Go to the study.
After Liu Bowen and the others left, Zhu Biao asked Zhu Yuanzhang very puzzledly:
"Father, who are you going to ask to pay for this money?"
"Hasn't Shen Wansan been exiled long ago?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang first started his career, he had no money to pay for the army, so it was Zhu Yuanzhang who was funded by Shen Wansan.
Now that Zhu Yuanzhang was short of money again, Zhu Biao of course thought of Shen Wansan immediately.
However, Shen Wansan was sent to the northwest when Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne. Now he is even more confused about where to get the money.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised the corners of his mouth, picked up the account book of Shanghu County, and said:
"Far away, yet so close!"
Zhu Biao also reacted at this time and said in surprise:
"Father, do you want Li Jin to be the supervisory censor?"
"Hehe, not only do we make him the supervisory censor, we also make him fully responsible for this matter."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile on his face:
"If we promote him like this, if he starves to death in Yiwu, don't blame us for being ruthless."
"Wonderful!"
Zhu Biao jumped up excitedly at this moment.
Before, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were still thinking about how to take money out of Li Jin's pocket. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang's conspiracy came out, Li Jin couldn't do it without bleeding.
"The disaster relief originally required 600,000 taels of silver, but my father only gave us 300,000 taels."
"If Li Jin doesn't want anyone to starve to death, he has to pay for it out of his own pocket."
"He can get these three hundred thousand taels without going out."
"Father, you are so clever! But in this way, is it too cruel to treat Li Jin?"
"Cruel? Let's promote him from the ninth rank Sesame Official to the seventh rank Supervisory Censor. This is to promote him."
Zhu Yuanzhang really felt that Li Jin had made a lot of money.
"In our Ming Dynasty, there were no officials bought with money."
Zhu Biao nodded when he heard this. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was right. Some people want to be promoted, but they can't buy them with money.
Now that Li Jin has jumped four levels in a row, that can be regarded as the ultimate favor.
Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang called the officials of the Ministry of Rites, immediately drafted an edict and conveyed the imperial edict to Li Jin.
....
Shanghu County, the county government office.
"It is destined to be carried by heaven, and it is said by the emperor to make it happen."
"Order Li Jin, the magistrate of Shanghu County, to serve as the supervisory censor of Jiangnan Province. He will be responsible for disaster relief in Yiwu County. No one will starve to death, otherwise Li Jin will be held accountable for his negligence."
"After receiving the imperial edict, there is no delay and you can set off immediately. Thank you for this."
The person delivering the order was a young eunuch who looked very kind.
Li Jin was confused by this sudden imperial edict.
Originally, after Li Jin sent Zhu Yuanzhang and others away, he was leisurely waiting at home for Zhu Yuanzhang to send him the pre-approval from the Royal Chamber of Commerce.
But after waiting for two months, Li Jin didn't even see anyone.
Just when Li Jin thought that everything had gone wrong, he suddenly received such an imperial edict.
Could it be that Lao Zhu knew what he had done and wanted to settle the score with himself?
It's impossible. With Lao Zhu's temperament, if he knew that he was really corrupt and bribery, he would probably peel off day lilies on the spot. How could he be promoted?
Just when Li Jin was puzzled, the little eunuch next to him reminded him:
"Master Li, please hurry up and accept the order to thank me!"
After Li Jin came to his senses, he hurriedly took over the imperial edict.
But no matter what, let’s take care of what’s coming and take care of the things in front of us first.
"This father-in-law looks very kind-hearted. I don't know what to call him?"
After Li Jin stood up, he secretly stuffed ten taels of silver into the little eunuch's sleeve.
"The villain Huang Xing."
The little eunuch secretly took the silver, weighed it, and suddenly smiled.
Huang Xing? Li Jin said he had never heard of this person.
However, what Li Jin was most concerned about was Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, and he quickly asked:
"I wonder if the emperor has any other instructions besides the imperial edict?"
"The emperor only asked Mr. Li to go to his post as soon as possible and not to delay the disaster relief. If people starve to death, the emperor will definitely hold him accountable."
"Then how did the emperor feel at that time?"
"Looks like he's smiling, he must be in a good mood."
After receiving this news, Li Jin instantly felt relieved. Since he was in a good mood, he probably didn't know what he was doing.
However, this disaster relief cannot be delayed, otherwise the people will really starve to death and cause trouble, and I am afraid that my own head will be in danger.
After asking the magistrate of Shanghu County that no one was acting for the time being, Li Jin simply told the county magistrate in the county government office, got on the carriage and went straight to Yiwu.
.....
Yiwu County.
The prefect of Jinhua Prefecture, the magistrate of Yiwu County, the county magistrate and others gathered at the Yiwu County Government Office. Everyone looked sad, as if there was a huge problem that could not be solved.
Several people stared at each other for a long time, knowing that the Yiwu County Magistrate couldn't wait any longer, so they cried out in pain:
"Master Sun, you are the prefect. At this time, could you please say something?"
"What are you talking about? There are tens of thousands of people affected by the disaster in Jinhua Prefecture, not just your Yiwu County."
"There are so many people crying for food, and the imperial court only allocated 200,000 taels of silver. How can we count them?"
Sun Fang was at his wits' end at this moment.
Yiwu County is hilly and there are not many fertile fields that can grow rice, resulting in high food prices.
Now the river has burst its banks, submerging all the fertile fields in the valley and washing away all the food.
At this moment, the price of food in Yiwu will only be higher, but the court still distributes disaster relief food according to the price in the capital, which means that many people in Yiwu County will starve to death.
"Don't you know how to write a letter? Can't you state the people's situation in Yiwu County to the emperor and ask the court to allocate more money for disaster relief?"
Yiwu County Magistrate Zhao Dahai roared loudly at the prefect. He really couldn't watch the people starve to death.
"It's not easy for the court either. Someone in the court told me that there is only so much money the court can squeeze out."
Sun Fang looked helpless and said seriously:
"Let's think about how to use so much money to save more people."
Yiwu County Cheng Qibo interjected at this time:
"It's useless to say more about this matter. Let's buy food as soon as possible to provide disaster relief."
"Not yet. The imperial court has said that a supervisory censor will be sent here. All of us must listen to him."
Zhao Dahai stopped him and said:
"But don't worry, I have already opened the warehouse to stock up on food. I can withstand it for a while these days."
"As soon as the supervisory censor comes, we will buy food immediately. Too many people will not starve to death."
Seeing Sun Fang's understatement, Zhao Dahai felt filled with indignation, but was powerless.
After all, Zhao Dahai was just a poor man, and his family's food had already been provided for disaster relief. His own family members were howling with hunger.
It is still raining lightly in Yiwu today, and the roads are muddy. People gather in simple straw huts built by the government.
Drinking porridge every day, barely surviving, but the food supply in the state capital is gradually bottoming out, and everyone is waiting for the arrival of the supervisory censor.
