Shangguan Qianyu took the opportunity and said, "Old man, I see you kind-hearted and kind-hearted. My eyes are so dark. Just point me the way, or tell me the situation in the city so that I can be mentally prepared!"

The old man said, "Brother, this world is in chaos, it's useless for you to understand those things. Lord Zhao is all over the group of people..." At this point, his face showed a hint of fear and immediately stopped.

Shangguan Qianyu's heart moved. Isn't Zhao Hecheng, the prefect of Fengzhou, the Lord Zhao in his mouth?

Although the old man was very afraid at first, he spoke clearly and his conversation was not like ordinary people. Shangguan Qianyu immediately said, "Mr. Zhao? Are you talking about Prefect Zhao?"

The old man didn't speak and walked quickly in front of him.

But Shangguan Qianyu could feel a feeling of sadness and anger emanating from the old man's body. He didn't ask questions and followed the old man silently.

The old man lives not far away, it is a dilapidated small yard behind the alley.

Seeing that Shangguan Qianyu had been following him into the yard, the old man said, "Brother, it's not that I don't take you in. I've been brought to this yard several times a day by those people. If those people see you, I can't protect you!"

Shangguan Qianyu said: "Old man, I don't know all the situation in the city now. I may be arrested by them when I walk on the road. Why not tell me some of the situation in the city so that I can avoid them!"

The old man saw Shangguan Qianyu with a sincere look, and his eyebrows were righteous, unlike a bad person. After hesitating for a while, he finally told Shangguan Qianyu everything he knew.

It turned out that this old man was an old servant in the family of Zhao Hecheng, the former prefect of Fengzhou.

Fengzhou City had not been affected by the disaster three months ago, but the people's lives were already very difficult. Because of an additional order issued by the Fengzhou Prefect's Office, many ordinary people who had originally had a bit of food to eat had no surplus at their homes.

Then, another Ding ruling was sent to recruit the strong people to work.

The reason why these two orders came down was that Fengzhou wanted to build a palace as the prince's palace.

The Prince's Palace is extremely large in scale. The fu levies are used to build the palace. The labor levies are used to build the palace.

Since it was the matter that the prince's secret order came down to do, Zhao Hecheng naturally had to follow the orders, and those labor service that were expropriated could go home every half a month.

But at this moment, the weather was drought, and it was the time for the seedlings to be headed. The rivers and wells were dry, and even drinking water became a problem, let alone drought resistance. The fields and seedlings were dead, and then the heavy rain caused heavy flooding. Some officials reported these to the capital, and Shangguan Qianyu knew a little about it.

The construction of the Prince's Palace was originally carried out in secret, but after the severe drought and flooding, there were more victims. Fengzhou Governor Huang Zhengtao proposed to recruit these victims to work hard and complete the palace as soon as possible.

This matter is different from the prefect Zhao Hechengsheng.

Zhao Hecheng said that natural disasters have already occurred. If the people cannot be comforted, labor will be aggravated, which will cause civil unrest. It is better to open warehouses to provide disaster relief. It is better to pass the difficulties before talking about them. It is not too late to build the palace in the future, and he insists on opening warehouses to release grain.

The prefect of Fengzhou City and the governor were in charge of people's livelihood and military power, and had different opinions, so the matter became stalemate.
Chapter completed!