Seeing his resolute expression, Fang Jun was slightly reassured. Seeing many civilians gathered around him curiously, he immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Dear fellow citizens, Fang Jun, the minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, has been ordered by His Majesty to join forces with Lu Guogong. Five thousand soldiers of the Youwu Guard came to help guard the dike and defend Jingyang! Your spirit of fighting to the death moved me inexplicably, and I deeply admired the tenacity of the people of Jingyang! Now, please withdraw from your place, Let's rest for a while in the rear, use some food to recharge our batteries, and hand over the rescue mission to the Youwu Guardsmen. Then we will study countermeasures and reorganize the rescue plan. I would like to assure you that if the people are there, the embankment will collapse. People die!”
When a person who has nothing to do with Jingyang can brave the wind and rain to come to the rescue, and can stand on this precarious embankment and say the words "Everyone dies when the embankment collapses," how can the people of Jingyang not feel deeply moved?
"Long live your Majesty!"
"Long live Youwuwei!"
There was a boil on the embankment, and the people evacuated their places. The Youwu Guard soldiers who had been dispersed in "teams" immediately took over. Although the Youwu Guards marched all the way, they were all young and elite in the army. Compared with the continuous For the people who fought hard for two days, the rescue speed was more than doubled immediately?
Fang Jun immediately ordered Cao Shenjun, a right-wing guard behind Cheng Yaojin: "Order the Huotou Army to set up military tents and light fires to make food!"
Na Cang Cao joined the army and immediately accepted the order, then pondered for a moment and said: "The Huotou Army's escort of military rations is still at the rear, and it will take some time to arrive. Can we use the local food in Jingyang first, and then return it in full after the military rations arrive? ?”
During this rapid march, although the main force advanced rapidly and the logistics troops escorted the baggage, they naturally lagged far behind. Fang Jun forgot about this problem for a while.
Hearing what Cancao Junjun said, he immediately nodded and looked at Lin Ruofu, County Prime Minister Dou Zhili, and County Lieutenant Zhang Ting: "Let's do this first."
Unexpectedly, Lin Ruofu and the two officials looked embarrassed...
Seeing Fang Jun's unhappy expression, County Captain Zhang Ting had no choice but to stand up and explain: "Servant Fang, supposedly Youwuwei came in the rain. I, Jingyang, was inexplicably moved. All the rice and grain baggage should be borne by Jingyang... But the county Although there is grain in the Zhongyi Granary, the county magistrate has been reluctant to open it to take advantage of it. To be honest, we, including the people on the dam, have only had two meals in the past two days... This is the granary in Lao General Lin's home. After everything was evacuated and donated by many squires...youwuwei has five thousand soldiers, we...actually don't have that much rice to supply."
These words made a county magistrate and a county captain blush and feel guilty.
Lin Ruofu looked angry.
Fang Jun was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly darkened, and his anger was evident.
The eyes of Dou Zhili on the side flickered. Previously, he only said that Wei Yifang stayed at the county government and refused to go to the front line to fight the flood, but he did not mention that Wei Yifang refused to open the charity warehouse to get food... It was not because he didn't want to, but because he did not want to. It would be better to file a complaint than to wait until Fang Jun rushed to the dam and found out the situation in person and was impressed... Now it seems that it is indeed the case.
All the people in the city were guarding the embankment. As a county official, instead of going to the embankment to direct the rescue, he acted arrogantly in the yamen and was not even allowed to open the charity warehouse to obtain food...
Fang Jun was thinking that the county magistrate Wei Yifang had his brain kicked by a donkey?
He turned around and wanted to send someone to seize Wei Yifang here for interrogation. Unexpectedly, Liu Ji next to him saw him turning around and subconsciously said: "This matter is under my control. Don't worry, Mr. Fang. I will impeach him." Then Wei Yifang's memorial must have added such a line..."
Fang Jun was speechless. Who the hell cared about Wei Yifang's life and death at this time?
He ignored Liu Ji and said to Guo Fushan, the right servant of the Ministry of War behind him: "Guo Shilang led a group of soldiers to the county office and invited the magistrate Wei to me. I wanted to see how stupid he was. How can a cold-blooded person ignore the people in the city who are united to fight floods and provide disaster relief and turn a blind eye?"
Guo Fushan was stunned for a moment and then said hesitantly: "This...Fang Shilang, do we have such power?"
This man is a good old man, but he also lacks courage.
I ask you to "invite", not to "catch" you. Even if Wei Yifang is dissatisfied, it is because the majesty of his county magistrate has been compromised, but it has nothing to do with the law. Even if Wei Yifang impeaches them, he can only impeach them for being rude and domineering, but not for defying the county magistrate and using lynching.
After all, Guo Fushan just doesn't want to offend anyone...
However, this cannot be blamed on Guo Fushan. He is a person who wants to have a smooth personality, and the Guo family is only a small local clan in Taiyuan. How can he have the courage to build a grudge against Jingzhao Wei? In the officialdom, it is the right way to protect one's self. To offend Webster in order to curry favor with Fang Jun... this is not reliable no matter how you look at it.
Fang Jun naturally understood Guo Fushan's thoughts, but he was too lazy to pay attention to it. This matter was indeed a bit forced. He was about to appoint someone else when he suddenly heard someone behind Cheng Yaojin say: "I would like to go out for Fang Shilang."
Cheng Yaojin frowned slightly, but did not speak.
Fang Jun followed the reputation and saw a handsome-looking military officer, and asked, "Who are you?"
The man said: "I am Cui Yuanzong, a member of the Qinghe family who joined the army in the right Wuwei Lushi."
"Cui family of Qinghe?"
Fang Jun was startled, and looking at Cheng Yaojin's expressionless face, he knew that this person must be a member of Mrs. Cheng Yaojin's clan.
Cheng Yaojin's first wife was the Sun family of Dong'a County, Jeju. His father was the magistrate of Dong'a County, but he died young due to illness. Later, Cheng Yaojin Xuxian's wife was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, a first-class noble family, and her father was Cui Xin, a former Sui Dynasty Qizhou bieji, a real aristocratic lady.
Since someone was willing to go, Fang Jun naturally agreed and gave the order without considering the person's intentions for the time being.
Suddenly, they heard a loud roar of people under the embankment, which startled Fang Jun and others.
Soon, we saw groups of people in the rain, old, weak, women and children, each carrying a basket and carrying a pocket...
The soldiers came forward to ask, and they found out that it was the people left behind in the county who had heard that the emperor had sent troops to come to the rescue. The people were so excited that they also walked to the embankment to defend to the death! Not only that, the common people knew that whether the dike could be defended this time would mean whether their homeland could exist, so they brought rations from home to feed the government servants and the army on the dike.
Cheng Yaojin wiped the rainwater from his face and said with an uneasy expression: "It's a commendable intention... but so many people gathered in a messy place, not only can't help, but are in the way..."
Fang Jun quickly interrupted him: "You can order him to help set up tents, make fires, and make food. One more person means more strength. At this time, morale can't be lowered."
Cheng Yaojin quickly shut up.
The government troops transporting earth and rocks to repair the embankment were led by officials from the Ministry of Industry who came with them and Lin Ruofu, who was well aware of the situation of the embankment. Fang Jun ordered the county prime minister Dou Zhili to take the people who came to help under the embankment and find a place. Set up tents in the land of the north wind and light fires to make food.
The county captain Zhang Ting was assigned by him to lead a group of soldiers with Cui Yuanzong to the county and "invite" the county magistrate Wei Yifang to come.
Unexpectedly, before setting off, I heard someone in the distance shouting: "Magistrate Wei is here!"
There was a moment of silence on the entire embankment...
Not long after, I saw a group of government officials hurriedly climbing onto the embankment. They stopped and watched for a while, then walked quickly towards Fang Jun and others.
The leader was wearing a crimson official robe. He lifted the hem of the official robe high with both hands to avoid being stained by the rain and mud on the ground. Although a pair of thin-soled official boots were inevitably stained with mud, the man still walked briskly around the boots in front of him. The low-lying water pools are approaching in circles as if dancing...
The two government officials behind him each held up a large umbrella to protect themselves from the rain. Unfortunately, the wind was strong above the embankment, which carried the rain and wetted the man's official robe.
When he got closer, the man looked at Fang Jun and then at Cheng Yaojin. After thinking about it, he bowed his hands to Cheng Yaojin and said in his mouth: "Wei Yifang, the magistrate of Jingyang County, I have seen you." Duke Lu..."
When Cheng Yaojin saw this man in such a storm, he still had a smooth head and a pink face. The snow-white middle coat exposed from the collar of his official robe was in sharp contrast to the sloppy man covered in mud around him... By the way, Cheng Yaojin regarded him as the Duke of the country. Zhizun, Fang Jun, was the emperor's son-in-law. Even though he was covered in mud and looked haggard during the rapid march, the Jingyang County Magistrate was neat and fresh. Even the few bits of mud on his official boots had to be wiped away gently with a frown. …
Lao Cheng suddenly became furious and shouted: "Are you blind, or do you not know the rules of officialdom? It is clearly written in the document that the chief officer of this rescue is the minister of the house, and I am just assisting from the side. You go first." It's absolutely ridiculous to say hello to the commander-in-chief but ignore the chief officer! Since you don't know the superiority and inferiority of superiors, why not go back to your big house, eat milk for a few more years, learn more rules, and then become an official? , otherwise Jingzhao Weishi’s face will probably be lost to you!”
Lao Cheng had a loud voice and scolded him mercilessly in public. Wei Yifang's face instantly turned red and he looked dull and at a loss.
You are the eldest official, what's wrong with me saying hello to you first?
Besides, Fang Jun has an old grudge with Webster. If he humbles himself in front of Fang Jun, who is not even as old as himself, wouldn't it prove that he is really inferior to this stick? We trampled on his face but at the same time promoted your face. Why don't you recognize the good people's hearts...
