The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

At this time, his eyebrows were shaved off and half of his hair was shaved off. He looked as funny as he could be. Compared with the others, he was in a worse state.

Brother Chu felt that this guy was the one who took the lead in neglecting Jiang Fan, so he dealt the most severe blows to him.

Upon hearing this, the officials were almost frightened to death on the spot, and all looked at Xia Qianxing in horror.

Can this guy be more reliable? This Eighth Prince is a damn evil star. Aren’t you looking for death by saying that?

All the officials looked at Jiang Fan in horror, fearing that he would go crazy, drag Xia Qianxing down and chop him to pieces, and then take his anger out on them.

The recorder standing by couldn't bear to look at Xia Qianxing's miserable state. But this fellow obviously didn't learn his lesson. Even when others were scared, he continued to fight.

I guess he was beaten too badly, and he was so angry that he wanted to throw anything away.

Jiang Fan looked at Xia Qianxing and frowned. He had seen this person in the information he had checked before.

Xia Qianxing, now 42 years old, passed the imperial examination at the age of 20, and became a Jinshi at the age of 26. He has been an official for 16 years and is very capable. He should have been promoted long ago, but he has a straightforward personality and does not like to curry favor with his superiors.

Therefore, he is still only a seventh-rank county magistrate. Seeing that he still dares to confront him, Jiang Fan feels that this guy is really worthy of his reputation.

Given his personality, it's really a miracle that he can still live to this day and not be killed.

Xia Qianxing seemed to feel that he had not said enough, or he had given up, and continued:

"You are a prince, yet you treat disaster relief as a bet. Do you think this is fun? Have you ever considered the lives of the people?"

When the other officials heard this, they were so anxious that they wanted to step forward and cover his mouth.

Chu Chengxiong and Chu Chengrui frowned when they heard this. Their eyes turned cold and they were about to step forward and beat the man.

Jiang Fan waved his hand to stop the two men's actions. He looked at Xia Qianxing calmly and said, "Master Xia, do you think I am incapable of resolving the disaster in Huaining? Are you speaking up for the people?"

"Isn't it?" Xia Qianxing looked back at Jiang Fan coldly. Even after being beaten like this, his eyes still didn't give in.

Jiang Fan admired his uprightness. He smiled and said calmly, "Master Xia, what if I solved the disaster in Huaining?"

"If you can solve the disaster in Huaining, I will leave it to you to deal with..." Xia Qianxing looked at Jiang Fan with some contempt.

At this point, he continued, "At present, our county is facing a major problem. If Your Highness can solve it, I believe that you have the ability to solve the disaster. From now on, whatever Your Highness says, I will fully cooperate."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan looked at Xia Qianxing deeply. This person had good character and a bad temper, but at least he was dedicated to the public.

He is not intolerant and is not so narrow-minded as to be annoyed by his rudeness.

Moreover, no matter what, the other party is the magistrate of Huaining County. With his full support, it would be much easier for me to get things done.

Therefore, it is necessary to subdue him. Even if this guy is soft-hearted and does not respond to hard tactics, then give him some soft tactics.

"Tell me about it..." Jiang Fan smiled at him.

Upon hearing this, Xia Qianxing looked at Jiang Fan in surprise.

He thought he might have angered the other party and would be dead. He was ready to be beheaded by Jiang Fan, but he didn't expect Jiang Fan to be willing to listen to him.

A complicated feeling suddenly surged in his heart, and his perception of Jiang Fan also improved a little. Compared with the prince he imagined, the prince in front of him was very different.

Thinking of this, his attitude was no longer as rude as before. He bowed to Jiang Fan and said, "Your Highness, after the imperial court distributed the disaster relief grain, I distributed porridge according to the regulations...but..."

Xia Qianxing kept his words short and simply told the general idea of ​​what happened.

Basically, the imperial court issued relief grain to prevent the people from starving to death and set up relief points in several places in Huaining City.

Each disaster relief site has about 10,000 people, and the total number of people in the six disaster relief sites is close to 60,000. The disaster relief grain could have lasted for half a month, or even longer.

However, due to the rising grain prices in Huaining County, some people who had stored grain at home began to get relief grain in order to preserve their stored grain and deal with the disaster. This put great pressure on the stock of relief grain.

This is not the end. Two days ago, a group of fake disaster victims appeared from nowhere and followed suit to get some disaster relief food, making the situation even worse.

Xia Qianxing also tried to stop these people from eating food, but they instigated the people to make trouble, saying that the court was mistreating the people and not giving them food.

Human nature is selfish. Those who stored grain at home were afraid that they would not be able to get the relief grain, so they joined in the riot, and as a result, Xia Qianxing had to give up.

In this way, the number of people who received disaster relief food increased from 60,000 to nearly 100,000.

At least 30,000 people from Huaining County, as well as some people of unknown origin, joined in.

Today, disaster relief food is in short supply and we may be lucky if we can last for seven days.

Xia Qianxing was having a headache over this matter, and then Prince Jiang Fan came to join in the fun, which made him so resentful.

Jiang Fan frowned, his eyes slightly cold. The situation in Huaining was more complicated than he had imagined.

Moreover, in this matter, I am afraid that there are people from the capital who are behind the scenes making trouble.

It is reasonable for the people of Huaining County to have food.

How many people are selfless in the face of disaster? Such people will only die the fastest!

As for those fake disaster victims of unknown origin, if he guessed correctly, they were definitely sent by the people in the capital to cause trouble.

Given their status and position, it would not be surprising for them to send tens of thousands of people over to get food.

There were several princes, dozens of court officials, and even the household slaves alone, who numbered several hundred people.

Not to mention, there are still hundreds of thousands of hooligans and vagrants in Beijing. It is not difficult to mobilize tens of thousands of people.

"Your Highness, can you solve this problem?" Xia Qianxing looked at Jiang Fan, who was frowning, with some disappointment in his eyes.

Although Jiang Fan looked different from other princes, he would beat anyone he caught when he was mad, but when he was sensible, he would give him a chance even if he was repeatedly rude to him.

But he can't solve the problem and he is a mediocre person. You can't rely on him!

Hearing this, Jiang Fan looked at Xia Qianxing and said with a smile: "This matter is not difficult... I can handle it..."

Upon hearing this, Xia Qianxing stared at Jiang Fan in a daze, not coming back to his senses for a long time.

He thought he had heard wrongly. In fact, he didn't think Jiang Fan could solve the problem.

He just wanted Jiang Fan to give up when he saw difficulty, or at least, know his own abilities and stop messing around with disaster relief.

After all, even if Emperor Yan came, he would be at a loss in the face of such a situation.

Those people were inciting the resentment of tens of thousands of people, which could have led to a civil uprising if things went wrong, which was why he was helpless.

Jiang Fan said he could solve it, he was just bragging!

The other officials also looked at Jiang Fan with some suspicion. Although they were very afraid of Jiang Fan, they were secretly criticizing Jiang Fan for overestimating his own abilities.

The accompanying recorder shook his head, feeling that Jiang Fan was trying to save his face. After hearing this, they all felt that there was no solution. How could Jiang Fan possibly solve it?

"Your Highness, please give your orders and I will obey them..." Although he felt that Jiang Fan was bragging, Xia Qianxing decided to wait and see what Jiang Fan would do first.

Jiang Fan glanced at him, shook his head and said with a smile: "No need to give orders, Lord Xia, I just need to give you a few pointers on this matter, and you can solve it yourself."