Everyone in the palace didn't know what was going on outside, but they were all in an uproar when they heard the news.
"Water? How could it be water?"
"Yeah, the fire is serious? Today's His Majesty's enthronement ceremony, shouldn't there be many soldiers from the patrol battalion patrolling the city? Why does such a thing happen?"
Luo Qingyan and Yunshang looked at each other. Since there were fires and smoke rising from many places in the city, it was probably the dark guards and the hidden piles in the city who had already started to move.
Luo turned his head lightly, looked at the surprised or panicked courtiers below, with a calm face: "In that case, let's go, let's go out and have a look."
A group of courtiers followed Luo Qingyan and Yunshang out of the Golden Palace. Standing outside the Golden Palace, they saw that the city was indeed full of flames.
Just within the reach of everyone's eyes, you can see more than a dozen thick smoke billowing.
The noise got louder: "This..."
"On the day your Majesty ascended the throne, there was water everywhere. This is an ominous omen..."
"Why is it unknown? In my opinion, it is clear that someone deliberately set the fire on purpose to disturb the hearts of the people."
"Who is in charge of patrolling the city today? So many places are flooded, and no one has noticed it, and no one has come to play?"
"I don't know where the fire started. Will there be any casualties?"
The courtiers were all discussing, but Luo Qingyan remained silent. After a while, he said, "Go back to the palace."
Hearing the words, all the officials looked at each other, they were all a little surprised, surprised that Yu Luo Qingyan's reaction was so indifferent, and he didn't even arrange for people to fight the fire, nor was he surprised or annoyed at all...
All the officials followed Luo Qingyan back to the palace with blank faces.
"Did everyone see the situation in the city just now?" Luo Qingyan opened his mouth, and his voice echoed in the golden palace.
Of course I saw it.
Luo lightly smiled: "I heard what you were talking about just now. I can tell you clearly that the situation just now was indeed deliberately set on fire. It's just that the person who set the fire was not someone with evil intentions , but me."
"His Majesty?"
"Your Majesty set the fire?"
"how come?"
The confusion on the official face receded, leaving only shock.
"The thick smoke billowing in more than a dozen places that you saw just now is only in one direction. In all places in the city, I ordered people to set fire to hundreds of them..."
"I know what you want to ask, why do you want to set fire?" Luo Qingyan tapped his finger on the armrest of the dragon chair: "I also know that everyone is concerned, where are these fires? Are there any casualties? I can do anything I’m here to answer your questions one by one.”
"The ones that caught fire were abandoned and vacant houses for a long time. According to the laws of the Xia Kingdom, if the places that have been abandoned and vacant for more than five years can be taken back to the household department and rearranged. However, I set fire to all these houses. If the person who owns that courtyard can show the land deed and house deed, I can also allocate a sum of money from the national treasury to make a certain amount of compensation."
"Later, some beneficial things will be built in these places, such as refuge shelters for some homeless people to shelter from the wind and rain, such as theater tables, so that ordinary people can also have a place to sing on stage. Listening to the play..."
"It can also be a private school, a martial arts arena, or a garden for everyone to play."
Luo Qingyan's voice was low, and all the officials in the palace raised their eyes and listened quietly, with thoughtful expressions.
"I will send people to conduct public opinion surveys about what to build, and then deal with it later."
There was a long silence in the Golden Palace before someone stood up and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Immediately, more and more officials stood up and knelt down to Luo Qingyan: "Your Majesty is holy."
Luo Qingyan's eyes swept across the golden palace: "Throughout the ages, everyone regarded fire as an ominous thing, and even called fire as running water in order to avoid the ominous word of fire. But I feel that if fire can It is not unknown to bring vitality and convenience to the people.”
It is loud and deafening.
After the palace banquet was over, Yunshang and Luo Qingyan went back to the apse of the Tai Chi Hall together.
"The concubine thought that His Majesty would not announce this matter at the palace banquet. After all, although the court has just undergone a round of purges, there must still be careful work on the court, such as the people of the Cao family..."
"I don't know what's going on outside. After listening to His Majesty's words, they must also know His Majesty's countermeasures. I'm afraid they will find ways to send a message out of the palace. If our arrangement has not yet achieved results, they have prepared a second move, fearing that something will happen. .”
Luo smiled softly: "We have ordered three things to go down, one is to issue a notice, the other is to find out what abandoned houses are in the city, and the third is to burn them down after finding out."
"Among these three things, the announcement should be the first to be posted. The fire must be the last to start."
"When we saw it, there were already more than a dozen places on fire, and this was only the place we could see. This at least shows that the notice has already been posted. At this time, even if someone sends news outside the palace, We don't have to be afraid. Besides, even if someone wants to pass on information, we have to see if they can pass it on."
Yun Shang thought about the defense situation in the palace today, and laughed: "Yes, but the concubine is too nervous. Moreover, I think those who came up with the idea of arson, even if they imagined countless ways we would The way to deal with it is absolutely unthinkable that we will directly burn all the vacant yards in the city."
Yun Shang raised her eyes to look at Luo Qingyan, with a smile in her eyes: "Your Majesty's remarks are not ominous, I'm afraid it will spread all over Jincheng and outside of Jincheng soon, and it will definitely cause a lot of discussion, Your Majesty This time, it is a name for the fire."
Luo Qingyan raised his hand and scratched Yunshang's nose: "Are you kidding me?"
"How dare a concubine?"
Yunshang and Luo Qingyan went back to Weiyang Palace together to wait for the news. As soon as they arrived at the gate of Weiyang Palace, they saw big red happy characters pasted on the door and windows of Weiyang Palace.
Yun Chang was stunned, took two steps back, raised her eyes to look at the plaque on the palace gate: "I didn't go wrong, what is this for?"
"Your Majesty and Your Majesty are overjoyed."
All the palace people in Weiyang Palace had already stood at the gate of the palace, greeting Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang.
"Happy?"
Yun Chang blinked, turned her head to look at Luo Qingyan, but saw Luo Qingyan also had a smile on her face.
"It's great joy. Today is the day of my enthronement ceremony and your empress ceremony. Can you still remember what I said before?"
Yun Chang only looked at him blankly.
The smile in Luo Qingyan's eyes was even stronger: "The empress seal is a form for the emperor to marry a wife..."
Before Luo Qingyan finished speaking, Yun Chang's face turned red.