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Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists involuntarily, "You mean that this group of people is not only greedy for money for the Mohe River improvement project, but also..."

"Yes, as long as there is money passing through their hands, even a mosquito will be blown out by them. Hundreds of thousands of shi of grain are stored in Ao Cang, how could they let it go?"

Zhao Junsheng said coldly: "I don't care about the amount, I just want to know where such a large batch of food is now?"

"Return to Your Majesty, in the hands of the grain merchants! The grain merchants in Xingyang County are backed by officials, and Cui Yanze is the biggest backer!"

"Is this collusion between officials and businessmen, or are businessmen just a tool for officials to collect money?" Zhao Junsheng tried his best to control his emotions.

Wang Tanzhi said calmly: "Collusion between officials and businessmen? Businessmen don't have the qualifications yet!"

Zhao Junsheng glanced at Wang Tanzhi, and waved to Bai Jinguang, the general of the Shenwu Army standing in the distance.

Bai Jinguang quickly stepped forward and cupped his fists, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Now only those grain merchants in Xingyang have grain in their hands. I order you to send troops to collect the grain stored in their warehouses, but not all of them. Leave some for them to continue selling to maintain the needs of the residents in each city. But the selling price must be based on the price before the disaster. Anyone who dares to raise the price of food without authorization and make a fortune in the country will be arrested! Those who have already hoarded food and greatly increased the price of food before made a fortune, and the same The person in charge is arrested, but the grain store has to continue to open for business!"

Bai Jinguang was about to agree, but he suddenly thought that this should be something the local government should do. If the army intervenes, wouldn't the court ministers be in trouble?But he thought about it again, the army is the army, the government is the government, and the army only obeys the emperor's will. If the army doubts the emperor's order, it is not a good thing. up.

He immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "I obey the order!"

Bai Jinguang turned around and left quickly to dispatch soldiers and horses. Small groups of cavalry with teeth as units left quickly one by one. The 10,000+ victims did not know what happened when they saw this scene. The Xingyang officials headed by Cui Yanze were also very excited. Wondering what these soldiers and horses were sent out to do?

Zhao Junsheng's eyes swept over the faces of the local officials, and suddenly, a familiar face appeared in his sight, that is Prince Zhao Dong, who is now the county magistrate of Mixian County, Xingyang County, and also appeared at this time Among the welcoming officials, Zhao Junsheng was so focused on the victims that he didn't notice him.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and shouted: "Cui Yanze!"

Cui Yanze quickly stepped forward to salute: "The minister is here!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at him with a murderous tone: "It has been more than three months since the flood disaster, and the disaster relief in Xingyang County is still not improving. The only satisfactory thing is that the spread of the plague has been controlled, but this I'm afraid it's not the credit of your Xingyang county government, but because of the colder weather, is this how you, the eunuch, are supposed to be? Come, take it down!"

A few soldiers nearby immediately rushed forward to control Cui Yanze.

Cui Yanze shouted: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. Since the disaster happened, I have been running around to collect herbs, recruit medical officers to control the epidemic, and urgently collect food to relieve the victims. In the past few months, I have only slept twice a day. For an hour, even if there is no credit, there is hard work, please be aware of it, Your Majesty!"

Many Xingyang officials all bowed to each other: "Cui Taishou is a good official, please Your Majesty look into it!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a cold face: "I don't know whether he is a good official or not. It doesn't count if you say it, and it doesn't count if you say it. Only the people say it!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the victims around him and asked: "Fathers and elders, I leave it to you to decide whether Cui Yanze is a good official. In this disaster relief process, whether he has fulfilled his duties as a prefect?" Responsibility? You tell me, this will determine his fate and future!"

Cui Yanze glanced fiercely at the victims around him, and the victims immediately lowered their heads after being swept away by his gaze.

Zhao Junsheng was very surprised when he saw the reaction of the victims around him, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Cui Yanze, and was furious, "Come here, take off his official robe and official robe, remove his official position and status for the time being, take back his official seal, and demote him to a commoner!" !"

Now Cui Yanze is just an ordinary person, no different from the identities of these disaster victims.

Finally someone was no longer afraid of him, a young man bravely raised his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, except for a few of these officials, most of them are here for the first time. After the disaster happened, Cui Yanze not only did not try his best Arranging disaster relief, and singing and dancing every night! What they feed us every day is porridge cooked with moldy grains, the porridge is so clear that you can see the bottom of the bowl!

Cui Yanze didn't care about our life or death at all. Only Yang Juncheng and Zhao County Magistrate of Mixian County learned that we ate gruel cooked with moldy grain, so they organized some wealthy officials and people to donate a batch of grain, so that we can live until now!

After the plague broke out, Cui Yanze never sent medical officials here, nor did he send officials to bring herbal medicines. The medical officials who treated us were invited by Yang Juncheng and Zhao County Magistrate, and some of the herbs used for healing were their own. I bought it with all my wealth, and the other part was donated by pharmacies and medicinal material merchants! "

Another person raised his hand: "Your Majesty, the grassroots can testify that everything he said is true!"

"Grassmen can also testify!"

"Me too!"

People raised their hands one after another, and then one after another, and soon everyone raised their hands. The 10,000+ people raised their hands in a hurry, and there was a large black area that was almost invisible.

At this time, someone said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the Caomin reported that the county captain Hui Chengdong, the magistrate of Jing County Huang Ji, and the magistrate of Chenggao County Liu Sangui are all accomplices of Cui Yanze. Domineering above their heads! They have done all kinds of evil and benevolent, please Your Majesty uphold justice for the grassroots and others, and return the sky above the grasslands!"

Zhao Junsheng stared sullenly at the officials named and reported by the victims, "What else can you say?"

The officials were so frightened that their faces changed drastically, and they all bowed down and argued: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged. These unscrupulous people are slandering the ministers. Your Majesty must not listen to the nonsense of these untouchables!"

"Enough!" Zhao Junsheng yelled loudly, scaring the kneeling officials into daring to speak out again. He pointed at them and asked, "If you are all good officials who love the people like your own sons, are dedicated to your duties, and are honest and upright, the common people Why do you want to frame you? Do you think that I am really blind and know nothing about what you are doing? Even if you run this place like an iron bucket, there is no wall that is not leaky. What you did The matter cannot withstand investigation at all! Come here, take down all the officials who were reported just now, temporarily dismiss them from office, put them in a prison awaiting trial and put them under special guard, and no one is allowed to visit before the trial!"

In the crowd of officials, people were arrested one after another, and the rest of the officials were very grateful. Fortunately, they insisted on the bottom line and kept their integrity, otherwise they might have become one of the people who were taken away just now.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Someone among the victims shouted.

"Your Majesty knows everything!" Someone shouted again.

Ever since, a large group of people around shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is holy!" After shouting, they fell to their knees.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the victims of the disaster knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty is holy!"

The remaining officials also knelt down.

After the shouting, Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Everyone is flat!"

The officials and people stood up one after another.

Zhao Junsheng stepped on the mud to a high place and shouted loudly to the victims: "Fathers and elders, the weather is getting colder now, most of you have not brought winter clothes, you can't survive the winter if you stay here. If you are starved to death, you will also freeze to death. The imperial court will not be able to mobilize enough winter clothes in a short time, but the imperial court has ordered the local governments to do their best to relieve the disaster by themselves, including opening official warehouses, military granaries, and collecting clothing from private merchants in the name of the official government. The cloth is distributed to the victims for free, and all the expenses are borne by the imperial court. When the disaster situation stabilizes and the victims have survived the famine, the imperial court will settle the bill with the private merchants!

In addition, the imperial court has also ordered the deployment of garrisons from various places to assist the victims in rebuilding their homes and building houses. As long as the elders return to their hometowns, they can rebuild the houses with the help of the government and the garrison generals. All the materials needed to build the houses are provided by the local Provided by the government!

In addition, every household affected by the disaster can receive enough grain from the government to survive the winter. If you can work hard and earn some food during your free time, you will have enough grain to survive the coming year. Lean and yellow season! "

After Zhao Junsheng's words fell, someone among the victims raised their hands: "We want to go home, but we have no food. What will we eat and drink on the way? I'm afraid we will starve to death before we get home!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "There will be food, I assure you here, within three to five days at most, each person can receive half a month's food, which is enough for you to return home, and you can go to the local government to continue Get the food and clothes for the winter! But one thing, after receiving the food, you can’t stay here and cause a huge burden to the government, everyone must return to their hometown!"

The victims were stunned, and someone came back to their senses and shouted excitedly: "Long live Your Majesty!"

Everyone knelt down again and shouted in unison: "Long live!"

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Chapter 935

In two days, all the grain stores in Xingyang City were raided by the Shenwu army. In addition to arresting the owners of the merchants and confiscating a considerable part of the grain, they also left messages to the shopkeepers who stayed at the grain stores that the grain stores must continue If the door is open for business, the price must drop to the price level before the disaster broke out. Residents who come to buy food must be restricted. Each household can only buy how many catties per day according to the population, and household registration must be obtained when purchasing.

Grain is the foundation, and it is also the weathervane of prices. Once the price of food rises, the overall price of goods in the market will follow. The overall price of goods in the affected areas has come down.

This method is not a purely administrative measure, but a semi-administrative one. It only restricts grain prices and relies on the adjustment ability of the market itself to bring prices back to normal levels. In fact, the arrest of those grain merchants has also played a role in the entire market. It has a great deterrent effect. Zhao Junsheng also used this method to tell all merchants in the Daqian Empire that the imperial court does not restrict merchants from expanding their business, nor is it jealous that merchants make money, as long as they pay enough merchant taxes. However, the imperial court will never allow unscrupulous businessmen to take advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters to hoard supplies, manipulate prices, and make great fortunes. Once someone touches this red line, they will definitely be punished with the most severe sanctions.

As wagons full of food entered the camp of the victims, the camp that stretched for more than ten miles quickly became lively again. The faces of the victims showed joyful expressions, and the whole camp gradually regained its vitality and firepower. The children With happy smiles on their faces, they chased and played with each other in the camp.

Zhao Junsheng's palace was set up on a small hill next to the camp for the victims, and there were sentries all over the hill. He stood on the big rock in front of the palace and looked at the camp for the victims, feeling relieved.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Tiandu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was sent by the imperial court to take charge of disaster relief, is asking to see you!" The eunuch Yuan Huan's voice sounded behind him.

Zhao Junsheng didn't look back, but just made a gesture to announce Zhang Tiandu's audience.