Chapter 814: General Song with Love and Righteousness
The big man with a broken arm let go of Yu Ping, looked at him with tears in his eyes and said: "You said that my general is not a kind and righteous person, and that he is a hypocrite.
Did you know that when we returned to the court in triumph and appreciated our merits, our general was given a thousand acres of fertile land, a thousand taels of gold, and countless treasures?
But my general sold off the fertile land treasure coefficient and exchanged the gold for scraps of silver.
All of it was given to us disabled retired soldiers and the families of the soldiers who died in the war as pensions, and I relied on my salary to live peacefully.
Over the years, whenever we encountered difficulties, the general never failed to help us. Sometimes he would visit us and the families of those soldiers who died in battle and ask if we had any difficulties.
Let me ask you, how many people in this world can do such a thing?"
Everyone in the teahouse was shocked, and Yun Qingyang heard about this for the first time.
Selling all the fertile farmland and giving it to the families of wounded soldiers and soldiers who died in battle, just to make their lives easier, while living in peace and quiet, what a righteous act is this?
"Why, how come no one has ever heard of this?"
The big man with two crutches said: "Our general does not seek fame and fortune, only the people in the army know about this matter.
The general didn't want other battalions to compare with him, so he didn't let us spread the word.
Is it justified that we, a general who is kind and righteous and not interested in fame or fortune, is called a hypocrite and not a kind and righteous person?"
"No wonder everyone used to say that Mrs. Song was stingy! In fact, it was not that Mrs. Song was stingy. She had no land and could only rely on General Song's salary to support her family. That's why Mrs. Song lived in such poverty."
"General Song is really a kind and righteous person. He would rather live a poor life than suffer mistreatment of the soldiers who have gone through life and death."
"Yes! I actually said that General Song is a hypocrite who bullies others. I'm really..." A young scholar felt so ashamed that he couldn't help but slap himself in the mouth.
"Zhou Yu was not a good person and deserved to die, but I scolded General Song and Mrs. Song because of such a scumbag. It was really undeserved."
"That's right, Zhou Yu's kind of rubbish has totally disgraced us scholars."
When Yu Ping saw that the people in the teahouse were either saying good things about Song Heng, scolding Zhou Yu, or blaming themselves for scolding Song Heng, he knew that the trend had changed, and he couldn't change it with his mouth.
If he said something bad about Song Heng again, he might be attacked by a group of people.
So, Yu Ping and the people at the same table with him left in despair.
By the afternoon, public opinion had completely reversed.
There are no more people scolding the Song family. Instead, they are praising him for his kindness and righteousness and scolding Zhou Yu.
Hearing that Butler Yun came to report the change of public opinion with a smile, Shen Wan hugged her son and smiled.
It seems that her trolls and the dirty information about Zhou Yu that was dug up by others have all worked.
I heard Butler Yun say that there were retired disabled soldiers who spoke to Song Heng, and the response was very good.
Ling Wei suddenly came up with an idea. Since her factory had expanded and she was short of people, she might as well recruit some disabled retired soldiers and some family members of soldiers who died in the war to work in her factory.
After all, some tasks can be done with one hand or while sitting.
If someone is unable to work, his family members can take over, which is also a good deed.
Song Heng, who was in the study, didn't show much expression after hearing the boy's report, and waved the boy to leave.
After the boy went out, Song Heng murmured to himself: "She is really very capable. She can reverse such a situation."