Sword Xia of the Shu Mountains Chapter 32: This drought is unusual

With Wei Zhongxian by his side, Emperor Wanli's life in the palace is no longer so vain. Wei Zhongxian himself is a person who can talk. His eloquence is comparable to that of Wei Xiaobao, the protagonist in Mr. Jin Yong's novel "The Story of the Deer". He is articulate and articulate. The favor of Emperor Wanli; over time, he became the most trusted **** around Emperor Wanli at this moment. Although Wei Zhongxian is young now, he has a lot of shrewdness and scheming in his heart. He acts and acts like an experienced conspirator. The secret is probably only known to him.

At this time, the construction of the overall structure of the Mingding Mausoleum has basically been completed. It only needs to add some gorgeous decorations in the mausoleum and inlay the walls and coffins inside the tomb with countless gems and gold. This decoration will definitely consume a lot of human, material and financial resources. Soon, Yang Wenhao, the main person in charge of the construction of the Dingling Tomb, and his deputy made a special trip to the palace to find Emperor Wanli and explained the situation

"Your Majesty, the construction of the Dingling Mausoleum has basically been completed, and the rest is to inlay countless gems and gold in the entire tomb before completion. delays"

At this moment, Emperor Wanli only cares about the progress of the construction of his tomb, and it has nothing to do with whether such a will will harm the interests of the Ming people; after listening to Yang Wenhao's words, Wei Zhongxian said on the side

"Sir Yang is right, Your Majesty. Now the mausoleum will be completed soon, so we can't delay the construction period. Besides, my Ming Dynasty is now a rich country, and the people are living so richly, even if we take money from them There's nothing to lose by giving anything of value, and I don't think the council would disagree."

After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, Emperor Wanli strengthened his determination to let the people of Daming raise gold and jewelry; so he laughed and said happily

"Wei Zhongxian, you still know what I mean; you are right, my people in Daming eat what they eat and buy what they buy, even if they take a little money from them, it's nothing, then I Now, let the people donate gold and jewelry to build my Dingling Mausoleum"

Half an hour later, Emperor Wanli's imperial decree was quickly delivered to the Council Chamber. Chang Lingyun, Prime Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, who was handling state affairs in the Council Chamber, frowned immediately after seeing this imperial decree from Emperor Wanli. Then, all the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives who had already been elected gathered together to hold a parliament; during the meeting of the parliament, Chang Lingyun sat on the prime minister's seat and said

"The emperor has issued an imperial decree asking the people to donate a portion of their finances to the imperial court to complete the construction of the Dingling Tomb; I personally think that using such a large sum of money to build the imperial tomb would be labor-intensive and cost-effective. It is not easy, this decree cannot be passed; what do you think, the ministers in charge of the Senate and the representatives of the provinces in the House of Representatives”

The main person in charge of the Senate is the leader of the Donglin Party, said Gu Xiancheng

"I think the Prime Minister is right, it is really inappropriate for the emperor to issue such an edict. We Daming no longer practice the absolute monarchy, and we can no longer allow the emperor to do anything wrong as before. This will will only make the people of Ming Dynasty disappointed with the new regime we have implemented.”

At this time, Zuo Guangdou, the main person in charge of the House of Representatives, also said

"I agree with the views of the Prime Minister and Lord Gu. This imperial decree must not be passed. The construction of the emperor's tomb is a small matter, but the interests of the people are a major matter. Although I have become a prosperous country, I can take out those The silver liang was used for the emperor to build the mausoleum. Instead of spending money on such meaningless things, it is better to use the money to support the people in the northwest who can't even get enough to eat. I heard that there has been a phenomenon in Shanxi Province. Drought, not a grain of grain has been harvested for many days"

After listening to Zuo Guangdou's words, Chang Lingyun asked Wang Guozhou, a counselor in the House of Representatives who was in charge of responding to the situation in the northwest region

"Counselor Wang, there may be a drought in Shanxi Province, is the situation reported by Speaker Zuo true?"

The counselor is a new post in the constitutional monarchy system, which is specially responsible for reporting to the central government some important events and situations that occurred in various prefectures, counties, and ya areas of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Guozhou raised his hands and replied

"Returning to the Prime Minister, everything reported by Speaker Zuo is true. In recent years, there have been severe droughts in Shanxi Province, of which Lu'an Prefecture was the most severely affected. Most of the people there died of hunger and thirst because of lack of rain all day long. The people in the place actually feed on the blood of the water rat, and the scene is extremely miserable.”

After listening to Counselor Wang's words, Chang Lingyun's face suddenly turned pale with shock, and he was shocked by the scene in the disaster area that Wang Guozhou just reflected

"What did you say? There is such a thing?"

In Chang Lingyun's eyes, this is the fact that he is most reluctant to see and accept, because the Ming Dynasty under his governance should be that everyone has enough to eat, and everyone lives a rich life; There should be a phenomenon that one place is poor and another is rich, and the gap between the rich and the poor is so unequal

"When did this happen and how many days has it been since the report came in?"

"Back to the Prime Minister, the report has been sent for seven days"

"Why not deliver it earlier?"

"The trip was delayed because of the weather"

After half an hour of voting and discussion, the council finally decided to reject the imperial decree issued by Emperor Wanli; after the dissolution of the council, Chang Lingyun and Gu Xiancheng brought the impassable imperial decree to the harem to find the harem at this time The Wanli Emperor who watched the song and dance with Wei Zhongxian. After seeing Emperor Wanli, Chang Lingyun arched his arms and said respectfully to Emperor Wanli

"Wei Chen meets the Emperor"

After seeing Chang Lingyun coming, Emperor Wanli quickly let all the dancing girls disperse

"You guys go down"

"Yes, Your Majesty"

Thus, the coquettishly dressed dancers obeyed Emperor Wanli's order and all retreated; after the dancers were all gone, Emperor Wanli raised his right hand and said to Chang Lingyun

"Chang Aiqing is free of gifts"

"Thank you, Your Majesty"

After the ceremony, Chang Lingyun said directly to Emperor Wanli

"Your Majesty, the imperial decree you issued is detrimental to the interests of the people of the Ming Dynasty, so the parliament cannot pass the imperial decree you issued, please ask the emperor to take it back"

Gu Xiancheng arched his arms at this time and added

"There has been a major drought in the northwest region, and the people have been displaced and miserable. Now the emperor should use this money to support the people in the northwest region, instead of doing meaningless things like building mausoleums" /

Gu Xiancheng's words made Emperor Wanli suffocated. Donglin Party members have always spoken so directly, not to mention Gu Xiancheng, the leader of Donglin Party. Although he was full of anger, Emperor Wanli did not dare to compete with him, because he knew in his heart that it would not be good for him to compete with these people who control the organs of state power. But Wei Zhongxian didn't think so. He relied on the emperor's dragon power and wanted to take the opportunity to restore the emperor's self-esteem to please the emperor, so as to gain the emperor's further favor

"Gu Xiancheng, you are such a powerful official! Since you dare to be so rude to the emperor, do you still have the emperor in your heart? Don't think that being an official is great, I tell you, within this palace The emperor is the biggest, so hurry up and apologize to the emperor"

"You...you eunuch, dare to be so rude to this official"

Gu Xiancheng angrily pointed his finger at Wei Zhongxian's face and said, he never thought that a fourth-grade **** who had no power or power would dare to be so arrogant, and directly let him down. When he thought of this, Gu Xiancheng was angry. tremble. And Wei Zhongxian is still unsympathetic to him

"What about being rude to you? You were the one who was rude to the emperor first, and now you immediately apologize to the emperor, hurry up"

"You eunuch, just relying on the emperor's favor, you dare to talk nonsense here, don't take this official in your eyes, what is your intention, I have something to talk to the emperor now, no time Listening to your nonsense here, you give me a side"

When Wei Zhongxian was about to fight back, Emperor Wanli calmly stopped him

"Enough, enough, don't say it anymore. They are here to find me, let them tell everything first"

After listening to Emperor Wanli's words, Wei Zhongxian reluctantly stepped aside, leaning on his whisk. At this time, Chang Lingyun held up the imperial decree that was stamped with the seal of "Not Passable" and said

"Your Majesty, I think the most urgent task at the moment is to use the court's silver taels to help the disaster victims in the northwest region, not for the emperor's personal interests; since ancient times, wise monarchs usually advocate frugality and hope that the emperor can take the overall situation as the top priority. The whole world considers it”

After he finished speaking, he blew a breath of immortal energy towards the imperial edict. When the immortal energy came into contact with the imperial edict, the imperial edict would automatically fly to Emperor Wanli's hands as if he had eyes. Looking at the "Not Passable" stamp on the imperial edict, Emperor Wanli felt particularly dazzling in his heart; in desperation, he sighed and said

"Okay, just as Aiqing said, this imperial edict should not be issued by me"

"The Emperor's Wise"

But Wei Zhongxian doesn't know what is good or bad at this time; he has to sing against Chang Lingyun at this time

"Your Majesty, the construction of the imperial mausoleum is a top priority. Throughout the ages, in all dynasties, has there been any king who has not paid attention to the construction of mausoleums? The drought in the northwest region was a natural disaster, and we can only blame them for their bad lives; Now that the weather is good, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, what's the point of building the imperial mausoleum with a little money"

After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, Chang Lingyun said coldly

"Eunuch Wei, this is a matter between us and the emperor. It's not your turn to intervene. According to the "Da Ming Regulations", eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. You should go home and read more books"

And Wei Zhongxian did not show weakness at this time, he straightened his waist and walked to Chang Lingyun and shouted

"Chang Lingyun, you have changed the country's political system privately and made the emperor a puppet, but the actual power is in the hands of you and the Donglin party members. What are your intentions? Do you want to imitate the traitorous officials, and a certain dynasty's dining table is not possible"

After hearing this, Chang Lingyun immediately became angry. He concentrated part of his inner strength on his right palm, and then patted Wei Zhongxian's chest heavily. After Ling Yun took back his palm, he said to Wei Zhongxian who fell to the ground

"I only used one level of skill just now. If I used ten levels, you would definitely die. I, Chang Lingyun, have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty all my life, and I am loyal to the emperor. I can't tolerate your slander. Dare to talk nonsense, I will kill you"

At this time, Wei Zhongxian was so frightened that he didn't even dare to say a word after being taught a lesson. Emperor Wanli said to Chang Lingyun at this time

"Chang Aiqing, just spare him this time. I have no way to discipline me. For my sake, don't take it to heart. I will criticize him well later; I know you are right Daming is loyal, you reform my Daming's internal affairs, I have never doubted you, have you?"

"What the emperor said is, please try to distance yourself from these eunuchs in the future, don't listen to the slander of these eunuchs, it would be bad if you misunderstand us ministers who are loyal to the court"

"Okay, I know what to do"

After saying this, Emperor Wanli hurriedly lowered his head and remained silent in front of his parents like a child who did something wrong. After being silent for a while, Chang Lingyun spoke again

"Your Majesty, I plan to personally lead a team to the Northwest Region to help those disaster victims, so I'll say hello to the Emperor today. Gu Xiancheng will act as Prime Minister when I'm not here, and I hope the Emperor will grant his permission" /

"Okay, I understand, you go down first"

"Yes, Your Majesty"

After speaking, Chang Lingyun and Gu Xiancheng retreated together. When the two of them retreated, Emperor Wanli quickly supported Wei Zhongxian who was injured and fell to the ground and said

"Zhongxian, are you all right, do you want me to pass on the imperial physician"

Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and replied

"No need for the emperor, Lord Chang was merciful just now, this is not a problem"

After he finished speaking, he fell into the arms of Emperor Wanli and burst into tears. Emperor Wanli gently stroked Wei Zhongxian's hair and said to him

"You are really, why do you want to offend Chang Aiqing? Chang Aiqing is the descendant of Chang Yuchun, the founder of Ming Dynasty. He has been by my side for many years, and he is loyal to me, especially to Ming. Sincere and loyal, it's no wonder he's so angry when you say that to him."

After speaking, he stroked Wei Zhongxian's hair and continued to comfort him

"Alright, alright, stop crying"

Wei Zhongxian finally left the arms of Emperor Wanli at this time, wiped away his tears and said

"I'm not crying for myself, but for the emperor"

After listening to this, Emperor Wanli was a little confused. He looked at Wei Zhongxian with a puzzled face and asked

"Why are you crying for me?"

Wei Zhongxian explained while crying

"Your Majesty, think about it; Chang Lingyun dares to beat a servant like this in front of you, it means that he doesn't take you in the eyes of the Emperor at all"

Emperor Wanli was still very puzzled about Wei Zhongxian's words, but he had begun to be a little suspicious of Chang Lingyun's attitude and words and deeds when he spoke just now; he looked at Wei Zhongxian's eyes with suspicion and asked

"Is it true?"

"It's absolutely true, Your Majesty. As the saying goes, when you beat a dog, it depends on the owner. Even if the servants slander him, he should take the emperor's face and not use force with the servants. Now he dares to fight in front of the emperor. Slaves, maybe one day I will use force against the emperor, the slaves are really sad for the emperor"

Emperor Wanli put Wei Zhongxian's words in his mind and carefully analyzed them. He felt that Wei Zhongxian's words were reasonable. He remembered that he was a few years ago because of the Ma Tang case and was touched by Chang Lingyun. If he did something to himself because he did something that made him look unpleasant, it was not entirely impossible. When he thought of this, he began to worry about his current situation and future. He thought that as an emperor, he would be restricted from issuing an imperial decree, and everything in the court was completely controlled by Chang Lingyun. Judging from this situation , what if one day Chang Lingyun wanted to abolish himself and replace him with a descendant of the royal family? After a while, a worried look appeared on Emperor Wanli's face, when Wei Zhongxian saw the expression on Emperor Wanli's face. After this expression, I began to know that what I just said worked, so I continued to excite

"Your Majesty, you see that your power to issue imperial decrees is now restricted. It's really meaningless for you to be an emperor. Chang Lingyun and Donglin's party members actually use the guise of a constitutional monarchy to control the entire government, and You, Your Majesty, treat you like a puppet like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. You look at Gu Xiancheng's arrogant and domineering energy when he spoke just now.

After listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, Emperor Wanli began to regret that he had listened to the words of Chang Lingyun and Gu Xiancheng and supported them to implement a constitutional monarchy, but he never thought that he really became their puppet

"I mistrusted them, and it's my fault that I made a big mistake because I wanted to be lazy for a while; I always thought that Chang Lingyun really wanted to handle government affairs for me, but I didn't expect them to actually treat me as a puppet emperor"

After speaking, Emperor Wanli sighed deeply and lowered his noble head. Looking at Emperor Wanli's dejected look, Wei Zhongxian smiled proudly

At night, Wei Zhongxian returned to his residence alone, wearing white pajamas and facing a mirror, revealing the palm prints of the five fingers on his chest that were injured by Chang Lingyun's palm

"Chang Lingyun, the dog day, is really ruthless; you wait for me, when I take the power of the country from you one day, I will make you not like this; this slap , you remember it to Lao Tzu"

Next, there is a smirk that makes people sick after hearing it.

After seven days, Chang Lingyun and Wu Ruoyun took Wu Ruoyun and flew over the sea of ​​​​clouds with the Lingyun sword, and flew towards Lu'anfu, where the most severe drought occurred in the northwest region; after taking the flying sword to Lu'an Before the residence, Chang Lingyun did not plan to take Wu Ruoyun, because the conditions there were bad and the drought was severe, Chang Lingyun worried that he would not be able to stand it after he went.

"Xiao Qi, don't go with me. The environment there is bad, and there is no water source, so you won't be able to adapt to it; besides, I'm going to Lu'an this time because I have something important to do, not a tour. After I go there to organize disaster relief, I will naturally come back.”

But Wu Ruoyun insisted on going with Chang Lingyun, she said to Chang Lingyun very firmly

"Brother Lingyun, I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue, no matter what difficulties I encounter, I will always be with you"

"Silly girl, don't say such a thing. You just stay at home and wait for me to come back. There are servants to serve you to eat and drink. Going to that kind of place with me will only make you wronged"

“With you by my side, I will not feel wronged wherever I go. Without you by my side, I will feel wronged wherever I go. No matter where you go, I will follow you. I just want to be by your side and watch you well. "

"Xiao Qi......"

After listening to Wu Ruoyun's words, Chang Lingyun looked into Wu Ruoyun's eyes with deep affection and said this. He felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. He gently hugged Wu Ruoyun in his arms and said nothing. Say.

Ling Yunjian carried his master Chang Lingyun and Wu Ruoyun, who was with Chang Lingyun, flying over the white cloud for about a quarter of an hour. Under Chang Lingyun's control, he finally began to lower the altitude of the flight. After a while, it landed on the ground of the mansion of the prefect of Lu'an Prefecture. And there, I met Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Lu'an. Shi Mingyi is the prefect of Lu'an. This year, there was a major drought in Lu'an. He contacted local officials at the lower levels of Lu'an to actively organize donations for disaster relief, donating property and food to help the victims overcome the difficulties. He also recruited professionals to dig water conservancy projects to actively search for water sources. He is a good official who is deeply loved by the people of Luzhou; the first thing Chang Lingyun did after landing in front of the prefect of Lu'an was to accompany him. A group of officials from the central government released from his sleeves to release the spell; the entourage from the central government were Wang Guozhou, counselor of the Northwest, Xu Yang, counselor of Shanxi Province of the House of Representatives, and the other five officials appointed by the parliament, plus Wang Guozhou and Xu Yang were a total of seven people; before they went to Luzhou with Chang Lingyun, they were all turned into clay figurines by Chang Lingyun and put them into their sleeves; when Chang Lingyun took out the seven little clay figurines from their sleeves After that, they were placed side by side in a position to keep a certain distance between the clay figurines. After placing the clay figurines, Chang Lingyun stood six steps away from the seven clay figurines and recited the spell to release the spell. He blew a mouthful of white fairy energy in the direction where the seven clay figurines stood, and the fairy energy quickly wrapped the seven clay figurines. After wrapping them for a while, the seven officials sent by the council quickly recovered The body has changed back to its original state; after changing back to the original state, many people feel very uncomfortable and appear dizzy. Among them, An Tiande, who was appointed by the House of Representatives as the commander-in-chief in charge of drought relief, felt dizzy as if everything around him was spinning around him. He was struggling to hold his head with his hands to avoid fainting. , while saying

"Oops, I'm so dizzy, I can't hold it anymore"

At this time, Wang Guozhou also worked hard to support his body so that he would not fall, and said

"Oops, me too, so dizzy"

After seeing this situation, Chang Lingyun blew a breath of fairy air to them again. After a while, they immediately returned to normal; when they returned to normal, Chang Lingyun arched his arms and said to them

"My colleagues, I've made you feel wronged, because I'm shallow, I can't use the teleportation technique; I can only bring you here through this method, and let you suffer so much, Chang Mou is really sorry"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's words, Wang Guozhou said

"Don't say that, Your Excellency Prime Minister, it is our honor to be able to rush to Lu'an with Your Excellency Prime Minister to deal with this drought. What is this grievance?"

After Wang Guozhou finished speaking, several other accompanying bureaucrats all said in unison

"We are willing to join hands with the Prime Minister to deal with this drought"

"Thank you, thank you all"

Chang Lingyun arched his arms and said this to a few of them

At this time, an official wearing a red official uniform and a black gauze hat with a cap and wings on the left and right sides walked towards Chang Lingyun. Judging from his clothes, he should be a local official in Lu'an. This official has a light scalloped beard, fair skin, handsome face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, well-proportioned facial curves, and looks very handsome and handsome. From the appearance, he should be around thirty years old, he is Lu An. Prefect Shi Mingyi

"We welcome the Prime Minister to come to my house, and invite the Prime Minister to enter the house and taste the wine, and discuss in detail"

At this time, Chang Lingyun was most concerned and concerned about the drought situation in Lu'an Prefecture. How could he even care about tasting some delicious wine

"I have accepted Master Shi's wishes, but the situation is urgent now. Please, Master Shi, take me to see the actual situation of the disaster first, and then we will sit down and taste fine wines later; we are ordered by the emperor to arrive To investigate the drought situation, the emperor is very concerned about the safety of the people in Shanxi"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's words, Shi Mingyi said

"Your Majesty really loves the people like a son, which is a blessing to the people of Ming Dynasty; and Lord Chang's willingness to visit our Lu'an to investigate in person is an example that all officials of the Ming Dynasty are eager to emulate and learn from. Please accept the following. One official worship"

When Shi Mingyi was about to bend down and bow down, Chang Lingyun immediately supported him and said to him

"Sir Shi, please get up quickly. Allegiance to the imperial court is the duty of those of us who are officials, so there is no need for such rituals"

After speaking, Chang Lingyun asked

"Master Shi, how far is it from the disaster area?"

"Back to the Prime Minister, the disaster area is not far from here, it should be only ten miles away; I have asked the yamen to prepare a few carriages to send the adults on the road"

Chang Lingyun looked at the carriage behind Shi Mingyi. He found that the carriage had exactly eight carriages, and only one person could ride in each carriage; it was just enough for the eight officials from the central government, including Chang Lingyun. Although the number of carriages is enough, if Chang Lingyun goes in the carriage, what will Wu Ruoyun do? Should she be allowed to walk on the road? Chang Lingyun had already thought about this; so he called Wu Ruoyun to his side and said to Shi Mingyi

"Sir Shi, this is my wife who has never been there, whose name is Wu Ruoyun"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's introduction, Wu Ruoyun immediately salutes Shi Mingyi

"The little girl has met Mr. Shi, the prefect of Luzhou"

Shi Mingyi watched Wu Ruoyun's face carefully for a while, and quickly praised him politely

"Miss Wu needn't be too polite. I've heard of Miss Wu's name long ago. I heard that Miss Wu is the daughter of Zhang Juzheng, the cabinet's chief assistant. She was born with shyness and beauty, and when I saw it today, it really lived up to its reputation."

"Sir Shi has won the award, my father is the former cabinet assistant Zhang Juzheng"

"Miss Wu, Shi Mingyi is polite"

After speaking, Shi Mingyi gently bent down and arched his arms to salute Wu Ruoyun; Wu Ruoyun saw this and immediately returned the salute to Shi Mingyi

"Sir Shi is too polite"

At this time, Chang Lingyun laughed and said to Shi Mingyi

"Haha, Mr. Shi is very polite, you gave my carriage to my future lady, and I walked with you on the road"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's words, Wang Guozhou hurriedly said

"Lord Prime Minister, let me give you my carriage"

Then, the remaining six court officials who came to Luzhou with Chang Lingyun to investigate the disaster and organize disaster relief all followed the example of Wang Guozhou and gave Chang Lingyun a sedan chair

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, today you lead a team to investigate the disaster situation, how can you let you walk on the road? You should still ride in my carriage"

"Yes, Prime Minister, you should take a carriage"

After all the seven ministers persuaded Chang Lingyun to ride in his carriage, Chang Lingyun spoke at this time

"Dear ministers, your good intentions are often accepted, but as the prime minister of the court, I hold an important position in the country, and I should lead by example to advocate a clean official; now that the people of Luzhou are in trouble, I should do my duty like the prefect of Luzhou. Responsibility, relief to the victims should be the most important task at present.”

After he finished speaking, he ordered Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou,

"Master Shi, prepare a horse"

"Yes"

When Shi Mingyi was busy preparing a horse for Chang Lingyun, Chang Lingyun faced Wu Ruoyun, held Wu Ruoyun's hands lightly, and looked into her eyes with affection and said

"Xiao Qi, you have been bumping in the sky for so long just now, you should have a good rest; this journey is very fortunate, if you are tired, take a good rest in the carriage, wait until I'll call you later"

Wu Ruoyun knew in her heart that it was impossible for Chang Lingyun to agree to ride the carriage; out of concern for the person she loved, she said to Chang Lingyun

"Okay, Brother Lingyun, you should also take good care of yourself along the way. If you are thirsty, drink something, if you are hungry, eat something. If your horse is tired, let it rest, don't let it I fell you"

After listening to Wu Ruoyun's words, Chang Lingyun was very moved. At the moment when he was moved by Wu Ruoyun's words, a warm feeling flowed into his heart, he nodded to Wu Ruoyun and said

"Okay, Xiao Qi, you can rest in the carriage now"

"Hmm"

After Wu Ruoyun nodded, he immediately got into the carriage of the carriage; after getting into the carriage, he opened the curtain on the side of the carriage and looked carefully at Chang Lingyun who was still standing there.

At this moment, Shi Mingyi held a horse and said to Chang Lingyun

"The Prime Minister, please mount"

"Good"

After speaking, Chang Lingyun rode on the horse and told Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou, who had not had time to get on the horse,

"Let's go, Mr. Shi"

"Okay, let's go"

After Shi Mingyi got on his horse, the big team heading to the disaster area was all on the way

On the way to the disaster area, Chang Lingyun and Shi Mingyi rode a horse and walked side by side on the road, chatting from time to time during the walk

"Master Shi, how many years have you been here in Luzhou?"

Shi Mingyi replied

"It's been three years, we've had good weather here, and we've never had such a severe drought"

"Really? So how long has this drought been going on?"

"It's been more than a month, and during this month, my Shanxi Province has almost lost all grains. The condition of the people is really appalling, starving to death, thirst dying of thirst... "

Speaking of this, Shi Mingyi lowered his head and showed a helpless expression, his eyes soon became a little wet

"Seeing my Shanxi people suffering, my heart is like a knife twisted"

After analysing what Shi Mingyi just said in his mind for a while, Chang Lingyun soon found a very suspicious place

"Master Shi, you just said that such a drought has never happened in Shanxi Province, so why did this drought happen suddenly?"

"I don't know about this either. I only know that during the period of time when I came to Luzhou to take office, the rainfall here has been very good and the water source is very sufficient; but a strange thing happened to us here a month ago. "

In order to find clues of doubts from Shi Mingyi's mouth, Chang Lingyun asked

"What kind of weird thing happened? Could it be related to this drought?"

"Let's put it this way, a month ago, the weather here was pretty good, and the sun wasn't as strong as it is now. But one night, a cyclone suddenly blew up in the sky, and the crops in the fields, houses and houses were blown away. It was wiped away. The next morning, when the farmers got up early, they found that all the seedlings planted in their rice fields had dried up and died. People were very surprised. After a whole day's work, the fields have dried up like this. Since that incident has passed, there has never been a rain in Shanxi Province. In desperation, people have to dig wells and use the water in the wells. to make ends meet”

"Listen to what you said, this doesn't look like a normal natural disaster. Think about it carefully. Have the people of Shanxi Province offended any gods before, so the gods sent this drought to punish you?"

"I thought about this before, I asked someone to ask a Taoist priest in a certain Taoist temple a few days ago"

"What did the Taoist say?"

"The Taoist priest pinched his fingers and said, 'This natural disaster came so suddenly, it seems that the Ming Dynasty has run out of energy'"

After hearing this, Chang Lingyun immediately frowned and said excitedly

"My Ming Dynasty has been prosperous and prosperous under my governance in the past few years, and Guotai and Min'an have no signs of subjugating the country at all; how can it be said that my Ming Dynasty is exhausted, it is simply nonsense"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's words, Shi Mingyi said

"I also thought so at the time, that Taoist priest is a slander and confuses the public at all, and what he said is not credible at all. Later, I threw him out of Luzhou Prefecture in a fit of anger. Fake Taoist priests like him can only Get some rumors to intimidate the masses, and then use some so-called hacking methods in exchange for money"

"Whether you don't believe this fake Taoist who cheats money, let's hurry to the disaster area and help the victims"

"Good"

After walking on the road for about half an hour, the disaster relief team led by Chang Lingyun and Shi Mingyi finally arrived at the disaster area. After arriving in the disaster area, he was shocked by the sight of the disaster area in front of him; he saw a group of ragged clothes

The poor people, like beggars, were surrounding a group of six rats that had been skinned by the flames that had just been raised. An old man on crutches suddenly fell to the ground while walking. , could no longer stand up; two children who looked to be only about ten years old were digging grass on the ground, and after digging up the grass, they put it in their mouths to eat. After seeing this scene, Chang Lingyun felt a chill in his heart, thinking that he had worked hard for the past six years to manage the Daming Dynasty, and finally brought Daming from a weak to a strong, but he did not expect that the scene before him was still so miserable. Immediately, I felt ashamed. With a heavy heart, he lowered his head, raised his right arm expressionlessly, and gave orders to Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou

"Master Shi, go and prepare a few scooters, put them all side by side, and distribute the food and clothing I brought here for disaster relief to these poor people later"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's words, Shi Mingyi asked with a puzzled face

"Lord Prime Minister, I didn't see a grain of food and clothing on you"

"Don't worry about this, just do as I say"

Seeing what Chang Lingyun said, Shi Mingyi stopped asking the reason and purpose of his actions

"Yes, Lord Prime Minister"

So, Shi Mingyi ordered his subordinates

"Hurry up and borrow some scooters from the local people"

"Yes, Mr. Shi"

When Shi Mingyi's men went to borrow a scooter from the local people, Wu Ruoyun stepped out of the carriage. When she saw such a miserable scene in the disaster area, she also felt a shock in her heart. After Chang Lingyun saw her coming out, he quickly got off the horse and walked to her side and said

"Xiao Qi, are you all right? Why did you suddenly get off the carriage? Do you think it's cold here and feel better?"

Wu Ruoyun replied

"Brother Lingyun, I'm not cold, my body is very comfortable. Just seeing the miserable life of these hungry people makes my heart feel so painful, so painful"

When he said this, Wu Ruoyun's eyes quickly became wet, and then he couldn't help falling into Chang Lingyun's arms. Chang Lingyun then gently stroked Wu Ruoyun's back and said to her

"Xiao Qi, you really have the heart of a bodhisattva. Seeing that Daming under my control can still see such a miserable scene, I feel extremely guilty. It is me, Chang Lingyun, who is sorry for the court and the people in the world" /

After hearing this, Wu Ruoyun immediately left Chang Lingyun's arms and said

"Brother Lingyun, please don't say that, natural disasters are beyond our human control. You can manage today's Ming Dynasty to be so prosperous and strong, you have done a good job, why do you need to make this sudden disaster happen? The natural disaster is imposed on you personally, I don't allow you to embarrass yourself so hard"

After listening to Wu Ruoyun's words, Chang Lingyun raised his head to look up at the sky and said silently

"If God wants to punish the people of Shanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, let me accept the punishment of God instead of the people in Shanxi"

At this time, Shi Mingyi's men successfully borrowed many scooters from local residents according to Chang Lingyun's instructions; after seeing all the scooters, Shi Mingyi said to Chang Lingyun

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, do you think these scooters are enough?"

Chang Lingyun looked at the many scooters placed side by side not far in front of him, turned his face and looked at Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou, who was standing beside him, said

"Well, these scooters should be enough for these things I brought for disaster relief"

Shi Mingyi was stunned by Chang Lingyun's words. Looking at Chang Lingyun's empty hands, he didn't understand what medicine he was selling in the gourd

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Xiguan doesn't understand what you mean? You are now empty-handed. Xiguan didn't see anything you brought for disaster relief"

Chang Lingyun looked at Shi Mingyi's surprised face with a smile and said

"You'll understand"

After he finished speaking, he took out a universal mirror from his clothes, and then pointed the mirror at the many scooters placed together, and then silently recited the mantra until all the mantras that people could not understand were chanted. After that, the Universal Universe Mirror radiated a golden light towards the carts. After the light dissipated, bags of rice, sweet potatoes, corn kernels, grain rice, packed with sackcloth suddenly appeared on the carts. Seeds, wheat and rice seeds, and clothing, and a donkey pulling the cart in front of the cart. This made Shi Mingyi and several of his officials stunned, Chang Lingyun explained to him with a smile at this time

"This mirror is called the Universal Qiankun Mirror. It is the treasure of my fairyland. It can change all things in the world"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's explanation, Shi Mingyi nodded in understanding, then pointed at the universal mirror that Chang Lingyun was holding in his hand and said

"How can this small mirror become so many things? Can the things it change be eaten"

"You can eat it, of course you can eat it"

After speaking, he retracted the mirror and continued

"Now ask someone to open the sacks containing rice, corn, and sweet potatoes and mix them into a ball to make sweet potato gruel, and distribute them to the disaster victims"

"But...we haven't had water here for a month, and it's not enough to use the water from the well to cook so many things"

"It doesn't matter, you go and ask someone to borrow another large pot and a few water tanks, and there will be water soon"

After Shi Mingyi's men gathered all the borrowed large vats together, Chang Lingyun flew to a white cloud on the Lingyun sword; then he closed his eyes and concentrated his inner strength on his palms, After a while, a flash of lightning appeared in his palm. When he turned the lightning in his hand into two **** of lightning with powerful electricity, he suddenly opened his eyes and shouted at the white clouds below him

"Shushan Thunderbolt Lightning Palm"

When the thunderbolt struck a white cloud below him, the white cloud immediately turned into a dark cloud, and thunder flashed inside the dark cloud; after seeing this scene, the people in the disaster area in Luzhou raised their heads excitedly Looking up at the sky shrouded in dark clouds and said

"It's raining, it's raining"

Among them, an elderly man with a hairpin said emotionally

"God finally got eyes"

With a thunder and lightning, a pouring rain soon fell in the sky, and the rain became heavier and heavier; after a while, the large vats borrowed by Shi Mingyi's men were filled, and The stagnant water inside began to get deeper and deeper, and poured into the farmland along the pipes made of ceramics, saving all the crops in the disaster area; when the heavy rain stopped, a beautiful seven-color rainbow spanned under the action of sunlight and air. In the fields in the countryside of Luzhou; at this time, Chang Lingyun rode the sword along the arc of the rainbow and descended from the sky; when Chang Lingyun landed on the ground and recovered the Lingyun sword, the people in the disaster area gratefully took Chang Lingyun to the ground. Ling Yun was surrounded by the center, and they said to him excitedly

"Your Majesty Prime Minister, you are really a great benefactor to our people in Luzhou. Our people in Luzhou really can't repay your kindness and kindness"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you are really our great benefactor and savior. It has not rained for more than a month here in Luzhou. With this rain, we Luzhou people will live on Good day"

"Thank you, Lord Prime Minister, thank you Lord Prime Minister"

After speaking, the people who surrounded Chang Lingyun in the middle all fell to the ground excitedly; when Chang Lingyun saw this, he quickly lifted them up one by one and said

"Everyone, please get up quickly, please get up quickly, you don't need to be so polite"

After helping the kneeling people up one by one, Chang Lingyun went on to say

"Folks, it's me who always manages the country with Lingyun. I'm sorry to you. I only care about the areas in the south of the Yangtze River and the east, and ignore you; the people in the south of the Yangtze River and the east are all full of food. Eat, but you are starving here, I am here to apologize to you.”

When Chang Lingyun bent down to apologize to the people of Luzhou, the old man with white hair hurriedly said to him

"Lord Prime Minister, natural and man-made disasters are inevitable by God's will. Since God wants the people of Shanxi to suffer such disasters, we have to suffer in silence. self-blame"

At this time, Chang Lingyun suddenly heard Shi Mingyi shouting behind him

"Folks, come and eat porridge. Sweet potato polenta is already cooked"

After he finished speaking, he personally took the lead to lift the lid of the pot, and the fragrant smell of the cooked sweet potatoes and rice spread all around in an instant. The hungry people were panicking; after smelling the fragrance, the people in the disaster area took out the bowls and chopsticks that had not been used for a long time from the hut and went to the disaster relief team organized by Shi Mingyi to serve porridge. At this time, Chang Lingyun said to the people surrounding him in a circle

"Folks, come and eat porridge, you haven't had any food for a month, go and have a good meal"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's words, the people around them were so hungry because they hadn't eaten for a long time, and they soon couldn't bother to say hello to Chang Lingyun, and rushed to the direction of the porridge. go

"Let's go eat porridge"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of happy and sweet laughter from the team of the disaster victims

Wu Ruoyun also participated in the porridge-making team; she was holding a copper coin bowl handed over by the victims in her left hand and an iron spoon in her right hand, pouring porridge into the bowl, and she kept saying /

"Don't worry, don't worry, everyone has a share, if you think it's not enough, you can add more"

Shi Mingyi and Wang Guozhou, who participated in the cooking team, also shouted along with Wu Ruoyun at this time

"Everyone line up, come one by one, don't worry, you can add more after drinking"

"Although you are full, you are welcome"

Seeing the people in the disaster area eating so happily, Chang Lingyun felt a burst of relief. He sat on the threshold of one of the huts, leaning on the scabbard Lingyun Baojian in his right hand and watching quietly, A satisfied smile appeared on his face. At this time, Shi Mingyi walked up to him with a bowl of sweet potato polenta and said

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, have a drink too"

Chang Lingyun waved to Shi Mingyi and said

"No need, Mr. Shi, give this bowl of porridge to the disaster victims, and make sure that all the people here can drink a bowl of hot porridge"

At this moment, one of Wu Ruoyun's actions caught his attention; when Wu Ruoyun was serving porridge to one of the victims, the victim was in a hurry during the process of serving porridge. At that time, he accidentally overturned the porridge, and the hot porridge quickly splashed onto Wu Ruoyun's hand, making Wu Ruoyun's hand red. Wu Ruoyun immediately reflexively held her hot hand, and the victim kept apologizing to Wu Ruoyun

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was careless, I'm really sorry"

Wu Ruoyun didn't take what had just happened to her heart, she said to the disaster victim with a smile while covering her scalded hand

"No problem, no problem, just burn it for a while, it will be fine soon"

At this time, Chang Lingyun personally put a bowl of hot porridge in the hands of the disaster victim, not only did not blame, but calmly said to him

"Fellow fellow, there is still more porridge, don't be so impatient next time you eat porridge"

The victims took the porridge handed over by Chang Lingyun and said gratefully

"Thank you, Lord Prime Minister, thank you Lord Prime Minister"

After speaking, he stepped aside and went to eat porridge. At this time, Chang Lingyun hurriedly grabbed Wu Ruoyun's scalded hand and blew a breath of immortal energy on it. When Wu Ruoyun's hand was stained with Chang Lingyun's immortal energy, it quickly returned to its original state; After the hand, Chang Lingyun asked with concern

"Xiao Qi, did your hands hurt just now? Are you feeling better now?"

"I'm fine, Brother Lingyun, it hurt a little bit just now, but it won't hurt after you blow it for a while"

After she finished speaking, she served a night of sweet potato and polenta and said with a hand in front of Chang Lingyun

"Brother Lingyun, try this porridge, it's delicious"

Chang Lingyun saw that Wu Ruoyun served him the porridge himself, so he took the bowl of porridge without hesitation and drank it with a big mouthful. After drinking the porridge, Chang Lingyun immediately shouted that there was a mass of heat in his stomach at this moment, which made him feel very comfortable; so he said with a very comfortable feeling in his heart

"This porridge is so delicious, it warms my heart"

Wu Ruoyun said to him with a smile at this time

"That's because this porridge is cooked with your kindness, so you feel that this porridge will be so comfortable to eat"

"Xiao Qi, you really know how to talk, this really speaks to my heart"

"Isn't it? Who told me to be your future wife, how can I marry you in the future without mastering your mind after staying with you for so long"

"Yes, yes, you are really a roundworm in my stomach. We will officially be together in the future, and I don't dare to think about anything anymore"

After the two finished teasing, the air was instantly filled with the taste of happiness, and the taste of happiness was not only limited to the love between the two of them, but more of the happiness that people in the disaster area felt after drinking the porridge.

After all the people in the disaster area had eaten their porridge, the eight stoves of sweet potato and polenta that had been cooked had already been cleaned up. Then they started to distribute the remaining rice, sweet potatoes, corn kernels, rice seeds and Before distributing rice seeds and clothing, Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou, said to the victims who were full of porridge

"Folks, these rice seeds and clothes were collected by the Prime Minister for you personally in the capital. You bring them home and take them to the fields to cultivate them well. After the crops are mature, you can deal with the next time. Drought"

Chang Lingyun added at this time

"In addition to rice seeds and clothing, there are leftover grains here. Remember to distribute these surplus grains, rice seeds and clothing to other villagers who have not eaten porridge today. After this drought, you must live well"

After Chang Lingyun finished speaking, the people of Luzhou all began to say gratefully

"The Prime Minister is such a good man"

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is so kind to us"

"This is the grace of the court"

"Yes, the kindness of the imperial court will never be forgotten by the people of Luzhou"

After a while, the people of Luzhou began to queue up to receive the surplus grain, rice seeds and clothes sent by the disaster relief team led by Shi Mingyi and Chang Lingyun; in the process of distributing clothes to the victims In the middle, Chang Lingyun and Wu Ruoyun also participated in it, and the two of them said to each other while distributing clothes to the people

"Xiao Qi, the two of us did the most meaningful thing today"

"Yes, Brother Lingyun, today is the happiest day for me to be with you"

"Xiao Qi, don't you feel very lucky?"

"I don't feel lucky at all, as long as I can be with you, no matter how hard or tired I am, I'm not afraid, not to mention that we have helped so many people together today, no matter how hard and tired it is, it's worth it "

When all the victims received all the relief materials distributed by the disaster relief team, Chang Lingyun took the disaster relief team headed by Shi Mingyi to personally take the lead in cultivating sweet potato and rice seeds for the people of Luzhou, and then flew into the sky again to dispatch Shushan. Potianquan dredged the river used to irrigate the farmland for the people of Luzhou. When he landed on the ground again with his sword, there was a high official riding a horse, followed by a group of yamen with sticks from Chang Lingyun. He walked slowly in the direction where Shi Mingyi was standing; when the leading official was about to approach Chang Lingyun, Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou, who was standing beside Chang Lingyun, introduced

"This is our prefect of Shanxi Province"

When the prefect of Shanxi Province, who was riding a horse, brought his yamen slowly to Chang Lingyun, he got off the horse, knelt on one knee and bowed his arms respectfully to Chang Lingyun

"The prefect of Shanxi Province, Wang Guomin, visited the Prime Minister. I don't know that the Prime Minister will visit in person. I have lost a long way to welcome him. I hope that I will forgive my sins. Friendship"

"Master Wang, please get up quickly"

Chang Lingyun said this while supporting Wang Guomin, the prefect of Shanxi Province, who was kneeling on the ground

"Because I am eager to help the people of Luzhou, I forgot to visit Mr. Wang at the mansion for a while. Since Mr. Wang gives so much face, then I, Chang, have to be respectful rather than obeying my order"

Chang Lingyun thought to himself: Because I was busy helping the victims, I couldn't take care of eating. After working for a while, my colleagues, Wang Mingyi, and Xiaoqi must have been hungry. Since Wang Zhifu is so polite , it is better to take them to the Wang Zhifu to eat a big meal to replenish their spirit and physical strength, so that they can continue to help the disaster victims in other parts of Luzhoufu. So, he readily agreed to the banquet of Wang Guomin, the prefect of Shanxi Province

"Then it's not too late to invite the Prime Minister to my house, please"

"Please"

At the invitation of Wang Guomin, the prefect of Shanxi Province, Chang Lingyun and Shi Mingyi took their disaster relief team and the yamen led by Wang Guomin to the direction of Wang Guomin's mansion.

After arriving at Wang Guomin's mansion, Chang Lingyun, Shi Mingyi and several colleagues from the central government who accompanied Chang Lingyun to Luzhou, Shanxi, quickly walked into the hall of the provincial prefect's mansion under the leadership of Wang Guomin; After entering the hall, Chang Lingyun saw that there were several wooden chairs and wooden benches that had fallen off the paint and had not had time to be repainted. There was not even a tea set on the wooden benches. It was an ordinary red couplet, and in the middle of the couplet stood a pot of bonsai trees that had long since dried up. The layout of the entire hall was particularly shabby; after Chang Lingyun and others had all sat down in the hall, Wang Guomin said

"Lord Prime Minister, you will laugh at the rudimentary layout of the mansion. This is my temporary home here in Luzhou. In the past month, there have been frequent droughts in Luzhou. In order to organize disaster relief and help the people, I moved to Luzhou. State, I forgot to take care of my house for a while, please, the Prime Minister, will take care of it"

"What's wrong with Wang Zhifu? You try your best to help the victims, but forget about yourself. It can be seen that Mr. Wang is a good official who serves the people. This alone is worthy of admiration."

"The Prime Minister has won the award"

After speaking, Wang Guomin instructed the servants in his house

"Come on, serve tea to the guests"

"Yes, sir"

Wait until the servants in Wang Guomin's mansion gave Chang Lingyun some good tea; Wang Guomin said to Chang Lingyun

"For more than a month, our grain crops in Shanxi have failed to harvest, and the people have not seen rain for almost a month; those who died of starvation died of starvation, and those who died of thirst died of thirst. This tragic situation makes me extremely sad. , I didn't expect that God sent some kindness just now, and it rained a torrential rain that I haven't seen in this month, so that our people in Shanxi Province can see the hope of survival."

After hearing this, Northwest Counselor Wang Guozhou asked Wang Guomin with a smile

"Does Wang Zhifu know who caused the rain just now?"

"Who did it? My subordinates only know that the rain and the wind are the actions of God, and it has nothing to do with people"

So Wang Guozhou explained to him with a smile

"This rain is exactly the kind of rain that our Prime Minister personally put down for the disaster victims in Luzhou"

After listening to Wang Guozhou's words, Wang Guomin was suddenly shocked and asked quickly

"Does the Prime Minister ask for rain?"

Chang Lingyun saw that Wang Guomin had not figured out the truth of the matter, so he decided to explain it to him personally

"Wang Zhifu, it's like this; I'm a disciple of the Shushan faction in the immortal world, and naturally I know some magic in the immortal world. In the rain just now, I rode the Lingyun sword straight to the sky, and then cast the Shushan Thunder Palm against the clouds, I poured lightning into the clouds and turned them into dark clouds, so that the heavy rain just now fell.”

After listening to Chang Lingyun's explanation, Wang Guomin said excitedly and happily

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is really a god. I am very grateful to my subordinates for bringing down such heavy rain for the sake of the people of Luzhou"

After he finished speaking, he stood up, then knelt down in front of Chang Lingyun and said gratefully

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, please accept your homage"

Chang Lingyun hurriedly helped Wang Guomin, who was kneeling on the ground, and said

"Wang Zhifu please get up quickly, to benefit the people is our duty as officials, Wang Zhifu does not need to be so polite"

After picking up Wang Guomin who was kneeling on the ground before, Chang Lingyun continued to say

"Today, the Japanese officials came to Luzhou to relieve the disaster at the will of the emperor. Although the emperor was far away from the capital, he always cared about the safety of the people of Luzhou and all the people of Shanxi Province, so he specially ordered some of our central officials. Come here for disaster relief. The responsibility for such droughts in Luzhou rests entirely with me. I neglected the governance of your northwestern region because of my carelessness, which caused the people of Shanxi to be unable to respond in time to the drought. If the victims here starve to death, or thirst to death, this official is also responsible.”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, please don't say that. Natural and man-made disasters are unavoidable, and His Excellency the Prime Minister does not need to blame himself too much. Besides, His Excellency the Prime Minister is willing to visit our disaster area in person, and donate clothes and food for the people in the disaster area, and also for us The people of Luzhou will have such a heavy rain, which has saved our farmland and crops, and the officials are even more grateful.”

When Wang Guomin said this, one of his servants walked into the living room and reported to Wang Guomin

"Master, the food and drinks you just ordered are all ready"

"Okay, got it, you go down"

"Yes, sir"

Wait until the master retreated, Wang Guomin arched his arms and said to everyone present

"The food and drinks are all ready, please come to my house for a feast"

After a while, Chang Lingyun and the others came to the dining room with Guo Guomin to prepare for dinner; when he sat in one of the seats in front of the dining table, he saw that the food on the dining table looked extremely shabby; There was almost no meat, only green vegetables, and the amount of green vegetables was not much, and there was also very little rice; after seeing this scene, Chang Lingyun and others were almost all stunned; at this time, Wang Guomin hurriedly smiled and said to Chang Lingyun and others

"Recently, due to the drought, many people in the disaster-stricken areas have been unable to eat food. This is the only thing Wang's house can provide. I hope you don't blame it."

After listening to Wang Guomin's words, Chang Lingyun said with a smile

"Haha, where is the prefect of Wang Zhifu, you can bring out this kind of food so calmly, it is enough to show that the prefect of Wang Zhifu is a clean and honest official"

After finishing speaking, he raised his glass and continued to speak to Wang Guomin

"Come on, I'll give you this cup"

Wang Guomin also raised his glass to Chang Lingyun at this time

"Thank you, Prime Minister, this cup should be my toast to you. Cheers"

After the two of them finished drinking at the same time, Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou, spoke at this time

"Lord Prime Minister, our prefect of Shanxi Province, Mr. Wang Guomin, is a rare and honest official. When the drought occurred, he contacted the prefects of various provinces to donate money, food and clothing to the people in the disaster area, and even scattered half of his family wealth, so that he could live become so pampered"

After listening to Shi Mingyi's words, Chang Lingyun said

"I have seen this for a long time. Wang Zhifu is indeed a rare and honest official. After I help Wang Zhifu solve this crisis for the people of Shanxi, I will definitely go back and commend your achievements to the emperor"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister's thoughts are accepted by your officials; it is my unshirkable responsibility to benefit the people of Shanxi Province. Your Lord Prime Minister does not need to commend your officials in front of the emperor for such a trivial matter, as long as your Lord Prime Minister can help your officials to let Shanxi If all the people in the province can eat a full bowl of rice, I will be satisfied.”

"Wang Zhifu is indeed a rare and honest official, this Prime Minister will definitely help you"

After Chang Lingyun finished speaking, a servant of Wang Zhifu's family hurriedly entered the dining room and reported that

"No good sir, there are many hungry people outside the mansion asking for alms"

After hearing this, Chang Lingyun and Wang Guomin led the others to rush to the door of Wang Guomin's mansion, and saw those hungry people with ragged clothes and yellow faces and thin skin; The old man on crutches said

"Lord Prime Minister, please be okay, we have not eaten for seven days; just now we smelled the aroma of the cooking in Lord Wang's mansion, and we rushed over together, I beg you to reward us Let's have something to eat"

At this time, some other hungry people around the old man knelt down and said in unison

"I beg the Prime Minister to give us something to eat"

After seeing this situation, Chang Lingyun opened his arms and said to the hungry people who were kneeling on the ground

"Folks, please wake up"

After all the hungry people stood up, Chang Lingyun turned his head and said to Wang Guomin, the prefect of Shanxi Province, who was standing behind him

"Wang Zhifu, hurry up and tell your servants to bring some food for them"

After listening to Chang Lingyun's words, Wang Guomin calmly said to the hungry people

"Fellow folks, come to my house to eat when you are hungry"

After he finished speaking, he ordered the servants to open the door of the house. After the door was opened, the hungry people involuntarily flocked to the dining room of the royal residence while looking for the aroma of the food; when they saw the untouched food on the dining table, they were like a starving wolf. The flock rushed towards the flock, grabbing the food on the table. After seeing this scene, Chang Lingyun and others all fell silent; after being silent for a while, Chang Lingyun lamented with an extremely sad mood

"Looks like they're really starving"

After a day has passed, after staying in Wang Guomin's house overnight; Chang Lingyun woke up, opened the door, and saw Wang Guomin, the prefect of Shanxi Province, and Shi Mingyi, the prefect of Luzhou, rushing towards him. in the room; so he hastily asked

"What happened?"

Shi Mingyi said breathlessly

"First... Prime Minister, the drought situation has become serious again"

Wang Guomin added at this time

"The river has dried up and the sky is no longer cloudy"

After listening to Wang Guomin's words, Chang Lingyun was startled and surprised for a while

"How is this possible, I just had a heavy rain here yesterday, how could it all dry up overnight, and even the dark clouds are gone"

At this time, Shi Mingyi no longer wanted to explain anything to Chang Lingyun

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, you will know when you go out and have a look"

Therefore, Chang Lingyun followed Shi Mingyi and Wang Guomin out of the mansion; after leaving the mansion, Chang Lingyun saw Wu Ruoyun and Wang Guozhou together asking some local people about the disaster, when Chang Lingyun After Shi Mingyi and Wang Guomin rushed to the team to inquire about the disaster, Chang Lingyun asked Wu Ruoyun

"Xiao Qi, what happened?"

Wu Ruoyun looked at Chang Lingyun's eyes seriously and replied

"Brother Lingyun, the people just told us that the crops washed by the rain yesterday were all dried up overnight, the rivers we dredged last night have all dried up, and the dark clouds in the sky have long disappeared"

Sure enough, the situation was exactly the same as what Shi Mingyi had reacted to before, but Chang Lingyun still refused to believe what Wu Ruoyun said just now, he categorically denied it

"It's impossible, it's absolutely impossible, even if the crops dry up and the rivers dry up, it should take a while, how could it happen overnight"

At this time, a local citizen said to him

"Lord Prime Minister, what this beautiful girl said is true. If the Prime Minister does not believe it, you can go to the farmland to have a look"

Chang Lingyun looked at the local who was talking to him. This was one of the hungry people who ate at the Wang Guofu yesterday. So Chang Lingyun followed the starving man to one acre of dry farmland. After arriving at the farmland, Chang Lingyun finally believed what Wu Ruoyun said just now, and saw that all the seedlings planted in this acre of farmland had already dried up. , has completely recovered to the state before the rain; Chang Lingyun soon realized that this drought must be different from an ordinary natural drought, and must be caused by a demon who can master magic!