Chapter 339: Scholars’ disaster relief

After hearing what Guantao said, Qin Lei smiled loudly and said, "The ancients said, 'Defending the mouths of the people is more important than preventing rivers.' The people's freedom of speech is as terrible as a flood." As he walked down the city wall, he whispered: "Since it is a flood, you should know that it is better to be loose. Under the premise of moderate guidance and control, letting the people speak out in their hearts can make those in power more sober, be more pragmatic, and have less dreams of a peaceful and peaceful autumn."

Guantao couldn't help but nodded and said, "The prince is so kind. No wonder Mr. Le said that you have the best style and the best mind." He said, "In history, most kings are the only ones. I wish others could only say 'Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang', and didn't say a word. Emperor Taizong of the previous dynasty gave Wei Zheng, who dared to speak, and was called "following advice and humility." He didn't know that he could only tolerate Wei Zheng, which would not work if others did."

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "I don't want to listen to those upset words. I'm so happy to sing and dance all day long. Why do you keep those who sing the opposite tune? What are the reasons? There are only two reasons."

Guantao bowed and smiled, "I'm so proud to listen."

Qin Lei put his hands behind his back and said seriously: "First, the ancients said, 'I don't let go of my farts, I'll kill my internal organs'..." Before he finished speaking, he saw a black-clad guard stepping on the air, rolling down the stairs, and soon he ran back, saying with shame: "I was poured out by the prince..."

Qin Lei smiled awkwardly and said, "Didn't you fall?" Seeing the black-clothed guard shake his head, Qin Lei reviewed himself: "This is a bit indecent. We call it "too much complaints to prevent heartbroken". Is this not vulgar?" The black-clothed guards shook their heads together and said, "It's not vulgar, it's very vulgar!"

Guantao also smiled and said, "What books did the prince read before? Why have you quoted many famous quotes, even your subordinates have never heard of them?"

Qin Lei rolled his eyes and said, "Just understand the spirit." This is the benefit of being a boss. If you don't want to explain, you won't explain. Even if Guantao feels itchy, he will only stare at him.

"No matter what," Qin Lei transferred the topic and said in a deep voice: "If you don't let the people talk, he will feel uncomfortable when he holds it in his heart. If he holds it too much, it will mold and poisonous weeds grow after holding it for a long time. It's better to let them say it out, keeping the intestines fresh, which is beneficial..." Seeing Guantao smiled bitterly again, Qin Lei had to say seriously: "It is beneficial to national stability."

Guantao nodded and asked, "What about the second one?"

"Secondly, it is what an ancient man said, 'Born in distress, die in happiness'. You should have heard of this?" Guan Tao wiped the white-haired sweat from his forehead and nodded, "What the Ah Sheng said."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "We have read the same book, too." Guantao said, "I am extremely honored." He knew that whenever the prince was in a good mood, he would be full of slutty. Those who listened to him would want to bite him... But no one dared to bite him, so he could only grit his teeth and slap him hard.

Fortunately, Qin Lei had no choice but to play with his sex, and his expression gradually became serious: "You must have never heard of the story of boiling frogs in warm water." Guan Tao shook his head and said: "I have never read this book either."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "If you throw the frog in the boiling water, it will definitely jump out and will not be scalded to death." The guards thought to themselves: 'The prince must have done this when he was a child.' "But if you throw it into warm water and slowly heat it up, he will never jump out until he dies. Do you know why?"

Guantao thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The overly comfortable environment makes it lose its vigilance against changes in the outside world. When it is dying, even if it wants to jump out, it will be exhausted."

Qin Lei nodded and said, "Yes, we can't make the environment we are in too comfortable. Leaving a grain of sand in our shoes is sometimes not a bad thing...at least it can keep us awake at any time, right?"

"The students have been taught." Guantao bowed and bowed.

After that day, Qin Lei's aid funds were indeed delivered to Shang Dezhong in a steady stream, and then they bought essential items such as rice, noodles, vegetables, clothes, bedding, etc. through the students, and distributed them to the refugees.

The refugees do need these things. They were lying on the snow outside Zhongdu City for half a month. They were already weak. If they didn't take care of them for a while and recovered their strength, they would not be able to find a job... There were too few begging for them, and they had to sell their labor to support their whole family.

Every time at this time, the scholars would receive great gratitude from the refugees. Looking at the faces full of gratitude and respect, listening to the words from the heart and inspiring the words from the bottom of the heart. The scholars who have been frustrated for a long time are finally surrounded by respect again.

And it is much more sincere and enthusiastic than the respect you get because of your identity as a juren. That sincerity and enthusiasm are enough to drive away the coldness in your hearts for the scholars.

The virtuous cycle that Qin Lei expected finally formed: the scholars brought hope to the refugees to survive, and the refugees also gave the scholars the respect and recognition they needed most now. Guantao was worried that the scholars were just a hot mind and could not persevere, so naturally it was not a problem. In fact, the scholars not only persisted, but also performed very diligently.

‘There is nothing to do. Instead of worrying in the guild, it is better to go and see the poor people and how they are doing.’ Many scholars thought so. But they did not expect that this small action actually set off a wave of disaster relief in Zhongdu City…

A few days later, news of the scholars from Longyou, Shanbei, and Longyou, who helped refugees enter the city spread throughout Zhongdu City. This kind of good deed not only praised the people of Zhongdu, but also quickly received enthusiastic response from the scholars from Jiangbei and Shannan provinces. They raised a large amount of money and materials from the provincial capital halls, especially the tens of thousands of quilts raised, which greatly solved the urgent needs of the refugees.

The scholars who were not in charge of the province could not sit still and thought to themselves, "The refugees are also from our province. If we only let the four provinces be good people, how can we have the good fortune to return home?" Then they contacted each other, recommended a few leaders, and also went to the provincial capital hall to beg for alms. The merchants were unwilling to offend these scholars, and they were also doing some good deeds, and they all gave them more or less help.

In the end, the scholars in Zhongdu City and the students in the Imperial College were anxious and said, "The capital, the capital of the capital, if all good things are taken over by the scholars from the nine provinces, where can we put the faces of the men in the capital?" He also decided to respond to the disaster relief immediately. They are local snakes and their family backgrounds are still OK. Once they are used, the effect will naturally be beyond those of those scholars from other provinces.

Standing on the roof of Siheju, looking down, I saw trucks of rice, white flour, cotton coats and trousers transported out of the warehouse in the East and West City, passing through Tongluo Street, and sent to nearly 100,000 victims scattered in the North and South City. Qin Lei finally couldn't help but curl up his lips and said excitedly: "Did you see it? Mr. Guantao, we can't say anything like 'the world is getting worse and worse, but people's hearts are always good, but we still have to see how to guide it."

Guantao smiled and said, "The prince was so light and fire that it caused thunder and earth. The students admired it."

Qin Lei laughed and scolded: "I heard this a little bit thorny. Did you feel sorry for using tens of thousands of taels of silver?" He not only helped students in the north of Longyou, but also burdened the students in the south of the mountains and north of the mountains.

Guantao shook his head and smiled, "The prince was wronged. He was unhappy at the time because he was afraid that the tens of thousands of taels of silver would be wasted. But now he has achieved the effect, so he still cares about this little silver." It is the beginning of the year, and the finances are not nervous, so he dares to say a few words of scenes.

But he was used to hard life after all, and he said distressedly: "There are so many industries in the house that cannot afford to the prince's spending... You are too good at spending money."

Qin Lei laughed and closed the window, returned to the table with Guan Tao, sat down with confusion, and said with confusion: "No one taught me this, why did I know it? Could it be that Gu is the legendary genius?"

Guantao took a sip of water, and heard this, he squirted out his 'puff' and wiped his mouth helplessly, and smiled bitterly: "The saying of 'Don't sleep, don't eat' is still very reasonable."

Qin Lei chuckled and refused to respond. Apart from shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Guantao didn't know how to express his sense of powerlessness in his heart, so he had to change the subject and ask: "Wen Yanbo did not attack at today's court meeting, right?"

Qin Lei shook his head and said softly: "No, but there is one thing. This old guy is quite keen on the scholars' disaster relief. He expressed his hope that His Majesty will take some measures to stop them."

Guantao said in surprise: "Did he noticed some clues?"

Qin Lei shook his head firmly and said, "It is impossible. Before Gu sets out his sword, those things have nothing to do with me. Unless he can calculate, he will not notice Gu's intentions."

Guantao grabbed his sparse beard and thought for a while before pondering: "Is he uneasy about the lively atmosphere in Zhongdu today?"

Qin Lei took a sip of tea and nodded, "I think so too, it's like a thief is preparing to steal other people's things. Naturally, he hopes that no one will make a noise around. As long as there is any movement, he will feel guilty."

Guantao nodded and smiled, "Wen Yanbo wants to steal the Great Qin Dynasty's talent ceremony, so he naturally doesn't want to get into trouble." After thinking for a while, he whispered, "Will this affect our plan?"

Qin Lei rubbed his chin and said in a swaying manner: "It shouldn't be possible. Now he has instructed Kyoto Prefecture and Bingma Temple. It will not be so easy to drive the refugees out again." Before Guantao could speak, he denied himself: "It will definitely affect it. At least this old guy's eyes will not leave the refugees and scholars again. If we make any moves, we may be discovered by him."

"The prince means that we must restrain ourselves and cut off our ties with scholars and refugees?" Guantao asked in a deep voice.

Qin Lei nodded and said, "It's considered to be cut off. The Gu Sect told Nan Guo and whom he would not contact them again unless he had no choice."

Guantao said in a heart-hearted manner: 'What does it mean? You must have some secret tricks.' But Qin Lei didn't say it and couldn't ask, so he had to turn around and said: "During this period, the Taxation Department has ruined our industry very much, and many stores cannot be operated normally. Prince, we can no longer let it go."

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Anyway, I can't make a lot of money, so it doesn't matter if I keep me in for a while."

Guantao burst into tears and said, "You hand-off manager, why don't you worry about anything!" He also said patiently: "The problem is not how much money you make, but our Kyoto intelligence system is actually attached to these stores. Being tinkered by the tax department like this is equivalent to covering our heads, unable to see, hear, and smelling, which is very dangerous."

"The Master of the Temple is right, we need to change this situation." Shen Bing, who came up at some point, answered in a deep voice.

This guy suddenly interrupted, but he was startled Qin Lei. He looked up and saw him standing next to several guards. It seemed that he had been here for a while.

He glared at him with annoyance, and Qin Lei rolled his eyes and said, "Please give me some footsteps next time. Doing secret work will not even hide the footsteps."

Shen Bing's mouth twitched a few times, and had no choice but to lower his head helplessly and said, "I thought the prince had seen me come up." I was afraid that the prince would continue to make fun of him, so he quickly took a step forward and handed the file bag under his armpit to Qin Lei and said, "Snow Melting Plan, please approve the prince."

Seeing that they had something to talk about, Guantao stood up and smiled and said, "I'm on vacation. Since Shen Bing is here, let him accompany you. I'll go back to have dinner with me." Although his authority can know anything about the royal palace, he doesn't want to get involved in these secret activities, which is also a bit of mental cleanliness.

Qin Lei and the other two knew it well, but there was no need to point it out, so they joked with him and let him go.

Qin Lei then took the two cowhide bags with "Top Secret" written on the cover, tore off the seal, took out the documents inside and started reading.

The document was not long, and it was finished in a short while. After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, Qin Lei said calmly: "This plan doesn't work."

Shen Bing's face remained unchanged and said: "This is the best way to protect the power in the capital of the royal palace." He had the right to defend before the final order was signed.

Qin Lei still had to explain a few words to this confidant: "This plan bleeds too much... It's not the time to kill people." Seeing that Shen Bing still looked like you owe me eight hundred yuan, he had to continue: "Don't forget that there is still Li Hun, the ferocious beast in Zhongdu. Too much blood will stimulate him... We can't deal with both families at the same time."

Then Shen Bing lowered his head and said, "Please give me advice." It means, okay, I'm convinced, I'll listen to you.

"Kill the chicken to warn the monkey, kill the fat man in charge and hang it at the entrance of the Taxation Department... Oh, by the way, don't be too arrogant, leave something for his home to commemorate." Qin Lei ordered softly, his tone as if he was talking about an insignificant little thing.

In his eyes, this is a trivial matter.

"What if the tax department continues?" Shen Bing asked relentlessly.

"Then let's get a few more broken, remember, killing people as the auxiliary, and intimidation as the main one." Qin Lei took a bowl of shredded pork noodles sent by Shi Gan and asked kindly, "Don't you eat anything?"

Shen Bing shook his head and said, "I just used breakfast an hour ago."

Qin Lei picked up a chopstick, took a sip and said, "It's really inhumane to break the morning court. I will get stomach problems after a long time."

Shen Bing is a cold man. When he finds that he can't answer, he will stand silently and will not respond as helplessly as Guan Tao.

Seeing Qin Lei finishing the bowl of noodles after wiping his mouth for a few mouthfuls, Shen Bing continued: "The news came from the Third Master, and the Prince seemed a little uneasy."

Qin Lei said 'oh': "What's wrong? Didn't he study at home behind closed doors?"

"In recent days, he has summoned several officials from the Censorate in succession." After a pause, Shen Bing whispered: "There is Yi Weiluo among them."

"What are they going to do?" This uncertainty is unpopular before the show begins.

Shen Bing shook his head and said, "The East Palace is very cautious, and even the Third Master's people cannot penetrate into the innermost part. The current information is not enough to support making judgments, but it must be directed at the Prince. "

Qin Lei said with a frown when he heard this, "Why am I the target of public criticism?" After saying that, he comforted himself and said, "Maybe this is 'the wood is fascinated by the forest, and the wind will destroy it'..."

Shen Bing automatically filtered this sentence until the prince's voice became low and firm, and he continued to hear: "Implement strict surveillance on the East Palace. If the situation is critical and there is no time to respond, he will pull out all his minions."

Shen Bing responded in a deep voice, and then asked a little strangely: "Why do you mainly use shock to the people of Wen Xiang, but use harsh actions to the people of the prince?"

Qin Lei chuckled and said, "The prince and I are both competitors of Li Hun's grandson. He naturally likes to see us biting dogs and have a fur on them."

"Didn't he say he has the intention to covet the Nine Cauldrons?"
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