As soon as Wei Zheng entered the door, officials greeted him.
"Master Wei, I heard that you sent the second young master to Hu County?"
Wei Zheng nodded.
This incident only happened in the morning.
Only a few hours have passed and someone already knows?
"You're confused," the official said sadly, "Mr. Wei, it's not like you don't know Du He's character. That boy Du He has a bad temper and is only interested in profit. You hand over the second young master to him. With the second young master's temperament, , I’m afraid I’m going to suffer a big loss... Oh!”
Other officials from Yushitai came over and learned about this. They all warned Wei Zheng to bring the people back quickly, otherwise they would suffer big losses.
One person, two people... the entire Yushitai was admonishing, and Wei Zheng felt a little unsure.
He decided to ask Fu'an when he went back in the evening.
No, just don’t go.
It's good to stay at home.
Not long after, the big bosses from the Second Dynasty of Li Dynasty went to the Imperial Study Room to discuss matters.
But everyone knew about this and advised Wei Zheng not to take risks.
Even Li Er said: "Xuancheng, I know Fu'an's temperament. I'm afraid it's not a good decision for you to let him go to Hu County!"
At this time, Wei Zheng completely regretted his decision.
After leaving the imperial city, he hurried back to the Wei Mansion and hurriedly asked the housekeeper: "Is the Second Young Master back?"
The butler said: "Report to the master, come back."
"Huh? Did you come back? Did you leave again?" Wei Zheng frowned.
The housekeeper said: "Master, two hours ago, the second young master came back, packed his things, and left again. I asked him where he was going? He said to Hu County?"
"not good!"
Wei Zheng's expression changed, and he quickly asked people to prepare carriages and horses to rush to Dream Group.
When he arrived at Dream Group, he learned that Du He had left Dream Group and went to Hu County to take up a post.
I'm afraid we're almost at Hu County by now.
The housekeeper whispered: "Master, we are going to Hu County now. It won't take long. Let's go after the second young master and bring him back."
Wei Zheng sighed and said, "That's all. If I go to Hu County at this time, I will be laughed at again. I hope the people of Fuji will have their own destiny."
For a moment, Wei Zheng had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know whether his decision was wrong or right.
…
The city wall of Hu County is in sight in the distance.
The motorcade stopped.
In the distance, a strong horse galloped over, and the man on the horse shouted: "Wait for me, wait for me!"
Everyone in the convoy looked back.
On the carriage, Du He opened the curtain and asked, "What's going on? Why did it stop?"
Zhang Jian patted his horse over and said, "Master, there is someone... It seems to be the Second Young Master of Wei!"
Hooves clatter.
Hooves clatter.
The sound of horse hooves came from far away, and the man on the horse was none other than Wei Shuyu.
Wei Shuyu was wearing a short jacket and carrying a suitcase on his back, looking very tired.
He rode his horse and came to the carriage, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said excitedly: "Finally caught up!"
Du He asked doubtfully: "Brother Wei, you must have received my letter, right? The letter said that you can just get to Hu County before the day after tomorrow. Why did you catch up with me after all your travels?"
Wei Shuyu showed an honest smile: "I, I... I don't know the road!"
Du He: "..."
"Well, that's a very strong reason."
However, this Brother Wei is really a human being!
Du He rushed to Huxian today to take office. Originally, he wanted to bring the troops borrowed from the Sixth Ministry with him, but he didn't know that no one was willing to follow him.
So he directly sent letters one after another in the name of the magistrate of Hu County, asking everyone to arrive at Hu County before the day after tomorrow.
But Wei Shuyu was the most positive one.
"Brother Wei's spirit is admirable. Since that's the case, let's go to the city together!"
"good!"
The convoy set off again.
Not long after, a large group of people entered the county seat of Hu County.
I saw that the county seat was less than half as high as Chang'an City. Many places were cracked and in disrepair. It was feared that it would collapse if a heavy rain came.
After entering the city gate, I saw the streets were empty, which was in sharp contrast to the bustling Chang'an City.
However, when I looked up, I saw that the alleys were filled with a lot of refugees. These people gathered together in groups, huddled in the corners, wearing rags and looking like vegetables.
Some people saw the convoy and wanted to come over to beg, but when they saw these fierce guards, they immediately shrank back. They must have been beaten many times.
"Qiu Wanjia, you have committed evil!"
"This guy deserves to die!"
Du He couldn't help but curse.
Ma Zhou nodded: "Qiu Wanjia has served as the magistrate of Hu County for more than ten years, but he has emptied the whole county. The most outrageous thing is that this guy has bought all the people's land, and the people have been living on food.
God, when the people lose their land, they lose their lifeblood and the basis for their livelihood. They can only be homeless and displaced. In fact, most of the young and middle-aged people have already lived in Chang'an City or surrounding places. The rest,
But they are all dragging their families, or women, children, old and young. They cannot leave, so they can only wait to die here!"
Snapped.
Du He punched the carriage pillar hard.
"In recent years, Hu County has been disease-free and disaster-free. However, after Dali Temple investigated the case of Qiu Wanjia, it was discovered that there was not a penny in the accounts of the Hu County government, and there was not even a grain of grain in the granary..." Ma Zhou continued.
said.
While he was talking, the motorcade had already arrived at the county government office.
It's said to be a county government office, but it's actually just a few shabby houses.
It looks like it hasn't been repaired in three to five years.
Ma Zhou said dumbfounded: "It is said that in order to show that he loves the people as his own son, Qiu Wanjia is a completely upright official, so the county government office has never been repaired, but he himself has never been to the county government office.
I'm doing business in my own mansion."
Before arriving, Ma Zhou knew that he would have a heavy responsibility by following Du He to Hu County, so he was prepared in advance and was relatively familiar with all aspects of the situation.
"Let it be broken down, as long as it can be lived in. Everyone, please settle down immediately, make a fire to cook, and then start working!" Du He ordered loudly.
This time, Du He brought more than 30 people from the Dream Group.
In addition to Ma Zhou, there were also Zhang Jian, Lu Yuan, Lu Bu and others.
Everyone unloaded the supplies and got busy performing their duties. Before dark, a few smokes rose from the backyard of the dilapidated county government office, and then the smell of food came. This county government office finally had some sense of security.
angry.
Du He took everyone to eat, and then Du He called Ma Zhou and Zhang Jian into the room.
Du He said: "Since I promised your majesty to come here to be the magistrate of Hu County, I have to keep my word. Right now, the most important thing is the people who are displaced and can't even eat. Therefore, the top priority is to find out what the situation is.
How many people do we need to get the right treatment? It’s best to get a roster in a short time! I’ll have to leave this matter to you.”
"This matter should be done sooner rather than later. I will take people to the county town to have a look!" Ma Zhou was impatient and could not wait for a moment, so he immediately took people to set off.
After Ma Zhou left, Zhang Jian said strangely: "Master, we are not really going to do good deeds without leaving our name, are we? Fools all know that the reason why His Majesty is looking for you is just because you are rich. Do we really want to send Mian Meng to you?"
The group's money will be used to help these people?"