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When Li Shimin brought people to Cheng'an County, Cheng'an County was still in chaos.

Many people who were injured or sick in the floods were treated at the city gate.

Lying on the makeshift floor, wailing.

The entire Cheng'an County is in chaos.

I went up to inquire about it and found that those who came forward to treat the injured were also local aristocratic families and wealthy families.

Several people went to the Yamen again, and only found a few officers. The Yamen's place was also used to resettle the refugees.

When I asked the officers, they didn't know where the county magistrate was. They only knew that the county magistrate of Cheng'an County had lost his wife in his early years and had a seventeen or eighteen-year-old son living with him in the county.

After asking about the residence of the county magistrate Wang Shang, Li Shimin and the others searched there again.

"Second Master, no one answered." Li Zhong went to call the door and came back and said.

"Then open the door!" Li Shimin really caught fire.

Cheng'an County is like this, but the magistrate of Cheng'an County is missing.

Li Zhong did as he was told and broke in through the door.

"Second Master, the magistrate of Cheng'an County seems to be living a rather poor life." Yan Kai turned around and said.

Just looking at the furnishings in the room, they are very simple, and can even be described as crude.

And there are no signs of moving in the room, it doesn't look like everything was taken away.

"What's the use of being miserable? I don't want them to live in poverty by making them officials!" Li Shimin said angrily: "Parent officials! Parents officials! They want to take good care of the people under my rule just like their parents!"

"Now there is a flood in Cheng'an County, but we can't find the magistrate of Cheng'an County! No matter how incorruptible an official like this is, what's the use?"

Yan Kai and Li Zhong had nothing to say after hearing this.

"Okay, we almost understand the situation in Cheng'an County and Weizhou."

Li Shimin said: "The governor of Weizhou is an official..."

At this point, he really hesitated. Liu Min was really hard to define. People all knew that he was greedy, but the money he stole was not for his own use.

"Let Liu Min come to see me, and then send people to search for the whereabouts of Wang Shang, the magistrate of Cheng'an County!"

We have found out clearly that Weizhou is not a big state. With Li Shimin's will, relief supplies will be implemented soon.

This state government official should be rewarded and punished.

The magistrate of Cheng'an County is missing, so he must be caught!

"Yes!" Li Zhong replied: "Then shall we go back to Weizhou or..."

"In Cheng'an County, ask everyone to come over and help resettle the refugees!"

"Yes!"

Li Zhong went to arrange these, while Yan Kai made a pot of tea and asked Li Shimin to sit down: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. In fact, although the disaster in Cheng'an County seems to be serious now, the people of Cheng'an are doing well."

"Many people from Cheng'an County came here to help the victims, and I have asked them all. The damage to their fields may be greater, but the casualties are pretty good."

"However, there will be a major epidemic after a major disaster. Your Majesty must arrange for people to prepare early."

"Hey!" Li Shimin took the tea made by Yan Kai: "There are no outsiders here. Actually, I am angry with myself."

He smiled bitterly: "In your words, I'm floating!"

Yan Kai didn't expect that Li Shimin would also know about the jokes he usually made with the second grade boy.

"When I was in the palace, all I saw was how much the Tang Dynasty's taxes had increased this year, how much more land we had, how many more troops, and how much more food we had."

"It seems that the Tang Dynasty has become stronger and stronger, and the country should be peaceful and the people are safe. But I never thought that after only a few days here, I found that this is not the case at all."

"Let's just talk about the governor of Weizhou. I know in my heart that he must be a good official. He sold his official position because he was short of money. In a state with serious floods like Weizhou, the court should collect less taxes and let him leave more. It’s better to use the money to manage the rivers!”

Li Shimin has always been a monarch who is good at summarizing and admitting his mistakes.

When it comes to governing the country, Yan Kai is far behind him.

He could only say comfortingly: "Your Majesty, in fact, at that time, various problems would arise in the process of development. Our leader said that it was like crossing the river by feeling for the stones."

Hearing Yan Kai talk about this, Li Shimin didn't feel sleepy anymore.

"Crossing the river by feeling the stones? This is a bit interesting!" Li Shimin nodded and said: "If you think about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case. I don't know how deep and shallow the water ahead is, so I can only cross the river by feeling the stones slowly. Move forward slowly.”

The capital of Weizhou is not far from Cheng'an County, and Liu Min arrived that afternoon.

"Your Majesty, my humble minister!" Liu Min glanced at Li Shimin secretly, only to realize that it was the man who bought food from him yesterday.

"Okay!" Li Shimin asked expressionlessly, "Do you know why I'm looking for you?"

Hearing Li Shimin's somewhat unkind tone, Liu Min asked awkwardly: "But is it because I didn't sell food to Your Majesty yesterday?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Before Li Shimin could react, he shouted: "How can other state capitals lend us so much grain at this time? There are actually only two carts of grain in it, or all the property of the official Pawned and bought.”

"The rest are all filled with sediment. You said that the official can't sell you the sediment as food!"

Li Shimin: "..."

This Liu Min is really interesting. How could he be looking for him because he doesn't sell his food?

He was afraid that he had guessed the reason, but he made a mistake here in this way.

"Okay, don't pretend to me. I know a lot about you. If you tell the truth, I can forget about it."

Liu Min also looked serious at this time and said: "Your Majesty, I have been asking the court to allocate funds for the construction of water conservancy projects since the fourth year of Wude, but there has been no approval for so many years."

"So you have the idea of ​​selling your official position and getting a title?"

"That's right, I have sold my official position and engaged in various corruptions in recent years, totaling 8219 and 480 articles." Liu Min took out a booklet from his arms and handed it over: "It's all recorded in this account book."

Li Shimin took a look and found that every transaction was recorded in detail, and all the money was used to improve people's livelihood.

"Why are there an extra hundred or so strings?" Li Shimin asked in confusion when he saw the end.

"That's what I save from my daily salary."

Then there was a long silence.

After a long time, Li Shimin finally said: "Don't be the governor of Weizhou..."

"There are no rules. If all the governors in the world were like you, wouldn't it be chaos?"

"From now on, you will be appointed as the censor, and help me see what there is about the Tang Dynasty that I didn't understand in Chang'an."

Liu Min was stunned. He didn't expect that not only was he not punished, but he would also be reused?

"Then Weizhou Water Conservancy..."

"Give me a breakdown of how much it will cost. I will ask the Ministry of Industry to review it and give Weizhou special funds to build water conservancy projects. Do you have anyone to recommend for the new candidate for the governor of Weizhou?"

Li Shimin didn't want his hard work in Weizhou to be in vain, so he asked this question.

Unexpectedly, Liu Min said: "Actually, the best candidate is Wang Shang, the magistrate of Cheng'an County."

"Who are you talking about?"