Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1852
After that impeachment, Li Chengqian was still in charge of those starving people who came to Chang'an City from Henan Province.

After a period of time, those hungry people came one after another.

It may be a lesson learned from the past. None of the hungry people who came came into the city clamoring, and as soon as they arrived at the boundary of the capital, they would be led to the porridge tent to arrange food and accommodation, so the whole disaster relief work, It's still going well.

When Du Zhenglun completely resolved the disaster situation in Henan Province, these hungry people could leave Chang'an City and return to their own homes.

That is to say, when Du Zhenglun's disaster relief is over, Li Chengqian's affairs are considered to be over. If the affairs on Henan Road continue, although nothing will happen here, the food that the court paid for it must be more some.

However, in Li Chengqian's view, with Du Zhenglun's ability, there shouldn't be any problem in resolving the matter of Henan Province, so he only needs to work on the side of Chang'an City to prevent some accidents from happening.

As for food and grass, there is still a lot of food in the Ministry of Households, and there is no problem in dealing with these hungry people for a period of time.

No matter who it is, they feel that the matter of the hungry people is almost over.

The whole thing didn't make any waves.

But just when everyone felt that it was enough to leave this matter to time, something happened suddenly in Chang'an City.

That night, when Li Chengqian was resting in the East Palace, an eunuch hurried over.

"His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness...it's not good, something happened..."

After Li Chengqian heard this voice, he immediately jumped up from the bed and asked, "What happened?"

Li Chengqian came out of the house, and saw a eunuch sweating profusely, his cheeks were flushed.

"His Royal Highness, the Household Department...the place where the Household Department stores the relief food is flooded. It's a big fire, a big fire. The food...the food is probably going to be destroyed in one fell swoop."

After hearing the news, Li Chengqian almost fell to the ground. The premise for him to help the victims was that the household department was worried about the relief food. Once the food was destroyed, how would they help the victims?

The victims had no food to eat, and the peaceful days just now, I'm afraid they will be noisy again soon, right?

There used to be 2000 people, and you could kill a hundred people, but now there are 2 people. Is it useful to kill a few people?

What would happen if so many refugees flooded into Chang'an City at once?
Li Chengqian quickly calmed himself down, and then hurried to the household department, but before he reached the household department, he saw thick smoke rising from the household department, and when he walked closer, he saw fire.

The flames were like fire dragons, scurrying around, and when they approached the household, they felt a scorching heat.

At this time, firefighters from the household department came in and out, and it was a mess.

Seeing this situation, Li Chengqian's eyes were condensed fiercely. After he entered the household department, he found the officials of the household department and asked sharply: "What's going on? It's so good, why did it catch fire?"

Because the household department is very important to the imperial court, it is fully prepared whether it is anti-theft or fire prevention. Such things rarely happen in the household department, but tonight, it caught fire.

Li Chengqian asked, but the official's entire face changed color in fear.

"Too...His Royal Highness, I don't know...I don't know, I have already sent people to investigate, and I should be able to find out soon."

Li Chengqian snorted and shouted: "Hurry up to put out the fire, we must reduce the loss, and get out a batch of food as soon as possible, and send it to the victims outside the city tomorrow. If there is no food, the whole Chang'an city will be in chaos. , the Crown Prince wants the heads of your whole family."

Hearing this, the official trembled in fright, but he didn't dare to refute, so he could only nod his head in response.
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The residence of Li Ke, King of Shu.

It was already dark at night, but Li Ke didn't have the slightest intention of going to rest.

He is waiting for news, and he believes that he will be able to wait for the news soon.

Not long after, a man in black appeared in his room.

"How are things going?"

"Returning to the prince, it has been done. Now that the household department is on fire, there may not be much food and grass left for those hungry people."

Hearing this result, Shu Wang Li Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, he wanted to send people to confuse some refugees, and then let those refugees rush into Chang'an City, rob and smash shops in Chang'an City, and as long as this kind of thing happened, Prince Li Chengqian would inevitably punish a person who was not doing well. crime.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Chengqian successfully stopped the first wave of refugees who were about to enter the city, and made an example to others, so that the refugees didn't dare to enter the city again after they came.

In this case, his previous arrangement will be invalidated.

But he was not willing to give up like this, so he came up with such a way to destroy the food and grass of those hungry people.

As long as those hungry people have no food and grass, they will definitely make trouble. At that time, no matter how many people Li Chengqian kills, it will be useless.

Even at the beginning, Li Chengqian could still find some food to support him, but there was not much food, and when it ran out, Li Chengqian still had to accept the imminent danger.

There was a slight smile on the corner of Li Ke's mouth, then he looked at that person and said, "You did a good job. This pot of good wine was rewarded to you by the king. After drinking it, go back and rest."

This person is Li Ke's confidant, and also a dead man trained by Li Ke. After listening to Li Ke's words, he picked up the pot of wine and drank it without any hesitation.

It's just that as soon as he finished drinking, his whole face suddenly became extremely distorted. Immediately afterwards, he bled from all seven orifices, and fell to the ground dead with a plop.

He couldn't believe it until he died. Li Ke actually wanted to poison him to death. He was Li Ke's dead man. If Li Ke wanted him to die, he would never frown. But in this way, Li Ke still refused to believe him , Do you want him to die?

The dead man died, Li Ke looked at the person lying on the ground, and couldn't help but sighed.

"Don't blame this king for being cruel. It is really important to burn the household department. If you are found out and you are implicated in this king, if this king wants to fight for the crown prince, there is no chance at all. But if you die There is no proof, so who can doubt me?"

In Li Ke's view, sometimes you have to be ruthless in doing things. In this world, except for his mother and concubine, who can't kill him?

After saying this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Li Ke's mouth. The current household department should be in a mess.

(End of this chapter)