When Hunjun begins to make elixirs

Chapter 110 Imperial Envoy Ding Ao
The war in the North has not yet dissipated. Ding Ao was transferred to the capital for his meritorious service in the Battle of Bancheng and served as the Minister of Household Affairs. At the same time, he also got over the habit of returning to the imperial envoy. Holding the imperial edict granted by the emperor, he went to Kinki Province to supervise disaster relief matters. Organize local government affairs and coordinate the relationship between the General Administration of Disaster Relief and local officials.

Bai Linxian can't do this. His background is too low, and Liu Feixiong can't do it either. He comes from a southern family, so only Ding Ao is suitable.

That day in the study room, Ding Ao saw the long face of the Holy Emperor for the first time.The emperor asked him cordially about the situation at home, rambled on, and turned him into a relative of the emperor.

It turned out that there was indeed a cousin of his in the emperor's harem, who was the granddaughter of his third grandfather. Liu Meijun was drafted into the palace in the same batch as Concubine Yang, and her rank was Zhaoyi.

The Ding family and the Liu family have been married for generations, and they almost share the same fate.Ding Ao's mother is also Liu Meijun's aunt.Since Liu Meijun's uncle was roped in by the Hu Party and worked under Zhou Qing, the contact between the two families has been reduced.However, Ding Ao still followed the path of her uncle when he was sent to the county magistrate.From here we can see the control that the Hu Party had over the government at that time.

Ding Ao is also considered half a Hu Party.Li Shun didn't mind. Who didn't make some black history?If we really want to be more serious, at least half of the people in the court will not be able to use it.At least he was an official who was loyal to the court and had outstanding abilities. According to the information sent by Jin Wuwei, during his tenure as an official, he worked diligently and loved the people, and did not get involved in the messy things of the Hu Party.

Nowadays, the mainstream thinking is that "one who excels in learning will be an official". It is not a sin to want to be an official.

Li Shun immediately issued an order to promote Mr. Liu Mei to two levels and make him a concubine. This would give face to the Ding and Liu families and express his respect for Ding Ao.At the same time, it was also officially announced to those families who had taken refuge in the Hu Party that the liquidation was over.The power of these people should not be underestimated, and Li Shun did not want to force them to the opposite side.

The Liu family was still worried about the major case that happened some time ago. When the news came, the hanging heart was finally relieved.The Liu family immediately sent people to the palace to express their gratitude.At the same time, people were also asked to go to Ding's house to visit relatives and keep in touch.They knew that the emperor was promoted to Liu Meijun out of his respect for Ding Ao.

Liu Meijun was not favored in the palace, but with Li Shun's temperament, she did not neglect her.Li Shun could call every concubine by name and knew their bodies and preferences better than they did, which shows that he had good intentions.It's not like a certain "King of Heaven" who relies on numbers, nor is it like some emperors who abandon their land and wait for weeds to grow.Like a cow, he worked hard to build a harmonious harem.

In modern terms, work-life balance is achieved.

Ding Ao came to Kinki Province with a decree. This job was not easy to handle.The conflict between the General Administration of Disaster Relief and local officials has become quite prominent, and there is a hint of confrontation.Many local officials were accused of "obstructing disaster relief" and deprived of their positions.The emperor's idea is good, but many problems will be exposed when it is implemented.

As soon as Ding Ao arrived, he first restored the positions of some local officials whose crimes were not serious and had obviously been exaggerated, temporarily calming their emotions.Then, people from the General Administration of Disaster Relief were sent to the bottom to do things, manage the victims, open porridge factories, and even cook porridge themselves.

The emperor asked them to provide disaster relief, not as commanders. They were not familiar with the job. Instead, they used chicken feathers as command arrows and pointed out the work of local officials. No one would be convinced.

Just when the local officials thought that the new imperial envoy was on their side, Ding Ao directly targeted those officials who were obviously guilty of major corruption. These old fritters instigated others to confront the General Administration, while they themselves hid in the back. To reap the benefits, a number of officials, including the local chief envoys and inspectors, were directly removed from office.

At the governor's office in Heyang, Ding Ao placed the emperor's edict in the lobby and said to the officials below: "The emperor appointed me as an imperial envoy to supervise disaster relief matters. Heyang Province is the first place to start disaster relief. You all What did you do?" "No one built the shacks, and the porridge factory is still the same as a month ago! Don't you know that the victims from other provinces have come in now? Bullshit! Shifting the blame! You let the people collapse in single clothes in the cold winter. On the roadside? Are you sitting in the courtyard of a deep house, warming yourself by a charcoal fire? There is constant fighting ahead. If you cause another civil uprising, I don’t know how many people will die!"

"Serving as an official brings benefits to one party. The emperor once said to me, 'If you don't make decisions for the people when you are an official, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.' Look at you now with a big belly and a fat head. Can you still sell it? Isn't your heart just meat? Is it long? You put away those colorful intestines! I have been working in the local area for many years, and I have never seen anything!"

After scolding the local officials, he then scolded those from the General Administration: "You are all officials directly promoted by the Hanlin Academy and Enke this year. Of course, you can write moral articles without saying much. Why do you have no brains when it comes to actually doing things?" Don’t you even move? You just use the little power the emperor has given you to humiliate the place.”

"Who are you imitating? At least they have done things well. When people froze to death in Wanshan County, it was obvious that there were too many victims and the county government did not have enough manpower. Instead of helping, you took advantage of this to take away the position of county magistrate! What a villain! Dayin does not need so many cruel officials with selfish motives! Officials should be benevolent, caring for the people, and caring for the country. The emperor set up the Disaster Relief General Administration to provide disaster relief, not for you to use it for party fighting! "

The person being imitated in Ding Ao's words is Bai Linxian.His deeds have spread throughout the government and the public, and the emperor's trust and respect have led many people to imitate his actions in an attempt to gain popularity.Ding Ao admires Bai Linxian's resourcefulness, but does not agree with his method of doing things.This person is too selfish.This is determined by their different life trajectories.

Li Shun also discovered this tendency, so he reused Ding Ao to balance Bai Linxian's influence.

After Ding Ao's management, shacks were built in various places to avoid the cold, and wood and coal were sent to the victims to heat and boil hot water. The porridge in the porridge factory was also required to be kept with chopsticks, and the bodies of the victims who died of cold and starvation were collected. Spread lime to prevent plague.The key is that Ding Ao repeatedly emphasized that this was the emperor's will, which saved Li Shun a lot of reputation.

Ding Ao knew that it would be impossible to make ends meet with only the food provided by the court, as well as fighting wars and providing disaster relief.He actively contacted large households to borrow grain and promised to return the grain when the country went through difficulties.Being from a Ding Ao family, it is relatively easy to do these things.If someone refuses to borrow, Ding Ao will use strong tactics. Stinginess and greed are often opposites. Many large households secretly send people to receive disaster relief food and grass.

When he found out, he came to threaten her.He also used his trial skills when he was a county magistrate to investigate local injustices and catch the gangsters of big families.These large households are somewhat unkind in their pursuit of wealth.The trials revealed many unjust sentences involving large families.Large households were frightened and borrowed grain one after another.

Disaster relief operations in various places have resumed operations.The politics were cleared up, and Ding Ao became famous because of it. The people called him: "Ding Qingtian".

The new year is approaching, everything is on track, and Ding Ao is also preparing to return to Beijing to renew his orders.The common people lined the road to see each other off, and halfway through the official sedan, suddenly an old woman held up a complaint and blocked the road to cry out for injustice.Ding Ao opened the sedan curtain and asked why.He was ordered to organize local government affairs and review cases.

He took the paper and looked at it carefully, his face gradually becoming heavy.The smell of a major crime hit me.It seems that this "year" cannot be gone back.He must handle this case personally, otherwise many people will die!

(End of this chapter)