"Back to Your Majesty, due to the heavy snow, it is still not possible to count how many people have died." Dai Zhou said bravely.
He had already felt that Li Shimin was full of anger, but these matters were beyond his power, and he had to come out.
"How are the resettlement of the victims going?" Li Shimin suppressed the anger in his heart and asked calmly.
"Your Majesty, the victims have been resettled, but..."
The calmer Li Shimin became, the more frightened Dai Zhou became. Although it was very cold now, his forehead was covered with sweat.
"But what?" Li Shimin asked dissatisfied.
How long has it been since then, and I am still timid when speaking.
"Your Majesty, due to the heavy snow, wood and charcoal for heating are in short supply. Chang'an will be in trouble in at most two days..."
Dai Zhou didn't say it out loud, but Li Shimin already knew what he meant.
Although some people are freezing to death in Chang'an City now, they are very few. In two days, when the heating supplies are used up, many people will freeze to death.
"Is there anything you can do?" Li Shimin looked at Baiguan.
Now that heavy snow has caused disaster, the court must come up with a disaster relief plan as soon as possible.
However, no one spoke.
Just kidding, if this kind of thing is done well, it will definitely be a great achievement, but if it is not done well, you may lose your head, so who dares to speak out.
Bang!
"What do I need from you? The people are in dire straits, and no one in the civil and military officials can help me share my worries?" Li Shimin could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and started to protest.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"Calm down my anger. I don't know how many people are freezing to death right now. How do you ask me to calm down my anger?"
"Your Majesty, now that the road is blocked by heavy snow, we should first organize personnel to clear the road, and then send people out of the city to cut wood." At the critical moment, Fang Xuanling stood up.
It's just that he has no experience in dealing with snow disasters, so he can't think of a good solution at the moment.
"Is there anything else?" Li Shimin's anger subsided slightly.
"Your Majesty, the snow disaster is a natural disaster. Your Majesty should hold sacrifices and issue an edict to punish yourself." Wang Ze said aloud.
"Edict of sin" is an oral edict or document used by ancient emperors to reflect on themselves or review their own mistakes when problems occurred in the court, the country suffered natural disasters, and the political power was in danger. It usually appears in three situations: First,
The monarch and his ministers are misplaced, the second is disaster caused by natural disasters, and the third is when the regime is in crisis. The intention is to blame oneself, but the severity of the circumstances is different.
"You want me to issue an edict to punish oneself?" Li Shimin looked at Wang Ze with a gloomy face.
Once he promulgated the edict of sin against oneself, it was tantamount to admitting that it was his unqualified emperor who caused disaster from heaven.
This was simply impossible for Li Shimin, who aspired to be a wise king, to accept this.
"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to punish yourself for the sake of the common people." Wang Ze knelt down and gave a big salute.
"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to punish yourself for the sake of the common people." A group of people followed Wang Ze and knelt down.
In the Tang Dynasty, people were not allowed to kneel down, even when meeting the emperor. Wang Ze and the others were trying to force him into the palace.
Li Shimin stared at the kneeling people with an ugly face. Those people were all people with five surnames and seven looks.
He knew that the intention of these aristocratic families was to let him issue an edict of sin against himself to undermine his prestige.
Li Shimin's murderous intention towards the family reached its limit at this moment.
He wished he could issue an order to kill them all right now.
But he can't do this.
It is impossible for Li Shimin to issue an edict to sin against himself, but if word of today's incident spreads, and the aristocratic family is behind it, it will definitely arouse complaints from the people.
The people will blame all this on his head.
Li Shimin's reputation will plummet, but on the contrary, the family's reputation among the people is getting higher and higher.
"Fart, isn't it just a snow disaster? You actually asked His Majesty to issue an edict to sin against yourself. What are your intentions?"
Who else besides Cheng Yaojin could curse in court?
"Mr. Su Guo, the people are suffering, but you just say it's just a snow disaster. What are your intentions?" Wang Ze righteously accused.
He hasn't settled the accounts with Cheng Yaojin about what happened last time. How could he let it go now that Cheng Yaojin has jumped out?
Anyway, now that he has great righteousness, he has nothing to fear.
"Isn't it just a snow disaster? I, old Cheng, have a way to solve it. Do you think that everyone is as useless as you and will only force your majesty to issue an edict of sin?" Cheng Yaojin said disdainfully.
You, a big old man, know nothing about disaster relief.
Yuchi Gong quickly winked at Cheng Yaojin and told him to speak carefully.
"Since Mr. Su Guo has a solution, we are all ears. I hope we will not disappoint the people." Wang Ze said with a sneer.
He didn't think Cheng Yaojin had any way to solve the snow disaster.
Cheng Yaojin looked like Dai Zhou and asked: "I just heard that, is it okay as long as the heating problem is solved?"
"Mr. Su Guogong, it's true. The most troublesome thing now is the heating problem. The Ministry of Civil Affairs can solve other problems." Dai Zhou said quickly.
"I have a way to keep warm," Cheng Yaojin said confidently.
Cheng Yaojin's words caused an uproar. So many civil servants couldn't solve the problem, but you, a general, can actually solve it?
"Zhijie, if you have any ideas, please tell me quickly and stop talking so much nonsense." Li Shimin urged.
"Your Majesty, if we don't have wood or charcoal, we can just use coal," Cheng Yaojin said.
"Haha, I thought Duke Su Guo had some good ideas. Doesn't Duke Su know that coal is poisonous?" Wang Ze said with a laugh.
Li Shimin looked disappointed. He thought Cheng Yaojin had some good ideas, but he didn't expect that he was talking about coal.
Of course she knew about coal, but using coal for heating would kill people.
Death by poisoning is still death, and death by freezing is still death. They just make death more comfortable and cannot solve the fundamental problem.
Cheng Yaojin pointed at Wang Ze and cursed: "You fart, my old Cheng only uses coal at home, how can he live well?"
Ever since Lin Xuan sent someone to bring a stove and briquettes to his home, he has fallen in love with the stove. Not only is there no dust, he can also warm wine on it, and the heating effect is good.
"Mr. Su Guo, please stop messing around. Coal is poisonous and everyone knows it." Wang Ze said proudly.
"I can testify that what Cheng Yaojin said is true." Yu Chigong said.
"I can also testify." Li Jing also stood up.
"This..." Wang Ze was dumbfounded.
"Is what you said true?" Li Shimin asked.
One person may say he doesn't believe it, but if three people say the same thing, he won't believe it.
"Your Majesty, I guarantee by my name that what I say is true." The three people said quickly.
"Impossible, coal is poisonous, how can it be used for heating?" Wang Ze lost his voice.
He proposed to let Li Shimin issue an edict to punish himself, just to undermine Li Shimin's prestige.
If the matter can really be resolved, not only will he not be able to damage Li Shimin's prestige, but he will also anger Li Shimin.
Li Shimin also looked at Cheng Yaojin and the others with puzzled expressions.
"Your Majesty, I can't tell you clearly. These were all done by Lin Xuan. I was indeed not poisoned after using them." Cheng Yaojin scratched his head and said.
Stoves and briquettes are easy to use, but if you ask him to tell you why, he can't explain them.