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() The disaster relief silver taels in one province of Henan reached 100 million taels, more than the other provinces. This also shows that the disaster situation in Henan is very serious. Su Tiancheng is really serious about accepting such an important task suddenly. Don't dare to neglect.

After the Xiaoqi Battalion was ready, they were waiting for Su Tiancheng's order.

Disaster relief is like fighting a fire, of course he will not delay, after receiving the imperial edict, he is ready to set off immediately.

However, there was more than one inspector censor who came to Henan for disaster relief this time. Yan Zizhang, the inspector censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, followed Su Tiancheng to Henan as a deputy envoy.

Yan Zizhang was a Jinshi during the Tianqi period, from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and has always been in the capital.

It was also Zhou Yanru's intention to send Yan Zizhang as the deputy envoy, probably because he was worried and felt that Su Tiancheng was too young.

As soon as the related preparations were rolled out, conflicts arose between Su Tiancheng and Yan Zizhang.

According to the requirements, these silver taels were to be escorted to Henan. As for whether to go to Kaifeng, the capital of Henan, or Mengjin under the jurisdiction of Henan, this was arranged by itself according to the needs of disaster relief work.

What Yan Zizhang meant was to escort these silver taels directly to Luoyang, Henan Province, which is less than [-] miles away from Mengjin, so that it is convenient to start disaster relief on the spot.

Su Tiancheng had a different opinion. He believed that the troops were divided into two groups. Yan Zizhang took a small amount of silver to Luoyang, and he himself brought a large amount of silver to Kaifeng Mansion.

At first glance, Yan Zizhang's suggestion is very reasonable, while Su Tiancheng's suggestion is a bit of a waste of manpower and material resources.

In fact, Su Tiancheng had a deeper thought.

The Yellow River burst in Mengjin, and there were countless victims nearby.Mengjin is only more than 40 miles away from Luoyang.It can be said that the first choice for a large number of disaster victims is to flood into Luoyang. The life in Luoyang must be difficult. According to the news in the imperial palace newspaper, some places in Luoyang have also encountered disasters.

The Yellow River bursts on the sixth day of June.It is now the end of July, nearly two months have passed, and the situation of the victims must be very bad. The description in the residence newspaper said that there were countless casualties among the soldiers and civilians, and the people had fled.Praying for food everywhere, there is almost nowhere to go.This shows that the disaster victims have fallen into a desperate situation.

Under such circumstances, what the victims need is not money, but food and necessary daily necessities.including medicines.

It is impossible to buy a lot of food, including necessary living supplies and medicines, if you go to Luoyang with these money. The best way is to appease the emotions of the victims.On the one hand, a large amount of food and disaster relief materials were purchased.

Besides, it is very likely that some of the victims left Luoyang.Coming towards Kaifeng, people are like this, seeing that there is no way to survive, try to go to a bigger place, maybe there is a glimmer of life.

Dividing into two lines has great advantages. Yan Zizhang can represent the imperial court in Luoyang and appease the victims. After buying a large amount of food, medicine and other materials in Kaifeng, he goes directly to Mengjin and can take in many victims along the way.

Su Tiancheng explained his thoughts patiently. After all, he and Yan Zizhang need to work together during the disaster relief period. There are many things that the two can discuss and handle.

After hearing the explanation, Yan Zizhang didn't say much, apparently he was a little moved, but he just didn't agree with Su Tiancheng's opinion, but he couldn't say the reason for his objection.

Su Tiancheng was very strange, he didn't understand why Yan Zizhang did this, it was tantamount to making trouble for no reason.

After arguing for a long time, Su Tiancheng couldn't bear it anymore. He is the chief envoy, he has the power to make decisions on the fly, and he has the Shangfang sword bestowed by the emperor. This little matter can't be resolved, how can we carry out disaster relief? Work.

What's even more strange is that Su Tiancheng made a tough decision, and Yan Zizhang didn't expressly object.

This is so abnormal.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. He has to figure out what is the reason.

The night before departure, Su Tiancheng entered a secret mansion.

Dong Chang was waiting, this time he saw Su Tiancheng with a very serious expression.

After listening to Su Tiancheng's doubts, Dong Chang spoke slowly.

"Kun Yuan, disaster relief is a big thing. There must be no negligence. Things are complicated. You will encounter many difficulties. Nothing is smooth sailing. The more difficult you encounter, the more determined you must be. Being able to turn the tide is the mainstay. If you encounter Difficulties will shrink back, how to stand on top of the court in the future, how to face the stormy waves in the court."

Su Tiancheng was taken aback for a moment, he had never heard Dong Chang say these words before.

"You are still young, I am lucky for you. It is a good thing to be sent to Jiangning County. If you can control the situation of a county, you will be able to control the situation of a prefecture and a province in the future."

"The teachings of the uncle, the younger generation will remember."

"The old man has been an official for decades, and he has witnessed countless ups and downs. Many outstanding men are unappreciated, with different heads, and mediocre and incompetent people, but they are high in the temple. You can see why. The old man thinks that the outstanding men have outstanding talents and are acting for government affairs. They are capable, but they are proud of their talents, not good at flexibility, and the trees are beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy them. On the other hand, the mediocre and incompetent people, who are self-aware of their inadequacy, are well versed in officialdom, courteous, and do what they like, and they will eventually be promoted. What's more, they sell their bodies for glory, and do everything for power."

Su Tiancheng didn't understand why Dong Chang said these words. Could it be to remind himself to pay attention to something? Wouldn't it be better to say it directly?He faintly had an ominous premonition, could it be that something big happened to him, or something big would happen in the court.

"Yan Zizhang is still good, but it's a pity that in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, such an official should have been released long ago."

Su Tiancheng finally couldn't bear it anymore, the purpose of his coming was to understand the situation, Yan Zizhang's behavior was too strange.

"Uncle Shi, the younger generation really doesn't understand why Yan Zizhang is so stubborn and doesn't listen to the younger generation's opinions."

"Hehe, what is this? There may be more things in the future. When you go to Henan for disaster relief, some people are dissatisfied. You are so young and don't want to be attached to anyone. How can they support you? I hope you have problems. , So, you must go all out, you can listen to opinions, take your own ideas, and don't be disturbed by others."

"Junior understands."

"Okay, it's good that you understand. Recently, there have been a lot of things going on in the imperial court. If there is any change, the old man will send someone to inform you."

Dong Chang was vague, but Su Tiancheng was not.

Yan Zizhang must listen to the above, so no matter what he does, he will not follow his own opinion. If he can find trouble, he will spare no effort. He is mainly responsible for disaster relief. If things go wrong, the responsibility is on his own head , since some people objected to their disaster relief, they must be thinking of screwing up by themselves.

As for the situation of the victims, it is not an important issue.

He was a little angry, party and factional struggles, to such an extent, what hope did Daming have.

July 28th, Mao time.

The disaster relief team set off, and the Xiaoqi Battalion escorted 100 million taels of silver, left the capital, and headed for Henan.

Su Tiancheng's plan was to enter Henan on the first day of August, and arrive at Weihui Mansion on the third day of August. Afterwards, Yan Zizhang took 10 taels of silver, went directly to Luoyang via Huaiqing Mansion, and brought most of the troops and silver with him. , to Kaifeng Mansion.

Along the way, eat and sleep in the open air, no delay is allowed.

This plan was a decision made directly by him, and Yan Zizhang did not agree with it.

There was no argument, and Su Tiancheng didn't want to continue the discussion. The requests he made to Yan Zizhang were all in a commanding nature. The special request was that he should not accept the government's invitations along the way. After visiting officials and buying related supplies, go directly to Mengjin.

Needless to say, the fighting power of the Xiaoqi Battalion is still in the heat of summer, and the hot weather is very tormenting. Ordinary people can't bear it. They not only have to hurry, but also have to be on guard at all times. Not only are there activities of rogue bandits, but there are also many bandits who occupy the mountains as kings.Under such a high intensity, the marching speed can still be guaranteed.

Su Tiancheng's endurance was slowly revealed.

He has always followed on horseback, nothing special.

Yan Zizhang couldn't take it anymore. The first two days were fine. When he left Beizhili and entered Henan, his face turned blue. It could be seen that he had already gritted his teeth and persisted.

Su Tiancheng didn't order to slow down the speed, he just wanted to let Yan Zizhang really experience that he came down to relieve the disaster, not to show off his prestige, and it must be very hard to complete this disaster relief mission.

Along the way, he had already figured it out, since Zhu Youjian trusted him and asked him to come to Henan for disaster relief, he should do it well, practice it, endure more hardships, rely on the officials of the Henan government, and make up his own mind on important matters .

In his heart, he disapproved of such an approach, and he was responsible for different levels. Such matters should be directly responsible for the officials of the Henan government. Don't want the court to support so many officials, what role will they play.

What he saw along the way made him a little chilled. Before he entered Henan, he saw a small number of refugees with yellow and thin faces. After careful questioning, these refugees actually had people from Mengjin. If the local government came forward to help, how could they appear? such a situation.

After entering Henan and passing Zhangde Mansion, the number of refugees gradually increased, and most of them lived in groups on the official roads.

The prefectural and county yamen still do not allow refugees to enter the city, and there is very little relief.

Local relief must be carried out.

Yan Zizhang raised an objection again, meaning to ignore the small group of refugees, and go to Mengjin and Kaifeng as soon as possible to start large-scale disaster relief. This time, Su Tiancheng became angry and reprimanded Yan Zizhang unceremoniously. There are so many refugees along the way, When we actually arrived in Mengjin, how many disaster victims could we see? Could it be that everyone was waiting to die in Mengjin?