Finally, with these thousands of stones of disaster relief food, Kaihuai and other mansions were able to feed themselves for many days.
Seeing that people's livelihood in the surrounding areas had been improved and people began to build new homes, the Imperial Envoy Su Yunqi also decided to return to Beijing.
Regarding this disaster relief matter, Su Yunqi was somewhat puzzled.
After arriving in the capital, Su Yun did not dare to rest for a moment, and hurriedly went to the Ministry of Personnel to work as an errand.
I had been busy all morning. Just as I was finishing my official business and heading outside the imperial gate and towards the Su Mansion, I happened to meet my own in-laws and colleagues - Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs.
"In-laws!" Cen Wenxing shouted with a smile on his face.
After hearing this, Su Yunqi hurriedly turned around and looked at Cen Wenxing with a slight smile, as if he were meeting an old friend. He was so excited that he could hardly speak.
"Will this disaster relief be successful?" Cen Wenxing asked.
Speaking of this, questions popped up in Su Yunqi's mind: "It went well. But there is one thing that I can't figure out."
As they spoke, the two of them walked towards the imperial gate.
"Oh? Tell me."
At this time, Su Yunqi looked left and right, and when he saw that he was far away from the ministers, he said: "This disaster relief, why are the relief grains distributed again and again, and each time they are not enough, and the last time they distributed several grains in a row?" Thousand stones of grain?”
"Isn't this earthquake extremely serious? I distributed two thousand stones the first time, and three thousand stones the second time. The emperor later ordered that the disaster was serious this time, so don't worry about the granary, just send it. Therefore, I sent someone to distribute more than a thousand stones."
After hearing what Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue, said, Su Yun suddenly frowned.
After thinking about it, Su Yunqi finally expressed his doubts: "When I went to investigate the disaster situation, only three places, Kaihuai, Tongzhou, and Xing'an Prefecture, were seriously affected. The nearby prefectures and counties could all rely on themselves. Could it be... …”
"Are you suspecting that someone is greedy for this disaster relief food?" Cen Wenxing asked.
Su Yun frowned and nodded.
Unknowingly, the two of them had already walked out of the imperial gate.
"Then who do you think it will be?" Cen Wenxing asked again.
Su Yunqi smiled slightly: "Since the first batch of disaster relief food distributed is two thousand dan, it stands to reason that this food is enough. Someone must have been greedy for this disaster relief food. When I was at the disaster relief area, I saw with my own eyes that the porridge had not been distributed yet. It was gone halfway through.”
After thinking about it, Su Yunqi turned around and said to himself: "No, I have to go see the emperor."
Seeing Su Yunqi's appearance, Cen Wenxing, who was the Minister of Household Affairs and an in-law, turned around and followed Su Yunqi towards the palace.
…
"I'd like to ask Eunuch Li to report this to your Majesty. We have important matters to discuss with you," Su Yunqi said anxiously.
"Okay. You two ministers will be later." After saying that, the fat eunuch Li Zi walked towards the Fengyu Pavilion, where the emperor works.
"Your Majesty, Su Yunqi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Cen Wenxing, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, are outside asking for a meeting. They say they need to discuss important matters." Eunuch Li Zi reported.
After hearing this, the emperor raised his immature face, looked at the long street, and looked at his personal eunuch Li Zi: "Pass!"
"The Emperor has a decree! Pass it on!"
After a while, Cen Wenxing and Su Yunqi walked over quickly.
"I will pay my respects to the Emperor." The two ministers said together.
The young and immature emperor stood up hurriedly, walked forward, and supported him with both hands: "My dearest ladies, no courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" said the two ministers.
"My beloved, what is important?" The emperor sat back on the throne.
"Reporting to your Majesty, regarding the disaster relief, I noticed that someone was greedy for the disaster relief food." Su Yunqi reported back.
Hearing Su Yunqi's words, the emperor raised his head and looked at Su Yunqi: "Tell me, how did you detect it?"
"Your Majesty, when the food was distributed for the first time, I distributed two thousand stones to relieve the disaster. Su Shangshu said that the only places seriously affected by the disaster were Kaihuai Prefecture, Tongzhou, and Xing'an Prefecture, and the nearby states and counties could handle it themselves."
"Your Majesty, when I was in the disaster area, I found that the disaster relief porridge was already empty after being distributed to less than half of the people. This was the case in the two nearby places. What happened this time was an earthquake, and all the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the three places could use it. The local granary solved the problem. More than 3,000 stones from the national warehouse were used to provide disaster relief food, but it was not enough. Another more than 1,000 stones were used to provide relief food. And the food used was porridge. In addition, after the earthquake in these places, the people had only more than 30,000 people. people."
Seeing the two ministers explain things so clearly and seriously, the emperor understood what they said in his mind.
"Those two beloved ministers, do you know who is greedy for this disaster relief food?" the emperor asked.
Su Yunqi shook his head: "I don't know who it is yet. Please make the decision, your Majesty."
"Okay. In that case, I will send someone to find out who dared to do this." After saying that, looking at Su Yunqi who was responsible for the incident, the emperor smiled slightly: "Ai Qing went to provide disaster relief. I just returned to Beijing today and it was a tiring journey all the way, so if you have nothing to do, go back and rest."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"I'll take my leave."
After explaining their speculations, Su Yunqi and Cen Wenxing returned home with peace of mind.
"Dad. You are back."
Seeing his father coming back, Su Runchen came out to greet him with a smile on his face.
Su Yunqi smiled slightly, looked at Su Runchen, and said, "My father has been away recently. Do you know who in the court has embezzled this disaster relief food?"
The biological mother Fan on the side listened to the master's question and looked at Su Runchen with a blank expression.
Su Runchen shook his head: "I copy and write in the Hanlin Academy every day, how could I know about it? Besides, if I make a mistake, who can take the initiative to tell the truth?"
After listening to what his eldest son said, Su Yunqi nodded slightly: "Yes." After saying that, he walked towards the study.
The next day...
On this day, the two prime ministers, who thought that nothing major happened as usual, calmly went to court.
"Yesterday, I heard that someone was greedy for this disaster relief food. If any official at the station is greedy, please stand up for me!" the emperor said.
After hearing the emperor's words, many ministers started talking.
The two prime ministers standing in front of their ministers felt panicked, their legs were almost weak, and they almost admitted their mistake.
Seeing that no one acknowledged it, the emperor had no choice but to give an order: "Leave this matter to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. We must find the officials who embezzled food for disaster relief. I will punish them severely!"
"Yes. I obey the order!" said the two imperial censors.
After listening to these words, the left prime minister Huang Zhiyuan was calmer, but the right prime minister Li Huixuan was already sweating and his legs were weak.
Soon, the Metropolitan Procuratorate started investigating step by step according to the steps for distributing disaster relief food.
…
After several days of long journey, Sun Chunxu, Xi Ran, and Zi Yuan have successfully arrived in Guangnan Province.
Guangnan Province is close to the sea. There are many foreigners in this province, and there are also some foreign products in the stalls. Its economy is far better than that of Mozhang Province.
"Uncle Xu, where will we live in the future?" Zi Yuan asked.
Sun Chunxu looked at the bustling street. Countless treasures and brocades were placed in the stalls. It was as good as the capital city, but not as good as the capital city.
"Just live here. I'll find you a school as soon as possible." Chunxu said.
"good."
