Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

When Lu Qixian, the Minister of Revenue, saw Ye Jintang coming, he immediately asked expectantly, "I wonder what clever plan the Queen has."

"It's not my brilliant idea, but I once read in a miscellaneous note that a great scholar said that if you want to fundamentally solve the problem of disaster relief grain, the dumbest but most effective way is to send the army to distribute disaster relief grain instead of asking the government to do it."

"Is there no one in the army who dares to embezzle the disaster relief grain?"

Lu Qixian glanced at the Minister of War Hou Shijin. If there were no corrupt officials in the army, the Qin Kingdom would have already dealt with the Western Rong and Northern Di.

Hou Shijin stepped forward and said, "Master Lu, what is that look in your eyes? If the Queen trusts me, I am willing to distribute the relief grain myself and will never let a single grain fall into the hands of corrupt officials."

"I believe that if this matter is handed over to Lord Hou, Lord Hou will definitely be able to handle it very well. However, my imperial guards are idle anyway, so it would be good to let them go out and run around more and exercise."

Hou Shijin knew best how miserable the lives of ordinary people would be when they encountered corrupt officials. He continued to persuade, "Your Majesty, there are many places affected by the disaster. The Imperial Guards also have to protect the safety of Your Majesty and the Emperor. I'm afraid they may not have enough manpower."

"There aren't many imperial guards in the palace, but I have some outside the palace. They are enough to handle the relief work."

Ye Jintang said it lightly, but the court officials present were all agitated.

She was telling everyone implicitly that she, Ye Jintang, had private soldiers outside the palace, and their number was not small.

Looking at Xiao Mo's expression next to him, he didn't show any surprise at all, which meant that he tacitly agreed to this matter.

Xiao Mo doted on Ye Jintang and deliberately disbanded the harem for her. The court officials already found this a little unbelievable.

Now Ye Jintang is blatantly raising private soldiers, and Xiao Mo Giant doesn't care. This is a serious matter.

In the previous dynasty, Noble Consort Dehui controlled the government for many years, making the prosperous Qin Kingdom a place where the people lived in misery.

Now there is a Queen Ye who holds military power. What will the future of the Qin Kingdom look like?

The court officials were all quite nervous.

From today's perspective, Ye Jintang is much better than Imperial Noble Consort Dehui. Imperial Noble Consort Dehui is only concerned about her own personal gain, while Ye Jintang is only concerned about the common people.

Since she returned to Beijing, she has been replacing good grain seeds for the people for free, and giving them meat-rich chicks and ducklings for free, so that the people can have food to eat.

At the same time, she also opened many workshops and medical schools for girls in the Tianqin Kingdom to provide job opportunities for those people who had no farmland.

The former Tian Qin State was like an old machine with many broken parts. The machine ran very slowly and even showed signs of stopping and collapsing.

It was Ye Jintang who, with his own efforts, kept repairing and patching up the country so that the Tianqin Kingdom could slowly get back into operation.

Even if Queen Ye holds military power now, she will not rebel.

The matter of distributing disaster relief grain eventually fell into the hands of the Yulin Guards.

She only transferred 500 Yulin Guards from the palace, and the rest were all people she kept outside.

In the imperial study, Ye Jintang called the officials who had previously distributed relief grain and asked about related matters.

She discovered that the Tian Qin State was very casual in distributing relief grain. The government did not care after the grain was distributed to the villages. The officials distributing the relief grain had no idea whether the grain would reach the hands of the people or how much would reach the people.

As Ye Jintang looked through more and more records of Tianqin Kingdom's past disaster relief, his expression became more and more unsightly.

She couldn't imagine that the imperial court clearly distributed 60 kilograms of disaster relief grain to each person, but in the end, the common people only received 20 kilograms each.

Moreover, there is a certain chance that these 20 kilograms of food are warehouse inventory that has gone moldy and cannot be eaten.

"Your Majesty, I need to think carefully about the details of distributing disaster relief grain."

"Okay, if you have any ideas, you can discuss them with Mr. Cai. Mr. Cai is a man of great wisdom."

"Row."

Ye Jintang asked Mr. Cai to come up with a new process for distributing disaster relief grain. Her request was simple: the court should distribute 60 kilograms of disaster relief grain to each person, and it should be fully delivered to the people's rice jars, and no one should swap the grain in the middle.

This requirement seems simple, but it is fraught with difficulties in actual implementation.

However, this time the earthquake relief grain was escorted to the disaster area by the Yulin Guards themselves, without going through the government and with several fewer hands to take over, the chances of it being safely distributed to the people were still very high.

The distribution of relief grain was urgent. Xiao Mo originally wanted to transfer relief grain from several states surrounding Tanqu Prefecture, but everyone cried poor to him and no one could provide relief grain.

"These local officials are more cunning than each other. It is harder than climbing to heaven to get them to take out disaster relief grain."

Looking at the letters of evasion sent back from all over the place, Xiao Mo wished he could cut them into pieces.

The Tianqin Kingdom has had bumper harvests for two consecutive years, and granaries in various places are extremely sufficient, but even so, Xiao Mo is unable to provide food.

"Your Majesty, you can't just grab a sheep and try to fleece it. There are many states surrounding Tanquzhou. If you only ask the two closest states for food, they will definitely not be willing to give it to you."

"It would be better to disperse them and ask the eight states neighboring Tanqu State to take relief grains. Since the amount is relatively small, they have no reason to refuse."

"If each state requests too little food, there may not be enough for the victims. The area affected this time is very large, and there are 6 victims according to preliminary statistics."

"The rest will be handled by the court."

"what?"

Xiao Mo was a little confused. The capital was quite far away from Tanquzhou. By the time the food from the capital was delivered, the victims would probably starve to death.

"I will first ask cousin Ziqiu to transfer grain from various business houses to provide disaster relief, and then I will transfer the grain back to cousin Ziqiu."

"Wait, Jintang, the business you're talking about isn't yours, is it?"

"Why, is the emperor eyeing my private property?"

Ye Jintang looked at Xiao Mo with a smile. She couldn't just leave all that money in her space gathering dust. Of course, she had to take it out and let them make more money.

"The Queen's private property is enough to provide disaster relief. Naturally, I am concerned about it."

"I don't care. This is the dowry I will leave for my daughters in the future."

Speaking of her daughter, Ye Jintang immediately thought of Nuannuan who was born not long ago. Her Nuannuan was a small and adorable girl.

The distribution of disaster relief grain was imminent, and Ye Jintang had been with Xiao Mo for several days, and had little contact with the children during these days.

Ye Jintang finally felt relieved after the Yulin Guards set off and Wen Ziqiu and relief grain from various places arrived in Tanqu Prefecture.

In the inner hall of Wutong Palace.

"Jintang has troubled you these days."

"No, natural disasters don't happen to us. They just come suddenly."

"Today I have asked Liuli to lead the workers to produce disinfectant powder for 12 hours a day. I am afraid that there will be a plague after the flood recedes."