“His Royal Highness King Xin is inspecting on behalf of the Emperor, and all refugees should immediately go to the porridge shed to receive food.
Line up well, anyone who dares to cause trouble will be shot without mercy. "
“His Royal Highness King Xin is inspecting on behalf of the Emperor, and all refugees should immediately go to the porridge shed to receive food.
Line up well, anyone who dares to cause trouble will be shot without mercy. "
“His Royal Highness King Xin is inspecting on behalf of the Emperor, and all refugees should immediately go to the porridge shed to receive food.
Line up well, anyone who dares to cause trouble will be shot without mercy. "
As several soldiers were dispatched, more and more refugees came looking for the news.
Some came with their families and their families trotting slowly and quickly, and a few people came to support each other. Some even crawled on the ground and moved forward.
"Live! Live! Must live!" This is the only belief in every refugee's heart.
Soon there was a long queue in front of the 10 large pots.
Behind the cauldron, Wang Chengen led dozens of guards, fully armed. Taking turns shouting:
"Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous. Hearing that someone has embezzled money and food for disaster relief, he specially ordered His Royal Highness King Xin to investigate in plainclothes. Anyone who has finished their porridge should put down their bowls and chopsticks and immediately go to the east to queue up and wait for registration.
Anyone whose children have been sold should register with me immediately.
Your Majesty, with his benevolence and righteousness, will definitely make the decision for everyone present. "
These words were decided after Wang Chengen and King Xin discussed it.
Although King Xin has a noble status and is deeply loved by His Majesty, he is only a prince after all.
If an official does this. The pros definitely outweigh the cons.
But for a prince like King Xin, it would do more harm than good.
If you don't save these refugees, the most you can say in private is that you are immoral.
You saved these refugees, and those officials don't care what your purpose is? How many people have you saved? What are the consequences of not saving these people.
They will only think, what is the purpose of saving these people as a prince? Do you want to rebel?
It is said that King Xin came to investigate strictly on His Majesty's order, so he passed the matter to the Emperor. Your Majesty is kind and righteous and cares about the people. You dare to write a letter. Aren't you afraid of being beaten when you go out and having your ancestral graves dug up?
As for being heavily armed just to prevent someone from causing trouble?
All efforts in disaster relief will destroy everything.
Is a 10-cup pot big? It is indeed quite big and can serve porridge to 10,000 people at a time.
But making porridge takes time. The invisible people behind the break must be feeling uneasy. If you encounter someone with ulterior motives, it will be a disaster.
Although Zhu Youjian has sent someone to report to Wei Zhongxian and make some arrangements, he is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.
One person who received the porridge had no time to take a sip of the hot porridge, so he held the hot porridge in both hands. Her eyes were full of tears, and she knelt down with a cry: "Mother, have you seen it? Your Majesty is kind and righteous, and your Majesty has not forgotten us...Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live your Majesty!"
Then, as if a spell had been cast on them, the refugees fell to their knees and shouted: "Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live your Majesty!"
....
In a large shed nearby, after the refugees' shouting ended, Zhu Youjian broke the silence: "Have you decided what to do?"
"His Royal Highness King Xin, we are also thinking about these refugees. We hire people so that these refugees can survive."
"Really? Then I, the King, should thank you and give you credit like His Majesty!" Zhu Youjian patted the table.
"Since you don't take me seriously, let's leave it to the Admiral Wei of the East Factory to handle it later." After Zhu Youjian said this, he turned and left.
Since they don't know images, Zhu Youjian doesn't bother to care about them. Evil people still need evil people to punish them, so let Wei Zhongxian be the evil person.
"Your Highness, please wait a minute. We are guilty. We are guilty. I am willing to give 1,000 taels to rescue the refugees." Seeing Zhu Youjian about to leave, a man in brocade clothes hurriedly shouted.
The name of the human shadow tree. Although I have never personally visited Dongchang, Dongchang's reputation is so impressive that if I fall into Dongchang's hands, my skin will peel off.
"2,000 taels, 3,000 taels,... 5,000 taels, that's my limit.
Your Highness, I know I'm wrong. 10,000 taels, I'll pay 10,000 taels. This is really my limit. No matter how much I get, I won't be able to get it together. "Seeing that Zhu Youjian was unmoved, the wealthy businessman hurriedly increased the price.
"10,000 stones of food and grass must be delivered here within three days, otherwise..." Zhu Youjian made a beheading move as he spoke.
"Yes, yes, within 3 days, 10,000 shi of food will definitely be delivered here."
"What about you?" Zhu Youjian pointed at the others.
"We are also willing to donate 10,000 shi of food to the refugees within three days." The remaining men in brocade clothes said in unison.
"No, everyone else can get 10,000 stones, but you must have 20,000 stones." Zhu Youjian pointed at a man in brocade. This man was the one who despised Zhu Youjian in the sedan just now.
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge after ten years. Zhu Youjian is not a gentleman. If he has the ability to take revenge, he will take revenge on the spot.
The main reason why we need food instead of silver is that for these refugees, silver cannot be eaten.
According to the current price of food in the capital, 10,000 shi of food and grass is about 10,200 silver. In addition, if you buy in a hurry, profiteers will definitely take the opportunity to increase the price.
If the government provides money to buy it, 10,000 taels, if you can buy 8,000 shi of grain, it will be a big deal.
After layers of exploitation by those officials, if they can get 5,000 shi into the hands of the victims, they are considered to have a conscience.
But for these rich people, especially those in the capital, it is different. Who doesn’t have a grain depot at home? Who doesn’t know a few rich people?
Find a few friends and scrape together the old grain in the grain depot, and that's a few thousand dan. It is not difficult to gather 10,000 shi of food through some connections and some money.
Therefore, for Zhu Youjian, receiving 10,000 taels of silver is definitely not as cost-effective as 10,000 shi.
Anyway, these refugees have become like this, how can they still have so many demands?
It’s good to eat some, but do you still expect to eat new food every time?
....
"Your Majesty, your Majesty asked me to bring this to you." After saying this, Wei Zhongxian handed Zhu Youjian a memorial.
"Humph, these dog officials have read all the sage books into the dog's belly? They should all be skinned and stuffed with grass." Zhu Youjian said while still holding the memorials on the ground.
"What His Highness said is true, but the old slave has already offended the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty by rectifying the military camp. If he takes action on this matter again, it may be detrimental to the reputation of Your Majesty and King Xin."
"Is it wrong to rescue refugees? Is it wrong to kill corrupt officials?"
"Your Highness is right to rescue refugees, and it is also right to kill corrupt officials, but right and wrong are not so simple. I am in charge of the Jinyi Guards, killing enemies on the battlefield, officialdom, and punishing corrupt officials. None of what I do is not the Ming Dynasty, but the people definitely value the Jinyi Guards. For the tiger beast.
Things in the world are easy to resolve, but they are difficult to resolve. It is not that the people are ignorant of morality, but it is really difficult to know the truth of the matter. If there is a thorough investigation, within three days, there will be messages all over the capital.
By then, no matter how good the relationship between Your Majesty and His Highness is, His Highness will definitely suffer unreasonable disasters. "
"What does Jin Yiwei do for a living? Why don't you spread the word about this first?"
"Your Highness, you don't know the reputation of Jin Yiwei. If you don't tell me, it's okay. Once it is found that the news comes from Jin Yiwei, good things will turn into bad things."
Information, information, the imperial court did not have its own channel to disseminate information directly to the people, how could it not be manipulated by the ruffian squires?
Newspapers, jokes. Let’s not talk about whether the people can read or not. The little money they have is enough to support themselves. How can they get the spare money to buy newspapers?
If the reputation of Jinyiwei is still good, Jinyiwei can be used to pass down the decree. But now, let alone Jinyiwei, Dongchang and other institutions directly responsible to the emperor, which one is not notorious?
After thinking for a while, Zhu Youjian really didn't have a solution for getting along with him, so he could only say viciously: "Wei Daban, please talk to His Majesty and ask the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty to come out of the city to take a look in person."
If the other party can continue to be shameless like this, then Daming is really hopeless.
There is no need for these officials to exist.
