Just last night, he finally received a reply from Official Fu.
However, to his disappointment, the handwriting of this letter was completely different from the handwriting left on the stone wall under the Confucius Temple.
"My son, Xiaoguan:
This is my handwriting!
I replied late because there are too many troubles in being an emperor.
I think you already know about the dam collapse in Wuyuan Prefecture. I killed more than 30 officials and used their heads to commemorate the people who died in this disaster!
This is also a father’s responsibility!
I know that I cannot be a good emperor because I am too lazy. If you had returned to the Wu Dynasty, this tragedy would not have happened.
So...I hope my son will come back soon.
This is how your father handles the affairs of the people in Wuyuan Prefecture who have lost their homes. You can decide if it is appropriate.
There were one million victims of the disaster, among whom 300,000 were taken in as slaves by my father and sent to Mozhou, Baizhou, Tianzhou and Yanzhou among the eight states of Nancang.
Next spring, there will be enough people to farm our land.
As for the remaining 700,000-odd victims, 300,000 of them will be resettled on the spot. After the flood recedes, they will be allowed to build dikes and earn some money. After the fields are remeasured, they will be distributed to them using your household contract responsibility system.
As for the last 400,000 disaster victims, my father sent them to the six states of Beixiao.
I have already sent a letter to Chunxiu, informing you that all the sweet potatoes from Xishan and the rice seeds from Fu Sidai have been shipped to Wu Dynasty. I believe they are already on their way. I have not discussed this matter with you, but I believe you will have no objection.
..."
In this letter, Official Fu did not explain the reason for sending 400,000 disaster victims to the six states of Beixiao.
This surprised Fu Xiaoguan a little. The fat man bought the farmland in four of the eight states of Nancang and had moved the original 800,000 farmers to the six states of Beixiao.
He originally thought it was because the six states of Beixiao were vast and sparsely populated... Now listening to Zhuo Dong, it is indeed vast and sparsely populated, but at least half of the land there is desert. How can you grow crops there?
He brought over 1.1 million people with him. "How many people are there in the six states of Beixiao?" Fu Xiaoguan raised his eyes and asked.
Zhuo Donglai thought for a moment and said, "I estimate it to be around six million."
That's a population of more than seven million. Zhuo Dong said that the people in the six states of Beixiao were already living a hard life, and the fat man took away another 1.1 million people. Isn't that adding insult to injury?
What on earth does this fat guy want to do?
Fu Xiaoguan was increasingly unable to understand the fat man's actions. If there was a need for immigration or resettlement of disaster victims, it would be reasonable for you to move to the seven southern states. Even moving to the five western states would be better than moving to the six northern states.
"In the Six Provinces of Beixiao... have any large mineral deposits been discovered, such as... gold mines?"
Fu Xiaoguan asked again without giving up.
Zhuo Donglai shook his head. "I've never heard of it... There's no spring or autumn there, only winter and summer. Summer starts in April and ends in September, right into winter. The temperature in the summer is extremely high. It was summer when I went there, and it was unbearably hot. I heard the winters are extremely cold, with snow for five months, and people can't even leave the house."
"Especially in the upper three states, there are no people at all. The land is barren, crops can't be grown, and it's impossible to survive. It has long been the territory of wild wolves."
The fat man obviously knew it, but he still did it.
You are such a willful emperor!
Fu Xiaoguan no longer thought about the fat man's trick, but thought about another thing the fat man said in the letter - the fat man finally decided to send the five aunts and five children of the Linjiang Fu Mansion to the Wu Dynasty!
This was a good thing, but the fat man did not arrange to take them to the palace, but to Mozhou, one of the eight states of Nancang.
"My father bought a courtyard in Moxian City, the capital of Mozhou. It is three times bigger than the one we have in Linjiang!
Just bring your five aunts here. After all, they are also my concubines and have given birth to five children for me. I can go to Mozhou to see them occasionally.
But I still can’t let them know that I’m their father, lest they have other ideas and end up causing trouble.”
The fat man sent Zhou Tongtong to handle this matter personally, but Fu Xiaoguan believed that it could not be hidden from Emperor Xuan's eyes.
But what he didn't expect was that Fu Daguan had no intention of hiding it from Emperor Xuan. He also wrote a letter to Emperor Xuan. Emperor Xuan also received Fu Daguan's letter last night, causing Emperor Xuan to stay awake all night.
"This fellow, Mr. Fu, is going too far!"
After reading the letter, Emperor Xuan was furious, but he could do nothing about it.
"Old Yu, hello!
I have wanted to write you a letter for a long time, but I don’t know what to say to you, a man.
Looking at the brilliant starlight in Yuncheng tonight, I suddenly became interested and suddenly remembered that you blew up the Confucius Temple... The Chen Dynasty has been destroyed for more than two hundred years. Why did you blow up the Taimiao?
The Moon Worship Cult has been completely destroyed by my son. Is it really that serious?
What I feel sorry for is the jujube tree above. If I go back to the Yu Dynasty, I will never be able to eat the jujubes from that tree again. Aren’t you doing something stupid?
I heard that my daughter-in-law Wen Yun almost died of complications during childbirth. You are lucky. If my daughter-in-law had really died, I would never forgive you!
She's my Fu family's daughter-in-law! You have to take good care of her. For the sake of our long-standing friendship, I won't send troops to attack you.
Old Yu, do you still remember the scene in the spring of the 41st year of Taihe, when the flowers on Tengxi Mountain were in full bloom, and you, my younger brother, and Fan Zigui from Fan State were flying kites at the foot of Tengxi Mountain?
In the blink of an eye, twenty-one years have passed. At that time, your kite climbed onto the back of the kite of Fan Zigui's princess, and I had to fly to the sky to take it down... Are you still in contact with Fan Zigui's wife, the Queen Hui of Fan State?
Last year I went to Fan State and met Fan Zigui and his wife. Fan Zigui has become fatter than me! But his wife is more charming than she was 21 years ago. Old Yu, she mentioned you, saying that you looked at her with lustful eyes.
Now that I think about it carefully, it seems to be true. Queen Shang is extremely beautiful and charming. You are already old, so stop imagining things!
Oh, I forgot to tell you something serious. The five concubines you gave me as a reward... I have to take them back to Wu Dynasty!
You won't stop this, right?
I'm telling you about this. Just withdraw those spies from Xiyu Tower in Xishan. Fu Xiaoguan is your son-in-law. Even if he becomes the emperor of the Wu Dynasty, would he send troops to fight you?
When the time comes, if you give the throne to Yu Wendao, I will accompany you to Fan State to beat up Fan Zigui!
So... you blew up the Confucius Temple, what on earth were you planning to do?"
Empress Shang read the letter, raised her head and gave Emperor Xuan a meaningful look...
"Don't listen to that fat guy's nonsense! He's just a vulgar person! It was his kite that climbed onto Fan Zigui's wife's back... Oh, no, it was this damn fat guy who made me faint!"
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