Zhang Mingwei looked like usual, walked among the refugees, and kindly asked them about their recovery. And those who sell their children, whether their children have been sent back, and so on.

As soon as he arrived, the refugees fell to their knees excitedly, calling them "Lord Bodhisattva", grateful and worried.

In particular, they knew that the powerful people in the capital were even making a difference in donating money and materials, and when they wanted to embarrass Zhang Bodhisattva, they were afraid that a good official like Zhang Bodhisattva would not have a next time after this time?

Especially when those sold children were sent back quickly, they knew that Zhang Bodhisattva must have offended the powerful people in Beijing to death this time.

People's hearts are long, Zhang Mingwei's heart for refugees, in this era, compared with the vast majority of officials, it is even more rare, and the refugees' gratitude to Zhang Mingwei is of course very natural.

When Zhang Mingwei learned about the basic situation of the refugees outside the city, the next day, that is, on the fifth day of the third month of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, he wore the python suit given by Emperor Chongzhen, and came to the refugee camp again under the escort of Zhou Yuji.

"Zhang Bodhisattva has something to say to us, quickly, go to the platform, don't let the Bodhisattva wait for us!"

"Let's go, thanks to Zhang Bodhisattva's grace, I have the strength to walk after eating in the past two days, but I can't let Zhang Bodhisattva wait!"

“……”

As soon as the refugees heard the announcement, they spontaneously urged each other and hurriedly rushed to the vicinity of the platform on this side of the refugee camp.

The refugees who had already arrived first were very surprised when they saw Zhang Mingwei on the stage wearing a python suit.

"Why is the Bodhisattva wearing a dragon robe? Could it be that he is pretending to be an emperor? ”

"Stupid, this is a python suit, not a dragon robe, look at that dragon, one less claw!"

"If you can't speak, don't talk nonsense, be careful of harming the Bodhisattva! This python suit is a gift from the emperor, which means that the emperor values the Bodhisattva the most! ”

“……”

There is no doubt that the focus of refugees at the beginning was on python suits. This made them all understand that Zhang Mingwei was very trusted by the emperor, and even the python suit had been given, which made them feel very relieved.

On the platform, Zhang Mingwei saw that the refugees were soon gathered near the platform, so he coughed, and then began to speak loudly, and the soldiers below spread his words far away, so that everyone could hear what he said.

"Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, I have done my best to gather as much money and food as possible, and I believe that this is all the money and food that Jingshi can give......"

As soon as Zhang Mingwei opened his mouth, they were very concerned about the issue, and all of a sudden, the refugees listened with great concern. Of course, they knew that Zhang Bodhisattva had offended the magnates in Beijing for them, not to mention the assassination, and also donated all his family wealth, which was really doing his best!

“…… Still, there will be a day when the food will run out. Moreover, if the other people in Gyeonggi heard about the situation on the Gyeongshi side, if they rushed here, it would inevitably accelerate the consumption of food, and everyone would have to starve again......

Zhang Mingwei's truth made the refugees worry about themselves. If the time really comes, if the Jingshi really has no food, they will definitely starve to death!

But just as they were thinking about it, they heard Zhang Mingwei raise his voice again and say loudly: "But I definitely can't let such a thing happen!" As I said, since I'm here, I won't let you starve to death or freeze to death again. Now, I'm working on it, but I need your cooperation! ”

What he did is obvious to all. The refugees, who were originally grateful to him, were immediately excited when they heard his words, and for a while they even forgot that Zhang Bodhisattva was a senior official of the imperial court, and responded one after another.

"Although the lord commands, as long as the grass people can do it, they will definitely die!"

"The Bodhisattva is like this for us, if we don't know how to be grateful and don't cooperate with the Bodhisattva, it will really be five thunderstorms!"

"Yes, if it weren't for the Bodhisattva's presence, the grass people would have died a long time ago, even if the Bodhisattva said it!"

“……”

Zhang Mingwei stood on the stage and watched them talk nonsense. To tell the truth, many people don't speak official language, and he really can't understand it. But he could tell from their expressions what they were saying.

After waiting for a while, he stretched out his hand and signaled, and the audience fell silent.

Zhou Yuji, who was on the side, saw it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that Master Zhang's prestige in the hearts of these refugees is very high, but under such noise, he just stretched out his hand to signal, and it completely achieved the effect of the ban in the army!

At this time, I heard Zhang Mingwei continue: "I have come up with a way with the emperor to ensure that you can survive this difficult period!" ”

After saying this, under the curious attention of the refugees, he took out a holy decree, read it aloud, and then explained: "The emperor knows that north of the Yangtze River, there are not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. In particular, the rebellion of soldiers and bandits, which has become more and more ferocious in recent years, is even more a scourge. The emperor knows your difficulties, so he has this will, reduce half of the taxes of the people of the north north of the Yangtze River, and your burden will be greatly reduced in the future! ”

"As for the other half of the taxes, they will be kept in the localities, and they will be used to prevent thieves and chaos. In short, you can rest assured that the emperor and I will work hard to quell the rebellion of thieves and prisoners, and if there are officers and soldiers like thieves, they will definitely be severely punished. Let the Ming Dynasty return to a peaceful and prosperous world, I believe that it is not only the wish of the emperor and me, but also what you are looking forward to. For this reason, we all have to work together, okay? ”

This will was only passed by the cabinet before, because of the sudden incident, the will has not yet been announced. Therefore, Zhang Mingwei's announcement is the first time that refugees have heard it.

In the past, because of the rebellion in various places, the imperial court has always increased taxes, which is the famous three salaries. Therefore, the refugees did not expect that now the imperial court has changed its countermeasures and wants to reduce the taxes of the people in the north of the Yangtze River by half.

Therefore, when they heard Zhang Mingwei's question, they all agreed excitedly. Peace and prosperity, who doesn't yearn for it!

After they were a little excited, Zhang Mingwei took out another holy decree and read it out in public. The content of this decree, which was one of his suggestions to Emperor Chongzhen, was that the local magistrates had the right to use their power to expropriate the property of everyone, including the vassal kings and magnates, in times of local crisis.

However, there are actually subtleties in this will, which the previous civil officials did not expect, but it could be explained by Zhang Mingwei separately.