"Are you the new prefect?"
The prefect Qi Shaoyuan nodded.
After asking, the government servant knelt down in a hurry.
"The young one has met the imperial envoy and the prefect."
"No gift."
After watching the yamen servant stand up, Cen Qinzai asked the yamen servant with a smile on his face: "Who did you call just now?"
"Back to the Imperial Envoy, I just called you Tongzhi." The Yamen servant smiled slightly: "The Imperial Envoy hasn't had any food yet? I'll go and make more."
Before the imperial envoy Cen Wenxing could reply, the officer hurried to the fire room.
Cen Qin watched the yamen servant walking towards the fire room. When he disappeared, he looked at Tongzhi Luzhuang who had nothing to say.
"Lu Tongzhi." Cen Qinqi shouted.
Cen Qinchen's words frightened Lu Tongzhi, but he didn't know what words to use to round out this lie, so he was stunned.
"Tongzhi Lu, I think I heard you say just now that... no food or even water has entered your mouth for several days in a row. What's going on?"
Seeing Lu Tongzhi's expression of having nothing to say, and then looking at the several yamen officials on the side who all had nothing to say, Cen Qinqi teased Lu Tongzhi.
"Could it be that God knew that this imperial envoy was coming to Jinling City, so he sent you a delicious meal?"
Upon hearing what Imperial Envoy Cen said, Lu Tongzhi hurriedly knelt down.
"Chief Cen, I know I'm wrong. I know I'm wrong. There is indeed no food in the granary, but there is still some food in this yamen."
Seeing Lu Tongzhi admitting his mistake, Imperial Envoy Cen Wenxing smiled slightly: "That's all, if that's really the case, how can you guys handle official business? Get up."
"Thank you Qin Cha."
Seeing this, the newly appointed prefect Qi Shaoyuan on the side pretended to be calm, but he couldn't stop laughing in his heart.
"Prefect Qi." Imperial Envoy Cen Wenxing looked at Qi Shaoyuan.
"The official is here."
"From now on, you are the prefect of Jinling City. You must fulfill your responsibilities and settle Jinling City as soon as possible."
"Yes. I will definitely live up to the expectations of Cen Qinchen."
Seeing Magistrate Qi's solemn expression, Imperial Commissioner Cen felt relieved.
Just as he was about to leave, seeing Lu Tongzhi's appearance was really irritating, so Cen Qin made the decision.
"Lu Tongzhi."
"The official is here."
"From today on, you are not allowed to eat any more food. The savings should be given to the people in Jinling City who need food the most."
Upon hearing this, Tongzhi Luzhuang was frightened again.
"Chief Cen, if this... this official doesn't eat, he will starve to death." Lu Tongzhi came to plead for mercy.
"What are you afraid of? The people of Jinling City have been hungry for so many days." After saying this, Imperial Commissioner Cen looked at the prefect Qi Shaoyuan: "Prefect Qi, you are responsible for supervising him."
"yes."
"Well, I'm going to send someone out to check on the situation.
"Chief Cen Qin, go slowly."
Watching the imperial envoy Cen Wenxing walk out, it can be said that the "devil" who had a bad heart for Lu Tongzhi was driven away.
"Prefect Qi." Lu Tongzhi looked at him with a smile on his face.
"Lu Tongzhi, what's the matter?" Qi Shaoyuan pretended to be confused.
In terms of age, the two of them are almost the same age.
"Prefect Qi, do you think...can...?"
Although he hadn't finished speaking, Qi Shaoyuan had already understood.
"What Magistrate Qi said is about food, right?" Qi Shaoyuan smiled.
"Exactly, exactly. Magistrate Qi is very smart. You will understand before I tell you everything." Lu Tongzhi looked expectant.
"Is this it? Don't worry, I will definitely supervise Lu Tongzhi. Don't worry."
Upon hearing what Magistrate Qi said, Lu Tongzhi's happy face suddenly turned away and he looked at Magistrate Qi expressionlessly.
"Okay, I still have official duties, so I'll go and do that first."
Before he could explain anything, Magistrate Qi left.
Seeing Magistrate Qi leave, Lu Tongzhi looked at Xu Tongpan beside him with a confused look on his face: "Pan Xu Tong, what do you mean by Magistrate?"
Xu Tongpan pretended not to know, shook his head, and said: "I have gone to work, too." Then he walked away.
Seeing them leaving one by one, no one took care of him, suddenly, Lu Tongzhi's heart couldn't bear it.
…
"Left Prime Minister."
"You came?"
Standing in front of the two prime ministers was a man wearing a scarlet official uniform and a hat. He looked only a few years younger than the left prime minister.
The officer in front of him nodded and responded.
Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi just raised his head, put down the pen in his hand, and looked at the official in front of him.
"Shilang Shen, what's going on with the food now?" Su Yunqi asked.
"Back to Prime Minister Zuo, Huguang, Nanzhong, and Nanyu provinces have sent all the grain from the granaries of each prefecture, state, and county to Jianglai."
"good."
Seeing that Zuo Xiang had nothing to ask, Shen Jun, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, asked: "Zuo Xiang, do you think...are the grains from the granaries of other provinces shipped to Jianglai together?"
Upon hearing this, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi thought of the disaster relief event a few months ago. This time, if the people don't have anything to eat, I'm afraid there will be trouble if they continue to use it for sowing.
"In this way, the grain from Huguang, Nanzhong, and Nanyu, which are close to Jianglai, will be used to appease the people, and the grain from the remaining provinces will be used by the states and counties to sow seeds for the people of Jianglai."
"yes."
After finishing speaking, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, buried his head and continued to review the memorials submitted by the civil and military officials.
Shen Jun, the left minister of the household department, was supposed to leave, but he still had something to say in his heart, so he stood on the ground and hesitated.
From the corner of his eye, he felt that Shen Jun, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, had not left yet. Su Yunqi, the left minister, asked, "Senior Minister Shen, what else can I do?"
"Prime Minister Zuo, some local officials refuse to take out the grain from the granary, saying that many people are still waiting for this grain to survive."
"What! There is such a thing."
"In this case, you go back and tell your right servant, let him rush to those places that are unwilling to hand over food, find out the reasons, and must take out the food to the prime minister, otherwise it will be treated as dereliction of duty."
"Yes. I am resigning."
At this time, the left minister of household affairs just walked away with peace of mind.
In Da Mo, the transfer of local grain stocks is equivalent to the transfer of grain that people have worked hard to grow.
Although after it was handed over to the granary, the stored grain no longer belonged to the people, but only belonged to the local government and Da Mo.
However, whenever a local disaster occurs, there is no need to report it to the court. When the local government can solve the problem, the government will open the local granary for local disaster relief. Or in the event of a major disaster, national disaster relief food fails to arrive in time. Or when the people are hungry, they will open the local granary.
Compared with the granary of Yanyang City, the local granary, there is a huge difference.
Regarding local granaries, there was a very good rule for the people during the Hongdao period: all people living in the local jurisdiction have the right to supervise the granaries. When the needs of the people are greater than two-thirds of the local residents, the government yamen must be opened. The granary is used for disaster relief. On the contrary, the grain stored in the granary cannot be moved.
Perhaps this is why the people were dissatisfied because all the local grain ordered by the left prime minister was used to relieve the Jiang Lai disaster.
In this regard, under the orders of Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, Chang Wenyan, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, went to Lin'an Mansion in Nanzhong Province, which was the first place that refused to adjust grains, to persuade...
"Zhang Zhifu."
A shout came into the office of Zhang Dezhang, the prefect's yamen.
Looking up, he saw Tongzhi Zuofu.
"Mr. Zuo Tong, what's important?" asked the prefect Zhang Dezhang.
"Zhifu Zhang, there's a lot of pressure up here, how can we get this food out?" Zuo Tongzhi asked.
After hearing this, Magistrate Zhang frowned and sighed: "It's not that I don't want to be transferred, but the people are so powerful. The Mo Dynasty once stipulated that the grain in this granary must be approved by 20% of the 30% of the people. It can be transferred out. If the people don’t agree, there’s nothing I can do.”
While the prefect Zhang Dezhang was still worried about this matter, the Yamen servant hurried over.
"Report to the magistrate. The guard sent someone to spread the news. The carriage of the right servant of the Ministry of Revenue is coming to our Yamen."
"I know this, please go down."
"yes."
After speaking, the prefect Zhang Dezhang hurriedly put on his official hat and walked out quickly.
Before walking a few steps, the carriage of Chang Wenyan, the right servant of the Ministry of Revenue, had already stopped in front of Lin'an Mansion.
"Zhang Dezhang, the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture, met with Chang Shilang."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Masafumihiko Tobe, the right servant, who was wearing a scarlet official uniform and a black official hat with long wings. He was slightly fat, had black and white hair, and had an old but elegant face. Walked out.
I saw that all the officials of Lin'an government office had gathered in front of their carriage to salute.
"No gift."
After saying that, Chang Wenyan, the right servant of the Ministry of Revenue, got off the carriage and looked at Zhang Dezhang, the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture, with an old face.
"Are you the prefect?"
The prefect Zhang Dezhang nodded.
"Okay, you will take me to your granary immediately." Masafumi Yan, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance, spoke without any politeness.
"yes."
Following all the way, Chang Wenyan, the right servant of the Ministry of Revenue, came to the granary of Lin'an Mansion.
I saw that most of the people of Lin'an Prefecture gathered in front of the granary, all holding weapons in their hands, including shovels, hoes, sickles, kitchen knives and other tools.
Just when Chang Fumiyan, the right minister of household affairs, wanted to step forward, these people came forward together.
Seeing this situation, the prefect of Lin An Mansion shouted loudly: "How reckless!"
Just after he finished shouting, he saw the right servant of the Ministry of Finance, Masafumi Yan, raise his hand to signal calmness.
"Dear fellow villagers of Lin'an Prefecture! I have been ordered by the Holy One to come to Lin'an Prefecture to solve the food problem. The disaster in Jianglai is serious now, and the grain storage in the capital's granary has long been empty. We have no choice but to use the local granary to provide disaster relief. I hope that all villagers understanding."
After what the right minister of the household, Masafumi Yano, said, he thought they would let him go because of his words, but in the end, he thought too much.
Looking at the people who were guarding the granary in front of them, there was absolutely no sign of understanding.
"Shilang Chang, in my opinion, it's better to use violence. These people are just weaklings who can't be beaten to death. It's useless to say these words." Zhang Dezhang, the prefect on the side, persuaded.
Seeing the people in Lin'an City acting like this, Chang Shilang raised his eyebrows. He looked at the various working tools and sharp weapons in their hands. The people, who had no fear in their eyes, suddenly felt at a loss.
