The homeless people came to their senses and responded, squatting on the ground to pick up stones and clods of earth, and throwing them at the top of the city. Most of them actually held earth slingshots made of twigs and cow tendons in their hands, put stones on the slingshots, and shot them at Lu Wenyuan. Only then did the soldiers in the city react, and they stepped forward to protect them with shields, but Lu Wenyuan still took a few hits, but fortunately, there was nothing serious.

The displaced people in the city were completely out of control, and began to rush to the soldiers escorting the porridge cart, and the soldiers who were in the vanguard at the front of the team hurriedly erected shields to block it, and the two sides pushed back and forth, starting a tug-of-war under the city.

Lu Wenyuan called a soldier beside him and ordered: "You go out of the city through the side gate, let them stop patronizing and blocking the victims, and it is only right to distribute the food quickly." The victims were suffering from hunger, and when they wanted to come and eat, they would give up resisting. ”

The soldier nodded, and Lu Wenyuan watched nervously at the city below. I saw that the soldier took advantage of the chaos to come out of the side door, and the prophet met the group of soldiers closest to the side door, and then passed ten to hundred, and the soldiers of each team climbed into the grain cart except for those who held shields in front of them, and threw steamed buns into the crowd. Sure enough, the victims were stunned for a moment, and they all leaned down to pick up steamed buns.

Lu Wenyuan saw that the offensive of the displaced people was gradually dissipating, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Zhu Shiji beside him: "Can the prince help the minister to watch the city for a while, the minister has something to do and will come back immediately." ”

Zhu Shiji didn't know why, but he also nodded quickly. Lu Wenyuan hurriedly thanked him, immediately went down the city tower, urgently transferred a few soldiers, borrowed coarse cloth clothes from the people in the city, and ordered the soldiers to change into them, and he and Shi Shouye also changed them.

Shi Shouye was confused by him, and asked in coarse cloth clothes, "Lord Lu, what are you trying to do?" ”

Lu Wenyuan said: "I was watching the city just now, and I found that there were a few people among the displaced people who were suspicious. Although they were dressed in tatters, they were sturdy, their faces were red, they were not as thin and craggy as the other victims, and they were scurrying around in the procession, shouting reactionary slogans, and even confronting me in public. ”

Shi Shouye thought for a long time, and gradually lost his color: "What adults mean is ......"

Lu Wenyuan sank his face: "I suspect that they are not disaster victims at all, but people with ulterior motives planted among the disaster victims to incite them to rebel." ”

Shi Shouye couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Lu Wenyuan said to the other soldiers: "We will go out of the city from the side gate later, sneak into the homeless people, and see those who don't care much about food, but look left and right, and incite others to rebel, so we will immediately arrest them, but be careful not to alarm too many people, let alone see blood, do you understand?" ”

The soldiers nervously said that they understood, and Lu Wenyuan led them out of the city through the side gate, slipped through the wall and walked all the way, quietly blending in with the homeless people.

The homeless people were still sitting around the car eating the food they had been given, gobbling up their food, and they didn't care about the people around them. Lu Wenyuan and Shi Shouye walked in the crowd and observed, and soon found that a sturdy man was acting suspiciously, he didn't hold a steamed bun in his hand, he was squatting with his back to Lu Wenyuan, and whispered to the homeless people sitting on the ground around him: "Don't eat, don't eat." They're going to kill us later. ”

The surrounding homeless people didn't have the heart to listen to what he said, and they all buried their heads in eating. Lu Wenyuan turned his head and gestured to Shi Shouye, and then gradually approached the sturdy man.

Seeing that the homeless people around him were indifferent, the sturdy man just wanted to go up and snatch the steamed buns in their hands, but someone patted him on the back.

As soon as the sturdy man turned around, he saw a handsome young man standing behind him, holding his hands behind his back, and smiling faintly at himself. The sturdy man was very puzzled, and just wanted to ask, but saw a figure flash behind the young man, who was agile, and instantly bullied himself and restrained his hands and feet. The sturdy man was shocked and opened his mouth to shout, but his mouth was covered again, and he pushed and shoved away from the crowd.

Lu Wenyuan and Shi Shouye escorted him all the way back to the city, and after a while, the other soldiers also came back, capturing a total of more than a dozen people. Lu Wenyuan didn't have time to ask anything, so he only ordered them to be temporarily detained in the city first, quickly changed their clothes, and went back to the city.

The exiles in the city had almost eaten by this time. Lu Wenyuan watched the city for a while, and when he saw that the time had come, he shouted to the displaced people: "Now you should believe us, as long as you agree to surrender, I will immediately open the city gate and let you enter the city to settle down." The Imperial Court's disaster relief silver is already on its way, and I believe it will be distributed to you soon. ”

When the exiles heard this, they all bowed down to the ground, and there was no one to stir up incitement from them, so they all agreed to submit to the court. Lu Wenyuan then ordered the city gate to be opened, and more than 10,000 displaced people obeyed the soldiers' dispatch and slowly entered the city.

The uprising of the displaced people has finally subsided. Lu Wenyuan immediately reported the good news to the emperor, and asked himself to continue to stay in the city to settle the victims. Zhu Shiji also volunteered to stay.

The aftermath of the disaster is complicated and complicated, and the two cooperate with each other, carefully calculate, and solve them one by one, and they are busy every day. When the affairs of the city improved a little, and when I looked up again, it was already the middle of winter.

The two of them returned to the court. On the day of arrival in Beijing, it snowed heavily in the capital, and Zhu Shiyang wore a pure white mink fur and led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him in person at Taihe Gate.

Lu Wenyuan and Zhu Shiji came side by side and saw the saint in front of the palace gate. Zhu Shiyang smiled silently, and with a wave of his hand, Gui Xi stepped out from behind him, opened a volume of holy decrees, and read aloud: "Lu Wenyuan, the secretary of the ministry, has made meritorious contributions to quelling the uprising of the displaced people, and has made outstanding contributions to the victims of the disaster and appeased the people's feelings. ”

"Zhu Shiji, the king of Kangping, was loyal and filial, won the deep will, and made meritorious contributions to quelling the uprising of the displaced people, giving him 3,000 taels of silver and 500 pieces of jade treasures."

"Yan Yong, a member of the cabinet university, has been assisting in the political affairs of the DPRK and China for many years, and has worked hard and made great achievements, and during the uprising of the displaced people, he made proper decisions and arrangements, and cooperated tacitly with the front line.

"In addition, Shen Lun, the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Fu Qian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhao Yongning, the waiter of the Criminal Department, assisted Yan Yong in handling political affairs during the uprising of the displaced people.

"You must uphold the hadith and live up to your wishes."

The people who were mentioned knelt down to answer the decree and thanked the Holy Grace. Zhu Shiyang said with a smile: "In this way, the affairs of the previous dynasty in the future will be handed over to you in charge." Get up. ”

The crowd rose from the ground. Yan Yong hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have objections." ”

Zhu Shiyang was surprised: "Oh? You said. ”

Yan Yong said: "The position of the first assistant of the cabinet is the head of the hundred officials, which is equivalent to the prime minister of the previous dynasty, the commander of the hundred officials, and the assistant to the government, and the responsibility is heavy." The minister thinks that his talent is mediocre, and he is old and has limited energy, so he is afraid that he will not be able to do it, so he asks the emperor to choose another capable person. ”

Zhu Shiyang said: "But I'm afraid there are no more officials in the DPRK and China who are older than Lord Yan, and if Lord Yan refuses to serve, I'm afraid that others will be even less qualified." ”

Yan Yong said: "Your Majesty, there is a candidate for the minister, I don't know what the emperor wants." ”

When the officials present heard this, their faces were all surprised. You must know that Yan Yong was originally narrow-minded, jealous of the virtuous, and had always only begged the emperor to dismiss others, let alone recommend the virtuous. For so many years, only Shen Lun has been recognized by Yan Yong. Everyone was even more curious, and wanted to see who this person was.

Zhu Shiyang was also surprised, but then he had a guess in his heart, and he was eager to prove it, so he hurriedly said, "Lord Yan say it quickly." ”

Yan Yong said calmly: "Lu Wenyuan, the secretary of the ministry." ”

Lu Wenyuan was shocked when he heard this. Zhu Shiyang confirmed the conjecture in his heart, and secretly agreed a long time ago, but he pretended to hesitate: "But Lu Qing is too young, I'm afraid he ......."

Yan Yong said: "Your Majesty, you are not ambitious, Sun Quan was only eighteen years old when he took over Jiangdong from his brother, but he was able to fight Liu Bei and Cao Cao, two old foxes, and achieved a great cause. It can be seen that the important thing is ability, not age. As for qualifications, they can be accumulated slowly. ”

Lu Wenyuan was anxious to speak, but Zhu Shiyang secretly laughed evilly, and said first: "Lord Yan is very right. Since this is the case, I will enter Lu Wenyuan as the first assistant of the cabinet, leading hundreds of officials, and Yan Yong as the second assistant of the cabinet, assisting and guiding on the side. As he spoke, he turned to Yan Yong and said, "Lord Yan thinks this is good, right?" ”

Yan Yong said: "The emperor is sage." ”

Lu Wenyuan knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, how can this be done?" ”

Zhu Shiyang interrupted him: "Okay, I have made up my mind." Instead of thinking about how to refuse me, Lu Qing should think about how to do this errand well. It's cold on the ground, so get up quickly. ”

Lu Wenyuan had no choice but to stand up. Zhu Shiji took the opportunity to clear his throat on the side, causing all the officials to look at him, Zhu Shiyang also frowned and smiled: "King Kangping, what are you doing?" ”

Zhu Shiji sighed: "I haven't seen you for a few years, the imperial brother is really getting wiser, and he only cares about talking to his courtiers for a long time, and even his dearest brother is hanging aside." According to the younger brother, the younger brother should go back to Jiangnan as soon as possible, and the provincial brother will be disgusted by the imperial brother here. As he spoke, he turned around and gestured to leave.

The hundred officials in the court knew that the two were close, and it was because of Zhu Shiji's words that they were yin and yang, and they were not surprised, and they all looked at the emperor's reaction with a smile. I saw Zhu Shiyang step to Zhu Shiji's side in two steps, stretched out his hand to grab him and said with a smile: "Look at your little talent, and you are still competing with my ministers for favor, this time when you enter the palace, I will have to keep you for a longer time, you have to accompany me to have a good time." ”

Zhu Shiji really turned back with a smile and said, "Brother obeys." Zhu Shiyang stretched out his hand again and grabbed Lu Wenyuan: "Let's go, go into the palace with me, your celebration banquet has been on the table for a long time." He led the two of them to the palace.

The snow fell silently behind them, and the next year was sure to be a good year. The Ming Dynasty will eventually come to a stronger tomorrow under their governance.