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Chapter 24 Meeting Kangxi
The old man and Li Yan were chatting about Jiangxia Town in the house, while Alan was boiling water and cooking. When the food was served, Li Yan found that Alan, who had just been covered in dust and tears and looked so shabby, looked surprisingly handsome after cleaning himself up.

Although not as beautiful as the autumn moon, she is not inferior. She is pure and beautiful, especially in this simple house, under the dim light of the oil lamp, she looks even more charming, like a white lotus growing in a muddy pond, so graceful that I feel pity for her!
Li Yan couldn't help but let his imagination run wild. Alan, who was so beautiful that she could outshine the moon, and Qiuyue, who was naturally beautiful and pretty, were like two flowers in full bloom, competing to complement each other.

Then you can enjoy all the blessings of having two wives!
The treacherous merchant Shen Gui could be like this, and I, as a prince of the Qing Dynasty, how could I be inferior to him?
"Thank you girl!"

Li Yan said seriously that if Nian Gengyao was here, he would find that Li Yan's current state was exactly the same as when he first saw his sister in his home!
Alan secretly glanced at Li Yan. He was a handsome young man with a dignified bearing and the air of a noble man!
She had never seen such a handsome young man in her own manor. She blushed immediately and lowered her head. Taking advantage of the dim light and no one paying attention, she ran out in a hurry and hid in the kitchen. She closed the door and looked around to see if there was anyone around. She secretly touched her chest and found the handkerchief that the handsome young man had just given her was in her arms!

My heart suddenly started beating fast.
Imagine that the person in her arms was not the handkerchief, but its owner, the young man with a warm smile who saved her from Coach Hu.

Li Yan naturally saw it, and his attention was all on this little girl. Alan was a good girl. In order to repay her gratitude, she followed Old Thirteen and stayed in the clan house for ten years, serving him without any regrets!

How could I bear to let such a beautiful, intelligent and virtuous woman wander around and become homeless!
But at this moment, I will not look for Alan. I believe that fate will bring her to my side. The handkerchief I gave her is made of the finest silk, embroidered with water, moon and lotus, and the words "Tenth Beile" are left in the corner! Alan will definitely know who I am, and then look for me after Zhang Wuge is in trouble!

Li Yan was chatting with Old Man Zhang and Brother Zhang Wu, acting like a handsome and upright gentleman, leaving a good impression!

The next morning, Li Yan did not say a word to Alan. He said goodbye to Old Man Zhang and Brother Zhang Wu, nodded at Alan, and rode away with Longkodo, Turichen and others!

Alan looked at the receding figure and unconsciously put his hands on his chest!

next day
The group arrived in the capital in the afternoon. Looking at the city gate not far away, Li Yan asked, "Lao Tu, did the emperor tell me what to do when I come back?"

Tulichen said loudly: "Master Shi, the emperor asked you to go to the study to see him as soon as you come back. Let's not delay any more and go directly to the palace!"

"Okay, go straight into the palace, go!"

Li Yan rode his horse, entered the city gate, crossed the street, and arrived at the palace gate.

After the guards informed him, he followed the eunuch to the study where Kangxi was. As soon as he entered, Li Yan sighed. He had to kneel again. It would be great if they could just shake hands when they met like in modern times.

Imagining himself shaking hands with Emperor Kangxi, the corners of Li Yan's mouth twitched.

He immediately knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. May your Highness be blessed!"

Kangxi was reviewing the memorials. When he saw Li Yan coming in, he put the memorials on the table and slammed them down. "Humph! You are willing to come back. I thought you were going to live in Hangzhou and not return to the capital! Do you know that all these memorials on my table are about you? Look, you are corrupt, you extort money, you are a playboy, and you indulge in wine and women! This is how you do your job. If you don't give me an explanation today, I will revoke your title of prince!"

Li Yan had known about this admiration, but he didn't expect that the old man wouldn't even let him take a breath or drink a sip of water. There was nothing he could do, because he was the emperor and he was the subject, he was the father and he was the son.

I secretly pondered it in my mind and thought about it quickly.

Then he screamed loudly, and his eyes were instantly filled with tears: "Emperor Father!"

It was so heartbreaking and shed tears for everyone who heard it. The affectionate call stunned Kangxi for a moment!

"Father, I was raised by you and have been well paid by the state, but I have never made any contribution to the country or shared any of your worries. I am an unfilial son! The Yellow River burst its banks, and thousands of miles of land became a swamp. Millions of people were trapped in the flood. Father, you urgently ordered funds to help with the disaster. But after my fourth brother checked the Ministry of Revenue, he found that there was less than 500,000 taels of silver left in the treasury. Millions of hungry people were starving and homeless."

"The emperor was so anxious that he couldn't eat or sleep all day. In just a few days, a lot of white hair appeared on his head. I saw it with my own eyes and felt pain in my heart. I wanted to share my worries with you, so I accepted this task beyond my ability." "All the way south, I saw displaced victims everywhere. People in ragged clothes were helping the elderly and children, and people starved to death everywhere. Only then did I realize that not all places are like the capital, and not all people can enjoy the emperor's love like me. I rushed to Yangzhou in a hurry, but the situation there was even more serious, and there were so many things to worry about. Although I tried my best to do the job well, I was young and ignorant of the world. I had never left the capital, and under the protection of the emperor, I had never suffered any hardship. I wore out the soles of my shoes, and I had no idea what to do after talking so hard."

"Looking at the vast numbers of victims who were tortured by hunger and disease, people were dying of starvation every moment. Every day, three carts of bodies were taken out for burial. There were old people, women, children, and even young men! Groups of victims looked at me with pleading eyes, hoping that I could give them some food so that they could survive."

"At that moment, I hated my own incompetence. Why couldn't I handle these things as easily as my father?"

Hearing this, Kangxi slowly calmed down, as if he was brought back to the vast marshland by Li Yan's description. The scene in the Yellow River flood area was vivid in his mind. Li Dequan in the corner also became serious.

Only Li Yan's voice could be heard in the study.

"Fortunately, I met Tian Wenjing. Tian Wenjing had been in the local area for a long time, but he was not used because he could not flatter his superiors. However, he still had talent. So I handed the specific matters to him. Under Tian Wenjing's leadership, the disaster relief work was rolled out and in an orderly manner. The victims in Yangzhou no longer starved to death."

"Seeing those disaster victims survive because of my porridge and thanking me profusely, I am very happy!"

"Tian Wenjing said to me that the most important thing right now is not here, but that there is not enough food and money. It won't be long before there is no porridge to give out! He said that I shouldn't stay there. The porridge stall doesn't need a person with a spoon. I should go to the salt merchants and gentry to raise money and food. Only with enough food can the disaster be controlled and the people can be treated."

"So I went to beg for alms from the wealthy merchants in Yangzhou. However, the money they donated was not enough to give each victim a bowl of porridge, and I still had to thank them. Later, I got angry and wanted to settle the score with them personally, but Longkodo stopped me, saying that the reputation of the royal family should not be tarnished. Let him do this kind of offending thing, so I gave Longkodo the imperial sword and asked him to get money and food from these merchants at all costs, but he was not allowed to touch a single ordinary citizen."

Kangxi's expression became serious.
"After telling him, I rushed to Suzhou and Hangzhou to raise money and food. On the one hand, it was to help the victims. On the other hand, I felt like a knife was stabbing my heart when I thought of the emperor looking at the empty treasury. So I accepted bribes without hesitation and asked for money greedily. I wanted to raise more money for the emperor so that he could eat and sleep well."

"I, your son, and Long Kedo in Suzhou and Hangzhou, have obtained nearly three million taels of silver and more than one million dan of grain. After careful calculations by your son and Tian Wenjing, it will cost two million taels of silver and all the grain to provide relief to the victims, repair the river bank, resettle the people and return home, and rebuild the victims after the disaster."

"Without affecting the disaster relief, I have secretly saved one million taels of silver, and I have brought it all back to Your Majesty! I know that this amount of silver is not much, and it is a drop in the bucket compared to what the national treasury needs, but I have tried to save as much as possible. In the future, I will definitely earn more silver for you, so that you don't have to worry about lack of money!" Li Yan said with a naive smile on his face, took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and put them in front of Kangxi!
Looking at the thick banknotes in front of him and the delighted look of the Tenth Master, Kangxi sighed silently and murmured, "Fool, idiot!"

"Do you know how many people will curse you and hate you behind your back if you do this?"

Li Yan heard this and said firmly: "I am not afraid, as long as I can make the emperor stop worrying and worrying, eat well and sleep well, and not worry about the flood."

"Even if I am criticized by thousands of people and cursed by millions, I don't care!"

Looking at the honest and straightforward face of the Eleventh Child in front of him, he thought that this child had always been stubborn and upright since childhood. No matter what, this was his child's filial piety. The Tenth Child had been spoiled since childhood, had never handled government affairs, and had never been in contact with the local community. How could he know that this was wrong?

I will teach him slowly in the future. It is rare that the eleventh prince has such a pure heart. Kangxi looked at the tenth prince lovingly and said, "But it is not good to take money like this. Forget it this time, but don't do it again next time!"

Li Yan's face became serious. He took off his red hat and placed it in front of him. He said solemnly, "Father Your Majesty, this son of mine has violated the law of the country. Please punish me! This son of mine asks to be stripped of his title of Prince as a punishment!"

"If the Emperor protects his son, how will he explain this to the ministers in the court?"

When Kangxi heard this, he was moved. Even though he knew he would be punished, he still did it for the sake of his father. He asked for punishment afterwards to avoid putting himself in a difficult position.

(End of this chapter)