Emperor Tianqi sighed, but had to say to Chen San: "Let's go, I won't drive you away. Come on, give them some dry food, don't make things difficult for them."

After hearing this, Chen San thanked him for his gratitude and left immediately, but he was a little scared and turned around one step and looked trembling.

He was already thin and seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind at any time. He walked very funny, and his legs seemed to float on the clouds.

However, when the imperial guards took off the dry food and delivered it to these people, Chen San and others were immediately overjoyed.

The refugees were kneeling there like bombing camps, muttering words.

Emperor Tianqi ordered people to continue moving forward.

He threw these refugees away and walked for three or five miles. Suddenly... Emperor Tianqi, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was different.

Then he hurriedly asked Chengyu to stop, hurriedly got off Chengyu, staring at him in a daze, and said nothing for a long time.

Wei Zhongxian, Huang and Sun also caught up and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Divine Tree...my sacred tree..."

The so-called sacred tree is a tree planted on both sides of the Shinto. If the emperor dies, the coffin needs to go from the capital to the imperial tomb and walk along the Shinto. On both sides of the Shinto, a large number of peach trees are planted. Among the people, the symbol of how blessed the peach trees are and how long the longevity is.

Most of these peach trees do not bear fruit, and they follow the Shinto to the imperial tombs.

But now... Emperor Tianqi discovered that wherever those refugees passed, the peach trees displayed on both sides of their ancestors had been gnawed cleanly.

You can even see that the nearest peach tree has the mark of teeth gnawing on it.

All of a sudden, the officials behind were exploded.

This is amazing. The ancestors and ancestors knew that this was disrespectful?

Emperor Aoki looked straight at the bare trunk with almost no bark, and suddenly stepped forward and said, "Take the dagger."

Relying on the closest lieutenant of Emperor Apocalypse, he quickly took a dagger and handed it to Emperor Apocalypse.

Emperor Tianqi squatted down and cut a piece of bark at the root of the tree.

Subconsciously, he wanted to stuff these remaining bark into his mouth.

But when he was about to put it into the mouth, he stopped and turned around with his bark.

Wei Zhongxian stood behind him. When Wei Zhongxian saw Emperor Tianqi's eyes, he subconsciously became a little panicked and felt a chill on his back.

Emperor Tianqi said: "I want to taste the bark of this tree. The people eat it. I don't know if they can fill their stomachs. Wei, come and eat it."

Wei Zhongxian: “…”

Emperor Apocalypse reached out with his bark hand.

Wei Zhongxian was wandering in an instant, then took the bark without hesitation and stuffed the bark into his mouth.

Everyone looked at Wei Zhongxian.

At first, Wei Zhongxian wanted to chew.

But with a bite, an indescribable bitterness made him unable to help but close his eyes and almost spit out the bark.

So my body had to bend, looking extremely uncomfortable, so I didn't dare to chew anymore, and immediately stretched my neck, trying hard to swallow the bark directly.

But the bark is quite big, and when you swallow it like this, it seems that the thing is stuck in your throat, and it cannot be up or down.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but burst into tears and kept swallowing. Finally, the bark fell into his stomach, but the bitterness remaining in his mouth had not yet dissipated, and he was so uncomfortable that he spitted a few mouthfuls.

Emperor Aoki was looking forward to seeing him: "How is it?"

"This..." Wei Zhongxian's face turned red and he said in a hoarse voice: "It's hard to swallow, it's a bit like this, I really don't know what to say."

Wei Zhongxian's answer was honest.

Emperor Tianqi sighed, "How difficult is the people's livelihood. If all my officials tasted the bark, they might know the suffering of the people."

Later, I saw that the officials who were 9,000 years old swallowed the bark and looked at it with relish immediately changed their faces, and they generally said in their hearts, why don’t you eat it yourself?

Emperor Tianqi looked at the bare sacred trees and sighed, "Well, if this sacred tree can be filled with people's belly, it will be fine if it is clean. The spirits of the ancestors and sects in heaven will definitely not blame them. It's getting late, let's set off."

After sitting back in the carriage, Emperor Tianqi called Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly agreed.

Emperor Tianqi said: "Have the people of the world reached this point? In such a severe drought, I am afraid that it has become a hell on earth."

"I am not easy to say." Wei Zhongxian rode on the horse, but covered his stomach. Although the bark was swallowed, he didn't know if it was a psychological effect or the bark was uncomfortable in the stomach. He said with difficulty: "The Ministry of Revenue should know better than me."

Emperor Tianqi said, "Can the Li Qing family come with you?"

"Who is here, I will call him."

Li Qiyuan was leisurely sitting in the sedan chair to rest in the back, but was called to the emperor's chariot, and Emperor Tianqi still asked.

Li Qiyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Disasters have continued in recent years, especially this year..."

Before he could continue, Emperor Tianqi interrupted: "Can't the Ministry of Revenue come up with practical measures?"

"I am also a good wife." Li Qiyuan looked innocent and then said, "But didn't the Zhang family have so much food at the beginning? But they didn't want to help the people, but they sold the food at a high price, earning countless money..."

Emperor Apocalypse: “…”

This is obvious. Now all the officials have come back to their senses. You said I am omnipotent, so is Zhang Jingyi next to His Majesty the same? Brother, don’t laugh at the second brother.

"Their family's grain was sold at 11 or 2 taels of silver, which helped to increase the price of grain. What's the difference between this and hoarding?"

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but feel depressed.

Of course he couldn't go and tell Zhang Jingyi that the country is in a difficult situation now, so you can set an example and use your family's grain to help the people.

But in the end, Li Qiyuan exposes these things, which makes Emperor Tianqi feel very uncomfortable.

So he stopped talking.

When Li Qiyuan saw that His Majesty was speechless, he felt relieved. He always blamed me as the Minister of Revenue. Now he is ready, he has no remarks.

I, Li, is an official, and I am in a straight manner, sitting upright, and my arms are clean and honest, at least better than Zhang Jingyi.

The group continued to travel north and almost arrived at the Zhang family's land. Emperor Tianqi ordered: "It's very hard to walk along the way. According to my opinion, find a place to rest."

In fact, everyone knows this.

The emperor was not going to sacrifice at all, but just going to the Zhang family’s field with the sacrificial sign.

But at this time everyone was hungry and exhausted and was really powerless to complain.

So I turned the road and entered the rugged path. After walking a few more incense sticks, my eyes finally suddenly became clear.

I saw pieces of cultivated land appearing in front of everyone, and further away was a temporary building, which looked like a farmhouse.

Next to the road, a banner was hung.

"Warm welcome to come and give advice."

Emperor Tianqi got off the carriage and almost suffocated.

When the officials behind saw this, they couldn't help laughing.

In the distance, there were people beating gongs and drums, and the sound of gongs and drums was very festive.

A group of people who looked like farmers were listed next to the road. These people were obviously not northerners. They spoke in a vague local accent and said in unison: "Welcome, welcome..."

Emperor Aoki is about to suffocate.

My scalp was numb with embarrassment.

Before, Zhang Jing and his son were wearing dresses, leading a group of people to come in a hurry.

Zhang Tianlun took the lead and said: "I have not been able to meet you, so please forgive me."

When Emperor Tianqi saw Zhang Jingyi, although he was a little depressed by Li Qiyuan just now, his heart felt much warmer at this time, and then he laughed: "Okay, okay, stop the gongs and drums."

After hearing this, Zhang Tianlun hurriedly said, "Stop and stop..."

The sound came to an abrupt end.

Zhang Jingyi said: "I don't know the rules of accepting the boss, so I discussed it with my father, so..."

"It's okay." Emperor Tianqi waved his hand and said, "I have read your memorial, so I'm here. Where's your auspiciousness?"

Zhang Jing was surprised and said, "What auspiciousness?"

As soon as this said, the officials standing behind Emperor Tianqi laughed again.

In their eyes, Zhang Jingyi is a reckless man, not reading much, almost like an illiterate person.

When Emperor Tianqi heard the teasing behind him, he felt a little unlucky.

You said there was auspiciousness, so I came here with great fanfare. It would be a great gift for you!

But now, are you pretending to be stupid?

Emperor Tianqi felt very frustrated, but he said in the end: "Food...a million pounds per mu..."

"Oh." Zhang Jingyi suddenly realized, but then said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, this is not auspiciousness, this is food, where does it come from? Your Majesty knows the humble. If the humble wants to offer auspiciousness, how can he be so humble and only say that the yield per mu is a thousand pounds?"

What this said... actually makes sense.

Emperor Tianqi said, "I don't care about any auspiciousness or bad luck, I want to see the food."
To be continued...