The edict was given to Sun Ce. Zhang Hong could have accepted it, but after such an episode, he refused to accept it and asked Zhao Wen to go to Pingyu to pass the edict.

Zhao Wen shot himself in the foot with a stone, regretting it. In desperation, he had to beg Zhang Hong that the disaster in Guanzhong was serious and the situation was urgent. Can you allocate some food to rescue him first?

Zhang Hong thought about it and made a concession. General Sun promised to have 300,000 shi. We have prepared it. The court has been delaying the time. Not only has the edict case been unsuccessful, but General Sun's several military achievements have not been rewarded. He has reported the merit book for more than half a year, and the court has not reacted at all. What does this mean?

The imperial court was anxious about the severe drought in Guanzhong. Did Jizhou arrange food relief? As far as we know, since the first year of Chuping, Jizhou has never given the imperial court a grain of grain. Shouldn’t it be repaid for the debt?

Three hundred thousand stones can be given, but we have two requirements:

First of all, we are not at ease with you. We ask the Grand Secretary Zhou Zhong to come and accept it, and we will designate a general to protect it throughout the journey to avoid being robbed by hungry people and to avoid anyone making money from the national crisis.

Secondly, the 300,000 stone of grain was saved from our teeth and used for disaster relief, not to pay salaries to the court. We hope that every grain of grain can be delivered to the person who needs it the most. We will send people to the full audit. If there is any improper use, there will be no more grain of grain in the next time.

After hearing Zhang Hong's words, Zhao Wen's face changed. "Zhang Zigang, is this what you mean, or General Sun's meaning?"

Zhang Hong is neither humble nor arrogant. "It's my meaning, it's General Sun's meaning, and it's the meaning of all those who have worked hard to raise these foods."

Zhao Wen's face turned pale and his eyes were almost spitting out. He stared at Zhang Hong and said word by word: "Zhang Zigang, do you still have the imperial court in your eyes?"

Zhang Hong frowned slightly. "Brother Zirou, I don't quite understand what you mean. I heard that you are in your hometown to provide disaster relief, disperse all your family's wealth, and survive tens of thousands. At that time, why don't you hand over the grain to the county and do it yourself? Our purpose is to provide better disaster relief, rather than paying salaries to officials who do not distinguish between right and wrong."

Zhao Wen was speechless. He looked at Zhang Hong, shocked. Zhang Hong was very clear about his affairs. Not only did he know that he had said such words as the male flying and female Fu, but he also knew that he was in his hometown to provide disaster relief.

"As for the court..." Zhang Hong looked at Zhao Wen, a trace of desolation flashed in his eyes. "Brother Zirou, do you know if there is a court in my eyes, right?"

Zhao Wen was embarrassed, knowing that his tone was too heavy. The court was controlled by the party members, and the rewards from Sun Ce and his son were not issued. Yuan Shao's edict case was never handled. Zhu Yan, who had made contributions in Luoyang, was dismissed. The court's intention to target Sun Ce was very obvious. If Zhang Hong had not mediated from it, Sun Ce would not have given three hundred thousand stones. It was not that Zhang Hong abandoned the court, but the court abandoned himself. To be more precise, it should be that the court was controlled by the party members and could no longer be independent.

The party members controlled the government as they wished, but they could not save the Han Dynasty, but would only destroy the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Wen is not on the party list, and he cannot agree with these extreme behaviors of the party members, but he is powerless. Faced with Zhang Hong's questioning, he had no choice but to settle for the second best, and let 300,000 stones of grain be transported first, and then talk about it when you arrive in Guanzhong. If you transport it one day early, you may save hundreds of people.

At the same time, he rushed to Pingyu with an edict.

Chang'an, at the foot of the southern mountain.

The emperor was wearing a commoner and walked side by side with Xun Yu.

The weather was hot and there was no food in Chang'an, so the emperor had to move to Nanshan with all officials, one to escape the summer heat, and the other to dig some wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger. But the imagination was beautiful, but the reality was cruel. The mountains were cooler, but the wild vegetables had long been dug up by the hungry people. Moreover, when they dig up wild vegetables, they really couldn't tell what was edible wild vegetables and what was edible weeds.

The only one with this ability was Tang Ji. She learned to dig wild vegetables during the days she returned to Yingchuan to take refuge.

"No wonder most of the surnames are women." The emperor looked at Tang Ji, who was holding a bamboo basket in the distance and a shovel in the other, and sighed: "All the civil and military officials in the court pointed at the wild vegetables she dug and drank soup."

Xun Yu remained silent. After a serious illness, he was in a bad mood. Now that the situation is so critical, he was even more anxious and peaceful for a moment. After working hard for several years, he was defeated by a drought. However, he knew better that natural disasters were serious, but man-made disasters were even more terrible. If it weren't for the party members' interference, Nanyang's food would have reached Guanzhong long ago.

Now that Guanzhong has no food, the people fled to survive, most of them went to Nanyang, and a small number went to Hanzhong and Liangzhou. The population that could survive in Guanzhong would not exceed 100,000. The court has become an empty stance and cannot support itself. What else can we talk about revival?

what to do?

"Okay, don't worry." The emperor patted Xun Yu's hand. "Do your best, leave your destiny, you have done your best."

Xun Yu looked at the emperor and felt even more sad. It turns out that suffering can make people successful. In just a few years, the emperor grew up from a young man who was ignorant of the world and first showed his appearance as a wise king. He was confident and open-minded, and he was unyielding. Even under such circumstances, he could still maintain optimism. Even many old ministers who had been through the world could not do it.

Unfortunately, he was born too late and was a concubine. If he were the eldest son, or if Emperor Xiaoling had successfully deposed the eldest son and established the young man, the situation might not have been so bad.

King Hu Ben walked over quickly and bowed. "Your Majesty, Marquis Wen is here."

"Oh, please, please." The emperor laughed loudly, "When Marquis Wen is here, we will have meat to eat." He patted Xun Yu on the shoulder. "Let's not be sad, you have meat to eat."

Xun Yu wanted to cooperate, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't laugh. He finally squeezed out a little smile, but it was even worse than crying. There was a sound of horse hooves in the distance, and Lu Bu rushed to the front with Zhang Liao and others and dismounted near. As the emperor expected, Lu Bu brought a few wild animals he had just hunted, including two deer and one elk. Guanzhong had a severe drought, and the people fled everywhere, but the wild animals became lively, especially the wild dogs that were eating. Many hungry people became their food, each with fat and strong bodies, with green eyes.

But Lu Bu knew that the emperor would not eat the meat of that kind of animal, which was equivalent to indirect eating people, so he brought prey such as wild pheasants or elks every time. This time it was still the case. The emperor was very happy and asked Hu Benlang to use it to decompose it, prepare it to make it into broth, enjoy it with his ministers, and have a tooth sacrifice.

"Your Majesty, there is news in Nanyang." Lu Bu sat down in front of the emperor, rubbing the blood on his hands and said, "Nanyang will transport 300,000 stones of grain to Guanzhong, but..." Lu Bu looked at the emperor and covered up his happiness as much as possible. "General Sun asked me to protect him throughout the journey to prevent anyone from taking advantage of it."
Chapter completed!