In the evening, Fang Zi'an, who had just led people from Niuwei Lane to help the people clean up the collapsed houses, hurried back to the yamen with muddy water, because the soldiers came to report that Zheng Xie, the fire officer, had come to the yamen of the defense army to look for him and asked him to go back to see him immediately. m.8wav.

At the entrance of the yamen, Fang Zi'an saw seven or eight tall horses and taller soldiers in full armor. They wore the finest chain mail, and from their waists hung long, narrow knives. These are the top equipment of the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty.

Fang Zi was a little puzzled, and hurriedly entered the yamen compound, and saw Zheng Xie sitting in the lobby, as well as a tall and powerful old man.

Seeing Fang Zi'an coming in from the yamen, Zheng Xie stood up and said something to the old man beside him. The old man nodded, and a pair of majestic eyes glanced at Fang Zi'an.

"The next official Zi'an has seen Lord Zheng. I didn't know that Lord Zheng came, so I waited for a long time. Fang Zi'an entered the lobby in three steps and saluted Zheng Xie.

Zheng Xie frowned and looked at Fang Zi'an's muddy water, embarrassed, and shouted, "What are you doing here?" How can you see people so disheveled? There is a loss of decency. ”

Fang Zi'an said: "I just took some brothers to help the people clean up the collapsed houses on Niuwei Street, I didn't know that the adults came, and I hope the adults will not blame." The next official went to wash and wash. ”

Zheng Xie waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary." Fang Zi'an, this is Lord Yang of the Privy Council, and I came with me to inspect the Yamen of the Defense Army. Don't you come to the ceremony? ”

Fang Zi'an turned his head to look at the old man, and found that the old man was also looking at him with embarrassed eyes. So he hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty Zi'an has seen Lord Yang." ”

The old man nodded slowly, arched his hand and said in a deep voice, "Lord Fang doesn't need to be polite. ”

Fang Zi was curious about the identity of this Lord Yang, an official from the Privy Council? That is the official of the Fire Administration Yamen, because the Fire Administration Yamen is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. This Lord Yang didn't know what he was sent by the Privy Council for.

"The two adults came, and I don't know what to order." Fang Zi'an.

Zheng Xie looked at the Lord Yang and whispered, "The lord asks himself, or is it the subordinate who does it for him?" ”

Master Yang said in a deep voice: "You ask, the official listens." ”

Zheng Xie nodded hurriedly, turned his head and said to Fang Zi'an: "Lord Yang and I came to you this time to ask about the things you have brought with your people to help the people in the past few days. I have heard that in the middle of the night on the day of your hurricane, all of you went out to rescue the people, saving one or two thousand people and wounding hundreds. Yes and no? Tell us about the situation. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled: "It turns out that the adults are asking about this, what is there to say." This time the hurricane struck, and the people of the city suffered, how can we stand idly by? Although our defense army mainly set fire to fight fires, when it encounters such a disaster, it is the same as a fire, water and fire are disasters, and they naturally have to go to the rescue. Nothing to say. Do you blame us for our troubles? ”

Zheng Xie waved his hand and said, "Of course it's not a lot of things. I want to ask you......"

The burly old man on the side waved his hand and interrupted: "Lord Zheng, let's ask the old man." ”

Zheng Xie hurriedly said: "Okay, Lord Yang, please." ”

Lord Yang nodded, his eyes stared at Fang Zi'an and said, "Lord Fang, the old man was entrusted by the imperial court to come to verify the matter of your defense army helping the people. This matter has already been reported, and the emperor already knows about it. Therefore, the emperor ordered the Privy Council to check, and the old man came here with Lord Zheng to ask you what happened. ”

Fang Zi'an was stunned and said, "Did you alarm the emperor?" Oops, that's not a big deal. We didn't want to alarm the emperor. This made Xia Guan feel a little panicked. I...... How do I answer? Lord Yang said in a deep voice: "What is this called?" Answer what you want, just be honest. Could it be that you are still making up nonsense? ”

Fang Zi'an hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the lower official didn't mean that, the lower official heard that the emperor was alarmed, and he was a little flustered." Lord Yang rest assured, Lord Yang asked, and the lower officials knew everything and said everything. ”

Lord Yang nodded and said, "Okay." The old man wants to ask you how you thought of going out to rescue the people during the hurricane that night. That's not your job, after all. If you don't save it, no one blames you. ”

Fang Zi'an frowned and said, "My lord, my lord doesn't dare to agree with this. Our defense army is the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and if we eat the salaries and silver of the imperial court, we must serve the imperial court loyally and share our worries. Besides, the money of the court is taken from the people, but in fact, the people still support us. Therefore, the imperial court supports us people, and naturally wants to solve problems for the people. If there is a disaster for the people, whether it is a fire or a flood or any other disaster, we should rush out of it. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, and the lower official thinks that this is actually the duty of the lower official and my Yamen soldiers. ”

Lord Yang stretched out his hand and patted the table gently, and shouted in a deep voice: "Well said! I didn't expect you to be so conscious, but it's surprising. ”

Zheng Xie smiled and said: "Lord Yang, the official said a long time ago, Fang Zi'an is very good, although he has just been in office, he has a lot of ideas and ability. Xia Guan also reminded him a lot on weekdays, he understood very quickly, and Xia Guan had high hopes for him. ”

Fang Zixin didn't understand Zheng Xie's intentions, Zheng Xie wanted to pull this credit on him.

"What Lord Zheng said is very true, and Lord Zheng has taught him more, and the officials have kept it in mind. Thank you Lord Zheng for some teachings, and the lower officials will ask Lord Zheng for more advice. ”

Zheng Xie nodded again and again, with a smile on his face, and said in his heart: Even if you know each other, you know how to put gold on my face.

Lord Yang asked again in a deep voice: "The old man saw the plaque hanging in the lobby, you are not small." 'Benefiting the people'? Do you know who would dare to hang such a plaque? ”

"Yes, yes, Fang Zi'an, you're not like that. With such a big plaque, how dare you hang it at the entrance of the yamen? Immediately withdrew. Zheng Xie said busily.

Lord Yang suddenly shouted with disgust: "Lord Zheng, did you ask or did the old man ask?" What are you interjecting? ”

Zheng Xie's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly smiled and bowed down and said, "The adult asked, the adult asked, and the lower official stopped talking." ”

Fang Zi'an watched coldly, and became more and more curious about the identity of this Lord Yang. Obviously, Zheng Xie is extremely afraid of this Lord Yang, and he is an official of the Privy Council, so it seems that he has a lot of background. But for a moment I couldn't remember any official in the Privy Council with the surname Young. After all, he has been in the office for a short time, and he is not very familiar with the court officials.

"Fang Zi'an, what do you want? The old man asked you about the plaque. Lord Yang asked again in a deep voice.

"Lord Yang, Xia Guan doesn't think it's a big breath, that's exactly what Xia Guan wants to do." Benefiting the people' is the goal of struggle after the dismissal. Moreover, this plaque was sent by the people in the morning by beating gongs and drums, and the lower officials did not accept the wine and flesh fruit they sent to thank them, but they felt that this plaque was quite meaningful, so they accepted it and hung it. First, it is to spur and encourage himself, and secondly, it also makes the whole government feel glorious on their faces. If the adult thinks it is inappropriate, the subordinate will order someone to pick it up. Fang Zi'an said.

Lord Yang's face was calm, and he said slowly: "I see. Your ambitions are not small. Didn't you think about being loyal to the court and the emperor after you joined the office? Why do you think of 'benefiting the people'? ”

Fang Zi'an said: "My lord, the lower officials don't think it's a contradiction. Benefiting the people is to be loyal to the emperor and the court. It's a thing. ”

Zheng Xie couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Nonsense, how can this be confused." ”

Lord Yang shouted, "Lord Zheng, can't you control your mouth?" ”

Zheng Xie hurriedly closed his mouth, and even squeezed his eyes at Fang Zi'an, meaning that Fang Zi'an must not talk nonsense.

Fang Zi'an said softly: "Lord Yang, the lower official thinks so. The root of our Great Song Dynasty is the people. As the saying goes, 'water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat', the people are water, and the court and the emperor are the boat. Benefiting the people is to share the worries of the emperor, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the court will be stable, and the emperor will naturally have no worries. This is the greatest allegiance. Xia Guan was stupid and didn't know if this idea was right or not. ”

Lord Yang nodded slowly and said, "Yes, your idea is very right. I didn't expect that you, a little defense officer, could understand this truth. It's a pity that so many people in the court who have many higher official positions than you may not all understand this truth. Very good. Very good. ”

Fang Zi'an hurriedly said: "Thank you for the compliment, there is a small mistake that needs to be corrected." The lower official is not a defense officer, and the official position of the lower official is the head of the office. At present, he is only temporarily acting as a defense officer. The previous defense officer, Lord Xia, died in the line of duty. ”

Master Yang looked at Fang Zi'an strangely, and said with a smile: "Are you suggesting that the old man should be awarded the official position of defense officer?" ”

Fang Zixinzhong's little cleverness was punctured by someone, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. Busy said: "This...... This one...... How could the lower officials have such intentions. ”

Lord Yang did not continue to pursue the matter, and said in a deep voice: "Fang Zi'an, this time you have made meritorious contributions to the defense army, and the emperor also praises it. If the court rewarded you and asked you to make some requests, what would you ask? ”

Fang Zi'an was pleasantly surprised: "Does the emperor approve of it?" That's great. ”

Lord Yang frowned and said, "Answer the old man's question." ”

Fang Zi'an thought for a while and said, "Personally, it's nothing, I want to ask for a few good words for my brothers." Although the soldiers belonging to the yamen of our defense army also belong to the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, they ...... In fact, it is not a formal soldier. Not to mention anything else, the soldiers' salaries are less than half of those of regular soldiers. Xia Guan felt that this was very unfair. If the imperial court can treat everyone equally, and let the soldiers of the defense army be treated the same as the regular soldiers and horses, it will be the greatest praise for us. I think the brothers must be more excited, and they will work harder and more actively in the future. ”

Lord Yang's eyes showed a look of approval, and he said in a deep voice, "You are quite considerate of your subordinates. ”

Fang Zi'an said: "Of course, without them, Xia Guan is nothing." In this disaster relief operation, no one complained of suffering, no one was a coward, and they all risked their lives to rescue the people. It's just that the thought of their treatment being much worse than that of the official soldiers and horses makes the lower officials feel uncomfortable and unfair. ”

Lord Yang nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice, "Do you have any other requirements?" ”

Fang Zi'an thought for a while and said, "There are still ...... That is, the equipment of my yamen is outdated, which is not conducive to fire fighting and rescue. If we can have some generous expenses, so that we can create some new firefighting equipment and tools, then everyone will be more handy and get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Lord Yang nodded and said, "Or is it your yamen's business, what about yourself?" Do you have any commendations you'd like to have? ”

Fang Zi'an shook his head and said, "If you can meet the above two requests of the lower official, the lower official will be satisfied." Xiaguan himself didn't want much. ”

Lord Yang said in a deep voice: "Don't be hypocritical, there is no store in this village, just mention what you want." ”

Fang Zi'an smiled: "Xiaguan really doesn't have anything to want, Xiaguan is not greedy." If you want Xia Guan to make any suggestions, Xia Guan has an idea. ”

Lord Yang said: "You say." ”

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