Chapter 2071: Absolutely Not Allowed

Opponents don't think so.

Those two traitors have already ascended the throne and proclaimed themselves emperors. How could they voluntarily give up their positions just because the emperor is so popular among the people?

Is it possible for them to honestly hand over the power they have obtained?

Impossible!

Unless they are scared by the emperor, they have to obey!

If the emperor provides disaster relief, he will be fooled by them. Maybe they are the ones behind this.

Disaster relief is not just talk, but real money and supplies must be given.

Now that the national treasury is empty, where can the emperor get the money and supplies for disaster relief?

The national treasury has been emptied, and the two rebels took the opportunity to send troops. What should the emperor do?

Therefore, disaster relief is something that must never be done!

Of course, I can't refuse.

Well, Your Majesty might as well drag it out, and in the end it will naturally come to nothing.

In addition, the Emperor issued an edict to the two traitors, ordering them to provide disaster relief, and also issued an edict to several prefects in Jiangnan, ordering them to provide money and food for disaster relief.

Whether they should do so or not is their business.

In short, the emperor’s attitude must be made clear.

Moreover, no one can say anything wrong with such an attitude!

If those two traitors disobey the order, they will show that they have no heart for the people and will surely lose the support of the people.

The Fourth Prince finally accepted this opinion and said that he would do his best to provide disaster relief. He was already raising money, food and supplies, which would be shipped to the disaster area soon.

At the same time, he issued an edict to the second prince, the third prince, and the prefects of Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Jiangning in Jiangnan, ordering them to put the common people first, immediately open the warehouses to prepare food, medicine, clothing and other supplies, and send them to the disaster-stricken areas.

The second prince and the third prince were so angry that they laughed when they received this so-called imperial edict.

Of course they couldn't "obey your orders"!

The eunuch who went to convey the imperial edict was beaten and driven out.

This so-called "imperial edict" was also burned in public.

At the same time, they all claimed to the outside world that they would definitely provide disaster relief. After all, they were the emperors, and the people under their rule were suffering from the disaster. How could they, as emperors, ignore their own people?

The supplies are already being prepared and will definitely be delivered.

As for the fake emperor in the capital, he was the murderer who killed the previous emperor. Who is he? How dare he "issue an edict"?

Didn't he say that he had prepared money and supplies to be sent to the disaster area? We should see if he actually sent them or if he was just talking nonsense!

In order to show that he was sincere in providing disaster relief and caring about the people, the second prince quickly prepared a batch of supplies. Thirty carriages were filled with supplies and sent to the disaster area with great fanfare.

As for how much of the stuff in this full carriage is the relief supplies needed by the disaster area, what does it matter?

Who knows?

Who dares to say it if they know it?

Upon seeing this, the third prince immediately prepared a batch of supplies to be sent to the disaster area.

The two of them simultaneously mocked and despised the Fourth Prince.

As for the prefect of Hangzhou, they complained bitterly after receiving the imperial edict. They did not prepare any supplies at all. They just said that they were in trouble too and could not help. They were powerless...

How dare they obey orders?

First the third prince, then the second prince, secretly sent people to threaten him.

Whoever dares to disobey my order will be in trouble!

Jiangnan is a long way from the capital, so the Fourth Prince issued the decree quite readily. However, if something really happened, he would not be able to save them at all.

The current situation in Daqin is very strange, a strange balance.

(End of this chapter)