Chapter 22: One after another
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The official surnamed Jiang hurried to the bookcase next to him to get the map.
Zhao Yuliang beckoned again to all the officials present to come and see.
And they did as they did,
Zhao Yuliang pointed to a place on the map and said, "We need to arrange them in this area immediately, and let them bring pillows and pot lids for their heads in case of an earthquake." ā
Bai Zekui, the secretary of Dali Temple, immediately objected: "Your Highness, hasn't there been an earthquake over there yet?" Why not first let them immediately evacuate the town and move to a corner? ā
Zhao Yuliang said: "If you want to evacuate Bama Town, you have to cross the river, and the Linfen River is too close to the earthquake site, and it is more dangerous to evacuate than to transfer." ā
Bai Zekui hurriedly looked at Guo Mao and Feng Hong.
Guo Mao and Feng Hong glanced at each other, and shook their heads gently at Bai Zekui, who immediately changed to a smile and said, "Your Highness is right in your analysis." ā
Zhao Yuliang closed his eyes before he endured the sentence that came to his mouth.
Now is not the time to worry about that.
"The ground moved again." Suddenly, someone said.
Sure enough, the tables and chairs in the room were shaking slightly.
Immediately after, there were several muffled thunderous sounds from not far away.
The sound of the big earthquake is heavy, the sound of the small earthquake is sharp, and the big earthquake is coming again.
Zhao Yuliang hurriedly led everyone to Bama Town.
Halfway through, they heard screams and noises coming from the town of Eight Horses.
They immediately accelerated.
By the time they arrived, dozens of houses had collapsed and twenty-five people were crushed under the rubble.
Zhao Yuliang quickly gave instructions - Master Zhang and Feng Shangshu were responsible for directing the transfer of the crowd, Lord Peng and Master Jiang were responsible for rescuing the food and money in the residents' houses, and Lord Yuan and Lord Gong were responsible for cleaning up the aftermath.
For a while, the originally turbulent and flustered crowd stabilized a lot.
The victims were quickly evacuated from the scene under the command of these officials.
Within half an hour, the entire town was safely moved to a place where there were only minor aftershocks.
Zhao Yuliang also arranged for officials to assist the people in setting up camp, so that everyone could lie down and rest tonight.
When it was finally time to stop, it was already late at night, and Zhao Yuliang arranged for five officials to take care of the scene and let the rest of the officials go back to the governor's yamen to rest.
"Your Highness, you have also been tired for a day, so take a good rest after returning to the yamen." Cabinet University Scholar Peng Wentao said. He was afraid that Zhao Yuliang would have to stay at the scene.
"Hmm." Zhao Yuliang nodded, turned around and got on the horse.
Zhao Yuliang went directly back to the room that the governor had prepared for him, and said to his personal guard: "Go and prepare a bucket of cold water for the palace." ā
He wanted to take a shower. After a busy day, he felt sweaty all over his body, which was strangely uncomfortable.
One of the guards asked, "Is Your Highness used to cold water?" Do you need to go to a nearby village and ask for a few buckets of hot water? ā
Zhao Yuliang slammed the table and said: "It's just presumptuous, it's better to save a few more people if you have this time." ā
The guard hurriedly knelt down and said, "The little one knows that he is wrong. With that, he and another guard each went out with a bucket.
They had to get water from the patio in the back mountain.
At the moment, only the well had not been affected by the earthquake, but it was a little far from the governor's yamen, so it took about two quarters of an hour to go back and forth.
Although Zhao Yuliang was sweating and uncomfortable, he was too tired, so he fell asleep on the back chair.
Cabinet scholars Peng Wentao and Liu Yan also entered their room after returning to the governor's yamen.
Since the rooms in the governor's yamen were limited, the two of them were assigned to one room.
As soon as Liu Yan entered the room, he immediately took off his sweat-soaked clothes, wiped his face and body with the only half pot of tea left in the teapot, and put on a set of clean clothes.
"It's a lot more refreshed now." He said as he belted.
Peng Wentao directly took a clean towel and wiped his body.
Liu Yan lifted his robe and sat down on the chair next to Peng Wentao, and said softly to Peng Wentao: "I can see it today, Guo Shangshu, Feng Shangshu and Lord Bai turned out to be in a group. ā
Peng Wentao asked, "How do you say this?" ā
Liu Yan leaned his face closer to him and said softly, "Don't you see it?" Today, no matter what His Highness says or does, they take turns to oppose it, isn't this a partnership to make things difficult for His Highness? ā
Peng Wentao nodded and said thoughtfully, "I don't know what they are doing this for." ā
"Obviously deliberately embarrassed His Highness and tried to influence His Highness's decision." Liu Yan said.
But what good is it for them to do so? Your Highness is the future king, don't they think about the black gauze hat on their heads? Peng Wentao frowned.
"It's not clear what they're really doing it for, but one thing is for sure ā there's someone behind them." Liu Yan lowered his voice.
Otherwise, how dare they go against His Highness?
Peng Wentao hurriedly looked at Liu Yan and asked with a surprised expression, "Then who do you think that person will be?" ā
Liu Yan shook his head and said, "I can't guess either, but maybe I'll know slowly." ā
"Since he deliberately went against His Highness, he should be the one who has a conflict of interest with His Highness." Peng Wentao said.
If so, it's hard to guess
No matter which dynasty, the prince's enemies will not be few, but some are in the light and some are in the dark.
Those who are in the light are better to deal with, but those who are afraid are those who are in the dark.
Thinking of this, both of them couldn't help but be secretly worried about the prince.
"But we don't have to worry too much, Your Highness won't be calculated and defeated so easily, just look at how Your Highness deals with them today."
Indeed, although the three of them took turns to oppose the decision made by the prince today, the prince was as calm and free as he was when he played chess, and he was able to give a convincing explanation for the decision he made, so the three of them did not succeed in the end, but were very frustrated.
"Uh-huh, that's right." Peng Wentao said with a smile.
said that Zhao Yuliang was asleep when he suddenly heard a knock on the door outside, and suddenly woke up and asked, "What's the matter?" ā
He knew it was his people who were guarding the door.
"Your Highness, there was only one person who went to the magistrate to complain, saying that the governor Wu Bailong Wu was greedy for disaster relief money, and the magistrate was afraid of Lord Wu, and thought that you were also here now, so he didn't dare to review it privately, and sent a small person to consult your opinion."
Zhao Yuliang frowned and asked, "Who is the person who sued?" Did Wu Bailong know about this? ā
It is said that this person can't see others deceiving the good, nor can he see all the acts of corruption and perversion of the law and assassination of innocents, but whenever he knows that these things have happened, he will come forward to take care of them, and when he gets serious, his six relatives do not admit it, and he is not afraid of offending the local magnates, so the people here call him "Shen Zhengqi". ā
Zhao Yuliang said after hearing this: "Come in." ā
Someone came in at once.
Zhao Yuliang picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on a blank piece of paper, then folded it and put it in an envelope, handed it to him, and said: "Immediately send it to the magistrate secretly, and ask him to take Shen Zhu to the palace now." In addition, thirty escorts were sent to escort them along the way. ā
The man who came was then commanded to leave.
Governor Wu Bailong, who was whispering with several officials in a dilapidated house not far from the Yamen, soon learned of this from his subordinates and couldn't help but be surprised.
But if he sent someone to intercept them at this time, it would be equivalent to having no three hundred taels of silver here.
Wu Bailong immediately asked several officials around him who were accomplices to commit the crime to help with advice.
Official A said: "Anyway, we have done enough in the whole process, and we are all secretly cooperating, as long as we flatly deny it, what can he do with us with a mere Shen Zhu?" ā