Chapter 1153 The Emperor Will Remember the Queen Even if He Doesn't Care About Himself

"If you go back to the emperor, Zen Master Huixing in the Taimiao wrote a letter saying that the empress is living well in the Taimiao. In addition, there are letters from the Forbidden City all the time, saying that everything in the palace is fine, please rest assured the emperor." According to Chen Biao's letter Answer truthfully.

Recently, the emperor is very busy every day.

During the day, I was busy inspecting around, and I had to distribute silver and items for disaster relief from the imperial court.

At night, when I returned to the temporary camp, I had to review various papers.

He and Su Peisheng conveyed those trivial matters.

Originally, the emperor could live in a house arranged by local officials.

But the emperor thought those officials were inactive, so he was not happy to live in their home.

I don't want to bring a lot of people to live in those inns or something.

Because in that case, those guards and servants would have to spend a lot of money.

In order to save money, try to spend every penny on disaster relief.

Therefore, every time the emperor went to inspect, he set up temporary tents on the spot.

In summer, there are many mosquitoes in the wild, no matter how much precautions are taken, the emperor's body will be bitten by mosquitoes and rashes will appear everywhere.

But he didn't let the imperial doctor show it to him, he just went about his business.

But even if the emperor is too busy to take care of himself, whenever he is free, he will remember to ask how the queen is doing.

No matter how busy you are, you will ask a question or two.

He didn't quite remember how many times the emperor asked him.

I only know that there are at least six times.

Hearing that the queen is very good, fourth master turned his eyes slightly, and asked again: "How long has that Huixing been in Taimiao?"

"I don't know how long it has been. I only know that he is one of Zhang Jia's apprentices, and he became a monk in the Taimiao when he was young."

Nazhangjia Guoshi is the "Great Master of Enlightening Universal Wisdom, Guangci and Compassion" conferred by Emperor Kangxi.

And the emperor's practice of Zen over the years also benefited from the teaching and confirmation of Zhang Jia Guoshi.

It can be said that Zhang Jia Guoshi is the emperor's good teacher and helpful friend.

So the emperor trusted him very much.

So much so that he trusts and rest assured of his apprentices.

After listening to Chen Biao's words, fourth master nodded thoughtfully.

Then he took the rein calmly with one hand and swung the rein aggressively with the other, and rode the horse towards today's destination.

The officials and guards behind him also followed on horseback.

And the carriage containing the disaster relief supplies also slowly followed, leaving dust flying all over the place.

These days, fourth master has been non-stop to inspect the worst disaster places.

Then use the money brought by the imperial court to distribute it directly to the victims, and let trusted officials repair the canals as quickly as possible.

In this way, layers of exploitation are omitted.

The money and items for disaster relief were completely handed over to the people.

He also arranged for a bachelor of agriculture to stay in the local area to teach the people how to make the crops grow food as soon as possible.

About half an hour later, fourth master arrived at a village.

At this time, the sun is like a fireball, hanging hot in the sky, exuding scorching heat.

Beads of sweat oozed from his forehead because he had been riding under the scorching sun for a long time.

A dark blue brocade robe was also soaked in sweat.

The head of the village has long been waiting at the entrance of the village.

Waiting with him were villagers in twos and threes.

Now when they saw Fourth Master, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed like a living Bodhisattva: "I kowtow to the emperor."

Li Chang is dark and thin, and the wrinkles on his face are like cracks in the ground.

I don't know if he was too nervous to see fourth master, or because he was so hungry that his legs were swinging, and he looked very weak.

His head was wrapped in a white towel.

Wearing shabby clothes full of patches.

But the clothes are neatly dressed, and it can be seen that they have been carefully taken care of.

Maybe such a piece of clothing is already the best in his family.

It's just that his hair is a mess and looks like a mop cloth that hasn't been washed in months.

Even his body smelled like unwashed sweat.

Because of the drought, drinking water is difficult, and washing has naturally become a luxury.

Fourth Master didn't dislike him, but dismounted from his horse and helped the elderly chief himself.

After being supported by fourth master, the head of the village immediately held fourth master's hand with his callused hands.

He looked up at Fourth Master, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, I have finally waited for you. It's been six months, from the beginning of the year to now, we haven't had a single drop of rain here."

His hands were like dry branches, and his fingers could not be straightened.

The word "bitterness" was written all over his face.

When he spoke, tears of helplessness leaked from the corners of his wrinkled eyes.

Fourth Master tightened Li Chang's hand and said nothing.

And Zhang Tingyu on the side stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, the emperor is here this time to solve your difficulties. But now time is running out, and we have to rush to the next place later, so you should take it with you first." Let's go to Zhuangzi and have a look."

"Okay, okay." The head of the village wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and led the fourth master into the village.

Fourth Master led the guards and officials into the Zhuangzi with his hands behind his back.

The scorching sun shone on his face, which was a little dazzling.

The earth is like a steamer, so hot that people can't breathe.

In the crop field, the sun has long been baked into a dry and cracked khaki.

There are deep cracks as thick as a thumb everywhere.

Those cracks are like thirsty mouths, opening their mouths wide in anticipation of rain.

New wooden tablets for temporary burials can be seen everywhere, just like mass graves, probably the victims who were buried recently.

I don't know if the burial was rather sloppy. With the hot wind, the air smelled putrid smell after burst from time to time, which seemed to be emitted by the corpse.

At this moment, the chirping of cicadas and cicadas that should have been in summer disappeared, and only mosquitoes and flies were seen flying around on some high-arched grave mounds.

And Uya in twos and threes shouting on the branches.

And the horrible sound of owls, which was heard over the village.

Several domestic dogs were starving and skinny, lying on the door of the earthen house with their tongues out.

Moreover, fourth master saw many hungry people digging wild vegetables along the way.

And adults giving water to children with wooden spoons.

I don't know where the water came from.

Looking from a distance, the water in the wooden spoon was muddy and muddy.

After a while, fourth master saw a lot of people gathered in a place from a distance.

There seemed to be wailing cries.

He raised his hand and pointed to that place, "Why are there so many people gathered?"

As soon as the voice fell, the head of the village paused for a moment, and then replied in a vicissitudes and sad voice: "Oh, that was originally a temporary relief station for the village, but as the days went by, there was no food left in the village, so... ...It turned out to be a temporary burial area, otherwise those children and women would be so hungry that they would not have the energy and strength to bury them if they lost someone in their family, so the villagers can only help."

Hearing this, Fourth Master frowned slightly, "So far, roughly how many people have died in your village."

"Our village was originally a village with a large population. There used to be more than 30,000 people. At the beginning of the famine, although people died, it was not so severe. Now that there is a drought, there are only 22,000 people left in the village. "Speaking of this, Li Chang wiped away his tears, and said with a trembling cry: "I have pity on my grandson and wife, who also... also left me a few days ago... ..”

There are more than 30,000 people, and there are only more than 20,000 people left, which means that 30% of the population has died.

Hearing this, fourth master clenched his fists tightly in his cuffs.