The people finally had the porridge they had not tasted for a long time. Even if it was just mixed grain porridge, it made them very happy.
Everyone received the porridge on the spot and stood aside, holding it carefully and drinking it in small sips.
No matter how slowly they drank, the bowl of porridge would soon be finished.
Just as I was feeling regretful, someone suddenly knelt down towards the sky.
"Thank you Taizu for appearing! Thank you God for your mercy! Thank you Emperor for serving the people wholeheartedly. Long live the Emperor!"
One person took the lead, and the people in the whole city followed suit and knelt down.
"Thank you Taizu for appearing! Thank you God for your mercy! Thank you Emperor for serving the people wholeheartedly. Long live the Emperor!"
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At the same time, in the nearby cities, counties, towns, townships, and even villages, anyone who received porridge and food would kneel down to express their gratitude, or be led to kneel down and say a lot of words of gratitude.
As long as these people express their gratitude sincerely, it will be transformed into gratitude points for the trading mall.
Listening to the endless "ding-dang-dang" sounds, Xiaoqi was so happy that he turned into a ball, bouncing back and forth in the space.
You know what, this scene is really a bit scary.
However, Qian Xiaolan glanced at the system data and grinned.
In just a short while, they had already received more than 50,000 gratitude points, and were currently only 8,000 gratitude points away from upgrading the system to level six.
Xiao Jue’s current disaster relief activities must be limited to places close to the imperial city. In just a few days, when the supplies spread across the country, wouldn’t the gratitude value come in like flowing water?
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Three years of natural disasters during the Great Yan Dynasty caused panic among the people.
Although Xiao Jue led the civil and military officials to try every possible means to obtain food and water from other countries for the people again and again.
But there are still people who are not satisfied, and are filled with resentment by just a few words from those with ill intentions.
As a wise ruler, Xiao Jue must have had good methods. In addition to secret guards, he also cultivated a loyal intelligence organization.
It can be said that his spies are all over the country.
Two months ago, he received news that someone finally couldn't sit still anymore.
Before, he had always been worried about the food problem of the people. Now that there is space for trading and supplies can be transported through a clear channel, he can finally free up some time to warn those people.
Xiao Jue not only asked the officials who distributed porridge and grain to warn the people, but also took direct action in the court.
The speed is so fast that it catches people off guard!
He produced a bunch of evidence of corruption and bribery by a second-rank official.
Then, he directly ordered people to detain the official, arrest others, and confiscate their property.
All those who have colluded with this official will also be detained together.
In an instant, one-tenth of the court was empty.
Such swift and decisive action made all the ministers feel uneasy. Those who had dirty hands and the emperor had not found out about them were even more nervous, fearing that the emperor would target them next.
Xiao Jue was not an emperor who killed people indiscriminately, but he was a ruthless person.
When Xiao Jue first ascended the throne, he arrested a third-rank official in the court.
Just like this time, evidence of the official's abuse of power was directly presented.
Colluding with businessmen to raise prices, forcing women of good character into prostitution, and bullying men and women!
The people are angry but dare not speak out!
Xiao Jue was very decisive. As soon as he ascended the throne, he used this official to establish his authority.
His house and that of the female merchant were raided.
All male members of the clan and other criminals were exiled to the frontier to do hard labor after being executed, and the women were immediately sent to become prostitutes.
This was actually nothing. The most outrageous thing Xiao Jue did was that he asked people to find many ruffians to find those prostitutes, and also had people escort the official and the female merchant to stand outside the door and listen to his wife, daughter and mother being humiliated.
This is how murderous and heartbreaking it is!
However, what is even more horrifying is that the official and the female merchant were tortured to death by lingchi.
When they were executed, all their family members were present to watch. After the execution, all the men were exiled regardless of whether they were crazy or not.
The women who could hold on continued to work as prostitutes, while those who couldn't were frightened to death or went crazy on the spot.
That shock gave all the civil and military officials in the court a new understanding of this young king.
In the past, I only thought that he was brave, resourceful and talented.
Later I learned that his methods were terrible.
Now, many years have passed, and Xiao Jue has started to arrest people to establish his authority, which immediately makes the officials in the court panic.
The emperor was a good emperor, but his methods were sometimes too cruel.
Civil and military officials waited anxiously in the court, and when the court was dismissed, the emperor personally led people to search the house.
The emperor was seen clearing out all the tables, chairs, benches, books, bookshelves, desks, wardrobes, boxes, flowers and bonsai from the officials' homes.
The emperor was seen carrying out boxes of gold, silver and jewelry from the secret room.
I also saw the rockery being flattened and the floor tiles being pried away.
Civil and military officials: "..."
The expressions of the old men on the subway looking at their phones.
What is the emperor doing?
Is there a secret beneath every floor tile?
Xiao Jue frowned.
There is no secret.
He just thinks that this floor tile is very beautiful, maybe the female ghost will like it?
If he prepares more things, he will definitely be able to exchange more supplies when the time comes.
After returning to the palace, he had a dozen boxes of things collected from officials' houses carried to the imperial study, then he dismissed everyone and entered the space.
[Girl, I found many boxes of books during my house search today. There are some medical books and paintings and calligraphy by famous artists. The rest are just miscellaneous books. You can read them to kill time when you are free.]
It is 10 o'clock in the morning, Beijing time.
Qian Xiaolan is continuing to wander around Beijing with Gu Yanqing and Qian Rongsheng, feeling the cultural atmosphere unique to this era.
Sensing the movement in the space, Qian Xiaolan stopped, immersed her consciousness in the space, took a look, and replied:
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