There has always been a saying among the people that "a city in Huzhou is not as big as half a town in Nanxun". The elegant and beautiful scenery of Nanxun, like an elegant and beautiful lady, is always unforgettable.
At present, Nanxun has also experienced heavy rains and floods, but after all, our lady is our lady. Although she has suffered a lot and her face is pale, her alluring charm has not diminished a bit.
Accompanied by Fu Sheng, the magistrate of Wucheng County, Xia Xun first arrived at Nanxun, and then at the villages below the town.
Before Xia Xun came, Wucheng County Magistrate Fu Sheng knew that the magistrate had been tricked, so he was trembling when he saw Xia Xun, fearing that something would go wrong. Naturally, he did not dare to let the extravagant pomp and show again, before Magistrate Fu left the house
When I was there, I deliberately changed into a wrinkled official uniform that was old and new, and deliberately rubbed some mud on the hem of the official uniform at the edge of my pond.
Wucheng County is a prosperous place. In order to securely be an official here, Magistrate Fu often fawns over Chang Yinglin. It is also common for him to give money to women. But those who flatter and fawn over superior officials are not necessarily corrupt officials.
, Magistrate Fu still cherishes the local area. He studied hard for ten years and became a high-ranking scholar. He became the seventh-rank official in Wucheng County. He also wanted to achieve some political achievements.
However, in the extremely complicated place of officialdom, how can we just act on our heart? Hai Rui was spotless, with a clean sleeve, leaving only a clean name, and accomplishing nothing for the country and the people. Qi Jiguang bribed and sent beautiful women, and he was flattering and flattering.
However, he did great things and was a real national hero.
Human nature is very complex. Only in the eyes of those with simple thinking will they think that black is black and white is white. A good official must have no shortcomings and a weak official must have no merit. Living in a complex environment, sometimes in order to do things,
In order to protect yourself, you have to do something against your will.
Fu Sheng is such a person. Facing a black-hearted Shangguan, if he wants to keep his official position, he has to do something to suit his superiors. However, for the local people, he still does his best within his own ability.
He fulfilled his duty as an official. However, he did not hesitate to use some scheming methods.
Xia Xun did not make it difficult for him. Seeing that Wucheng County had taken in many victims, Magistrate Fu also called on the local gentry to come forward and set up many porridge sheds to help the people. He was careful this time and checked carefully. It was indeed not a face-saving project.
His performance was quite recognized. Accompanied by Magistrate Fu, Xia Xun only stopped briefly in Nanxun and then began to inspect the villages and towns below.
Some villages and towns were seriously affected by the disaster. In some villages and towns, the floods have receded. Local authorities are cleaning up the mud, cremating corpses, and using some simple methods to disinfect and prevent epidemics. These are the experiences that people have learned over thousands of years.
The ancients were not ignorant of post-disaster epidemic prevention. In many cases, post-disaster epidemics occurred not because they did not understand the knowledge, but because they did not have the corresponding conditions. After thousands of miles, they could not find a stick of firewood or an iron pot, and they were thirsty with nothing.
When there is smoke in his throat, even if he knows that drinking boiled water is better than cold water, what is the use? There are rotting human and animal corpses everywhere, and when the lucky ones who survive are shaking when walking, even if he knows that the corpses should be cremated or buried deeply
To prevent the plague, who can go deep into the disaster area to do it?
Fortunately, the area in eastern Zhejiang is one of the richest places in the country. Even though it suffered a major disaster, the family's financial foundation is still there. The disaster relief work is much better than that in poor and backward areas. Xia Xun feels a lot more at ease after seeing this.
Xia Xun found Xiaoye'er Village. To be precise, he found the place where Xiaoye'er Village was originally.
Standing on the boat, staring blankly at the place that was originally a small village, Xia Xun looked at a loss.
The heavy rain season has passed for a long time, and the place is still half submerged under the water. You can imagine how serious the disaster was here.
This is a slum area. It houses Zhang Shicheng's old troops. A group of untouchables who are not even allowed to work in agriculture and can only do chores to make a living. You can imagine how crude their houses are. Now the water has receded by more than half, but
Xia Xun looked around and saw that not even a roof had been reached. All the houses had collapsed. He could recognize this place because Xiaoyeer Village had not changed much in the past ten years, especially the layout of the village, so from some
He could still vaguely remember the appearance of the entire village from the ruins of the walls that were slightly exposed from the water, and a few large locust willow trees that he occasionally recalled in his dreams.
When he came to this world, the first place he saw when he opened his eyes was here, which was equivalent to the place of his birth.
At that time, he was lying by the river, and Uncle Hu, who made a living by catching frogs and fishing, took him in. This village was inhabited by extremely poor people, but these people who were struggling at the bottom of society, even though their houses were crude and their clothes were shabby, they even
The girls from some families can only go to the city to be the lowest-class street sisters. Their bodies are filthy, but their hearts are clean.
They live at the bottom of society, in the darkest corner, and as long as they can get a glimmer of light, it is their greatest joy. And this is a group of people who have nothing to do with the world, and now none of them are here, living in such a big water here
Love, Xia Xun really didn't dare to expect that there would be a few people left alive.
With a gloomy face, he looked at the water flowing slowly under his feet, and said in a deep voice: "The heavy rains this year are indeed rare in decades. The accumulation of rain and disasters is not your local responsibility. But how could the flooding here happen?
Is it so serious? Is this just a natural disaster?"
Magistrate Fu hurriedly replied: "My lord, this village is originally next to a river. The water is too big. When the water comes down, the first people to be affected are the people who live along the river..."
Xia Xun turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes were not very cold, but Magistrate Fu shuddered involuntarily, his knees softened, and he knelt down on the boat, and said with a mournful face: "If you return to the country, please tell me.
There is really...there is really no way!"
Xia Xun said coldly: "You said, why is there no way?"
Magistrate Fu no longer cared about Chang Yinglin, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, you don't know something. When the money allocated by the imperial court for river work was received by the magistrate, not a single cent was allocated."
, To tell you the truth, Mr. Guo, even if the official is unscrupulous and does not take seriously the criminals of the former dynasty who lived in Xiaoyeer Village, in the entire Wucheng County, do the officials dare not take it seriously?
Let’s just say that in Nanxun Town, there are many officials who want to become officials. Take any one of them, but the official who is as big as a sesame seed and a mung bean is incomparable to Xiaguan.
Are the officials willing to spare Xiaguan? With no choice but to do so, Xiaguan also asked the Huzhou government to allocate some money.
There are so many high-ranking officials in Wucheng County. Even if a small county receives a penny, it will never dare to be greedy. It will all be spent on water conservancy maintenance. But..., behind Mr. Chang is..., not to mention that he has already become an official.
Officials, even officials in the government, are not looked down upon by others, and they are as dumb as a penny!
Seeing that the river was in disrepair for a long time, not to mention that it would be in trouble in the event of a major disaster, even if it was used to irrigate farmland, it was not useful. The lower official had no choice but to summon the wealthy gentry and merchants of the county and shamelessly asked them to donate some money.
, so we can hire migrant workers to repair water conservancy."
Magistrate Fu swallowed his saliva and said: "But how can we repair the entire river section with such a small amount of money? If we spread it out and patch it up everywhere, it will not help at all. When this flood comes, our entire Wucheng County will be affected."
My son will be dead, and the people of the whole county will suffer. Besides, the donor lives in the city, so what if I don’t build that section of the embankment first? So here..."
Xia Xun said coldly and sadly: "So... there are only some dispensable untouchables living here, so we have to let them fend for themselves!"
Magistrate Fu was so horrified that his face turned green. He kowtowed repeatedly and said: "It is a crime of death for a lower official! It is a capital crime for a lower official!"
His head hit the cabin deck, making a loud bang, and within a moment his forehead was bruised.
Xia Xun said slowly: "Get up. When you were in office, you at least did your duty. My father-in-law will not blame you for what you are incapable of doing!"
Fu Sheng was overjoyed and continued to kowtow: "Thank you so much for the kindness of the State Council! Thank you so much for the kindness of the State Council!"
Xia Xun waved his hand, and his face immediately darkened: "But there is something you are capable of doing! In the past, Chang Yinglin covered the sky with his hands, and you could only breathe in his arms. Now Chang Yinglin is behind bars.
, Yu Shi is looking for evidence of his crime, how come you still know about it and don’t report it?”
Magistrate Fu said hurriedly: "I understand, I understand! I will write down the details clearly after I return, and report them to the Imperial Envoy!"
Xia Xun pondered for a while and then said: "In Wucheng County, many high-ranking officials live in seclusion. Chang Yinglin dares to be so bold and bold. You can imagine how cruel the exploitation of other places is. This is the case in Huzhou counties."
Here, Wucheng is considered the first county, and you must have some reputation as an official in various counties..."
Fu Sheng heard the sound of the string and knew its elegant meaning, and immediately said: "Yes, I will definitely contact my colleagues in the counties and write a letter together to report Chang Yinglin's crimes and bring justice to the people!"
Xia Xun nodded, looked back silently, and looked at the area where Xiaoye'er Village was once again. Ten years seemed like a dream.
The grain gentry's home was ransacked, and the grain seized on the spot became stolen goods, and there was absolutely no reason to return it. Yu Shiji was quite ruthless and had all the grain returned to the treasury.
He received the official grain and closed the gap of 600,000 dans of grain. Xia Yuanji was not polite and temporarily took over the post of Huzhou magistrate. He immediately opened a warehouse to sell grain to the citizens at a fair price. He also identified the affected people in each county and allocated grain to or
Relief or loans were given to make up for the shortage of food provided by the court.
Motivated by Xia Yuanji, the conscientious gentry in Huzhou City saw that the overall situation had been decided, and they came forward one after another to report the crimes of Chang Yinglin and his party members. As a result, Huzhou Tongzhi, Tongxuan and other large-scale voters opposed Chang Yinglin.
Corrupt officials who were colluding with each other were imprisoned one after another. Immediately afterwards, the magistrates of various counties headed by Wucheng wrote letters one after another, reporting the crimes of Huzhou Prefecture.
Yu Shiji has become addicted to arresting people. He will arrest people when he reports, and he will arrest a whole family. His appearance is quite a bit like that of the souls of Chen Ying, Xiao Zujie, and Ji Gang. If Xia Xun and Xia Yuanji had not deliberately controlled the scale, Yu Qingtian must have
Even if they are close to each other, half of the people in Huzhou City can be arrested.
While Yu Shiji was busy arresting people and ransacking their homes, and Xia Yuanji was busy promoting relations between the government and the people, Xia Xun began to think about the future life problems of the victims. Disaster relief could be provided now, but the relief could not continue until next autumn harvest. Huzhou Prefecture was blocked by Chang Yinglin.
The stinky fish has caused so much harm that there are countless refugees. Some people in Susong and other prefectures have also been severely affected. What should these people do?
Xia Xun thought hard for a long time, and suddenly thought of the Great Baoen Temple in the capital that required more than 100,000 people to build, and his heart suddenly brightened...
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