While Li Jue was fast asleep, things were bustling with activity on the other side.
When Li Zhi learned that disaster victims had come to the capital, he was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night. The next morning, he led all the county officials to the outskirts to set up soup kitchens and cook soup for the disaster victims who had come from afar.
Li Zhi's actions quickly earned him a good reputation among the disaster victims.
"His Highness the Crown Prince is much better, unlike that eldest grandson who has to work to get food!"
"Who says otherwise..."
"At first, we heard the people of Chang'an say that the eldest grandson of the legitimate wife was very benevolent and righteous, but who would have thought that he was just as stingy as a landlord!"
Li Zhi was overjoyed to hear the words of the disaster victims.
However, he had a question in his mind: Li Jue was not short of money at all, so why didn't he take out grain to help the disaster victims?
Just then, Liu Rengui walked over, and Li Zhi immediately asked the question that had been bothering him.
"Mr. Liu, why is Chang'an County not providing disaster relief to the victims?"
Liu Rengui, having seen the world, immediately shook his head upon hearing this.
"Your Highness, you are mistaken."
"The number of disaster victims this time is so large that Wannian County alone cannot handle it. If it weren't for the help from Chang'an County, the number of people coming to eat porridge today would have flooded the porridge stalls!"
Li Zhi shook his head, still puzzled.
"Then why..."
"Your Highness, you don't think that only distributing porridge counts as disaster relief, do you?"
Isn't that so?
"The disaster victims have traveled thousands of miles, and they are all starving. If we don't give them porridge, are we just going to watch them starve to death?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Rengui smiled slightly, thinking to himself that his crown prince was indeed adorably silly.
"Your Highness may not know this, but there have always been two types of disaster relief: one is the direct distribution of food, as we do, and the other is work relief."
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