"My lord, why didn't you let me feed that child just now?" The official who had just been stopped couldn't help turning his head.
"Don't look back," Master Fang's voice was still steady, "You can save him for a while, but you can't save him forever. What's more, didn't you see those disaster victims who came up faintly? Save this one, the rest what to do?"
"Not many people..."
"That's because you only saw these people. Do you know why I asked them to bring food and go away at night, because hungry people are irrational. They even eat people. Do you think you will be safe and sound if you take out the food?" Get out of this place?"
Mr. Fang's unhurried voice made the official break out in a cold sweat.
Another official came up and whispered: "I know you are soft-hearted, but if you are soft-hearted when you shouldn't be soft-hearted, it will hurt everyone."
"I know my mistake." The young official bowed his head in shame.
In fact, before they set off, Mr. Fang had told him not to pay attention to those begging for food on the road. He thought that the child was young and thought of his younger brother, so he couldn't bear it for a while, and almost made a big mistake.
Master Fang sighed, how could he bear it, but the purpose of his trip was the whole of Subei, and he must not lose the big because of a small one.
This trip was difficult, and he knew it before departure, but His Majesty sent him because of his trust in him, no matter what, he could not live up to this trust.
The small town ahead is their second destination. Compared with the main city, the environment here is worse, but in the face of all this, none of the officials complained. They know that just surviving is already paid by the people who live here. The result of best efforts.
The officials who came to greet them were not very respectable, their cheeks were thin and their complexions were not good. When they saw them, their eyes lit up: "Is it the disaster relief officials sent by the imperial court? Not much, if there is any negligence, I will still look at Haihan."
The government office in this small city is much smaller than the main city, and the layout is also very old. Mr. Fang took a rough look around, but couldn't find a single valuable item.
After a few simple greetings, Mr. Fang got straight to the point: "How is the disaster situation here? I asked someone to bring some supplies. I don't know if there is enough."
The officials in the small town clearly knew the situation here, and explained the situation of the disaster succinctly and clearly.
The more he listened, the more Mr. Fang frowned.
Strictly speaking, the disaster here started at the end of April. Until now, there hasn’t been a drop of rain. Later, when it really couldn’t go on, the government sold everything that could be sold and bought a batch of grain from outside. , barely supported until now.
"Didn't you say that the Subei Army's military salary was used for emergency?"
"Most of them are in the main city. Small counties or villages like ours can get some because they burned incense in their previous lives. The food given from above is only a little. It won't take long for so many people. Those who can leave Gone, but where can I escape, the whole Subei is in the same situation."
"Did no one escape to Subei?"
"This..." the little official gritted his teeth with a look of embarrassment on his face, and continued, "It is impossible to escape outside. A relative of the lower official wanted to leave Subei with his wife and daughter, but he lost his trace before he went far. Found someone."
"It's no wonder that the people in the imperial court didn't get any news." Mr. Fang pondered. It turned out that from the very beginning, someone deliberately prevented the people here from escaping. As long as there are disaster victims in other places, they can find out that there has been a change in Subei.
After learning about the situation, Mr. Fang asked small officials to recruit people to serve porridge outside the official residence.
"My lord, there are a lot of refugees outside the city gate." The gatekeeper came to report.
"It should have come with us." Master Fang remembered that he just met a young man on the road.
"Are you going to let them enter the city?" The county magistrate looked at the busy crowd, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you come in, anyway, there are not many people in the city, and some of these people may be originally from the city."
"Check first, and bring them here if there is no problem, and you go to help."
Master Fang pointed to several guards following behind.
There were guards to maintain order, and the people who came to get the porridge lined up in an orderly manner. The county magistrate was not bad, and there were not many people left here.
The people who gave the porridge moved quickly, and it didn't take long for the long line to bottom out.
"Are these the only people?" Master Fang frowned and looked at the people squatting aside. Even though the city is not big, there are still far fewer people in it than he expected.
"My lord, there is an old mother who is bedridden at home. I wonder if my lord can give the mother who can't get out of bed a bowl of porridge?"
"What are you thinking? It's already benevolent for an adult to give porridge." The people on the side gave him a hand.
I heard that the imperial court sent officials to help the disaster, and the benevolent official even went to their small county to give porridge in person. Those who could come came, and some who couldn't come, especially the orphans and widows who had no children at home. They could only resign themselves to fate. .
"Come here," Master Fang greeted the official who almost made a mistake on the road just now, "Which one of you is more familiar with this place, lead him around and deliver some food to those old people who are bedridden at home."
"You are really a kind person!" The people who were drinking porridge couldn't help but put down their porridge and kowtowed.
"Since the imperial court sent me here, I will save everything I can. By the way, I will call your doctors together. I need some medicinal materials."
Droughts, floods and other major disasters are often accompanied by plagues. Before coming here, several imperial physicians in the imperial hospital gave him some prescriptions to prevent plagues, and he must prevent them before they happen.
"By the way, ask the doctor to go with them to see how these people are. If they have symptoms such as fever, they need to be treated intensively. Also, let everyone in the city clean themselves up."
Mr. Fang made arrangements one by one, and the people below followed suit, and they quickly acted. Knowing that the food sent by the court was enough, they would not give up on them, and the common people enthusiastically followed suit to help.
Originally, he wanted to arrange things for them. Before coming here, Shen Yu told him that if possible, try to let the victims exchange their labor for food. Only in this way can the possibility of riots be reduced.
The victims who followed Mr. Fang and his party were also properly accommodated.
Afterwards, the young man found Master Fang and kowtowed heavily to him: "Your Excellency saved my life, and I am willing to do anything for Your Excellency."
"That's not necessary, you can come here, it's all up to you," Mr. Fang patted the shoulder of the boy who had been cleaned, "What are your plans for the future?"
"I want to be an official too, and I want to be a good official like an adult!" The boy's eyes were firm.
Master Fang's heart moved: "Where's your family? Are you going to find them?"
"I have no family." The light in the boy's eyes dimmed, "I don't know where they are either."
"Can you read?" Master Fang asked.
The boy nodded: "Yes, I used to write letters for some people."
"Then would you like to work with me?" Master Fang asked again.
"Can I?" The boy was surprised.
"As long as you think about it, however, it will be very tiring to follow me to do things."
"I am willing!" The boy nodded heavily.
In the evening, as usual, Mr. Fang wrote about the situation in Subei on the booklet, and handed it to the man in black hiding nearby.
A few days later, Shang Junlin received a note from Subei.
"The situation in Subei is really wrong. Fang Jun went to a place outside the main city and found that it was completely different from the situation in the main city." Shang Junlin picked up the notebook written by Mr. Fang and showed it to Shen Yu.
"So all the military pay went to the officials in the main city? Only a very small part was actually used for the people? How deep did the people of the late emperor penetrate into Subei?" Shen Yu frowned.
He knew too little about Subei. There was no trouble in Subei in his previous life, and his attention was also focused on the south. Until his death, Subei's sense of existence was not high.
"When I led the Subei Army to resist Beimo, the most seriously injured times were also in Subei. At that time, Subei officials did not act, and most of Subei's territory was occupied by Beimo. After I led the troops to fight and regain the territory , broke out violently, and separated the military and government in Subei, now it seems that my cleansing back then was not thorough enough." Shang Junlin looked displeased.
Sullen: "Those people actually let Mr. Fang go somewhere else?"
Shang Junlin: "Fang Jun can directly connect with the Subei Army, and they dare not do too much for the time being."
Shen Yu: "Based on the information we know, those people should not be able to control the Subei Army. Seeing that they only dare to deal with people after they leave the Subei territory, we know that they are afraid of the Subei Army."
As long as the Subei Army is not infiltrated, those people will have nothing to fear.
Shang Junlin: "Gu Huai has also connected with the people of the Subei Army. They will first investigate the problematic people internally, and then solve the people who are placed in the Subei Army and find out the real purpose of those people. , and then get rid of them."
Sullen: "Did Your Majesty find anything in the Yue King's fief?"
"I found the clue that he was secretly buying horses." Speaking of King Yue, Shang Junlin felt even more unhappy. He stroked his gloomy hair, "Ah Yu, why did he approach you in the first place?"
Shang Junlin suddenly mentioned this, and was taken aback gloomyly: "Win the Zhenbeihou Mansion?"
"Is there anything that can be wooed by the Marquis of Zhenbei? You know, Ayu, what news did I hear from Shang Junyue's fief? Xiang Shang Junyue mentioned a proverb: Whoever wins the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei can win the world."
As long as he thinks that King Yue has coveted Shen Yu from the very beginning, Shang Junlin can't stop the killing intent rolling in his heart.
There was a sudden shock in Shen Yu's mind, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't seem to think of anything at all. There was a hint of confusion in his eyes: "Is that why he approached Shen Qingran while approaching me?"
How many secrets are hidden in the previous life hidden under the timeline
"It's just nonsense, and people like Yue Wang will believe it. Ayu, don't think too much. I have already asked Yinlongwei to find a way to find that person. No matter what the reason for that person said that, I He will pay the price!"
Just because of a sentence that he didn't know the truth or falsehood, his Ayu was deceived. This time, Ayu was smart and was not deceived. What if he was really deceived by King Yue
Shang Junlin couldn't imagine that possibility.
"I don't think too much about it. What does King Yue think has nothing to do with me? I know His Majesty will protect me, don't you, Your Majesty?" He leaned heavily on Shang Junlin's shoulder.
It was only at this moment that he had greater doubts about what happened in his previous life.