Splendid Pastoral Wife

Chapter 184 The Truth about the Disaster (2)
When Yunluo and Tian Liusu came back, there was a lot of commotion outside. Longcheng officials almost broke in. Qingli, Moli and the imperial guard tried their best to stop them from entering. I have a headache, I can't beat them, I can only confront them.

After entering the room, Yunluo and Tian Liusu quickly changed their clothes, then he asked Tian Liusu to lead the two children, and he got up and went outside.

"Qingli, who is making noise outside? It's so annoying."

Yun Luo stood at the door pretending to be just waking up on purpose, and spoke lightly to Qing Li who was blocking the door in the courtyard.

Hearing Yunluo's cold voice, all the officials immediately calmed down. They had been outside for such a long time, but Yunluo was indifferent. They thought he was not there, so they clamored to break in to find out. Unexpectedly, he was actually there, and he was so calm, and he didn't show up for such a long time, and he suddenly felt a little scared.

"My lord, these officials want to break in, but we can't stop them." Yun Luo is the imperial envoy at this time, so Qingli also calls him "my lord."

"Oh? I've heard that Sun Mingyu, the prefect of Longcheng, is strict under his leadership, and the officials under his rule are also smart, capable, respectful and polite. Seeing him today, the rumors are indeed unbelievable."

Although Yunluo was low-key and indifferent, the coldness and powerful aura emanating from him could not be ignored. Even though the officials were outside the door, they could still feel a trace of coldness coming from him.

"Why are you here? Back off!" At this moment, there was an angry shout from outside the door, and everyone turned their heads, only to see Sun Mingyu standing handsomely at the gate of the posthouse, in official uniform, followed by a group of yamen servants.

"Master Zhifu." Seeing Sun Mingyu's arrival, everyone stopped knocking on the door and turned around to salute Sun Mingyu.

"I studied the disaster mitigation plan all night last night. I didn't have time to pay attention to you. I felt sleepy for a while this morning. I don't want you to gather here to make trouble. It's really unreasonable. How does this officer teach you on weekdays?"

Sun Mingyu's voice was a little hoarse, her eyes were red, and she really looked like she hadn't slept all night. Everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak after being drunk by him. Although this magistrate is young, he was born as a number one scholar, and he was only eight years old. Fighting, learning to be rich and five chariots, Longcheng has become more and more prosperous under his governance in the past few years. The officials and the people are obvious to all, so most officials admire him from the bottom of their hearts.

Seeing that the officials lowered their heads, Sun Mingyu glanced at them and stopped looking at them. He bowed to the door and said, "I don't know if the imperial envoy had a good rest last night? This morning, the officials received a report from the yamen servant that the disaster victims in the northern suburbs gathered together." There was a disturbance, the grain store of a large family in the city was smashed, and the grain was robbed. The owner of the family has already sued the government office. Since the imperial envoy is here, it is not easy for the lower officials to make decisions, so I came to ask the imperial envoy about this. opinions on the matter."

Standing inside, Yunluo could hear it clearly, thinking that Sun Mingyu was really not simple, he asked him like this obviously to respect him, but in fact he threw the problem to him, so that he could no longer avoid it, but instead He did not bring relief food from central Beijing this time, but to open a warehouse for food relief from the local grain depot, and then collect some grain from the local wealthy households. He has not found out the local grain depot at this time How much food is in stock, and where did the batch of food confiscated in the name of the imperial court collecting military rations go? How can you easily see him?
He frowned and thought for a long while, and then gradually stretched out. After all, he wanted to see him. According to the news they inquired in the morning, Sun Mingyu should have something to hide. Let's listen to what he said before making plans. Yunluo has made up his mind , turned around and walked towards the meeting hall of the post house.

"Qingli Moli, open the door and let the Sun Zhifu and Longcheng officials come in."

Yunluo walked to the main seat in the hall and sat down. He didn't intend to go to the government office to meet them. The screen of this conference hall was connected to Tian Liusu's residence. They were discussing here. Tian Liusu could hear it standing behind the screen. She follows him and can make suggestions during the disaster relief process, so it is necessary for him to let her know about these things. Although he can let her meet them with him, he does not want her face to be peeped by others in his heart. So I thought of this way.

When the people outside the door heard that Yunluo let them in, they didn't blame them for breaking into the post house. They all breathed a sigh of relief, quickly tidied up their appearance outside, and followed Sun Mingyu in two rows.

"The officials led by Sun Mingyu, the magistrate of Longcheng, have a meeting with the imperial envoy." Sun Mingyu led all the officials to kneel down and salute Yunluo.

"Prefect Sun and all the officials, please come up." Yun Luo raised his hand, not very warm, not very cold, but with an official tone.

Everyone stood up after hearing his words.

Tian Liusu stood behind the screen and quietly looked in Sun Mingyu's direction from an unobtrusive angle. He saw that he was not very old, but he was actually very handsome, with a tall and strong figure, and stern eyes. The appearance of a military officer.

Sun Mingyu raised his head and glanced at Yunluo sitting on the seat, and saw that he had an aloof temperament, as magnificent as a pearl and beautiful jade, and was intimidated by his demeanor, so he lowered his head again, and inadvertently glanced at Tian Liusu's hiding place, revealing that his meaning was unclear look.

"Prefect Sun, the emperor sent me here this time because of the severe drought in Longcheng, and granted me the right to act cheaply. Please report the situation in Longcheng in detail first."

Yunluo didn't make any detours, and went straight to the point straight to the point. People like Sun Mingyu were very smart and transparent. If they made detours with him, he might think that he had other intentions, so he would discount it when speaking.

"Yes." Sun Mingyu was shocked when he heard Yunluo say that the emperor granted him the right to act cheaply. It seems that the emperor trusts Yunluo very much. The right to act cheaply is easy to say, but it is very powerful in use. Shouldn't you tell him all the truth?

"Prefect Sun, the emperor has doubts about the disaster in Longcheng and Luoyi. The memorial submitted by you and Yin Jia Hanzhang of Luoyi Prefecture was suppressed, and it was not reported until a few days ago. Therefore, the imperial court's disaster relief order It hasn't been released yet."

"My lord, please forgive me for the death penalty." Sun Mingyu lifted her official robe and knelt down, her back straightened, as if she would rather die than surrender.

"If you have any secrets, you can tell them openly. I am here as an imperial envoy, and I will definitely keep you safe."

"Longcheng is not a severe drought, on the contrary, this year is still a bumper harvest." Sun Mingyu said a little excitedly.

"En? How do you say it?" Yunluo asked anxiously.

"A man under Xiaguan who knows how to farm has developed a new type of seed this year. The subordinate ordered the people to distribute the seeds to the people of Longcheng for free. After planting the seeds, the grain yield was really high. I don't know why people in the army knew about it. After the autumn harvest, Tang Lin, the leader of the Ziyiwei, came to Longcheng and issued a secret order to the subordinate officials, saying that the army collected military rations and asked the subordinate officials to collect five times the rent as usual as military rations. The subordinate officials did not dare to disobey, so they did this. , causing the common people to go bankrupt, and the people have no means of living."

(End of this chapter)