Chapter 78: Offer

Queen Wei heard about it and folded her hands together. Fortunately, she didn't want to see those bad old men that day and didn't go to the palace banquet.
Eating locusts basically won't kill people. Most courtiers still know this truth, but it's disgusting!
Thinking of eating some green bugs, I feel like vomiting.
After this potent medicine, no courtier finally stopped Yuan Luo's "Twelve Strategies for Locust Control".
After all, you cannot "die on the spot" to prove that eating locusts will definitely kill you.
However, as a protest against the imperial concubine's deviant behavior, several courtiers said they became ill. Yuan Luo didn't bother to bother, who wouldn't be able to stay without the court? Except for disaster relief, most government affairs in this era can be delayed for more than ten days.
In just a few days, the framework and team for drought and locust eradication were set up, and money was gradually put in place.
But troubles were always one after another. The methodical disaster relief only lasted for a month, and a vicious case that caused Yuan Luo a headache occurred.
The relief grain and grass sent to Gancheng, Anzhou were robbed halfway. According to Yusi's report, the robbers who did it were also victims.
Many people died as a result of the conflict between the two sides. Yuan Luo looked at the thick performance report, only to feel that a mouthful of old blood was stuck in her chest.
She was so angry that she was walking back and forth in the hall, unable to relieve herself for a long time.
He simply left the hall and came to the back garden. The continuous drought made the exotic flowers and plants in the imperial garden listless. Walking in the woods, bypassing a rockery, a plain and beautiful attic greeted you.
Yuan Luo stopped, she had already walked to the palace where Lian Yanqiu lived.
These days, even Yanqiu is still busy with Beirong's follow-up affairs, and has not interfered with the disaster relief. At this moment, Yuan Luo wanted to hear his opinions.
Entering the inner hall, I saw Lian Yanqiu sitting on the side of the cave, slender white jade fingers twisting the obsidian chess pieces, shining brightly.
I heard Cheng Wei talk about it before that even Yanqiu likes to play chess, and he likes to play with himself, which is a quirk. People talk more and more about his isolation, indifference and unkindness.
Seeing Yuan Luo coming in, he showed an unexpected expression and got up to greet him.
Yuan Luo was not polite with him, and sat directly opposite, looking down at the chessboard.
"The admiral is leisurely these days." Yuan Luo said sourly. Anyone who sees a partner drinking tea and playing chess leisurely will feel unbalanced when the pressure of continuous overtime is excessive.
Even Yanqiu gave a dry smile: "The minister is just taking time out."
Yuan Luo looked down at the chessboard, "How can it be interesting for two people to play chess alone?"
Without waiting for Yanqiu to speak, she twisted Baizi and made a mess.
She had learned Go from Queen Wei a while ago, and she was a novice.
Lian Yanqiu saw that she would mess up a good game of chess, and could only helplessly smile. Turned around to pour a cup of tea and brought it up.
Yuan Luo broke the chess game and smiled at him. "How does the admiral feel about the steps in this palace?"
Seeing her baring little tiger teeth, Lian Yanqiu smiled sincerely and said, "The steps of the lady are very clever."
"Where is the beauty?"
"There is the realm of the master to death in the legend."
Yuan Luo laughed out loud, the originally depressed mood greatly eased.
She smiled and said, "Although this chess is wonderful, it is not as wonderful as the admiral." Such a wonderful person with a eloquent explanation is really rare.
Knowing that she couldn't spit out ivory, Lian Yanqiu didn't ask for a deadly question.
It's a pity that Yuan Luo can only put away the thoughts of continuing to laugh.
Lian Yanqiu went directly to the topic: "The Empress Chen Guan was angry just now because of the fact that the local disaster victims were looting grain and grass in groups."
No government affairs around him can hide from him. Yuan Luo got used to it and nodded.
"Why does Niang Niang think this happened?" Lian Yanqiu pointed to the point.
Yuan Luo turned into a cup of tea, and took a sip: "The folds presented by the local government refer to the behavior of the victims in panic."
With stretched relief, some victims panic too much for fear that the food will not be distributed to them. This happened. On the face of it, the reason was appropriate, but Yuan Luo didn't fully believe it.
This time the disaster relief, the food was not considered rich, but it did not starve to death. Especially in order to ensure timely disaster relief, several batches of grain and grass were escorted by soldiers, and ordinary victims were hacked to death before grabbing grain. Taking the risk of dying hundreds of people to grab food is usually done by people who are extremely hungry. It's not here yet.
"My palace suspects that this matter was deliberately agitated. Exaggerating the disaster and creating panic." That's why Yuan Luo was so depressed before.
This is not only to put the chopsticks into her plate and eat the meat, but also to carry the plate together!
"Then Niangniang thinks, who is instigating the victims behind these robberies?"
"Is there someone who is conspiring to rebel against the court and intends to gather people to cause chaos?" Yuan Luo speculated that she remembered that there were several starving people, violence and chaos in the original book at this time. Some also gather people's hearts under the name of religion.
"The empress is too worried. If the people all over the world are not forced to live, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will not take the risk and become a mob." Lian Yanqiu is plain and ordinary, and the relief in Anzhou is still effective.
auzw.com Yuan Luo thought for a while, in this life, because of the large quantities of grain and grass that she sowed, the few peasant uprisings that had already appeared in the original book really haven't seen a trace.
"What does the admiral think?"
"If you are guessing by the minister. Which family family should be making troubles."
Family family? Yuan Luo frowned, "Is it good for them to interfere with disaster relief?" It is really hard to force the people to live on the local tyrants and divide the fields, and it will cause the people to change, and they will not be able to escape. There are no helicopters in this era, and they can fly away. In history, there are really many family members who were annihilated in the sea of ​​starvation, violence and chaos.
"This matter is very simple. For any family of clan families, survival, inheritance and expansion are the most important." Lian Yanqiu only said this sentence, and will not say more.
Yuan Luo thought for a moment, then woke up, feeling a chill in her heart.
Lian Yanqiu's words reminded her of a book she had read in her previous life, "For any civilization, reproduction and expansion are the first priority." It is similar to this sentence.
In this age of backward productivity, natural and man-made disasters, it is a good time for the powerful family to expand their power. If the people cannot survive, they will the land, sell their children, sell their daughters, or even sell themselves.
If the relief food distributed by the imperial court is sufficient, or even not necessary, as long as it can survive starvation, there is a glimmer of hope, the people will not sell their children.
Now that some victims are encouraged to rob food and grass, a part of the gap is missing. People who cannot get relief can only be forced to sell their sons and daughters in exchange for a chance to live.
A catastrophe, but it is a feast for the noble family.
After the disaster, they occupied more land and had more trilogy under their names. The poorer the poorer, the richer the richer.
The wealthy family continued to grow like this, and after a few generations, they became a family, and the family continued to grow, with thousands of hectares of fertile fields, tens of thousands of private soldiers, lofty prestige, and even the world in troubled times.
Ha, in fact, the Sikong clan's world also came like this.
Of course, the family who secretly agitated this matter would not want to seek direct rebellion, but rely on their greedy instinct to devour more nutrients and strengthen themselves.
I also thought that many courtiers opposed their own strategy of hunting locusts.
How many of these opposing voices are due to the old-fashioned feudal thinking, and how many of them are secretly shameless and dirty thinking?
If this continues, sooner or later a dynasty will come to an end.
Isn’t the original book just such a collapse? Fighting in the imperial house was endless, the door valve knocked on the bones and sucked the marrow, and finally went south to Beirongkouguan. The entire capital was ransacked. Those family members who were once high-groomed and anointed had no chance to escape under the trampling of the Northern Rong cavalry. They even became the favorite prey of evil wolves because of their obesity.
Before the avalanche, every snowflake thought it had nothing to do with itself.
"The Gancheng where the incident occurred is only two middle-class celebrities. I don't know which company was bold enough to plan this." Lian Yanqiu's voice pulled Yuan Luo back from the excessively divergent associations, "Things have already happened, we should consider It's how to deal with it later."
Yuan Luo thought quickly. Along with the memorandum of this incident, there were also several officials' papers, asking the court to send troops to punish the mobs and kill chickens and monkeys.
It must be punished, otherwise, where is the majesty of the court? But we can't wantonly torture and jail. This time, it is not hundreds of people who are robbing of food, but tens of thousands of people. If they are excessively forced, they are very likely to take risks.
Moreover, most of these victims are only encouraged and agitated by others, and it is best to kill the first evil, and then pull out the black hands behind the scenes.
"This matter can only be cut with a sharp knife. If the empress is not at ease, let the minister go." Lian Yanqiu took the initiative to ask for this difficult task.
Yuan Luo felt relieved, as long as any problems are handed over to this person, there is no need to worry.
"The admiral is really timely rain in this palace." Yuan Luo stared at people with bright eyes.
Lian Yanqiu looked at her contented smile, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Isn't the empress coming to the door in person for this sentence? If the minister is not wink, I am afraid that in the next days, he will not even think about playing the chess safely."
After being exposed, Yuan Luo was a little embarrassed, "Ahem, the admiral has worked hard. When you're done, this palace will hold a banquet for you."
"There is no need for a banquet. The catastrophe in front of me, I don't know how many days it will last."
In order to save money, Yuan Luo previously ordered to cut a lot of palace expenses, and banquets, singing and dancing trips were greatly reduced.
Lian Yanqiu straightened his expression, "Just ask Niang Niang to remember and thoroughly investigate the case, it's just a temporary solution rather than a permanent cure."
Yuan Luo nodded. The victims will be agitated, but the key is to be persecuted by the famine. If there is enough food, even if there is enough food, who would take the risk to rob the officials.
And food needs to be purchased, transported, and distributed from the south. Everything will ultimately fall on the money.
During this period of time, the hundreds of thousands of silver donations raised before were spent like water. Not only the relief of victims in more than a dozen prefectures and counties, but also the plan for river improvement, Shen Dongliu's secrets were also sent, and the Huanghe dam in Suzhou was shocking. For the time being, we will first make small-scale repairs. If we want large-scale governance, we are afraid that millions of people will be moved.
Next, we need to raise more money. Yuan Luo gritted his teeth.
Just thinking about how to make a ruthless move, squeezing money from the noble family, Lian Yanqiu's voice came.
"I heard a lot of the silver liang dispatched by the Niang Niang from Neiku?"
Yuan Luo understood that he must not be able to hide such a large amount of expenses from his small treasury.
"I have heard that the Huanghe section of Suzhou has been flooded and the dams have been damaged in recent years, so I want to repair the river again."
"Niangniang, Huanghe in Suzhou has been suffering for many years, and things are of priority. Now the weather is severely dry, so it is better to concentrate on dealing with the drought."
"My palace always feels that after a severe drought, there are often floods, and prevent them before they happen." Yuan Luo couldn't explain the matter. In fact, even the paper presented by Shen Dongliu suggested that she proceed slowly. She was reprimanded by her, and ordered to immediately recruit and start work.
Not wanting to argue with Lian Yanqiu about this matter, she smiled and said, "As long as the money is ample, there is no hindrance to advancing together."
Lian Yanqiu glanced at her and lowered his gaze: "The empress has a long-term vision, and the minister naturally has no objection."