Zhao'er was packing up at home when she received news that Xue Tingxiang had been dispatched to Beijing for disaster relief.
She didn't have time to say anything, so she hurriedly packed his bags for him, everything from clothes to medicinal materials.
In fact, when he was on the road, Zhao'er knew that Xue Tingxiang would not be able to bear it, and sure enough, he couldn't bear it. Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything but wait for him at home with the child.
Xue Tingxiang's actions in and out of Beijing surprised many people in Beijing who were following him.
What followed was the imperial decree issued above, and Xue Tingxiang was appointed as the disaster relief commissioner to coordinate disaster relief matters in Henan and other places.
Along with them were the five hundred Jinyiwei and the three thousand troops of the Beijing camp.
With such a big battle, it was obvious that His Majesty was going to fight, the government and the opposition were shaken, and countless letters were sent to various places.
In fact, Xue Tingxiang was indeed in a big fight. He ordered Taicang to prepare 10,000 shi of grain before he arrived in Tongzhou.
Dachang Dynasty has more than 800 granaries all over the country, which are divided into Beijing warehouses, water warehouses, and local Changping warehouses. As early as the Jin Dynasty, Tongzhou was the place where grains converged. The Grand Canal runs from south to north, and Tongzhou is the end point. And after the capital was moved to Beijing from the Ming Dynasty, in order to store the grain, many granaries were built in Beijing and Tongzhou, collectively known as Jingtong Er Warehouse, also known as Taicang.
If there is no food anywhere in the world, it is possible that there is no food in Taicang.
This is also the main reason why the price of food outside has risen again and again, but the impact on the capital has not been large, because Taicang is supporting it.
After receiving the news, the grain officer in Taicang doubted his eyes.
If you want to move Taicang's grain, the court has already ordered it.
But there is a big seal of the disaster relief imperial envoy on the document, and he can't tolerate him not believing, and with the document, there are also people from Jinyiwei. He could only order the people below to adjust the food, and at the same time, he rushed to deliver the letter to the capital.
It's a pity that the time is not coincidental. By the time we arrive in the capital, the city gate has been closed, and we can only stay outside for the night.
The other grain officer was pressed to raise grain and load the truck overnight. When the next morning, Xue Tingxiang and his party left with the grain truck. The order from the capital had not yet arrived, and the grain officer could only watch a large number of grains being escorted away. .
The news was disclosed in the early morning, and there was an uproar in the whole dynasty.
The importance of Taicang is beyond doubt.
There are millions of people in this capital, and there are so many officials, noble princes, and the amount of food consumed every day is staggering.
Huguang and the Jiangnan area are all in short supply, and they are too busy to take care of themselves. How can they have food to be transported to Beijing and China, and also take care of the disaster relief in several nearby places. Without these two supplies, the capital would be sitting on the mountain, and it would be a few days before there would be no food.
Xue Tingxiang was so courageous that he dared to take the grain of Taicang without authorization.
For a time, the officials who impeached him were like crucian carp crossing the river.
The crowd was so excited and filled with righteous indignation that it would be best to drag him back on the spot.
When the following was finished, Emperor Jiacheng on the dragon chair sneered: "Even if he takes away 10,000 stones, there are still several million stones in Taicang, are you Aiqing afraid that there will be no food available in Beijing? Those victims of the disaster are starving the same way? It is important to know that if you want to be healthy, you need to have three points of hunger and cold. It’s okay to be hungry once, so that you don’t have to spend money to buy Laoshizi ginseng Yangrong Pills to eat.”
After speaking, Emperor Jiacheng walked away with a swirl of his sleeves, and the eunuch in charge of the court ceremonies shouted to retreat.
There was silence below, and then they dispersed.
Although the sanctuary dispersed, it did not stop, and many ministers were on the case. This time, their tone has all changed. They no longer hold the fear that the capital will run out of food, but fear that someone will follow suit in the future, and the court will be uneasy.
These excerpts were all left behind by Emperor Jiacheng.
At the other end, Xue Tingxiang's difficult journey has just begun.
The victims of the disaster also communicated with each other, and at first glance, this brigade was sent by the imperial court to relieve the disaster. The truckloads of food were more valuable than the golden mountain in the eyes of the victims, and they all swarmed with green light.
This time, Xue Tingxiang and Xue Tingxiang went down to relieve the disaster, in addition to a repressive envoy of Jinyiwei, and a lieutenant of the Jingda Camp. The two were named Ji Chunde and Wang Lianghua.
Seeing this situation, Wang Lianghua hurriedly asked his soldiers to disperse the victims, even using force.
Who would have thought but was stopped by Xue Tingxiang.
"This disaster relief is mainly to help the people and let people put food."
"grown ups."
"Pour porridge on the spot and let people tell them that we are going to disaster relief this time. As long as we follow the rules, don't cause trouble, and follow us, no one will starve to death."
No one could understand what Xue Tingxiang wanted to do, but before he left the capital, a message was posted above, and everything was based on Lord Xue's opinion, and Wang Lianghua could only go down and make arrangements.
There was no camp, but the stove was built on the ground to make meals. It happened to be noon. The officers and soldiers and the victims ate together.
The food was very simple, only porridge, and there were soldiers protesting below, but Wang Lianghua had already let people go down and said that everyone ate the same food.
When you eat gruel, the adults above are gruel, and the same goes for the victims.
Are you a soldier and pawn, bigger than the adults above
All the soldiers could only swallow their complaints and ate a bowl of gruel that could count the grains of rice.
After eating, except for the sound of water in my stomach, I didn't feel hungry at all.
But when he turned his head to look at the victims, it was obviously porridge, but it seemed that he had eaten some delicacies.
Many people are reluctant to eat it, either by sticking to the elderly and children first, or sipping it one by one, as if they will not have another meal after eating this meal.
In an instant, he seemed to understand something.
After eating and resting for a quarter of an hour, continue on the road.
During this period, a steady stream of victims rushed to the area, the team became larger and larger, and more and more people knew that there were officials here to serve porridge. Not just one meal, but three meals a day.
So in this way, a large number of refugees and disaster victims gradually moved away from the vicinity of the capital, and went south along with Xue Tingxiang.
All the prefectures and counties along the road were staring at the movement here, and seeing the group of people moving away, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When the news was handed back to the capital, Emperor Jiacheng sneered again: "One by one, the corpse will be served with a vegetarian meal, so that you have no way to evacuate the disaster victims, so you have many concerns about opening the warehouse and putting food. Every year, with the salary of the imperial court, it cannot relieve the worries of the imperial court. What is the use of you? !"
Now, no one can impeach Xue Tingyan anymore. Although they asked for food, the key people did something.
It's all easy to say, but it's actually difficult.
The treatment of the victims is not only to keep their stomachs full and not starve to death, but also to guard against various epidemics. Fortunately, after so many years, the imperial court's prevention and control of the epidemic still has some rules and regulations.
In addition, although there was no food, there were medicinal materials. When Xue Tingxiang left the capital, the Ministry of Household specially asked about ten cars of medicinal materials.
He ordered the soldiers below to pay attention to the prevention and control of epidemic diseases. All the water that everyone drinks must be boiled, and no defecation is allowed anywhere.
But none of the victims dared to commit the crime.
And every day when he was making rice, he would let people burn the medicinal soup and distribute it, and let everyone drink a bowl. There has been no epidemic in the team, which is a great fortune in misfortune.
But at the same time, there is also a serious problem in front of us, that is, there is not much food. It seems that 10,000 shi of food is a lot of food, not to mention the 3,500 soldiers, the number of victims is nearly 10,000, but it is a drop in the bucket.
There were three meals a day, two thin and one dry, and everyone began to lose weight. Even Xue Tingxiang, after finally raising some meat, began to lose fat to the naked eye.
In the evening of this day, the team set up a meal on the spot, and a carriage drove from a distance.
The carriage was stopped at the periphery. It was heard that it was sent by Master Xue's family, so the soldiers let them go.
It is Zhao Zhi.
He was alone and brought some clothes and a food box.
He also told Xue Tingxiang that his wife was coming, and she followed not far behind, along with a group of guards from Xue's house.
Xue Tingyan was in a hurry and asked Zhao Zhi to go back and tell Zhao'er to go back quickly.
The next day, Zhao Zhi came again and brought food. Although it was simple, it was much better than the gruel. At the same time, there is Zhao'er's reply, she came out to inspect the business in various parts of Beizhili, and did not follow it deliberately.
Xue Tingxiang wanted to drive her back, but she knew that she was stubborn. If she made up her mind, it would be useless. Even if you promise on the surface, you can only acquiesce to what you should do or do behind your back.
But soon Xue Tingxiang didn't have the time to take care of these, because he arrived at Baoding Mansion.
This Baoding Mansion is a great mansion, an important city guarding the capital, and the gateway to the capital. When you leave Baoding, you will officially leave Beizhili.
There are many big families and wealthy businessmen in Baoding. Previously, Xue Tingxiang led a large team and went through the city without entering, so they all took a detour. This time, he changed the regulations, and after the large team camped on the spot outside the city, he brought the Jinyiwei people into the city.
Since these people entered the territory of Baoding, some people have been staring all the way, so Baoding has already taken precautions.
However, Xue Tingxiang only brought Jinyiwei's people into the city. The people from the Jingda Camp did not bring them, nor did the disaster victims. Naturally, no one dared to stop them.
But my heart is full of doubts, what is this person trying to do? They want food, but they don't have it.
They soon knew what Xue Tingxiang wanted to do.
When Xue Tingxiang arrived at the Baoding Mansion, he found Chen Maolong, the prefect, and asked him who was the largest grain merchant and big household here.
Chen Maolong hesitated, unable to understand what the imperial envoy wanted to do,
Xue Tingxiang sneered and said that if the disaster relief event was delayed, the court would not forgive him in the first place. Someone else stood aside holding the imperial decree of 'can make an impromptu decision, not to the court', not to mention those brocade guards who were eyeing them.
Chen Maolong had no choice but to report two names, and Xue Tingxiang was also quick to ask him to call two people to speak in the name of the prefect.
Soon, these two big households were found.
Jin Yiwei's men brought two boxes of silver in and threw them in front of them.
"This official serves as an errand for the imperial court, and at His Majesty's will, I went out to Beijing for disaster relief. In order to avoid being accused of oppressing the people by the imperial court, this official does not owe you anything on credit. According to the market price of the past two years, how much food can be exchanged for these silvers is up to you to see for yourself. Do it."
"Your Excellency Qin!"
The two were shocked, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only stare straight at Chen Maolong.
This Chen Maolong is a local parental official, and he has to deal with these big households. He usually benefits from each other. At this time, he naturally has to help.
"Your Excellency the Imperial Commissioner, now there is a lack of harvest in various places, and many places have suffered disasters. The food I have in Baoding is also a drop in the bucket. Although the two of them are well-known local households, they don't grow food, and where can they get so much? grain."
Xue Tingxiang sneered and looked at each other with cold eyes: "In what capacity does Master Chen speak for the two?"
"This—" Chen Maolong didn't expect Xue Tingxiang to ask such a question, and he couldn't react for a while.
"If you are an official, you can shut up. If you are a relative and friend of the two, then it's another matter." Xue Tingxiang smiled, but no one thought he was laughing.
Only a fool will understand and tell outsiders that he has benefited from a big family and sheltered them from the wind and rain. Chen Maolong quickly said that it was a misunderstanding.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, it's even better. Sir Chen, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. For the grain in Taicang, I only asked for 10,000 shi of grain after fighting for this official robe. Now we are evacuating the victims and providing relief. The people's errands are all on my body. This official is overwhelmed, but I have to do it. If I mess up this errand, His Majesty will want my head. You said that before I lose my head, I will cut off a few people at random. Head, will you let yourself give birth to an extra head and let people chop it off a few more times?"
The words are so convoluted that at first glance, I don't understand the meaning at all. But if you think about it carefully, you can understand the threat inside.
Xue Tingxiang was ordered in danger, but he was suffering from lack of food. It was obvious that this errand was not easy to handle. Could this person plan to break the jar
Zuo but you make me unhappy, and I make you unhappy, let's see if you are unhappy first, or if I lose my head first, and I have a few more heads to fall off.
Holding the imperial decree, Hu San took another step forward, Xue Tingxiang looked there calmly, and then smiled at Chen Maolong and said: "Now there are tens of thousands of disaster victims outside, this official originally planned to take them all the way. It's a pity that clever women can't cook without rice, and if they don't follow this official, I don't know if they don't follow me."
This is another threat.
In fact, these victims were able to go to the vicinity of the capital, because the local officials of these prefectures and counties along the way did it deliberately.
Whether the local people's livelihood is safe or not is related to performance appraisal, and performance appraisal is related to whether or not to be promoted. These victims are like chestnuts in the fire, and they cannot touch them. If they stay in the local area, they will inevitably cause chaos for a long time.
The imperial court will not care whether these people are local people or not, as long as there is chaos under your rule, it is your responsibility. Therefore, once they heard that there were disaster victims and refugees attacked, local officials would keep people watching from a distance. When you see the trail, you close the city gate, no matter if you cry and cry, you will not open it.
If they are not open, they will all go to the capital.
These are the questions that the officials below know well, but never talk about, and at this time Xue Tingxiang actually took this threat.
It doesn't matter if you don't give food, then I don't care about the disaster victims. When there is trouble, it's your Baoding Mansion's business anyway.
The cold sweat on Chen Maolong's forehead was flowing, and he really wanted to throw this imperial envoy out.
But only thinking about it, he stared at the big family below.
The two big households were usually the leading figures in Baoding, but now no one is shouting when they kneel here.
But even if they were killed, they would not dare to say that the imperial envoy was blackmailing.
Looking at the two boxes of silver, if the calculation is correct, it is only 20,000 taels of silver. In fact, these silvers can't buy much rice. Which of them doesn't have several granaries of grain in their hands.
Chen Maolong obviously had a decision, with a threat in his eyes, and at the same time, he was still saying one sentence - it was to send the god of plague.
The two big households looked at each other, and they could only be regarded as sending the god of plague.