Seeing Li Er ask about him, Zhangsun Wuji thought for a moment and suggested.
"Your Majesty, I think we can send Wei Zheng to various places to relieve the disaster!”
"Lord Wei is an upright and fair person. He will definitely be able to settle the disaster relief.”
At this moment, Wei Zheng, who was standing at the side, looked at Zhangsun Wuji in surprise, as if he did not expect the other party to recommend him to go to the disaster relief.
Disaster relief was a skill in itself, and one could imagine the benefits involved. If they sent a corrupt official to help with the disaster relief, the disaster victims would probably die.
Therefore, he had to consider carefully who he should send to the disaster relief!
Wei Zheng was indeed a suitable candidate.
Hearing Zhangsun Wuji's suggestion, Li Er nodded in satisfaction.
As long as Wei Zheng did not insult others, his ability was actually very good!
Li Er immediately made a decision!
"What the auxiliary army said makes sense. Wei Zheng, from now on, you will be in charge of the disaster relief. All the departments in the court will listen to your orders!”
"Investigate the disaster situation in Guanzhong as soon as possible. We must ensure the safety of the people and stabilize the situation!”
Wei Zheng's expression turned serious as he said solemnly.
"I, Wei Zheng, accept your orders!"
After saying that, Wei Zheng seemed to have thought of something, and his expression instantly collapsed.
"Your Majesty, what about the money and food for disaster relief?"
If it was so easy to resolve, it would have already been decided in the imperial court.
It was not because there was no money or food for disaster relief. No one was willing to take on this title.
Hearing this, Li Er's expression froze.
His gaze unconsciously turned towards the Minister of Revenue, Tang Jian, as he spoke in a deep voice.
"How much money and food can the Ministry of Revenue take out for disaster relief? Give a specific number, and we'll gather the rest later.”
After being called out by Li Er, the Minister of Revenue, Tang Jian, pondered for two seconds and reported an extremely awkward number.
"Excluding the grain reserves of Chang 'an Fortress, the Ministry of Revenue can only take out 10,000 dan of grain!”
As soon as Tang Jian finished speaking, the atmosphere in the royal study immediately turned cold.
Although 10,000 dans of grain was not a small amount, it also depended on the affected commoners.
Wei Zheng was the first to react. His cold gaze glared at the Minister of Revenue, Tang Jian, and he said excitedly.
"How can 10,000 dans of food be enough?"
"There are more than hundreds of thousands of refugees who are known to have been affected by the disaster!”
"I'm afraid that all the food will be eaten up in less than two days after we leave Chang 'an City!”
"What will the disaster victims eat? Eat me, Wei Zheng?"
The more Wei Zheng spoke, the more excited he became.
How was this asking him to go to disaster relief? It was clearly asking him to send his head.
At that time, wouldn't the starving disaster victims eat him alive?
Li Er also frowned slightly.
"Ten thousand dan of food is indeed too little…"
Hearing this, Tang Jian revealed a bitter expression as he helplessly said.
"Your Majesty, this year's winter snow came too quickly. Many of the grain harvested by the various prefectures rotted in the fields before they could be harvested.”
"Due to the heavy snow blocking the road, the food from all over the world has not yet arrived in the capital!”
"Now there are millions of people in Chang 'an. The Ministry of Revenue still needs to reserve food to cope with emergencies.”
"It was not easy to squeeze out these ten thousand dan of food…"
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There were millions of people in Chang 'an. These people needed to eat every day. To prevent the price of grain from soaring, the imperial court had to open the warehouse to release grain to stabilize the price. The daily consumption of grain was shocking.
If the grain from all over the world had arrived in the capital, the crisis would have been easily solved. However, an early winter snow had directly disrupted all the plans.
Hearing Tang Jian's explanation, Wei Zheng and Li Er calmed down. They knew that the Ministry of Revenue was not doing well, but the disaster victims could not afford to wait!
In the end, they could only ask the Ministry of Revenue to gather more money and food. After Wei Zheng made his preparations, he set off to various places in Guanzhong for disaster relief.
Zhangsun Wuji and the others left one after another. Soon, only Li Er and Wei Zheng were left in the royal study!
Seeing Wei Zheng's troubled expression, Li Er understood and did not give him a chance to refuse.
"Zhen knows that this matter is difficult, but you heard it just now. The Ministry of Revenue of the Imperial Court is also in a difficult position!”
"Right now, we can only work together to deal with the current situation.”
"This matter is settled. There's no need to say anything else!”
Wei Zheng was speechless.
At that time, Wei Zheng's heart was filled with despair. He regretted agreeing so quickly just now.
He knew that the Ministry of Revenue was difficult, but he never thought that it would be so difficult!
The food for disaster relief would be gone in a few days. If he could not think of a way, Wei Zheng would not even dare to leave Chang 'an Fortress.
However, Li Er had already issued an edict, so Wei Zheng could not escape!
In this dilemma, Wei Zheng seemed to have thought of something and looked at Li Er with a burning gaze.
"Your Majesty, why don't…Ask the Crown Prince if he has any good ideas?”
Li Er was speechless.
Li Er looked at Wei Zheng with a strange gaze.
Ask the Crown Prince for advice? Where would he put his old face?
Could all the officials in the court be inferior to the Crown Prince?
It was unknown if he was thinking of the "shallow opinion" of the imperial examination, but Li Er braced himself and nodded.
"Let's go to the Eastern Palace!"
This time, Li Er still stood outside the hall and did not enter. The palace servants who were dispersed were a little confused. They thought that Li Er seemed to have come to the Eastern Palace a little frequently recently.
Wei Zheng strode into the hall and looked at Li Chengqian, who was carefully teaching Wu Meiniang. While Wei Zheng bowed, he was a little surprised.
He thought to himself, does Li Chengqian also have a special hobby?
Or was it that all the maids in the Eastern Palace were treated so well?
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