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Four hundred and twentieth nine chapters without prestige is not the emperor

The emperor's need to go out for inspection on the snow disaster was the most sensational thing in Chang'an City since the beginning of winter. The reactions of the people in Chang'an City caused greater success than the rebellion of the Shunchao army. When the disaster victims had just been calmed down, the emperor would risk the danger and the cold to visit the victims, which made the people a little incredible.

Most people thought that the new emperor would only walk out of the palace and look at the victims from a distance.

But the fact is that Su Yan walked among the victims and personally distributed winter clothes and food to them. There was no guardian by a large number of guards around him. He just brought a few officials who were accompanying him and were approachable. When the emperor saw the child, he would even use his warm hands to warm the child's cold hands.

Under the leadership of the new emperor, those officials who were always high-ranking had to join the team that distributed disaster relief supplies. They had to stand on the carriage to carry goods, or catch them from below and forward them to the victims. The victims were rarely orderly but not chaotic, and lined up to receive disaster relief supplies, which surprised the officials.

The officials came out to be coolies today, which was completely impossible to violate the holy order. They had to accompany the emperor to meet these "troubled people". In their imagination, these victims dared to commit rebellion, but they didn't rob them when they encountered distributing materials? Because everyone knew that the imperial court had insufficient disaster relief supplies, and the victims who were behind must have no share. This made them prepare to watch the joke of the new emperor's "ignorance" and send troops to suppress these victims again.

But the response of the victims obviously disappointed them.

After experiencing the incident of steamed buns falling from the sky last night, the victims have become extremely devout believers in the new religion. Religious propaganda promotes unity and mutual assistance, which makes them feel the warmth of the people around them. After all, the steamed buns falling from the sky last night are limited. However, the victims do not eat alone. They are all given to the church members around them, and even the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Now, disaster relief supplies are distributed to them in an orderly manner, and they can subdue them themselves when they get the supplies.

Doctrines even sublimate their personality. This was unexpected to the court.

Although the officials realized the terribleness of this religion, their emperor didn't care about it. Su Yan personally went to the victims to distribute food, sat with them to ask about the winter situation, and even helped them build temporary tents to settle their homes. Originally, the victims were scattered in several places outside Chang'an City, but now their rebellion has failed. The remaining victims were mainly women and children, and were all driven to the north side of the city. This was also prepared by Jingzhao Prefecture and the Liufangsi Yamen. It was convenient to place them in the north of the city when they were driven out of the city. However, this open space in the north of Chang'an City is exactly the worst place in the city to protect the cold conditions. There are no old houses around to shelter them from the wind and snow. Once it snows, they can only build straw sheds or sleep in the snow directly. The hay in the city has been almost plundered after the victims entered the city.

The days of snuggling together in the snow and ice for winter are harder than ever. At night, it is a luxury to fall asleep. If you really fall asleep, you may never see the next day of the day.

Su Yan originally thought that even if the life of the victims was hard, they would probably be treated the same as the city defenders when they were spending the winter in Xuzhou City. The battle in Xuzhou City was considered unprecedentedly difficult by Su Yan, but the defenders in the city could live in houses or tents, and they also had wild vegetables to eat on weekdays. There was no snow disaster in Chang'an City in recent years, and the number of victims had never been so large. Originally, the resettlement sites of several victims in the city were demolished by the court, making these victims look like the lonely souls of the ownerless. Su Yan could still bear the emotions and distributed food, but in the end he could not help crying, and even took off his luxurious and thick costumes and gave them to the victims.

When the victims saw such an approachable emperor, they couldn't believe that he was the emperor, and even thought that he was one of the victims. They did not treat Su Yan with hatred, or even gratitude. Originally, those who followed him were strictly guarding and prevented some young and middle-aged disaster victims from approaching the emperor, but later they found that even if they gave these victims a knife, they were unwilling to hurt the emperor.

"The vacant official office in the city will be opened immediately to resettle the victims. The doctors in the city will be mobilized to diagnose the victims' injuries and diseases!"

The first thing Su Yan did when he got out of the victims was to give Zuo Xianglan and this death order.

Lan He was quite surprised when he heard this order, thinking that the new emperor had set up a precedent for the Shun Dynasty to deal with the disaster. On the other hand, Su Yan was explaining the issue of collecting disaster relief supplies to the right prime minister Han Sheng. Han Sheng was hesitating and said, "The rebels... said they were willing to help the court with disaster relief."

After Han Sheng said this, there was silence around him, and everyone was watching the emperor's reaction.

Over the past year, Shunchao has spent a huge price to support them. If the army had not recruited a large number of strong men, how could there be no strong men in Guanzhong and the people's grain harvest be poor? After the implementation of Nanyang Gansu, the idea at that time was that there would be no disasters in Guanzhong within 30 years. Who knew that the snow disaster had come again in just one year.

It was natural that even if the military was asked to send some blood to the disaster relief, but now the confrontation between the Shunchao court and the military has been made public. The military is currently outside the city, enjoying military supplies sent to the military camps from all over the country, which is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Chang'an City and various places. If this is not the case, Chang'an City will not be as short as supplies are short and prices soar. This is to see whether the new emperor is about principles or interests.

"No need for now." Su Yan thought for a long time before answering, "I think we can deal with the snow disaster in Chang'an City this time. Why should we lower our stature and make the rebels look down on you?"

He said this not because he was really afraid of not being looked down upon by the rebels, but because he was just afraid of being looked down upon by his master Liu Yu. Now Su Yan is almost certain that Liu Yu's family has left the city and entered the rebel army headquarters. No matter whether the current military commander is Hua Ji'an or Liu Yu, it is impossible for Liu Yu to come back to help him complete the great cause of governing the country.

The emperor said this, and Han Sheng did not force him. After all, Chang'an City is the richest city in the world. It is enough to take out some of the food reserves of the rich households and the people in the city to deal with this disaster relief.

As soon as Su Yan returned to the palace, the court immediately became lively again. This time it was not for the rebels outside the city, but for the resettlement of the victims in the city.

The imperial court had many vacant yamen in Chang'an City, even including the theater built by Liu Yu. In a few cases, fifty or sixty officials who could be transferred out to resettle victims, and there were no one hundred people, so almost all the victims were resettled. Although there was no place to place an average of a large number of victims, the victims only wanted a piece of tiles to cover their heads and a wall to cover the wind. A large house could allow them to lay a layer of hay on the ground and make a couch.

Su Yan's idea was good, but after all, it would be difficult to manage the victims after dispersing them. In addition, there were so many mouths that needed to be eaten, drunk, defecated, and when the victims opened spring, they had to renovate the official office, which might be more expensive than spending money to help the victims build a straw shed. When Lanhe put forward this meaning and reported it to the emperor, many other ministers also felt it was reasonable. They believed that it would be better to find a piece of vacant land to resettle the victims, so that it was convenient for management to prevent them from causing trouble, and the court could also save a lot of expenses.

"Is what I said not good?"

When Su Yan heard Lan He's words, his face suddenly subsided and said. The Ministers of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue who gathered in the Yaqian Hall to discuss the matter were ashen. They thought the new emperor was just infected by the victims, so they made a short promise without any restraint. Who knew that the new emperor was still serious and had to put the matter into effect.

"Since the repair officers spend more money, the emperor... might as well build a temporary residence for them." Lan He added.

Su Yan glared at Lan and asked, "Now, do we have the money?"

Blue and immediately speak in a mess.

Indeed, it is a matter after spring that the official office needs to be repaired and cleaned, or it is okay to not repair or clean it up. Anyway, it is a vacant official office, and the court may not be able to use it in the future. But the most difficult thing to solve now is that the court has no money. It is precisely because the court is unable to resettle the victims that Su Yan suddenly had a whim to use the official office to resettle the victims.

Su Yan sighed and said, "I know that you officials are unwilling to get involved with the people. You feel that it is too priceless and disdainful. But I want to remind you that the people are also people of the Dashun Dynasty. If you can't handle this matter well, then my solution is very simple, which is to turn your mansion into a place for the victims. I hope that before nightfall today, the victims can move into the official office!"

The officials looked at each other, and they always thought that the new emperor was easy to talk and had no temper. Now they had seen the prestige of being an emperor. The power of heaven was unpredictable. Now the new emperor has acted vigorously and ordered them to die. If the victims of the disaster could not move into the yamen before nightfall, they would dismiss them from office and turn their homes into shelters, which would make these ministers one head two big.

It was already noon, and the day was short in winter, and it was dark for two hours. It was not only the two hours to prepare in the official office, but also the victims had to be sent to the yamen in batches and orders to be placed in the yamen. Isn’t this difficult than climbing to the sky?

"Why are you still standing there?" Su Yan was very dissatisfied with the fact that these officials did not go to do things immediately. "I think I'm scaring you? Humph, if you can try it if you can't finish it."

The new Jingzhao Prefecture Order Lu Zhong said to Su Yan: "Your Majesty, this matter is too hasty and needs long-term planning."

Su Yan glared at Lu Zhong, who was an old scholar, and said, "Come on, take off his official hat. Since the Lu Fu Yin thinks it will not be completed, then change someone to complete it..."

Other officials did not expect Su Yan to take action so directly. They were surprised who the new emperor was going to replace Lu Zhong. Unexpectedly, Su Yan sighed and said, "This matter is probably not something that the former Sui Prefecture Prime Minister cannot be completed. Let the Sui Prefecture Prime Minister restore his post and let him take over this matter."

Seeing that the emperor decided to use Liu Yu's old subordinate Sui Yi so quickly, Lan He felt that this was a big deal. But now Su Bi is not in the palace, and no one can rebel against the new emperor's intention.

Su Yan shouted, "You can't go!"
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