The unlucky county princess and the crown prince

At this time, a yamen officer panicked and said, "my Lord, the porridge shed in the West has been overturned again."

"What's the matter?" Wu Nan's voice is very hoarse.

"There are too many monks and too few porridge. Originally, the rice porridge was so thin that people could see it. There were hundreds of people waiting in line for several hours behind them. They finally got to them, but the porridge was gone, so they made a scene and overturned the porridge shed. What can we do?"

Even Qin Shizhen, a respectable young man, was dizzy with hunger, not to mention the victims. Wu Nan, who was seven feet tall, only drank two bowls of porridge a day.

Qin Shizhen suggested: "why don't you take out tomorrow's rations first to tide over today's difficulties?"

Wu Nan did not agree, "absolutely not. Although you are hungry today, there is hope tomorrow at least. Otherwise, if you can't get food tomorrow, I'm afraid these victims will eat you and me."

It's reasonable. Qin Shizhen didn't know where his strength came from. He suddenly stood up and walked forward. Wu Nan asked, "where are you going?"

"Go to find Tang Jing!"

In the face of natural and man-made disasters, Wu Nan, who has always been charged, resettled the victims day and night. Tang Jing only appeared symbolically a few times, accompanied the victims with a few crocodile tears, and won him a false reputation of going deep into the people. Even Qin Shizhen can't see such a contrast.

He believes that in the future Yingchuan will be presented to the imperial court, it must be Tang Jing who, regardless of the danger, goes deep into the dangerous situation and appeases the victims day and night. According to this kind of writing, even if the imperial court pursues it in the future, Tang Jing will not only have no faults, but also have meritorious deeds.

Wu Nan himself is so hungry that his chest is close to his back. He has no strength to stop Qin Shizhen. He can only watch the latter go to Tang Jing fiercely.

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At this time, Tang Jingzheng was lying on his chair listening to Liu Ji's report about the disaster relief. When a natural disaster happened, his life as a governor was not easy. He said slowly, "how many days is there enough food to be released?"

Liu Ji said: "listen to Wu Nan, two days at most."

"Two days?" Tang Jing's face pulled down and said with a sneer: "the poor people are out of trouble. They don't want silver because of the government's grain. Naturally, they are open to eat. Wu Nan is too used to them."

"Yes, my Lord!" Liu Ji nodded and bowed, "full of warmth, think of * *, this group of craftsmen, a full think trouble, must not be used to them."

"If the order goes on, the rice porridge given out by the porridge shed will be changed to one meal a day." Tang Jing's eyebrows are full of clouds. "If you can hold it for a few days, just hold it for a few days."

Liu Ji was a little surprised. At first, he had three meals a day, then he had two meals a day, and he had to have one meal a day? How will those people end up making trouble?

However, Liu Ji was not a kind-hearted man with the common people in mind. He did not refute. Seeing that there was no one around him, he lowered his voice. "My Lord, all the rice released from the official warehouse this time are Chen rice, this year's new rice

Tang Jing's face trembled. He said that all the grain in the official granary had been distributed, but only his confidants knew that this year's 100000 Stone New Rice had been stored in another secret granary of the official family.

Ten thousand stone grain is not a small amount. It's a pity to give such a good thing to those Untouchables. Therefore, Tang Jing is selfish. He doesn't want to let outsiders know that the new rice is of other use.

If Qin Shizhen didn't hold the prince's personal order and force him to open a warehouse to release grain, he would discount even those old rice, "when Yingchuan is hit by a flood, the imperial court will allocate money and grain. If the grain in the official warehouse can't be moved, it won't be."

"It will take time for the money and food of the imperial court to come down. I'm afraid it won't be so fast!" Liu Ji blinked. Before the money came down from the imperial court, the local government always tried to find a way to deal with the disaster. This is the usual practice. "My Lord, with Qin Shizhen as the special envoy, I'm afraid we have to be more brilliant on the surface."

Tang Jing understands Liu Ji's meaning. In the past, he would directly ask Su Cong to contribute money. Su Cong is used to fishing for fame and reputation, and he is happy to see it come true. The two sides hit it off and cooperated for so many years. Now Su Cong is dead, and no one can use it so easily. When it comes to matters that need money, he feels intractable.

After a long time, Tang Jing pondered: "in this way, you will send someone to send 200 stone grain later, and say that I bought it in nearby counties with private capital."

"My Lord is wise!" Liu Ji's admiration is overwhelming. The master's move is worth a lot of money. When the court's commendation comes down, the master will be the first one.

"Do it." Tang Jing waved his hand. After such a big accident, he was in the mood to enjoy the delicious food.

When Liu Ji came to the door, she suddenly turned around. "Princess Wenxuan is lobbying all the families to give money and grain recently, but she has only raised less than 500 stones of grain. The he family, the Xu family and the Li family all send people to find out. What do you think of it?"

Master Liu once fought with Wu Nan in the magistrate's Yamen for Gu Qi, the prisoner who was testifying against the Su family. In the end, because of the appearance of the eldest princess, Wu Nan won a complete victory, and master Liu came back in despair.

In Yingchuan, it's said that whether it's big or not, or whether it's small or not. This story soon spread among the major families. Master Liu is a member of the Tang Dynasty. Does the eldest princess mean that she wants to compete with the Tang Dynasty in favor of Wu Nan?

No one in Yingchuan dares not to respect the eldest princess for her noble status. However, at this critical moment, the major families are still respectful to the eldest princess on the surface, but when it comes to the specific money and food, their attitudes begin to be ambiguous, because they are all wondering in their hearts, if they actively respond to the eldest princess, does it mean that they offend Lord Tang?

At this time, the attitudes of the major families were cautious and subtle. They did not dare to express their views easily. People with clear eyes knew that they were waiting for the attitude of Lord Tang.

However, this kind of thing can only be understood but not explained in words. The sudden fall of the Su family has caused unprecedented turbulence in Yingchuan's powerful class. The families at the top of the storm are even more cautious and dare not stand in line easily.

When Tang Jing heard the speech, he had a smile of victory on his face. He met the eldest princess, the great God of Yingchuan, who was also respectful. But the eldest princess's fault was that she should not interfere in the official affairs, but also against him.

After Wu Nan came to Yingchuan, he had been blocked in everything, but after he got the protection of the eldest princess that time, his situation began to change gradually.

Some people who are not determined also think that Wu Nan has the eldest princess as a backer and begin to show affection to Wu Nan.

The originally monolithic Yingchuan officialdom was also subtly divided, and some forces began to move closer to Wu Nan, which also made Tang Jing's power of covering the sky with only one hand under great threat. All this was given by the eldest princess.

However, this time, the attitude of the major families proves that they are still sober. Who would like to follow a dying old woman to ruin the future of the family?

"You go and tell them to spend a few days and wait and see what happens."

Liu Ji understands that Lord Tang is waiting for the eldest princess. As long as the eldest princess can't hold her breath and takes the initiative to find her, it means that the eldest will win the war completely.

After this incident, the eldest princess will also understand that the adults will not care with her about unimportant matters, but if she has nothing to do, and then strongly interferes in local affairs, the adults will not wait to die.

In fact, if there is no special need, Tang Jing is not stupid enough to offend the eldest princess. Who is stupid enough to make enemies for himself? He just wants to see the local Hao people, and who really has the final say?

However, before Liu Zhuoren went out, he saw Qin Shizhen coming. After three days of unremitting struggle, the handsome prince of Beijing was in a mess. His clothes were covered with mud, which described him as tired.

Because of the other party's special identity, Liu Ji said in a hurry: "I've met Mr. Qin."

Even Tang Jing, who was half lying with his eyes closed, immediately got up and saluted, "I've met Mr. Qin."

Qin Shizhen immediately said, "Lord Tang, there is a serious shortage of food for the victims. Is there only a little food in the official warehouse?"

Tang Jing said with a sad face: "Mr. Qin, you don't know something. It's hard for me to sit down because of such a big accident. I've already ordered to open all the official warehouses that can be opened. Not only that, I also made an urgent plea to the imperial court, asking for money to help Yingchuan through his sorrow."

Liu Ji also said to one side, "we adults have not closed our eyes for three days in a row so that the victims can have a meal."

Qin Shizhen didn't have the heart to listen to Tang Jing's official voice here. After the crown prince was in charge of the country, in order to reduce the burden of the people, he decided to cut taxes, and the national treasury revenue dropped sharply. He didn't have much money. How could he stand such a search? The quality asked: "Yingchuan is a rich place. Is there no more grain in the official warehouse?"

"The rich are the people, the poor are the government!" Tang Jing was distressed and said: "if there were good people from Su Da in the past, I could still have a hope. Now, I'm begging my grandfather and grandmother everywhere, hoping to get more food."

"Mr. Qin didn't know that our adults bought two hundred stone grain from Linxian county last night. We adults bought it with our own salary." When Liu Ji said this, he shed a few tears.

"Lord Tang really loves the people like a son!" Qin Shizhen said half true and half false: "don't worry, Lord Tang. When I return to the capital, I will report this to the crown prince. His Highness has always been clear about rewards and punishments. He will never treat Lord Tang badly."

"That's it, that's it!" Tang Jing's face was full of friendly smiles. "With the words of Mr. Qin, no matter how much I pay, I'm willing."

Qin Shizhen knows that Tang Jing is playing the game of "Yang Fengyin disobeying Yin". On the surface, he strictly abides by his words, but his execution is greatly reduced.

He never believed that there was only so much grain in the official warehouse of Yingchuan, and the victims were eating moldy old rice these days. "What about the new rice in the official warehouse this year?"

Tang Jing had been prepared for a long time and began to pour out the bitter water. Yingchuan seemed to be rich, but he really had a hard time as a governor. The new rice he collected every year had to be sent to 20000 local troops first, and the rest had to be handed over to the state treasury. There was not much left. He tried his best to save the grain he sent out.

Liu Ji chuckles to himself. Although Qin Shizhen holds the prince's personal order, he is too young to understand the rules of officialdom. With the age of Lord Tang, he can fool Qin Shizhen.

"So Lord Tang is at a loss?" Qin Shizhen said quietly.

Tang Jing heard what Qin Shizhen meant, but he didn't fall into the trap. He just sighed. His face was tired and said, "don't worry, Mr. Qin. If I eat the salary of the imperial court, I will die for my royal highness. As long as I have one breath left, I will run around and try my best not to let the victims starve before the relief money comes down."

Qin Shizhen scolded him from the bottom of his heart, "since there are many rich families in Yingchuan, I'd like to ask Mr. Tang to mobilize them to open the granary in the house and help the victims through the difficulties first."

"It's about people's life and death. Even if Mr. Qin doesn't say it, I will go." Tang Jing said quickly: "although each family has its own difficulties, I believe that I can still get some food for my old face."

Although he knows that Tang Jing is possessed by a ghost, the most urgent task at present is to raise food. Qin Shizhen came to Tang Jing to put pressure on him, at least to let the major families donate some food, delay for some time, stabilize the situation first, and avoid any big trouble.

After Qin Shizhen left, Liu Ji didn't move. Looking at Qin Shizhen's back, Tang Jing was not happy and said, "what are you still doing? Don't you have a lot to do? "

Liu trace touched his beard and said, "I always feel that something is not right."

"What's wrong?" said Tang Jing

"I can't figure out what's wrong, but I think so!" Liu Ji believes his intuition. There must be something strange about this.

"Well, let's go and do business first." Tang Jing said coldly, "the prince doesn't know what to think. He sent a dandy to be his special envoy?"

"He's holding the prince's orders, which shows that he's very close to the prince!" Liu Ji reminds a way: "adult or more guard against him."

"Why do you say that?" Tang jingpang's fingers gently knocked on the armrest of taishiye. He frowned at the thought of going to those dirty mud fields. "Later, I'll go to that place where birds don't poop. I don't want Qin to read my book in front of the prince."

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Tens of thousands of people in Yingchuan have been hit by the disaster. The leader of Qingping county is so anxious that he wants to pawn all his jewelry and exchange it for silver to buy food and help 250 victims.

Because of this, Princess Dachang has a lot of silver on her temples. She is the princess of Xuanyuan family, and all the people in the world are the people of Xuanyuan Jue.

Looking at the suffering of the people, she naturally felt bad. She told the Xun family to be thrifty and donated 300 stones of grain to the victims. She wanted to lead the Yingchuan family to raise money for food.

But I didn't expect that in a few days, the total amount of grain raised, together with that of Xunfu, was only 500 stones, which was just a drop in the bucket for tens of thousands of victims.

There are many families in Yingchuan, but they refuse to give generously in the face of people's suffering. The eldest princess is very angry and has a worse headache.

But because Qin Shizhen can't get rid of himself at this time, the eldest princess knows the truth and has been suffering from a headache. She didn't call him to treat her.

"Grandmother." Qingping county master looked at her grandmother, who was so worried about this that she fell ill, and said, "what do you say to do?"

This time, the families seemed to have negotiated with each other. Everyone was crying with her, but she squeezed out a little bit of money. Although the eldest princess was old, she was not confused and struggled to get up, "help me up, I want to find Tang Jing."