Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 458 The situation is not good
When night falls, Wang Quan will present the report sent by Chang'an to Li Chengqian for imperial review.

Although Li Chengqian left Chang'an and went to Cuiwei Palace to escape the summer, he was still very concerned about the situation in Chang'an.

Every day when night falls, a report about the situation at twelve hours a day in Chang'an will be sent.

Li Chengqian must keep abreast of Chang'an's movements, what the ministers have done, what the prince has done, etc.

In short, the major events that happened in a day were recorded one by one, and written into a report, which was sent to Emperor Li Chengqian, who was escaping the summer heat in Cuiwei Palace.

"Everyone! This is the report that was sent today, please have a look at it." Wang Quan said and handed the report to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian took it and looked at it and said: "It's been two days since we left Chang'an! This fast horse can go back and forth between Chang'an and Cuiwei Palace in one day, and I don't know how the prince supervises the country?"

Li Chengqian was a little worried that Li Jue's Supervisory Council would not be able to handle it, and there would inevitably be no trouble. As a father, he naturally needed to worry more about him.

If something went wrong, he would be able to know immediately and take measures to make up for it.

"The prince is already an adult now, not a child, but the grandpa of the two children! Besides, there are prime ministers assisting, and he will definitely live up to everyone's expectations."

"Everyone was much younger than the crown prince, and now they are in charge of the country. All the officials praised them and said that they can become holy lords like the late emperor." Wang Quan said.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! You're right, the crown prince is no longer a child. You don't have to teach him everything. It's time for the crown prince to make his own decisions."

"When I was 12 years old, the first emperor ordered me to hear the lawsuit. He also said that from now on, only the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will not subdue the lawsuit. He will open it in the East Palace and order Chengqian to make a decision."

"Now that he is in his thirties, he has already matured in mind. He should know how to do things without being taught by others."

"Speaking of the prince, it reminds me of Li Xiang, and I don't know how he is doing in the fief?" Li Chengqian laughed.

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and he will die one day sooner or later. If he teaches the prince everything, how will the prince control the officials after he dies on that day.

"Everyone forgot? Some time ago, Wang Xiang of Hengshan sent someone to send a gift, saying that he had added a baby. Now! King Hengshan already has two sons and a daughter." Wang Quan said.

"You didn't tell me that I almost forgot! Pass on my will, crown him King of Wei, and recall Li Sujie and others to Chang'an. I want to meet them." Li Chengqian said.

"Promise!" Wang Quan replied, and sent someone to invite Shang Guanyi to draft the imperial edict.

In order to make it easier for Li Chengqian to call at any time, the accompanying officials live not far from Cuiwei Hall, 30 meters to the left of Cuiwei Hall.

Knowing that Li Chengqian had summoned her, Shangguanyi, who had just undressed and was about to sleep, dressed hurriedly and came to Cuiwei Hall under the guidance of the eunuch.

"The minister ordered Shangguanyi to pay homage to His Majesty!" Shangguanyi saluted Li Chengqian.

"Exemption! You should understand why I want you to come here. I won't say more, let's start!" Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Shangguanyi replied, and sat down at the table beside him. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone had already been prepared for him.

After Shangguanyi sat down, an eunuch came forward to grind ink for him. Shangguanyi took a pen and wrote an edict to make Li Xiang the king of Wei, and called Li Xiang, Li Sujie and others to Beijing to face the saint.

Shangguanyi got up and picked up the drafted edict, dried the ink on it, and walked towards Li Chengqian, intending to show him the edict.

Shangguanyi walked up to Li Chengqian, and found that Li Chengqian was frowning, with a sad expression on his face, not knowing what happened.

"Your Majesty! The edict has been written. Please read it. If there is no problem, draw an edict on it, sign the names of the officials from the three provinces, and finally stamp the imperial seal on it before sending it out." Shangguan Yi said.

In order to better consolidate the imperial power and weaken the prime minister's power, the officials of the three provinces are no longer one person, such as Zhongshuling, Shizhong, and Zuopushe, basically two or more of them hold the same official position.

Coupled with the addition of a large number of third ranks under Tongzhong Shumen, the power of the prime minister was greatly divided, which also allowed the emperor to sign many orders directly without going through any procedures.

"I don't need to read the imperial edict drafted by Shangguanyi, and I can't be wrong." After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he picked up his pen and wrote the imperial edict.

"Your Majesty! Seeing your frowning expression, I wonder what happened?" Shangguanyi asked.

"Hey! I'm not worried about the natural disasters this year. This year's climate is abnormal and famines are everywhere. In June of this year, there was heavy rain in Jizhou, the water depth was more than one foot, and 390 houses were damaged. In District 490, the fertile fields were destroyed because of this heavy rain. Thousand [-] hectares."

"In July, 36 prefectures including Jiannan Daoyi, Lu, Yi, Mao, etc. experienced a severe drought. A total of 690 households were affected by the drought."

"Later, there was another storm in Kuozhou, which caused a tsunami and flooded Yongjia. In the second county of Angu, there were 840 people's houses in the third area, 70 people died, 150 cattle, and [-] hectares of land were damaged."

"This year, there is a famine in more than forty prefectures, especially Guanzhong is short of food." Li Chengqian sighed.

There has been a drought since last year, and he didn't care about it, thinking that with the pressurized well, everything would be solved.

Who knows, this year is even more serious, either heavy rain and tsunami, or drought, even worse than last year.

"Your Majesty! Now that the people are living in dire straits, they should provide relief as soon as possible to save all the people from the fire." Shangguanyi was taken aback and said hastily.

"I have ordered people to go to the disaster relief. The imperial court allocated 800 million taels of silver as relief funds, and 3000 million shi of grain, and sent grain from other areas that were not affected by the disaster, and sent them to the disaster area." Li Chengqian said.

I hope these can control the disaster well, and there is no better way right now, which has to worry Li Chengqian.

"Your Majesty! Since ancient times, there must have been locusts. Now many places are drought-stricken, especially Jiannan Road, which is the hardest-hit area. I am worried that there will be a large number of locusts here, which will cause locust plagues." Shangguanyi said.

Shangguanyi's worry is unreasonable. As long as there is drought, locusts will come. A dry environment has many benefits for the reproduction, growth and survival of locusts.

Once there is a drought, the locusts will reproduce in large numbers, and over time, it will evolve into a locust plague, causing heavy losses. A large number of locusts will devour the grain fields, completely destroying agricultural products, causing serious economic losses and even food shortages. famine.

However, Li Chengqian is not too worried about locusts. He can let the local people use the natural enemies of locusts to prevent locust disasters.

The imperial court can fund and send a batch of chickens and ducks to the local area for breeding. Once locusts appear, these chickens and ducks can prey on the locusts.

"I understand what Aiqing said, and I will send someone to handle this matter properly. It's late at night, so Aiqing should go back to rest earlier!" Li Chengqian said.

"Resignation!" Shangguanyi bowed and stepped back, he had already said what should be said, whether the emperor would listen or not was his business.

(End of this chapter)