Liu E rubbed her brows and put down the note in her hand. She was indeed a little tired after looking at it for a long time.
Suzhou, Huzhou, and Xiuzhou were all hit by disasters, especially Xiuzhou. Five months have passed since the first month of the year, and the disaster has still not been resolved.
In addition, Suzhou and Huzhou are both important grain-producing areas. If they are hit by floods, this year's summer tax will definitely be greatly affected.
On the other side, Mrs. Lin saw that Liu E had stopped reviewing his papers, and quickly took advantage of the gap to bring a cup of tea.
"Empress."
Liu E picked up the tea on the plate and then made a sudden movement.
"Has Sixth Brother benefited from studying there recently?"
"The officials are very serious in their studies, and Yan Xueshi is also very serious in their teaching."
Lin has followed Liu E for many years, so she naturally understands the meaning of the Queen Mother's words, and her answers are also very clever.
The word ‘serious’ is enough to explain everything.
"I understand."
After drinking tea, Liu E gently put down the tea cup and said, "Brother Six, remember to remind me when he goes to class tomorrow."
seeing is believing.
Liu E plans to go to Yiying Pavilion in person tomorrow to take a look. If everything is normal, the affairs of the Imperial Medical Bureau and the Taiping Huimin Bureau can also be started.
After all, this was what she promised herself at that time.
"yes."
At this moment, the voice of the enshrined official Jiang Deming came from the door.
"Mother, there is an urgent report from Dingling."
When Liu E heard this, she glanced at Lin, who understood.
"Come in and talk."
Jiang Deming is a new candidate Liu E has recently been looking for to replace Lei Yungong.
Lin received the report from Jiang Deming and then waved him to leave the inner hall.
After a while, Liu E quickly read the report submitted by Lan Jizong, and then a gloomy look flashed in her eyes.
The palace is in trouble!
However, the current situation is different from her initial expectations.
Not only will Lei Yungong not be punished for this incident, but he will be rewarded.
Even if Lei Yungong has fallen out of favor now, he should still be rewarded for what he deserves.
'pity.'
Liu E sighed slightly in her heart, unable to take this opportunity to attack Ding Wei.
"Let Jiang Deming go to the political hall and summon the ministers of the two governments to the small hall at the inner east gate to discuss matters."
Soon, Liu E adjusted her mood. The trouble in the palace was a big deal after all, and she had to discuss it carefully with the ministers of the two governments.
Funing Hall.
Li Jie didn't know about the water leak in the imperial hall. After all, the urgent report from Dingling was presented to the Queen Mother.
However, he has not been idle recently.
Although Song Renzong reigned for a long time in history, the old Zhao family had a family history and had to be on guard.
Therefore, he created a set of health-preserving boxing techniques based on his current physical condition.
This boxing technique has little power and its main function is to maintain health.
certainly.
In addition to practicing his own boxing, he also compiled a set of boxing techniques for Zhang Maoze. The focus of this set of boxing techniques is not on maintaining health.
Instead, it is more practical.
The official taught him how to practice boxing for no apparent reason. Although Zhang Maoze felt strange, after practicing a few times, Zhang Maoze no longer had any doubts in his mind.
No time.(1 to 3 p.m.)
Zhang Mao took a long breath and slowly put away his boxing frame.
'As expected of Ouchi's secret technique.'
He could feel his body slowly getting stronger.
More than a month later, Zhang Mao felt that his body had become significantly stronger.
'I'm stronger again!'
Zhang Mao clenched his fingers tightly and clenched his fist hard.
If he faced himself two months ago, he was confident that he could fight one against two.
After being intoxicated for a while, Zhang Mao quickly rinsed his body and then hurried to the main hall.
At this point, the officials should wake up.
On the way to the main hall, all the chamberlains and palace attendants Zhang Maoze met stopped one after another and greeted him respectfully.
Nowadays, among the chamberlains of Funing Hall, who doesn’t know that Zhang Maoze is a popular figure in the eyes of the officials?
Although Zhang Maoze's grade is not high, sometimes grade is not that important.
All this is a brand new experience for Zhang Maoze.
This feeling made him a little intoxicated.
Fortunately, he has always had a calm temperament, so he didn't get carried away.
Walking into the inner hall, Zhang Mao found that the officials had already gotten up and were now reading the notes sent from the Queen Mother.
Of course, these notes have been reviewed and are not timely.
The notes that Li Jie is reading now are from last month. The notes in his hand are about the disaster in Xiuzhou.
The letter was handed over by Zhao He, the envoy of Huainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jinghu. He mentioned in the letter that he hoped that the imperial court could use Changpingcang corn to provide disaster relief.
(Huainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jinghu established shipping envoys to be in charge of the supply of millet to the capital on the six southeast routes, as well as part-time control of the tea, salt, incense, and other taxes on the six routes)
Changpingcang was an institution established during the Taizong period of the Song Dynasty. It purchased grain at high prices in good years and sold it to the people at low prices in disaster years, thus stabilizing prices.
For disaster relief, it is common practice to open Changpingcang, and both Zhongshu and the Queen Mother agreed to Zhao He's application.
However, another piece of advice in the note was not so lucky.
Zhao He suggested dredging the rivers in Su, Hu and Xiuzhou to clean up the siltation, so as to avoid further disasters in the three states in the coming year.
His suggestion was naturally good, as the two governments and the Queen Mother also knew that dredging could effectively alleviate the disaster.
However, dredging is very costly and involves a lot of work. It cannot be done with just an edict and the dredging work can be completed.
Nowadays, the two palaces and the Queen Mother are focusing on building the mausoleum and fighting for power and profit.
Therefore, this proposal was shelved.
After all, the disaster has not reached an unsustainable level, and the number of affected households in the three states is only tens of thousands.
It would not be too late to open a Changping warehouse first to keep the victims from causing trouble. After the situation in the capital stabilizes, we can discuss dredging the river.
After reading Zhao He's notes, Li Jie couldn't help but sigh.
The people in the eyes of the ancients are completely different from the people of later generations.
People in the Song Dynasty called "the world belongs to the people of the world," and the word "world" does not include the people at the bottom.
It would be more appropriate to change it to 'the world is the world of scholar-bureaucrats'.
Tens of thousands of households were affected by the disaster, and at least hundreds of thousands, or even more, were affected.
But in the eyes of Liu E and others, the disaster was not that important.
In which year will there be no disasters in the world?
Open Changpingcang, urge local officials to do their best to rescue, and persuade local wealthy people to lend a helping hand. With a three-pronged approach, ordinary disasters will pass.
If that doesn't work, then bring food from other places. Finally, there is a trick to recruit the hungry people in the disaster-stricken areas into the Xiang army.
If all else fails and the hungry people revolt and cause trouble, then send the Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army to suppress it.
It's just a disaster, it can't turn the sky upside down, and the sky won't fall down either.
Anyway, the capital area will not be short of food and clothing, and disasters in other places will not affect them from continuing to play music and dance.