Qingchuan promotion rules in the backyard

Chapter 173 The situation is complicated
Ba Ye had only left for a morning, and she actually started to miss him.This is really not a good sign.

Mao Tongtong shook his head violently, as if he wanted to shake off the yearning for Ba Ye in his heart.

"Gege, what's wrong with you? Do you have a headache?" Qing Zhu asked with concern from the side.

"Yeah, I didn't take any medicine today!" Mao Tongtong said casually.

"Ah?" Qing Zhu was stunned, he had already taken the medicine for conditioning his body in the morning, why didn't he take the medicine?
"Let's go, let's enjoy the flowers." Mao Tongtong didn't explain, and walked out while pulling the green bamboo.

"Don't be in a hurry, put on the cloak first." Qingzhu hurriedly returned to God.

Mao Tongtong said to Qing Miao who was standing aside: "Bring my sketchbook!"

"Okay, Gege." Qing Miao hurriedly went to get it.

After leaving the room, Mao Tongtong raised his head and squinted his eyes to feel the warm sunshine, and the slight melancholy in his heart dissipated.

One happens to be free, so don't waste time thinking about someone!
"Ah!" Ba Ye, who had already left the capital, sneezed.

"Eighth brother, don't catch a cold." The prince said with concern.

"My brother is fine." Ba Ye rubbed his nose and replied.

"Good day today, let's hurry up." The prince said.

"Okay." Ba Ye naturally had no objection.

The two speeded up again and galloped on the official road.

On the third day after the prince and Ba Ye left, Jingzhong received an urgent report that there was a riot in SD, and some victims had forcibly stored food in the granary, and had clashed with local officials.

Kangxi calculated the itinerary, the prince and the eighth master should not have entered SD yet.But they were on the road, and the news couldn't be delivered.If the two entered SD blindly like this, they might be in danger.

"Huang Ama, the governor of SD should send troops to suppress it." The fourth master suggested.

Kangxi frowned.Repression is certain.It's just that such a case has made it even more difficult for the prince and Lao Ba to investigate.

He looked at the courtiers and several sons standing below.In the end, Kangxi did not send anyone to support the prince and Ba Ye.However, he adopted Si Ye's suggestion and immediately issued an order to the governor of SD to immediately deploy troops to suppress it.

But there was still no mention of the news that the prince and Ba Ye went to SD.

The prince and Ba Ye who were walking on the road didn't know anything about it.

Although they hadn't entered SD territory at this time, they had already encountered disaster victims along the road, and they also inquired about the situation by the way.

There was a severe snowstorm in Zibo, SD. Although the government has set up porridge sheds and opened granaries, it cannot guarantee that every victim will be fed.

The most important thing is that the heavy snow caused damage to the houses of many people.The local government said that the imperial court did not allocate money, so there was no way to resettle these homeless people, so they had to be displaced.

Those who can't stay, beg along the road and flee to the capital.There were also those who wanted to wait to see if the court could help them, so they stayed there.

"It shouldn't be! They have been asked to make a budget a long time ago, and estimate the foreseeable losses of the disaster in advance. If it is not enough, they can apply to the court for money first. How could there be such a big gap?" Ba Ye frowned.

He has been in the household department for a long time, and he has also read the data reported in various newspapers.He remembered that SD reported the lack of silver and food at that time, because the amount was relatively large, and calculated it based on SD's tax revenue and disasters in previous years.In the end, it was reported to Emperor Ama for approval, and the allocation went on.

Now there is actually a situation where there is no money to resettle the people, which is obviously not right.

"Maybe it was a miscalculation at that time?" the prince said.

Ba Ye shook his head, pursed his lips and said nothing.If the calculation is really wrong, then the officials in SD Province will be more responsible.

"No matter what the situation is, we have to talk about it first. We also heard from the victims. They are just guessing. We have to investigate to find out what happened." The prince said.

Ba Ye nodded and said, "Second brother is right. We will enter SD territory tomorrow. Looking at the current situation, I think we'd better not ride horses. It's too eye-catching."

"Is it too slow to walk?" The prince frowned.

"Let's go get a carriage." Ba Ye said, "I just said that I heard about such a disaster, so I came to my hometown to pick up relatives."

The prince thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's fine. Others are fleeing abroad. We want to go in, so we have to find a reason."

No matter how plainly they dress, they look like they are the children of wealthy families.

Chen Guo and Xiao Chongzi tried their best to get a carriage.In this way, the prince and the eighth master were still comfortable, and began to drive in the carriage.

On the second day, more victims entered SD.Sometimes people are even seen starving to death on the side of the road.

Both the prince and the eighth master couldn't bear to see it, and they became more and more concerned about this trip.

It wasn't until the two of them arrived in Zibo that they found out that there was a riot there. Fortunately, the governor of SD dispatched troops in time and suppressed it.

"It seems that the matter is more serious and complicated than we thought." Ba Ye frowned.

In fact, under normal circumstances, the possibility of riots among the people is very small.Either someone is instigating and making a fuss, and they intend to take advantage of them; or they just can't live on, and they can't do without resistance.

"No matter how complicated it is, there are times when clues will be revealed." The prince said with a sullen face.

Eighth Master looked sideways at the Prince, and said, "Second Brother, shall we split up?"

"Let's stay together." The prince said, "For safety's sake, let's not separate."

"That's fine, let's go together, so we can have a discussion." Ba Ye nodded.

In the evening, the two rested in the station.Ba Ye lay on the bed, but couldn't sleep.

The scenes he saw during the day flashed in his mind from time to time, making him very uncomfortable.

When I was in the capital, most of what I heard was the good news of praises and peace in the world.Even if there is a disaster, it will be reported that it was prevented in time, that the disaster was not serious, and that the people were well resettled and so on.

But now that I saw it with my own eyes, I found out how different the facts were from the report!
The report said that the disaster here was serious, and the people's hearts might be unstable.As a result, the riots broke out before they arrived.It is obvious that the report is still reserved.

Entering the city today, they also saw the porridge shed set up by the government office.It's just that each person can only receive two bowls of porridge a day, which is not enough to eat.There are no temporary huts in the city for the common people to resettle.Many people slept in damaged houses, or in some dilapidated temples on the outskirts of the city.

It's just that such a house can't keep out the cold.Often nights pass, there will be a few people who freeze to death.

He also asked the local people whether the government had opened warehouses to release grain.The answer was no.According to the county magistrate, due to the poor harvest last year, there was not much grain in the granary, only enough to set up a porridge shed, not enough to distribute grain.

But as far as he knows about Zibo, the harvest reported last year and tax payment, the grain in the granary should be sufficient.

(End of this chapter)