After entering Weihui, more than 300 people booked Weihui's two largest hotels again.

After moving in, Chongzhen immediately sent a letter of thanks to King Zhu Changzi of Lu and asked Yue Yang to take someone to deliver it.

Prince Lu's Mansion was built in the 13th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and was originally one of the three mansions in northern Henan.

King Lu was extremely extravagant and wanted to build more than just official rooms, pavilions, terraces and buildings.

Outside the main entrance of the palace, a white three-arch bridge was built, with the Yudai River connected to the city river from east to west, the upper part connected to Meng Jiangnu, and the lower part connected to the Wei River, making it easy to visit.

It stretches from Fucheng to the east, to the south of Gongyuan Street, and to the west of Jingting Hutong.

To the north of the back streets of the Imperial City, 928 houses were built, including the Beijing Tower, the Flower Tower, the Meishan Tower, and the Dressing Tower.

The architecture of Prince Lu's Mansion is very similar to that of the Forbidden City, and its level of luxury is in sharp contrast to the ordinary people's residences in Weihui Mansion.

As soon as Yue Yang dismounted in front of the palace gate with five royal guards, he was immediately stopped by a group of guards. The leader shouted sharply:

"This is Prince Lu's Mansion, please leave quickly!"

Yue Yang was neither humble nor arrogant and said:

"Excuse me, please let me know. Jin Yiwei knows that Yue Yang has something important to ask to see King Lu!"

Hearing that the person who came was actually a Jinyi guard, the guard was stunned for a moment and then said:

"Wait here!"

It took about two minutes for the guard to come out:

"Your Majesty invites you!"

Now the Jinyiwei are no longer the Jinyiwei they were before Zhu Cixi traveled through time. The palace guards did not dare to show off in front of Yue Yang and immediately led the way to introduce Yue Yang into Yin'an Palace.

Sitting on the dragon chair in the Yin'an Hall of Prince Lu's Mansion is a young man wearing a blue python robe. This person is none other than Prince Lu of Zhu Changzi.

Yue Yang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed:

"Commander of the Jinyi Guards, I know Yue Yang, please see the prince!"

King Lu looked at Yue Yang up and down before saying slowly:

"Free of charge!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although Yue Yang is the commander of the Imperial Guard and a popular figure around the Crown Prince, he still has to be respectful in front of the Prince. He is a relative of the Emperor, a descendant of Emperor Chengzu, the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon!

King Zhu Changzi of Lu did not talk too much and spoke freely. Theme:

"The king and Jin Yiwei have never been in contact with each other. Why did Jin Yiwei suddenly visit Prince Lu's Mansion?"

Seeing King Lu's question, Yue Yang immediately stood up and handed the letter written by Emperor Chongzhen to King Lu to King Lu Zhu Changqi:

"I have been ordered to inspect various places in the Ming Dynasty. Before leaving, your Majesty has a letter to transfer the humble post to the prince. Please read it!"

When the people suffered disaster, Chongzhen could reprimand and punish ministers and local officials, but he could not blame the vassal kings. They did not care about political affairs and only cared about eating, drinking and having fun.

In order to ask King Lu Zhu Changzi to provide surplus grain to relieve the victims, Chongzhen could only discuss it with King Lu by writing a letter. He could not directly send an order to King Lu to release grain like he did with ministers.

King Lu did not have that responsibility. He ignored the emperor at all. If Ming Dynasty was not managed well, it was because the emperor was incompetent and had nothing to do with their vassals.

King Zhu Changzi of Lu was suddenly stunned. Why did the emperor write to him and ask Jin Yiwei to send it to him? He ate, drank, had fun, and lived in a dream every day. It seemed that he had not violated any Ming laws.

After being stunned for a short time, King Zhu Changzi of Lu hurriedly bowed and took the letter, quickly opened it and read it. The more he read, the more he frowned.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen learned that there was a severe drought in Henan and people were dying of starvation, so he wrote to King Lu, explaining that the Ming Dynasty was suffering from internal and external problems and the treasury was empty, and hoped that King Lu could provide some surplus grain to help the people.

After reading the letter from Emperor Chongzhen to him, King Lu felt very unhappy and did not speak for a long time.

After becoming the ancestor, the Ming Dynasty was very strict with the vassal kings. They were not allowed to interact with ministers, leave the fiefdom, take imperial examinations, or serve as officials. Without an imperial edict, they could not be in the capital. The previous King Lu died because he missed his mother, and he died in Lu.

Wangjing Tower was built in the Wangfu Palace.

To put it simply, the emperor is responsible for governing the world, and the vassal king starts the pig-raising mode and only eats, drinks and has fun.

But Emperor Chongzhen actually reached out to his King Lu for food. It was simply unreasonable. The people were starving to death and it had nothing to do with King Lu. It was simply shameless for the emperor to do this.

In fact, the face-conscious Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to do this, but seeing so many people starving to death in Henan, Emperor Chongzhen was very sad, so he decided to put aside his dignity and ask King Lu for food.

However, it was not appropriate to refuse directly. Since the emperor had already put down his face, how could he refuse without hesitation? After struggling for a long time, King Zhu Changxi of Lu slowly spoke:

"Nowadays, there is a serious drought in Henan, and my fiefdom is not spared either. Thousands of people in the palace are also eating and drinking. However, as a descendant of Emperor Hongwu Gao, I will not let the people in my fiefdom starve to death. I decided to take

Give five thousand dan of food for disaster relief and see off the guests!"

After King Lu finished speaking, he stood up and left.

Yue Yang began to feel excited by King Lu's upright words. Who would have expected that King Lu would only provide five thousand shi of food for disaster relief, which was a drop in the bucket for the people of Weihui.

There is no way, Yue Yang, the temporary imperial envoy, is not of much use to the prince. If it were not for Chongzhen's letter, he would not be favored by you at all.

When Prince Lu returned to his palace, his face immediately darkened. Although Prince Lu's palace still had more than 100,000 shi of grain and a million taels of silver, he believed that disaster relief was a matter for the Ming Dynasty court and had nothing to do with him, Prince Lu.

"Someone is coming!"

As King Lu finished speaking, the palace steward Zhu Quan entered the palace and bowed:

"Your Majesty!"

King Lu looked at the housekeeper and asked:

"Are many people really starving to death outside?"

"Reporting to the prince, people are starving to death everywhere. I heard that there are people who have taken refuge with the bandits in order not to starve to death. They may pose a threat to the prince's palace in the future. The prince must make preparations in advance. It is best to ask the prefect to send troops to protect the palace!

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Hearing that some people were taking refuge with the bandits, King Lu became a little nervous. He was not afraid of the court or Emperor Chongzhen, but he was still wary of the bandits. Even the Fengyang Emperor's mausoleum was dug up, not to mention the small Prince Lu's palace.

After thinking for a moment, King Lu said:

"Let's do this. For the safety of the palace, you personally deliver 10,000 shi of grain to the magistrate's office, and ask the magistrate to send troops to protect Prince Lu's palace. Once there is any loss in Prince Lu's palace, the prefect will wait to be exterminated!"

Xiong Wenju, the prefect of Wei Hui, frowned as he looked at the documents sent by the counties below. In order to alleviate the disaster, he had released grain twice for disaster relief. Unexpectedly, the drought was followed by the locust plague, and the locust plague was followed by the drought again.

Large numbers of victims appeared one after another, leaving the prefect Xiong Wenju without any countermeasures. He repeatedly reported to the court asking for disaster relief, but there was no news from the government at all.

There was still some surplus grain in the granary, but Xiong Wenju did not dare to move it. He went to Prince Lu's Mansion several times to ask Prince Lu for relief, but Prince Lu did not see him at all, and he did not ask for a single grain.

"Sir, Zhu Quan, the general manager of Prince Lu's Mansion, is here and wants to see you!"

Xiong Wenju was overjoyed when he heard this, and Prince Lu's Mansion took the initiative to come to the door. Magistrate Wei Hui saw a glimmer of hope and said hurriedly:

"Oh, please!"

"yes"

The master turned around and went out, and soon led a big fat man into the prefect's study.

Seeing the master come in, Xiong Wenju hurriedly stood up and held his hands in his hands:

"Oh, what kind of wind is blowing today? It actually blew the chief steward of Prince Lu's palace to my government office. Please sit down quickly, and someone will serve you tea!" I like the Ming Dynasty. In the prosperous era, from the time when the prince supervised the country, please collect it: (https://www.myxls.net)
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