"Officials are there to protect the people and plan for the people, not to plunder the people! Mr. Yun, what do you mean by doing this?"
That day, officials and wealthy businessmen came to question him.
Yun Lingzheng retracted his eyes and said in a cold voice: "In the year of great disaster, there was war again. Now everything is calm, and the storm is coming again. If you take care of yourself, if you take care of yourself alone, the country will be in danger. You rich businessmen and officials who step on the heads of the people , making a lot of money, you don’t have to give a share of the pie to the people, but you must give them a way to survive, what do you think?"
Yun Lingzheng ordered all the people to abandon their dead and wounded relatives and start moving.
All funerals were suspended, and wealthy businessmen were asked to provide money.
There are also officials asking the state government to open warehouses to jointly withstand the wind and snow.
In everyone's eyes, this is simply a joke.
The leader of the wealthy businessmen stepped forward: "My father died at home now. I earned the money myself. Why should I listen to you? What do those people care about me? I am responsible for their life and death? Mr. Yun can't solve this by himself. Isn’t it ridiculous to start blackmailing and blackmailing the people below because of difficult problems? The emperor has no reason to force wealthy businessmen like us to donate money to relieve the people in a year of great disaster!"
I just had to ask a question.
who are you?
Yun Lingzheng did not respond, but looked at the governor: "I asked you to gather all the people together, did you do it?"
"As the Lord said, there are too many casualties. It will take some time for the people to bury their families. The war has passed, and the snow will not be too heavy. So... life and death are important matters. If you can't do it after death, If you are not considerate and decent, then the living people will not be much better off."
People always want to give their deceased relatives a better destination, at least to bury them, and at least to attend the funeral.
Yun Lingzheng looked at the wealthy businessmen: "The people pay taxes and the country is strong. The money you earn on the basis of the strong national power. Take it from the people and use it for the people. Without the people, there is no country, there is no country, without you, there is no country." The money in your hands? During the natural disasters and wars, when the mountains and rivers were broken and reorganized, when the country was strong and strong, it was you who ate and drank, but now you think about yourself? Without the wealth and integrity of Xizhou, are you rich? If you say that you Not a penny is earned by relying on Xizhou's strength, your money falls from the sky, so today, you don't have to pay any money."
The wealthy businessmen were somewhat unable to respond.
Rich people always feel that the money they earn is their own business. What does it have to do with the country or ordinary people?
"Then what qualifications do you have to ask us to stop all celebrations and funerals for our own family members and listen to your orders?"
Yun Lingzheng lowered his eyes and said quietly: "I have the qualifications."
He looked at the states and counties.
Zhoujun spoke: "Master Yun's father, Master Yun Tingfeng, previously followed his eldest son General Yun to resist the army. Later, he teamed up with his fifth son Yun Jiangche to transport military supplies. In this war, Master Yun Tingfeng is the guarantee It is an important link for the people of the state capital to have food and the army to have food. He died in the line of duty a few days ago and died of exhaustion in front of piles of public cases."
The wealthy businessmen did not expect this.
When war is raging, even if you have money, you can't buy food.
But there is no shortage of food in these states and counties.
It was not under the jurisdiction of other generals who rebelled, because the people had no food to eat and began to resist.
"So what?" the wealthy businessmen snorted.
The governor said, "Master Yun Tingfeng didn't have any funeral arrangements. He was buried hastily, and there wasn't even a tombstone."
Life and death are important matters.
The most taboo thing for the people of the Central Plains is to be left in an ownerless grave after death.
The wealthy businessmen looked at Yun Lingzheng: "We'll just move the graves when the time comes. After all, officials like you are different. But in the end, we are common people. If we ignore the funeral of our family members and bury them at will, then maybe There is no chance to reshape the tomb!"
"Master Yun has said that Master Yun Tingfeng will not move the grave or erect a monument. Everything should be based on the current overall situation. When the overall situation is decided, after the storm passes and the mountains and rivers are reshaped, Master Yun Tingfeng will still be buried. it's here."
Who doesn’t want his soul to return to his hometown?
When the wealthy businessmen heard this, they couldn't help but go to see Yun Lingzheng.
They knew that this was Yun Lingzheng's method.
But he didn't expect that he would cruelly ask for his father who died in the line of duty.
In the court, Yun Lingzheng looked back and asked them: "How about it? Am I qualified enough to ask you?"
Even if they were angry, what could they say.
Those in power set an example and cannot find fault at all, and they keep saying that they are doing it for themselves and the people.
What can they say?
If I say one more thing now, I will be stabbed in the spine by future generations.
"I have nothing to say, but it is impossible to take out the money."
Everyone nodded.
Yun Lingzheng didn't press, he just said, "Okay."
Only when those above set an example can the people below follow their lead.
Only when those above begin to give up can the people below follow suit with conviction.
Yun Lingzheng said: "When people die, they die. To live, you must live well. Then starting from you rich businessmen, abandon your family members who have died and sick, and start moving to the place I said, and you are not allowed to stop for a moment."
"But the troops are limited, and some people finally resigned themselves to fate."
Yun Lingzheng turned around, and snow fell from his white cloak.
His eyes were as calm as ice: "Men and women in their prime will go first. If there are children under the age of ten who have no father or mother and no one will take care of them, they will be left last. Use all your energy to protect the young adults. Among them, there is a fifty-year-old child. The elders below will stay first."
This means giving up some people, people under the age of sixty who have died and are working hard.
They want to save food and provide it all to young adults.
Even children began to be ranked second.
Those wealthy businessmen gritted their teeth and asked, "I heard..."
"You don't need to hear that the last one to stay will be me, together with all the adults in the state and county. If I die, I will die first. Does this qualify me to ask you to do this? Also, my mother is here too, I know You want to ask. She has just turned fifty and is still on the list."
"Is there anything else you can say?"
Yun Lingzheng looked at those people.
The wealthy businessmen gritted their teeth: "I hope you will do what you say!"
"I, Yun Lingzheng, can withstand everyone's questioning, so today, as an official, I am qualified to ask all of you to give up the elderly in your family. Because there is not enough food, we can only provide the core first."
Young adults are the core.
It takes time for a child to grow up, and a small tree cannot withstand Feng Shui.
Even a dying old tree cannot withstand fire.
Seeing each of them leave unconvinced, Lord Zhoujun said: "They must be doing something treacherous and taking their sick and elderly family members with them. Do you want to send someone to watch?"
Yun Lingzheng lowered his eyes and said very calmly: "No, just turn a blind eye."
After all, these wealthy businessmen still need to find some way to free up their pockets.
"Luan Hui, go..."
Yun Lingzheng turned his head and saw no one behind him midway through his words.
He remained silent and went by himself.
