Before the meal came up, King Yu said to Gao Gong: "Teacher, Gu and Xu Ge Lao inspected the city today, and saw that the city was full of hunger and light, and his heart was very unbearable, so he suggested that the cabinet should make greater efforts to help the victims. But Xu Ge Lao said that two porridges a day is already the maximum, and no matter how much the imperial court can't afford it. ”

"He's telling the truth." Gao Gong stroked his stiff beard and said, "There is indeed no surplus grain in Taicang."

"How," Hearing the teacher's answer, Yuwang's heart was half cold.

"But he's talking." Gao Gong changed his words and said mercilessly: "Those who are safe must be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, solve problems for the king, solve problems for the people, and overcome them when encountered, rather than asking the small people to sacrifice at every turn to protect his overall situation." He snorted heavily: "The so-called" overall situation, to say, is just some corpse vegetarian people. The cliché of shamelessly sacrificing others in order to preserve one's own glory and wealth is nothing new and disgusting

"Teacher, isn't it a bit heavy?" King Yu said softly: "I see that the officials are tired and tired, and Xu Ge Lao is also doing his best, although he can't let the people eat enough, but two porridges a day can still be done."

"The most hateful thing is that there are two porridges a day," Gao Gong said angrily, "Do you see the starving people outside the city? They were all killed by this hateful method."

"Huh?" King Yu was only shocked, what Gao Gong said now was beyond the scope of his simple cognition, and he could only listen with his mouth wide open.

"Giving porridge for disaster relief sounds beautiful, but when you tear off the cloak of goodness, what is revealed is evil dripping with black blood." Gao Gong said in a deep voice: "Why do you want to give porridge?" It's not that I'm afraid of starving to death, for 5,000 years in China, the most worthless people are people, especially the penniless common people, but I'm afraid that these hungry people will go into exile and become homeless, causing turmoil and eventually threatening their rule

Yuwang's eyes shone with horror, and although he sat peacefully in the warm room, he felt like he had fallen into a cold ice cave. I only heard Gao Gong's words like a cone: "So they want to give the victims a little hope, so they thought of the easiest way to make porridge, so that the victims will gather in the city and will not leave, and there will be no chaos." But they don't even think about what this means for the victims. ”

"What is it?" King Yu swallowed and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, death, death." Gao Gong said word by word: "The disaster victims are gathered in the city like pigs and gongs, and there will be a plague epidemic when there are more people" Typhoid fever is particularly severe in winter, people infect each other, one is sick, and one will fall ill, and under the conditions of cold and freezing outside, only when there is no one to treat the disease, it is equivalent to death and sighed: "And the number of porridge shops is extremely limited, there are many people who have been waiting to be fed for several days, the more hungry they are, the less strength they have to rob others." He couldn't eat the porridge and fell to death, so he said to King Yu and said: "Lord Mingjian, this method of giving porridge is nominally to help the victims, but in fact it is forcing the victims to die. In fact, this reason is very simple, it is impossible for the senior officials of the DPRK and China not to realize it, but they are unwilling to think of other ways, as long as they don't care about the lives and deaths of the victims, this method can still deal with the past, but this will inevitably be punished by God! For the sake of the ancestors, the people of Li can't do this! ”

"But could there be a better way?" Yu Wang Chi asked.

"As long as you are willing to use your brains and work hard, there must be a way!" Gao Gong said categorically: "Weichen has painstakingly come up with a set of disaster relief methods, and I implore the prince to take a look!" ”

Gao Gong took out the draft, the meal was ready, Gao Gong said: "Let's eat first, I am not in a hurry to order someone to pass the food up, although the prince said that it is a dish and a meal, but the kitchen will not take it seriously, four dishes and a soup are served, King Yu said "It's too wasteful" Gao Gong said: "The kitchen is done, and it is more wasteful if you don't eat." "The prince also used it obediently.

After eating, wipe his mouth with a handkerchief, and the people below sent tea, Yuwang felt that his mood was also much calmer, so he took the draft of the high arch and looked through it carefully, and while reading, he said with a happy face: "The teacher is really talented!" If you do this, you will be able to live in countless people! ”

"Then the minister had the courage to ask the prince to recommend the minister to the emperor for disaster relief." Gao Gong knelt straight in front of King Yu, and said loudly: "If you can't make the victims survive the winter safely, Weichen is willing to apologize with death."

"It's not that serious". King Yu hurriedly helped the teacher up and said, "I'll talk to Xu Ge Lao." ”

Directly to the emperor said Gao Gong said: "You are the prince, how can you ask the courtiers for instructions?"

"Alas, there is no need to disturb my father about this matter, to be honest, King Yu is really stunned to see Jiajing, and if he can avoid it once, it will be counted once." Alas" Gao Gong sighed and didn't speak again, he was also afraid that Jiajing would remember, "The two dragons don't meet." The proverb was unhappy with King Yu.

In fact, King Yu is a good messenger, when he saw Xu Jie, he said lightly that Gao Gong intended to take charge of disaster relief, but he didn't say a word about criticizing Xu Jie's words, Xu Ge Lao happily agreed, because first, he had long wanted to throw out this hot taro, and second, he also gave King Yu and Gao Gong a face.

Seeing that Xu Ge Lao agreed, King Yu made a second request, saying, "Gao Butang hopes to make Zhang Juzheng his deputy. ”

I pondered for a moment about this request, but the bad thing was that I agreed. In addition to Yuwang's bad face, he also hoped that Zhang Juzheng could do something practical to pave the way for the next promotion. Of course, if Xu Jie had front and back eyes, he would rather offend King Yu than let Zhang Juzheng be so bad, but that's all for later.

As soon as the order was issued, Zhang Juzheng rushed to Gao Gong to report, after compiling the "Chengtianfu Chronicles", he did not have a specific official, but only to the position of the left concubine of Zhan Shifu, serving as a lecturer in Yuwangfu" Speaking of which, now the lecturer of Yuwangfu has all been replaced, in addition to Zhang Juzheng, there are Lu Shusheng, Zhu Dashou, Tao Dalin and other three people, among which Jiajing 20 years of Jinshi, the former Nanjing Taichang Temple Qing Lu Shusheng is long, it is worth mentioning that Lu Shusheng is a native of Songjiang Huating. It is also worth mentioning that this person is extremely decent and high, when Yan Song's father and son were in power, they had the opportunity to worship as a servant of the ministry, and then entered the cabinet as a minister, but because they refused to attach the Yan family father and son, they were relegated to Nanjing for refrigeration, but because of this, they were highly regarded in the court.

Speaking of Zhang Jutuo's visit to Gao Gong, the two superiors and subordinates who had worked together were very happy about the reunion, Gao Gong was arrogant, and he couldn't see it at all, and when evaluating others, he always called him "stupid." It is said that he even said: "The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all waste materials, except for Taiyue and Jiangnan." In other words, what can make him look down on them is Zhang Juzheng and Shen Mo, and he doesn't care about the rest, even Xu Jie.

Gao Gong even put down the shelf, saluted Zhang Juzheng poisonously, and then said to him apologetically, As Dazai, I am at the critical moment of the transfer of power in the curtain, and the time and energy that can be squeezed out are really limited, so I can only control the overall situation, and I still rely on Taiyue for specific things.

Zhang Juzheng said very generously: "Xin Zheng Gong just rest assured, the lower officials will go all out."

"Very good...... Gao Gong said happily: "Come on, I'll tell you what we're going to do." ”

Xiaguan listened to Zhang Juzheng's respectful voice.

"First of all, we can't allow hungry people to gather in the capital, which is easy to cause epidemic infection, and it is not conducive to timely relief. Therefore, not only Wanping and Daxing counties will be mobilized, but also 24 prefectures and counties of Shuntianfu, such as Tongzhou, Bazhou, and Baoding, must be mobilized! Gao Gong commanded in a deep voice: "Disperse the disaster victims who were originally gathered in the capital to various states and counties, and everyone will share a part, won't the pressure be so great?"

Well, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said: "It's just that in this way, the workload will be large" Ministry, I'm not complaining, I'm just afraid that there won't be enough manpower. ”

"Don't be afraid!" Gao Gong waved his hand and said: "There are so many redundant officials and idle officials in the capital, whether it is "former capital, waiting for shortage" or "sojourners", they are all mobilized. You organize them to manage the victims in different areas and supervise the resettlement of the victims. I will issue a circular announcing the performance of this disaster relief, which will serve as an important reference for the next appointment. ”

This is so good, Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Xinzheng Gong has such courage, why should the lower officials worry about the lack of manpower and the success of big things?" ”。

"After the manpower is sufficient, the first thing you need to do is to divide the victims into hundreds according to their origins and clans, and disperse them to various states and counties for relief; At the same time, all prefectures and counties were ordered to vacate public and private houses for the victims of the disaster. How can a simple shack survive on such a cold day? Gao Gong said in a deep voice: "Scattering the disaster victims, so that they can all have houses to live in, and providing disaster relief in each state capital separately, can change the previous disadvantages of gathering people in the city, prone to epidemics, and untimely porridge, and the effect will definitely be much better than before."

"Then, try our best to persuade the rich families to donate grain, plus the grain reserves in Taicang, mobilize them in a unified manner, and supply the disaster victims according to the plan, so that the displaced people can live and eat in peace." Gao arched and said: "My Ming national strength is empty, but the rich are in a huge room." But Mu is full of home and decay, and the treasury is empty at this moment, and it is time for them to contribute. ”

"This" Zhang Juzheng said with a stunned expression: "I'm afraid it's not that easy." ”

"Don't worry, it's not that hard." Gao Gong said: "We don't let them donate in vain, we can promise that in the spring of next year, we will let the victims help them farm and repay, so that the problem of resettlement of the displaced people will be solved" But when the time comes, Zhang Juzheng said: "What if the displaced people have run away?" ”

"Don't be afraid." Gao arch said: "I've thought about it. Didn't you just ask you to organize the homeless people into armor according to their origins and clans? Let them guarantee each other to monitor, someone escapes, and all the people are safe! ”

"What if Quan Baojia escapes together?" Zhang Juzheng asked, this is not impossible, in the border areas where the armor is strict, it often happens that the people of the whole village flee together.

"Don't be afraid, I still have a killer steel, which can solve the worries of the rich, the troubles of the government, and also benefit the people, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone." Gao Gong smiled.

"Oh, there's this elixir? Say it quickly, Zhang Juzheng urged.

"Eight words, recruit people as soldiers, and use soldiers for relief!" Gao Gong said in a low voice: "On this southern tour, the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp suffered heavy casualties, and I heard that 20,000 people need to be replenished,"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Juzheng said clearly: "Select the strong and brave among the displaced people to recruit as soldiers?"

"Not bad." Gao Gong nodded and said: "Select those strong and strong people from the disaster victims, first, they can protect their families and defend the country, second, they will also make the disaster victims easy to manage, and third, as long as there are families who are soldiers, they will not be able to run away, and they can also use military salaries to compensate for the food borrowed by each family, so that the pressure on the government will be much less, and the rich families can rest assured." ”

Listening to Gao Gong's words, Zhang Juzheng nodded silently and said, "This is."

However, it was necessary for Xu Ge Lao to nod and pat him on the shoulder: "Taiyue, this matter will be handed over to you, I believe you will definitely be able to get the approval."

"Your ears are really scheming" Zhang Juzheng smiled dumbly: "Count it out, and in the end, I was included." ”

"Alas, this is also a way to do it Ah Gao Gong sighed and said: "Taiyue, we are facing as many as hundreds of thousands of victims. If you and I do our best, we can live hundreds of lives, so how can we not do our best?

"What Xin Zheng Gong said is" Zhang Juzheng said with a straight face: "Uncle dare not shake his heart?!" ”

"Good! Good! Gao Gong took Zhang Juzheng's hand and said: "I know that you are a responsible and daring man!" I won't be disappointed."

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

After getting a chance from Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng went to Xu Jie's report, and after Xu Jie's listen, he also nodded again and again, and said in admiration: "Gao Suqing is indeed confident, in this matter, just listen to him!" ”

In fact. Gao Gong really looked down on Xu Jie, as the prime minister of the empire, he would not joke about the lives of the people and the safety of the society, "I can't think that because he was ruthless when he liquidated the Yan Party, he thought that this Pavilion Lao and the Pavilion Elder were the same as the raccoon dogs, and they wanted to reverse the corruption, superficiality, blind flattery, and inefficient officialdom habits formed by the Yan Party in the Dynasty for 20 years, and they had to take fierce medicine."

Holding Xu Gelao's approval, Zhang Juzheng finally got the bottom of his mind, and went to the outer city to find the current commander-in-chief Lin Run, and handle the transfer of power with him.

But he couldn't find anyone in the temporary command post, and asked the official on duty that Master Lin had gone out to make a round, so Zhang Juzheng asked the man to lead the way and went directly to the refugee's shantytown to find him.

Although he had long been mentally prepared for the miserable life of the victims, when he really walked in the shantytowns inhabited by refugees, he was still deeply shocked. But the saddest thing is that everyone has the same expression, even the children who should be innocent, under the pressure of precarious survival, have become as dull-eyed and blank as adults, and they don't feel a trace of anger at all.

But it was these wooden eyes that made Zhang Juzheng feel like a man's back, and the whole person was in a trance, and suddenly there was garlic under his feet, and he suddenly pounced on the snow. The people on the side hurriedly helped him up, and Zhang Juzheng looked back to take a closer look, and it turned out that he had tripped over a corpse buried in the snow.

The official who brought him to Lin Run also saw it clearly, and couldn't help but sigh and say, "My lord is frightened!" But this is also a common thing, and he instructed the messenger behind him: "Send it to the human field outside the city." He habitually spat and said, "Sie, it's really bad luck today!" After speaking, he remembered that Zhang Juzheng was on the side, and hurriedly explained: The villain didn't mean that,"

Zhang Juzheng stiffened his face and did not speak. Watch the servants take a straw mat, skillfully roll up the dead, and carry them to the side of the road, "On the cart over there, there are already more than a dozen corpses, all of which were collected this morning, and it is only this area.

The people on the side thought that this old man Hanlin was frightened, and secretly laughed in their hearts, but they didn't know that Zhang Juzheng's heart was greatly impacted. All along, he has had the sorrow of not meeting his talents, the resentment of depression, and even sometimes self-pity at the moon, thinking that he is the most pitiful person in the world.

But at this moment, he finally understood. If a person can have sorrow and sorrow, he is not so miserable. I don't believe that if you look at these skinny and deep-eyed hungry people, there is no trace of sadness in their eyes, only empty numbness, only food and quilts can make their eyes shine again,"

I don't know when, the people around Zhang Juzheng retreated, and Lin Run, who had a thin and tired face, appeared beside him, and said in a beautiful voice, with an indelible melancholy: "Every such unrestrained corpse means that the whole family has died" Whenever I see these corpses lying in the snow, I can't help but think, this way, he can finally reunite with his wife and children"

Zhang Juzheng lowered his head and hissed: "Yes, for these people, the world is hell. Hell is better than the earth! ”

I feel that the descriptions of the three phases of ZTE in the books I have read are all regrettable, either influenced by outdated political concepts and written as tall and complete; Or is it for various purposes, tampering with it indiscriminately, anyway, in the dozen or so books I have read, it can be classified into this kind of direction, although I am only worthy of lifting shoes for my predecessors in terms of talent and learning, but it is better to have a real heart, and I will not defend these three people, but just show their souls in front of everyone.

I always believe that when we love a historical figure, we love him even in his bad places, and tall and complete characters, in this era, can only make people sick. ，！