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Xiao Wenxuan immediately summoned Fiji after reading the recital from Qingzhou.

In the imperial study, the two ministers were silent for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the minister also received some news about Jizhou, as King Qi said, last year and Jizhou did suffer a drought, and now there is still no rain, and now the people in King Yong's fiefdom have no surplus food at home, and they are miserable."

"It's another state, Jizhou, Qingzhou, if it weren't for the chaos in these three places decades ago, the imperial court would not have been greatly damaged because of the rebellion, and now this natural disaster is coming, how should this be good?" Xiao Wenxuan's eyes were full of worry.

He still remembered that he was still the second prince of the Great Yu State at that time, and he was ordered to fight against the rebellion in the three places.

In order to quell the rebellion, the forbidden army fought bloodily, during which there were countless large and small battles, and it took three years to kill the leader of the rebel army, Zhang Dong, but for this reason, the forbidden army was also six out of ten, and suffered heavy losses.

However, it was precisely because of this rebellion that he seized military power and won the battle for the throne in one fell swoop.

Fiji looked at Xiao Wenxuan, "Now there is no other way but to allocate food for disaster relief, but there is not much food in the imperial court, Your Majesty has issued a decree to raise food for all the vassal kings, especially the vassal kings of rich places such as the king of Chu, the king of Wei, the king of Shu, the king of Yan, and the king of Runan." ”

"That's the only way to do it, but I'm afraid there's little hope." Xiao Wenxuan sighed, these vassal kings are very responsible if they don't rebel, how can they raise food for disaster relief.

He knew very well that in times of crisis, these vassal kings would only be wise enough to protect themselves.

Sighing, Xiao Wenxuan said to Fiji: "You immediately draw up a will and send it to the vassal kings, and the king of Qi has sent a method to restrain locusts, although this method is a bit strange, but now it is a way." ”

Fiji nodded, King Qi's method was to eat locusts, this was indeed a strange idea, but it was better for the victims than starvation.

Slowly exiting the imperial study, Fiji left the palace and went home directly.

King Qi's fief has just improved in the past two years, but he didn't expect to encounter such a disaster, the real person is not as good as he wants, and now he is worried about Xiao Ming's fate.

Hopefully he'll get through this time.

Thinking of this, he suddenly sighed.

"Daddy, why are you sighing?" At this time, a soft voice sounded, but it was Fei Yue'er and Xiaohuan who walked over.

There are some things in Fiji that have always been hidden from Fei Yue'er, he said: "The emperor has just summoned me, saying that there are signs of drought and locust plague in the generation of Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou, and I am afraid that there will be civil unrest in these three places again." ”

"Qingzhou?" Fei Yue'er covered her mouth and was shocked, "It's just that Qingzhou was still smooth last year?" ”

"Of these three places, Qingzhou was the least affected, but Jizhou and the state are in chaos, and Qingzhou will not be better, and the people in this chaos have always robbed rich places." Fiji has apprehension in its mouth.

Xiaohuan exclaimed, "Ah, wouldn't it be dangerous if Miss married into Qingzhou at this time." ”

"Xiaohuan can't talk nonsense, since the marriage contract has been decided, I and the King of Qi are one, and we should share weal and woe, so there is a truth that we can only enjoy happiness and not suffer losses." Fei Yue'er's brows furrowed.

Fiji glanced at Fei Yue'er with satisfaction, this is the daughter of the Fei family.

"The barbarians of the King of Qi are not afraid, how can they be afraid of some chaotic people, the emperor is worried that the barbarians will take the opportunity to fight again, this King Yong and King Liang are not the kings of Qi."

Fei Yue'er nodded slowly, this King Yong has a violent personality, is brave and unscrupulous, and has always refused to listen to the advice of others, which is troublesome.

It seems that he doesn't want to talk about this matter anymore, Fiji said: "Yue'er, I see that your face has been ruddy these days, and your body seems to have recovered like an ordinary person. ”

"Thank you, Dad." Fei Yue'er said excitedly.

Then Fiji told Fei Yue'er about King Qi's method of controlling locusts, which made Fei Yue'er sigh again, and felt more and more novel about Xiao Ming's strange ideas.

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In Qingzhou, Xiao Ming stepped up the drought control of the fiefdom after learning of the civil unrest in Jizhou, until a sudden light rain in early May made Xiao Ming breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Pang Yukun and many people in the fiefdom breathed a sigh of relief.

At least that suggests that severe droughts don't seem to be happening on the land of the six states.

"Although it is raining, this disaster-resistant and anti-welding thing cannot be taken lightly, the construction of the reservoir in the field should be accelerated, and the ditch should be dug as quickly as possible to save the loss."

In the governor's mansion, Xiao Ming issued orders to officials from the six states.

In order to avoid excessive losses, he personally supervised the drought and disaster prevention, and these days Li Kaiyuan sold a large number of chickens and ducks to the common people for breeding.

At the same time, Pang Yukun also went down to the people to organize production teams in various states and counties to fight drought, and in the newspaper, Xiao Ming also issued an order for the whole people to fight drought.

Now there is a light rain, which means that the disaster in Qingzhou will not be very serious, although this season's grain production will be reduced, but the people should not ask about it.

And the food he stored was enough for the army.

However, the fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, and he has been keeping the secret guards concerned about the situation in Yongzhou.

Now the imperial court has allocated food for disaster relief in response to the situation in Yongzhou, and at the same time requisitioned food from other vassal kings, but according to his understanding, as he expected, just like collecting grain and grass in the battle of Cangzhou at that time, this will of the imperial court did not have much effect.

The vassal kings only paid 30,000 stone for this one, and 50,000 stone for the other to send the court.

They couldn't wait to see the jokes of the court at this time, but this was not what Xiao Ming hated the most.

Because according to the news from the secret guards, only 10% of the disaster relief grain reached the hands of the people, and 90% of the grain was exploited by officials in Chang'an and Jizhou, and even Li Kaiyuan bought Jizhou's disaster relief grain in the market.

"The officials of the Great Chongqing State have been eroded so far, and they will be overturned in an instant."

After learning that disaster relief food appeared in the grain purchased by Li Kaiyuan, Pang Yukun sighed, leaving Xiao Ming with a desolate back and leaving.

And in the next few days, Pang Yukun was even more crazy to deal with government affairs, and he could often be seen in the fields.

This incident also shocked Xiao Ming greatly, he didn't expect that the matter of officials in the textbook exploiting disaster relief food was actually staged now, and he also understood why every time there was a catastrophe, the people would turn back.

Sighing bitterly, Xiao Ming could only pin all his hopes on his fiefdom, this decaying dynasty was like an old man in his old age, and began to permeate the breath of death.

And after the last exchange of interests with the Cao family, the Cao family fulfilled their promise, and Yue Yun returned to Dengzhou with three Galen ships.

(To be continued.) )