Chapter 25

"My younger brother is so smart. I believe you." Xia Yiyi soft voice way, tone but inexplicably give people strength.

Xia Yue raised his head, eyes slowly turned firm, nodded: "good!"

Seeing his promise, Xia Yiyi also felt a worry. The next day, he found the best private school in Qizhou city to send Xia Yue to study.

In recent days, the weather is particularly gloomy. Qizhou city is not far from the capital. At this time, the darkness around it is frightening. God seems to be angered. Thunder is rolling and torrential rain keeps on.

Floods broke out in all directions of the capital. Crops were flooded, houses collapsed, and bridges collapsed. The common people were crying bitterly. Memorials of high-ranking officials from local prefectures applying for relief money were presented one after another.

The common people all said that it was the emperor who made heaven angry that made them suffer.

Xia Yiyi heard this saying in the teahouse, some can't laugh or cry, pity the emperor, for the natural disaster back black pot!

The palace.

Sitting on the Dragon chair, the man in bright yellow robes was holding his forehead in one hand, coughing.

"Emperor, have a glass of sugar and Sydney to clear your lungs." The father-in-law on one side came forward with the tea cup and put it on the table.

The emperor took a drink and looked tired. His father-in-law said, "emperor, you haven't closed your eyes for two days because of the flood. Have a rest."

The emperor was upset and waved to him to withdraw.

He doesn't understand that he has not lost a cent of the money that should be appropriated. Why is the flood getting worse and worse? Does he really violate Tianyan?

After rubbing his painful brow, he called his father-in-law and said in a deep voice, "order me to go down and immediately put up notices everywhere to recruit capable people to offer advice. I will reward those who are effective in fighting against disasters."

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At that time, the people downstairs of Qizhou city were holding umbrellas and scrambling to see the notice just issued. A big beard scratched his forehead with a headache: "if you can read, please read it."

"What the emperor said on the list is that the emperor can collect measures to fight against disasters. Those who offer useful ideas can be promoted to the rank of nobility, with a reward of 100 Liang." A scholar like humanity.

"Even the emperor can't help it. What can we common people do?"

"That's it

"Oh, don't look. It's all gone." Whiskers drive humanity.

They all shook their heads and retreated a little. They were not willing to leave. They wanted to see who had the ability to take over the imperial list.

In the teahouse, Xia Yiyi didn't hear outside the window. She still tried to sell her coke until more and more people in the teahouse began to talk about it.

"Uncle, what kind of imperial list are you talking about?" Xia Yiyi poured coke to people and asked curiously.

"You don't know yet. Just stick it on the imperial list at the gate of the city. The emperor will collect a hundred taels of silver and gold to fight against the disaster. He will also be promoted to the rank of nobility. It's just that you said, who can do something like this? Even the emperor has no way. What can we ordinary people do. It's just taking part in the fun and waiting to die. " Uncle shook his head, peeled a peanuts and threw it into his mouth, "if you want me to say, we'll have to have a good time, drink tea and gossip, don't you think?"

"Yes, or Lao Li is right!" One man echoed.

Xia Yiyi blinked, thinking that the emperor was still kept in the dark about such a simple thing.

The amount of money pressed is not enough to resist the flood.

"Shopkeeper, give me another bowl of Sprite!" Cried someone at the other table.

"All right." Xia Yiyi should, let the uncles talk first, carrying the teapot turned away.

Back to Yaju after a busy day, the sound of rain is gradually getting smaller. Xia Yiyi goes to the hall along the corridor and sees that the food is already on the table, steaming hot.

Xia Yiyi twisted his neck. The more happy Xia stood up and said, "sister, you're back!"

"Well." Xia Yiyi's face showed a smile, and then to the side of Chen Zhao smile, in order to say hello.

Sitting next to Xia Yue, Xia Yiyi said, "how are you doing in school today? Do you still like it? "

Xia Yue nodded: "Well! Mr. interesting, classmate lovely

"Ha ha ha, just like it." Xia Yiyi was relieved to see him adapt.

Seeing that everyone hadn't moved the chopsticks, she said, "brother Chen, eat."

Chen Zhao nodded and asked, "how is the business of the teahouse today?"

"As usual." Xia Yiyi returned, bowed his head and took a bite of rice. Thinking of what he heard in the teahouse today, he casually told Chen Zhaodao, "the people in the teahouse are talking about it, saying that the emperor has pasted the imperial list and is collecting measures to fight the flood."

"Yes."

"Well, I don't know if the emperor's eyes are blindfolded or something. The flood is getting worse and worse, but it's not because those ministers and senior officials don't do anything with their salaries. Otherwise, how can this kind of thing not be solved all the time? " Xia Yiyi said frankly that she didn't take Chen Zhao as an outsider, so she spoke out what she thought.

Chen Zhao smell speech, eyebrow micro movement: "then you can have a solution?""It's not easy." Xia Yiyi put down her chopsticks. She had seen a lot of flood relief methods on TV before, and naturally felt that it was not difficult.

"You think, why is the flood getting worse? It's not because of the mutual protection and exploitation of officials, which leads to the fact that there is only a small amount of money for disaster relief when it falls into the hands of the people, and the construction of bridges is also shoddy, which makes the disaster more serious. But if the officials perform their respective duties, how can there be so many casualties? " Xia Yiyi is right.

Chen Zhao became interested and listened to her continue: "I think there are five ways to fight floods and provide disaster relief. First, carefully verify the situation of the disaster, determine the number of casualties and the places seriously affected by the disaster;

"second, solve the livelihood problem of the people, and provide porridge and silver;

" third, rebuild the houses affected by the disaster, so that the people can have a place to live, so that people will not be panic;

"fourth, we can do fund-raising, such as donating silver to the places not affected by the disaster, that is The so-called four sides have difficulties, eight sides support, in the future, the disaster will fall on your head, someone will be willing to give a helping hand;

"fifth, find a fair and honest minister to manage the disaster funds, so as not to make people full of their own pockets, and then the previous things will happen again;

" sixth, the most important point is that when the crops are gone, we have to plant again, so we can't let the people rely on the country, we must It's up to your hands to get what they need. There is also the spirit, we work together, together, we will be able to overcome this difficulty

Xia Yiyi said, see Chen Zhao stunned general, she raised her hand in front of Chen Zhao shook: "what's the matter? Brother Chen, am I right? "

"No Chen Zhao returned to his senses, but did not expect that Xia Yiyi, a little girl who came out of the mountains, had never read a book since she was a child, could say that even he was ashamed.

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