After Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian said goodbye to the many people who brought food to them, they followed Xu Yunyan's footsteps and moved forward again.
Since their master can do such outstanding things, then they must have to do the same to be worthy of their teacher's teachings.
Just as Li Chengqian and Li Chengdao rushed towards the direction where the refugees said Xu Yunyan was leading the team, an imperial edict led a rescue team composed of eight thousand elite Chang'an troops that had been assembled to escort a large amount of food and grass supplies to the disaster-stricken area. area.
And those refugees who knew that Tang Jun would come to rescue them directly knelt on the ground and cried.
"God, we have met such a good emperor, you must make him live a long life!"
"My emperor is wise! My emperor is kind."
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty the Emperor, may you live a long life..."
At first, one or two people shouted like this, which did not attract the attention of the new rescuers. However, looking at the entire village and the entire town, there were swarms of people praising Li Yuan and wishing him a long life. He and the generals in the army couldn't help but be moved.
"What would it be like if His Majesty were here? We don't dare to think about it, but I, the Tang Dynasty, don't worry!"
After leaving some supplies behind, they quickly pursued their target. Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian, the two chief rescuers, rushed over.
The Tang army that followed this group passed through ruins one after another, looked at the relatively stable people in the ruins, left food for them to survive, and then moved forward quickly.
Although they were traveling very fast, everyone couldn't help but be moved by scenes of gratitude and gratitude to Li Yuan.
The person who came to deliver the message directly violated his code of conduct and sent one urgent letter after another to Li Yuan.
This eunuch had no right to write a letter, but there was no such thing as writing a letter to Li Yuan before, but now that the situation was special, they couldn't care so much anymore, so they wrote a lot of letters for Li Yuan.
When Li Yuan got the letters from the eunuchs who kept serving him and flattered him, he was shocked in front of the entire court.
"Look, look! This is the real situation in the disaster area. There have been many natural and man-made disasters in the past, but when did the common people sing praises to those in power like this?
Look around, are there still people who say that I, the Li Tang Dynasty, was not in the right position? is this real? If this is true, why is there such a scene? "
Li Yuan was really happy when he saw this letter. Originally, some people accused them of having Hu blood and being in an unfair position to rule the Central Plains. Now that things are better, the people of Liming believe them, and who else will look down on them?
Even if it's those people with five surnames and Qi Wang, what if it's difficult for them? Now the people of Dawn are on our side.
Li Yuan was happy there, but some people didn't want Li Yuan to be happy. Several high-ranking officials from aristocratic families came out.
"Your Majesty, could it be that the officials who went to convey the order deliberately made such a scene to confuse the audience in order to make His Majesty happy and save His Majesty from continuing to ask about the situation in the disaster area? This person should be punished for his crime."
Li Yuan hasn't spoken yet. Is this true or false? You are such a blind person that you jumped out here and said this is false. What is your intention?
Those who were loyal to Li Yuan not only complained here, but some upright officials came out without fear of power and started arguing with him here.
"My lord, you must be wrong. This matter is known to the whole world. Is it still necessary to act recklessly and make it fake?"
"Oh, this gentleman said that this matter is known to the whole world. Where do you start talking about it?"
The officials from the aristocratic family looked proudly at the officials of Li Yuan's faction who spoke for Li Yuan, and this official shouted happily without fear.
"There are quite a lot of traveling merchants from all over the world. Shouldn't what they say and do be used as evidence?"
Just after the official said these words, the people of this wealthy family suddenly felt something in their hearts.
"Take precautions. Those merchants who have traveled in the past are well-informed. They will talk about it wherever they go and make all the information public."
Li Yuan was very happy to have people here to support Li Yuan, and then a large amount of rewards and finances were taken out of the treasury and distributed to the people affected by the disaster, which was also the first of its kind.
No one thought that the imperial court would be so generous after suffering a disaster, but that was all for later.
After the eunuch brought the imperial decree and the army to the disaster area, and finally found Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian, the scene before him almost scared him to death.
There is no sign of His Royal Highness being pampered in front of him. Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian are already tanned.
It’s only been a few days! The Tang Dynasty has never taken military action so quickly.
Except of course Xu Yunyan.
The eunuch burst into tears and came to the two of them holding the imperial edict.
"Your Highness, you have suffered. Your Majesty has a decree."
Is it His Majesty’s intention again?
This made the Xuanwu Gate defenders, who had been working on their own to help rescue the refugees, and the people in this village all kneel down after there was no food here.
They now believe in Li Yuan very much. When they suffered a disaster, Li Yuan sent people to rescue them. Moreover, they were Tang soldiers who were good at fighting. Not only could they keep them safe, but they also worked with them, which was beyond their wildest dreams.
After a series of things such as Fengtian's destiny, the emperor's edict, etc. were said, it was finally time to get down to business.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin asked their sons to lead an army for rescue, and they were equipped with a large amount of supplies. These supplies not only came from the national treasury, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin had their sons go to the rescue. They are determined to spend a lot of money and cannot let their son be trapped in this.
With the army and supplies, the rescue speed is even faster, and the speed of building new homes is also on the agenda. The people who are affected by the disaster have no worries.
After Li Chengdao and President Li Chengqian took over the army, they came to Xu Yunyan.
"Teacher, we still don't know much about this rescue, but we still want to ask the teacher to come up with a plan for us. With such food in front of us, should we distribute it directly to make the people feel at ease?"
Hearing this, Xu Yunyan hurriedly shook his head.
"No! You can't distribute them all. Now these people have no place to live and no place to put these items. This is troublesome. As for putting it in a random place and seeing that some people get this food for nothing, will they still work? ?”
After Xu Yunyan asked this question, the two of them looked at Xu Yunyan in confusion.
"Then I wonder if Master has any good plans?"
“It’s very simple, work-for-relief. Let the older and younger ones who are unable to work receive food for free, but they need to help us cook the food.
And the young and strong ones let them do the things we designated, such as building new homes, strengthening and dredging rivers, etc. Anything that can use labor force will be exchanged for money and grain.
Not only can it provide for their food and clothing, but also allow them to have a little extra money to build new homes, stabilize river ladders, and dredge rivers. Isn't it the best of both worlds? "
