Chapter 58 For the people, death, I have a business

One year there was a severe drought, and there was no harvest. It's something everybody knows.

However, the emperor did not transfer relief grain for a long time.

The people eat grass roots, tree bark, and even Guanyin soil, all of them have yellow muscles and skinny skin, and they are swaying when the wind blows, maybe they can be blown down by the wind when the wind is stronger.

It is not uncommon to sell children, daughters and wives.

A teenage girl sells it for just one bun. This is selling girls, this is purely to provide a way for their children to be able to live.

Li Yun came to Mata County and saw that the people here were living a life of struggle on the death line, and his heart was like a knife. He immediately ordered a large pot of rice to be boiled and fed for the people.

Qiao Yao said, "Master, this is a sinful thing?"

Li Yun smiled and said: "Hehehe, master, guilt is also the crime of my Li Yun alone, otherwise, the people of my county will die a lot every day." ”

"But, this ......" Qiao Yao still had to say something.

Li Yun smiled and waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, tell the people that there will be food tomorrow." Let the people feel at ease. ”

150,000 people gathered in four porridge fields.

Li Yuntiao cleaned up and arranged everything.

Then I checked, and there were still some armor in the county that were to be prepared for the army.

Therefore, Li Yun stipulated that all the people should be divided according to age, build weapons and armor for the army, and fend for themselves.

As a result, the three classes in Mata County all bought materials and sold armor and weapons, bought rice and grain, and were not happy to be busy.

There is a great drought in the world, and Linxian is also a character who has put down the same stick, and he sees Li Yun doing things for the people like this. pursed his lips disdainfully, and said to the people in the county: "There is a porridge shed in Mata in Linxian County, you can go there to eat porridge." The county lord can't arrange it now. ”

In fact, everyone has been open for three or four months, and without waiting for him to say, they all went to Linxian to eat porridge.

The people gathered more and more, and it actually reached 350,000.

More than 350,000 people are old, weak, sick and disabled, and most of them are unable to work.

Armor and weapons are far from enough for these people to consume.

The stock of grain not only did not go up, but it was constantly pulled out of it.

Li Yun has been on the table many times, but the border of the Huangchi Empire is tight, and wars are frequent, and the emperor can't take care of it.

Li Yun had no choice but to expand his financial resources on the one hand, and on the other hand, he worked hard to support him, which was really miserable.

This day happens to be the birthday of the state governor.

Li Yun received this message and prepared a hundred longevity peaches and a hundred longevity buns.

The master all persuaded one after another: "My lord, going to the boss to pay homage to his birthday like this will not only fail to have the effect of contacting feelings, but will make the boss blame." ”

Li Yun said helplessly: "Then what should I do, now our county has invested all its financial resources in helping the people, and what to give to the boss for his birthday." Besides, the lord of a state doesn't know that the people are suffering, and he has to dig three feet into the ground at this time. Can we say that we can conjure up treasures out of nothing?"

Everyone had no choice but to let Li Yun take the two heads and go to pay their respects.

In the state capital, red felt paved the floor, flowers decorate, the whole prefect's yamen is decorated with gold and brilliance, and the door is full of joy.

The officials in the state capital are all high-headed horses or bright sedan chairs, followed by a team of errand soldiers, with new clothes and hats, and majestic.

Only Li Yun rode a thin donkey, and there were two cloth bags hanging on the saddle bridge of the donkey.

At the entrance of the government office, the bookkeeper recorded that there were 50 quintals of white rice and 20 quintals of yellow rice in Shengshui County, and 80 quintals of white rice and 18 quintals of yellow rice in Xue County......

The master hurriedly introduced Li Yun: "Master, this white rice is silver, twelve taels is a load, and fifty taels is six hundred taels." ”

In addition to this gold and silver, there are also jade and agate, pearl jade, silk and satin, and ancient treasures.

Li Yun came to the door of the mansion, and the bookkeeper looked at Li Yun coldly. "What kind of gifts are there?"

Li Yun smiled slightly: "Mata County ordered Li Yun to come to pay homage to his father's birthday. Gifts, 100 longevity buns, 100 longevity peaches. ”

"Oh, we heard that Li County's business is very big, and he is making money every day, so what is not so particular about this steamed bun. The bookkeeper said lukewarmly.

"Well, there is a great drought in the world, 300,000 people in my county, 300,000 mouths, the treasury does not allocate food, and our little business is really a drop in the bucket. Li Yun sighed and said.

A family member came, and when he came to the ear of the bookkeeper, he muttered a few words. The bookkeeper said, "Take away Lord Li's gifts, Lord Futai is just inviting some friends." ”

As he spoke, he threw Li Yun's fruit out of the mansion.

attracted a merciless ridicule from the officials who were also county magistrates.

The next day, early in the morning. The Futai Yamen sent people to check the military rations.

It was found that the military rations were less than 500,000 quintals, but these people did not say anything. rode away on a horse.

However, all the errand servants knew in their hearts that the county magistrate was afraid that a catastrophe would come.

Master Qiao Yao said: "Master, at this moment, only by bribing Futai fiercely can there be a glimmer of life. ”

Li Yun smiled: "Brother Qiao, let me ask you where we got so much money to give him gifts." With such a variety of gifts, we didn't go once, but I was afraid that the government would already hate me to the core. Now the landlords and rich people in the county hate me to the core, and what kind of gift money can be obtained there. What's more, with gift money, it will be a dead end, and it will ruin your reputation. ”

"Tomorrow I will ask for a rain for the people. Li Yun instructed, "If it succeeds, the lives of the people of our county are hopeful, and I have no regrets." If I can't ask for rain, I'll take the place of the people of the whole county. ”

"Master, if you do this, you won't let the parents in the capital ...... it"

Li Yun waved his hand and said: "Why does Brother Qiao still say that, if you are loyal to the country, it is difficult to be filial to your family, and it is difficult to achieve both loyalty and filial piety since ancient times." As a parent of the people, it is my duty to die for the people. Go, go and get Shibayama ready. ”

At noon, the sun is blazing.

The sun of Poison Flower is still going crazy.

Li Yun knelt down in front of Chai Mountain on the rocky hill in the south of the city: "The sky is above, and the villain Li Yun is the parent official of a county in Mata County." There was no harvest in a year of drought, and the people looked forward to the rain and looked through their eyes. I don't know what the people here have to disrespect the heavens. As a result, thousands of people are living in dire straits. I am willing to trade my own life for the life of the people. The sky is the proof, and the earth is the evidence. Bring the wine. ”

The messenger brought three bowls of wine, and Li Yun raised the wine above his head with both hands, and then poured it down. After three bowls, I poured a bowl myself, and drank it with my head up. It fell down with a thud and broke into thousands of pieces.

100,000 people behind him, looking at the verification, the county order begged for rain. Then step by step climbed this high Chai Mountain.

Li Yun stood on top of the high mountain and looked up at the sky.

"It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and I, Li Yun, am willing to suffer such a sin on behalf of the tens of millions of people in the county. For the sake of my fathers and fellow villagers, death is a trivial matter, and I only hope that the villagers can live a good life. ”

It seemed that a storm suddenly rose, and the people below suddenly cried: "Master, ah, hey, hey, master, you don't want it." Without you, the people of a county with 300,000 of us, you are the reborn parent of all of us. ”

"Master, it's not the porridge shack you opened, our family has starved to death a long time ago, and there is still a way for us to survive. Benefactor, benefactor. ”

Thousands of people knelt down and kowtowed, and some people wanted to rush over.

Li Yun said calmly: "Ignition." ”

The loess of the earth rises from the wind and dust,

The people looked to the sky and the rain clouds.

The Blue Blood Pill is worried about the national road,

The small people are like grass.

Life and death are common,

Who solves a piece of life in life.

Li Yun recited this poem, and slowly dissipated in the swirling firelight.

Under Chai Mountain, there are countless people crying to death and crying alive.