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As soon as the two sat down, Leng Yu couldn't wait to say:

"I just came back from the Ministry of Household Affairs. According to Mr. Zhang's report, there are 850 million taels of cash available in the treasury. I think we can use the money from the treasury to resettle these victims."

Hearing this, Liu Dechang frowned,

"It's not a small number to resettle these victims. Now that the emperor is seriously ill, we can't make this decision casually. If the emperor blames him, we can't bear the crime."

"The emperor has decreed that all matters in the court will be decided by me. Besides, what's wrong with opening warehouses and releasing money for the sake of these disaster-stricken people? Take ten thousand steps back and say, if the father really blames me, I will be alone. Just take it."

"This is not something you can afford alone. The treasury's money is easily not allowed to be used for emergencies. Even when it is urgently needed for marching and fighting, you only dare to use a very small part. Now that there are so many victims, how do you Resettlement, if we rebuild their homes, that is not a small sum!"

Leng Yu frowned, pondered for a while, and said seriously:

"There are a lot of victims this time. If we don't resettle them in time, it will inevitably cause turmoil. If we want to resettle them reasonably, we have no choice but to use the silver in the treasury. Don't worry, General Liu. I will handle all the consequences alone. Don't worry, you won't hurt others."

After saying this, he turned his head solemnly, "Xiao Lingzi, call Ah Li."

"Yes……"

After Xiao Lingzi took the order, he quickly walked out of the main hall.

Liu Dechang sighed there, shook his head and explained,

"I've lived to this age, and I'm not afraid of getting involved. I just think that it's better to wait until the emperor wakes up to make a decision about opening the treasury and taking money to help the victims, so as to ensure nothing goes wrong."

Leng Yu took a sip of the tea, and the moment he put down the cup, he looked up at Liu Dechang,

"General Liu, you don't know anything. Lan'er said that the emperor's body will not return to normal after at least half a year. These disaster victims can't wait, and we can't afford to wait. Now their daily food and drink expenses are twice as much as we expected. , the only way is to settle them down as soon as possible, I will be the master of this matter, and if there are any problems in the future, I will take care of them alone."

Seeing his serious words, Liu Dechang did not refute. He also knew that if these disaster victims were to be properly resettled, there was no other way but to take out the money in the national treasury first.

After a while, Xiao Lingzi came with Ah Li, and after saluting, Ah Li replied directly:

"My lord, according to your instructions, I have done some calculations to resettle the more than 3 victims. Taking the family as the unit, an average of three people will build a house, and 15 houses need to be built. According to your proposal, they will be built together. Although the suggestion of building a house can save the material of a wall, each room still needs 16 taels of silver, so the construction of the house alone will cost 5000 taels.”

"Well, what about the cost of water treatment and land refurbishment?"

"There are about 12 mu of land affected by the disaster in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The cost of reclaiming the land is about 5000 taels. The cost of water control needs to be measured locally. I made a conservative estimate. Building water conservancy, building rivers and embankments will cost less. It takes 3 taels, and the cost of food and drink for these people on the road. Calculated in three months, it will cost at least 18 taels. Each person will be given 15 taels of silver for daily expenses, which will cost 56 taels. Calculated in total, It takes 60 taels to resettle these victims, plus the food and clothing you bring back and forth with the officers and soldiers in the capital, you need to take out [-] taels from the treasury."

This number made Liu Dechang take a breath,

"Need so much? According to what you said, this almost uses up one-tenth of the national silver inventory. This is not a small number!"

"It only takes one-tenth of the treasury to resettle these victims. I think it's worth it. I'm going to prepare now. If possible, I'll take a trip to Jiangsu and Zhejiang myself."

With this decision, Leng Yu immediately decided to enter the palace. He had to talk to Luo Lan first, so that she wouldn't worry about it.

When he came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he was immediately stunned by the sight in front of him.

Even though it was already evening, there were still no less than ten concubines kneeling here, the leaders being Concubine Li and Concubine Li.

Seeing Leng Yu approaching, Liu Xi hastily greeted him,

"Prince Yu, are you here?"

Leng Yu frowned and nodded, then asked in a low voice:

"How is this going?"

Liu Xi shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"They insisted that Princess Yu wanted to harm the emperor, that she would kneel and die here, and plead for the emperor's life, but the old slave couldn't persuade her to go back. Look, what should I do?"

Leng Yu glanced at these people. Among these people, except Concubine Li Gui and Concubine Li Gui with firm eyes, the rest of them were looking around from time to time. From their expressions and movements, Leng Yu could tell that they were not I don't want to kneel here all the time, or in other words, they were drawn here by Concubine Li Gui.

So, he came before the crowd and said with a serious face:

"Why are you ladies kneeling here?"

These dozens of empresses looked up at her one after another, Concubine Li was the first to say:

"We learned that the emperor was imprisoned here by Princess Yu, and his life and death were unknown, so we were worried, so we wanted to go in and have a look, but Eunuch Liu refused to let us in. We had no choice but to kneel here and wait..."

Leng Yu's face darkened, and he understood in his heart that it seemed that these women came here on purpose to find trouble.

So, he cleared his throat and said coldly:

"The emperor is seriously ill. Princess Yu is treating the emperor. It is reasonable for Mr. Liu not to let you see him. If you insist on kneeling here, please go ahead. Come and arrange two hundred imperial guards to guard here. Anyone who wants to go in will be shot and killed."

After leaving these words, he frowned coldly, and said to Zhang Yuan:

"Zhang Yuan, Xiaotanzi, the two of you are guarding here. Whoever dares to make trouble will not be lightly forgiven."

Zhang Yuan and Xiaotanzi hurriedly clasped their fists together and replied:

"My subordinate understands."

Leng Yu looked at these empresses again, and continued to say calmly:

"The weather is neither cold nor hot, but it may be a little chilly at night. To show your concern for the emperor, the ladies should kneel here, but the emperor will be able to do so in seven days. Wake up, you have been kneeling here for seven days, it is really embarrassing for you, come here, prepare a few mats for the ladies, and prepare some hot tea to serve, by the way, there are many mosquitoes at night, prepare a few plates of incense..."

Before he finished speaking, a lady behind stood up,

"My back hurts recently, I can't kneel for a long time, ladies, I'll go back first."

Seeing that someone left first, the rest of them also got up one after another, without saying hello, they walked away in despair.

Concubine Li looked at these women who were running away, and wanted to stop, but because Leng Yu was in front of her, she could only itch with hatred.

When only Concubine Li Gui and Concubine Li Gui were left here, Leng Yu suddenly sneered,

"Xiao Lingzi, we still have business to do, so don't disturb the two ladies kneeling here."

After saying that, he looked at Eunuch Liu again,

"Zhang Yuan and Xiaotanzi stay here, if you have anything to do, just call them, you don't have to do anything, just guard this door well."