Chapter 7

Di Yi's words were like heaven's law, deciding the universe alone.

Before making a final decision, he would humbly listen to opinions from all sides.

But once a decision was made, no one dared to oppose it again.

The officials looked solemn and listened attentively.

Di Yi's tiger eyes were like torches, he looked around the hall, and his voice was loud: "The day before yesterday, an urgent report came from Hongzhou, saying that heavy rain fell from the sky, floods overflowed, river embankments were washed away, thousands of miles became a marsh, and the people were displaced.

Also the day before yesterday, an urgent report came from Jianzhou, saying that heavy snow had been falling for half a month, and countless people were either frozen to death or buried alive by houses collapsed by the heavy snow, and the disaster was equally serious.

The imperial court was about to send people to provide disaster relief, so it just happened to be the first assessment for Yin Qi and Yin Shou.

Various materials are ready, and they can set off tomorrow.

Yin Qi, Yin Shou.

You two choose, who will go to Jianzhou, and who will go to Hongzhou?"

The territory of Great Shang is extremely vast, stretching over a million miles from north to south, and over a million miles from east to west, and it is precisely because the territory is so vast that there is a great difference in climate between the north and the south.

In the north, Jianzhou is covered in heavy snow, while in the south, Hongzhou is pouring with heavy rain.

This territory is actually only Great Shang in the narrow sense, that is, the territory directly controlled by the Great Shang imperial court.

Outside this territory, there are four great vassals and eight hundred small vassals, and their combined territory even exceeds that of Great Shang.

Because the feudal system is currently implemented, the Great Shang government decrees can only be implemented in the local area.

As for other vassals, they cannot be managed.

But even such a vast territory is not the entirety of the human territory.

In fact, the human race has long spread across the entire Primordial Continent, and they have established countless tribes and countries, but the Great Shang territory is the birthplace of the human race, so it has always been the center of the human race.

For example, the Fire Cloud Cave where the Three Sovereigns are located is within the Great Shang territory.

Yin Qi bowed and smiled gently: "Why don't Third Royal Brother choose first, I can do either."

"Hmph!"

Yin Shou snorted coldly in his heart.

How proud a person he was, how could he accept this kind of "cheapness"?

Therefore, he also said to Di Yi: "Father Emperor, I can do either, let Eldest Royal Brother choose first."

Di Yi nodded slowly and said: "Since you are yielding to each other, let me decide.

Yin Qi, you go to Hongzhou;

Yin Shou, you go to Jianzhou.

Remember, the assessment time is three months, and I will send scribes to follow you to record your disaster relief decisions and results."

"Yes, Father Emperor!"

Yin Qi and Yin Shou bowed and agreed one after another.

"Alright, court dismissed!"

Di Yi stood up.

He waved his long robe and turned to leave.

The officials bowed one after another: "Respectfully send off the Great King!"

The officials slowly exited the Golden Throne Hall, Yin Qi was surrounded by a group of people, and Yin Shou was also surrounded by a group of people, the number of people was roughly the same, which was a different scene from earlier outside the palace gates.

Now that Di Yi has established "establishing the wise" as the standard, it is unknown who will be the Crown Prince next.

Many of those who originally leaned towards Yin Shou are now keeping a wait-and-see attitude, and some have leaned towards Yin Qi.

Yin Qi always had a gentle smile on his face, chatting cordially with the surrounding officials, his words and attitude were humble and polite, and it was very easy to win the favor of others, which is also the reason why his reputation for kindness and righteousness spread far and wide.

Later generations' "Analects of Confucius - Weizi": Weizi left, Jizi became a slave, Bi Gan remonstrated and died, Confucius said: Yin has three benevolent people.

The Weizi here is Weizi Qi, that is, Yin Qi.

On the other hand, Yin Shou ignored the officials surrounding him, and his gaze towards Yin Qi even carried disdain, disdain for dealing with officials in this way.

He was just so proud, viewing everyone in the world as nothing.

Walking out of the Golden Throne Hall, Yin Shou walked away quickly, ignoring the officials around him.

As soon as Yin Qi walked out of the hall, he was stopped by Grand Historian Chen Xu.

Chen Xu came up and scolded sternly, blowing his beard and staring: "Yin Qi, it's a pity that you still have a reputation for kindness and righteousness. Don't you know that establishing the wise is the source of disaster?

If I were you, I would go to the Saint Emperor now and ask to make the Third Prince the Crown Prince.

This can also achieve your reputation for kindness and virtue, and can also eliminate the source of future disaster, which is a merit to the country and the people.

Otherwise, your reputation for kindness and righteousness is just fake kindness and fake righteousness, and it's better not to have it."

Chen Xu's actions attracted everyone's attention.

Chen Xu felt proud in his heart.

Last time he was able to scold Yin Qi into covering his face and retreating, and he didn't go out for half a month, so he could do the same this time.

It was just unexpected that, facing his scolding, Yin Qi's expression did not change at all.

Although Yin Qi hated him secretly in his heart and wanted to go up and punch this stinky old man a few times,

but if he did that, he would be at a disadvantage.

Now that all the civil and military ministers in the court were watching here, even big shots like Wen Zhong, Bi Gan, and Shang Rong were watching from afar, which was a good opportunity for him to establish his persona and gain popularity.

Therefore, Yin Qi always had a gentle smile, he bowed and said very humbly: "Grand Historian, please forgive me for not being able to agree. First of all, establishing the wise is the Great King's decision.

Whether as a subject or as a son, I have no reason to refute the Great King.

Secondly, the Great King has already stated that establishing the wise is a special case, and future generations must not restart it, so there is no such thing as a source of disaster.

Finally, I hope the Grand Historian can understand a truth.

Benevolence has the distinction of great benevolence and small benevolence.

Only caring about achieving one's own reputation for kindness and righteousness while ignoring the billions of people and the country is small benevolence.

I will not take it!

And great benevolence is to care about the world, even if one's own character is questioned.

Even if there are thousands of people, I will go.

The Crown Prince concerns the country, and it is no longer a matter of personal character.

If I do better than the Third Royal Brother, why should I ignore the country for the sake of a so-called reputation for kindness and righteousness?"

"You..."

Chen Xu was shocked and dumbfounded.

He did not expect that Yin Qi could say such a big truth, and he could not refute it himself.

"Good!"

The surrounding civil and military officials cheered one after another, especially the sentence "Even if there are thousands of people, I will go," which made people feel blood boiling and goosebumps all over.

They looked at Yin Qi with admiration and appreciation.

Wen Zhong and others also nodded and smiled.

The distinction between great benevolence and small benevolence was truly wonderful, and it was something the ancients had never said.

Seeing the reaction of the surrounding officials, Yin Qi was secretly happy.

The persona has been established!

Yin Qi had a gentle smile on his face, his eyes were also gentle like water, and he arched his hands and said: "I don't know, Grand Historian, what other advice do you have?"

"Hmph!"

Chen Xu couldn't hold his face, so he flicked his long sleeves and walked away.

What else is there to say, isn't it embarrassing?

Looking at Chen Xu's retreating back, Yin Qi withdrew his gaze, arched his hands to the surroundings and said: "Everyone, I will go to Hongzhou tomorrow, I still have things to deal with, so I will leave first. Please!"

"Your Highness, please!"

Yin Qi nodded, arched his hands to Wen Zhong and others, and walked away.

He first went to the Minister of Agriculture.

Great Shang implements the Three Excellencies and Nine Ministers system, and this Minister of Agriculture is equivalent to the Ministry of Revenue, in charge of taxes, money, grain, and financial income and expenditure.

At the Minister of Agriculture, Yin Qi received the disaster relief items, which was actually a bronze box. Although it was only the size of a palm, it had its own space inside and was filled with various disaster relief materials.

The territory of Great Shang is vast, and it is nearly two hundred thousand miles to Hongzhou.

At such a long distance, if materials were still transported by carriage, when would they arrive, and how much would be consumed on the road?

This is the Primordial World, so of course there are extraordinary means.

(End of chapter)