Looking at Fang Chen's sincere eyes, the feeling that the deer was pounding and his heart was about to jump out of his chest came back yesterday.
She nodded heavily and smiled: "I believe you."
Fang Chen happily stood up and held the woman in his arms, enjoying the beautiful time between the two.
But just when he was immersed in the gentle land, there was no peace in the court.
The Chaohui Hall was unusually cold.
Empress Luo Ningxin looked at the civil and military officials and Zhang Yu, the Minister of Household Affairs who stood up to start the performance, and sneered.
"What happens now? At first, Fang Chen said that grain prices should be allowed to develop freely, which would lead to the flow of grain from the north to the disaster area."
"You are saying that this is a waste of human life and people will starve to death, so you asked me to allocate funds for disaster relief. What now? The relief funds have been robbed and the whereabouts are unknown. Floods broke out in the south for the second time. Millions of people's homes were destroyed and people were displaced."
"It's better now. All the refugees are fleeing to my imperial capital! Who is looking after human life! Who is trying to enrich the country!"
"Master Zhang, how much money do you want me to allocate for disaster relief this time?"
At the end of the sentence, Luo Ningxin almost shouted.
Many people looked at Zhang's group of Household Department officials jokingly.
The whereabouts of the disaster relief funds were unknown, and they all wondered where they had gone. After all, this was not the first time that Zhang Yu and his group had done this kind of thing.
Originally, Empress Lu Caihuang raised funds to temporarily delay the situation, but no one expected that the flood would break out again, and hundreds of thousands of people who fled came to the imperial capital.
Guys like Zhang Yu can also be said to be quite unlucky.
Listening to Her Majesty the Empress' roar, Zhang Yu's heart trembled slightly, but he could still resist this kind of accountability.
He immediately apologized and said: "Your Majesty, it is the veteran who has failed to live up to His Majesty's expectations, but Your Majesty, the people are innocent. Now there are no less than a hundred thousand people fleeing the disaster outside the imperial capital. The top priority is to solve the resettlement problem of the victims first, Your Majesty."
Listening to his words, Luo Ning was so heartbroken that she vomited blood. You old dog also knows that the people are innocent!
If it weren't for Zhang Yu's powerful force behind him, she would really want to behead him right now.
Calm down, now is not the time to break up with them!
Warning to herself in her heart, Luo Ningxin took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her chest, and then said: "The victims have arrived in the imperial capital. Is there anything you can do, ministers?"
One person thought for a while and came out and said: "Your Majesty, since the victims have arrived outside the imperial capital, we can set up a settlement outside to give the victims a place to stay."
"In addition, it is necessary to send imperial doctors to check the bodies of the victims to prevent the spread of diseases."
"The third problem is food. The biggest problem for the victims now is food and clothing. Food needs to be adjusted from the grain depot. In short, the victims should be fed first."
Someone frowned softly and said: "The autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and the food in the imperial capital's granary has not been replenished yet. I'm afraid it won't be able to support the mouths of these 100,000 people."
"Yes, one hundred thousand people would have to eat so much food in one day, it would be a bottomless pit!"
At this time, a man came out and said softly: "Your Majesty, I think we should let the victims into the city."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this and looked at the speaker, who was none other than Wu Xuan, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance.
A minister angrily shouted: "Wu Xuan, what are your intentions!"
If one hundred thousand disaster victims flooded into the imperial capital, it would be disastrous if there was any friction.
They were a group of hungry people, and now they would do anything just to stutter.
If something went wrong, wouldn't a hundred thousand people turn the imperial capital upside down?
Wu Xuan glanced at the minister who was scolding him and said calmly: "What kind of intentions can I have? Isn't it all to resettle the victims and comfort the people?"
"Please think carefully, why did the victims come to the Imperial Capital? Isn't it because they think this place can survive? If we block them outside the city and the victims cannot enter the city, how will they feel? Your Majesty's people's hearts are very important!
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"I agree with what Master Wu said."
One person stood up and said: "The food in the granary is not enough to sustain the food of 100,000 people for a long time. In this case, it is better to let the victims into the city, give them food and clothing for a few days, and then let the victims make a living on their own."
"As the old saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach a man to fish. If we continue to provide food relief, is it possible that the court can still save them for the rest of their lives?"
"It is not the case if the victims are allowed to enter the city. The imperial capital occupies a vast area and there are many merchants. Even if they have to carry dung, they will be able to feed themselves and they will not starve to death. Therefore, His Majesty also seconded the proposal to allow the victims to enter the city."
At one time, more than ten or twenty officials came out to second the proposal.
Looking at the faces that have close contact with the household department on weekdays.
Not only Luo Ning understood, but the other ministers also understood that this was another move by Zhang Dang.
But the purpose is unknown.
Luo Ningxin said calmly: "What if the victims are in trouble?"
Zhang Yu said softly: "We can mobilize the imperial city's imperial army to monitor at all times."
Her Majesty the Empress now regrets that she did not let Fang Chen go to court with him when he resigned just now.
If that guy was here, maybe there would be a solution.
But now only people like Zhang Yu are speaking out, and other officials either don't want to take responsibility or want to offend Party Zhang, so they all started to keep silent.
Her Majesty the Empress didn't have any good ideas in a short period of time, so she could only nod her head: "Yes, inform the imperial army and city guard officials to escort the victims into the city. They must be strictly guarded and the victims must not cause trouble in the imperial capital!"
Zhang Yu and others smiled and flattered him one after another.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
At noon that day, the Imperial City Imperial Army was dispatched, notifying several nearby cities where victims were stationed outside the imperial capital, and asking people to gather the victims to escort them to the imperial capital.
Fang Chen, who was in the Army and Horses Department, also received orders from Her Majesty the Empress and sent Li Yun to the Ministry of Household Affairs to collect the three thousand taels of silver needed to build a private school.
Then he and Zhou Muzhi began to discuss that this private school was actually the construction site of the school.
Wenxuanfang.
Wu Xuan found Liu Yuanqing and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, things are going smoothly. The victims will enter the city tomorrow at most. How are you doing here?"
Liu Yuanqing laughed loudly: "King Zhou, Wu and Zheng, the four major grain merchants have already discussed with me, and now they have sent 10,000 kilograms of grain."
Wu Xuan nodded: "That's good. Brother Liu, we are doing this in the eyes of many people this time. You must not make any mistakes here. Otherwise, all your efforts will be wasted."
"Don't worry, I understand the seriousness of the matter. As long as we can make good use of the victims this time and have the support of Brother Wu and others, the dead eunuch will never be my opponent."
After all, it can be said that the credit for eliminating tens of thousands of disaster victims at once is huge. People from Party Zhang are advocating to win over some officials.
As for the position of commander of the Dongchang Jinyi Guards, Liu Yuanqing felt that he was almost certain.
Supervising hundreds of officials, this huge power makes Liu Yuanqing excited just thinking about it.