Chapter 1,457 Jingyang people protect their own Jingyang
Frowning his eyebrows, Wei Yifang was about to call the clerk outside the door into the study room to ask, when he saw the door being knocked open with a "bang", and a soaked clerk broke in and shouted: "County
Your Majesty, something bad is happening!"
Wei Yifang was a little calm, and looked at this disrespectful clerk with furrowed eyebrows in disgust. Master Wei, who was usually a bit of a germaphobe, was quite disgusted by his muddy clothes...
Suppressing the displeasure in his heart, he asked in a deep voice: "If you have something to tell me slowly, what's going on with the buzzing outside?"
The clerk wiped the rain off his face and said hurriedly, ignoring the embarrassed expression on the county magistrate's face: "Reporting to the county magistrate, the army sent by the imperial court has arrived outside the city..."
Wei Yifang was shocked, stood up quickly, and said in surprise: "So fast? Immediately notify the chef and order the kitchen to organize the banquet immediately. When Lu Guogong, Fang Jun and other officials enter the city, I will hold a banquet for them.
I am a descendant of a noble family, how can I lose such etiquette? Otherwise, if word spreads, someone will laugh at me, Jingzhao Weishi, for neglecting the way of hospitality."
The clerk was interrupted mid-sentence. He looked confused at this time and did not dare to take the initiative. After Wei Yifang finished speaking, he said: "Well...if we go back to the county magistrate, Fang Jun and others
Together with the 5,000-strong army, they had already passed the city without entering, and rushed straight to the Jinghe River Embankment."
Wei Yifang was stunned for a moment, his handsome face turned red instantly, and he said in embarrassment: "Even so, why did you say half of the words? Do you want to embarrass me?"
The clerk was extremely aggrieved and thought that it was you who stole the words. How dare I not let you speak?
Wei Yifang was not in the mood to dwell on such a trivial matter. He waved his hand and said with a look of displeasure: "This Fang Jun is really too much. He couldn't get through the city when he arrived in Jingyang. Doesn't he take me seriously? I am a high-ranking official."
A descendant of the Zhaowei family, he is so dismissive and indifferent..."
When I said this, I suddenly remembered that the relationship between the chamberlain and Jingzhao Weishi had always been tense. The two sides had fought in court more than once or twice. There was really no need to give him face...
He had no choice but to say: "That's all. After I take a shower and change clothes, I might as well go to the embankment to see him. After all, he is an angel who came under the emperor's orders. Don't be too rude."
The clerk swallowed his saliva and thought to himself, do you still need to take a bath and change clothes? You are really a young man from a noble family. No matter how you wash, you will still be soaked in the rain when you go out? What's more, the whole Jingyang City is about to be turned upside down...
He had no choice but to bravely say: "Well... didn't the county magistrate just ask me why there was so much noise outside?"
"Ah, yes, what's going on?"
Wei Yi almost forgot about it. He only remembered it after being reminded and looked at the clerk curiously.
The scribe said: "Your Majesty ordered a large army to come to Jingyang for disaster relief. The minister of the house shouted the slogan 'People are still alive when the dike is there, but people will die when the dike collapses' outside the city. All the people in the city were moved and thought of your majesty's kindness. Therefore,
Even the old, weak, women and children who stayed in the city all left the city and rushed to the dike, vowing to live or die with the dike!"
Wei Yifang's whole body seemed to have been cast a restraining spell. He stood there in shock and said in disbelief: "What did you say?"
"Your Majesty, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled who are really unable to move, everyone in the city has left the city and rushed to the embankment to fight the flood and rescue the people with the army! The city now... is almost empty."
Wei Yifang took a breath!
All the people in the city went to the embankment to provide disaster relief, and even shouted the slogan "When the embankment is there, everyone will be alive, but when the embankment collapses, everyone will die." But until now, he, the county magistrate, is still discussing in the government office about hosting a banquet in honor of the people from Chang'an.
Disaster relief officials even had to shower and change clothes when going to the dam...
Is this fear of danger?
Or dereliction of duty?
No matter what, Wei Yifang, who was born in an aristocratic family, knew that once he was targeted by the imperial censor and submitted a unanimous memorial to His Majesty for impeachment, his official position would be almost certain... or even not just dismissed from office. If
Take advantage of this opportunity to conduct a thorough investigation on yourself...
Wei Yifang's clothes were soaked with cold sweat in an instant. The cool breeze from the door blew in, and he shivered violently. His handsome face turned pale instantly, and he shouted: "How dare you mistake me?"
He didn't even bother to change his official robe, he just pushed the clerk in front of him with one palm and strode into the heavy rain outside the door.
The hospital immediately remembered the county magistrate's hoarse shouting: "Are they all dead? Anyone who is still breathing, get out of here and follow me to the embankment quickly!"
The clerk didn't expect Wei Yifang's reaction to be so big. He said that even if he was a county magistrate, it would be a big mistake not to be on the front line in person. But after all, you are a descendant of an aristocratic family. How can you be afraid of such a trivial matter if you are a direct descendant of Wei Yifang's family in Jingzhao?
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Look at his disheveled hair and ragged clothes due to the heavy rain. This is not the style of Mr. Wei, who used to be the most particular about appearance and demeanor...
*****
There are crowds of people on the Jinghe River embankment.
Lin Ruofu held her waist with one hand and sat on the pergola with the other, looking at the rushing water of the Jing River not far away from the upper reaches of the Jing River, her eyes filled with worry.
Under the organization of the government officials, more than 2,000 civilians around them were working enthusiastically. Baskets of earth and rocks were transported from under the embankment to the top of the dam to reinforce several embankments that were damaged by floods. However, the floods became more and more violent.
, the turbulent water swept away the newly dumped earth and rocks in an instant, and all the efforts were in vain.
Even the low river banks have been overflowed by the swollen river water, making it muddy...
What's especially worrying is that since they went up to the embankment at noon yesterday, these government servants have not closed their eyes or said anything, and they only drank two meals of gruel... That was the rice he called on the wealthy households in the city to donate.
, but the free warehouse that was supposed to be opened at this time is still locked...
Everyone in the city is angry!
Lin Ruofu was just a former director of the Ministry of Industry and had already become an official in the early years of Zhenguan. The Lin family was just a small family in Jingyang. Even if he was willing to give up his family, property and power to provide food for these common people, how many meals could he provide?
If Lin Ruofu, a strong man with two or three thousand continuous hard work, had enough appetite to eat, he would be ruined in one meal...
And the crux of the problem is that, although there are tens of thousands of stones of new grain for autumn in the warehouse, why do you let yourself, a small bureaucrat who has already become an official, lose his family and career?
That doesn’t make sense!
But even though he was angry in his heart, he couldn't just throw away his sleeves and leave. The county magistrate Wei Yifang is a direct descendant of Jingzhao Wei's family, and being the Jingyang county magistrate is just a step forward. Even if Jingyang is destroyed by a big
The water was reduced to the ground, and it was just a waste of two years to reach the sky with Webster's power. If you change the place and perform political achievements, you will still be promoted...
But Lin Ruofu can't do it!
He is from Jingyang, where he was born and raised, and this is where he will be buried. How could he have the heart to let the floods destroy his hometown? If he really did that, how could he be worthy of his neighbors, and how could he face the people in his tomb?
Ancestors?
The more urgent the disaster, the more angry Lin Ruofu felt!
Apart from being a playboy and enjoying themselves, what important responsibilities can the children of such aristocratic families have?
Really unworthy of a man!
A person walked quickly behind him, panting loudly beside him, wiping the muddy water on his face, and said worriedly: "Why does this heavy rain keep falling? The river surface has been swollen, and the water level has been rising. Now there are water levels in many places.
If the overflow situation continues like this, it will probably be over! Uncle Shi, you think... why don't you let the servants protect you and evacuate first?"
Lin Ruofu looked back expressionlessly and saw that it was County Lieutenant Zhang Ting.
Like the Lin family, the Zhang family is also an ancestral home in Jingyang, and has held the position of county captain for generations since the Sui Dynasty. The Zhang family has a strict family style. Although it is not a scholarly family, it is quite honest and kind, and its prestige in the county is not low.
When Zhang Ting said these words, he obviously lost confidence in protecting the embankment...
Lin Ruofu's face was as dark as water. She looked around at the villagers who were still working hard. She sighed and said helplessly: "You want me to abandon these villagers and neighbors and escape alone? The county magistrate is in charge and refuses to come to the embankment in person. If I were
This old bone is not here, so do you think these people will disperse in droves, and in the end no one will be able to hold on to the embankment, allowing the flood to collapse and destroy Jingyang City in one fell swoop?"
Zhang Ting was speechless.
After a long while, he yelled angrily: "Mother! What kind of officials are sent by the imperial court? They only know how to enjoy themselves and behave like well-educated children of aristocratic families all day long. Once something happens, they will act like mothers."
I don’t even dare to show my face, it’s just a corpse meal!”
Lin Ruofu's thin and thin body stood upright in the wind and rain, her face was haggard, but she could not hide the cold look in her eyes, and she shouted flatly: "Since you know that people only regard being an official as a step to success, why do you need to do so much?
Hope? He is afraid that he will be embarrassed if he gets on the embankment, so he can drink tea in the yamen and become his second generation ancestor. This is Jingyang, the Jingyang of us Jingyang people, let us use our flesh and blood to protect this road
Embankment, let us Jingyang people defend our Jingyang with our lives!"
In the wind and rain, his shouts of shouting spread far away, and when people nearby heard these words, they were all excited and inexplicably excited!
"Guard Jingyang!"
"This is the Jingyang of our Jingyang people!"
"Live and die with the levee!"
The wind and rain were like dark, and the floods were raging, but the morale on the embankment was like a rainbow. All the civil servants' eyes were red, they gritted their teeth and unleashed all their strength to transport baskets of earth and rocks from the bottom of the dam.
The raging floods blocked everything.
With one heart and one mind, man can conquer heaven!