Chapter 293 Helping
In the 16th year of the Qian'an calendar, there was severe drought, the wild land was thousands of miles away, and the people were in dire straits. The fields are deserted, there is no harvest, corpses are lying on the pillows, and mourning is everywhere.
Various countries sent envoys to express their feelings to the emperor of Zhou, pleading to send troops to provide relief to save the people of Sri Lanka from misery.
However, the emperor was in the ninth level, and he did not neglect the people. He refused to ask for help, regardless of the loss of life.
It was sealed as soon as the historian wrote.
For no other reason, Emperor Zhou was furious and ordered the nine tribes to be barbarized.
Pingkangfang enters the courtyard.
The officials stationed in Shengjing from various feudal states and counties all frowned, pursed their lips, and all looked frustrated.
A middle-aged man in a crimson official robe had an angry look on his face, veins popped out in his hands, and he was holding the teacup tightly: "Your Majesty would rather build a summer palace than extend a helping hand to our mother country. It's true."
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The colleagues beside him sighed and patted him on the shoulder: "Master Wu, you just came from Zhao State, and you only heard His Majesty's words of evasion once. My Lords and I went to the palace almost every day to see Your Majesty. , the reply I got was: Forget it, just don’t mention it.”
He waved his hand, obviously extremely disappointed.
The rest of the adults were stationed in Shengjing. Although the mother country was affected by the disaster, it was not as serious as the fall of the state and county, so there was a lot of discussion immediately.
The man who was hit jumped up in shock. Seeing how angry he was, he became timid and could only reply without confidence: "Your country of Zhao only has four states and four counties. I can definitely do it in person. Our country of Qi is so big." There are sixteen continents and eight counties in the vastness, and there are not so many princes in the royal family combined. How could I expect that there would be princes personally helping the disaster?"
"Oh, the common people are the most capable of enduring hardships. How can they raise an army regardless of their lives if the drought lasts only a few days?"
He directly kicked the speaker in the leg: "What did you say! If the people die, they will die! If there are no people, what is the use of this black gauze hat on your head?"
His words were both overt and covert expressions of contempt. Wu Daren's chest hurt. He supported the table with one hand and covered his chest with the other, gasping for air.
Mr. Wu frowned: "Our country of Zhao has been suffering from little rain, but this time the drought has been the most serious. The victims rioted. Two states had already fallen before I set out for Shengjing. I went to Beijing after all the hard work, not because of your majesty's funding, but because of your majesty's request." Send troops to support! ”
Mr. Wu was already on the verge of losing control, but now he heard their accusations one after another. His face was livid with anger. He smashed the tea cup in his hand at the feet of the official who said that the royal family was not governed well and yelled: "You are a fool." What Xi, you can slander my king with nothing! As soon as the disaster broke out in the country, my king immediately allocated funds for disaster relief, and the young masters even went there in person. How can you, a white-faced official who is popular in Shengjing, have the confidence to speak slander! ”
It was better that the man didn't speak, but once he spoke, Master Wu's anger that had just been extinguished was ignited.
"Oh, although we all come from different countries, we are all security officials. We should be harmonious and harmonious. How can we hurt our harmony for such a trivial matter? Those common people will die if they die. How can it be worthy of two adults being like this? Get angry.”
When everyone saw this, they were afraid that the man would be angered to death and enter the memorial hall, so they hurriedly acted as peacemakers.
"It's just a drought, how can the people rebel? Is it because your Zhao royal family is not good at governing it?"
"Why doesn't Zhao Guo borrow troops from the royal prefectures and counties next door? This distant water can't quench the near thirst."
As soon as Mr. Wu finished speaking, he felt that his reply was too light. Just when he was about to scold again, he heard the announcement outside the door: "Prime Minister Wang is here."
He had a bellyful of curse words stuck in his mouth, causing his face to turn the color of pig liver.
When Prime Minister Wang entered the meeting hall, he saw this scene. He calmly sat down at the main seat and said, "This is the great Sima of Zhao State, Master Wu Huawu." Because of the small fiefdom of Zhao State, there are no aristocratic families. Not much. Although Wu Hua was a scholar, he came from a rough background. He didn't have much respect for the Langya Wang family, the head of the family.
He responded dryly.
Wang Cheng didn't pay attention to his cold attitude. He waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down and then said: "I heard that the plague and prion occurred in Zhao State, which caused the people to riot, right?"
When Wu Hua heard this, his face that was still red immediately turned pale.
The remote state of Zhao was at least three to four thousand miles away from Shengjing. The report he submitted did not mention a word about plague and prion. How did Prime Minister Wang know about it?
Wu Hua calmed down and said, "Return to the Prime Minister, this epidemic does exist, but prion disease is really nonsense."
Seeing that he was covering up, Prime Minister Wang didn't waste any time on it.
He raised his hand, and the waiter beside him immediately understood and respectfully placed the tray in front of Wu Hua.
"This is the order of the Wang family of Langya. If I remember correctly, the governor of Yuanzhou, which is adjacent to Zhao State, is from the Wang family. Mr. Wu can take the order and return to Zhao State first, so that the governor of Yuanzhou can send troops to rescue the emergency."< br>
Prime Minister Wang's words were light and airy, but they were not easily thunderous when they fell in Wu Hua's ears.
If the garrisons around Zhao State can send troops to support, why would the Sima of his country have to come all the way to Shengjing in person!
His king personally went to the surrounding garrison places to ask for help, but no one was willing to help him. Prime Minister Wang didn't even write a handwritten letter, but just relied on a token to send troops. How majestic this is!
Seeing him stunned, the Qi official who had had issues with him before said in a strange voice: "Is it possible that Mr. Wu is so happy that he doesn't even know how to thank you?"
Only then did Wu Hua come to his senses and quickly stood up and saluted with his hands in hand.
Prime Minister Wang waved his hand: "It's just a small matter, Sir, there's no need to be polite."
The others saw that Prime Minister Wang seemed to be in a good mood today, and they all became bolder.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, your Majesty once promised to allocate two hundred thousand taels of silver"
The speaker was one of the first Yue officials to come to Beijing to report the disaster. He had a fat head and big ears, and the fat on his cheeks trembled when he spoke.
Prime Minister Wang frowned: "What your Majesty has promised will naturally be considered by your Majesty. As ministers, is it possible that we can overstep our bounds?"
The Yue official's face trembled, he shrank his neck and replied: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. It is because the lower officials are in a hurry."
Prime Minister Wang glanced at the people present expressionlessly before speaking: "Now that His Majesty's birthday is approaching, if the disaster is not so serious that the royal family cannot take care of itself, it will be less likely to bring this matter to the audience. If it makes His Majesty angry..." He Yao pointed in the direction of Caishikou and continued: "Otherwise, the scene at Caishikou today will be the fate of all of you."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
They come from various feudal countries. Although they have all been affected by disasters, they are also divided into seriousness and national strength. Most of the officials present are not weak in their home countries. If the royal family really wants to provide disaster relief within the country, it will not be used at all. It was reported to the Emperor of Zhou, but everyone has interests.
If the Zhou royal family was willing to spend money and people to provide disaster relief, why would they spend their own money?
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