The hall is not far in front of the main hall, and after a quick turn, it is time to get down to business: since he has already taken office, what will Xiao Ling be responsible for next?

Hearing this topic, the people in the hall stopped what they were doing and looked at this direction with bated breath, after all, this involves their vital interests, as long as there is still a little backbone, no one wants to be assigned to work under the hands of the uncle of this country, right?

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, poor Dao, uh, what is the official responsible for?" Xiao Ling asked rhetorically.

Zeng Xitong was unhurried: "There is really a matter right now, which is related to the stability of the society and the well-being of the people. ”

"Oh, tell me about it." Xiao Ling raised his eyebrows.

"Since the winter of last year, there has been very little rain in the seven prefectures of the country, Cang, Yan, Jin, Xuan, Qi, and Linzhou, and the drought has been prolonging for seven or eight months. Zhongzhou, Cangzhou, and Xuanzhou have a lot of water, which is quite good, but the four prefectures of Yan, Jin, Qi, and Linzhou are already thousands of miles of red land, the crops are dry up, and the summer harvest is almost extinct......

In an instant, everyone's eyes focused on Zeng Xitong, with admiration, admiration, and even faint worship.

The drought stretches on, the red land is thousands of miles, and there is no harvest, which is indeed the most troublesome thing for the imperial court at the moment.

However, there are not many ways to do so, and those places with rivers and rivers can also dig ditches to divert water to alleviate the drought, and those without rivers can only dry next to each other. In order to grab water, they often fought in groups of armed forces for ten miles and eight towns, causing countless injuries and deaths, and even local officials could not persuade them, nor could they persuade them.

And what the court officials can do. It is nothing more than going up to the altar to pray for rain, begging God for mercy. But the effect is ...... It can well be imagined.

At present, the emperor is even too lazy to go to the altar to pray for rain, the weather is so hot. The sun is so shining, and there are beauties to be pampered, which is more important, do you still need to choose? The ministers persuaded him, and what he got was a sentence "I have already handed over the world to you to take care of, if you don't handle it well, I will replace a group of people", who else can have anything to say? Who would dare to have something to say?

Even when it comes to this part, the emperor has to issue an edict for himself as usual. The courtiers didn't dare to touch this mold at all.

Leave the drought-fighting business to the freshly baked uncle? It's a win-win-win

As the prime minister said, to preside over this matter, you must have a noble status, and if you are not noble enough to show the royal attention, the identity of the national uncle, plus the titles of Taishi, deputy chief, and deputy cardinal, should be enough.

The point is, only if the identity is noble enough can you afford to carry this pot! Otherwise, someone else will take care of it, and the drought will not be alleviated. is still the same as it is now, and the civil unrest is everywhere, and only the beheaded civilians are angry.

Therefore, this matter has been dragged on until now. No one is willing to take care of it......

The Prime Minister agreed to the Emperor's appointment so smoothly, and it turned out that he was waiting here! Admiration, admiration, adoration, all kinds of eyes meet.

Even the crown prince Li Mo was stunned for a moment. Then he looked at Zeng Xitong in a different way.

In the past, he hated Zeng Xitong extremely much, and he was a grass on the wall. Fall on both sides, and the wind is strong on that side. At this moment, he felt that the wall grass was also combative.

Everyone's gaze, Xiao Ling instantly understood. Even if he didn't understand it, since he came to this world, his unremitting intelligence work was enough to help Xiao Ling analyze what he wanted.

He saw Zeng Xitong, so he asked: "How does the Prime Minister think that this official is suitable to act on this matter?" ”

Zeng Xitong smiled slightly: "Taishi's mana is exquisite, and his Taoism is profound, so he can travel the world and crisscross the world...... The glory, wealth, brocade and food in the world should be a passing thing in the eyes of the Taishi. can make the Taishi repeat the world, and with so many Taoist friends, look down, there must be something big that the Taishi can't not come, and can't not come. ”

"And the Taishi is definitely not here to enjoy the high-ranking officials and the scenery of the world, but to make a difference. Therefore, I took the liberty of entrusting the important task below, but I don't know if it is in line with the Taishi's wishes? ”

Xiao Ling was also like a prince, looking at the prime minister with a different look. This is a really smart person, a very smart guy, no wonder no matter the wind and rain in the middle of the court, he can always stand!

Xiao Ling's plan, many cultivators who participated in the competition may not be able to understand it, but the one in front of him has already seen the fire.

He smiled back and nodded: "Since the prime minister said so, the matter of managing the drought will be taken over by this Taishi!" ”

"Master Xie is considerate!" Zeng Xitong was overjoyed. Although he had some inferences in his heart, whether Xiao Ling entered the pit or not was his own business, and he couldn't decide.

Xiao Ling decided to take it himself, that would be the best!

Now that the general direction has been set, the next thing is trivial matters, for example, for this matter, how many troops are there, where is the army allowed Xiao Ling to transfer, how much armor can be deployed, how much can the grain depot materials be allocated, and everything is ......

When Xiao Ling got off the court and returned to the Sifang Pavilion, what happened in the early court had already spread all over the Sifang Pavilion.

Cultivators gathered in the Yanran Pavilion where Xiao Ling lived, and they were overjoyed. Because everyone can see that after last night and night, and then after this morning, they have made unimaginable progress in this round of the God War.

Recall what Xiao Ling said yesterday when he persuaded them, give them a night's time...... It was really just one night, and the world was turned upside down.

Although only thirty high-level officials were summoned, thousands of people arrived one after another, and some congratulated and admired Xiao Ling and a group of friends, who became high-ranking officials so efficiently and won the trust of the emperor.

Congratulations last night was a little early, and now the edict of the concubine has been issued, and the matter of the marquis and the prime minister has also been settled, and it is the right time.

But some people asked him why he took over the obviously thankless and irrelevant task of praying to the sky for rain and solving the drought...... Isn't this a brain disease?

Of course, it's not so straightforward, but that's what it means.

Xiao Ling and his friends pay the most attention to intelligence gathering, and they have repeatedly emphasized this issue since they took command yesterday, so the news that has just been confirmed in the political hall has already spread to the Sifang Pavilion.

This matter needs to be talked about properly, just while everyone is here.

Why take on the thankless task of tackling the drought?

Because so far, apart from last night's assassination, no one has found a force that has a chance to overthrow the current dynasty.

This is a completely empty world, there are barbarians in the southeast, northwest and northwest, so there are Quartet Jiedu envoys, but whether it is the power of barbarians or the power of Quartet Jiedu envoys, so far, they have not reached Cheng Dù who can overthrow the imperial dynasty, unless they join forces...... But how could that happen?

At most, it was one trouble after another, so that the dynasty could ignore one thing and lose the other, but it could not shake the foundation of the dynasty.

Even if the emperor is so stupid and obsessed with beauty, and there is a bewitching queen in the court who is haunting and making waves, it will not be.

The essential reason is that the Qinghuang Realm itself has not degenerated to the point of being on the verge of destruction, and the strength of this realm is projected into this world, and it has become like this.

The battle of the gods is dangerous, why other space-time streams usually have to wait until the target space-time stream is in danger before starting, it is because the time is not ripe to start too early, and it is very likely that stealing chickens will not be successful, but will be robbed of the mandate of heaven, so that the other party can survive.

However, for Xiao Ling and his friends, no matter whether they win or lose, they must go all out, because once they can't show their faces on the god list and control their own destiny, whether they are the loser or the winner, they may be detained here and cannot be freed.

After all, they are stowaways, and their name is not right......

Going far, back to the point, since the external forces that overthrew the rule of the dynasty are not there, then nine times out of ten, the hidden danger is inside the dynasty.

According to the current drought, the summer harvest has been extinguished, and if the autumn harvest is still not harvested, I am afraid that the people will have to sell their sons and daughters, and their children will be cannibalized.

Although according to the official statistics of the imperial court, the granaries in various places are sufficient, even if there is no harvest for a year, it is not difficult to open a warehouse to give grain to the people...... But it's strange that Xiao Ling believed those statistics!

The emperor is so confused, it's no wonder that the officials can be cured, and the granaries under the bright statistics on the bright surface are eight out of ten and nine out of ten empty mice, right?

When it was time to open the warehouse and release grain, as soon as the warehouse was opened, it was found that there were no grains, and as long as there was a slight incitement, the people's resentment would probably be like a spark that swept the West in an instant.

So...... Even if Prime Minister Zeng Xitong didn't ask for it, Xiao Ling would take the initiative to do it.

When we don't know where the enemy is or where the breakthrough is, it is the best policy to shrink the front and consolidate our defenses.

The cultivators who were present at the moment were all assigned tasks, and half of them who were good at reconnaissance regrouped and left Tianjing, and scattered to all parts of the country to investigate and secretly visit, to see the suffering of the people, to see how much grain was still in the warehouses in various places, and to make a thorough statistics.

At the same time, the temples and Taoist temples passing by should also be surveyed together, and the tax-exempt temples and Taoist temples are often large landlords and rich people, and they are all under the jurisdiction of Lin Tianshi and Wei Tianshi, and the cultivators who are sent to various places are regarded as special envoys of the Heavenly Master, and they have jurisdiction over them.

If the power of the government cannot be counted on, they are considered a spare tire.

There weren't too many cultivators on the second night of the first month who had mounts, but after all, everyone was doing things for the imperial court, and immediately transferred 3,000 horses from the royal horse farm to serve as foot force for a cadre of Taoist priests. This is the advantage of having your back to the imperial court.

The cultivator of the Xianxia world, there is nothing to say about riding, and he also knows that the situation is urgent and cannot be delayed, so he quickly prepared wine and food in the Sifang Pavilion, patted his horse and left Tianjing City......

There are still half of the remaining centaurs, most of whom have a skill, such as being good at drawing arrays, good at civil engineering techniques, good at planting and cultivating spiritual seedlings, and Xiao Ling's friends to study and study drought resistance.

In addition, whether they are staying behind or going out, they have another important mission!

What task? (To be continued......)