In the pavilion, Li Chen was wearing a crescent white cloak and looked down at Zou Qingyuan, who was kneeling in front of him, with some snow stains on his head and shoulders.

At this moment, from close up, you can see Zou Qingyuan's fatigue and aging.

"Get up."

Li Chen asked Zou Qingyuan to get up, waited for thanking him, and asked, "How old are you?"

Zou Qingyuan immediately replied respectfully: "Report to your highness, I am born in the first year of Tianyuan, and this year there are forty-six."

"At the age of 46, the prefect of the government, it can be seen that his previous political achievements can only be considered ordinary." Li Chen said.

"A genuine fourth grade or from the fourth grade?"

Zou Qingyuan replied: "It's from the fourth grade."

Nodded, Li Chen said, "I passed Yulin Mansion twice and saw some of your governance methods, both good and bad. I have a few words to ask you, and you can answer based on the facts and heart."

Zou Qingyuan took a deep breath. He instinctively realized that in the decades he had been in politics, it was probably the biggest opportunity in his entire political career. The time was too short, so he had no time or opportunity to prepare. At this moment, he could only play on the spot and try his best to seize this opportunity.

"If you ask your highness to ask a question, I will definitely know everything."

Nodded with satisfaction, Li Chen asked: "The court has an order that the relocation and resettlement of the people in Gansu and Shaanxi is a forced helpless act. The people leaving their hometowns is the greatest support for the court. Therefore, the government offices set up along the way must properly resettle the people, but the resettlement of Yulin Prefecture is not appropriate."

"What do you explain about this?"

Zou Qingyuan's scalp was numb, and this question was really hard to answer.

Although Xu Wei did not answer him before, Zou Qingyuan thought with his toes, he knew that His Royal Highness must have seen and heard everything that had just happened outside the city with his own eyes. At that time, he had already explained the reason for doing so to the people, but His Royal Highness's first question still requires an explanation. Obviously, what His Royal Highness wants to hear is not what he said to the people.

After a very short time of thinking, Zou Qingyuan said in a deep voice: "Report to Your Highness, in order to support the front line, Yulin Prefecture has long been out of ammunition and food, and is really unable to accept tens of thousands of migrant people. However, the imperial court has orders that neither the weak minister nor the entire Yulin Prefecture can resist. Instead of letting those migrant people enter the city and causing trouble to the local people in Yulin Prefecture, it is better to let them stay outside the city. In this way, at least the local people in Yulin Prefecture can be preserved."

“How to save it?”

Li Chen asked, and before Zou Qingyuan could answer, he said, "If there is a civil rebellion in the city, it will be inevitable that the people outside the city will hit Yulin Prefecture. At that time, the conflict will be even greater. The local people you want to protect will be affected by being implicated. People are not worried about being weak but not being equal. People outside the city will see that they cannot have enough food or clothing or not, but the people in the city are living well. Such a big gap will inevitably lead to chaos."

Seeing Zou Qingyuan wanting to speak, Li Chen interrupted: "I know what you think, and I can also tell you that your considerations have some truth, but that truth is right from the standpoint of your Yulin Prefecture, but if you stand in Ganzhou, in the standpoint of our palace and even the court, you will be the rat shit that has ruined a lot of porridge."
Chapter completed!