The county magistrate is dead!

Just like that, he was hung up in front of the county government office!

Where did this army come from to be able to do such a thing?

The people were shocked.

But I soon learned the answer.

Your Majesty is here!

Seeing the appearance of many emperor's cavalry and a large group of royal guards showed that His Majesty is really here!

The reason for coming to this remote place in the northwest is naturally because of the serious disaster.

The news spread quickly throughout the county, and the refugees gathered around and knelt down outside the county government office.

No one else, just to stutter.

Not only people from the county, but also refugees passing by in exile gathered here.

Guan Ning had already expected it.

He knew that when he showed up, this would be the result.

Asking for food.

But how could so many victims be saved?

Zhao Nanxing quickly arranged for people to go to the county to liquidate the warehouses and take inventory. Fortunately, the water was intercepted in time and the Hongyu Chamber of Commerce did not transport it away, but the stored grain was not enough to save the emergency.

The current situation seems to be simply not enough!

At this time, the role of County Magistrate Pan Shun came into play.

The notice was posted and Jin Yiwei was sent to read it in person.

The county magistrate Pan Shun collaborated with the southern merchants to resell relief grains, and Your Majesty came to investigate this matter.

Relief grain was available, but it was all resold.

The common people probably also knew about this, so the conflict was transferred.

Pan Shun, who was hanging at the gate of the county government office, was whipped to death and despised by everyone, and soon his tribesmen were also killed in a row.

This actually calmed the public dissatisfaction.

But the fundamental problem still needs to be solved!

Food is the foundation!

"Your Majesty, we must put out food and give porridge."

Zhao Nanxing looked solemn.

Knowing that the emperor is coming and refugees are coming in waves, it is not enough to kill a corrupt official, something must be done.

You can't just come and go around in a circle, then where is the holy meaning?

But the current grain reserves are simply not enough.

"Damn Pan Shun, even killing the ten tribes of him is not enough!"

Zhao Nanxing couldn't help but curse.

He had always felt that the punishment of killing the Nine Tribes was too cruel, but now he felt that it was too light to treat someone like Pan Shun.

He has made inquiries in the past two days.

The relief grains distributed by the imperial court went to the prefecture, and the prefecture went to the prefecture, and the prefecture distributed them to the counties.

Li Changqing, the state herdsman, has strict supervision over this and is not allowed to intercept it.

In other words, the relief food was originally sufficient, but it was resold by Pan Shun. Since the relief began, the business has not stopped.

Some people in the county government originally opposed it, but he used coercion, inducement and other means to get them into the dark side and join in the conspiracy!

This resulted in insufficient relief food.

Recovery will take time, and the key is that it is difficult to understand what is needed right now.

"Let's serve porridge first."

Guan Ning said: "I can't show my presence when I come, and I can't let anyone starve to death again."

"Based on the current grain storage, I'm afraid it won't take long. There are too many victims."

"They are not necessarily all victims of the disaster. This is because they know that I am here, and those who originally had food in stock also came here to fight against the autumn wind."

Human nature is like this, how could Guan Ning not understand it.

"I will leave in about two days. During this time, I can put away some food and then give out the full amount of porridge."

"Then let's leave?"

"I won't put food out after I leave, I will only give out porridge."

"Based on the current number of disaster victims, full porridge distribution will not last long."

"After we left, the amount of rice for the porridge was halved, which ensured that we would not starve to death. Tongzhou might not have any food. The imperial court allocated so much but did not put it down. So where did it go?"

Guan Ning said: "In addition to reselling, a large part of it has been hoarded. We visited several major grain stores before, and they hoarded it. They recovered all the grain and then allocated it for allocation."

Zhao Nanxing nodded.

This is a way.

In short, the court cannot allocate funds for the time being.

If we don't rectify the atmosphere, we won't be able to reach the people even if we try to do it, and we don't know who will get an advantage.

Zhao Nanxing asked again: "This will take time. At present, the government's food reserves may not be able to support it until then."

He hesitated to speak.

"Are there any measures that can be taken?"

Guan Ning said it directly.

"Add sand to the porridge."

Zhao Nanxing's expression didn't change, he thought the same way.

Su Xiuyuan was quite puzzled.

"Your Majesty, why is this happening? If the porridge is mixed with sand, won't you be stabbed in the back by the people?"

"No, this is for real refugees!"

Guan Ning said: "As I said just now, not everyone is a refugee, and there are still many people who have food in their homes. However, if they want to mix in, these people will get involved, which will make the people who are refugees have less food.

You can’t even eat it.”

"For hungry refugees, even if it is porridge mixed with sand, they can drink it. Not to mention full, at least they will not starve to death. However, those refugees who have food in stock will not fight for it when they see that the porridge is mixed with sand.

…”

Su Xiuyuan suddenly realized.

It turns out there are so many ways to do this.

Yes.

Who wouldn’t want what comes for free, but there is only so much food, so how to get it to the real refugees is a big problem.

Put out food and serve porridge as normal.

No matter how much there is, it's not enough.

This method is necessary and is indeed for real refugees.

"Wouldn't that be bad for your reputation?"

Su Xiuyuan had some concerns.

How could the emperor mix sand into the porridge?

"The magistrate of Mao County hasn't been killed yet. Let him do it after we leave."

Zhao Nanxing said: "The common people only scold the audacious dog officials, and they will not scold Your Majesty."

"After all, when His Majesty is here, everything is fine."

"Understood."

Su Xiuyuan nodded.

You can really learn a lot by following this trip.

“To do good things, you also need to pay attention to strategies and methods.”

Guan Ning said: "Of course, this is a helpless move. The court cannot always allocate funds, and rectifying the atmosphere is also the key."

When he said this, he became extremely angry.
To be continued...