Tao Zhu had already spoken, and Li Qiao was naturally interested and decided to go to the Ministry of Industry in person at noon tomorrow.
The next day, the weather was fine and it stopped snowing, so the morning naturally went on as normal.
Now Li Qiao's position has been moved from the entrance of Tai Chi Hall to the front row of the official queue, and the weather outside has no effect on him.
There were no major events this morning. Thanks to the hard work of father and son Sheng Jun and Sheng Hong for decades, Dasheng is now very stable.
In the morning today, the biggest thing was the Grand Canal.
The snow fell this time, not long before the Grand Canal was suspended. Sheng Hong wanted to take advantage of the year before to recruit a wave of manpower to speed up the progress as much as possible.
Everyone has no objection to this matter. Anyway, Zhou Zhengye will provide the money and not care about other people's affairs.
Everyone had no objections and there was no important matter to report, so Sheng Hong planned to withdraw from the court.
But who would have expected that the third prince took a step forward at this time and walked out of the queue: "Father, my son has something to report."
"Huh? What's the matter?"
Sheng Hong raised his butt slightly and sat back down.
"This heavy snowfall has destroyed some people's houses. In addition, the Beijing area was hit by disasters in autumn, which is even worse for some people from poor families. Therefore, my son wants to use his own money to help these people survive this cold period. Winter.”
The third prince spoke righteously and strictly.
"Yes, Yan'er, you can think of this, which shows that you have the people at heart. What do you plan to do?"
Sheng Hong had a smile on his face.
"My son plans to count all the collapsed houses in Shengjing City, and my son will help these families build new houses. In addition, my son plans to give porridge in the city for five days to help relieve the burden of the people."
With Sheng Hong's approval, the third prince's voice became louder.
"Okay. Just go ahead and do it. If you don't understand anything, just come to me."
"Why bother my father with such a trivial matter? Father, don't worry, my son will handle it properly."
"good."
Sheng Hong looked pleased.
Upon seeing this, all the officials immediately spoke highly of the third prince's generosity and benevolence, so the morning court ended in harmony.
Li Qiao returned to the Ministry of Finance, and this matter had nothing to do with him.
But he supported the third prince's move. The third prince once again considered the plight of individual people and was willing to provide real money.
This is good.
It's better than just talking.
However, after this porridge donation, the Third Prince's reputation will probably be much greater.
Li Qiao had a good idea. The third prince directly set up stalls at the entrance to the downtown area, so that people whose houses had been crushed could automatically sign up.
In this way, within one day, everyone in the city knew about his good deed.
There is also porridge. Although the third prince's porridge is clear and watery, with more vegetables and less grains, a steaming bowl of porridge in the middle of winter is better than nothing.
It's better to be full than to be hungry.
Therefore, soon, not only the people at the construction site praised the third prince as a rare prince who was close to the people, but the people in Shengjing also praised the third prince for caring about the people's concerns and thinking about what the people thought, and for being a good prince who truly dedicated himself to the people.
As the third prince's reputation grew, Li Qiao couldn't help but be anxious and couldn't help but secretly observe the remaining princes.
You have to take action when it's time to take action.
If he doesn't take action, the Third Prince will...
maybe.
Although the third prince is smarter than the fifth prince, the third prince's methods are really not open and generous. Would Sheng Hong choose such a successor?
In Li Qiao's doubts, the time came to mid-November.
It's snowing again.
But this snowfall was much worse than the previous one. It started falling in the middle of the night and lasted for two days. It was the biggest snowfall that Li Qiao had ever seen after traveling through.
Such heavy snow is naturally a disaster.
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Chapter 162 Snow disaster, the third prince rescues the disaster alone
This snowfall started to fall in heavy snow in the middle of the night, and it continued to fall for more than an hour, and it still didn't stop when Li Qiao got up and went to work.
Tao Zhu stood in the corridor, looking up at the heavy snow falling in the sky. He stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake, and the cold touch made him frown slightly.
"I haven't seen such heavy and dense snow for a long time. It will definitely be difficult for the carriage to travel on the road."
"It doesn't matter, I'll walk there."
Li Qiao grabbed his right hand that was still raised, and then gently pushed him towards the house: "Go in quickly, it's cold outside."
"Okay." Tao Zhu responded, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It’s so miserable to go out on such a day.
His home is far away from the inner city.
Li Qiao didn't feel it was hard, so he put on his cloak and set off with full losses and modest gains.
It was dark now, and no one had swept the snow in the alley, which was already as deep as his knees.
By the time he reached the inner city, the snow was a finger thicker.
But the speed of falling snowflakes is much slower, and there is a tendency to stop.
In this kind of weather, the morning meeting was automatically cancelled. He had already finished his work in the household department, so his ghostwriting job was resumed.
After entering the palace, he first went to Guang'an Hall to sort out the records.
He was the first to arrive, and the other bachelors came by carriage. The carriage moved slowly. By the time he finished sorting out all the papers, the other bachelors had not yet appeared.
He went to the Hall of Seeking Xian with more than ten books that needed Sheng Hong to deal with today.
In the Qiuxian Hall, only the emperor Sheng Hong was present, and there were no other ministers.
Just as Li Qiao put the zhezi on Sheng Hong's imperial desk, the third prince arrived.
The third prince has serious business.
"Father, heavy snow fell in the middle of the night last night. Now the snow is more than two feet deep. With such heavy snow, some people's houses must have been crushed. My son wants to count the crushed houses like last time."
"My son is willing to help some people get through this difficult time."
The third prince said righteously.
Hearing this, Sheng Hong glanced at the heavy snowflakes that were still floating but slowly outside the palace. He frowned and said, "The snow seems to be heavier this time than last time."
"Father, the snow is indeed heavier than last time, but you can't just watch the people have nowhere to hide under the heavy snow, right? My son's heart for the people cannot be stopped by snowflakes."
The third prince patted his heart as he spoke: "My son has prepared clothes, building materials, grains and vegetables to keep out the cold. The son will still be responsible for the expenses this time. Father, don't worry, my son has the experience last time and will be able to properly arrange the children." You don’t need to worry about the people affected by this heavy snowfall.”
"OK."
Sheng Hong looked pleased: "You just go ahead and do it. Yan'er, you have really grown up and you can prepare supplies in advance. This is a beautiful thing."
When the third prince heard this, his back immediately straightened a little, and his eyes flashed with satisfaction, but it was not shown on his face: "If there is nothing else, my son will retire now."
"Go." Sheng Hong's tone was very kind.
After the third prince retreated, Sheng Hong stood up from the imperial desk.
He walked slowly to the entrance of the temple, looked at the sparsely falling snowflakes for a while, and frowned.
Although the snowflakes were sparse, they were still falling and did not really stop until Li Qiao went to bed.
Although Li Qiao was a little worried, he still wanted to sleep. He hugged Tao Zhu and fell asleep on time as usual.
However, after only sleeping for an hour, he heard something moving in the yard.
More than ten people, including Manzhaoshangqianyiyi and Li Daoliqiang, were cleaning the snow from the roof in the front yard.
Hearing what these people were doing, he had a bad feeling in his heart. Is the snow getting heavier?
The snow did get heavier. Not long after Li Qiao went to bed, the heavy snowflakes that seemed to stop at any time during the day suddenly fell densely and quickly all night long. When Li Qiao went to work the next day, the snowflakes in the yard were all falling. The snow had already crossed the porch and accumulated half a meter deep under the window.
The snow in the yard has reached Li Qiao's neck.
Li Qiao's house with four entrances was well built, and Man Zhaoshuang and others had been cleaning the snow from the roof last night, so Li Qiao's house was fine.
But Li Qiao felt heavy.
The houses of ordinary people are not as strong as his own. How many houses would be crushed by such a heavy snow?
Tao Zhu was also in a heavy mood. He put on his cloak and followed Li Qiao to the entrance of the yard.
Heavy snow has blocked the road, but people will clear the snow in front of their houses, and a one-meter-wide path has been dug out in the alley.
"I don't know what's going on outside. Do you have to go on duty?"
Tao Zhu grabbed Li Qiao's hand and refused to let go.
In his memory, this was the first time he saw such heavy snow. There was a road in the alley, but what about outside?
What about Taiping Street?
"In this case, I will definitely go to the palace. Don't worry. I will bring six of them with me. If there is no way ahead, then I will ask the people nearby to dig a way."
Li Qiao softened his voice and held his hand: "As a third-grade official, I must be worthy of the salary given to me by the Holy One at this time."
"... Then you can eat something before going. The snow has stopped, so don't be too anxious."
