Qin Zheng didn't have to kneel down again, and almost didn't hesitate to answer aloud: "The minister accepts the order!" ”

After a pause, Emperor Jingshun beckoned, Han Xi bowed in response, picked up a red yellow brocade scroll from the imperial case, stood on top of His Majesty Dan, next to the throne, and said Lang Sheng: "The Marquis of Jingbei receives the order!" ”

Emperor Jingshun raised his eyebrows, stared at Qin Zheng who was kneeling on the ground, was silent for a while, and finally said lightly: "I think you took the initiative to ask for guilt, and there is no need to mention this time." ”

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty!" Qin Zheng, who had been a stone man for a long time, kowtowed and confessed his guilt, with a good attitude.

After sending Wang Xu away, Emperor Jingshun threw down the account book in his hand and threw it directly at Qin Zheng, scolding: "Please sin, please sin, you should ask for sin...... Hmph, the dignified Marquis of Jingbei and the county lord of Anning have all their thoughts spent on this......"

Those ministers of King Cheng's lineage, some people who are not determined to see King Cheng in such a state can't help but feel cold, and secretly think about whether to switch to King Yong or King Fu next? Naturally, some people think that the deep Chengwang Chengfu is the suzhì that the superior must have, and the joy and anger above are the appearance of the people in the market. King Cheng lost a Wang Xu, and he couldn't say whether he was gaining or losing for a while!

Wang Xu once taught King Cheng, and the reason why he jumped out to impeach Jingbeihou today was also to attack the two lines of King Yong and King Fu, but he didn't expect to guess the wrong holy will and become cannon fodder.

King Cheng Yang Jingfu was also allowed to leave the palace after the heavy rain. Not a word was said in the morning. Wang Xu was dragged away, and he still stood at the head of the queue with his hands and eyes down expressionlessly, as if he had not heard of it.

Since then, there has been no such person as Wang Xu in the court!

Wang Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his heart finally fell into place, but when he really left the temple, he inevitably felt stunned...... In the end, he kowtowed and thanked him, and was sent out of the palace gate by two little eunuchs.

"Wang Aiqing, what's wrong? I and all Aiqing are still waiting for you to testify against the Marquis of Jingbei? Emperor Jingshun asked a few words in a row, but Wang Xu couldn't deal with it at all, so he only trembled and trembled, and kowtowed again and again to ask for guilt...... Emperor Jingshun waved his hand impatiently and ordered, "Wang Aiqing is in poor health, and it seems that he is incompetent, so go back to his hometown to recuperate!" ”

Wang Xu grabbed the ground with his head, trembling like a sieve, and said vaguely in a trembling voice: "The emperor atonements, the emperor atonements!" ”

"Rebellion and forcing the palace, but it is a major matter related to the safety of the society, compared to Wang Aiqing, it must be conclusive, and he will not be untrustworthy, right?" Emperor Jingshun's tone was a little more relaxed, and his face was calm and continued to ask.

"Since you said that the Marquis of Jingbei was rebellious and disobedient, and even forced the palace to rebel...... I don't know what Jingbei Hou used to force the palace? What rebellion? Hearing the emperor say this, Wang Xu's head that had just been dizzy suddenly came to his senses, and he suddenly understood what nonsense he had said, and he was so hearty that he couldn't stand anymore, and fell to his knees with a thud, trembling and unable to speak at all.

"Listening to Wang Qing say this, it has a deep meaning......" Sure enough, Emperor Jingshun spoke, his voice was flat without any ups and downs, but all the ministers in the court could hear that the emperor was really angry.

The ministers in the court were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Emperor Jingshun, who was looking at the upper position, had already shown an uncontrollable anger on his face, and everyone hung their heads and stood silent.

This person is probably dizzy, and a series of big hats are buckled on Qin Zheng's head, what is 'relying on military merits' and 'despising the Holy Venerable'...... In the end, he even said the words of 'forcing the palace to rebel'! This is to accuse Qin Zheng of not bad, but from another point of view, it is speculated that the emperor can't tolerate the courtiers of the 'meritorious master', and even Emperor Jingshun's last stop of Jingbei Hou's errand and fortune have also become a means to attack the 'meritorious heroes'...... This is not to accuse Qin Zheng, this is to slap Emperor Jingshun in the face alive!

A few wisps of goatee trembled angrily, glared at Qin Zheng and scolded: "Marquis of Jingbei, don't rely on some of your military exploits to be arrogant and rebellious, is it arrogant and arrogant, and despise the Holy Venerable?" Or, relying on meritorious deeds, rebel and rebellious to coerce the Holy Emperor to force the palace to rebel? ”

Wang Xu is the kind of old pedant with a clear face and a stubborn face, with a few wisps of goatee on a thin face that he thinks is very beautiful. The neglect of him just now had already embarrassed him very much, and at this moment, Qin Zheng turned a deaf ear to him and ignored him, which made his face blue and red for a while, and it was difficult to see the extreme.

Qin Zheng still maintained a kneeling posture, turning a deaf ear to Wang Xu's questioning and ignoring it.

As soon as Qin Zheng finished speaking, without waiting for Emperor Jingshun to speak, Wang Xu, the imperial historian who had been ignored for a long time next to him, hurriedly questioned Qin Zheng and said, "Marquis of Jingbei, are you complaining that the Holy Lord has stopped your Yulu?" ”

I heard Qin Zheng say in a deep voice: "Weichen has committed an errand and stopped his errands, and there is no income at all, the whole family has to be fed, and the clumsy Jing has to give birth again...... Therefore, although he saw the hardship of the displaced people, he couldn't come up with too much grain and rice to help, so he came up with a way to use labor to help, or exchange acres of land for grain, on the one hand, he could use the limited grain and rice to help some disaster victims, and Weichen's family would not lose food and clothing because of this...... Weichen also knows that it is undignified to care about the gains and losses of interests, but this is all a helpless move, and I hope that the emperor will be forgiving! ”

Emperor Jingshun snorted, staring at Qin Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground and grabbing the ground with his head.

A year ago, it was also this Marquis of Jingbei who took the initiative to ask for guilt, which angered the emperor, and he stopped his errand and went back to think about it. After thinking about it for more than half a year, why do you still come to this set of active pleadings? Is this a short time to think about?

This plea suddenly made the courtiers' eyes widen again.

At this time, Qin Zheng, who did not speak, knelt down on the hall with a hem of his clothes, kowtowed to the emperor above, grabbed the ground with his head, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" ”

The ministers were swept by this faint gaze, and they were silent one by one, and above the court, there was silence for a while, and only the impeached Yushi and Jingbei Marquis Qin Zheng bowed down and stood in the hall.

Zheng Jiyu finished reading the account book, returned the account book with both hands, and stood up again. Emperor Jingshun pursed his lips, holding the account book returned by Zheng Jiyu in his hand, his eyes slid from the account book to the ministers, his gaze was light and waveless, and there was no emotion.

What is the population corresponding to such a huge food expenditure? There is no exact number, and most of the ministers have an idea!

Zheng Jiyu nodded, turned around, flipped through the account book, found the total item, and reported a string of numbers. How many stones are there for wheat, how many stones are for millet, how many stones are for potatoes, how many stones are for sweet potatoes...... Wheat and millet were returned, but only a few thousand stones. But sweet potatoes and potatoes are tens of thousands of stones......

Speaking of this, Zheng Jiyu looked back at Emperor Jingshun who was high above, and heard Emperor Jingshun raise his hand and say: "Is there a number of grain, rice, and materials spent this year?" Report it! ”

Zheng Jiyu took the order, turned to the officials and ministers, and said: "This account was built three years ago, and in the first two years, there were expenditures and incomes, and the grains, melons, vegetables, fruits, and even poultry, eggs, pigs and sheep produced by the acres of land were mainly spent on the repair of the grange, the construction of the canals, and the repair of the houses of the households; This year's autumn harvest has not been completed, and only the income of the summer harvest and the poultry, eggs, pigs and sheep of melons and fruits is much more than in previous years, and most of the expenditure on grain storage is more than in previous years, and even many sweet potatoes and potatoes in the field are also synchronized, and in addition, there are also huge expenditures on building materials such as wood, straw, and wheat straw......

Emperor Jingshun replied lightly and said, "You tell you Aiqing, what you see in the account!" ”

Zheng Jiyu heard the voice, bowed down, stepped forward to take the account book, and after turning a few pages, he lowered his hand and replied: "Back to the emperor, this account book should be the grain, rice, and silver expenditure account on the Zhuangzi." ”

The emperor looked calm, without the slightest hint of surprise, motioned to Han Xi to present the account book and the deed, took two copies of the deed and swept it over, opened the account book and looked at it, and then said: "Zheng Aiqing, you are the head of the household department, and you are skilled in accounting, you take it and take a look!" ”

The ministers in the palace were all a little surprised, and they all looked at the account books and deeds that appeared at the court meeting for the first time...... This is not the lobby of the commercial house, Jingbei Hou has not seen him for less than a year, and he has become the shopkeeper? Why did you take these unpopular things to the main hall and present them to the emperor?

Qin Zheng has always spoken little in the court, and he didn't blush and defend himself and his wife at all, but handed over a book of accounts and a stack of deeds.

In this way, the Marquis of Jingbei, who had been suspended and ordered to think about it, went to the court again, and some careful people also noticed that the emperor ordered people to announce the 'Marquis of Jingbei', which shows that the emperor really only suspended the Marquis of Jingbei, but never thought of removing the title of Marquis of Jingbei...... Not to mention how to investigate the responsibility of Jingbei Hou! In other words, the holy family of the Marquis of Jingbei is still there!

Emperor Jingshun did not express any opinions, so he ordered Xuanjing Beihou to go to the palace to defend himself. Although the impeachment of the county lord of Anning was impeached by the imperial history, firstly, there was no precedent for the woman to go to court, and secondly, the lord of Anning was pregnant with Liujia and was about to give birth, and it was inconvenient to go out...... Since the Marquis of Jingbei is the husband of the county lord of Anning, there is no objection to him going to the palace to defend himself.

On the third day of Qin Zheng's return, news came from the court, and there was a book in the imperial history to impeach the people of Anning County, taking advantage of the disaster to exploit the people, and forcibly buying acres of land at a low price......

It was supposed to be a harvest season, but after two heavy rains close to the harvest, large areas of crops were lost, and hundreds of people were displaced from their homes...... Instead of being displaced by the famine of previous years, they gathered together in several villages on the outskirts of Beijing, where the crops have been preserved and are still harvesting, and a large number of laborers are being recruited to harvest the crops, cultivate the land, and sow it for winter......

It's just that under the blue sky and white clouds, it is not the warm and joyful harvest scene of previous years, but a large area of crops that are yellow in the ground, grain that rots in the ground, villages that are flooded, and even decayed houses where people go to empty houses......

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the sun is shining.

After two heavy rains, autumn has officially begun.

The man next to her who can think so well for her is the man next to her...... Of course, there may also be Yang Jingyong's help...... Anyway, no matter who it is, she knows, and it's good to be at ease!

As long as you have written the deed, of course, it is better to have the county government guarantee to witness. With the witness guarantee of the county government, the money and food she took out are not afraid of being lost, and at the same time, there is an official archive, when the time comes, if there is an eyeless imperial history who jumps out and makes irresponsible remarks, the evidence in the two county offices is the best testimony, and they don't even have to say anything.

Of course, when the flood receded and the victims returned home, she also considered taking out loans...... What Qin Zheng said, it can be used when the time comes, so she won't say anything.

She's not worried about those people falling on her ...... Speaking of which, what she is practicing is not borrowing grain, and there is basically no problem of not paying it back at this time. As long as she can move, she will have a job arrangement, and if she can do work, she will be able to eat, and she will be able to earn food and clothing...... Those who are capable, can endure hardships, and can even earn the capital to rebuild their homes.

Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, snorted softly, and didn't move after all...... It was too hard for her to roll over......

Qin Zheng chuckled and nodded, "Written...... I also asked people to come forward with the Tongzhou and Changping County Ya to witness the guarantee of the deed...... Hehe, don't worry, no one dares to take away your food! ”

After a while, Qiu Chen opened his mouth to break the warm tranquility, "Those people in the Zhuangzi have written deeds for work and placement, right?" ”

One hand stroked her hair, slowly running down the strands of hair on the sideburns of her face, without making a sound, Qiu Chen felt the warm and slight touch of her fingertips, so gently and so carefully, every slight movement seemed to reveal the cherishment and love of the finger owner, this cherishment and love turned into a pleasant warmth, gradually soaked into the skin and body, and spread from the bottom of her heart, so that her whole person stretched and relaxed, as if her huge belly was not heavy, and the soreness and numbness of her legs were also reduced a lot......

Inexplicably a little surprised, Qiu Chen smiled lightly, and said yes, but his arm stretched forward and hugged the man's waist, pillowed his head on her husband's lap, and closed her eyes lazily and reassuringly.

Raising his eyes, he looked down at a pair of dark and deep and introverted eyes, with a slight smile: "Awake?" ”

Qiu Chen opened her eyes again, and her husband did not get up early to exercise as usual, but sat beside her by the head of the bed, and one of her own hands was on her husband's lap, like a koala hanging on a branch, completely dependent, natural and habitual......

After saying a few words to her husband in a daze, leaning on her husband's arms, Qiu Chen never dreamed a trace anymore, and slept peacefully and deeply until dawn.

Yes, there are all kinds of concerns and taboos that they want to do as a couple...... If you want to guide public opinion and improve people's livelihood, it is better for the person from above to do it. Now that Emperor Jingshun is old, his already gentle and benevolent temperament is even more lazy, and he is unwilling to make a big deal and worry about doing these troublesome things...... They simply waited patiently, presumably the replacement on the chair would not be far away, and they hoped for the newcomer who was about to sit on that chair!

Qiu Chen was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, blinked, relaxed his mind, raised his hand to cover his mouth and yawned, rubbed into Qin Zheng's arms, moved his body, found the most comfortable position, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Qin Zheng patted her on the shoulder and said with relief: "We can't do it, someone can...... Wait! ”

"Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!" Although Qiu Chen said this, there was inevitably some melancholy in his tone.

Qiu Chen shook her head, what she can manage is her own Zhuangzi, other places, other people, all she can do is to build a silent building, as for whether people listen to it or not, it is not up to her to decide.

Qiu Chen said lightly, and Qin Zheng also nodded in agreement, "I'm afraid that those people will forget the pain after their scars ......."

“…… Many people used to laugh at me for having nowhere to spend my money, and laughed at me for being worried...... I only hope that after this rain, at least those Zhuangzi can dredge water conservancy, dig canals, and build wells. Not only can these things be used to water the fields in dry years, but they can also drain rainwater during floods, so that the fields will not be flooded. ”

In the face of natural disasters, she and he have done their best, and this is enough.

Qiu Chen moved slightly, but did not raise his head, only reached out to wrap his arms around her husband's waist, and used her own arm to give her husband a little warmth and comfort.

The iron-boned, cold-blooded Jingbei Hou thought of the large patches of moldy crops in the ground and the howling farmers, and he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart and let out a sigh.

Qin Zheng patted his wife's shoulder, signaled that he was fine, and said lightly: "There is a lot of grain, plus the confiscated from the field, this winter and spring are almost over...... Our Zhuangzi, the canal and well that took a lot of effort and a lot of money to build are really useful, the adjacent Zhuangzi, the millet and beans in the field are flooded in the ground, but the crops on our Zhuangzi are basically unaffected, and the water in the field is drained along the ditch in time...... And then there are the drying rooms, these days, a number of laborers have been recruited to harvest the millet, sorghum and corn, and put them in the drying rooms to dry, and there is no waste at all. On other villages, large tracts of millet and sorghum were confiscated from the ground, and the sprouts sprouted, and the moldy and rotten were all wasted...... Alas! ”

"Is there enough food on the Zhuangzi? Do you want to transfer some from Anyang? There's still a lot of ...... over there."

Although Qiu Chen complained, he was also very clear in his heart, naturally he would not complain about that idea, it was enough to express his dissatisfaction, listening to Qin Zheng's bitter tone, he couldn't help but change the topic again, distracting the sadness in his heart.

Qin Zheng smiled, raised his hand to caress his wife's back, and said with a smile: "There must be a good beginning and a good end to this work, right?" Although your people have taken over the affairs over there, we have to wait for the results of the settlement...... The main thing is to wait for this rain to stop......"

"Since you've been idle for a long time, why did you come back after so many days?" Qiu Chen pouted and muttered sullenly.

As he spoke, Qin Zheng lowered his eyes and looked at his wife, a smile on the corner of his lips, and said, "We were a little busier when we withdrew and gathered people two days ago, and since the people you sent over on the third day, we have been busy with the officials of Tongzhou County and Changping County, and we don't need to do anything more......

Speaking of this, Qin Zheng paused, changed to a light and cheerful voice and continued: "This time, thanks to your Xinhe, and also thanks to the grain you stored in the Zhuangzi...... And those straw straw have also come in handy, setting up tents, laying floors, and making firewood......"

Qin Zheng held his wife in one hand, gently rubbed his wife's shoulder, and slowly spoke: "Miaozi Town is the largest breach point, the withdrawal was timely, and there was no injury, and the water potential in several other places was small, and the injuries were limited......

"How's it going?" After waiting for a while, Qiu Chen still couldn't help but ask.

After a long while, Qin Zheng picked up his wife, helped her sit on the head of the bed, poured a cup of warm red date lotus seed tea, let her drink it, and took water to rinse her mouth, then took off his shoes and went to bed, and took his wife to lie down again.

His eyes fell on his wife, whom he hadn't seen for a few days, and he looked at it carefully, his hand was on his wife's shoulder, and he stroked it gently, and found that his wife's shoulders seemed to have lost a little weight, but her belly was more than one percent, looking at his wife lying on his lap, Qin Zheng subconsciously thought of the kind of big-bellied grasshopper, with a very small head and body, only a huge belly that was round and heavy.

Looking at the weakness of his wife in such dependence, the thin Bai Lingzi pajamas wrapped around his thin shoulders, and the slender white neck lined with the long hair of the crow, just lying in his arms, the warm and soft touch made his heart soften.

Qiu Chen lay on Qin Zheng's lap, one hand on the side of his head, the other hand on his stomach, gently stroked, the pounding heart gradually calmed down, her feelings also relaxed, but she didn't want to speak, just want to rely on the man, feel the man's temperature, smell the familiar and reassuring breath on the man, and unconsciously settle down, the frizz and confusion in her heart are gone, only a piece of peace of mind.

He subconsciously wanted to ask his wife if she was unwell, but halfway through the words, he remembered the taboo, and then saw that his wife just looked sad and did not look painful, so he changed the question.

"What's wrong? Isn't it where...... Well, isn't it a nightmare? Qin Zheng sat down on the edge of the bed, reached out to wrap his hand around his wife's shoulder, helped his wife to lie on his lap, picked up the handkerchief on the side of the pillow to wipe away the tears from the corners of his wife's eyes, and asked softly.

In the blink of an eye, Qiu Chen met the man's concerned gaze, pulled the corners of his mouth to respond to a smile, the corners of his mouth pulled to the sides, but his eye sockets were hot, and tears silently overflowed his eyes, gushing out along the corners of his eyes, and rolling down his face.

"What's wrong? Dreaming? The warm and heavy velvety voice sounded in his ears, and with the sound, the tent was provoked, Qiu Chen turned around, and sure enough, he saw a man who had been away from home for several days, and he came back.

The belly is still there, the child is still there, well, all well......

Holding his hands on his bulging belly, a small thing kicked mischievously, then rolled over like a fish and slid to the side......

It was just a dream!

"Child, my child ......" This exclamation came out, Qiu Chen suddenly opened his eyes, blinked his eyes, looked at the dim little bit of bean light, and it took a while to react......

In an instant, Qiu Chen was scared and sweated......

Anxious, Qiu Chen wanted to run over to stop them, and after taking two steps, he remembered that his big belly was not suitable for fast walking, and he looked down, but was shocked to find that his big belly was gone, and his abdomen under his skirt was flat......

However, when she opened her mouth, drove her tongue, and exerted her strength, she was surprised to find that she could not make a single sound...... It turned out that it wasn't just the picture she saw that was muted, even she was muted.

Seeing these old and weak men and women leaving their homes so recklessly, towards a completely predictable result, Qiu Chen wanted to shout to them: Don't go far, go to Yangjia Zhuangzi, there is a resettlement point for disaster victims there.

starved to death, lying down...... These words have only been seen and heard in books, film and television dramas in the past, but after coming to this world, Qiu Chen has already seen all kinds of misery, and even personally entered the epidemic area, seen too many deaths, seen too many patients, let alone taking medicine to treat diseases, and didn't even have hot food and hot water...... A large proportion of those who die in affected areas are due to malnutrition or even starvation......

The weather has entered autumn, and seeing that the day is as cold as a day, the elderly and young people who have no food and clothing leave home, leave the sheltered house, and the fatigue of the long journey...... It is most susceptible to disease. As far as their situation is concerned, it is conceivable that once they get sick, they simply have no money to ask for medical treatment, and the consequences are ...... Go without saying.

Qiu Chen looked down at the velvet cloak wrapped in his body, and there were thin silk cotton pants in it, it was still so cold, but the group of old and young men and women were wearing tattered clothes, only the old man was wrapped in a tattered cotton jacket...... The little girl who was holding the old man was only dressed in a single shirt and trousers, with her sleeves and trousers still short, revealing a section of her wrists and ankles, and a pair of tattered cloth shoes barefoot, with at least three of her five toes exposed......

Although the color was removed and the sound was muted, Qiu Chen could clearly perceive the temperature, a kind of damp coldness penetrated into the collar, cuffs, and even the gaps in the placket, penetrating into the skin in wisps, and going into the cracks of the bones, making people nervous, and couldn't help but shrink his neck and get up and pick up his hands, wanting to do his best to maintain his body temperature......

Seeing that in that group of people, there was a milk doll that was not yet old and was being held in her mother's arms, and she was howling, and behind, a teenage girl was carrying a burden and supporting an old lady with staggering steps......

There is no color rendering, no sound effects, just such a silent picture of gray, white and black, the sadness and sadness makes the onlookers follow them, grieving their sadness, helpless their helplessness, and sorrowful of their sorrow...... The trembling and apprehension, the hunger and poverty have no bright future......

It is said that it is difficult to leave their homeland, and these people leave home with the elderly and children in a strange place, leaving their hometown in order to just beg for a life.

The things in heaven and earth faded their colors at some point, as if she was in a TV screen, and in the dark, I don't know who replaced the color TV with a black and white TV, and everything became black, white and gray, and even the crying disappeared, and there was no sound in the silence between heaven and earth, only a group of people who were gray and sad, dragging their feet step by step and leaving their homes and walking out......

Qiu Chen, who was standing on the edge of the valley, suddenly heard a mournful cry, followed the voice, and saw many old and young men and women over there, dragging their children and daughters, dragging their families and mouths, pushing carts and burdens, crying, ragged clothes, unkempt, with a vegetable face, dragging their steps, and turning back step by step.