Chapter 561 Have you forgotten who is the River Goddess?
After hearing the report from his men, the governor of Hezhong County knew that his wishful thinking had failed, so he tore the memorial into pieces!
"You trash! You can't do anything well if you are asked to do it. Look at Gu Nanxi's men, they are a hundred times or ten thousand times stronger than you!"
The subordinate official lowered his head and did not dare to say a word, but he was secretly complaining in his heart.
No matter how much money you get, you can do as much work as you can.
Although Duke Yun has strict requirements for her subordinates and has a lot of rules, and they are not allowed to eat or get paid, the benefits she provides are high enough!
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about Shuozhou’s restrictions on grain purchases.
Each subordinate has two quotas for his family members who have priority in purchasing food. They can go directly to buy food without queuing.
The subordinate officials who were on errands were also responsible for the meals, which were provided centrally by the state government.
This may not sound like much, but the key point is that this is a time of famine!
Whether it is the subordinate officials themselves or their family members, they feel more dignified when they go out, and their waists are straight.
This is not like the subordinate officials in Hezhong County. On weekdays, they don't dare to walk alone in the alleys for fear of being put in a sack and beaten.
If you have the ability, the governor should learn from Duke Yun and give some soup to his subordinates when he eats meat!
The governor shouted angrily: "What expression are you looking at?!"
"No, I just wanted to ask, sir, have you sent your memorial to Kyoto yet?"
"Get out!"
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The memorial from the governor of Hezhong County was not sent to Kyoto, but the memorials from other prefectures and counties, including Nanjun, flew to the court in Kyoto like snowflakes.
The main theme of these memorials is the same, to ask for food!
There was Gu Nanxi watching eagerly in the north. The young emperor didn't want his backyard to be on fire everywhere, so he wanted to approve these memorials and distribute the food originally gathered in Kyoto.
Unexpectedly, this matter met with unprecedented opposition in the court.
"Your Majesty, we don't have enough food. There are millions of people in Kyoto. Once Kyoto is short of food, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"Your Majesty, although there is a drought this year, the disaster will not be like this! According to the speculation of the following officials, there must be officials who want to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of this drought to make up for the shortfall!"
"That's right, I propose that we send people to each county to verify the situation first, and then make a long-term plan after verification."
Even Mr. Li Ge, who had always stood by the young emperor, disagreed.
"The way to live is to live in poverty, and to live in wealth. In the past few years, we could have taken out these grains as soon as we asked. But in recent years, there have been civil unrest in the two counties of Hezhong and Henan, and then in Yunzhou We are fighting against the Tatars and there is a severe drought this year. What if we take out all the food this year and encounter another disaster next year?”
Because the opposition in the court was unprecedentedly loud, the young emperor had to put the issue on hold.
Between arguing and compromising, the young emperor chose to pray to God and worship Buddha.
Outside Kyoto, on the bank of Bianhe River.
Ministers of civil and military affairs and three thousand monks gathered to watch and pray for rain.
The young emperor, Concubine Tong, and the queen also came.
Many Kyoto people who climbed mountains, took boats, and climbed to the top also came to help.
Most of the people in the Zhou Dynasty still believed in the matter of gods and Buddhas.
Many people are discussing: "Is the one at the front the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple?"
"Yes, that's him!"
"Which god are they planning to worship this time?"
"Thunder God and Lightning Mother? Or Dragon Prince?"
"I don't know. But isn't Duke Yun the River Goddess? Will they worship the River Goddess this time?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone around him fell silent. They worship gods every day, but they forget that isn’t the River Goddess the Duke of Yun? !
The officials have offended Duke Yun so much. Can worship like this really be effective?
As the ceremony continued, perhaps the sky was moved by the sincerity of the people. When the ceremony was about to end, dark clouds came from the sky, covering the sky and the sun.
Boom!
Immediately, it started pouring rain.
Although the rain came late, and many rice seedlings in the fields had already died of drought, it was after all a long drought and the rain came. The originally agitated places in the Zhou Dynasty were also dampened by the continuous rain, which dampened the dryness.
As long as it rains, people will have a glimmer of hope in their hearts and will not take risks.
The young emperor and the civil and military officials celebrated each other.
People in Kyoto finally stopped worrying about water, and the bathhouses with reduced prices welcomed waves of people.
"The ability of Daxiangguo Temple to pray for rain is really amazing! I saw it. It was to pray for the Dragon King, not the River Goddess!"
"It doesn't matter if it rains, it's not up to the River Goddess!"
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"I was worried in vain. I thought the official family had offended Duke Yun, and God wouldn't let it rain!"
"You are thinking too much. After all, the official is the son of the dragon and the human emperor! If you really want to calculate it, his status is no lower than that of the River Goddess!"
"Hey, do you think this is weird? It rained several times in other places in Zhou Dynasty, but it only rained in Yunzhou and Shuozhou!"
The bather interjected: "Gods can also be divided into legitimate sons and concubines. The official family is orthodox, and the legitimate sons are the legitimate sons. Although Yun Guogong is the goddess of the river, didn't she fall into the mortal world? God doesn't Will go to her ”
These remarks were reported to the palace, making the young emperor dance with joy.
Isn’t that what it is? !
This celestial sign will prove who is the orthodox one! God will not help those rebellious officials and traitors!
Unfortunately, this good mood did not even last ten days!
That loud plea for rain seemed to have broken the sky with too much force. It rained heavily for three days in a row. After two days of clearing up, it started raining continuously again.
The water levels of the Yellow River, Hot Water, and White River are constantly rising.
From Hedong to Henan, and from Hangzhou to Xiangyang, flood peaks come one after another.
Even the Bianhe River, which passes through Kyoto, has risen to the warning line.
It was about to break through the embankment and flood the streets.
The imperial court of the Zhou Dynasty rarely operated at full capacity, giving money to people and protecting the dam near Kyoto, for fear that the dam would burst accidentally and flood this world-famous city.
As for other places, the court is temporarily powerless.
The disaster relief grains that were originally planned to be shipped to various states and counties after the rain stopped, were all stuck in Kyoto and could not be sent out because of the skyrocketing water levels and the danger of sailing.
Although Kyoto is trying to ensure that the nearby levees have not burst, continuous heavy rains have caused the water level of the Bianhe River to rise visibly to the naked eye.
Many businesses have vacated their first-floor lobbies and moved all furniture and other items to the second floor.
All the food stored at home was moved to the second floor.
As for those residents with only one floor, they could only watch helplessly as the river overflowed the threshold and poured into the room.
They took pots and pans to scoop out the river water from the house.
But there was so much water in the street that it had nowhere to go but to flow over the threshold again and into the house.
The people of Kyoto looked at the dirty river water in confusion: "Is the River Goddess angry?"