progress of the river canal is slow. Otherwise, such a big disaster will be controlled!"

It is only in the face of such a major disaster that the importance of rivers and canals will be discovered. While thinking about Hou Junli's admirable foresight, Mi Le has to think of other issues.

"A fundamental solution is of course the most important thing, but there is something more important that Mr. Hai needs to arrange."

"I also ask the emperor to speak clearly!"

"People's riots, and possible outbreaks."

When Hai Qing heard it, he suddenly realized: "The emperor reminded you, I will arrange this matter as soon as possible!"

When they arrived at the county government office, the county magistrate Mr. Zhou followed him tremblingly. Mi Le checked the files after the drought in Xihai and ordered him to fetch the map of Xihai.

After the map was hung on the wall, Mi Le carefully observed the terrain of the West Sea, only to find that the West Sea was surrounded by mountains, and almost all the waters were blocked. This is also the reason why the drought has not been cured in recent years.

"Can the name of Xihai be related to water?"

The place name of each place should have a unique meaning. Since Xihai is called Xihai, it should be related to the region.

"That's right!" County Magistrate Zhou replied, "There used to be a sea area in the West Sea, but as time went by, the climate changed, the ground rose, and the sea area disappeared, so now the West Sea just continues to use this name!"

"Is there any Dizhi of the West Sea?"

"Yes, I will order someone to bring it."

That night, Mi Le gnawed at the topography of the West Sea, and only then did he get a thorough understanding of the topography of the West Sea overnight.

Early the next morning, she called Hai Qing to discuss how to solve the drought problem. When she learned that Mi Le was looking for underground water sources, Hai Qing had rich experience: "If you want to find this, I'm afraid you have to find it from the ground water. For example, if the water reservoirs or wells in those places are not dry, there must be water sources underground!"

"That's good." Mi Le asked Yu Quan to find Magistrate Zhou and ordered, "You tell the people below to look for undried wells or reservoirs from village to village, and mark them out."

The emperor's order, Zhou county magistrate dared not neglect, and ordered it on the same day, but the Xihai area is vast, and it takes time to visit villages and households, which cannot be completed in a day or two, and on the other hand, it is to solve the food problem.

"I immediately issued a decree to order all the state governments to severely punish those who store grain and increase the price of grain. Those who are serious will be punished according to conspiracy. Award, in this way, the food problem will be solved!"

Mi Le has always disapproved of torture, but in the face of people's livelihood, what is needed is deterrence. If the court does not suppress it forcefully, it will only make the traders below feel confident, and there will be a vicious circle between officials and businessmen.

If the charge of treason is added, those officials would not dare to eat this kind of human blood steamed bun even if they had the courage of a bear. Only in this way can this policy be issued smoothly, otherwise, it will not be effective at all!

Hearing this, Mr. Hai took a deep breath, knelt down and bowed down: "The emperor is wise, if the common people hear such will, they will remember their five feelings and appreciate the emperor's benevolence!"

"This is one of them." Before coming here, Hou Junli had alienated Mi Le from some matters. Now she has a clear mind and knows that a little policy is not enough to solve the disaster.

"Secondly, order officials from all the prefectures in the West Sea to close their government offices and fully participate in the relief of the victims. Ten towns will be set up in each town to distribute gruel and food for disaster relief. Thirdly, arrange a rain prayer ceremony. I will be the emperor of Jinyan Pray for rain, the hearts of the townspeople."

Hai Qing wrote down Mi Le's orders one by one, and was shocked in his heart-although the new emperor has been in power for half a year, and his political achievements are not small, but what he heard is one thing, and witnessing it with his own eyes is another .

Now I have seen with my own eyes that this child who is less than eighteen years old has analyzed all the problems clearly and handled all the arrangements properly. Even though he has been an official for many years, he has to admire the thoughtfulness of the young emperor.

"Your Majesty, General Xiao is here!"

Just as Hai Qing left, Yu Quan rushed in to report.

As soon as Mi Le raised his head, he heard the sound of armor clanging from outside. After a while, he saw a tall figure standing at the door blocking the sunlight outside. The next second, the man strode forward and knelt on the ground to worship: "Chen Xiao Qi sees the emperor!"

　Three thousand words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)