After a few days, we finally arrived in Shandong again.
When we arrived at the county seat, although we didn't see the team transporting food, we could see the people in the distance.
Some of the people lined up, holding bowls, waiting to be served rice.
Some also came to the side after taking it and started to gobble it up.
Seeing everything in front of him, the master smiled.
Presumably the officers and soldiers who transported food knew that rescuing people was like putting out fires, so they transported food very quickly.
The food has been escorted here a long time ago, which can solve the urgent needs of the local people.
I was still thinking and worried that some corrupt officials would embezzle the food, but it turned out that I was overthinking it.
Seeing how these people were devouring their food, they must have been hungry for many days and finally had a full meal today.
After taking a look at the sky, it was getting dark now. I could rest in the city for a night and then set off to Chang'an City with peace of mind.
"Come on, come on, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry.
Today’s meal is enough, if you are not full, you can continue to line up to serve the meal until everyone is full.”
Look, now that we have food, we are very confident. We usually only have one bowl per person. If we want to eat more, we have no chance at all.
But now I can eat whatever I want.
Today's Holy Emperor is really a benevolent and righteous king, and for a while my heart was a little shaken.
After going to Chang'an City this time and meeting His Majesty in person, if it doesn't work out, I might as well arrange for a few members of the Kong family to come to Chang'an City to take up posts.
"Get off the car and let's go over and see how the rice porridge went this time?"
"It's Master."
The master's carriage stopped beside the victims, got out of the carriage, and walked forward slowly.
Seeing a victim devouring food with the naked eye made my heart gradually calm down.
Maybe my previous idea was wrong. My officials in Shandong are all good officials.
When I walked to the porridge shed.
In the meantime, the official was serving meals to each of the victims, while talking.
"Everyone, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, there is something for everyone, I guarantee you will have enough for two meals a day."
The master nodded secretly, this time the porridge should be served with chopsticks.
I looked into the basin with a smile on my face, and then I saw what was in the porridge basin.
I only felt my head spinning, and my whole body took a few steps back.
At this moment, my brain only felt like it was buzzing, and there was blood in my mouth that was about to spurt out!
Is the porridge in this basin?
Is it possible that I haven’t read enough and can’t tell the difference between porridge and wheat bran?
Is this porridge?
This is obviously wheat bran, and wheat bran is purely for animals.
This time they are human, and they actually give food to the people that is meant for animals. Are they still human?
"You bastards, what are you doing?"
This angry rebuke attracted everyone's attention, but everyone just raised their heads for a glance, and then started to lower their heads and wolf down, as if they were afraid that others would take away their things!
"Stop it all, stop it, are you guys still human?"
As he said that he didn't know where the strength came from, the big pot of wheat chaff was pushed directly to the ground by the master.
Wheat chaff was scattered all over the ground.
When the cooked wheat bran was scattered on the ground, the surrounding people rushed to rob it.
Some grabbed it with their hands and put it into their mouths crazily, while a few people rushed over quickly and almost hit the master.
The official was about to get angry when he saw that it was the master that day. Seeing the refugees rushing towards him, he quickly pulled the master aside.
Quickly arrange manpower to deal with this group of victims, let them all line up, do not snatch!
"You, you, are you still human?"
The husband was so angry that he was out of breath.
The rice porridge I drank before was not up to the standard of the court's disaster relief, and I was a little angry.
But after I understood what happened later, I wasn't so angry anymore.
But now when I see everything in front of me, I am stunned that even such a gentle person like me has begun to use foul language!
"Beasts, you are all a bunch of beasts, beasts!"
"I want to see your county magistrate."
When I saw those officials, if I hadn't been well-educated enough, I would have really wanted to step forward and slap them hard in the face.
When I met the county magistrate, I was moved by his sincerity.
But now that someone has done such a dirty thing, how can people not be angry?
"Master, didn't you go to Chang'an?
Why are you back again? I wonder what made Master so angry?"
The county magistrate was very confused. According to their speed, it shouldn't be so fast from here to Chang'an, right?
Or did something happen halfway?
"Hmph, what made me so angry? You actually have the nerve to ask me?
I ask you, where is the food for the disaster relief in the court?
Where did you get it?"
"Food, Master, what kind of food?"
The county magistrate looked confused. He didn't understand what the master meant.
"I'm angry, I'm angry. Now that we're in this place, are you still pretending to me? Are you still pretending to me?
On the way to Chang'an, I saw several hundred grain-carrying vehicles.
Isn’t that the food that came for disaster relief?
Don't tell me that all the food has been eaten by the victims, and don't treat me like a three-year-old.
When I saw the food, I rushed over."
"Ah, Master, maybe you have misunderstood something.
The official has been providing disaster relief in this city and has never seen any food.
If you don’t believe me, please send someone to our county government office to investigate in person.
If Master doesn't believe me, then the city will be surrounded by people.
If a carriage comes to our city, the people outside can also see it.
I can lie to the Master, but it is impossible for the people outside to lie to the Master."
"Is this true?"
Seeing the appearance of the county magistrate, Master's expression gradually recovered.
"What the hell is going on?
I clearly saw soldiers escorting the grain."
After hearing what the master said, the county magistrate thought for a moment and expressed his thoughts.
After the magistrate finished speaking, the master thought for a moment.
That's right, the people and horses they met on the road were exactly the same as what the county magistrate said, whether they were dressed or organized.
What's the mystery here?
Seeing the Master's appearance, the county magistrate also understood what he meant.
He could only sigh helplessly.
"Sigh, Master, you have misunderstood. Those hundreds of carriages are indeed troops transporting grain.
However, the food transported was not food for disaster relief.
Instead, the military rations in the southern territory will be transported to the northern border.
Now the Tang Dynasty is at war with the Turks, and those grains are going to the border front lines for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
I heard the county magistrate finish these words.
The master snorted coldly.
"Start the war, start the war, Tiantian Jing knows how to start the war, Jing knows how to fight, this foolish king.
Nowadays, the people of the Tang Dynasty do not have enough food to eat, and they are still thinking about war.
Is this war really so important?
We fight every day, and we simply don’t care about the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
We fight every day, we fight every day, wouldn’t it be okay if we don’t fight?”
Confucius was very angry and said what he said.
The local officials quickly stepped forward to cover the master's mouth.
If this sentence reaches the ears of His Majesty today, it would be strange if His Majesty is not furious.
But as soon as the magistrate said these words, the master snorted again.
"I just said this, so what can I do?
Not to mention here, even in Chang'an City, in the main hall of the imperial palace, I will say this.
This foolish king knows how to fight every day and has no regard for the life and death of his people.
If the Tang Dynasty does not go to war with the Turks this year, will all this food be able to help the people of the Tang Dynasty?
In this case, why did the people of the Tang Dynasty suffer such a disaster?"
As soon as the war started, everyone knew that the supplies consumed were huge.
For the same population, the food consumed in war is twice or more than that consumed in peacetime.
Mainly because soldiers fighting at the front consume a lot of physical energy.
Moreover, in addition to the soldiers fighting at the front, there are also consumption of civilians, war horses, etc.
All kinds of consumption must be calculated together, and production has not yet occurred.
Our Tang Dynasty had already started war with the Turks in the spring.
They expect this war to last one to two years. During such a time, the consumption of food will be even greater.
If we don't go to war with the Turks and all the food consumed on the front lines is allocated, how many people in the Tang Dynasty will survive?
For your own desire for hegemony, do you not care about the life and death of the people in the world?
This is not a foolish king, so what is this? This chapter has been completed!