Chapter 126

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. "

Cheng Yujin took a cold breath, and the blood in her body was cold. Cheng Yujin could not understand the information contained in these short sentences.

Cheng Yujin lowered her voice and asked quietly, "Your Highness, do you mean..."

Li Chengjing nodded with a heavy face: "I didn't know that the emperor was surrounded by his own people. These things didn't spread to the outside world. It's not until today that I've been with the emperor and personally met with the imperial doctor to give him a pulse that I know that he is ill. It's been a while

"Your Majesty, he..."

"It's not a serious disease, but it can't be cured. It's always a headache. When the headache is serious, I feel restless and can't eat. It wasn't frequent before, but recently there were many affairs in the imperial court. Originally, the emperor was worried about the water affairs in the south of the Yangtze River. Now he learned that the flood had not been cured, but the plague broke out. In his anger, the head disease became more and more serious. I saw with my own eyes that the emperor xuantaiyi in the Qianqing palace. After drinking several pieces of medicine, I went out to discuss affairs with the ministers. The imperial doctor said that the emperor's disease should be kept warm for a long time, and he should not worry about it. But the plague is very serious. When I left tonight, I obviously felt that his headache had been made again. "

Cheng Yujin sighed that the emperor was in poor health, which was not good news for them. Thanks to the emperor's explicit support, the East Palace has come to this day. Now that the Yang family has not collapsed, Yang Fucheng is in charge of the government, and the Empress Dowager Yang is covetous in the palace. If the emperor falls down, the situation of the east palace will be worse all of a sudden.

Cheng Yujin vaguely understood why Li Chengjing said he had no time and had to go to the disaster area.

When Li Chengjing saw that Cheng Yujin had understood, he sighed a little in his heart. His two palms tightly wrapped Cheng Yujin's hands: "I don't have much time. I must prepare for the worst as soon as possible. I thought it would take a long time to pull up the big tree of the Yang family. But now, I don't have time. I need to be able to compete with the Yang family. "

Cheng Yujin looked at him. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes were full of water. Cheng Yujin, of course, is not willing to let Li Chengjing take risks in her private heart. The plague is not for fun. She won't let Li Chengjing take risks just because he is the crown prince. But she knew that Li Chengjing was right. Now they have come to the edge of the cliff. It's too late to look forward to a long-term plan. If he wants to make a big gamble, the chips are his own life.

Finally, Cheng Yujin didn't persuade him. She got up and said, "I'll prepare moxa and incense for your highness. Your Highness's sachets and clothes need to be renewed. "

Li Chengjing looks relaxed. This is his wife. Even if she doesn't want to, she will understand him and support him. Li Chengjing stood up, hugged Cheng Yujin from behind and said, "it's too late today. Don't be busy with this. When I came up with this idea, I felt most sorry for you. If it was still before I got married, I would go on my own and have nothing to worry about. I would gamble with my life without hesitation. But now with you, I'm afraid. I can't look at the birth of a child, and I'm not afraid of it

"Your Highness!" Cheng Yujin frowned and said, "what are you talking about? You will come back safely. I'm waiting for you to come back and name our children

"I know." Li Chengjing lowered his head and buried it around Cheng Yujin's neck, murmuring in a low voice, "how can I not come back?"

Because of the plague, many families in the capital were covered with clouds. The next morning, when they came to court, all the officials' faces were dignified.

Not long after the beginning of the early Dynasty, the courtiers quarreled again over the disaster relief. The quarrel which was forced to stop because the emperor left the court yesterday did not dissipate because of the past day. On the contrary, it became more and more aggressive under the fermentation of the night. Just when the courtiers quarreled over whether they should send someone else to relieve the disaster, the prince asked for his orders and said that he would go to the front line of the disaster area as a special envoy to find out the situation and pacify the people.

The smell of gunpowder in this court hall is fixed by this sentence.

Yes, who is more convincing, more trusted, and more reassuring than the crown prince. At present, this kind of mess will lead to factional struggle. People with junior qualifications will not move local officials. People with senior qualifications are old and not suitable for long-distance travel. People with low positions can't convince the public. If they can't deal with it properly, the victims will suspect that the imperial court is not acting. People with high positions are not willing to risk themselves.

But Li Chengqian, who meets all the requirements, is a young man with high ability. At the same time, because of his royal status, he can most pacify the people. The most urgent task is to quickly stabilize people's minds and show the world that heaven's grace is great. The imperial court will never give up the people. And Li Chengjing is the crown prince, this role is the most obvious.

As long as the people are united, half of the problems will be solved. No matter what entanglement there is in Jiangnan officialdom, who dares to disobey Yin and Yang when the crown prince stops there? It doesn't matter whether Li Chengjing can find out the truth. The aura he brings to the people is the most important.After Li Chengjing said this, the court soon quieted down. After a while, people praised the crown prince Gao Yi. It was a blessing for the court. The emperor took this opportunity to decide on the deputy. After a while, the special envoy team was deployed.

On the day of Li Chengjing's request, he was busy gathering teams to get familiar with the situation. On the third day, he set out from the capital.

When Li Chengjing left, the Ciqing palace seemed to be half empty. Cheng Yujin looks at the green leaves outside the window. Day by day, she calculates in her mind where he has gone and what he is doing today.

I used to live alone all the time, why I never felt that the room was so empty that I could hear the echo of my steps.

After the whole day, Li Chengyu didn't ask the empress to leave the palace.

As the days went by, the rain in the capital stopped and the sun was shining. Today, Dr. Zhao came as usual to ask the crown princess for a safe pulse. After returning to the hospital, he went to watch Yao Tong decoct the medicine. When he came back, he suddenly found that his medical box seemed to have been turned over.

Dr. Zhao frowned, suddenly giving birth to an ominous premonition.