The sun rose, and the snowy field under the sun was soon filled with people carrying hot porridge and rice and eating frantically. They were squatting or standing, sweating profusely while eating, and their faces were full of satisfaction.
Zhang Yanling and Xu Gao looked at the scene in front of them with relief and sigh. The people did not have high demands, they just needed food and clothing. And even with such demands, the imperial court failed to satisfy them. This is really unjustifiable.
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At half past midnight, the doctors from the medical clinics that Zhang Yanling had been waiting for to treat the people finally arrived. Led by Li Shichun from Ren'antang, doctors from several major medical clinics in the capital came one after another. Although some people were reluctant, no one dared to offend them.
Zhang Yanling. Besides, Zhang Yanling promised to pay for the medical treatment, so everyone came over.
When Li Shichun saw Zhang Yanling's tall figure and big fingers, he praised: "Master Hou is amazing."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "How do you say this?"
Li Shichun said: "Don't you know, Lord Marquis? It has been spread in the city. The story of Lord Marquis helping the people with righteousness and spending all his family wealth has been widely spread. From the imperial court to the common people, everyone is talking about it.
Everyone was full of praise for the Marquis. They all said that don't look at the Marquis...if he doesn't take action at ordinary times, at the critical moment, it depends on the Marquis' success. If the tens of thousands of people outside the city had not been helped by the Marquis, they would have suffered a serious crime.
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Zhang Yanling chuckled and said, "Oh? This matter has been spread everywhere? Then wouldn't I be famous?"
Li Shichun rolled his eyes and said: "Master Hou is already a well-known person in the capital. This time, his reputation is even more famous and praised by everyone. It is a great kindness to help the people. It is a great cause of justice and loyalty for the country and the people."
Zhang Yanling waved his hand and said: "Come on, don't overdo it. I can't bear it. Hurry up and help the people to see their diseases. Most of them are wind and cold diseases. Treat them well. Don't die because of these minor illnesses."
That’s not great kindness or justice, that’s great confusion.”
Li Shichun laughed, and now more than a dozen doctors were sitting on the snow to diagnose patients. Soon, not only the aroma of porridge and rice, but also the aroma of medicinal herbs filled the air.
Li Shichun's words are not nonsense. In fact, since yesterday morning, the news that Jianchang Hou Zhang Yanling rescued the people outside the city has spread in the capital.
Needless to say, the common people were all surprised and curious about the news. How could the common people not know what kind of person Jianchang Marquis was. It was really surprising that he could do such a thing.
Naturally, the people in the city were quite critical of the imperial court's decision to close the city gates and prevent victims from entering the city. Although the people were also worried that a large number of victims would flood into the city, causing trouble and disrupting their lives. But comparing their feelings, if they
It would be so desperate to be in that situation but be turned away from the city gate. Therefore, the relief provided by Jianchang Hou Zhang Yanling immediately became the focus of the people's attention and the center of public opinion.
For the officials in the DPRK and China, they were surprised. They basically believed that Zhang Yanling’s actions had impure motives. It was obvious that he wanted to be in the limelight and achieve some ulterior purpose through the relief work. At the same time, they also believed that Zhang Yanling’s actions were not purely motivated.
, this move is actually an attack on the relief policy of the Sixth Cabinet Department. This is a poaching and conspiracy to damage the reputation of the outer court.
After Zhong Zhong reported Zhang Yanling's insistence on going out of the city to provide relief, cabinet scholar Xie Qian and a group of civil servants believed that this was a deliberate attempt to disrupt the imperial government's relief plan. His actions must be stopped immediately and he could not be allowed to do this.
However, Li Dongyang's opinion was that Zhang Yanling's relief to the victims was something beyond reproach. He acted from a moral high ground. If he was prohibited from doing so by the outer court at this moment, but could not provide timely relief to the victims outside the city, then it would be left to him.
He was accused of being relegated. Moreover, there were tens of thousands of victims outside the city. How could Zhang Yanling do this well with his ability? In the end, the place was not a mess. It would have been better to take over at that time.
Liu Jian, the chief assistant, felt that Li Dongyang's opinion was reasonable, so he ordered Zhang Yanling to do what he did without having to worry about him. According to the original plan, he first focused on relieving thousands of victims in the city, shoveling snow and sweeping roads, and restoring order. After all, in the city
It is also a mess now. The price of grain and rice has skyrocketed, and the hidden dangers of snow disasters still exist. These problems must be solved quickly. After the city is settled, relief will be provided to the people outside the city. Some people outside the city may die, but there is nothing that can be done about it.
, who told this snowstorm to come so suddenly and fiercely.
With this mentality of waiting to see a joke, Zhang Yanling's relief operations did not suffer any interference.
But no one expected that the relief work outside the city went so smoothly. Zhang Yanling showed excellent organizational skills, and he was not alone. The three major princes' offices sent people and materials to reinforce. By this time, people
Only then did he suddenly realize that this was a joint operation spearheaded by Zhang Yanling. With strong material and financial resources and Zhang Yanling's excellent organizational skills, the relief work outside the city was orderly, and there was no chaos that some people wanted to see.
scene.
Some people specially ran to the south city wall to check the situation outside. They were shocked by the scale of the resettlement camp outside. Within a few miles, there were densely packed shanty towns and tents. On the edge of the camp, beside more than a dozen porridge shacks, ordinary people
People lined up neatly to receive the porridge, and there was no sign of confusion at all. This is really staggering.
Looking back at the city, Ji Zhong's relief work was extremely procrastinating. It was not until the afternoon that the two relief settlement sites in Baizhifang and Yongdingmen gave the victims shelter from the wind and stabilized order. This was despite the mobilization of troops and horses.
Strongly maintained.
Comparing the two, it is even more obvious that the relief methods of Jianchang Hou Zhang Yanling were more effective.
By yesterday evening, after all the victims outside the city had been settled, there was even more praise in the city. The people are like this, they can be extremely mean and want to drown you with spittle. But on the other hand,
They can also worship you as a deity. Especially after you have made some contributions, public opinion has been boiling in a short period of time, which has infinitely improved Zhang Yanling's actions. Zhang Yanling has become a great benevolent person in their mouth, a person who saves people with great benevolence and righteousness.
.I have forgotten that not long ago, Zhang Yanling was the kind of playboy, unscrupulous, and evil-doing person they said.
Of course, the news also reached the Duke's Mansion. Ding Guogong Xu Guangzuo and British Duke Zhang Mao did not pay much attention to the matter at first. Even Zhang Mao warned Zhang Lun after learning that he participated in the relief work. After all, the relief matter was
The stakes are high and the effort is thankless. If something goes wrong and someone dies, it will become a source of criticism for others. So Zhang Mao warned his grandson not to be too pushy. But the development of the matter was beyond Zhang Mao's expectation. It was deserved.
When the victims outside Zhicheng were properly resettled without any mistakes, Zhang Mao immediately realized that this matter would have a great impact.
Although this was a relief operation initiated by Zhang Yanling, the participation of Zhang Lun, Xu Yande, Zhu Lin and others made it possible to call this a collective behavior of the family of relatives. I had deliberately ignored this before, but now, not only can I not ignore it,
Instead, we need to show our presence and support. Because this is already a great achievement.
So Zhang Mao made an appointment with Xu Guangzuo. After discussion, the two princes unanimously decided to go to the resettlement place for the victims outside the city the next morning to conduct a condolence visit. Firstly, they should confirm the fact that the Xunqi Family provides collective relief, and secondly, they should also defend it.
The results of this relief work. When the matter has reached this stage, the outer court is not willing to let Zhang Yanling get this credit. He will definitely find a way to steal it. The two princes went there to support this matter.