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In addition, on the first day of Yuming's entourage, Yue Xin set up some tents in the city, so that some unemployed vagrants and ruffians could live in with their whole families. He also set up a porridge shed next to the tent with the relief food allocated by the imperial court to cook porridge and give alms to these "disaster victims".

As for himself, he personally led the officials in the city such as Changshi and the main bookkeeper, and took a group of officials to set up a large camp on the Fenhe embankment, and lived in it in a grand manner, showing the image of a Qing official who eats and lives on the front line of disaster relief, takes the embankment as his home, and vows to live and die with the embankment.

Of course, medical and health care must also be paid attention to, I heard that this Lord Yu once extinguished the plague in the Liaodong army, and must be very concerned about whether the plague will occur after the catastrophe, Yue Xin does not want to overturn in the gutter in these things. So, all the doctors in the city were organized, and the clinic was opened next to the refugee barracks. He also hung up a banner that was used for 12 hours a day to receive medical treatment from the victims.

In order to show that he is diligent and loves the people, he is deeply loved by the victims. Yue Xin also specially organized a group of people in the city to write a lot of pennants and plaques with the words and names of the victims, such as "love the people", "be honest and honest", and "regenerate parents", and put them in a conspicuous position at the entrance of the Yamen of Wu'an County. In order to let the minister know how effective his work is and how popular he is.

When Yuming entered Wu'an City on June 27, the eleventh year of the Great Cause, he saw such a new and energetic scene.

Wu An Shou Yue Xin led the gentry and officials in the city, and welcomed Yu Ming and his party warmly to a quiet small mansion next to the government in the city, with a respectful expression.

Subsequently, he began to report to Yuming on Wu'an's disaster relief work.

Yue Xin held a large stack of books and materials, impassionedly, and said with a righteous face: "Master Yu, Wu'an is located at the confluence of the Fen River and the Yishui, and the terrain is gentle. A month ago, heavy rain poured in the Hedong area, and Wu'an County was also affected, and the Fenhe embankment burst seven or eight times out of ten. In the aftermath of the disaster, the lower officials took the relief will of the imperial court as the criterion and the instructions of His Majesty as the purpose, and carried out all the relief measures to the letter, striving to be people-oriented and create a harmonious society......"

Speaking of this, he took a sip of tea, and then continued: "So, Xia Guan immediately led the officials of Wu'an, organized the local people and business gentry to start flood relief, treatment and epidemic prevention, and made proper arrangements for the victims of Wu'an. Xiaguan and Lord Song of Wu'an, as well as the officials and county soldiers in the city, all ate and lived on the embankment of the Fen River, and did not leave for twelve hours a day, guarding day and night, in order to prevent flooding and then break the embankment. At the same time, I also instructed that all the official warehouses should be opened, and all the grain in stock was distributed to meet the needs ......of the victims, although the official warehouses were empty, but they ensured that the victims did not have to worry about food and clothing, and that no one died of starvation due to the flood in Wu'an, and that there was no major epidemic after the disaster."

Changshi Song Laosheng, who was sitting next to him, also said with emotion: "The flood is ruthless, people are affectionate, and after the catastrophe, there is great love!" As the parents and officials with the surname Wu'an, we should take it as our responsibility to solve the suffering of the surname, be anxious about the urgency of the surname, think about the surname, and the lower officials and Lord Yue have always done their best to share the worries of the court, be loyal to the Great Sui, be loyal to the emperor, and be loyal to the court! We know very well that solving problems for the surname is the most important work, so that we can serve the emperor and benefit the old folks of Wu'an......"

After listening to Yue Xin and Song Laosheng's reports, Yu Ming and Fang Xuanling were also very surprised, after all, there were still not many first-level officials at the county guard who could eat and live on the embankment. Of course, with their city government, they naturally won't just listen to the report and believe it all. Naturally, you have to go around the city and around to see if that's the case. Moreover, Li Xiuning also made a corresponding warning before, which made Yuming even more incredulous. After all, it is impossible for Li Xiuning to deceive himself.

Yue Xin naturally agreed, and enthusiastically said that he could accompany him.

Yu Ming politely declined, saying that his work was very busy and it was difficult to put it off, and said that he was walking around with his group.

Yue Xin was very sure in his heart, and knew that Yuming was not a minister who was soft-eared and moved by a few words. I didn't insist on accompanying him anymore.

Yu Ming and Fang Xuanling wandered around the city and outside the city for a day, and saw that the victims were living in uniformly distributed canvas tents, and the sanitary conditions were not bad. Although the dress is not good, it is also clean and tidy, although most people's complexion is not good, but it looks quite energetic. When they saw the court officials coming, they all spontaneously organized themselves and lined up to welcome them, and they were very enthusiastic.

Yuming comforted them a few words, saying that the imperial court would make greater efforts to continue disaster relief. The victims cheered.

Subsequently, Fang Xuanling asked these victims about the disaster relief situation of the Wu'an government.

What surprised him was that these "disaster victims" loved and praised Lord Yue Xin from the bottom of their hearts, and they had the meaning of being their own parents. praised this Lord Yue to the rare and good official position of loving the people and being unparalleled in the world.

This made the other accompanying officials who were listening from the sidelines also sigh. In so many places, it seems that this Lord Yue has done the best disaster relief work, and has the least complaints about the court and officials, and the scene inside and outside the city, except for the fact that the houses collapsed more because of the flood, the other conditions are no different from before the disaster. If it weren't for the tents of the refugee camp built in the square in the city, it would be difficult to see that Wu'an City was a hard-hit area.

Yu Ming couldn't help but wonder at this time if Li Yuan and Li Xiuning had made a plan and deliberately came to harm himself. wants to offend Yue Zeng Province and Yue Xin, and provoke a conflict between the two sides.

After hastily looking around the city twice, Yu Ming and Fang Xuanling both returned to the Wu'an County Mansion. It was already night.

This Yue Xin is indeed very concerned, and specially arranged a small mansion next to the Wu'an County Ya for Yu Ming to live in. said that as the squire of the Yuming military department and the marquis of Liaodong, it was really undignified to live in the small courtyard by the palace, but Wu'an suffered from the flood, so he had to be thrifty, and I hope that Lord Yu will forgive.

Fang Xuanling and other officials were arranged in another mansion, each of them had a separate tidy room, with brand-new bedding, a change of clothes, slippers and pajamas, and even the room was equipped with waiting maids and servants.

Except for Fang Xuanling, who remained silent because he knew the inside story of Yuming's information, the other accompanying officials were all happy in their hearts. This time I came to Wu'an County, it was very hard, dusty, and I didn't even sleep once, and now I arrived at the destination Wu'an County, and I saw that this trip could finally come to an end. And this Yue Shou is so attentive and knowledgeable, they all have a very good image of him, and they all give him a thumbs up.

After eating Yue Xin's hospitable dinner, Yuming returned to his residence, and was about to go to bed when he heard a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Yu Ming asked in a deep voice.

At this time, the voice of the soldier outside the door said: "My lord, Mr. Fang asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!" Yu Ming responded. He also secretly wondered in his heart, could it be that Fang Xuanling had already discovered something?

Just heard a "squeak", the door was opened, Fang Xuanling walked in, bowed to Yu Ming and said, "Xiaguan Fang Xuanling see the adult!" ”

"Xuan Ling, sit down!" Yu Ming pointed to the chair next to him, beckoned him to sit down, and then asked in a deep voice, "But what did you find?" ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, and after thanking him, he bent down and sat down, and then he couldn't wait to say, "My lord, my subordinates have found that the situation in Wu'an City is a little wrong. The situation inside and outside the city that we saw during the day may be an illusion disguised by Yue Xin! ”

As soon as Fang Xuanling opened his mouth, he threw out a heavy bomb.

"Oh? Xuan Ling, how do you say this? Yu Ming frowned, and couldn't help but ask.

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: "Since he has been walking around all the time during the day, Xia Guan has no time to think carefully, but at dinner, Xia Guan thought about it carefully and felt that something was wrong. After the dinner, back in the room, Fang thought about it again and again, and found that there were a few doubts, which really couldn't be explained, so he wanted to ask the adults to hesitate to see if the judgment of the lower officials was reasonable. ”

"Xuan Ling, can you tell me in detail, what suspicious points have you found?" Yu Ming was also a little surprised.

Fang Xuanling picked up the teacup in his hand, took a sip and said, "First, the flood happened last month, and now it has been more than a month, and the flood has long receded. And there has been no rainstorm recently, the terrain of Wu'an City is also higher than the river level, and Yue Shou is still stationed on the embankment, isn't it too much of a fuss? In this way, if something happens in Wu'an County, other officials will come to ask him, and they will have to run the embankment to come up. If there is any problem with the surname to reflect, wouldn't it be even more inconvenient to have to go up to the embankment? ”

As soon as Fang Xuanling said this, Yu Ming also felt that there was something wrong with this move, and he said with a trace of disdain on his face: "It seems that this Lord Yue is also a person who sells his reputation and reputation!" ”

Fang Xuanling listened, but sighed: "If it's really a person who sells fame and reputation, it's just that." After all, the lower officials are still very clear about the affairs of officialdom, and sometimes they have to do it as a last resort in order to cope with the inspection of their superiors. But Fang Mou looked at this Yue Xin, and it seemed that he was still suspected of cheating! ”

"Cheating?" A glint flashed in Yu Xingxing's eyes. The disaster relief was actually deceitful, which is a big crime to kill the head.

"During the day, Fang paid attention to the observation that the victims living in the square at the entrance of the government seemed to be residents of the city, not the surrounding affected farmers, not as we imagined." Fang Xuanling said.

"Oh? How so? Yu Ming couldn't help but ask curiously.

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "My lord, in fact, this is very easy to identify, farmers often hold hoes, iron plows and other farm tools to plough the fields, and there are generally calluses on their palms. But during the day, when we were in the tents where the victims lived in the city, the people we saw were all calloused. It shows that it should be the inhabitants of the city, not the peasants. ”

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