Chapter 126 (1/2)

It was not long before the disaster relief team set out from the capital and rushed to Jiangnan with relief money, grain and grass.

This disaster relief team can be said to carry the hope of the whole dynasty. The cabinet is pressing for questions day by day, and the post station is ready. However, people have been waiting for a long time, but news about the disaster has not come.

Even if Xu Wen sent the memorial, it was full of colorful official sayings. He said a few words about flood and disaster relief. The emperor thought that the capital was far away from the south of the Yangtze River, and Xu Wen was busy resettling the victims. He had no time to write documents, so there was no news for a long time. So the emperor forced himself to suppress his anxiety and wait patiently.

However, the patience of civil and military officials did not wait for the news that the flood was cured and everything was back on the right track. Li Chengjing, who was placed next to Xu Wen as his deputy, failed to persuade him for a long time. At the risk of great disrespect, he went over the level to send an urgent Memorial back to Beijing. His performance was divided into several escorts, and only one letter was sent to Li Chengjing. Li Chengjing immediately sank his face when he saw the memorial. The next day, he handed the memorial to the emperor in public in the morning.

"Your Majesty, the Jiangnan emergency report said that Xu Wen was reckless and greedy. He embezzled money for disaster relief and replaced new rice with moldy rice. After eating, the victims vomited up and down, and the death toll soared to more than 1300 in just ten days. After the disaster, Xu Wen tried to cover it up. In the memorial, Wen Si did not mention it. He also suppressed his subordinates and did not allow them to report to the court. As a result, the plague broke out because the corpse was not handled in time. In recent days, it has been rainy and humid in the south of the Yangtze River, and the plague spread very quickly. Before Zhao Liang risked his life to play, a whole village had been infected with the plague. "

"Plague!" All the people in the court were shocked. The biggest fear after the flood and drought disaster was the plague. In history, it was not uncommon for ten families to keep one person, and the corpses were everywhere because of the plague. If the plague was not handled properly, it would be a great disaster to damage the country.

As if a drop of water fell into the boiling oil, the court officials immediately fried the pot. Yang Fucheng shook his sleeve hard and yelled: "ridiculous! Zhao Liang was only a deputy and had no power to report to the imperial court. Now he has already committed the crime of disrespect. If this person is not trustworthy, he should be removed from his post immediately and never be used again. "

"This is not the first word." Li Chengjing refused, saying, "it's not that Zhao Liang didn't report to the chief. It's just that Xu Wengang was headstrong and greedy, so he didn't have to use it, which led to the spread of the disaster and the outbreak of the plague. If Zhao Liang sticks to the rules and doesn't report to the imperial court, will Yang Shoufu send someone to take care of the people's lives when all the people in Jiangnan are dead and Xu Wen is completely overwhelmed? As the official of the imperial court, the first is loyal to the king, the second is loving the people, and the third is respecting the officer. Where does Yang Shoufu put the common people in the world? Where is the Daqi temple? "

"It can be seen that he is immoral when he goes over the level to report. Who knows if he deliberately fabricates a name to frame the officer in order to win credit?"

"Yes or no, send someone to Jiangnan to find out. Yang Shoufu didn't know how he wanted to be dismissed from office and punished. Didn't he want to cover for someone? "

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In the early days, the debate continued until noon, when the emperor finally showed a headache and finally managed to end. Even if the two sides pause, but the smell of fire has been shrouded in Miyagi, the whole afternoon atmosphere is tense.

Li Chengjing saw the emperor's tired face, and followed him to the end. Later, he accompanied the emperor for an afternoon, invited the imperial doctor, and listened in the six ministries of the cabinet. He didn't come back until Haishi.

Although Cheng Yujin stayed in the inner palace, she also knew that something big had happened outside. The flood had not stopped, but it caused a plague. At the moment, herbal medicine is scarce, and there are even fewer orthodox doctors who have studied medicine. When ordinary people get sick, they have to rely on their bodies, not to mention the plague, which is highly infectious, fast onset and extremely high mortality. The maids in the palace and other people were shocked when they heard the word plague.

Li Chengjing came back in the evening. As soon as she heard the door open, Cheng Yujin immediately put on her cloak and went out: "Your Highness!"

Li Chengjing saw that it was her and quickly reached out to help her: "how did you come out?"

"I'm really worried about your Highness's long absence."

Li Chengjing's face was heavy. He had just come back from the outside. Even though he had an umbrella on the road, his hands were cold from the rain. He shook Cheng Yujin's hand hard, and the coolness of the water in his palm almost penetrated into people's heart: "it's OK, let's talk first."

After entering the hall, Cheng Yujin immediately orders the maids to release the water. She pours the ginger soup herself and brings it to Li Chengjing. Li Chengjing is sitting at the table, pinching his eyebrows wearily. When he hears the voice, he looks up with cold eyes. Seeing that it's Cheng Yujin, he puts down his guard.

Cheng Yujin sat down beside him and watched him drink ginger soup with her own eyes. Then she asked softly, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

Li Chengjing did not speak, he was silent, Cheng Yujin also sat with him. After a while, Li Chengjing said, "Yujin, I may go to Jiangnan."

"What?" Rao is Cheng Yujin also frightened, her eyes stare big, can't believe, "Your Highness!"

"I know." Li Chengjing took Cheng Yujin's hand and said, "I also know that there is a plague in Jiangnan now. It's very dangerous to go to the disaster area at this moment. But I have to go. "

Cheng Yujin frowned, obviously still disagreed: "Your Highness, plague is not for fun. No one knows what the situation is in the disaster area now. If during the period of sending memorials, the plague will expand again? No one knows why the plague started, how it spread, what medicine to use and how to prevent it. Your highness, I know you care about the people, but you are the God of the sea. Only if you are good, can you cure more people. You really can't risk yourselfLi Chengjing sighed and said, "I understand your scruples. If I didn't really have no time, how could I take such a risk?"

Cheng Yujin frowned, instinctively feel wrong: "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

"The emperor's face was not right when he went to court today. The courtiers thought that the emperor was angry, so they had to stop quarreling and leave the palace. But I followed the emperor back to the palace, he It wasn't made up at the time. "