Chapter 534 Why do I feel that my unlucky son is a little unreliable (1 update)

"Disaster relief is urgent. In this case, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take charge of the overall situation." The elderly Zhu Yushi was the first to break the silence.

Zhu Yushi was already old, but he was a veteran of three dynasties and was still in the court. The officials he impeached basically had no good results.

Perhaps the only thing he failed was in the impeachment of the Crown Prince. However, he did not show up this time. He didn't even know that Lu Liang wanted to impeach the Crown Prince and really wanted the Crown Prince to depose the Crown Prince. What

he was most concerned about was the disaster in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong.

However, he was in the capital, and the news about the situation in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong was slow to spread. Moreover, the disaster was getting more serious, and the news was complicated. He had originally written a memorial to impeach the Shandong governor, but he was still short of evidence. Unexpectedly, Lu Liang took the initiative.

Since the prince had stood up, he might as well leave such a difficult matter to him.

"Your Majesty, I think that now the people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong are displaced and suffering, and there is resentment everywhere. The Crown Prince is urgently needed to stabilize the people's hearts."

Zou Jin, the Minister of Personnel, immediately stood up and said, "I second the proposal. Now, Your Highness the Crown Prince has been misunderstood by the people and his reputation has been damaged. Let Your Highness be in charge of disaster relief. On the one hand, it can help the victims, and on the other hand, it can prevent the people who are unclear about the situation from being burdened by rumors and misunderstanding Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Seeing that the old matter was brought up again and Lu Chengtian had not made up his mind yet, the young Crown Prince agreed directly.

"Minister Qian, since this is disaster relief, shouldn't your Ministry of Revenue pay money?"

Qian Laojian immediately burst into tears, "Your Highness, the Ministry of Revenue just took out 3 million taels, and it's gone in a flash. We really can't take out any more money. The winter military pay for the border troops will be paid soon. If we pay out more money, those soldiers will have nothing to eat!"

The second prince was angry, "Minister Qian means to let Your Highness go to disaster relief empty-handed? What, does Minister Qian mean to let Your Highness be shared by the disaster victims?"

Minister Qian pleaded, then knelt on his knees, with an extremely sincere attitude, "Your Majesty, Prince, the Ministry of Revenue is really short of money."

"Before, the princes gave a large sum of money for their weddings. Another 3 million taels were given for disaster relief in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shandong. Now, after deducting the military salaries of various camps, there is really not much money left in the national treasury. It must be reserved for emergency needs during the spring plowing next year!"

The fifth prince in charge of the Ministry of Commerce frowned, "Minister Qian, if I remember correctly, a lot of silver was seized from those corrupt officials in the Jiangnan area. It was just deposited into the national treasury in recent days. It seems to be 8 million taels of silver. Is it to keep such a large amount of silver in the national treasury for having children?"

Minister Qian looked up at Lu Chengtian, who was sitting in the first seat. The emperor had ordered that the silver be kept for the several armies under his command.

Lu Chengtian also frowned, "There was a big battle on the border this year, and many of our soldiers were killed or disabled and had to leave the barracks. I have decided to distribute this part of the silver to the relatives of the soldiers who died in the battle to compensate the people."

Upon hearing this, the little prince immediately stood up and said, "In this case, this batch of silver cannot be moved. Those soldiers who died for Daliang have protected our land and people. They are all heroes of our Daliang!"

Minister Qian felt relieved, "Thank you for your consideration, Your Highness."

He was really worried that His Royal Highness would force the Ministry of Revenue to pay this disaster relief money. Then, the wives, children and parents of the dead soldiers who were waiting for compensation would be so disappointed!

The young prince smiled, "However, the matter of providing relief to the families of soldiers who died in battle should be handed over to my eldest brother! My eldest brother was the commander of the first battle. Since it is about relief, no one knows the affairs of soldiers in the barracks better than my eldest brother."

Lu Liang stood up again, "Your Highness, according to custom, providing relief to soldiers who died in battle is the responsibility of our supervisory officials."

The money for relief cannot be given casually. The list of soldiers needs to be checked to prevent omissions and to prevent impersonation.

The supervisory officials are good at this. When implementing it, they can also intimidate local officials to prevent them from doing anything wrong.

But now, such a good job is going to be divided up like this?

Lu Liang, a stubborn and upright official, naturally had to stand up and speak.

The young prince just glanced at him and said, "This relief money is not small. I am worried that if the matter is really handed over to you, it is hard to say how much money will really reach the hands of the people."

"After all, officials like Lord Lu, who impeach without verification, believe everything they hear, and accuse people of all kinds of crimes, who knew that you would be like this when distributing relief money?"

Lu Liang's face flushed with shame. He didn't know how to explain for a moment. After all, the officialdom of officialdom has been impeachment since ancient times.

Lu Zexu didn't care what these historians thought, he just listened to him continue, "I don't need the money from the national treasury, but I can't go to the disaster area empty-handed, otherwise it will be in vain. I can't conjure up food or medicine out of thin air."

Minister Qian had a bitter face and was about to cry, "But the national treasury really can't squeeze out any money."

"No need, just give me the remaining items that were confiscated."

The mansions of those ministers were all confiscated by the third prince of the little prince. The confiscating was so thorough. The little prince knew very well what would be left after the antique calligraphy and paintings were auctioned.

Qian Laojian's eyes lit up and he was relieved immediately, "No problem, no problem, I really don't know what to do with the furniture, flowers, brocade, dishes, cloth!"

"But Your Highness, the most valuable of the rest are just some jewelry, but even if you pawn them in a pawnshop, you can't get much silver. It's just a drop in the bucket to rely on these to provide disaster relief."

Finally, Minister Qian couldn't help but remind him.

The little prince smiled, "I know, so, father, if you don't have money, you should give me more manpower?"

Lu Chengtian was very generous, and waved his hand, "Since you have taken over the disaster relief, it will be up to you."

The little prince was relieved when he heard it!

Then, Lu Chengtian instructed in a deep voice, "Disaster relief is a very serious matter. This is your first time to lead disaster relief. You must think it through and do your best. Remember, you have the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in your hands. You must not take it lightly!"

Lu Zexu still looked casual, but his eyes were serious. "Of course, since I have taken on the disaster relief task, I will not let any citizen starve to death!"

Then he changed the subject. "However, we have to act in an emergency. If I do anything extreme, please don't blame me, father."

Lu Chengtian: Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?

The unlucky son should know the importance of the matter and won't do anything reckless, right?

However, seeing the smile on Lu Zexu's face, Lu Chengtian became even more worried.