。 … 1. "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. This is the truth of the Great Tomorrow! Lin Run said in a deep voice: "When countless poor people have no cone under their feet. When crying and struggling on the line of life and death, some people can harvest millions of grains and rice without touching the dust, and live a life of poverty and luxury. Even greedy and insufficient, in order to possess more. to make the people homeless". As he spoke, he asked Zhang Juzheng: "Do you know why there are so many victims every year?" "There are many disasters in the north, alternating between drought and flooding, and the winter is extremely cold; Coupled with the fact that the Yellow River floods every year and is unmanaged, how can we not mourn all over the wilderness and starve people everywhere? Zhang Juzheng said bitterly.

We can't control natural disasters, but as long as we do a good job of drought and flood control, we can still resist the past, Lin Run said in a deep voice: "But what really displaces the people is the flooding Yellow River." In fact, this is not a natural disaster, but **! ”

“**？” Zhang Juzheng heard this statement for the first time.

"The vassal royal clans and the eunuchs are hard to fill. In flagrant violation of the ban, trees were cut down, embankments were planted on both sides of the Yellow River, and water was diverted for irrigation, resulting in a sharp increase in sediment levels in the water, but a much reduction in the amount of water and a natural slowdown in the flow rate. In the middle and lower reaches of sediment deposits, the river channel becomes shallow and narrow; In addition, when the strict party was in power. Political affairs are slack, and rivers are neglected. Even if it is governed, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who expropriate and extort money in the name of river control also specialize in ruining the project, and if they encounter a flood of slander, it is strange that it does not flood. ”

"I didn't expect Brother Ruoyu to be so proficient in river governance," Zhang Juzheng admired.

"It's a false praise, it's just a paraphrase below." Lin Run said honestly: "This is the theory of my colleague and friend when I was in Nanjing, named Pan Jitao

"Oh," Zhang Juzheng secretly wrote down the name, in this era when it was useless to be a scholar, it was rare to have a talent in water conservancy.

Lin Run didn't know what he was thinking, and continued: "The clan, the rule of officials, and the military system are the three highly poisonous sore on the body of the Ming Dynasty, each of which can destroy the country, but now I have three diseases in the Ming Dynasty, which makes people feel desperate when they think about it He raised his head, with a handsome smile on his face, as if encouraging Zhang Juzheng, and as if he was convincing himself: "But you can't give up because of this, I believe that hope will not be lost, as long as you can insist on doing more, eliminate a little more ugliness, and let the people's lives be better." It will be a little closer to hope; If everyone thinks they can see through it and goes with the flow, then there is really no hope at all. ”

After speaking, there was an extra piece of guard in his hand. It was a letter from the Minister of Disaster Relief, and he sent his hands to Zhang Juzheng and said, "Lord Zhang, the lower officials obey your orders." ”

Zhang Juzheng stretched out his hand and took over the guard that seemed to be carrying Lin Run's body temperature, with a solemn expression on his face, on the way to the curtain, he had been thinking. How to explain to Lin Run what happened that day, how to use both soft and hard, and ask Qin Cha Guan to come over. In short, I thought about it a lot, but I didn't expect it to be such a scene.

Holding the guard tightly in his hand, Zhang Juzheng nodded solemnly to Lin Run, and everything was silent.

In the days that followed, Zhang Juzheng and Lin Run worked together to organize thousands of idle officials at all levels who were stranded in Beijing, and compiled hundreds of thousands of people affected by the disaster into a book. Disperse to the twenty-four prefectures and counties of the capital division to settle relief, and the rest of the initiatives of the high arch. They also carried it out unswervingly, and naturally encountered many difficulties and troubles, but the two outstanding officials were not discouraged and always came up with a solution. Work something out. And Gao Gong is not completely abandoned, every three or five days, he will bring wine and food to comfort the disaster relief officials, boost their morale, help them solve various problems, so that the disaster relief work has always been able to progress rapidly, and finally achieved great success, at least more than 10,000 people, and so that all aspects are quite satisfied, but also for the command of several officials in the disaster relief, won a huge reputation, of course, this is a later story.

The disaster relief outside the capital is in full swing, and the capital is also lively, and in the first month of this year, there was a "Zongda trouble" that shocked the whole country. Event.

The cause of the incident was that the people of the Kyochu clan had obtained a draft of the "Ordinance of the Clans and Clans" that had been prepared for promulgation, which consisted of 40 articles in total, and greatly reduced the treatment of the feudal clans in all aspects. Of course, it's not all about the reduction of the clan, there are still some preferential treatments, such as allowing the clan to invite the sect to establish a sect, and the quasi-sectarians to enter the imperial examination, etc., but in the eyes of the clan, these are just tricks used to fool people. This does not change the fact that this is the Murder Ordinance. The more eye-catching aspects are as follows:

First of all, it is a strict decree, which stipulates that the words and deeds of the clan must comply with the provisions of the "Zong Fan Regulations", otherwise they will be blamed at every turn and take the title for the people.

Secondly, the guards of the royal palace will be scraped under the command of the commander of the respective capital, and the palace will no longer have military attachés, and only a small number of personal guards will be retained.

The third is to convert the rice part of the clan into money. The prince is six cents of money, the prince of the county and the general are five points of money, and the lieutenant is four points of money, and the qualifications for receiving it are strictly verified. Everything is subject to those who are registered in the Zongren Mansion, and as many titles as there are Zonglu, all those who take the title will be reduced" This is the most lacking virtue and the most hated hand. Although it sounds. It's just a part of Zonglu, Yi Xunshu's fine concave said Xunshan's different body Clam Chuan issued by the official banknotes. It seems that the hatred is justified. But the official banknotes of the Ming Dynasty. The newspaper union has a deposit, and it cannot be exchanged for real money, and no one recognizes it or accepts it, but in fact, it is a waste paper issued by the government, and it is too hard to wipe your buttocks. Honestly. What's the difference between fooling around with this stuff and cutting Lumi directly?

Isn't this taking food from the bowl of the masters? So the sect members in the capital quit, and they originally let Shen Mo appease. You can just whine and curse the street. There were no drastic moves, but now I see that the imperial court has not only "reined in the precipice", but has wantonly taken advantage of their treatment. It's useless to have a good relationship now,,

The next day, they surrounded the Zongren Mansion, but they couldn't open the door no matter how they called it, and finally someone climbed over the wall to see that there was no one in the yamen! Shen Mo stared at these masters all day long, and he had long known that they were going to make trouble today, so he gave everyone in the Zongren Mansion a holiday.

The people of the sect were completely enraged, especially the children of those vassal kings, who were used to being arrogant in the local area on weekdays, how could they stand this anger? turned against the guest and shouted: "the ball!" He led the people in the capital and went straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites in Dongjiang Mixiang.

The dignified and important places, it is naturally impossible to close the door, but they can't let them rush in, the guards have already lined up the human wall, and after a while, the Shuntianfu and Jinyi guards are also in place, protecting the yamen. Looking at the officers and soldiers who were waiting for the battle, the clans were not afraid, because they felt that they were royal blood, descendants of Taizu, and no one in the Ming Dynasty dared to harm them, so they became more and more arrogant and insulting, asking the officials of the Ministry of Rites to come out to see them.

The noise outside was so loud that it was even in the Shangshu Detention Room in the deep courtyard. can all be heard,,

The good old man Yan Ne gathered his spirits, and said to his two deputies with a pale face: "Alas, why did it become like this? ”

Another good person, Li Chunfang, also sighed: "It's so lawless, the Ministry of Rites is actually surrounded, where is my Ming etiquette?."

For the sigh of these two people, Shen Mo couldn't cry or laugh, he put his hands in his sleeves and said, "The fence is all fenced." The two adults put their minds at ease, let's drink tea, eat, and wait and see what happens. ”

"Lord Shen can really calm down." Yan Ne shook his head and said, "If something goes wrong, our responsibility will be great." ”

"Yes," Li Chunfang nodded and agreed: "I have to think of a way." You can't just sit like that, can you?

"When things come to this point, it's all the responsibility of the lower officials, and it has nothing to do with the two adults" Shen Mo smiled slightly: "Don't worry about it." ”

"That's not good" Yan Ne was still very kind: "I am the main hall, how can I escape responsibility?"

Li Chunfang also said: "Yes, Jiangnan." Since we are officials in the same department, we naturally have to advance and retreat together. ”

Shen Mo knew that these two were benevolent gentlemen. I won't play tricks on myself, and I was moved in my heart: "Thank you two big brothers, but the ministry is about to enter the cabinet in a blink of an eye, and Brother Shilu can also speak to the emperor, you two can protect yourself, so that you can pull the younger brother at a critical moment."

"Oh?" Yan Ne's face sank and said, "Are you really in danger, brother?" ”

"How so?" Shen Mo smiled bitterly and said: "At this point, I already understand the above intention, in the common saying, it is "reluctant to let the daughter-in-law catch the hooligan"

"Yes" I can't bear the child's wolf. Li Chunfang reminded in a low voice.

"Almost. All mean the same thing". Shen Mo smiled and said: "As soon as I heard that the draft of the "Sect and Domain Regulations" was leaked, I knew that the imperial court this time. It's time to get real. ”

"You mean, the draft." Li Chunfang's eyes widened and said, "It was deliberately leaked from above?" ”

"I didn't say that." Shen Mo smiled slyly: "But I did think so, and said: "A few days ago, I wondered, the victims of the disaster in the capital have been evacuated, why are the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp still stationed in the east and west, obviously this one." As early as in the calculations of the people above

"Hehe, it's a big deal, Yan Neshu said with a smile: "Since Elder Xu Ge served as the first assistant, he has always been such a thunderous method. It's really unseemly. "I can see it. This Shangshu is a great admirer of Shoufu-sama.

"But it's getting a big deal." Silent said lightly: "Someone has to come out to clean up the mess, no matter who it is, they will be hated to death by the clans in the world,"

At this time, a loud shout came from outside: "Uncle, uncle, where are you?"

Seeing the suspicious looks on the faces of the two adults, he said silently and embarrassedly: "The lower official went out to have a look and then quit the Shangshu signing room, looking at his departing back, Yan Ne and Li Chunfang glanced at each other. The latter said: "It seems that he wants to carry this burden." It's not that he wants to pick. Yan Ne shook his head and said, "Instead, someone will rest on his shoulder." Li Chunfang was silent.

"You said that he and Zhang Juzheng were both students of Xu Gelao." Yan Ne thought for a while. couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Why can't you treat everyone equally?" "It seems that the treatment of the two is different. Even an honest person like Yan Ne can't stand it.

But he asked the wrong person, because Li Chunfang is also a student of Xu Jie" Hearing this, he laughed dryly. Li Shilang said softly: "Zhang Juzheng's disaster relief, isn't it a big deal?" When he said this, he himself felt panicked, "Under what conditions did Xu Jie let Zhang Juzheng come out to do things?" It was destined to offend the whole world and endanger the career of a lifetime.

"If there really is that day, I will use my life to protect his future. Yan Ne wanted to save Shen Mo, but he couldn't do anything, so he only thought negatively.

When Shen Mo came to the door of the signing room, he saw a tall young man, wearing a red flying fish suit and a golden embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, striding in.

Shen silently motioned for those soldiers to stop, and clasped his fists at the young man, "Thank you, Lord Lu, for coming in person." ”

The young man also realized that he was a little out of shape when he heard him call him "Lord Lu", and hurriedly pretended to be serious and said: "Hehe, what did Uncle Shaozong say, it is the responsibility of Jinyiwei to protect the safety of the six departments. ”

"Thank you so much" Shen Mo smiled and said, "Please Lord Lu take a step to speak, this official has something to discuss with you." With that, he made a gesture of invitation and walked to his yard.

Master Na Lu followed him, although he made a majestic appearance, but no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a follower.

Back in his yard, he closed the door silently. Lord Lu showed his original form, and said anxiously: "Uncle, come with me, it's getting more and more tense outside, and it's strictly forbidden for us to take people and hurt people, I'm afraid that they will rush in as soon as they rush up." He said in a low voice, "While there is no one at the back door, let's leave quickly,"

After talking about it in a hurry, he realized that Shen Mo was looking at him expressionlessly, and suddenly became cramped, and subconsciously touched his face. I thought there was something dirty that was in the way. Seeing that Shen Mo was still staring at himself like that, he asked in a low voice, "Uncle, what do you think I'm doing?" ”

Shen Mo sighed, stretched out his hand to smooth the collar on his folded left, looked at the face that looked like a senior brother, and said softly: "Chang Ji, you are already the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard, and you will be in charge when you speak, why are you still so childish?" ”

That is called Chang Ji, it is Lu Bing's eldest son Lu Gang, after serving in Pinghu's hometown, he returned to Beijing to attack the official position of deputy commander of Jinyiwei "Unexpectedly, Jiajing did not give him a real title according to the convention, but directly awarded him the official position of deputy commander of the Beizhen Fusi, and immediately became the real Jinyiwei No. 4 person."

This kind of Long En is absolutely unprecedented in this dynasty. Even if his son Lu Bing, who grew up with Jiajing, has been practicing in Jinyiwei for more than ten years. before climbing to the same position while his son. Just in his twenties, he ascended to the sky in one step, in the face of this amazing opportunity, people can only sigh that the emperor is too emotional, and Lu Taibao's Yu Ze is too thick.

As for the psychology of the emperor, only a few people can guess, and silence is one of them. But he was not rejoicing at this appointment, because he knew that Lu Gang was not prepared at all. If he wants to become the leader of Jinyiwei, he is still far from it. can only try to help him mature quickly, which is really important to the Lu family and himself.

Lu Gang smiled embarrassedly when he heard this: "Aren't you worried about your uncle's safety?" ”

"Don't panic, those in high positions should always be calm." He smiled silently and said: "Be calm and relaxed, Mount Tai will collapse before and will not change color."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the shouting outside: "Look." They're raising the flag! Shen Mo and Lu Gang looked back, and saw a two-tall banner hunting exhibition, with six books on it. The big characters "punish the traitor, the Qingjun side.!" I don't know which brain-dead person brought it up.

Seeing this flag, Shen Mo's "calm and relaxed, Mount Tai collapsed in front and did not change color" was thrown out of the clouds, and said urgently: "Quick, go to the front!" ”

111111, 111111, 1111111, 111111, 111111, heart, heart, heart, heart, heart

Of course, that flag was very inappropriate. But the men of the clan, when they saw those six words, they were enthusiastic, and they all felt that they really spoke their hearts. But I didn't feel that it was wrong.

Under the guidance of this banner, the clans found sticks, stones, and even machetes and spears, and launched an attack on the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites. He screamed and rushed through the gate.

The officers and men were beaten with blue noses and swollen faces, and some fell to the ground, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while, and the entire courtyard between the gate and the second gate was completely chaotic.

At this moment, a voice sounded: "Shuntianfu and Jinyi Wei listen to the order, take down those who dare to attack the important land of the ministry!" ”

The field came down all at once, and everyone followed the prestige. Then I saw the courtyard wall by the second gate. There was a young man standing in a three-rank official uniform, only to hear him say loudly again: "This official is silent, and I will bear all the responsibility!" ”

"Hit!" Now that a high-ranking official from the ministry has come out to take charge, where can the officers and soldiers who have been holding their breath for a long time still be polite to their clan relatives?!

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