"Why?" Li Zhi turned his head to look at Li Hao in surprise, pointed to the group of victims outside, and said excitedly, "Look at them, they are walking so slowly, they don't have enough to eat, and they don't even have the strength to walk." ”

Li Hao said slowly: "Your Highness, the purpose of treating disasters is to let the victims live, not to feed them,"

"Not full?" Li Zhi looked at Li Hao with a confused face, in his impression, how simple it is to be full, but for the victims, it is difficult to reach the sky, and the goal of the victims is to live, and he feels more and more sad.

Li Hao nodded and said: "If you want the refugees to be fed and pour out all the food stored in the court, it is difficult to have enough, in this way, many people will starve to death, and Your Highness, these refugees you see in front of you are not seriously affected, they have prepared their own food, they will not starve to death, and there will be many refugees in the future. ”

"What if...... What if ......" Li Zhi was a little angry, his little face turned red, and said, "What if you meet a refugee who is about to starve to death?" Don't help them either? ”

Li Hao slowly closed his eyes when he heard this, and said in a heavy tone: "I still can't help, if it's a refugee who is about to starve to death, helping will cause a riot, the refugee can starve to death, but can't be disturbed, once there is turmoil, more people will die." ”

"How so! How so! Li Zhi felt that his three views were about to collapse, obviously he had food, but he couldn't use it to save people, he was so depressed, so angry, he didn't know who to be angry with, angry Li Hao, no, Li Hao didn't do anything wrong.

Li Hao continued: "Your Highness, it is not easy to run a country well, so that the people can be fed and clothed, this point, your father has done a good job, your father is a rare Ming monarch, and he has been working hard, in order to let the people of the Tang Dynasty have surplus food, so that even if they encounter natural disasters, they are not afraid." ”

"Every household has a surplus of food." Li Zhi was a little fascinated when he heard this, and said, "You said that if every household had surplus food, would no one starve to death anymore?" ”

"Let's just put it that way." Li Hao nodded slowly, "But right now, Your Highness, you can't scatter food and treat disasters, first of all, you can't be greedy, and secondly, you can't be soft-hearted, only by hardening your heart and not being infected by the emotions of the disaster victims, can you make the most correct judgment and save more people." Li Hao's expression was a little serious, he could understand Li Zhi's mood at the moment, because when he was in Tingzhou, he had personally experienced this feeling of powerlessness, and the heartache of watching the people die of hunger would linger in his heart from time to time.

Li Zhi still has a great view of the overall situation, he has been thinking about it for a long time, and seems to understand what Li Hao means, so he solemnly bowed to Li Hao: "Thank you Mr. for your teachings, you have been taught." ”

Li Hao also arched his hand and said, "Your Highness is smart, and you will slowly understand what I mean." ”

The trip continued, in order not to let the refugees affect their emotions, Li Zhi didn't dare to open the window all the way, so he sat quietly in the carriage and thought about the words that Li Hao taught him, some of which always turned over and over in his mind, that is, the sentence that every household has surplus food.

According to Li Hao's meaning, as long as the people of the Tang Dynasty are rich to the point that every household has surplus grain, then even if it suffers from natural disasters, no one will starve to death, how good, Li Zhi is very longing for that kind of picture, he is determined in his heart, when he grows up, the prince's brother will become the emperor, he must strongly recommend Li Hao to the prince's brother, let Li Hao be a big official, as big as Fang Xuanling, because he feels that Li Hao is omnipotent, Li Hao will definitely be able to help the prince's brother govern the country well, to reach the realm of surplus food in every household.

Seven days later, they entered the border of Hebei, Hebei suffered the hardest, along the way often encountered migrating refugees, and the refugees here are different from the refugees in Hedong, many of their houses were crushed, nothing can be taken away, many refugees are thin-clothed, cold and blue, and many people have fainted from hunger on the side of the road, really respond to the word mourning.

Along the way, Li Hao's face gradually became ugly, I didn't expect the snow disaster in Hebei to be so serious, only one day after entering Hebei, I have seen thousands of displaced people, according to this posture, the number of refugees in Hebei has definitely reached more than 200,000, what a terrible number, the snow disaster has never been a big disaster, I didn't expect this snow disaster to be so big, it is really incredible.

Divert to the northeast direction for another ten days, finally arrived at Hengzhou, a large number of homeless people gathered outside the city of Hengzhou, there are as many as 40,000, look at it, a piece of black pressure, like a dark cloud, make people's hearts sink.

King Li Zhi arrived outside the city of Hengzhou, Li Hao sent people to inquire about the situation of the refugees, and when he asked, he knew that the assassin of Hengzhou did not let them enter the city, but sent people to set up many shelter tents for them outside the city, and the porridge was given twice a day, although they could not guarantee food and clothing, they could barely survive.

After a while, the city gate slowly opened, and Hengzhou Assassin Shi Lu Dong led the officials of the city to welcome Wang Jia, Li Hao was Li Zhi's spokesman at the moment, let Lu Dong quickly welcome them into the city, avoid all false courtesies, and don't delay the disaster treatment.

After entering the city, King Li Zhi temporarily landed in the Assassin Mansion, and Li Hao went to find Lu Dong in the name of Li Zhi and asked him to learn more about the disaster in Hengzhou.

Lu Dong looked like an honest man, and immediately told Li Hao about the situation in Hengzhou.

Hengzhou did suffer a lot of disaster, but the Hengzhou treasury is quite full, there are more than 10,000 stones of surplus grain, barely able to last for a while, but the number of victims outside the city has increased by thousands every day, and I don't know when it is a head, Lu Dong is also worried, as for why not let the refugees enter the city, Lu Dong is also afraid that the refugees will disturb the security of the city after entering the city, after all, the credibility of the homeless is not high, if someone is hungry and anxious, and does something that violates discipline, it is not good, tens of thousands of homeless, that is not a joke.

Li Hao expressed his understanding of Lu Dong's cautious approach, the homeless riots are easy to cause panic, but now that the King of Jin has arrived, things should be changed, Li Hao asked Lu Dong to clear the vacant land in the city, set up shelter tents for the homeless, and then open the city to let the refugees into the city, increase the amount of porridge every day, distribute cotton clothes and quilts, because the rear disaster relief food will soon arrive, the most important thing is to announce to the refugees the news of the Jin King's day hunting, so that those refugees can settle down, don't make trouble, if anyone makes trouble, directly ask and go to prison, not to be spared, grace and power, to see results.

Lu Dong immediately according to Li Hao's instructions, began to send people to clear out three large open spaces in the city, set up tents, the next morning, Lu Dong sent people to open the city gate, Li Hao announced loudly at the head of the city, the prince Jin Wang arrived, on behalf of the sky to patrol the hunt, compassion for the people, let everyone into the city, once a day more porridge, and distribute each household cotton clothes and quilts......

When the refugees heard this, they were grateful and shouted long live the emperor under the city, and some of the old people were even so excited that they burst into tears, and they were supported by their relatives.

The 1,000 Zuo Xiao guards brought by Zhichong Guards and Li Hao helped maintain order, and the three refugee footholds were blocked, and the refugees were not allowed to go out, so as to prevent people with bad moral character from harassing the people in the city.

Fortunately, the people of Datang are more disciplined, and the refugees are also people, but they are suffering, as long as they can have a bite to eat, they will not make trouble, and at the end of the day, the refugees behaved very well.

There is a fast horse report in the rear, and the grain team still has a three-day trip from Hengzhou, Li Hao is more and more relieved, and decides to go to Dingzhou tomorrow.

Early the next morning, the king of Jin set off for Dingzhou, and since the road was now open, they traveled fast, and arrived in Dingzhou at noon the next day.

To Li Hao's surprise, there were crying outside Dingzhou City, countless refugees were wailing and kowtowing under the city, Li Hao didn't dare to let Li Zhi's king get closer, in case there was a civil uprising, tens of thousands of refugees, and they couldn't fight, in case of a civil uprising, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Hao and Lu Yun Chen Song changed into old clothes, walked seven or eight miles to the city, mixed into the refugee group, inquired about the situation from the refugees, and only after asking did they know that Dingzhou is the final state and county in Hebei Province, this group of refugees came from the villages and towns near Dingzhou City, and there were also nearby counties, but they came for nearly ten days, and Qin Miao, the assassin of Dingzhou, symbolically gave porridge for three days, and set up more than 30 tents outside the city, and then said that the warehouse in the city was empty, and there was no food to send, so he went elsewhere, and the refugees came here all the way. Where do you have the strength to go elsewhere, if you go elsewhere, you will have to starve to death in the middle of the road, and you can only wail and beg outside the city.

Li Hao frowned immediately after hearing these words, according to Hengzhou Thorn Shi Lu Dong said, Hengzhou, Ding, Yi three states in recent years crop harvest is not bad, Hengzhou City treasury can have so much grain and silver, why Dingzhou but the warehouse is empty, this is a bit abnormal, Li Hao pondered for a long time, began to spread the news among the refugees, the Tang Dynasty Prince Jin Wang His Royal Highness on behalf of the sky patrol hunting, disaster relief and people, a moment is coming, let them not panic, all the refugees are excited to hear the news, the prince yes, the emperor's own son, The emperor actually sent his own son, they were saved, no matter how big the assassin is, is there a big prince, although many people don't believe it, but at this moment they have no other way, they can only hope that this rumor is true, because this is their last straw.

Seeing the reaction of the refugees, Li Hao was relieved a little, returned to the king of Jin, and then raised the banner of the honor guard of the king of Jin, and led the army to Dingzhou City slowly.

When those refugees saw that the King of Jin was really coming, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shouting that the emperor's grace was mighty, Li Hao was impressed by the discipline of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and many people had already starved to death.

As soon as Qin Miao, the assassin of Dingzhou, heard that the king of Jin had arrived, he hurriedly took the officials of the city out of the city to greet him, and at the gate of the city, Li Zhi walked out of the carriage according to Li Hao's instructions and announced in public that they had brought thousands of stones of food, and from now on, the soup was given twice a day, and the refugees were overjoyed when they heard this, and they knelt down again and shouted the emperor's grace.

This time, Li Zhi did not live in the Thorn History Mansion, but lived in the post station, which was proposed by Li Hao, because when he saw Qin Miao at the gate of the city, he felt that this Qin Miao was flattering and cunning, and he liked to pat the sycophants when he spoke, and it was normal for the court officials to occasionally pat the sycophants, after all, the companion is like a tiger, but as a feudal official, the sycophant is so slippery, which is a problem.

In the evening, Qin Miao sent someone to send an invitation to Li Hao, saying that he had set up a thin banquet in the Assassin's Mansion, hoping that Li Hao could go to the banquet and wash the dust for Li Hao.

When Li Hao read the invitation, Li Zhi was also present, because they were discussing the disaster situation in Dingzhou, Li Zhi hurriedly asked: "What does this Qin Thorn History invitation say?" ”

Li Hao smiled meaningfully, handed the invitation to Li Zhi, and let Li Zhi read it himself.

After reading it, Li Zhi looked confused, raised his eyes to look at Li Hao, and asked, "This Qin Thorn History...... Why don't you invite me? But please? ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and sneered: "This Qin Miao, there is really a problem." ”