The Emperor’s Heart is Rippling

    071

    Because of the reason of quietly going to Shu, Xiao Ze did not go to court for half a month, so on the first day back, he called some important officials to hold a small court meeting in Xuanzheng Hall. In the half month since he left, things in the court were still proceeding in an orderly manner, and Xiao Ze had nothing to worry about, so this small court ended very early.

    In the next few days, he returned to the normal court time. Although Baiguan was surprised that he missed half a month of early court for no reason, no one asked.

    The news of the earthquake in Shu was received on the fourth day after he returned. At that time, Xiao Ze was holding a small court meeting with a few cronies in Xuanzheng Hall, when he suddenly heard Sun Mingtong's biography, and an urgent report came from the governor of Bizhou.

    When such a big event happened, Bizhou did not dare to hide it.

    Xiao Ze was shocked and furious when he heard that, and immediately announced the order of the Shangshu.

     Of course, before night, news came from the Bazhou governor, and the earthquake also occurred in Bazhou. Immediately afterwards, news of the earthquakes came from the governor of Zhongzhou, Tongzhou.

    Xiao Ze was originally frightened, but he was still able to remain calm, and he quickly summoned people from the three provinces and six ministries to enter the palace to discuss. However, when he heard that Tongzhou was also within the range of the earthquake, he suddenly and accidentally knocked over the tea cup at hand.

    "Report to Your Majesty, in the middle of the night four days ago, Tongzhou suddenly moved, houses collapsed, livestock ran away, people were injured and killed, and the city of Tongzhou was in ruins. The governor did not dare to delay, so he sent villains day and night. Also, report this matter to Your Majesty." The little official said tremblingly.

    Xiao Ze heard the words and was silent for a while.

    "Then...how about Xingqingfang?"

    Xiao Ze suddenly asked a question.

    The little official did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly returned: "The villain in Xingqingfang happened to have a picture, and the earth moved that day and night, maybe it knocked down the lamp, and a fire broke out in Xingqingfang. While the lord was busy rescuing the people buried in the ruins, he dispatched people to put out the fire."

    "It was dry and dry, and the fire burned all night, lighting up the entire city of Tongzhou."

    The little official replied: "After the earth moved, Lord Prefect asked the little man to report to His Majesty, but I don't know what happened after that."

    He also saw that His Majesty seemed to care about Xingqingfang, so he asked him so much. Right now, the people of Xingqingfang are afraid that there will be more fortunes than good luck, and a drop of sweat gradually rolls down on the forehead of the little official.

    He was afraid that His Majesty would punish himself, and he was also afraid of the Inspector.

    The ministers here are also a little surprised. How could His Majesty know the name of a Tongzhou Xiaofang? He also grabbed this little official from Tongzhou to ask questions, and seemed to be quite concerned about this Xingqingfang in his words.

    Only Lu Chuan knows a thing or two, isn't that little lady Meng in Tongzhou? His Majesty only returned from Tongzhou a few days ago, and it is estimated that this Xingqingfang is the residence of Miss Meng in Tongzhou.

    Lu Chuan's eyelids jumped, feeling a little bad.

    In this room, Xiao Ze didn't ask any further questions, but was rather silent.

    The ministers here look at me, I look at you, and I don’t know what happened to your Majesty, and finally Zhongshu ordered Wangshe to step forward and cup his hands: "Your Majesty, what is happening in Shu now? Natural disasters, the most important thing is to think about how to resettle the victims of this earthquake."

    Xiao Ze rubbed his forehead and raised his spirits: "Zhongshu Ling said that the large-scale earthquake in Shu will cause countless casualties to the people, and I intend to send a few ministers to Shu. Earth disaster relief, what do you think?"

    Shangshu made Cui Ming agree: "Your Majesty's words are very true, but... Which adults should be sent to help the disaster?"

    With Cui Ming's words, everyone's thoughts floated for a while. This disaster relief is a fat poor, a lot of silver taels of grain, the officials of disaster relief have always made a fortune from it. This kind of fat, naturally, let everyone go.

    Xiao Ze took a look and knew what these people were thinking. Zhongshu Ling Wangshe is a pedantic and conservative character, but because of the countless students under his family, plus he is a loyal and patriotic person, he can be regarded as Xiao Ze's honor guard. And Cui Ming, the minister of the book, likes to study, and there are many people who depend on him. If Xiao Ze hadn't thought that he still has some ability, he would have been dismissed long ago. As for Yan Song, the servant of the Menxia Province, he was the one who brought it up by himself. Otherwise, he would not have been seated as the chief servant of the Menxia Province at a young age.

    So he can use Yan Song, Wang She, and Cui Ming.

    The earthquake occurred in most of the land of Shu this time, and several people must be sent to the disaster relief. In addition, the silver taels of grain and the disaster relief officials were monitored.

    "Yan Shizhong thinks who is the most suitable person to go to disaster relief?" Xiao Ze directly threw the words to Yan Song.

    Yan Song replied calmly: "The minister thought that the ministers of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Personnel could be sent there, and the left and right servants of Zhongshu Sheren, Zhongshu Shilang and Shangshusheng could be sent to monitor. "

    This household is all people from Zhongshu Ling Wangshe, Zhongshu Sheren and Zhongshu Shilang are Wang She's deputy. And the Ministry of Officials is the person of Cui Ming, the minister of Shangshu, and the left and right servants of Shangshusheng are also his left and right hands.

    In this way, Wang She's people and Cui Ming's people restrained each other, the household department relieved disasters, and the left and right were shot and monitored. During the disaster relief work by the Ministry of Officials, Zhongshu Shilang and Zhongshu Sheren were also allowed to supervise, which prevented the possibility of bribing loot for disaster relief.

    "Yan Shizhong's words are reasonable, what do you Aiqing think?" Yan Song always speaks from his heart and is loyal to himself, so Xiao Ze has always been satisfied with him.

    Cui Ming and Wang She were a little dissatisfied after hearing this. But the former was disgusted by Yan Song's troubles, and even tried to restrain him and Wang She, while the latter was ashamed of being in the company of Cui Ming.

    However, both parties were reluctant to let the other take advantage, so they both held back their anger and agreed.

    "Your Majesty Shengming." Cui Ming and Wang She disliked each other. So he saluted, snorted at the other party and stopped talking.

    King Huai led the Taicheng Temple, and the Sixth Division also had his people, and Xiao Ze did not intend to let him take a share. The three provinces have never allowed the appointment of people from the royal family. King Huai was very powerful in the court, and there was a lot of ambiguity between him and Cui Ming, but due to the checks and balances between Wang She and Yan Song, no trouble was caused.

    "Bazhou and Bizhou are handed over to the Ministry of Households, and Shangshu Province is left and right to be supervised by servants. Lizhou, Zhongzhou, is handed over to the Ministry of Personnel, and is supervised by Zhongshu Sheren and Zhongshu Shilang. As for Tongzhou ..." Xiao Ze pondered.

    Lu Chuan looked at Xiao Ze, trembling. Lest he would say the next moment, what he personally went to.

    Fortunately, Xiao Ze is still rational.

    "Tongzhou will be handed over to Lu Chuan and supervised by Xie Shilang." Xie Shilang is the eldest son of the Xie family, one of the aristocratic families, and now works in the province.

    Lu Chuan, like Yan Song, is His Majesty's confidant, Wang She and Cui Ming naturally understand. Even Xie Yucheng is so, so His Majesty is not completely at ease with them!

    Lu Chuan and Xie Yucheng naturally responded, and then they discussed the amount of silver and food for disaster relief, and asked the rich and officials of Chang'an to donate part of it. Wanshi grain, two million silver taels.

    The candles in Xuanzheng Hall stayed on until late at night, and many ministers even took a rest in the palace. However, Lu Chuan and others rushed to Shu overnight, leaving Xie Yucheng and others who were monitoring them to wait for silver and food in Chang'an, and transport them to Shu two days later.

    This is still the result of losing grain from the granary of the city near Shu, otherwise, how could the 500,000 shi of grain be enough for the people to support the harvest next year?

    In the next few days, Xiao Ze was so busy that he forgot to eat and sleep, and he even forgot to greet Empress Dowager Meng.

    It was the Empress Dowager Meng who heard the news. After learning about the accident in Tongzhou, she learned from somewhere that there was a fire in Xingqingfang, where Chanyi lived, and it burned all night. And others are also buried in the sea of ​​fire.

    Those noble daughters of noble families are naturally not concerned about the natural disaster in Shu, but are more interested in the news that the future noble concubine died in the sea of ​​​​fire

    Someone sighed: "This lady of the Meng family is really unlucky. She was made a noble concubine by His Majesty, and she was waiting to enter the palace to enjoy the blessings, but she died in the sea of ​​​​fire, really unlucky!"

    "Perhaps she is blessed and unworthy of Your Majesty!"

    "If you want me to say, the lady of the Meng family was born in the countryside, and her upbringing was not good. If something happened this time, the queen mother will definitely not let it go. I don't know, this marriage will come to an end. The eldest daughter of the Meng family is on!"

    A lady immediately retorted: "How is it possible, His Majesty's imperial edict is clearly written by the wife of the Meng family."

    "You don't understand this, but His Majesty's imperial decree didn't say whether it was the elder or the younger... You know, the Meng family also has a daughter, Pearl..." The person whispered.

    "This..." The little lady was also uncertain for a while.

    "It's a pity, the little lady of the Meng family made a wedding dress for her for nothing..." Everyone knew something about the Meng family.

    Obviously, Wuyang County Master also remembered this after hearing the news.

    She couldn't hide her joy, hugged Meng Mingzhu and said: "The little **** is finally dead, God really opened his eyes. The poison didn't kill her at the beginning, so this time the natural disaster was directly brought down. ."

    "Now that Meng Chanyi is dead, the empress dowager is unwilling, and it is up to you." Who let their Meng family be on the table, only Pearl is left? ?

     But Meng Mingzhu doesn't seem to be happy.

    What Wuyang said was exactly what the Queen Mother worried about.

    If the girl in Chanyi is really gone, then her hard work will be wasted.

    Your Majesty, I don't know if I can tolerate the approach of the second Meng family daughter.

    Aunt Ping persuaded: "The matter has not yet come to a conclusion, maybe the little lady has a natural appearance, is it just a false alarm?"

    The Queen Mother sighed: "Well, let's see the situation again!"