A few days later, Ruan Yuan asked Jiaqing about Lun Guili's handling of the matter, and the report was sent to Jiaqing's desk along with the memorial for disaster relief in western Zhejiang. Jiaqing also summoned several military and aircraft ministers to discuss two important matters.

"This Ruan Yuan has been the governor for more than half a year, why is he still so cautious?" Although Jiaqing said this, Qinggui, Dong Gao and others could hear that Jiaqing did not mean to blame Ruan Yuan. As expected,

Jiaqing continued: "This Lun Guili dares to threaten me just because he has the title of Marquis of Jinlu of Annan. How can he be a marquis? It is a hypocrisy for the officials and nobles in the world not to wait for my decree to confer the title."

What qualifications does he have to claim to be the Marquis of Jinlu in front of our Qing rulers and ministers? I see that this Lun Guili was originally a subject of the Qing Dynasty, but he defected to Annan first, and took Annan's troops to plunder our Zhejiang coast.

Having no father and no king, cruelty to the people is enough to be like Ling Chi! It makes no sense for him to use Ruan Guangzhan's edict as a talisman! After passing the edict, Lun Guili did not need to be escorted to Beijing. As soon as the imperial edict arrived, he was sent to Hangzhou

Di Lingchi will be executed! Also, Qinggui, in my name, send a decree to Ruan Guangzuan, asking him whether Lun Guili is his private minister? He led troops to plunder the coastal counties of Fujian and Zhejiang. Is there any other Ruan Guangzuan?

No matter what his situation is, this edict must be sternly issued to him! What does he mean, I still don’t know? In the past few years, I thought that the imperial army was fighting in Sichuan and Shaanxi and had no time to take care of him, so I had a disobedient heart.

, At present, in the Sichuan and Shaanxi battlefields, there are consecutive battles and victories, and the eradication of the bandits is just around the corner. If he, Ruan Guangzuan, knows the current affairs, he will know what to do!"

"Your Majesty, I will go down and draw up an edict right now, and I will make Lord Ruan of Annan surrender to my great authority again!" Qinggui had no other opinions on Jiaqing's handling this time. And what Jiaqing said was also true.

Under the active fighting of the three generals Lebao, Eldenbao and Delengtai, in just half a year, the anti-Qing forces of the White Lotus Sect, which had reached the end of their strength, suffered repeated defeats. By the time the autumn of the fifth year of Jiaqing entered the autumn, the battlefield situation in Sichuan and Chu had already changed.

It gradually became more advantageous to the Qing army. Anyone with insight knew that as long as time was given and the encirclement and suppression continued, this battle would definitely end with the Qing army winning.

"Also in this memorial, Ruan Yuan said that western Zhejiang was hit by hurricanes and heavy rains this year. Most of the farmland in more than ten prefectures and counties has been lost. There are about 300,000 victims. He requested the imperial court to allocate 400,000 dan for food relief...

Dong Gao, you are also from Zhejiang, are the disasters in Zhejiang true?" Jiaqing continued to ask.

Dong Gao also immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the disaster situation in Zhejiang is indeed as Ruan Yuan said. My family is in Fuyang, so recently many officials from the Zhejiang Guild Hall came to inform me about the disaster in Zhejiang. Jinhua, Chuzhou and other places in western Zhejiang,

The disaster was still severe. Furthermore, the Zhejiang chief envoy Liu Xu, the inspector-general Qin Ying, and the scholar-administrator Liu Wei who had previously been entrusted by the emperor to the ministers also mentioned the disaster in western Zhejiang. Therefore, the minister believed that it was urgent to decentralize food relief.

As for the specific disaster situation, I have read Ruan Yuan's memorial and have also attached it. The Ministry of Household Affairs will check it together and decide the amount of relief grains to be distributed based on the number of people reported by Ruan Yuan."

"Since there is no time to delay, let's quickly go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to jointly distribute relief grains. I usually read the records of Emperor Gaozong and know clearly the amount of food relief for the victims. Ruan Yuan reported to the victims and distributed relief at the rate of 400,000 stones, which is in line with the old practice. If the Ministry of Household Affairs does not have

If you have other opinions, please give an order to Zhejiang as soon as possible to leave 400,000 shi of grain for relief purposes. How about that?" Jiaqing knew that he would only be in charge for more than a year, and the disaster relief must be handled in time to revive people's hearts. Just according to the rules,

Relief distribution needs to be discussed together by the Ministry of Household Affairs, so this decision is made. We hope that the Ministry of Household Affairs will take action as soon as possible to avoid delays.

Neither Dong Gao nor Dai Quheng had any objections to Jiaqing's decisions. Even Qinggui, who had always been prejudiced against Ruan Yuanchang, saw that the disaster relief was a major undertaking and had no other objections. Ruan Yuan's two memorials were quickly approved.

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In early August, Jiaqing's edict was sent back to Hangzhou. After Ruan Yuan received the edict, he immediately mentioned Lun Guili and executed him in Hangzhou. Lun Guili tried to rely on Ruan Guangzuan to threaten Jiaqing's life-saving plan, but he was

Jiaqing was crushed directly.

Naturally, Lunguili did not know that only three months later, Ruan Guangzuan's petition also arrived in Beijing. In the petition, he claimed that he was ignorant and should not have offended the Qing Dynasty. Although Lunguili privately ennobled himself, he went north to plunder

, it was purely Lunguili’s personal behavior, not his own instruction, and he fully recognized Jiaqing’s decision to execute Lunguili.

Even so, Ruan Guangzuan was at the end of his rope in Annan. Nguyen Fu Anh's old Ruan army continued to advance northward, winning consecutive battles, and finally broke through Hanoi in the seventh year of Jiaqing. Ruan Guangzhan was captured and killed, and the Ruan family in the west mountains of Annan was destroyed. After Ruan Fu Anh unified Annan,

Jiaqing requested for canonization from Shangshu, and hoped to use the name Nanyue instead of Annan. However, Jiaqing considered that Nanyue was originally the name of the country founded by Zhao Tuo of Guangdong during the Western Han Dynasty, and worried that Ruan Fuying had disobedient intentions, so he reversed the word Nanyue and changed it to

After the establishment of Vietnam, Nguyen Phuc Anh was canonized as the King of Vietnam, and the name of Vietnam began from then on.

With the gradual defeat of the Annan pirates, the focus of Zhejiang's coastal defense gradually shifted to the Fujian and Zhejiang pirates.

But for Ruan Yuan at this time, disaster relief was the top priority. Shortly after Jiaqing issued the edict, the Jiabai Gang also came to inform Ruan Yuan that they had, together with other Cao Gangs, transported 400,000 shi of grain needed in western Zhejiang to Hangzhou. Ruan Yuan

He asked Commander-in-Chief Li Gengyun to distribute the relief items one by one according to the number of victims reported by each county. All the relief matters were made public, so that there would be no room for fraud for those who the prefecture and county officials tried to defraud in secret.

However, Ruan Yuan could not rest assured about the disaster relief. Only a few days after the relief started, Ruan Yuan informed his family that he decided to go south in person to Jinhua and Chuzhou to inspect the relief situation. He also took Yang Ji and Jiao with him.

Following the journey southward, we followed the river all the way up, and arrived in Jinhua within a few days. Looking at the river, it was still calm. Along the way, although several counties were affected by the disaster, the relief work was relatively stable. Ruan Yuan also gradually recalled that during the Jiaqing period,

When I was a year old, I witnessed the tragic scene of drowning babies on the nearby river...

"Bo Yuan, are you... but are you remembering what happened the year before last?" Jiao Xun looked at Ruan Yuan's appearance and naturally knew what he was thinking. At that time, he and Ruan Yuan were going south to supervise schools, and he still had fresh memories of the suffering of the people here.

He also said to Ruan Yuan: "I felt uncomfortable looking at those children at that time. I thought that after all, we were just studying politics at that time, and our salary was meager and not enough for the big needs. But now you are the governor, we...

We can finally think about changing our customs and changing this bad habit. If you also have this intention, I will help you ask more about the local people when I arrive in Jinhua. Maybe I can find some ways to let the children survive in the future.

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"Thank you so much, Li Tang." Ruan Yuan saw Jiao Xun taking the initiative to help, and was naturally moved. He couldn't help but sigh: "This time I went south, that's what I had in mind. We have to handle the disaster relief, but we can't put off the children's affairs any longer.

.Now that we are here, we must find a way to get out!"

The boat sailed south for another half day and arrived at Jinhua Fucheng. Although Yan Rong, the prefect of Jinhua, knew that his father-in-law Wang Chang was a distinguished guest of Ruan Yuan's imperial court, he also knew that after Ruan Yuan took office, he would not accept any gifts from his subordinates.

Fan Yuan was more merciful to him, so he followed the usual etiquette and welcomed Ruan Yuan into the Jinhua Mansion Yamen.

Sure enough, Ruan Yuan didn't ask much about the relationship between Yan Rong and Wang Chang. He only paid the usual official courtesy and followed Yan Rong into the government office. As soon as he sat down, Ruan Yuan asked Yan Rong: "Yan Rong, Yan Rong,

The court's disaster relief food has been distributed to various counties in the past few days? How is the distribution situation in each county? Is there a shortage of food relief? Can the people who receive the relief be safe? "

"Zhongcheng is really the reborn parent of the common people." Yan Rong praised: "As for the disaster relief, I have been asking the subordinate counties in the past few days. At present, the food relief is sufficient. Regarding the announcement, I have also sent subordinate officials.

I went to visit, and in all the villages I saw, the amount of food provided for the people had been announced, and all the merchants who came were strictly restrained according to the orders of Zhongcheng. At least within a month or two, I believe that there will be enough food for the people.

The order is implemented, just..."

"If there is any problem, it's okay to say it." Ruan Yuandao.

"It's just Zhongcheng, do you think this amount of food relief is not enough?" Yan Rong asked: "I heard that the food relief Zhongcheng asked for this time is only 400,000 dan, and the disaster in Jinhua is more serious.

, so 150,000 dan were distributed. However, the official also visited the disaster area the day before yesterday and saw that the number of people receiving relief was far greater than the official expected. The official was worried that the relief food could last for four months.

I’m afraid that within two or three months, I will…”

"Yanfutai, your report on the number of victims should be correct, right?" Ruan Yuandao said: "I am reporting to the emperor this time to request for relief food. It is based on the number of victims you reported, the condition of each person's disaster, and the unavoidable factors.

After the depletion, 400,000 dan of food relief was ordered. If you think that the food is not enough for the victims, there is only one possibility, that is, you falsely reported the number of victims! You underreported the number of victims, trying to perfunctory the emperor's order and whitewash the peace.

So this time the relief food is distributed, your place is not enough, right?"

"Zhongcheng, I have never falsely reported the number of people." Yan Rong said in surprise: "Before I ordered the subordinate counties to investigate the number of victims in detail, I also told them that if they concealed the information, they would be impeached.

How can the counties below dare to act rashly? However, the official has also looked at the number of people who have provided food relief for disaster relief in the past. For those who have the number of victims this year, the food relief is more than 200,000 dan. From this point of view, these 150,000 dan
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