July arrived in the blink of an eye, and the talent show was in full swing.
A month after the preliminary selection, they entered the palace to study, and then came the second round of selection. However, just before the second round, something happened.
July and August are the plum rain season, and floods occurred in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The floods were fierce, and when Yinzhen received the news, he immediately selected people to go and take charge of the disaster relief.
Natural disasters and man-made calamities are always major events for a dynasty. If not handled properly, disaster victims may riot under the instigation of those with ulterior motives, which could endanger the safety of the country.
Fortunately, Yinzhen was quite experienced. He first sent several officials with a good reputation in the Qing Dynasty to appease the situation, along with various disaster relief supplies and medicines for disinfection and prevention of plague.
Emperor Yinzhen also issued an imperial edict, stating that anyone with ambition and medical skills could join the earthquake relief troops.
Of course, it's not that if you do well, you'll get a generous reward when you come back.
The person in charge of escorting the disaster relief supplies this time was Yunrong's cousin, Su Hetai. Yinzhen had been training him for several years, and now he was quite organized in his work. There was no one more suitable than him.
Suhetai received the order urgently. He returned home and asked his wife to prepare his luggage. After spending the night there, he set off at the crack of dawn the next day.
The night before his departure, his wife tossed and turned, unable to sleep. As a princess from a respectable family, she was also somewhat politically aware and knew that earthquake relief was a "bitter" task.
Su Hetai was an honest and upright man, but it wasn't that he didn't love money. It was just that his family had the means for him to serve as an official without any worries, so there was no need for him to covet that little bit of money.
However, there were quite a few people accompanying him. Just because he wasn't greedy didn't mean that others weren't. It's said that money can be a powerful motivator, and if too many people were to have ulterior motives, it could really be a troublesome situation if they all joined together.
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