Chapter 34 The Poor Emperor

"Your Majesty!"

Wang Shengdi bowed down as soon as he saw Lu Changjing.

He wore a blue straight-hem jacket and a black official hat, and his face was full of sorrow. He didn't look like a senior official or a high-ranking master at all. Instead, he looked like an old farmer in official uniform.

Lu Changjing asked him to stand up: "What's the matter with you, Lord Wang?"

"Your Majesty, there is a great epidemic in Chengyu County. Hundreds of thousands of people are in dire straits. We urgently need to send people to help, and at the same time, we must prevent the spread of the epidemic."

"Your Majesty, please allocate funds to help Chengyu County so that hundreds of thousands of people can survive."

...

Wang Shengdi said earnestly and bowed down again.

Lu Changjing's face changed slightly, and asked Wang Shengdi to tell him about Chengyu County in detail.

No one had reported this matter yet, and he didn't know the details.

According to Wang Shengdi, the epidemic in Chengyu County was related to demons and monsters. It was because a group of demons and monsters fought each other, affecting many civilians.

Among these demons and ghosts, there are demons that are good at poisoning and release various poisons at will, which caused this epidemic.

Although those demons and ghosts are no longer fighting, various poisons have flowed into the Mang River, the water source of Chengyu County, and the epidemic started from the Mang River.

Chengyu County has a population of more than one million, and most of the people use the water of the Mang River, so the disaster is very severe.

In just half a month, more than ten thousand people have died tragically, and hundreds of thousands of people are in dire straits.

Every day that passes, a large number of people die tragically, and there is no time to delay.

Looking at Wang Shengdi with tears in his eyes, Lu Changjing was silent for a while, thinking whether to agree to this matter.

It's just a county, and there are only a few hundred thousand people affected by the disaster. For Emperor Daning, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Cao Wenzheng also said that if you encounter some small things, you can make your own decisions, so as not to be called the emperor who shirks his responsibilities and damage Ning Zhongyu's reputation.

In that case, then agree to it: "Okay, I agree!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wang Shengdi bowed again, and with the imperial order, he immediately went to the Ministry of Revenue to collect various supplies, preparing to go to Chengyu County in person to provide disaster relief.

Looking at Wang Shengdi's figure walking away quickly, thinking of the information about him, Lu Changjing also sighed a little. It is said that when this Lord Wang married his daughter, he couldn't even afford the dowry.

If Wang Shengdi didn't care too much about the common people and always liked to use his own pocket to help the people, he wouldn't have lived such a hard life.

The official uniform looked bright, but it was actually quite old, and there seemed to be patches on the back.

Such officials are the officials needed by the Great Ning Dynasty. When I replace Ning Zhongyu, I must reuse them.

I can't marginalize their positions like Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzheng and others, which made Wang Shengdi so hard.

Sighing, Lu Changjing stopped thinking about it and continued to practice, and at the same time, he devoted a little energy to understand the contents of each memorial.

But not long after practicing, Cao Wenzheng came in angrily from outside, and closed the door of the imperial study to prevent outsiders from seeing what was happening inside.

"Pah pah pah..."

Several blasts of energy shot over and landed on various parts of Lu Changjing's body. Lu Changjing could only pretend to be in pain. In fact, this little attack could not even shake his hair.

Seeing that Lu Changjing could not bear the "pain", Cao Wenzheng was afraid of killing this substitute that he had cultivated with great difficulty, so he stopped.

"Lu Changjing, why did you agree to the disaster relief? Didn't I tell you that you need to discuss with me before making a decision when encountering major events?"

Lu Changjing smiled bitterly: "Lord Cao, it's just a county, and there are only a few hundred thousand people affected by the disaster. It shouldn't be a big deal. I agreed to it so as not to damage His Majesty's face and say that I am shirking the emperor's responsibility."

"A county! Hundreds of thousands of people? You make it sound so light." Cao Wenzhen sneered: "Anything that involves spending resources and money is a big deal, even if it only involves a county and hundreds of thousands of people."

Lu Changjing was helpless: "Lord Cao didn't tell me about this."

"Pa Pa Pa..."

Cao Wenzhen sent out several more air-borne energies: "You dare to talk back? I didn't say it, but you can't understand it yourself."

"This..." Lu Changjing took a deep breath: "I remember."

Cao Wenzhen put away his anger, and he also knew that he was a little unreasonable in this matter.

I clearly told Lu Changjing that he could make his own decisions on some small matters, but I didn't make many things clear, which is why things went wrong.

But think about it carefully, Lu Changjing will know about this matter sooner or later, otherwise if there is a problem again, it will arouse suspicion.

"Do you know why you can't agree to anything involving the consumption of resources and money, no matter how big or small, or you can't agree to it at all." Cao Wen Zheng asked.

Lu Changjing shook his head.

"Because the royal secret treasury and the national treasury of the Daning Dynasty are empty, and the resources and money in them have been used by His Majesty to buy various cultivation resources, and there is nothing left." Cao Wen Zheng was also a little helpless: "So once you agree to this kind of thing, you can't take out the resources and money, and you can only find a way to raise them yourself."

"Uh..."

Lu Changjing was dumbfounded. Is it necessary to be so pit, that is the national treasury and royal secret treasury of the Daning Dynasty, with taxes and various industrial incomes from tens of thousands of miles of territory, how could it be empty.

Although he knew that Ning Zhongyu was irresponsible, Lu Changjing still didn't expect that he was so irresponsible that he didn't even leave a little emergency resource and money for the royal secret treasury and the national treasury.

This is not an emperor at all, he is just a worm sucking blood from Daning, and he doesn't care about the life and death of Daning Dynasty at all.

No wonder he has to shirk everything, because if you want to do anything, you basically need to spend resources and money.

Now the secret treasury and the national treasury are all empty, what can you do.

Lu Changjing was speechless: "Lord Cao, what should we do now?"

"What else can we do? You have already promised disaster relief on behalf of His Majesty. Now we can only find a way to sell part of the royal property and then give it to Wang Shengdi for disaster relief." Cao Wenzheng said angrily, and couldn't help but hit Lu Changjing again.

He knew very well that Ning Zhongyu cared most about resources and money, because these were related to his practice.

Now that Lu Changjing has caused damage to his industry, he will definitely not let Lu Changjing have an easy time after he leaves the confinement, and he will also be punished.

When you are at home, disasters come from the sky.

It’s his fault that he didn’t tell Lu Changjing about this matter for Ning Zhongyu’s face, which led to the accident. Speaking of it, he is also responsible.

Suddenly Lu Changjing thought of something and couldn’t help asking: "Master Cao, if you encounter such a disaster that needs relief in the future, can you only shirk it? What if you can’t shirk it?"