King Yan Xiao Zheng has been guarding Baoding Pass for many years and has been making secret arrangements.
One of the largest business houses in Hebei Province turned out to belong to Xiao Zheng, and he was mainly responsible for the trade transactions between Daqian and Yandi.
There are many commodities involved, including salt, iron, and silk. There are even armors and weapons.
And this matter is not that difficult to find out. You can buy the Sanbao eunuch with money, and there is no need to place a hidden stake next to Xiao Zheng to find out information about him.
It seems that someone has been staring at Xiao Zheng earlier than Xiao Yi.
Think about it, the five kings guarding the border, plus the King of Yan Xiao Zheng, and the six princes who hold military power and guard the first pass are a very big threat to some people.
This is nothing.
Judging from the confrontation between Murong Yin and Xiao Zheng in the past few years, it seems that some kind of tacit understanding has been formed.
When Xiao Zheng wanted military glory, the Yan people would block the pass, and the two sides fought fiercely. In the end, Xiao Zheng's army killed thousands of enemies, repelled the Yan traitor army, and won a complete victory.
In short, the border is indeed unstable, but it is not so chaotic, nor is it so imminent.
Xiao Yi felt that Xiao Zheng might have formed an alliance with Murong Yin, or that he had secretly communicated with Qu Gian.
In this way, even if he did not agree with the Yan people sending troops to attack the Jin people, Xiao Zheng might not send troops to suppress them for various reasons.
This peace negotiation may also be just a formality by the Yan people.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yi decided to take the opportunity to ask for some benefits from Murong Yin, otherwise he would not be able to swallow this breath.
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Longxi County, Weizhou.
After about six days of journey, Cai Jin arrived before dusk on the sixth day with 300,000 shi of grain.
Weizhou is close to Chang'an. Although the disaster was serious, the people had already rushed to Chang'an City to beg, and most of the people were resettled.
There were many officials here to provide disaster relief at first, and then it was equivalent to providing disaster relief in the entire Longyou Road.
So in general, the disaster in Longyou County is not very serious.
The weather here on Longyou Road is indeed extremely hot. Is there any ice in the room to cool down?
Cai Jin wiped the sweat with a handkerchief in her hand, feeling that she was here to suffer.
It was a good situation, but because the prince suddenly gained the power to supervise the country, some of his plans came to nothing.
Now he is caught between Gongxiang Li and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He is in a dilemma and has become a pawn of Gongxiang Li. He can only move forward with difficulty.
This time, His Highness the Prince arranged to come to Longyou Road for disaster relief. I'm afraid it was just a trap. If he didn't handle it well, he would be buried in this trap.
He was effective in disaster relief and solved the hidden dangers of Longyou Road for His Highness. In the end, this reputation belongs to His Highness.
At the same time, it will also make Mr. Li dissatisfied.
If you fail to provide disaster relief, you may be pushed out by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and stigmatized, chopped with a knife, and replaced with someone else.
This was also the reason why Cai Jin refused in every possible way when he was in the court.
However, His Highness the Crown Prince made all kinds of noises in the east and west, and this task finally fell on him.
"Participating in politics, the porridge shed has been erected, and one hundred thousand stones of grain have been transported to the granary of Longyou County."
The county magistrate of Longyou Road is a stout, middle-aged man, wearing a summer official robe, but he looks decent.
But being able to become the county magistrate of Longyou County in Weizhou means that this person is not a simple person. This person can also be regarded as a person of Cai Jin. Over the years, he has paid tribute to Cai Jin through the prefect of Weizhou. A lot of gold and silver jewelry.
Cai Jin drank a bowl of sour plum soup and felt a little better.
"This time, His Highness the Crown Prince is in charge of disaster relief. This Crown Prince has the demeanor of His Majesty back then. You should be careful."
"Be kind to the people. As long as no rumors reach His Highness's ears, nothing will happen."
Immediately, his voice dropped, "If any bad rumors get into His Highness's ears, I'm afraid no one will be able to protect you."
The governor of Longyou County looked anxious and said: "Participating in politics is not like this, right?"
"His Royal Highness is sitting in the East Palace, how can anyone say anything bad to His Highness?"
"My subordinates have always been loyal."
Seeing that Cai Jin was silent and looked a little bad, he quickly said: "Don't worry about participating in politics. I will definitely appease the people and won't let any rumors spread to the East Palace."
Cai Jin nodded.
No more words were said.
Good words can't persuade a damn ghost.
If the county magistrate really didn't do a good job and the people were in mourning, some bad rumors would have spread to the East Palace.
Then there is no need to keep him, only the dead will shut up forever.
The magistrate of Longyou County searched for a lot of rare items, and even forced some local wealthy families and wealthy businessmen to contribute. A total of five large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were delivered to the big stewards around Cai Jin.
Then when Cai Jin left Longyou County, he created a Ten Thousand People Umbrella and organized the people to see him off together.
The county magistrate burst into tears on the spot, thanking Cai Jin for coming to the disaster relief, sending food and money, and giving the people a way to survive.
Cai Jin was quite satisfied with this set of skills, and she felt that if a talent like Jun Cheng could be protected when the time came, she would do her best to protect him.
After leaving Longyou County, we continued to the west.
Everywhere he went, he put food into the warehouse, put money into the warehouse, built a porridge shed, and then returned home with a full load.
As for how much of the food will eventually reach the hands of the people, Cai Jin doesn't care. It would be strange if any official is not greedy.
However, in order to prevent his head from being chopped off after returning to the capital, he also warned some officials along the way, and even directly questioned some officials, as a warning to the monkeys, and at the same time, he could hand them over to the Crown Prince.
The subsequent failure to provide disaster relief was not entirely his fault, but rather the fault of the local officials who acted in a shady manner after he left.
He has already questioned several officials who failed to provide adequate disaster relief, and he has done his best.
When Cai Jin set out from Chang'an, heading west and then north to provide disaster relief, Yue Hongling, who was far away in Qinzhou to appease the people, finally left Qinzhou with the Long Wei Army.
After more than twenty days, the disaster in Qinzhou has been alleviated. Measures such as providing relief for work, building water conservancy projects, opening warehouses to release grain, and building karez wells have greatly alleviated the local drought.
With water, food, and construction sites to earn money, people naturally have hope of survival.
North of Qinzhou City.
Yue Hongling is dressed in bright armor and a red cloak, looking majestic and heroic.
Who would have thought that underneath such a suit of armor, there would be a woman?
"I'll go to Jincheng County, Lanzhou first. After settling in, you can bring the people over."
Qin Hongxue, who is dressed in green clothes, has a graceful and graceful figure, and has a clear mind and bones, nodded slightly, and looked at her with affection. Under the curved willow-leaf eyebrows, the eyebrows of the sparse clouds and cold moons were filled with reluctance.
Yue Hongling was also a little reluctant to give up, but in the end she turned around calmly, waved her hand, and got on her horse.
"Set off!"
The girl raised her whip to urge the horse, the breeze blew the flag, and we parted on the right road of Longlong, listening to the neighing of the yellow gelding.
