The maternal families of the eldest prince and the youngest prince were powerful, and both wanted the position of crown prince. However, despite so many candidates, the emperor never mentioned the appointment of a crown prince.
Since then, several princes have been fighting openly and secretly, and there has been no peace.
However, an imperial edict from the emperor broke the current balance and brought an unprecedented crisis to the third prince.
If they had any concerns before, from the moment the imperial edict was issued, the people around the eldest prince and the second prince would try every means to get rid of the third prince. Only in this way would they have a chance.
In other words, the refugees from Guangping and Yongkang prefectures had to participate in the fight between the three princes for the position of crown prince.
After all, the Third Prince can only silence the court officials by properly settling the refugees.
But it is not easy to accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees. Not only is there not enough food, but the fight for the position of crown prince makes it even more difficult.
He couldn't guarantee whether the eldest prince or the second prince had arranged for someone to cause trouble among the refugees and prevent the third prince from successfully resettling the refugees.
The key is that it is very difficult to investigate who is the eldest prince or the younger prince among so many refugees. As long as you have someone in your hand, it is not impossible to do it.
But the food problem is different. Food is hard to come by now. Even if he comes forward, he can't get much food.
He had previously summoned some wealthy families in the city, but each of them cried poor to him and was even more stingy than a miser, not willing to give him a penny.
Finally, he had to give tough orders to collect some food, but the amount of food was limited and could not last for more than a few days.
He reported all these problems to the Third Prince, who told him not to worry about food problems.
But he really didn't know how the Third Prince would solve the food problem. After all, the amount of food needed to accommodate so many refugees was definitely not just a small amount. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a astronomical number.
As the chief official of Wuning County, he did not want to place all the hopes for the resettlement of refugees in Wuning County on the third prince.
He and the Third Prince are close friends, so he would do his best to help at this critical moment.
Besides, if the third prince cannot become the crown prince, he will not gain anything good.
Just when he was worried about the refugees, he found a solution to the problem on his way to Xinghua Village.
Yang Zhijin was still quite excited when she came in front of Li Mengyue.
Village chief Li originally wanted to greet Yang Zhijin, but at that moment Yang Zhijin was thinking about using the refugees to build a reservoir and had no intention of caring about Village chief Li.
However, Yang Zhijin could ignore it, but Li Mengyue did not. She knew that the fundamental reason why the villagers suffered such harm was related to the grain she sold to the village.
If she hadn't sold grain to the villagers at a low price, she wouldn't have been targeted by Zhulin Village, Zhu Lei wouldn't have brought people to rob her, the two sides wouldn't have had the chance to fight, and so many villagers wouldn't have been injured. Therefore, she still felt a little guilty.
"Grandpa Village Chief, I'm sorry. If I hadn't sold food to the villagers, this wouldn't have happened."
"Yue girl, what are you talking about? This has nothing to do with you. It's all because of others with bad intentions. Even if there is no food, our village will not be peaceful."
Li Mengyue knew that what Village Chief Li said was true. As long as the refugee problem was not resolved, not only the villages like Xinghua Village, but also the villages in the entire Wuning County would be under threat at all times.
In addition to the refugees, the threat also comes from the people who have not had time to harvest the food from the fields due to the locust plague. When these people have nothing to eat or drink and are forced into desperation, they are likely to go astray and come to the village to rob.
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