Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 107 Opening a Warehouse for Relief

The warehouse of the government office in Suqian County was successfully opened, and Chen Wenxin was fortunate to see what the warehouse of the local government office looked like.

I saw that the grain in the warehouse was piled up like a mountain, reaching to the bottom of the beam.

She took a closer look, and when the servants who moved the rice saw them, they all stood aside with their hands folded.

In addition to the fragrance of new rice, there is also the smell of decay.

Chen Wenyi used his sword to pierce a small hole in the rice bag piled at the bottom, and some blackened rice flowed out from it.

"These are old rice, I'm afraid they have been piled up for two or three years."

The granary is piled too high, and the old rice underneath is pressed, and if it has not been taken out, it will cause mildew.

The warehouse official behind him hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, General Mingjian, the land of the two rivers is rich and the food is abundant. It is normal for such a large county government warehouse to have some mildew."

Chen Wenyi withdrew his sword, "How to deal with the moldy rice?"

Of course it was eaten by the victims.

The warehouse clerk almost blurted out a word, and then swallowed it back in his mouth.

"Moldy rice is regularly cleaned and discarded."

The tangled look on his face is amused to watch.

Chen Wenxin is not a person who does not know right from wrong. How much power can a small official in charge of a warehouse have?

Why bother to blame him.

Besides, the emperor said that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

She firmly remembered this sentence.

The rice grains were transported out of the dark granary, and there was a smell of sacks in the air.

The guards used carts or donkey carts to transport the food to the relief hall, and registered the amount of food or silver received for all the victims.

According to the law of the Qing Dynasty, those who damaged their houses or killed or injured people in natural disasters were entitled to fixed pensions.

For example, if a tile-roofed house is damaged, one or two taels of silver will be compensated.For those who are missing or dead, two taels will be paid in large amounts, and one tael will be paid in small amounts.

Since these victims all fled from the neighboring countryside, it is not yet possible to verify their actual losses.

Chen Wenxin made the decision to distribute food to everyone first, and a small part of money first.

When the flood in the countryside receded completely, these victims could return to their hometowns to repair their houses and reorganize their fields, and Lizheng and others would verify the losses one by one.

At that time, it will not be too late to make up the money for the pension.

This method won the support of the common people. The common people outside the city gate had seen Chen Wenxin and heard others call her Niangniang.

The common people didn't know what kind of empress this was, so they shouted indiscriminately, and gradually it became known as a celestial being like Empress Guanyin.

Chen Wenxin didn't go to that poorhouse, forgive the county magistrate for not daring to obey.

When Xiao Lizi passed on the news from outside, Chen Wenxin couldn't help but laugh.

The common people have time to gossip, and it seems that there is no need to worry about their lives.

There are still many disaster victims coming to Suqian County one after another, and the relief hall can no longer accommodate them.

The guards commanded the people to build huts near the relief hall, and the rice, grain and silver money they received was the same as that of the victims who came first in the relief hall.

The victims gathered together, and they talked while cooking porridge and drinking in clay pots.

"It's not like the flood is coming back. The parents are really generous this time."

"These parents are not the original parents. I heard that the original one was dismissed from office. The Holy One personally dismissed it..."

The person who spoke lowered his head and drank a big mouthful of porridge, which was so hot that he couldn't speak.

The person next to him saw that he was playing tricks and didn't get to the point, so he hurriedly took over the conversation, "The rice grain and money are all from the empress that the Holy Majesty brought from the palace."

"You came late, and you didn't see your mother. You are really a living Bodhisattva, like a fairy."

A person interrupted while drinking porridge: "What kind of lady? What name is it?"

The person was speechless by his question, and suddenly remembered that others called the "Second Brother" beside her General Chen.

"My surname is Chen, it's my mother's surname!"

"Hey, that's my family!"

A person came up with a bowl in his hand, "My surname is Chen too! This lady Chen, is she really as compassionate to the common people as you say?"

"Of course! Let me tell you, there was a little woman who was holding a child and was cut on the shoulder by the city guard official, and she was bleeding all over. She was taken back by the empress for treatment!"

"Here!"

The person who spoke pouted and motioned to a man in the corner: "Look, that man is the husband of the little woman. If you don't believe me, ask him."

The man followed his gaze, and saw a thin and pale man holding a broken bowl, devouring the porridge...

Let's say that the injured woman was taken back to another hospital by Lu Zong. His medicine box was full of good medicines brought from the capital, and it was easy to heal a knife wound.

After the woman was bandaged, she fell asleep due to excessive blood loss.

Chen Wenxin ordered Ren Haosheng to take care of her children, and suddenly thought of her husband.

There was too much chaos at the city gate just now, she was only focused on arranging the whereabouts of the victims, and completely ignored that the woman's husband did not follow.

What's the use of marrying such a man?

She couldn't help sighing for the woman, seeing how the woman behaved, she was a fierce person.

In order not to starve to death for her child, she desperately entangled with the soldiers, hoping to enter the city.

And her husband would just shrink back behind her and enjoy what he got, and he didn't even help to hold the child.

The woman was bleeding all over, and her husband left with peace of mind, regardless of whether she and the child lived or died...

Thinking of this, she frowned, "Go to the almshouse and look for that woman's husband."

She added, "There's no need to talk to him, and there's no need to bring it back."

She wanted to see if this man really planned to abandon his wife and son.

The matter of relief in the city has been resolved, but the emperor doesn't know what's going on...

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from the capital."

Xiao Lizi rushed in from the outside and handed her the sealed letter in his hand.

He only said that it was a letter from the capital, so it was naturally for the emperor.

"Who is the messenger?"

"The ones who sent the message were the soldiers at the post station, not the people in Beijing."

If there is an urgent matter, you should send your cronies in Beijing to deliver the letter instead of ordinary soldiers at the post station.

It doesn't appear to be an urgent matter.

Chen Wenxin hurriedly asked Xiao Lizi: "Where is the emperor now? Do you have a letter?"

There was no letter from the emperor, but Xiao Lizi sent someone to tell the emperor about Chen Wenxin's actions today.

The emperor wants to ensure that he knows what others are doing, and he knows it all.

Especially for the concubines in the palace, and the few princes and ministers he feared.

Even a few big officials in frontiers, and even local parents.

He knew almost everything about the behavior of these people.

Besides, what Chen Wenxin did today was very abnormal.

Although she has a good heart and hates evil, she has never directly participated in political affairs like this.

When dealing with Jia Ruzhu in Dezhou last time, she refused to even enter the court to avoid suspicion.

Why did you directly issue orders to the Suqian county magistrate today?

Xiao Lizi asked Chen Wenxin if he wanted to pass the letter from Beijing to the emperor.

"The emperor is afraid that he will be staying in Taoyuan County tonight, and he said he will be back tomorrow."

"Is Taoyuan County far from here?"

Chen Wenxin twisted the envelope thoughtfully.

"The soldier who sent the letter said that he would go on the official road that was not flooded, and he would arrive in an hour."

Thinking about it, the emperor will arrive soon after walking along the river for a day. Riding a horse should be a very fast thing.

"In that case, hurry up and pack up, I'll deliver the letter to the emperor myself."

She didn't think the letter was so important that she needed to deliver it in person.

She just wanted to take this opportunity to see how the emperor is doing after being tired all day...

Xiao Lizi saw through her thoughts and smiled quietly.

Xiao Lizi could understand her feelings for the emperor, but she couldn't understand what she did today, but the emperor did.

When the emperor received the letter sent by Xiao Lizi, he was resting in a dry place on the embankment with a group of officials.

When he saw what Chen Wenxin did in the letter, he couldn't help smiling.

It seems that Nian Nian has really grown up and can take care of herself.

They have a tacit understanding with each other, and the local officials in Suqian are dissatisfied, but the emperor has no plans to move these local officials for the time being.

The county magistrate was dealt with yesterday, and he also knew that without the order of Shangfeng officials, how could a small county magistrate lie about the disaster?
So he just dismissed him in a rage, and didn't kill him.

Now that the disaster is serious, if all these officials are punished, who will control the disaster?

Who will help the people?

The top priority is disaster relief, not rewards and punishments.

Chen Wenxin understood what he was thinking, and she used threats to make the county magistrate in charge open a warehouse for relief, but she did not punish him for the crime of ineffective disaster relief.

She didn't even punish a small garrison leader.

What she did was not only for the people, but also for him.

The emperor has a sense of sympathy and sympathy for each other.

He wished he could see her now and tell her.

A group of officials were twisting their trouser legs.

The emperor took them for a day's journey, from Suqian all the way down the Yellow River, until they came to a place close to Taoyuan County.

There are many dykes and dams on this road, and the emperor inspected them one by one and made suggestions.

Because of the flood, many sections of the road had to wade through the mud because the soil was thin and soft.

Naturally, they didn't want to go there, but the emperor went there first, so they could only go on and on.

The muddy water did not reach the knees, and with one step, the feet could be pulled out of the mud with difficulty.

All the officials didn't think it was dirty, instead they did their best to dirty their clothes, for fear that the emperor would not be satisfied.

In the end, Li Dequan, who supported the emperor, and Jin Fu were the cleanest.

In the afternoon, the emperor was finally tired from walking and wanted to rest.

These officials have already lost half of their lives, sitting around on the embankment and wishing they would never get up again.

After wringing out the muddy water on the robe, Shi Yizhi glanced at Jin Fu triumphantly.

Xiaobian, is it dirtier than you now?

When he looked at the emperor again, he saw that the emperor who had been serious all the way was smiling while looking at a letter.

Your Majesty, are you laughing?
So the emperor can laugh?
Shi Yizhi and Sang E looked at each other, and they both felt a sense of being disliked by the emperor.

It seems that he has to find a way to please the emperor.

(End of this chapter)