Chapter 1007: Clear Water Leads to No Fish
After Luo Qinghan arrived in Jingzhao Prefecture, he immediately ordered someone to pass a message to the city defense camp, and the soldiers of the city defense camp held iron shields and went to the west of the city to rescue the affected people.
In the British palace.
Xiao Xixi suddenly woke up from her sleep.
She threw back the quilt, sat up, raised her hand to cover her forehead, and her face turned pale.
She had just had a nightmare.
In her dream she saw a vast sea of blood and corpses.
Luo Qinghan was standing in a sea of blood, with countless bloody hands reaching out and grabbing his limbs tightly, trying to drag him into the abyss.
Xiao Xixi wanted to help him, but as soon as she took a step forward, she fell straight down!
Then she was awakened.
In the quiet guest room, green smoke slowly rises from the incense burner and a faint fragrance spreads.
This spice seems to have a calming effect.
Xiao Xixi's emotions gradually calmed down.
She often dreams, but she usually has good dreams and rarely has nightmares.
Once a nightmare occurs, it is inevitably accompanied by bad luck.
The images in nightmares are not only signs, but also warnings.
She suspected that someone was planning to harm Luo Qinghan.
She closed her eyes and tried to tell fortunes for Luo Qinghan to see what his fate would be.
But all she could see was darkness.
Darkness can represent destruction or the unknown.
Xiao Xixi couldn't be sure which one it was.
But no matter which one it is, it's not a good thing.
Xiao Xixi was completely sleepless.
She put on her shoes, walked around the screen, and reached out to open the door.
The cold wind blew in suddenly, blowing up her skirt.
She shivered from the cold and rubbed her arms subconsciously.
The sky outside was still gloomy and hail was still falling, but the hail had become much smaller.
Almost all the flowers and trees in the courtyard were damaged by the hail, mud pits were formed on the grass, many tiles on the eaves were also broken, and broken porcelain pieces were scattered on the corridor.
It's a mess.
When the British Palace was built, Concubine Hui did not care about money at all. All the best and most expensive building materials were used. After that, the British Palace was inspected every year, so the entire British Palace was extremely solid. This sudden report did not cause too much damage to the palace.
But the same cannot be said for the civilians outside.
Their houses were made of the cheapest materials and could not withstand such destruction, so damage was inevitable.
The only thing to be thankful for was that it was winter and the crops in the fields outside the city had long been harvested, so there was no need to worry about hail destroying the precious crops.
But then again, hail usually occurs in spring and summer. It is rare to have hail in winter, especially such severe hail at once.
Today's hailstorm was beyond common sense and a bit weird.
Xiao Xixi thought of the ominous nightmare she had just had and felt more and more uneasy.
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The hail did not last long.
By evening, the hail had completely stopped.
The servants in the British palace went out one after another, taking tools to clean up the mess and calculate the specific losses in the palace.
Luo Yechen didn't care about the loss of property. He just wanted to know that everyone in the mansion was safe.
The situation is similar for other royal families in the city. Each family has suffered losses, but the problem is not serious and can be made up by spending some money.
In comparison, the civilians living in the west of the city suffered much greater losses.
Many civilians' houses were smashed and crushed by hail, and many people were injured.
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion appeared in time and transferred the wounded to a safe place, thus reducing the number of casualties to a minimum.
After the hail stopped, the emperor personally came to the west of the city to check it out. He stated that the medical expenses of all the injured would be covered by the court, and asked Jingzhao Prefecture to send people to help the affected people rebuild their houses.
Before the houses are built, the victims can find their own accommodation or accept the government's arrangement to stay temporarily in Shengguang Temple.
In addition, the victims can receive subsidies for three meals a day, which prevents some poor victims from starving or freezing to death because they have nowhere to go.
The people were originally full of complaints about the sudden hailstorm, and some even took their anger out on the emperor, thinking that if the emperor had not made God unhappy, God would not have sent down such a disaster.
But the emperor's series of appeasement measures were so effective that the victims' resentment quickly dissipated.
As for the remaining resentment, it depends on whether the court can carry out the emperor's orders to the end.
Shengjing City had suffered disasters before, and the imperial court would provide subsidies in order to appease the people, but each time it was just nice words on the surface, and in the end very little actually fell into the hands of the victims.
The people are not stupid. If they think more about the twists and turns, they will naturally figure out the reasons.
With the lessons learned from the past, the people are now inevitably more skeptical when faced with the court's appeasement.
Luo Qinghan also knew how many tricks were hidden in the imperial court's disaster relief.
The money used to appease the victims was allocated from the national treasury, and every time it passed through several hands, a portion of it would be reduced. By the time it finally reached the hands of the people, they were lucky if there was any money left.
Corruption has always been a big problem, not just in the Great Sheng Dynasty, but in all dynasties.
Many emperors have been determined to crack down on corruption, but with little success.
When the water is too clear, there will be no fish.
Luo Qinghan knew that corruption was a big problem and that he couldn't act rashly.
He handed a handwritten note to Zhao Xian and gave instructions.
"Send this imperial edict to the cabinet and the six ministries. I summon five cabinet ministers and the six ministers to the palace to discuss the matter."
“Here!”
Zhao Xian left the room holding the imperial edict.
Luo Qinghan rubbed his forehead and felt a little tired.
But he still had to go to the King of England's palace to pick up Xixi and bring her back to the palace. This was what he had promised Xixi and he had to do it.
Luo Qinghan supported himself on the table with one hand, preparing to stand up.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, his body tilted, and he fell to the side!
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and used his elbows to support the ground in time, so he did not fall to the ground in embarrassment.
He fell to the ground and shook his head.
The vision gradually went from blurry to clear.
But my temples were still throbbing and I felt very uncomfortable.
Luo Qinghan picked up the teacup on the table and drank the remaining half of the cold tea.
The cold tea slid down my throat and flowed into my internal organs.
I also became more awake and no longer felt so uncomfortable in my head.
Luo Qinghan sat down and rested for a while, then stood up again.
This time he did not fall down, nor did he experience blackouts again.
He stood up smoothly as usual, everything was normal, nothing unusual.
It was as if the scene of almost falling just now was just an illusion.
Luo Qinghan felt that he was probably dizzy because he was too tired just now, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
But to be on the safe side, he still planned to ask the imperial physician to examine his body after returning to the palace.
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My period has come and I feel very uncomfortable. I will update this chapter today and the remaining two chapters will be updated tomorrow at noon.
Good night everyone~
I only updated one chapter tonight, so I won't ask for monthly tickets. I'll ask for monthly tickets when I finish it tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)
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