The prince has great respect for Song Lian, he and Song Lian have been together longer than his father Emperor Hongwu, the two are monarchs and ministers, masters and apprentices, and there is also some father-son relationship.

Therefore, Song Lian usually speaks straightforwardly, teaching the prince with the attitude of an elder, and rarely exhorts him in a roundabout way.

Zhu Biao was slapped in the face at first glance, first stunned, and then hurriedly explained: "Teacher, it's not that I'm timid and afraid of things and don't want to take responsibility, when I was in the palace, I often advised my father and emperor, repeatedly touched the dragon scales, and was willing to be punished and scolded on my knees." But today's plan of King Yan is too ridiculous! Digging up your own ancestral grave is simply rebellious! ”

Song Lian asked rhetorically: "Although it sounds ridiculous, King Yan is reasonable. In fact, there is no perfect plan, and any plan has drawbacks. But at least King Yan's reasons are all facts, and the evidence is conclusive. This secret letter was sent to the emperor in the middle of the night today, and the emperor will definitely scold King Yan for being unfilial and disrespectful to his ancestors, but he will also feel that King Yan is compassionate and compassionate, has the world in his heart, and is broad-minded. ”

Zhu Biao still didn't understand, and asked: "Filial piety comes first, my father rules the world with filial piety, and how can it be a son of man who does not respect his ancestors?" ”

Song Lian smiled coldly, "Wrong, filial piety is human, and it is a means for superiors to educate the world." Loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, loyalty in front of filial piety, the prince is the prince, as the prince, he should be loyal to the world and the duty of a prince! His Royal Highness the Prince, King Yan Yue will act on his behalf, and he must be guarded against in the future. ”

Zhu Biao suddenly realized and said: "Teacher, I was wrong about this matter, but the fourth brother has always been like this, he has a cold and hard temperament and speaks directly, but he has always been respectful to me, and he has not transgressed. ”

Song Lian said: "It's good that you know your mistakes, don't make them again in the future." The heart of defense is indispensable. Regardless of whether King Yan is intentional or not, his move will definitely impress the emperor, and it will also attract those speculators with ulterior motives in the court to take refuge and depend. ”

Zhu Biao responded, "Yes, teacher." ”

Song Lian still shook his head and sighed: "The second mistake of the prince is that he is too vacillating and not firm enough. In fact, after King Yan made a suggestion, the prince could immediately refute it, dispelling the idea of King Yan writing a secret letter to the emperor, and determined to stick to Fengyang at any cost. ”

"As King Yan said, now Fengyang is guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers, repairing the embankment, the heavy rain will stop, just survive these few days. However, the prince was shaken by King Yan and acquiesced in King Yan's approach. Being led by his younger brother by the nose is a big taboo as an elder brother. ”

When Zhu Biao heard this, he was immediately ashamed, "Teacher, there are so many people and fertile fields in the lower reaches of the Huai River, and I am also worried about a great famine in the future." ”

Song Lian saw the prince's dejected appearance, and comforted: "King Yan has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he is used to seeing life and death, and sacrificing some people is a long-term thing, so he will calmly put forward the idea of protecting the big with a small one." And the prince bodhisattva has a heart, hoping to save everyone, so he will waver when he encounters such a major event that is vital to human life. It doesn't matter, the prince has more experience in the future, and his decisiveness is definitely no less than that of King Yan. ”

With the teacher's encouragement, Zhu Biao regained his confidence, straightened his spine, and bowed to Song Lian, "Ask the teacher to point out the third mistake." ”

After receiving such courtesy from the prince, Song Lian touched his beard and said, "This third place is actually the prince's lack of experience. The crown prince came to Fengyang to relieve the disaster instead of the emperor, but it was King Yan who proposed to protect the embankment with death. Although it is said that the son of a daughter can't sit down, the prince should at least make a posture of defending his hometown with death, and he can't just flee to Jiushan to avoid danger. ”

The prince said, "But I have already written a warrant and ordered King Yan to supervise the command." At this time, it is counterproductive to change your mind and retract your fate. ”

Song Lian said: "It's not too late to make amends. At this time, there was a chance to remedy, and the prince could first post a notice in the camp where the people were settled, so that the old and weak women and children could withdraw to Jiushan first, and even let the prince drive the car and carry the old people who could not walk up the mountain. ”

The prince really acted according to Song Lian's suggestion, he took off his brocade clothes, wore ordinary people's cloth clothes and straw shoes, and personally went to the muddy disaster camp with an umbrella to express condolences, and the carriages and horses were given to pregnant women and children, and the captains in charge of the prince's honor guard who were holding flags also leaned over and walked towards Jiushan with the old man on their backs.

The prince and the people ate in a cauldron, greeted the elders with warmth, and the villagers inquired about the farmers.

When the prince's move reached the capital, the people and officials praised the prince's benevolence and love for the people like a son. Emperor Hongwu was very happy that the prince did not forget his roots and treated the people of his hometown well, and at the same time felt a deep headache about the secret twists of King Yan: Song Lian really guessed his thoughts, and when Emperor Hongwu saw this twist, he did first angrily scold Zhu Di for being unfilial, and he was indifferent and ruthless to the land that gave birth to him.

But after the anger, Emperor Hongwu had a faint thought in his heart: It would be good if this twist and turn came from the hands of the prince, as the prince of a country, he should be responsible for the common people in the world, and he should not be too stingy.

This night was a sleepless night, Emperor Hongwu thought about it and agreed to Zhu Di's suggestion: If it is really a last resort, it is better to sacrifice Fengyang first.

The secret decree was sent away by Jinyiwei, and Emperor Hongwu's heart was dripping blood: alas, if the Huai River is well managed, it is necessary to continue to migrate the people to Fengyang to reclaim the fields, and turn this barren land with many disasters into a rich fertile field in the south of the Yangtze River, so as to completely avoid the mistakes of the past in his hometown.

Fengyang Mansion. The back mountain was filled with black smoke from morning to night, and all the corpses collected were cremated here. The earth is followed by a flood, and if the burial is not deep enough, it is easy to breed plague, and the best way is to burn it to ashes.

Xu Miaoyi wore a scarf on her head and covered her mouth and nose with a white cloth, and looked at the injuries one by one in the wounded camp. She knelt on one knee, tried a middle-aged man's snort, checked her pulse again, and shook her head, "I've already choked, send it to cremation." ”

A young girl in the prime of her life rushed over next to her, with tears in her eyes, in front of the soldier who was about to carry the corpse, "Please let my father go!" Even if I sell my body to bury my father, I want my father to keep the whole body! ”

Finding a coffin to bury is a simple idea of people. Only those who have died have family members with them, and they will basically ask for burial.

The soldier in charge of collecting the corpse was accustomed to this kind of request, and impatiently shook the notice in his hand, "Do you see it clearly?" In order to prevent the breeding of the plague, everyone was cremated, and the county magistrate just took his mother's ashes from the crematorium yesterday. ”

Seeing that it was useless to beg the soldiers, the girl hurriedly turned around and hugged Xu Miaoyi's legs, "Doctor Xu is merciful, please help me!" ”

Xu Miaoyi's mouth and nose were covered with a white cloth, revealing only a pair of cold and shining eyes, "You just said that you sold yourself to bury your father, do you know how much silver is a pair of silver for the cheapest thin wooden coffin in the city now?" ”

The girl was stunned for a moment, and then said what she thought was a sky-high price, "Ten...... Ten taels of silver? ”

Xu Miaoyi stretched out a slap, "Fifty taels." Do you know how much silver a girl like you can sell in a year like this? ”

The girl bowed her head and said nothing.

Xu Miaoyi stretched out a finger and said coldly: "At most, a penny, sometimes a white-flour steamed bun can buy a girl." ”

The girl was desperate, she let go of Xu Miaoyi's legs, sat on the ground with her cheeks in her hands and cried bitterly, the soldiers hurriedly carried away the corpse and threw a wooden card to the girl, "Take this wooden card tomorrow to get the ashes, don't worry, the ashes altar will be given for free, no money." ”

After the ground movement, most of them were serious external injuries, broken arms and legs, and even smashed heads, Xu Miaoyi walked around the wounded barracks and carried out more than a dozen corpses.

It was already night when she left the camp, Xu Miaoyi dragged her tired body to take off the mask and wash off the blood stains on her hands, these days she seems to have returned to the time when she disguised herself as a man to serve as a military doctor for her brother in the army three years ago, watching so many people die every day, she is actually very sad, but she must pretend to be ruthless and send a corpse for cremation.

After the ground moved, Zhu Di asked Ma San to escort her back to the capital, she resolutely stayed in Fengyang to help Zhu Di clean up the mess, but she didn't expect that this Fengyang experience, the test was not heavy work and boring rural life, but two natural disasters in a row.

I hope the natural disaster will end soon, Xu Miaoyi looked up at the drizzle, the ground was covered with lime to prevent the spread of the plague, and she smelled choking, she walked quickly across this lime road, and suddenly saw a familiar mark on a big tree.

It is a bird with simple brushwork, it looks childish and ridiculous, it seems to be a child's graffiti, but Xu Miaoyi knows that this is a jackdaw, her previous code name in Mingjiao.

Is Dao Yan or Fox Trail looking for me? No, my father-in-law and I deceived and concealed each other, and we have severed our relationship, it should be a fox track, does he have new news?

Xu Miaoyi walked behind the big tree and saw a somewhat incredible brocade guard standing in the thorn bush.

Jin Yiwei gave a salute, "Miss Xu, we meet again." ”

It is actually Mingyue, a dusty woman who "returns to her old business".

Xu Miaoyi was a little stunned at first, and then looked as usual, and said: "It turns out that you are not willing to fall, but have found a new way out." Song Xiu'er and I both blamed you wrongly before. ”

Xu Miaoyi was secretly anxious in her heart: Mingyue actually joined Jinyiwei! What did she do with me? Worst! Will she see through the Jackdaw mark?!

Mingyue felt it and said, "Just now you changed the fate of the father and daughter who were going to sell themselves to bury their fathers and daughters. She is still too simple to know what it means to sell herself, and women are too easy to fall into that kind of dirty place. Miss Xu, you are a good person who is cold on the outside and warm on the inside. ”

Xu Miaoyi blushed a little when she was said, "Oh, in fact, I'm not as good as you say, in fact, I lied to all of them, what is holding a wooden number to take the ashes of relatives, it's all nonsense." So many people are piled up together and burned, turning into ashes, you have me, I have you, there is no distinction between each other, the servants put a pile of ashes into the urn according to the head, leaving a memory for their relatives, the so-called wooden plate number, is to deceive them into believing that the urn contains dead relatives. ”

Mingyue said: "People, always have to keep some thoughts and find some reasons to continue living." Do you say, jackdaw? 166 Reading Network