You sell swords, I go crazy, I am a father in Shengjing

Chapter 53 What is more terrible than natural disasters is actually the human heart
It stands to reason that a normal person would be more or less embarrassed if he was caught saying bad things about someone, right?
It's a pity that Feng Xi is not a normal person.

"Why are you like this? It's fine to lie to Ben Gong to work, but to overhear Ben Gong cursing people is really disgusting."

Glancing at Feng Xi with a half-smile, Qi Xiao who heard the words was not annoyed, but walked slowly in front of her and said:
"I can't listen to you scolding me, can I?"

Feng Xi raised her eyebrows, and said in an unusually complicated tone:

"Are you sick? Do you even listen to the scolding?"

Qi Xiao: "..."

Well, sometimes he really wanted to crack open this woman's brain and see what she was thinking about all day long.

"I did not do it on purpose."

Feng Xi: "?"

What was not intentional?

Sitting on a grand teacher's chair below, the young man suppressed the sharpness in Taohua's eyes, and said in a gentle tone:

"I didn't mean to leave you here to take charge of the overall situation. And I didn't expect you to order to enter the city and directly deal with the details they left behind."

In fact, judging from his understanding of this Feng Xi these days, the other party is obviously lazy, and he should be in the post station until he comes back.

"Do you think I want to confront these people?"

Glancing at Lin Qian and the others who were kneeling and trembling on the ground, Feng Xi said frankly:
"Isn't it true that as soon as you run away, Mr. Li Ge and others will always come to arrest my strong men, forcing me to find something to do for them?"

Qi Xiao: "..."

Taking over the affairs of the mansion with lightning speed, Mr. Li Ge and others hurriedly appeared in front of the door: "..."

Well, the idea of ​​their princess is still so unexpected...

Raising his hand to order someone to take Lin Qian and others down, Qi Xiao stopped Feng Xi who wanted to go back to the house to sleep, and then confessed his plan with the emperor.

"Your son-in-law, do you mean that all our things are still there, and they will be transported to the city soon!"

"Great! Your majesty is wise and your son-in-law is wise. Now we can relieve the disaster with peace of mind!"

"It scared me to death. I thought we were really going to..."

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Hearing this, Li Gelao and others were very excited, and those officials who had wives and children to support and were still waiting for them to go back were even more weeping with joy.

After all, they had just seen the fate of Lin Qian and others, and knew that if they could not produce food, Lin Qian and others' today would be their tomorrow.

"As your lords have seen, there should be quite a few people in the court who are waiting to see our joke, and they are constantly working secretly for this joke. I won't say much else, I just hope that you will live up to the emperor's entrustment, Be careful, dedicate yourself to your duty, and complete this mission of disaster relief together with the princess and me."

"well said!"

As soon as Qi Xiao finished speaking, Feng Xi took the lead in applauding the seals and said:
"My lords, please do your best to help the prince-in-law. What do you do according to the prince-in-law? As for my opinion, what opinion can a waste like me have?"

Really, it would be nice for Feng Xi to experience this grand scene of being blocked by a group of people early in the morning.

She just made up the numbers, and she has exceeded the task today.

However, she didn't know that Li Gelao and the others agreed to her words seriously on the surface, but in fact they had completely opposite plans in their hearts.

Is Princess Zhaoming a trash?

If it was before these two days, they would definitely agree with this answer.

But after experiencing a series of events such as the siege by bandits, the removal of faint officials, and the appeasement of refugees, they felt that not only was the princess not a waste, but she also had a bright future!
As long as he has a future, the consort is also a man who keeps a low profile and has an unlimited future...

Do well.

Whether they can go further in this official position depends on the two in front of them!

A simple mobilization meeting was held, and Qi Xiao, Li Gelao and others quickly got straight to the point and began to take stock of the current situation in Liangzhou City.

According to the files brought by the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yanzhou is the smallest among the four northern states, and Liangzhou is the largest. Each of the four cities has an average population of [-] to [-] people.

Of course, this does not include surrounding villages and towns, as well as some mountain retail investors.

"The northern region has been suffering from snow for more than a month. Except for the fact that Yanzhou is close to Hanyu Pass and half of the people in the state have been taken in by the officers and soldiers in the pass, there are at least [-] refugees heading south."

As the first assistant minister, Mr. Li Ge obviously knew the situation of the refugees very well.

According to him, the reason why these refugees went south was because of the abnormal weather this year, which seriously affected the autumn harvest of the people in the north. So much so that the people who had to save food for the winter had no food left in their pockets after paying taxes. Not much.

The common people have no food, so they naturally have no money, so not only can they not eat enough, but they can't buy winter clothes and quilts.

If this was a normal winter day, they might still be able to pass it by gritting their teeth. Who would have thought that this year the snow would be severe and the cold wind would come suddenly...

If the first is a natural disaster, then the second is probably a man-made disaster.

"The old minister also checked the files of the Ministry of Officials today, only to find out that the Beidi had changed four magistrates in succession last year, and these four people came from two factions in the court."

What Li Ge said was cryptic, but everyone present knew that he was accusing the prince and the fourth prince, accusing them of disregarding the life and death of the people of the four states for the sake of political achievements and winning the hearts of the people.

That's right, this year's snowstorm in the North has already been foreshadowed. According to the past practice, the local officials should report to the court during the autumn harvest, requesting a reduction or exemption of this year's tax.

The imperial court is aware of the situation in the Northland, as long as the Northland reports to the court, the court will basically agree.

And once these taxes are reduced or reduced, if nothing else, these people will at least have food for the winter that will not be so tight. It will be so tight that two bowls of porridge a day, rice grains are rare in the porridge...

"Dog officials, all are dog officials!"

Liu Wanshi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is the most upright man, and he has suffered a lot in his ten years as an official.

Even so, he still couldn't see that these officials concealed the disaster situation, deliberately handed over the food in the hands of the people in the North to the court, and magnified the disaster situation that was not so serious.

What's even more chilling is that this incident is likely to be ordered by the two major factions in the court, the prince and the fourth prince who are likely to succeed in the future.

"Tsk, first collect all the food from people, and then return the people's food when they are about to starve to death. Using their own food to act like magic soldiers descending from the sky, these two are really talented people."

Feng Xi rested her chin with one hand, looked at Qi Xiao with a smile and said:
"Well, they are trying to drain the fire with you, and they want to take care of your hometown. This doesn't make them look down on you."

Qi Xiao's thin lips curled slightly, and there was a rare light in his eyes:
"Isn't that right? They've teamed up to make troubles and want to take your money and kill you. If you don't do it, I won't look down on you."

Feng Xi: "?"

Good guy.

Long Aotian is really fast at learning things, how long has it been, you can even talk back!

Regardless of the small doubts in Feng Xi's eyes, Qi Xiao said the third point for the refugees to go south:
"The wars in the Northland continued, and there was no peace until my father guarded the Hanyu Pass. So all the government offices in the Northland are crude, let alone the earthen houses of the common people?"

Under the hunger and cold, even the house was crushed by the snow, what else could they do but leave?

(End of this chapter)