latelenovela Chapter 436: The initial success of the attack
Chapter 436: The initial success of the attack
Besides, where is the corruption?
Doesn't the emperor know how much disaster relief supplies the court has allocated?
Even though this matter has been leaked, the emperor will definitely not really send anyone to investigate. If the relief supplies are delivered, the matter will be left unresolved.
As soon as Xiao Yanan entered the city, he saw people gathered on both sides of the road, their eyes full of prayers. They all looked weak, and this scene had a huge impact on Xiao Yanan.
He had imagined what the scene would be like on the way here, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he still couldn't describe it in words.
This is Funing County, which was not severely affected by the disaster. I really can’t imagine what the situation is like in the remaining county towns.
"Sir!" The governor of Funing County caught up with Xiao Yan'an and said, "Sir, you are of noble status. Your coming here is a blessing to the people of Funing! Next, just hand over the disaster relief supplies to me and I will make the arrangements."
Xiao Yan'an suddenly hooked his finger at the governor of Funing County.
"When I met you just now, I felt that we were quite compatible. I will tell you something secretly. You must not tell anyone else."
Xiao Yan'an's sudden mysteriousness shocked the governor of Funing County.
However, I still couldn't control myself and leaned over to listen.
"The Emperor has ordered a secret investigation into the corruption of disaster relief supplies. Do you still dare to touch these supplies?"
These words made the Funing County Magistrate feel nervous.
"Look back." Xiao Yan'an said again.
The governor of Funing County looked back, and all he saw were the carriages filled with supplies.
"Do you see anything?"
The governor of Funing County shook his head in confusion.
"Didn't you notice that these supplies are different?"
"It's different." The governor of Funing County had already seen that some of them were packed very neatly, while others were packed very messily.
But, is this important?
"The governor of Funing County has a good eye! Those neatly packed grains are the relief grains sent by the court. The rest are donated bit by bit by the people of the imperial capital. In the eyes of the people of the imperial capital, you governors are all corrupt officials who have lost all conscience! You dare to embezzle even the relief grains. You are so audacious that you have put the heads of your nine clans on your belts!"
The governor of Funing County staggered with fright.
"Your Highness, I am really not a corrupt official. I did not embezzle any disaster relief supplies!" The governor of Funing County immediately explained.
"If there is no greed, then why are people still suffering from hunger? Where has the food gone?"
"Food..." The Funing County Magistrate held back the words that came to his lips.
Can't say, absolutely can't say!
It's a dead end if I say it.
"Clean up the posthouse. This prince will live in the posthouse. The county governor will not be required to distribute the disaster relief supplies. However, the county governor will have to send more people to help. If the disaster relief work goes smoothly, I will definitely say a few good words for the county governor after I return to the imperial capital."
The governor of Funing County was a little panicked.
The people of the imperial capital are donating supplies, so this matter must be a big deal!
Under pressure, the emperor will definitely send someone to investigate.
Once an investigation is conducted, there must be a result, otherwise there will be no way to stop people from talking!
The result of the investigation is definitely not that the court did not distribute disaster relief grain at all, but that someone must have embezzled the grain!
Because, this is the emperor's face!
Compared with the emperor's face, their lives are not worth mentioning!
At the beginning, he was complacent that he was valued by the emperor even in such a faraway place. He thought that maybe one day he would be transferred back to the imperial capital and would no longer have to stay in this remote place.
How to do?
Whether he admits to corruption or not, he is facing a dead end!
The Magistrate of Funing County has no time to care about the disaster relief supplies now. He has to find out whether what Xiao Yan'an said is true!
……
Ji Chuhe's first step of the plan, to scare the enemy with a warning, has achieved its goal.
After Xiao Yanan and Ji Chuhe moved into the inn, they immediately sent people to find out where the porridge stalls were in the city and how many there were, and started distributing porridge right away.
The people watched the horse-drawn carriage carrying the white rice towards the porridge shed. They were so excited that they all ran after it.
"Don't run!" the guard on horseback shouted.
The people immediately huddled together and dared not resist.
From this we can see that the people have always been the vulnerable group that has been oppressed.
Just as Xiao Yan'an was about to step forward, Ji Chuhe pulled him back.
"Don't worry, my lord."
A citizen from the imperial capital couldn't bear to see these people suffer so much, so he stepped forward and helped up a person who had fallen.
"Thank you, thank you, General." The people immediately expressed their gratitude.
"Don't call me that. I'm not a military commander. I'm just an ordinary citizen who was recruited by the prince. Don't worry. The food has been delivered. It will be cooked into porridge in a while and everyone can have a bowl."
"Okay, okay." The people around nodded with tears in their eyes.
When they heard that the person who was distributing porridge was also an ordinary citizen, the distance between the people was immediately shortened, and they felt a sense of familiarity with the person who was distributing porridge.
"Madam, I now understand why you want to recruit these people to distribute porridge. It's not just to increase our manpower."
"Only the people can understand their suffering, and only then can we get closer to them, so that if there are some minor frictions, they will not escalate the conflicts. After suffering from the disaster for so long, people are inevitably impatient, and the slightest disturbance may cause chaos."
"Madam is really thoughtful."
"If there is any unrest, these people may not be able to achieve the effect I want. However, they still have another function: to be witnesses."
"witness?"
"Yes, they witnessed the real situation, which no one can confuse. An ant may be so small in front of a giant that it can be ignored, but what if there are tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions of ants? They can also gnaw the giant until only a skeleton is left."
"That's right!" Xiao Yan'an nodded.
After about an hour, the aroma of rice wafted from all the porridge stalls in the city.
The people also lined up in an orderly manner.
There was no end to the long line.
"The total population of Funing County is only more than 30,000. I think there are at least 20,000 people gathered in the city. Just distributing porridge like this is not a solution." Xiao Yan'an looked at the scene in front of him, worried.
"Everything has a process. You can't rush it." Ji Chuhe comforted.
"Madam, you said that we should stay in Funing, but what about the supplies in those county towns? They can't stay here with us, right?"
"Your Highness, you are worrying too much. If it is true as you said, and the supplies are left with us in Funing County, then it will be a mess."