There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 489
"Everyone's suggestions and ideas are very good, let's just do this!" Li Youqing took a sip of strong tea to refresh himself. The matter that had been discussed for a long time finally came to a conclusion, and his whole body couldn't help but relax.

As soon as she put down the teacup, she suddenly remembered that Su Xian seemed to have entered the tent just now.

At that time, the discussion was at a critical juncture and could not be distracted, so she just glanced at Su Xian and ignored him.

With a thought in his mind, Li Youqing looked up into the tent, searching for Su Xian, and asked expectantly: "Where is Su Xianyi? What do you think of this..."

"..."

Before she could say a word, her voice froze, she couldn't say the last word "Fa", and her eyes were dull.

Wang Sima and other subordinate officers felt strange when they saw Li Youqing's expression frozen and staring unblinkingly behind them with a strange expression.

Hearing Li Youqing say the words "Su Consultation" again, they expected that Su Xian had already entered the account, so they also turned and looked behind.

"Su Zhenyi, you are finally back..." Zhou Ji's office was very looking forward to Su Xian's return, so he looked back and greeted him happily.

But after seeing Su Xian's state clearly, he was cut off mid-sentence. He swallowed and slowly spit out the last two words: "...here he comes!"

It turned out that not long after Su Xian checked in, he closed his eyes and dozed off under the "lullaby" played by everyone.

He shrunk his neck and stood behind everyone, successfully blocking his head bit by bit. Not to mention Wang Sima and others, not even Li Youqing noticed.

He originally thought that he would spend this morning taking a nap...

Suddenly, half-awake and half-asleep, his whole body trembled, and he always felt like a light on his back.

Open your eyes——

He saw everyone from Lanling Princess Li Youqing to Wang Sima, Zhou Jishi and other subordinate officials looking at him blankly with different expressions.

Su Xian woke up instantly, and with his thoughts racing, he stepped forward and bowed to Li Youqing:

"Your Majesty, Su Xian, pays homage to Your Highness. The ten-day wedding leave has ended. Today, I will return to the mansion to await the princess's orders."

"..."

The dullness on Li Youqing's face disappeared, and she looked at him meaningfully without saying a word.

Wang Sima and other officials looked back and forth between Su Xian and Li Youqing without interrupting. They were all thinking, how will the princess handle this matter?
"Su Zhenyi came back as a married couple. He seems quite tired. Do you want me to grant you another ten days of leave?" The meaningful expression on Li Youqing's face turned into a tease, and a hint of curvature appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Uh...Thank you princess for your concern, no need..." Su Xian felt a little pained.

When Wang Sima and other officials saw that the princess was not being held accountable, they were filled with envy, not to say jealousy, and they all shouted:
"Su Zhenyi is a newlywed, so you still need to pay more attention to your health!"

"I have just received a great tonic medicine. I will give it to you later..."

"..."

Su Xian's face turned slightly red, and he neither answered nor quibbled. He only bowed to everyone, then immediately looked at Li Youqing and asked:
"His Royal Highness just asked... What do you think of this matter? Please forgive me for being confused. I don't know what your Highness is talking about. Can you tell me?"

When Wang Sima and other officials saw that Su Xian was talking about serious business, they stopped teasing him. The Zhou Ji Office took the initiative to stand up and answer Su Xian's questions——

It turns out that the Yellow River flooding affected a wide area.

It goes up to several states in Hedong Province.

In the middle is the vicinity of Luoyang, the sacred capital.

Down to the north and south banks of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Hebei Road on the north bank, and Henan Road on the south bank, there are large disaster-stricken areas in these four places.

Therefore, it is called the "four major disaster areas".

The imperial court appointed four deposed envoys to go to major disaster areas to provide an overview of local government affairs and supervise disaster relief matters. Among them, the deposed envoy of Hebei Province was an exception because Li Youqing had already held this position concurrently.

In addition:

Henan Dao deposed the envoy, who was Qian Zhongshu's person and also the prince's person.

Hedong Road deposed the envoy, who was also the person of Qian Zhongshu and the prince.

The deposed envoy of Duji Province was a member of Liu Shizhong, who always remained neutral in the court.

Because the deposed envoys sent to local areas to supervise disaster relief were not fat, and Qian Zhongshu took advantage of Li Youqing's absence in Shendu to engage in activities, thus snatching away the two deposed envoys.

Above the imperial court, Li Youqing and Qian Zhongshu were political enemies.

But on a deeper level, this is actually a battle between Li Youqing and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Through this incident, their power struggle extended from the court to major disaster areas...

It is said that in the early days of the flood, Qian Zhongshu learned of Li Youqing's misappropriation of military rations for disaster relief.

He took down the deposed envoys of Henan Road and Hedong Road in one fell swoop, and it may be that he did not intend to defeat Li Youqing on the "disaster relief battlefield".

Since Henan Province and Hedong Province did not use military rations for disaster relief, and not even a grain of official rations in the official warehouses of various states were used, they only needed to provide disaster relief and did not have to worry about food shortages in other places.

But here in Hebei Province, we not only have to provide disaster relief, but also solve the problem of food shortage for tens of thousands of soldiers and food for [-] Liao army prisoners. It can be said that there are many difficulties...

After Su Xian heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly. The fighting in the court was really endless and spread to all parts of the country very easily.

However, this situation may not be a reflection of the Queen's "imperial mind".

"..."

"Then Qian Zhongshu deceived me about the lack of food in Hebei Province, and wanted to make the princess fail through this disaster relief, and then lose face! Humph, his heart is evil, he deserves to be punished!"

The more Zhou Jishi talked, the angrier he became. He frowned and swung his long sleeves vigorously, making the beard on his mouth tremble.

Wang Sima and other subordinate officials were also filled with indignation and said:
"Our princess is dedicated to serving the people. Before the flood broke out, we bought the surplus food on the market. After the flood broke out, in order to prevent the victims from starving, we even embezzled military food..."

"Such an act of loving the people was taken advantage of by Qian Zhongshu, who wanted to step on our princess and do meritorious service for the prince... Damn it! I wish I could eat her flesh alive..."

"..."

Li Youqing sat high on the handsome chair and remained calm. After taking a sip of strong tea, she waved her hands and said with a smile: "When you encounter a problem, just solve it. Complaining is useless."

Wang Sima and other officials gradually calmed down after hearing this.

Su Xian paused for a while and then asked: "Wang Sima's proposed method of using [-] Liao army prisoners to exchange for food from the Liao Kingdom should not have been leaked yet, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Sima raised his gray eyebrows, twirled his gray beard hanging down to his chest, and said with a meaningful smile:
"Su Zhiyi, don't worry, this matter has not been leaked, and it will not be too late to announce it when we successfully exchange grain from the Liao Kingdom."

The office of Zhou Ji also smiled and said: "That's right, Qian Zhongshu and the prince don't want to see our princess' jokes? Let them see enough of it on that day!"

Listening to their laughter, Su Xian gradually turned to a sinister tone, so he laughed quickly and said: "Wonderful! Wonderful! When this method is successful, it will definitely shock the jaws of Qian Zhongshu and others!"

"Does Consultant Su have any other opinions on this matter?" Li Youqing suddenly asked.

"Princess Qi, Wang Sima's method of using prisoners to exchange for food is very clever. I don't have any better opinions... But I am brave and want to ask, how far has this method gone?"

(End of this chapter)