July of the ninth year of Emperor Chongming.

Inside Wuying Hall.

At this time, Emperor Chongming's face was gloomy, and the eunuch and palace goddess who had been dismissed long ago were solemn and nervous. They were afraid that if they were not careful, they would be punished by the emperor and suffer disaster in vain.

Gao Xian stood outside the hall and said to everyone in a cold voice: "It's a good job to serve you. If you fail in your errand, we want you to look good."

All the eunuchs and maids responded tremblingly: "Yes."

At the head of the palace, stood a man wearing a four-clawed python robe and yellow clothes. Looking at his face, he vaguely looked like Emperor Chongming.

This man is about thirty years old. He is Liu Yu, the eighth son of the Supreme Emperor and the younger brother of Emperor Chongming's mother.

Since Emperor Chongming ascended the throne, he was named a county king, stayed in the household department for several years, and was promoted to prince, in charge of the household affairs, and was named Zhongshun.

Seeing Emperor Chongming's gloomy face, King Zhongshun stepped forward and said, "Brother, it's useless to be angry now. The Yellow River has been overflowing for thousands of years. Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a year when the people did not suffer from the Yellow River. Brother, you don't have to feel guilty."

The top priority should be to build river embankments and provide relief to the victims."

Emperor Chongming sighed after hearing this and said worriedly: "Eighth brother, I don't know, but there is no money left in the national treasury. You are the head of the household department, so you should know better than me."

As the chief official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, King Zhongshun naturally knew that the current treasury was less than 500,000 taels, and this time the yellow disaster affected Henan and Shandong provinces. More than a dozen river embankments were breached, and millions of victims were displaced.

One hundred thousand taels of treasury money is a drop in the bucket, and it is really difficult to solve this disaster.

The state treasury is in such a state that it is really unsustainable, and the officials in the court only know how to allocate funds for disaster relief, but they can't make any suggestions. It is really a waste of time.

Thinking of this, King Zhongshun had no choice.

Emperor Chongming thought for a moment and said: "For the current plan, we can only allocate 400,000 taels from the national treasury to buy grain from wealthy households in the Zhili area and transport it to the disaster-stricken areas to meet the urgent needs. The remaining shortcomings will be left to the eighth brother.

, I order you as an imperial envoy to go to the south of the Yangtze River to raise funds to buy grain, help the victims through the winter, and repair the damaged river embankments."

Upon hearing this, King Zhongshun immediately responded: "My brother, I accept the order."

Emperor Chongming saw King Zhongshun looking strange and asked, "Is there any difficulty?"

King Zhongshun heard this and replied: "My brother should share the worries of my brother."

Emperor Chongming nodded with satisfaction. His younger brother, who was from the same mother, was the person he trusted the most. As always, he shared his worries. Compared with a hypocritical younger brother, it was much more worry-free.

However, raising money is not a good thing. This disaster has affected millions of people. In addition to the treasury funds allocated by the state treasury, there is a shortfall of at least two million taels of silver. Whether this can be raised is another matter. Even if it is raised,

That is also an errand that offends people.

Thousands of miles of land and millions of victims are directly related to the country and the country. If we don't send capable people to help with the work with all their heart, many people will starve to death. Otherwise, Emperor Chongming would not let him do this.

Drudgery.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongming seemed to remember something and said: "Eighth brother, I will give you a helper. If there is any trouble, let him deal with it."

"Help?" King Zhongshun was stunned when he heard this, wondering who the "helper" Emperor Chongming was talking about.

Emperor Chongming did not show off, and said directly: "I have the Chief of the Guards Division next to me, Jia Yun."

"Jia Yun..." King Zhongshun knew this person. He remembered that Emperor Chongming had told him last time about the abolition of the Ding tax, and it was this man named Jia Yun who proposed it.

I have met Jia Yun several times in the past, but I don't think there is anything extraordinary about him. I just know that Jia Yun is extremely loyal to Emperor Chongming.

Emperor Chongming talked about Jia Yun at this time, and said with a smile: "This boy dares to propose the abolition of the Ding tax and spread the tax into the fields. He must not be afraid of offending people. What's more, in Jiangnan, the children of the Jia family are always easy to do.

If there is anything that is inconvenient for you to come forward, just let that kid do it, and it’s just a good time to give this kid a try."

When King Zhongshun heard this, he immediately understood that the four major families in the south of the Yangtze River were Jia, Shi, Wang, Xue, and the Jia family. As a descendant of the Jia family, Jia Yun was indeed much more convenient to do things. Moreover, he could also take this opportunity to test Jia Yun's quality to see if he could be a great leader.

use.

As Emperor Chongming's most trusted younger brother, he knew Emperor Chongming's purpose.

Ever since he learned that Jia Yun, a descendant of the Jia family, was at odds with the Jia family, he had been training in the border areas for four years and gained qualifications. Emperor Chongming had an idea in his mind.

After summoning Jia Yun to Beijing, Emperor Chongming had been observing Jia Yun. Originally, he wanted Jia Yun to stay in the Imperial Academy for two years to observe and see if he could be reused. However, after Jia Yun proposed to abolish the Ding tax, Emperor Chongming knew that Jia Yun

Yun and Xungui are not the same person, so they were promoted and appointed only now.

However, the matter was so important that Emperor Chongming would not judge Jia Yun's loyalty based on this alone.

After taking office, the internal guards have been monitoring Jia Yun's every move. For the time being, he has done his duty and can't see anything unusual.

However, even so, one should not rest assured.

Now when it comes to raising funds, the Jiangnan gentry must be trying to push each other away. If so, it would be a good time to test whether Jia Yun's sharp knife is sharp...

Wanting to understand the key, King Zhongshun said respectfully: "My brother understands."

Emperor Chongming saw the understanding look on King Zhongshun's face, and he was determined, and he ordered outside the palace: "Xuan Jia Yun."

...........

In the yamen of Gongwei Sifu.

Jia Yun was wearing a cool gauze shirt and resting on a table with his feet.

Nearly half a year has passed since Jia Rong got married. Since then, Jia Yun has not dealt with the Jia family again.

Perhaps Jia Yun's squeeze was so severe last time that Jia Mu and others no longer asked for trouble.

During this period, Xue Pan of the Xue family asked him to be his host, but Jia Yun refused bluntly. He took up his post at midnight every day, occasionally practicing "riding and shooting", and his life was nourishing.

"Da da da......"

Outside, Zeng Guofan, the deputy chief of staff in armor, walked in. Jia Yun heard the movement and opened his eyes to take a look. He saw traces of water all over his body. Jia Yun ordered: "Come here, prepare hot tea for Mr. Zeng."

The clerk on the side immediately brought a cup of hot tea. Zeng Guofan took the hot tea and said, "Thank you, sir."

Jia Yun nodded, listening to the patter of rain, Jia Yun couldn't help but frown, and said helplessly: "It has been raining for more than ten days, and I don't know when the weather will clear up."

Jia Yun hates rainy days and the like.

Zeng Guofan heard this and replied: "Sir, this is the time of season change, and it is normal for there to be more rain."

Jia Yun responded lightly, Zeng Guofan was right. The change of seasons from summer to autumn is a rainy season. As the saying goes, "Rain in autumn, wind in winter." This is the truth.

However, it rained too frequently. I heard that the Yellow River floods had caused countless injuries to the people, which made Emperor Chongming very angry.

When Jia Yun heard this, he sympathized with the victims, but court affairs were not something that Jia Yun should be concerned about, so he naturally sighed and stopped paying attention.

What we should pay attention to is that this autumn will rain more than usual, and the winter will be colder than usual. Being in the north, it seems that we need to prepare some winter supplies this winter.

Jia Yun turned his head and looked at Zeng Guofan, and ordered: "In this rainy season, let the brothers rotate more diligently, and prepare more ginger soup for the brothers to warm their bodies."

The guards in the palace have to stand guard on rainy days, which is too much for even a strong body.

Zeng Guofan responded: "I obey my orders."

Jia Yun nodded and said nothing. Jia Yun's management of the Guards Department was different from that at the border. Originally at the border, Jia Yun ate and lived with his soldiers.

In the Gongwei Department, Jia Yun ordered the people below to do most of the things, and Jia Yun almost always sat in charge of the government office.

On such a rainy day like this, Jia Yun never made any inspections, leaving everything to his two deputy chiefs.

It's not that Jia Yun is lazy, but that's how he should be held as the Chief of the Guards Division. If he gets involved with the people below, it will be a disaster. If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished. This is the right principle.

After giving the instructions, Jia Yun ignored him and yawned in boredom, thinking that if he lived like this in the future, it would actually be pretty good...

Just as Jia Yun was sighing with emotion, a chamberlain came in and flattered Jia Yun: "Master Jia, your Majesty has summoned you."

In the palace, these little eunuchs were all respectful to Jia Yun. In addition to Jia Yun's identity, the second reason was that Jia Yun had a good relationship with the chief manager Gao Xian. None of these little eunuchs dared to be presumptuous in front of Jia Yun.

Jia Yun frowned. His Majesty summoned him. This was no small matter. Jia Yun immediately stood up and ordered: "Go to the armor."

During the period of duty, when entering the palace to meet the saint, you must naturally wear gold and silver fish scale armor and a purple gold robe. This is work clothes and cannot be sloppy.

The armor is complicated and cannot be put on by oneself. Naturally, someone needs help.
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