"Bastard, what do you think this place is? How dare you play such a childish trick, the emperor's ministers impeached Zhang Sanmu for disrupting the order of the early dynasty!" Zheng Qing said quickly when he saw Wu Ying deflated.
"Sir Zheng, I heard that your Zheng family is planning to donate 30,000 yuan to renovate Zhuque Street. I really admire you. As expected, a well-known family should do things openly and grandly!" Zhang San complimented.
"You... those are all rumors, don't talk nonsense." Zheng Qing immediately denied it. It was a joke. The Zheng family would not dare to accept this matter.
"Oh, then you guys... hey! So you are just bragging and talking big words!" Zhang San shook his head with a look of disgust on his face.
"You... Your Majesty, you can't believe those rumors. It's all villains who are behind it." Zheng Qing quickly cried to Li Shimin.
"Of course I believe this, but I'd better wait until Mr. Zheng comes to talk to me about it!" Li Shimin didn't say what he believed, and Zheng Qing didn't dare to ask.
"Master Zheng, I actually think those rumors in Chang'an are all false. How could Mr. Zheng Shide have the disease? But I can't say for sure. I heard that he likes to visit brothels. Don't you know about that kind of place? What if?
If you are sick, treat him as soon as possible. I also know some medical skills. If it doesn't work, I can go and help him. Mr. Zheng, what's wrong with you, don't get excited..."
Zheng Qing pointed at Zhang San, his eyes widened, he couldn't say a word for a long time, and almost recited it in one breath.
"Your Majesty, Zhang San has humiliated the second son of my family. It's very abominable. I beg your Majesty to seek justice for our Zheng family!" Old Zheng Qing burst into tears and pointed at Zhang San, wishing he could go up and eat his flesh raw.
"Okay, Mr. Zhang County, please stop saying a few words. I already know about the recent rumors about Chang'an and I will definitely find out the reasons." Li Shimin said.
"It's the Emperor!" Zhang San replied cooperatively.
Cui Dian stood behind Fang Xuanling with a gloomy face. Zhang San made jokes and dismissed Zheng Qing and others in a few moments.
In addition, Wei Zheng, an old man, was sitting on the censor's desk, and other officials did not dare to speak nonsense, which made Cui Dian very angry.
If I go up and say anything now, it won't have any effect. Li Shimin is obviously very partial to Zhang San. Without conclusive evidence, there is definitely no way to punish Zhang San.
Zheng Qing reluctantly retreated to the team, and Zhang San happily returned to his position.
"Your Majesty, there has been no rainfall in several states in Henan Province for two consecutive months. Local crops have died of drought, especially in Xuzhou. It is feared that there will be no autumn harvest. Xuzhou Governor wrote a letter requesting funds for disaster relief." Fang Xuanling suddenly stood up.
came out and said.
After hearing this, everyone discussed in a low voice that there were too many natural disasters in the early years of Zhenguan. Floods had just occurred, and droughts occurred at this time.
Li Shimin also frowned slightly, feeling helpless. The national treasury is now empty. How can he mobilize money and food for disaster relief? However, this matter has to be solved. If the autumn harvest fails, then it is no exaggeration to say that this winter, there will be tragic scenes of starvation everywhere.
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"Auxiliary machine, what do you think should be done about this matter?" Li Shimin asked Sun Wuji, the Minister of Household Affairs.
"Back to the emperor, the Ministry of Finance is also stretched at the moment. It is really difficult to come up with money and food." Changsun Wuji replied.
"Then we won't care about the victims?" Fang Xuanling said angrily.
"Of course we have to take care of it, but how to take care of it requires long-term planning." Changsun Wuji said helplessly.
"You all should also tell us how to solve this problem! Don't ignore the victims!" Li Shimin set the tone for the discussion.
The officials below suddenly felt like a big vegetable market, with a lot of discussions, and some even became red-faced. Zhang San was the only one standing there, looking lonely.
"Okay, tell me what you can do!" Li Shimin said very upset as he looked at the noisy scene below.
"Reporting to your Majesty, I believe that money and food should be mobilized from other state treasuries to support the disaster areas."
"Your Majesty, this plan is useless. What should we do if there is another disaster somewhere else..."
"Your Majesty, I think we should raise money and food from wealthy businessmen to provide disaster relief and rescue the people." Xu Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs, said.
Zhang San originally thought that he was the protagonist today, but except for Zheng Qing and Wu Ying who jumped out, no one else attacked him, not even Cui Dian.
Now I see that everyone is arguing so hard about disaster relief, it feels very funny.
"Quiet!" Xu Huang stood beside Li Shimin and shouted shrilly, waving the dust.
"Look at how decent you are, you can't say anything useful." Li Shimin said angrily.
The ministers quickly shut up, and the scene became extremely quiet for a moment.
"Wei Qing, what do you think about this matter?" Li Shimin asked.
"To report to your Majesty, I believe that officials should serve the people wholeheartedly. Now the people in several states in Henan are living in dire straits. We should step forward to provide money and food, and donate funds for disaster relief." Wei Zheng replied solemnly.
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"I agree, as parents and officials, we naturally have to set an example." Fang Xuanling said.
"I also reconsider." Changsun Wuji also said.
"I believe that we alone are still weak. As Minister Xu said, wealthy businessmen should also be mobilized to participate." Du Ruhui stood up and said.
"What Prime Minister Du said makes sense. When Zhang County men heard about the rich man's behavior in Zhangjia Village, shouldn't he express his feelings this time?" Cui Dian stood up and said.
"Damn, why are you mentioning me again? I still want to fish like this to the end." Zhang San said in his heart very angrily.
"Zhang San, tell me!" Li Shimin said by name.
Zhang San had already greeted all the eighteen generations of Cui Dian's ancestors in his heart. When he heard Li Shimin calling him, he reluctantly walked out.
"Back to the Emperor, as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, I naturally have nothing to say about donating funds for disaster relief."
"No more?" Li Shimin stared and said.
"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing."
Zhang San suddenly thought that he had gone to see the potatoes last night, and they were indeed ready to harvest. He thought that he would tell Li Shimin today to see when he would dig potatoes. If he didn't have time, he would do it himself first, otherwise it would rain.
, potatoes should not sprout in the ground.
"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, the potatoes are ripe, you..."
"What?" Li Shimin stood up in shock.
Fang Xuanling in front also hurried over and grabbed Zhang San's arm and asked: "Are the potatoes really ripe?"
The other ministers were very curious when they saw the excitement of Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling. They didn't know what Zhang San said to make Li Shimin lose his composure.
"Uh, yes, I went to see it yesterday and it's ready to be harvested. Do you have time to go? If I don't have time, I'll do it myself, otherwise it will be bad if it rains." Seeing the two of them being so excited, Zhang San said
He answered carefully.
"Today's court meeting is temporarily over. Auxiliary machine, you are responsible for raising funds for disaster relief. Give me a detailed charter tomorrow." Li Shimin said quickly.
Except for Fang Xuanling, all the ministers looked confused. They didn't know why Li Shimin put aside such a big thing today.
Changsun Wuji was also puzzled, but since the emperor said so, he did not dare to shirk and bowed down to accept the order.
"After the court is over, Zhang San, please stay." Li Shimin didn't care what everyone thought and hurried back to change his clothes so that he could see with his own eyes whether the potatoes were as magical as Zhang San said.
Before everyone left, they all looked at Zhang San thoughtfully, making Zhang San feel uncomfortable all over.