When I woke up, my whole family was in rebellion!

Chapter 83
While the queen was busy looking for evidence for the prince to clear his name, Concubine Liu Gui was not idle either.

"How is today?"

Gu Xian came to greet Concubine Liu Gui frequently recently, and outsiders only said that he was filial, but every time he paid greetings, Jinxiu Palace would take strict precautions, as if he was plotting some big event.

"Father only asked me about the drought in Datong, and didn't say much about the others."

As the saying goes, once the dynasty is not peaceful, it will rise again, the harem is not peaceful, and the previous dynasty is not peaceful.There was a flood in Yuhang before, and now there is a drought in Datong. Recently, Gu Sheng was so worried that he couldn't sleep well, and often kept his eyes open until dawn.

After the court spent a lot of manpower and financial resources on the Yuhang Flood, it has achieved initial results. At least this year, it has passed smoothly.

But Datong has been suffering from drought for years, the land has become wasteland, and the people have no income. The local officials have sent urgent reports to Yanjing as if they don’t want money, and they almost sent their heads!

"I heard that when the grass seedlings in Datong first matured, they were eaten by locusts. The locusts swarmed and covered the sky and the sun.

During this time, Gu Sheng was anxious about this matter.The court was arguing every day, but no one could come up with a solution.

Concubine Liu Gui didn't understand these court affairs, but she had heard about them before she got married.At that time, in order to allow her to have more conversation resources with those famous sons, her mother did not instill these things in her.

"Isn't there a reserve warehouse?" Concubine Liu Gui didn't understand why things turned out like this, "Even if it's a drought, wouldn't it be enough to open a reserve warehouse to store grain?"

The first emperor couldn't bear the suffering of the people in disasters, so he specially ordered local officials to set up reserve warehouses to store the corresponding grain according to the population of each county.

The food in this reserve storehouse is for the year of disaster.Store grain in good years and open warehouses in bad years, so that the people will not suffer from famine.

There are seven counties under the Datong Mansion, and each county has a reserve warehouse. Isn't it enough to store food?
Gu Xian sneered, "The problem lies in the reserve warehouse!"

The most severe famine in Datong Prefecture is Shanyin County. According to the population of Shanyin County, the food storage in the reserve warehouse should not be less than [-] shi, so as to ensure that the people can survive the famine in the year of great famine.

"There was a severe drought in Shanyin, and the government opened warehouses to release grain. However, it was discovered that the sixty shi of grain was less than ten shi! Shanyin County is a county with a large population, and this amount of grain cannot provide disaster relief at all!"

For such a violent person as Gu Xian, after hearing the news, he was extremely shocked.In order to prevent people from enriching their own pockets, the food in the reserve warehouse is guarded by the government and the people.

There are two keys in total for the reserve warehouse, one is in the hands of the government, and the other is in the hands of the most prestigious local people.

On the fifteenth day of every month, the government and the people have to check the grain storage in the reserve warehouse together, count them separately, and only close the warehouse after confirming that the number can be matched.

Clearly, something has gone wrong inside Shanyin County.

"I don't let this bit of food go, and the officials of Shanyin County are not good things." Concubine Liu Gui didn't take it seriously, this kind of corruption is nothing new.

She was more concerned about the emperor's attitude towards her son, "Then what does your father say? Who will handle this matter?"

If the crown prince is still there, the person sent for questioning today is naturally Gu Yansheng.Now she actually went to find Gu Xian, Concubine Liu Gui thought, the emperor might have other plans in mind.

Then this incident is the best opportunity for Gu Xian—heroes come out of troubled times, isn't this disaster in Datong a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds? !
Gu Xian shook his head, "Father only asked me what I think about this matter, and didn't say much about the rest."

Concubine Liu Gui instantly sensed something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Then how did you answer?"

"What else can I say, of course it is according to the emperor's will to punish the local officials severely and distribute food for disaster relief!" When Gu Sheng heard that the food in the reserve warehouse was less than ten shi, he set off a fire in the court hall.

Lei Ting was so enraged that even the left and right prime ministers dared not speak.Therefore, Gu Xian felt that the local officials who pocketed their own money must be punished.

As for the victims of the disaster, since there is no food in the local area, the money will be allocated from the household department to distribute the food, won't it be solved?

"It's good that the household department transfers money, and it's not a big problem." Concubine Liu Gui didn't care about current affairs, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.Just wondering, "Then why doesn't your father let you take charge of this matter?"

This kind of matter will eventually be assigned to the six departments to deal with it.But who the leader is is very particular.

This kind of thing that can get a good reputation by hanging a name has always been a favorite among princes.When the Crown Prince was still there, Concubine Liu Gui spent a lot of time trying to fight for her son.

But now that the crown prince has been abolished, why doesn't the emperor let Gu Xian intervene?
Soon, her question was answered - Gu Xingzhi was summoned into the palace!
In the same place, in the same position, Gu Sheng looked at his son standing in front of him, and asked exactly the same words, "What do you think about Datong?"

Ever since Gu Xing was allowed to listen to the government, even though he fished for three days and spent two days drying nets, Gu Sheng still cultivated him tirelessly, and would call him into the palace from time to time to discuss some political matters with him.

The matter of Datong has been quarreling in the court for three days, and until now, there is still no result.

They can wait, but the victims in Datong can't wait!Gu Sheng was still pressing the emergency report from Datong. Due to the severe disaster, many farmers had already started to make trouble.

"The county magistrate of Shanyin is full of private pockets, so he should be executed in front of the victims, and the common people are angry." Gu Xingzhi said indifferently, with a relaxed tone, as if he was not talking about life and death, but whether he was going to eat today or not?

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, but this smile seemed to be cold, making people shudder. "The people who do this must act quickly and act ruthlessly, otherwise, it will not be enough to outrage the people."

The county magistrate of Shanyin colluded with the local gentry in charge of the reserve warehouse, stealing the grain from the reserve warehouse, filling it with river sand, and reselling it.In the past few years, the amount of corruption has reached tens of thousands of taels!

With sixty shi of grain, there are less than ten shi left to be used. All kinds of evidence are conclusive, not killing is not enough to anger the people!

But no one in the court took the initiative to invite Ying, and even every time Gu Sheng mentioned this matter, he hesitated and dared not speak nonsense.There is no other reason, but because the governor of Datong Prefecture and even the county magistrate of Shanyin County are all disciples of Left Minister Lu Zhengting!

The entire Great Harmony is closely related to Lu Xiang, and it affects the whole body.Now that the crown prince has been abolished, and the second prince's party is in full swing, no one wants to touch this frown.

It's a pity that Concubine Liu Gui focused all her attention on the harem, and her daily calculations were all about competing for favor with the empress and concubines.None of them noticed the turbulent undercurrent in these previous courts.

As for the second prince, who is rich in gold and jade, he doesn't understand these advantages and disadvantages.Lu Xiang has always been his adviser in court affairs, and he doesn't even know how much relationship Lu Xiang holds under his hands.

Datong has a high sky and a long road, and he doesn't know about these twists and turns.In order to avoid complications, Lu Xiang never took the initiative to explain to him.

So much so that he didn't even understand why he was feared.

(End of this chapter)