After all, Cao Qi was not a real god. He could only do his best to transport food to Chenzhou and rescue the victims.

He soon discovered that there were too many victims. Every time he sent porridge, it would cause looting, and many people were trampled and injured, or even died.

Isn’t it just a bowl of porridge? He even wants his life. It’s such a sin!

Cao Qi saw the humbleness of human life, and was both helpless and angry.

"Drunk, I don't understand. Could it be that I can't build a few more porridge sheds and arrange a few more people, why is it so miserable?" Cao Qi complained angrily: "People are injured in every meal, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are taking their lives apart!"

Ouyang Xiu said quietly: "Uncle, do you think they don't know?"

Cao Qi was stunned, "What does the Drunken Old Man mean?"

"Oh!" Ouyang Xiu sighed heavily, "There are too many victims."

Cao Qi shook his head, still puzzled.

Ouyang Xiu pondered for a while and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, Chenzhou, and the nearby disaster victims, at least millions. There are so many people who eat and drink, and the local government cannot provide enough food, but they cannot ignore it. Because once the people are desperate, they will rebel and become out of control."

Speaking of this, Ouyang Xiu said: "Uncle Guo is a smart man. I guess he understands the reason?"

Cao Qi thought for a long time, and suddenly his eyes widened, and an angry flame spewed out from his pupils!

"I understand, of course I understand!"

Cao Qi said angrily: "They deliberately reduced the porridge shed and deliberately let the victims rob. In this way, the young and strong can grab the porridge, and the elderly, weak, women and children will starve to death. The young and strong can rebel, and the elderly, weak, women and children will not cause storms, and they will die... They are not helping the disaster, but killing people!"

Cao Qi woke up like a dream, Ouyang Xiu smiled faintly, "For all generations, all disaster relief has been like this. It is normal for millions of victims to survive 300,000 in the end. Surviving 500,000 is a great contribution. When the rich husband helped the disaster relief, he only saved half of the people, and was praised by the scholars and the people were praised."

"What is this?" Cao Qi was furious. "They had evil intentions and let the people kill each other. I don't understand. Can this be considered a credit? Is it shameless?"

Faced with Cao Qi's questioning, Ouyang Xiu smiled bitterly, "I went to find Wang Gongchen and asked him to come forward to suppress it. With Cao Guojiu's food, the victims may have more vitality."

After saying that, Ouyang Xiu stood up to find Wang Gongchen regardless of the shocked uncle Cao Guochen.

Sure enough, a day later, Wang Gongchen ordered a thorough investigation of officials who were ineffective in disaster relief, and also selected five minor officials who had bribed their own food for disaster relief, beheaded in public, and blood splattered on the spot.

When the victims saw this scene, they were fascinated and knelt on the ground, shouting long live, and their resentment disappeared, and they were filled with hope and hope for the court again.

When Cao Qi saw this, he suddenly felt very ridiculous, so ridiculous that he wanted to cry!

This is the famous minister who can govern the world. It is simply a group of ridiculous liars!

Are you so easy to deceive the common people? Can you deceive them once or twice? Can you continue to cheat?

Sooner or later, the people will see through your tricks.

Cao Qi was very angry and despised. In the past, he always heard Wang Ning'an say that literati are shameless. Cao Qi laughed it out loud, saying that people are well-read in poetry and books, and they are full of poetry and books, and how can they be so low in morality!

But after real witnessing it, he realized that these people's hearts are darker than anyone else and crueler than anyone else.

While controlling the supply of food, Wang Gongchen ordered the recruitment of the Xiang army. The conditions were not very good. Each Xiang army could get one pound of food a day.

For the victims in hunger, it was a life-saving straw. Everyone had their heads sharpened and wanted to join the Xiang army.

After careful selection, more than 10,000 people were recruited, and these young men and women were transferred overnight. The missed victims and the elderly, weak, women and children saw it, and there was only a strong sense of envy.

They didn't notice that when the young and strong left, they became fish on the chopping board!

Seeing this, Cao Qi finally remembered that this scene was so similar. When the Yellow River broke, Xia Su did this in Hebei! As for Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo, counting further, many civil officials were all doing this disaster relief.

This method is indeed a good idea. First, use porridge to stabilize the people, and then eliminate some people. When everyone drinks porridge and loses their strength, they just want to survive and recruit soldiers. The strong people leave, and the rest are a group of elderly, weak, sick and disabled, who can only be slaughtered by others.

If the court gives more food, it will last longer. If it is lucky, it will escape the famine. If it is unlucky, it will only starve to death.

It’s not just a disaster relief, it’s simply a frame-up and massacre that harbors evil intentions!

But that's it. There were also a large group of people who praised Wang Gongchen for his merits. He said that he did a very good job. After arriving in Chenzhou, he comforted the victims, wiped out the rebellion, and resumed production. It won't take long before Chenzhou could recover his vitality.

Some even suggested that Wang Gongchen be allowed to re-enter the country and take power.

Cao Qi couldn't help it anymore. He locked himself in the room and wrote at his desk. He released all his anger and turned it into words.

The memorial form was written very long and it was not until dawn that Cao Qi sealed the memorial, used his own lacquer, and immediately sent it to the palace and handed it over to his brother-in-law.

Cao Qi's actions could not be hidden from Ouyang Xiu. The old master was a little ashamed. He had plotted against Cao Qi. This memorial could only be submitted by the uncle. Once Ouyang Xiu wrote a letter, it would turn into a party struggle and procrastinate. In the end, the people of Chenzhou were unlucky.

Over the years, the most successful disaster relief was Hebei. Under the leadership of Wang Ning'an, the victims survived 90% of the population, and a prosperous Ping County emerged. In contrast, all the civil officials in the court were compared.

Don’t be afraid of not knowing the goods, but you are afraid of comparing goods. The way for the people of Chenzhou is still with Erlang. It’s best if Cao Guojiu’s memorial can impress Zhao Zhen and change his course. Perhaps these innocent people can survive...

The summer is hot and the state affairs are so irritating. Zhao Zhen is in a bad mood and has no appetite at all. Queen Cao heard that she had cooked a few side dishes by herself. After all, it was an old couple. Zhao Zhen and the queen had a meal together. She drank an extra bowl of porridge than usual, which made Chen Lin happy.

After having tea after dinner, Empress Cao asked casually: "Didn't my brother embarrass the official family?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Jing Xiu is very good. He took out 10,000 stones of sugar to help me solve my problems. To be ashamed, if I have achieved enlightenment, I will make my family lose money by myself, but I am so ashamed of myself!"

Empress Cao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the Cao family has today, but it is not your Majesty's blessing. Even if you take out all your property, it is still the right thing to do. I heard that many people died in Chenzhou, and I was worried that Jing Xiu would not do well. I have been chanting scriptures and praying for blessings these days, hoping to eliminate sins and let the dead people reincarnate early. I also hope that there will be less misery in the world and that the saints will not be worried every day."

Zhao Zhen nodded and patted his wife's back of her hand.

"You are a kind person, Jing Xiu is very good, but the ones who are wrong are those kind-hearted!"

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but calm down, and Cao Qi's secret memorial was delivered yesterday.

Zhao Zhen read all night, and Cao Qi wrote clearly the various tricks in the disaster relief, and pointed the finger directly at several ministers in charge of the disaster relief, saying that they were careless and deliberately divided the people, pushing them to death.

After reading this secret memorial, Zhao Zhen couldn't calm down for a long time.

Frankly speaking, Wang Gongchen did a proper job.

Whether it is mobilizing grain, setting up porridge sheds, or even inspecting illegal acts, killing corrupt officials... He has always done this way in disaster relief, and he has done better than ordinary people.

But just under the high-sounding sound, nearly 100,000 people in Chenzhou have starved to death.

In the next few months, people will starve to death one after another, and the final number may be 400,000 or 500,000... In other words, half of the people will lose their lives!

As a king and father, I am so powerless and worthy of the people’s entrusted?

Zhao Zhen thought for a long time and ordered Jia Changchao, Fu Bi and others to be recruited.

"Tell me, how is the disaster relief in Chenzhou progressing? Is there any good way?"

Jia Changchao said: "The old minister is still trying his best to raise food. Recently, 200,000 stones of grain were transported from Lingnan. The old minister will definitely send it to Chenzhou."

Zhao Zhen turned his eyes to Fu Bi, "Where is Fu Gong?"

"I'll tell Your Majesty that Lord Wang's disaster relief measures are effective. The people will calm down and recover in one or two months. The old minister thought that it would be possible to increase the recruitment."

“How much is it added?”

"Thirty thousand." Fu Bi simply said.

Zhao Zhen took a breath and pondered: "Isn't it said that all the previous efforts to disarmament were wasted?"

Fu Bi's face was feverish and became more and more embarrassed, "Your Majesty, at an extraordinary time, I have to do this. The old minister dared to say that it is very good to save most of the people. This has always been the case with disaster relief..."

"Yeah?"

Zhao Zhen suddenly became stern, "My rich man, why do I remember that someone had saved 90% of the victims not long ago? Have you forgotten this?"

Fu Bi was shocked suddenly. How could he forget? But the problem was that the disaster relief was done by Wang Ning'an, and the methods used were extraordinary. The civil servants have always been unwilling to admit Wang Ning'an's achievements and are unwilling to use him as a benchmark. Otherwise, everyone would be too embarrassed.

Seeing Fu Bi chin, Zhao Zhen said, "I have issued an order to ask Wang Qing to return to Beijing and ask him to come up with a strategy."
Chapter completed!