Leng Yu looked at Lin Dong with a solemn expression, pondered for a while, and said slowly:
"Seven days, you give me seven days, and within seven days, I will definitely give you a reasonable solution."
Lin Dong lowered his head and pondered, holding the corners of his clothes unnaturally with his hands. Because he was too thin, the veins on his face were clearly visible.
Leng Yu just looked at him quietly, waiting for his reply.
After a while, Lin Dong stood up from the ground and nodded heavily with expectant eyes.
"Okay, I will go out and talk to everyone later. We will wait for you here for seven days. If you can't come up with a reasonable solution within seven days, we people will rush into the capital and go to the emperor even if we die. I want to ask for an explanation in front of you. Anyway, these people had already made plans not to go back before they came..."
When he said this, a look flashed in Lin Dong's eyes. Leng Yu knew that he felt sorry for these people, so he had such a look.
Leng Yu stood up from the chair, came to him, patted his shoulder,
"Lin Dong, I admire your courage, but don't act recklessly, otherwise you will only harm everyone. Go ahead! I have ordered people to prepare dinner. After everyone has finished eating, please stay and have a good rest! "
Lin Dong looked up at Leng Yu, a thin man with tears in his eyes and twitching lips.
"It took us three months to get from Zhejiang to Beijing. During this period, no one cared about our life or death. We didn't dare to enter the city or go to crowded places for fear of causing others' resentment. Just like that, along the way , we have also suffered countless looks and abuses from others. Being able to have a full meal is what we dream of. Prince Yu, on behalf of the tens of thousands of people affected by the disaster, thank you for this full meal..."
His words made Leng Yu's heart twitch. How much hardship he endured made this man cry easily.
He patted his shoulder silently. After Lin Dong nodded to him, he turned around and walked out of the camp.
As soon as he walked away with his front legs, Little Lingzi came in with his back legs.
"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, I asked the cooks to make porridge, and each person added two steamed buns and a little pickles. This simple meal used sixty buckets of rice, thirty buckets of noodles, and more than a hundred bucks in the military camp. Celebrity chefs have been transferred here, but we are still complaining from exhaustion.”
Leng Yu sat on the chair, frowned, took a sip of tea, and sighed helplessly,
"In your opinion, what should we do with these victims?"
Xiao Lingzi stood there and scratched his head, "I don't know, there are too many people, it's not suitable to put them anywhere, and there's not such a big place to place them?"
"Where did they come from and where do they go back to?"
"How to return? According to these people, all the houses of the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been flooded, the food production has stopped, the fields have been destroyed, and farming is impossible. If we send them back, we must first consider the cost of these people's journey, and also Considering the housing problems of these people, we also need to consider their future survival problems. These many problems require a lot of money. If the emperor doesn't say anything, how can we make the decision?"
"The emperor's holy decree is in my hands, and he has given me full authority to handle all affairs, including the affairs of these victims."
"Then in your opinion, do you want to use the money in the treasury?"
"right."
Leng Yu nodded solemnly, and then stood up.
"Let's go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to check how much cash is available in the treasury, and then handle the matter as appropriate."
After saying that, he quickly stood up and strode towards the door. Xiao Lingzi did not dare to stay any longer and quickly followed.
When Leng Yu brought Xiao Lingzi, Xiao Shuangzi and other subordinates to the Ministry of Revenue, Mr. Zhang hurriedly brought officials from the Ministry of Revenue to greet him.
"Prince Yu, how come you have time to come to the Ministry of Finance? Regarding the memorial, the official is conducting a thorough investigation, but there is no result yet..."
Leng Yu glanced at Mr. Zhang coldly. For some reason, he always felt that there was something wrong with Mr. Zhang.
"Let me see, how much cash is available in the treasury now?"
Hearing this, Mr. Zhang frowned and then replied indifferently:
"This...this..."
"Which one is this? As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, shouldn't you be able to just come up with how much cash is available in the treasury? Why are you so hesitant?"
Seeing Leng Yu's voice suddenly rising, Mr. Zhang nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Prince Yu's lesson is correct. According to the inventory last month, I learned that there are 8.5 million taels of cash available in the national treasury..."
so much?
When he heard this number, Leng Yu took a breath. In all these years, he had never asked about the treasury. He did not expect that Daning Country's treasury had so much cash available. In this way, it would be difficult to deal with these disaster victims. Things will be easier to handle.
Thinking of this, he frowned and nodded secretly:
"enough……"
After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave when Master Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and asked:
"Your Majesty, logically speaking, I cannot tell you the amount of money in the treasury, but the emperor has given you an imperial edict that allows you to handle everything with full authority. I dare not disobey your order, but I don't know. You... You asked about Ku Yin, what should you do?"
Leng Yu glanced sideways at Mr. Zhang, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, and asked coldly,
"Master Zhang, I don't need to ask you for instructions when doing things. You just need to keep your treasury and manage your household. Also, the money I asked you and your subordinates to hand over yesterday will be handed over before dark tomorrow. For the rest, just follow my orders at any time..."
His words made Mr. Zhang speechless for a moment. He nodded hastily,
"Prince Yu has taught you a lesson, the official is talking too much."
"Farewell!"
Dropping these two words coldly, Leng Yu led his subordinates and quickly walked out of the door of the Ministry of Finance.
Watching his back leave, Master Zhang's forehead began to sweat.
An official next to me asked cautiously:
"Does Prince Yu want to open the national treasury to help these victims?"
Master Zhang's face became increasingly ugly. He frowned and said to the people around him:
"Each of you prepare a thousand taels and hand them over before dark tomorrow. If I have something to do, I will go ahead."
After leaving these words, he took long strides towards the door with a solemn expression.
After Leng Yu walked out of the door of the Ministry of Revenue, he directly asked someone to tell Liu Dechang to come to Prince Yu's Mansion, and he rushed back to Prince Yu's Mansion.
As soon as Leng Yu arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion, Liu Dechang arrived at the back. When they met at the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, Leng Yu was still sighing,
"My father-in-law, you have such good footwork that you came here so quickly?"
Liu Dechang turned over and dismounted, grinned and said:
"I happened to be coming to Prince Yu's Mansion for a visit, and I bumped into your people. I knew you asked me to come over, so I came in time."
"Master-in-law, please come in. I have something important to discuss with you."
After saying that, Leng Yu led the way, followed closely by Liu Dechang, and entered the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion with him.
Originally, Liu Dechang wanted to come to see Xiaoling, but seeing that Leng Yu was in a hurry, he followed Leng Yu to the main hall of Prince Yu's mansion first.
