In the ninth year of Taikang, in September, the county was twenty-four borers.

The borer is a pest that lives in the rice stem and feeds on the pith, which is similar to the status of the locust, and has a great impact on agriculture in ancient times. If one is not handled properly, it will easily lead to famine. But like the Western Jin Dynasty, it is rare for twenty-four counties to be plagued at the same time.

As the old saying goes, after the great calamity, there will be*.

Often, when disasters occur, they always have to lead to a series of extremely bad chain reactions. It's like a lack of disaster relief. Even if the imperial court had a fixed pattern for dealing with disasters, these officials and gentlemen who had a lot of efficiency and sloths would not go anywhere soon, because it was not them and their wives and children who suffered from the disaster, and it was absolutely impossible for them to empathize...... Therefore, the speed of the imperial court's disaster relief has always been unable to keep up with the speed of the spread of the disaster.

In the year of apology, plague breeds, starvation spreads everywhere, and sometimes even the tragedy of changing children and eating food occurs.

Most of the ordinary people in China are actually very simple, but they are also very good at patience and concession, and "full and warm" can also be squeezed into two words: "live". This is all they expect from life, and it is also their final bottom line.

When even "living" has become a luxury, expectations are empty, the bottom line is trampled on, and it is unbearable, then there is no way to endure it anymore. Rebellion is death, and not rebellion is death, so why not rebel?

Falling grass today, uprising tomorrow.

The rebel armies in various places often echo each other from afar, and the followers are like clouds.

At this time, the drawbacks of one of the most pitiful decrees in Emperor Wu of Jin's life were exposed-the soldiers of the Zhou County.

The county soldiers are the local armed forces, which began in the Qin and developed greatly in the Han Dynasty. Wherever there are bandits, bandits, troublemakers, uprisings, or something in various places, they basically immediately dispatch the commanders of the county and lead the troops to rush forward to extinguish the danger in the cradle.

Why was a policy that sounded so cool abolished by Emperor Wu of Jin?

Because he was suspicious by nature, he felt that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a big reason for the competition was that there was military power in the local area, and he did not listen to the announcement, which raised the ambition of the courtiers. In fact, Sima Zhao, the first relative of Emperor Wu of Jin, was once Cao Wei's general. Inevitably, there would be another such coup d'état, and Emperor Wu of Jin drastically dismissed the county soldiers. Not only that, but he also deposed the assassin Shi as the leader of the army, and the execution was particularly thorough.

The assassins in various places have no military power, and it is indeed impossible to rebel, but they are also powerless to resist when others rebel.

Soldiers are fast. But it is obvious that the dispatch of troops by the imperial court will not be fast at all. When the emperor first heard the news, and then the courtiers discussed it and sent troops to rush over, it was possible that a small group with the nature of the underworld with only a few dozen people had already developed into a real rebel army of hundreds or thousands. Isn't it funny to take a force of a few dozen people and face the mighty rebel army?

"So, do you understand? This is one of the key reasons for the death of the two generations of the Western Jin Dynasty. "Tuoba Six Cultivation is in the Illusion Dao.

What Jia Nanfeng chaotic government, Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and family gate valves are actually secondary. Because the Eastern Jin Dynasty did the same, but the Eastern Jin Dynasty successfully lived in the south and confronted the minority regimes in the north for hundreds of years. Although the Eastern Jin Dynasty has never been able to fight back to the Yangtze River, several countries in the north have not been able to fight the Yangtze River, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties have always been able to stand side by side.

The good student Wei Jue was sitting on his lap, trying to memorize all kinds of things taught by Teacher Tuoba, occasionally frowning, occasionally suddenly realizing, the expression on his face was much more wonderful than the boring narration of Tuoba Liuxiu.

Tuoba Liuxiu, who is frequently attracted to the attention of Wei Jue, who has transformed into a modern adult, if he can't use two minds, he may not know how ugly he will be.

After Tuoba Liuxiu finished speaking, Wei Jue raised his hand and asked a question: "Then why didn't our plague this time cause a series of consequences?"

"Historically, this plague only left a series of hidden dangers for the catastrophe caused in the future, and it did not break out immediately. I have always felt that Shile's family fell in the middle of the road back then, because of this plague. ”

Whether it is the ethnic minority areas in the Jin Dynasty or the 'neighbors' next to them, they are all the hardest-hit areas, with the most people killed and the least amount of disaster relief funds distributed.

"Not to mention, this time your grandfather knew in advance that a catastrophe was coming, and he had already made as many preparations as he could. ”

On the one hand, he can take the opportunity to engage in feudal superstition and kill one or two political enemies; on the other hand, the more important reason is his heart of worrying about the country and the people, since he knows the future, if he is not ready to provide disaster relief, or even to reduce the disaster as much as possible, then he is not the loyal and clear-minded, civil and military talent Wei Qian in the history books.

A natural disaster that could have caused a big disturbance or buried hidden dangers was quietly resolved in the proper prevention of the imperial court in advance and the proper disaster relief and resettlement afterwards.

In particular, Hedong, the hometown of the Wei family, where Wei Mi's uncle Wei Mi was an official, handled this natural disaster most properly, there were grains, grasses and herbs prepared in advance in the county, few people starved to death, and the plague was reasonably controlled and did not spread. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty praised this great book, praised Wei Mi as an example of the world's magistrates, countless merchant silver, and gave his son Wei Yu, who was only twelve years old, an official body.

Everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, only rewarding the silver and Wei Mi's son, not mentioning Wei Mi's official position for half a point, just because Emperor Wu of Jin and Wei Qian are waiting for Wei Mi to return to Beijing after the expiration of three years, so they can praise the credit and give a big one-time reward.

After the disaster was completely contained, Old Man Wei joined forces with Lingtai (Tai Shi Ling's subordinate officials) to attack Tai Shi Ling and Yang Jun again. The means prepared by Old Man Wei to deal with political enemies will not stop because of Yang Jun's old age, because Er Yang still holds important positions in the court, and most of Yang Jun's in-laws and old ministers also have unrealistic illusions about Yang Jun's resurrection.

"As long as Yang Jun doesn't really fall for a day, it is really possible for him to return to the court, just like your uncle. Tuoba Liuxiu gave Wei Jue a detailed analysis.

Tuoba Liuxiu didn't really understand these things very well, and would only blindly fight and kill, thinking that as long as he could know how to arrange troops and lead generals to fight, it would be fine. It wasn't until he was trapped by his half-brother and designed to be killed, and experienced great suffering, that he realized after the pain that killing people with a soft knife was the most terrible. He hovered above the palaces and courts of all dynasties, watched with wide eyes, pricked up his ears to listen, pondered patiently, and deduced repeatedly, just to prevent himself from falling on the same mistake again!

Of course, Tuoba Liuxiu didn't have a chance to do it again, but being able to watch Wei Jue avoid these also made him happy.

After Yang Jun bribed Taishi Ling, tampered with the heavenly machine, and sought personal gain, the court was shaken, and Emperor Wu of Jin was the most angry. Emperor Wu of Jin felt that all his previous suspicions had come true, and that the calamities and unhappiness of the previous years were indeed Yang Jihou and Yang Junfang's! After Yang Jun died old, why would there still be a plague? Because there was no abolition, the Yang family was still there!

Thorough investigation! Must be thoroughly investigated!

In this thorough investigation, the Yang family's previous crimes of excluding dissidents, mutilating Zhongliang, accepting bribes, and encroaching on fertile land have all been turned over old accounts, and the cases are numerous and difficult to write.

Yang Jun, who was just suing the old man, was not only robbed of his title and his house, but also escorted for trial. Countless people who have been suppressed by him are trying their best to make him hopeless. His two younger brothers were also impeached by the hundred officials and removed from all positions. Their former good teammate Xun Miao contributed a lot in this, the reason is very simple, Er Yang dared to be treacherous halfway in the matter of Jia Nanfeng's abolition, don't blame him for turning his face ruthlessly afterwards!

And Yang Jihou seems to be honestly reflecting on his mistakes in the closed palace, but in fact, he is secretly frequently transmitting news from the palace to his father, uncle, and the convicted Jia Nanfeng, and is secretly planning how to coax back the stupid prince to turn over.

Emperor Wu of Jin was half really angry, half acting, so he was easily abolished.

Without the queen and the prince's heart, the Yang family finally crossed completely.

The people who are attached to Yang Jun, after seeing no hope, will also fall apart.

As Yang Jun's chief bookkeeper, Pan An, when he was driven out of Yang's mansion by the officers and soldiers who raided his house, Wang Ji also deliberately rushed to the onlookers, and he asked for this task of raiding his house, just to see Pan An.

There is a saying that "I am relieved to know that you are not doing well", which is especially applicable to Wang Ji and Pan An.

The two middle-aged Americans, who were nearly 100 years old together, looked at each other at the gate of the defeated Yang Mansion.

Wang Ji's purple clothes, Pan An's coarse cloth shirt. One is still a high-ranking family, and the other is still a little angry young man who is conceited and depressed.

When Pan An faced Wang Ji, he always couldn't help his temper: "You came to see me laughing?"

"yes. Wang Ji was blunt, he leaned lazily on the car door, still looking like a middle two sick man who was angry and couldn't pay for his life, "Others ridicule me, insult me, laugh at me, why can't I ridicule back, humiliate back, laugh back? Do you still remember what you wrote on the palace gate because you were introduced to the court because you were a staff member of Jia Gong (Jia Chong)?"

Pan An didn't speak, but his weathered eyes that were still incredibly beautiful still betrayed his love, how could he not remember?

- "Gedao East, there is a big cow. Wang Jiying, Pei Kaiying, and Heqiao couldn't stop. ”

scolded him at one time, from Wang Ji to Wang Ji's two brothers-in-law, the three equally famous immortal talents, there is no good one in Pan An's mouth, he feels that they are just more than him with a good background, so they are favored by Emperor Wu of Jin and are in a high position, but in fact, they are vegetarian and have no real talent.

"Do you still think so now?" Wang Ji looked down at Pan An, a pair of phoenix eyes, sharper than a sharp blade.

Pan An's face turned pale, he bit his lip and didn't speak. He was beautiful in appearance, full of economy, young and vigorous, and had many followers, and even the leader of Qing Talk, Le Guang, once bluntly said that if he did not have An Ren (Pan An's character) to moisten his pen, he would never have written such a splendid article. Under the fame, he was confused, shifted his sex, and really thought that he was the best in the world. After being recommended by Jia Gong to enter the court, he failed to be reused by Emperor Wu of Jin, but saw that Wang Ji and others, who acted arrogantly, were highly respected, and his heart was unfair for a while, and he broke into a catastrophe.

Even if He Qiao has a good temper and doesn't mind, as well as Wang Ji and Pei Kai, they can't bear this humiliation. In Wang Ji's view, others can condemn his professional ethics (he really doesn't work anyway), but they can't insult his literary literacy.

As a result, Pan An was demoted to Taohua County as an official, and later because he had managed the water and soil, he was able to return to Beijing and climb Yang Jun.

Outcome......

"Whoever falls, you can really do it. Seeing that Pan An didn't answer, Wang Ji continued to speak venomously. He was not a broad-minded person like his brother-in-law and Qiao, and he admitted, so what? He is so narrow-minded! Why can't he be scolded back when others scold him? He will scold!

Pan An's head lowered even deeper.

"Speak!"

"What to say?!" Pan An regretted in his heart that he was arrogant when he was young, and he didn't have the heart to accept the talents of others, but he was so aggressive by Wang Ji, he naturally had to be tough to the end.

"Don't you regret it?"

"What can I do if I regret it? What can I do if I don't regret it? If I want to kill or scrape, listen to it. Why are you so humiliated to me!" Pan An's eyes were bright red, even if he was middle-aged, even if he was in tattered clothes, even if he was angry to the extreme, he was still so beautiful, like a phoenix bathing in fire. aroused the compassion of many people next to him, and the beauty has such an advantage.

Wang Ji didn't laugh angrily: "Yo yo yo, this can't stand it? Then when I was scolded by you on the pillar of the main hall in front of the palace gate, laughed at by my colleagues, and reprimanded by my father and brother, how should I deal with all kinds of grievances? Committed suicide by throwing myself into the river? I'm really sorry, I survived, and I waited until today!"

Pan An was stunned, he didn't expect that just because of his momentary battle of will, he would cause such harm to Wang Ji: "You never said it. ”

"Why am I saying it? Show people a joke?"

No one will understand Wang Ji's mood better than Pan An at the moment, because he is like this right now, he can't fall, he can't bend his back, because he doesn't want to be seen as a joke.

"Come with me. Wang Ji finally "retaliated" enough, and his attitude softened.

"Well, where are you going?"

"Do you have a place to live?" Wang Ji didn't answer, but just asked rhetorically. Luo Jing has every inch of land, Pan An, as Yang Jun's chief bookkeeper, has been living in Yang's house before, but now that he has been kicked out of the mansion, he can take away very little softness, and he doesn't even have a place to stay in Luojing for a while.

Pan An never expected that Wang Ji would come to give him alms, he couldn't understand it, and he didn't want to accept it: "I will live in the inn!"

Wang Ji's face was strange: "You actually want to wronged your wife and children to live in such a small place with you?"

For Wang Ji, yes, no matter how luxurious the inn is in Beijing, it is terrible to be small in his eyes, and there is no personal space. Unless the whole bag is down, you can barely move your hands and feet. But it was clear that the little money Pan An had left now was not enough for him to charter the best inn in Luojing for a few days in a row.

It doesn't matter what Pan An himself is, he has read thousands of books with his father since he was a child, traveled thousands of miles, traveled all over the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and can endure any hardship. However, when he thought of his beloved wife, childish......

"I didn't invite you, my second brother-in-law (He Qiao) asked me to come, are you satisfied?" Wang Ji said helplessly, don't make it seem like he is forcing Liang to be a prostitute, okay? If possible, he doesn't care whether Pan An lives or dies. However, to tell the truth, Pan An is first-class in terms of appearance and talent, not only with Qiao Xicai, but also after learning about the old man Wei, he also asked Wang Ji. Reading that it is said that the old man Wei intends to let his sister (Wei Jue) worship Le Guang as a teacher, Wang Ji will deign to be noble.

After hearing this, Pan An was even more embarrassed. He said that he said that back then, but he didn't expect that it was also Hezhongshu who helped in the end. If it was just Wang Ji's convulsions, Pan An would probably not give him face. But if it is related to Heqiao and Leguang......

Pan An couldn't refuse.

One is ashamed of Heqiao's mind, and the other is that Heqiao is in power, if Pan An doesn't want his career to end here, he will naturally never be able to push away Heqiao's good intentions.

Pan An then got into the carriage, and his family followed in a more robust ox cart.

Although Wang Ji is unforgiving, since he promised Heqiao and Leguang, he is still very careful and proper in his work. Uh, well, most of them were prepared by Princess Changshan. But in the eyes of Pan An, who didn't know, it was Wang Ji who was hard-mouthed and soft-hearted.

Even Emperor Wu of Jin laughed when he learned about it, feeling that his brother-in-law's way of acting was very similar to his way of thinking.

When Emperor Wu of Jin was angry with Wang Ji, he thought about doing this, he wanted to scold Wang Ji first, and then give Wang Ji high-ranking officials Houlu compensation. Although, cough, in the end, I was persuaded not to do it, but now I hear that Wang Ji did it instead, I still think it's very interesting. The most important thing is that Wang Ji succeeded, which made Emperor Wu of Jin feel as if he had also succeeded back then.

Wang Ji did not take Pan An to the Wang family, nor was it the Wang family's courtyard, but a reconciliation gift from Wang Ji to He Qiao, which once belonged to Wang Rong's Li Yuan.

Wang Rong is a dead picker, but his Li Yuan is in an excellent position, just on the edge of Luojing, which is coveted by many people.

The Wang family bought this place from Wang Rong's men, and it really cost a lot of money, but compared to the good results obtained after that, this money is nothing. He Qiao now borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and lent Li Yuan to Pan An to live temporarily.

To go to Li Yuan, you have to pass through the city gate, outside the gate there are many people who have fled because of the moth, they are impossible to enter the city, and Emperor Wu of Jin in order to regain the love of God, but also in order to show arbitrariness, he did not let the soldiers drive away these victims under the city, just waiting for the news that the disaster has passed in various places, so that the victims will slowly disperse voluntarily.

On this day, the city gate was very lively, the traffic was busy, the porridge shacks were lined up, and the victims lined up in a long line, but they were in order, and they were completely no longer chaotic and noisy.

Pan An saw it and exclaimed again and again: "Which temple or Taoist temple is giving soup and rice?"

The monks are compassionate, and in order to win a good reputation in Luojing, each temple and Taoist hall will always give sparse vegetable porridge to the beggars in Beijing and the refugees under the city at regular and fixed points.

Wang Ji raised his chin slightly, as if his tail was about to reach the sky: "When did you give porridge here, didn't you make a mess? ”

Pan An saw Wang Ji's appearance, and knew that Wang Ji must know whose handwriting it was, and waited for him to ask. But he ...... I really don't want to satisfy Wang Ji. Maybe he missaw He Qiao and Pei Kai back then, but he definitely didn't missee Wang Ji, this product has been annoying for decades.

Wang Ji saw that Pan An was just looking at him, but he didn't speak. didn't feel anything, but said to himself: "Alas, I want to know very much when I look at you, but I'm embarrassed to ask, so I'll tell you generously." ”

"......" Pan An: Can you get a face?

"My sister!"

"Erlang?" The whole world knows that Wang Ji has only one baby sister Wang, Wang married the great calligrapher Wei Heng, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, of which the eldest son Erlang worships the famous scholar Zhang Hua, and is the most optimistic leader in the next generation in the family circle. Pan An didn't expect this Wei Jia Erlang to be so kind-hearted, not only kind-hearted, but also very good at management, looking at the careful arrangement of the porridge shed, at a young age, without the slightest experience of people's livelihood, he can think of so much for the victims, it is really terrifying.

However, Pan An glanced at Wang Ji with disdain, Wei Qi is like this, that is also the Wei family's family education, and he has a Mao relationship with Wang Ji? Besides, Old Man Wei has an excellent official reputation, and no one in the court knows it? Isn't it natural that his descendants can have such ability?

"Huh. Wang Ji gave Pan An a "stupid human" look, which he learned when his little lady and the prince were "playing games", and he always felt particularly imposing, "It's San Lang." ”

"San Lang?" Who is San Lang? The savior Wei Jue! This reputation is also known to everyone in Luojing.

However, how old is San Lang? Is there a three-year-old? He was still raised by Wang Ji's side for half a year...... Pan An finally understood, this is what Wang Ji shows off, he has raised a good girl.

"My sister was born precocious, this is not something that others taught him, he thinks about it himself. You always say that the children of the family don't know the suffering, what is the result?" Wang Ji is full of good things when he mentions Wei Jue, he rarely has such an opportunity to show off with others, because the people around him basically know Wei Jue's various magical deeds, and they have already seen it. Now that I finally caught a Pan An, I must have a good time!

"Hehe, my sister is amazing, right? That day, I deliberately asked him, you give up porridge every day, you can only save this person in front of you, so what can you do? There are so many disaster victims in the whole world, can you save them? Do you see how many hairpin families in Beijing have made a move? Everyone doesn't do it, why do you do it?

"Guess what Xiao Niang told me? Oh, Xiao Niang is my sister's nickname, he doesn't like people to call you that, you just have to listen to it."

"The little lady said, if I can save one, it will be one. Is it true that because we can't save everything, we won't save anyone? What is the reason? We should act according to the principles that this world should have, isn't it? If we are insensitive, and still claim to be sober in reality, what is the difference between that and a salted fish?"

"Salted fish?"

"Uh, I don't know why it's salted fish, maybe he likes to eat it?"

"......" is a good thing, but why does it seem so wrong when you say that?

When the carriage passed by the city gate, Pan An saw that many victims were willing to kneel in the direction of the Wei family after receiving the porridge, just to thank the Wei family for their great kindness, hoping that the Wei family's charity reputation could be spread and known to the world.

Pan An couldn't help but wonder what Wei Jue, who could do this, should look like. Jingzhong has been rumored that Wei Jue is very good-looking, just like the golden boy under the seat of the Bodhisattva, so he must be very good-looking, right?

Wang Ji naturally did not miss the appreciation and yearning in Pan An's eyes, and he was even more proud.

And in Heqiao's new Li Garden, when Wei Jue had already been waiting for Pan Anduo with Heqiao, he didn't know Pan An's talent, he only knew that Pan An was the first beautiful man in the past, even if he was old, he must take a look and never miss it!

When Pan An arrived, he also saw Wei Jue at first sight, and he couldn't take his eyes off it. Then, he wiped out all the previous imagination of Wei Jue in his heart, because no matter how many beautiful words he piled up, it would look pale and empty in front of the real Wei Jue, no matter what, it was not as good as this "who is the best person"!