The edict was addressed to Sun Ce. Zhang Hong could have taken it, but after such an episode, he refused to accept it and asked Zhao Wen to go to Pingyu to spread the edict.

Zhao Wen picked up a stone and hit himself in the foot, regretting it. In desperation, he had to plead with Zhang Hong, the disaster in Guanzhong is serious, the situation is urgent, can you first allocate a little food to help the emergency?

Zhang Hong thought about it and made a concession. General Sun promised 300,000 stones, we are ready, it is the imperial court that has been delaying time, not only has the edict case been inconclusive, but General Sun's several military exploits have not been rewarded, and the merit book has been reported for more than half a year, and the imperial court has not reacted at all, what does this mean?

There is a drought in Guanzhong, and the imperial court is in a hurry, so has Jizhou arranged food relief? As far as we know, since the first year of the early peace, Jizhou has not given the imperial court a grain of grain, should this debt be repaid?

300,000 stone can be sent, but we have two requirements:

First of all, we are not at ease with you, we ask the great Sinong Zhou Zhong to come and receive it, and we will appoint a general to protect the whole process, so as not to be robbed by the hungry people, and to prevent anyone from making a fortune from it.

Secondly, these 300,000 stone of grain are saved from between our teeth, and they are used for disaster relief, not for the sake of distributing money to the imperial court, and we hope that every grain of grain can be delivered to those who need it most. We will send someone to audit the whole process, and if there is improper use, there will not be another grain entering the customs next time.

After listening to Zhang Hong's words, Zhao Wen's face changed. "Zhang Zigang, is this what you mean, or what General Sun means?"

Zhang Hong is neither humble nor arrogant. "It's what I mean, it's what General Sun meant, and it's what all the people who have contributed to raising this grain mean."

Zhao Wen's face was so angry that his face was pale, and his eyes were about to erupt into fire. He stared at Zhang Hong and said word by word: "Zhang Zigang, do you still have the imperial court in your eyes?" ”

Zhang Hong's brows furrowed slightly. "Brother Zirou, I don't quite understand what you mean. I heard that you have been in your hometown for disaster relief, scattered your wealth, and tens of thousands of people have survived. When it is, why don't you hand over the grain to the county and do it yourself? We do this for the same purpose as you, for better disaster relief, not for the sake of giving money to officials who do not distinguish between right and wrong. ”

Zhao Wen was speechless. He looked at Zhang Hong, shocked in his heart. Zhang Hong is very clear about his affairs, not only knowing that he has said such things as male flying female ambush, but also knowing about his disaster relief in his hometown.

"As for the imperial court......" Zhang Hong looked at Zhao Wen, a trace of desolation flashed in his eyes. Brother Zirou, don't you know if there is a court in my eyes? ”

Zhao Wen sneered, knowing that his tone was too heavy. The imperial court was controlled by the party, the reward of Sun Ce's father and son has not been issued, the case of Yuan Shao's edict has not been handled, but Zhu Jun, who has made meritorious contributions to Luoyang, has been dismissed, and the imperial court's intention against Sun Ce is very obvious. If it weren't for Zhang Hong's mediation, let alone 300,000 stones, Sun Ce would not have given three stones. It was not Zhang Hong who abandoned the imperial court, but the imperial court abandoned itself. To be more precise, it should be that the imperial court is controlled by the party and is no longer autonomous.

The party took control of the government as they wished, but they could not save the Han, they would only destroy the Han.

Zhao Wen is not on the party roster, and he can't agree with these radical behaviors of the party, but he can't do anything. In the face of Zhang Hong's questioning, he had no choice but to retreat to the next best thing, let 300,000 stone of grain be shipped first, and then talk about it when he arrived in Guanzhong. One day of early luck, it is possible to save hundreds of more people.

At the same time, he took the edict and rushed to Pingyu.

——

Chang'an, under the South Mountain.

The Son of Heaven was dressed in cloth and walked side by side with Xun Yu.

The weather was hot, and there was no food in Chang'an, so the Son of Heaven had to move to Nanshan with hundreds of officials, one was to escape the heat, and the other was to dig some wild vegetables to satisfy hunger. But the imagination is very beautiful, but the reality is very cruel, the mountains are cooler, but the wild vegetables have long been dug up by the hungry people, and when they dig up the wild vegetables, they are really not good, they can't tell what is edible wild vegetables and what is not edible wild grass.

The only one who has this ability is Tang Ji. During the days when she returned to Yingchuan for refuge, she learned to dig wild vegetables.

"No wonder most surnames are female." The Son of Heaven looked at Tang Ji in the distance, who was holding a bamboo basket in one hand and a shovel in the other, and sighed: "The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, so I pointed to the wild vegetables she dug to drink soup." ”

Xun Yu was silent. After a serious illness, he has been in a bad mood, and now that the situation is critical, he is even more anxious, and he is not at peace for a moment. After several years of hard work, it was brought back to its original shape by a drought. However, he knows better that natural disasters are serious, but man-made disasters are even more terrible. If it weren't for those party members who were obstructing it, Nanyang's grain would have arrived in Guanzhong a long time ago.

Now there is no food in Guanzhong, the people have fled in order to survive, most of them went to Nanyang, a small number went to Hanzhong and Liangzhou, the population of Guanzhong who can survive will not exceed 100,000, the imperial court has become an empty shelf, can not do it by itself, what is there to talk about revival.

What to do?

"Alright, don't worry." The Son of Heaven patted Xun Yu's hand. "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, you have done your best."

Xun Yu looked at the Son of Heaven, and his heart was even more sour. Sure enough, suffering can make people, and in just a few years, the Son of Heaven grew up from a young man who did not understand the world, and began to show his appearance. He is confident, open-minded, and unyielding, and even in such a situation, he can still maintain a good view, even many veteran ministers who have been in the world for a long time can't do it.

It's a pity that he was born too late, and he is a concubine. If he was the eldest son, or if Emperor Xiaoling had succeeded in abolishing Chang Liyu at the beginning, the situation might not have been so bad.

The Tiger King walked over quickly and bowed. "Your Majesty, Wen Hou is here."

"Oh, please." The Son of Heaven laughed loudly: "When Wenhou comes, we will have meat to eat." He patted Xun Yu on the shoulder. Lingjun, don't be sad, there is meat to eat. ”

Xun Yu wanted to cooperate, but he couldn't laugh no matter how hard he tried, so it was easy to squeeze out a little smile, but it was more ugly than crying. There was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and Lu Bu galloped with Zhang Liao and others, and dismounted in front of him. As expected, Lu Bu brought with him a few wild things that he had just hunted, including two deer and one elk. There was a great drought in Guanzhong, and the people fled in all directions, but the wild animals became lively, especially the carnivorous wild dogs, and many hungry people became their food, all fat and strong, and their eyes were green.

But Lu Bu knew that the Son of Heaven would not eat the flesh of that kind of animal—that would be tantamount to indirect cannibalism, so every time he brought prey such as pheasants or elk. This time it still is. The Son of Heaven was very happy, and ordered Hu Benlang to take it and decompose it, prepare it to be boiled into broth, enjoy it with his ministers, and make a tooth sacrifice.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Nanyang." Lu Bu sat down in front of the Son of Heaven, rubbing the blood on his hands, and said: "Nanyang will have 300,000 stone grains transported to Guanzhong, but ......" Lu Bu looked at the Son of Heaven and tried his best to hide his happiness. "General Sun asked me to protect the whole process from someone from rubbing oil from it."