The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 915

[Chapter 915 Borrowing Food]

The most severe drought is in Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi provinces. Hubei, Gansu, and Shu have all been affected, but not as serious as the first four provinces.

Oak-hee worries about the disaster, but Yan Wushuang’s life is just as difficult. Shanxi, Shandong and other places sent dozens of memorials a day to the capital, asking the court for disaster relief.

Yan Wushuang read a book from Shanxi and threw it back on the desk, and said to a minister: “People in Shanxi, Henan and other places are almost running out of turf roots now, and some have already started to eat them. Guanyin is gone.”

Mr. Lu Er said: “The harvest in Jiangnan is good this year. We should go to Jiangnan as soon as possible to buy grain and transport it to the disaster area.” This is also a pertinent opinion.

The minister of households, Jiang Wenrui, said bravely, “There are only 980,000 taels of silver left in the treasury.”

Among the six ministers, the most difficult one is the minister of households. Jiang Wenrui has been able to sit in this position for more than two years and has not yet come down, and he is also very determined.

As soon as these words fell, all the others were silent. Disaster relief is to spend money, and there is no money for disaster relief.

Yan Wushuang said: “Because the northwest has been warned in advance, it is estimated that there may be a drought this year, so they have stored a large amount of food. I am going to send an imperial envoy to the northwest to borrow food. Who among you would like to go?”

When everyone heard this, they all shrank their heads. They got the news early and knew that the grain granaries in the northwest could not fit. But no matter how much food there is in the northwest, they will not be lent to them.

After a while, Mr. Lu raised his head and said, “My lord, the drought in the northwest is also very serious, and the imperial court may not be able to borrow food from them.” Anyway, whoever is sent will not be sent as the imperial envoy, so Mr. Lu is not worried. .

Yan Wu-faced expressionlessly said: “How can you know if you don’t try? Tell me, who would be more appropriate to send?”

The Minister of Rites stood up and said, “My lord, I think it would be more appropriate to let the Korean prince borrow food. Although it is said that the Han family has severed the father-daughter relationship with the Korean prince, the Korean prince is the real daughter of the Korean prince.”

Everyone felt that this Minister of Rites was out of his mind, and no one could send Han Jingyan there. Princess Pingxi and Han Jingyan are enemies, not father and daughter.

Yan Wushuang said with a cold face, “Who else has a better candidate?” How dare he use Han Jingyan, a person who has more than enough success.

Minister Geng looked at Jiang Wenrui and said: “Master Jiang is the uncle of King Pingxi, and his eldest son has made great contributions in the northwest. I think that when Master Jiang goes to borrow food, King Pingxi should give this face.” Jiang Wenrui and Jiang Wenrui did not deal with each other, and they fought openly and secretly for many years. If this time, Jiang Wenrui could be eliminated by this means, that would be great.

Jiang Wenrui wished he could stab the minister of officials to death, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said, “My lord, since the death of the Yun family, my relationship with the Yun family has become estranged. King Pingxi even thinks that I killed the Yun family. , every time I see me, I am angry. If you send me to the northwest, not only will you not be able to borrow food, but you will also offend the King of Pingxi.” In order not to go to the northwest, Jiang Wenrui also fought hard to cover up the family scandal that was too late to cover up on weekdays. Actively broke out.

Yan Wushuang said: “This time, you are going to the northwest to borrow food on behalf of the imperial court, and it does not involve personal grudges. Yun Qing acts upright and won’t embarrass you because of old things.”

Jiang Wenrui complained in his heart, he was not worried that Yun Qing would kill him, after all, his eldest son was in the northwest. If you don’t look at the monk’s face and look at the Buddha’s face, if you look at the face of Fu Ge’er, Yun Qing will not kill him. But others may not. It is a long distance from the capital to the northwest, and the road is not smooth, and it is very likely that you will never come back once you go.

The Marquis of Taining stood up and said, “My lord, I don’t think it would be appropriate to rashly send imperial envoys to the northwest to borrow food. It will make King Pingxi and Princess Pingxi feel that the court is persecuting. This goes against our original intention.”

Yan Wushuang asked: “According to the meaning of Taining Hou, how should this matter be handled properly?”

The meaning of Taininghou, of course, was to borrow food from Yunqing in the name of the imperial court. If Yunqing agrees, he will send someone to transport the food. If Yun Qing does not agree, then there is no need to say anything.

Mr. Lu Er also agreed with Taininghou’s opinion: “Even if King Pingxi does not agree to borrow grain, it will not damage the court’s face.” Anyone with a normal mind knows that it is impossible for the Northwest to lend grain to the court. Of course, Mr. Lu Er didn’t think that Yan Wushuang’s decision was wrong. Because he knew that borrowing food was just an excuse for Yan Wushuang, and he must have other plans.

Yan Wushuang thought for a while and said, “That’s the way to do it for the time being.” Yan Wushuang deliberately proposed to borrow food from the northwest, in fact, he wanted to transfer some of the pressure.

Back at the palace, Meng Nian told Yan Wushuang a bad thing: “My lord, I just got the news that someone stole the potato from the field and ate it and died. The doctor diagnosed that the man had eaten poisonous potato. Dead.” Liaodong was not affected by the drought, just like in previous years. However, the life of the people was difficult, and many people could not get enough to eat. When I heard that the potato was edible, I dug it up and ate it.

Yan Wushuang said without thinking, “Impossible. If the potato is poisonous, all the people in the northwest will eat it, so why hasn’t anyone been poisoned to death.”

Meng Nian also just got the news, and the specific situation is not clear: “My lord, this is absolutely true, there is nothing wrong. My lord, I am worried that this potato is not suitable for planting in Liaodong?” Otherwise, why did the people in the northwest eat it? Death, how come the people of Liaodong died after eating it!

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, “It’s impossible. I’ve never heard of anything that can become poisonous when planted in another place. There must be a reason we don’t know.”

After thinking about it, Yan Wushuang asked Meng Nian to ask the imperial doctor: “Maybe they know the reason.”

After getting to know the details, Zhang Yuyi thought about it and said to Meng Nian: “This potato is not yet ripe, so it may be poisonous. When it matures, it will not be poisonous. But these are just my guesses. It’s not that the reason can’t be determined until the potato matures.”

Meng Nian was a little strange and said, “Immature potato is poisonous?” This was the first time he heard such a thing.

Zhang Yuyi nodded and said, “Some plants are like this.” Zhang Yuyi now only regards potato as a medicinal material, not food.

Yan Wushuang heard Meng Nian’s remarks, and said, “I’m afraid that’s the reason.” There’s no reason why those grown in the northwest can be eaten, but those grown in Liaodong are poisonous.

Meng Nian asked about borrowing grain: “My lord, why do you want to borrow grain from the Northwest?” He didn’t even know the impossible, how could the lord not know!

Yan Wushuang said, “If we let these victims know that there is a large amount of food stored in the northwest, our pressure will be less.” All the victims from Shandong and Shanxi rushed to the capital.

After speaking, Yan Wushuang crossed a sneer on his face and said, “By the way, I also pierced through Han Yuxi’s hypocritical mask.”

Meng Nian was silent when he heard this. It doesn’t matter whether Han Yuxi is hypocritical or not, the important thing is that this trick can indeed help them transfer a lot of pressure.

The letter to borrow food from the northwest in the name of the emperor did not reach Yuxi and Yunqing. This letter first arrived in the hands of General Liu Yongnan. After reading the letter, Liu Yong directly scolded: “You son of a bitch, borrow food? Are the emperor’s children and Yan Wushuang’s brains flooded?” Now the Northwest is suffering from a major drought , the court doesn’t even need to provide disaster relief, and they still want food from the northwest, which is very beautiful!

The subordinate said: “General, how do those people deal with it?” Knowing the content of the letter, no one was not angry. These dog officials, there is no good thing.

Liu Yongnan said, “Killed.” The soldiers who came out of Yucheng hated the court officials. Because they have suffered too much from these people and suffered too much anger.

After speaking, Liu Yongnan directly burned the emperor’s handwritten letter. Then he wrote it down in the booklet, and after half an hour he was sent to Haocheng.

When Yuxi saw Liu Yongnan’s book, he sneered and handed the book to Yun Qing, saying, “Knowing that we won’t borrow food, he even sent a letter from the emperor in his own hand. What!” Liu Yongnan dared to burn the emperor’s handwritten letter because he knew that Yunqing and Yuxi would not borrow food.

Yun Qing is also annoyed by Yan Wushuang now. It is true that their husband and wife have stored a large amount of food, but the northwest is also the hardest hit area. This food is the foundation of the stability of the northwest. The court wants their food, next life! Yun Qing said, “Don’t pay attention to this lunatic.”

Yuxi said worriedly, “We can ignore Yan Wushuang. But those people in Shanxi and Henan who were affected by the disaster will definitely come to the northwest by then.”

Yun Qing said: “They can’t enter the northwest.” The border towns have all been closed, and it is more difficult to enter the northwest through the checkpoint than to ascend to the sky.

Yuxi said in a hoarse voice: “Yang Duoming’s letter said that the phenomenon of cannibalism has already occurred in Henan. Although it is only a minority now, I am worried that it will continue. It will become the norm by then.”

Yun Qing said without moving: “I won’t let such a tragedy happen in the Northwest.” They did a lot of preparations, and a lot of people still died in Linzhou and Yanzhou during this period. The people in the northwest can’t be saved, and the victims in Henan and Shanxi can’t be helped.

Yuxi thought about the coming flood, and whispered, “God is really not giving people a way to live!” Yuxi felt that her last life was a life in vain. She didn’t know about such a big drought, but she only knew that there was a flood in Jiangnan. If she knew there was such a big drought, she would definitely have done more preparations.

Actually, Oak-hee couldn’t be blamed entirely for this, mainly because of the special circumstances at the time. Those who fled were all out-of-province, and they all spoke dialects. Even the flood disaster in the south of the Yangtze River was also heard from a little boy who could speak Mandarin.

Yun Qing patted Yuxi on the shoulder and said, “No, we will definitely get through this difficulty.”

Yu Xin said: “Yes, we will definitely be able to get through this difficulty.” She couldn’t control the people in Jiangnan and Henan, but the people in the northwest would definitely do her best to minimize casualties.

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