After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 374 The imperial court sent relief food
In this way, the emperor walked away alone.

When they came, the family of four was neatly arranged, but when they left, the emperor was alone, and he felt desolate in his heart.

"An Niang, as promised, you must come back with your two children as soon as possible. I will wait for you."

The queen agreed well in person, and as soon as the emperor left, she slapped the little princess.

The mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled, showing an expression of success.

Seeing this, what else does Lin Xi not understand?The emotional little princess has already colluded with the queen.

The only one present was the little prince who was ignorant and kept in the dark.

But he didn't care. When he learned that he could stay, he trotted back to his room, took down the book from the bookshelf, and started reading.

He is like a little bookworm.

Wander happily in the ocean of books.

The emperor returned to the palace, and after waiting for his wife and children to reunite with him, he suddenly realized that his old father had been deceived.

Two drops of bitter tears were shed on the spot.

Yang Sansha wrote a large letter and sent it to him, accusing the Queen of being ruthless towards him.

When the queen read the letter, she did not feel any pang of conscience, but could not help laughing.

He wrote down his interactions with several children at the Lin family and wrote back to the emperor.

Every line is full of show off and overflowing with happiness.

The emperor received the letter. After reading it, the corners of his lips could not help but rise, but his heart became even more blocked.

He stayed alone in the palace, while An Niang and several children played happily in the Lin family, which really made him feel unbalanced.

But for the time being, he couldn't spare the time to catch the ladies back.

Because his brother King Rui came and brought him bad news——

There is a drought in Canglan Road. There has not been a drop of rain since the beginning of summer!
The 36 states in the world are divided into nine states based on mountains, rivers, and rivers, and each state has four states.

For example, Jiangnan Road, which the old Duke was originally in charge of, governed Peizhou, Muzhou, Songzhou, and Xiazhou.

Canglan Road governs Zhuozhou, Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou.

These four states are all located in the north.

Canglan Road, named after Canglan River, is a tributary of Pingjiang River and runs through the four prefectures of Zhuo, Yan, You and Ji.

There are several tributaries on it, large and small, nourishing the entire land of Canglan Road and supplying water to the people of these four states.

But now, there is a severe drought in Canglan Road. The weather has been getting hotter day by day since the beginning of summer, but it has not rained at all. The Canglan River is almost drying up.

Most of the crops in the fields were burned to death, and the ground was cracked.

King Rui's fiefdom is in Zhuozhou, but his position is the general manager of Canglan Road, overseeing the people of the four states.

The situation inside the country now really makes him worried.

The emperor had already known about the drought in advance from the Taoist Master Qisheng, but when the drought really came, he still became anxious.

Fortunately, he made a lot of preparations in advance and was able to minimize the damage caused by this drought.

He immediately summoned his right minister and several close ministers to discuss how to deal with it, and then issued an edict of sin to the world.

It was not because he wanted to do so, but in order to consolidate the imperial power. Like the emperors of all generations, he constantly preached to the people the idea that "the throne is given by heaven" so that his acquisition of the throne would appear justified.

Since he used the title of "God-given", if there is a drought now, the people will naturally think that God is dissatisfied with him as the emperor, so he has sent down the disaster punishment.

Doesn't he have to issue an edict for his sins and confess his sins to heaven?
Then there are the various routine operations for disaster relief.

They provided relief money and food, dispatched doctors, and transported medicinal materials... At the same time, they mobilized troops to guard the border of Canglan Road to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

When the emperor and ministers were so busy trying to provide disaster relief, Lin Xi was not idle either.She instructed Pan Yanjun to hold a charity auction at Jinlin Pavilion.

He donated all the money earned from the auction to the court and stated that it was used for disaster relief.

Later, the queen also held a banquet called flower viewing, but in fact it was a fundraiser.

Of the nine roads in the world, Jiangnan Road is famous for its wealth.

Among the four states in Jiangnan Province, Peizhou is the most prosperous. The taxes paid by one state alone are equivalent to half of the national treasury revenue.

One can imagine how many wealthy families there are here.

The queen held a flower-viewing banquet and invited ladies from these wealthy families.

Anyway, in the eyes of those noble ladies who came from aristocratic families, she, a queen who was born as a commoner, was not worthy of publicity and was tainted with the smell of earth and copper.

In this case, why should she hide it?
She had to associate with the female relatives of merchant families who were looked down upon by aristocratic families.

At least, they were really generous in donating money!
Thousands and tens of thousands of taels of silver, just donated.

After a banquet, the queen raised a lot of money, food and supplies.

Greatly relieved the pressure on the national treasury.

The queen also specially asked someone to build a merit monument and engraved the names of the ladies who donated materials on the tombstone.

The tombstone was erected in the square of the palace.

Every minister and palace official passing by here can see it.

The ladies and ladies were very happy when they heard about it, and felt that the queen's move really won their hearts.

At the same time, I also regretted that I donated less.

They also generously donated a lot of money and jewelry.

However, no amount of money and supplies can fundamentally solve the problem.

What Canglan Road needs most is a rain.

A hearty rain.

"God, please make it rain!"

"The crops in the fields were ready to be harvested right before our eyes, but then we encountered this severe drought and they all dried up! God is deliberately not giving us a way to survive!"

"Fortunately, my family planted two acres of sweet potatoes this year. Sweet potatoes are drought-resistant. Although a lot of them died, at least there is still some harvest, so it won't be a complete harvest."

"Hurry, hurry, the government is here, saying they are here to deliver relief food to us."

"Everyone line up and don't rush to grab food! Otherwise, no one will be able to receive food and water!"

"Get your household registration and receive food based on your population!"

Thanks to several innovative policies implemented by Right Prime Minister Lin Jian after he came to power, the imperial court checked the population of all 36 states, re-registered each household, and issued household registrations.

The household registration is made in triplicate, one for the household, one for the local government, and one for the imperial household department.

Household registration - the population, land, houses, livestock and other information of the people's homes are written down. If the situation in the people's homes changes, the household registration information in various places will also be changed and updated accordingly.

In this way, the amount of disaster relief food the court needs to distribute can be accurately calculated.

The government officials who came to provide disaster relief also knew how much food each household could receive.

Anyone who wants to be greedy for ink or claim falsely can rest their minds.

Even if there are people who were not registered in time, for example, a grandson was born in a certain family not long ago, but he was too young and had not yet had time to register.

In this case, as long as the entire village can come forward as a guarantee, even a newborn baby can receive his or her share of food.

(End of this chapter)