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After unifying his opinion with Liu Chang'an, Zhao Junchen became more confident about his plan, and also regained his previous kind and cordial attitude, and began to discuss with Liu Changan the specific matters of fighting the locust plague. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

I have to say that although Liu Changan is an out-and-out corrupt official, after all, he has been an official for many years, has rich experience, and is old and serious, and he still has ability, unlike Zhao Junchen, although he has ideas, but he has too little experience, he just takes it for granted, and he can't be as thoughtful and realistic as Liu Changan.

Therefore, although on the surface, the two of them discussed, and even Liu Changan looked like he was asking Zhao Junchen for advice, but in fact, most of the time, Liu Changan was in the construction and explained, and Zhao Junchen was only responsible for ...... Nod your head in appreciation.

"My lord, since you have decided to extinguish the locust plague, it is inevitable to organize a large amount of manpower, and the lower officials have seen that the garrison near Lu'an Mansion has been idle, so it is better to transfer them to assist, first, to have more manpower, and second, once something goes wrong, it can also be suppressed in time, what do you think, my lord?"

Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "Lord Liu is reasonable, this time His Majesty sent me to inspect the disaster area, which has already given me the right to act cheaply, and after I go back, you send someone to take my warrant to mobilize local soldiers, and they don't dare to delay." ”

"The lord has won the award, if it weren't for the adult's guidance, the lower officials would still be confused about this locust plague now." After Liu Chang'an was humble, he continued to say: "However, in the eyes of the lower officials, if you want to extinguish the locust plague, it is still far from enough to rely on the courage of the soldiers, and it is still necessary to mobilize the people from top to bottom of Lu'an Mansion, but the people are ignorant and superstitious about the locust gods, let them kill the locusts, I am afraid that the vast majority of them will not dare, but these people trust the old squires in various places the most, so if you want to mobilize the people to act, you need to persuade these old squires first, At that time, I am afraid that Lord Lao will have to come forward in person, after all, my lord, as a messenger of the imperial court, acting on behalf of the imperial court, they can listen to what you say, and they also believe in your lordship, and your lord will come forward in person, and they should never delay in coping. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "This is natural, the matter of culling locusts is advocated by this official, and these old squires, this official will naturally come forward to persuade in person." ”

Liu Changan said: "However, this time the locust plague came too quickly and too quickly, just Lu'an Mansion, it is also a little difficult to completely extinguish the locust plague, after all, now the locust plague has begun to spread to Taiyuan, Hedong and other places, even if we extinguish the locust plague in Lu'an Mansion, when Taiyuan and Hedong make trouble again, the locust plague still cannot be controlled, so the lower officials want to come, it is best to contact the surrounding prefectures and counties to act together, so that it can be cured, but the surrounding prefectures are not under the jurisdiction of the lower officials, your lord, you see......"

After Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, he still nodded and said: "This official was ordered to inspect Lu'an Mansion this time, and he has no right to interfere with the surrounding prefectures and counties, but after he goes back, this official will send someone to send some posts to the chief officials of these prefectures and counties, mentioning your opinion, Lord Liu, I think they will also sell some face to their officials, after all, this is also good for their stability under their rule." ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen adopted his own ideas one after another, Liu Changan became more and more happy, only to feel that he had become Zhao Junchen's cronies, his old face was full of redness, and he looked a few years younger.

While the iron was hot, Liu Changan continued to say: "In this case, without further ado, do you think that we should turn around and go back to the government office first and start arranging the culling of locusts?" After all, fighting the locust plague is a top priority, and there is no need to rush this inspection of the disaster. ”

Just when Liu Changan thought that Zhao Junchen would continue to adopt his own proposal, this time Zhao Junchen shook his head, and after a meaningful glance at Liu Changan, he said slowly: "This is not necessary, in the opinion of this official, there is no investigation, and there is no right to speak, if we don't go to inspect the disaster, how can we know how strict the situation is?" If you can't even grasp the basic situation, how can you preside over the fight against the locust plague? It is good for Lord Liu to be sincere for the country, but this statement inevitably puts the cart before the horse. ”

Zhao Junchen understood Liu Changan's thoughts, in Liu Changan's opinion, this kind of thing is just a matter of face, it doesn't matter if he does it or not, as long as he extinguishes the locust plague, makes a meritorious contribution, and gets a reward, Liu Changan doesn't care about other things.

Since Liu Changan thought that he understood Zhao Junchen's thoughts, he was more active in fighting the locust plague than Zhao Junchen himself, after all, for a middle-level official like him in the Ming Dynasty, he was old again, and the opportunity to be promoted was really rare, so it was understandable that he was in a hurry.

But Zhao Junchen is different, he not only has to extinguish the locust plague this time, but also take out the relief grain and grass to help the victims, otherwise even if the locust plague is extinguished, the people will starve all over the wilderness, and the good reputation he can get is also limited, so it is necessary for Zhao Junchen to inspect the disaster area and understand the actual situation in the disaster area.

However, the time has not yet come to use the grain and grass to help the victims, and Zhao Junchen does not plan to make it clear to Liu Changan. And Liu Changan probably thought that Zhao Junchen was still playing the idea of that batch of disaster relief grain and grass at this time.

On the other side, after hearing Zhao Junchen's refutation of his own construction, Liu Changan was stunned for a moment, but he did not insist at all, but immediately admitted his mistake to Zhao Junchen and said: "The adult still understands, and the adult teaches that the lower official has been taught." ”

Zhao Junchen nodded with satisfaction, and secretly thought in his heart: "This Liu Chang'an can live in the prefect's mansion, and the point of 'being good as a stream' must be crucial, although I know that he is a corrupt official, but because this guy is too obedient, it is a partiality that makes me unable to have a bad feeling for him, which is rare." ”

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In this way, under the discussion of the two, before they knew it, it was almost noon, and the carriage carrying several people finally arrived in the suburbs and countryside, and under the instructions of Zhao Junchen, it stopped around the suburbs and fields.

When Zhao Junchen got out of the carriage, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Before, Zhao Junchen stayed in the city of Lu'an Mansion, and he didn't see a few locusts, although he knew that the locust plague was strict, but how strict it was, Zhao Junchen didn't know it.

Rushing all the way, sitting in a carriage, the door curtains and curtains were tightly covered, and he was bent on discussing things with Liu Changan, and he didn't care about looking at the scene on the road.

It was only at this time, when he arrived at the destination, that Zhao Junchen really understood how severe this locust plague was.

In fact, this was the first time Zhao Junchen had seen the power of the locust plague, and it also made Zhao Junchen finally understand what it means to "once the locusts pass, there is no grass left".

In front of Zhao Junchen's eyes, the sky was full of locusts flying, the black pressure was all over the mountains, and the buzzing sound between the wings flapping was a little scary, but the field in front of Zhao Junchen had long been left with no grass, only a piece of bald soil remained.

In fact, not only the field in front of him, but as far as the eye could see, Zhao Junchen couldn't find a little green, and all the green leafy plants in the world had already been eaten by these locusts.

Although the locusts are shocking, for Zhao Junchen, what really shocked him was the people around him.

Because Zhao Junchen and the others came in plain clothes, they did not attract the attention of the surrounding people, in fact, Zhao Junchen felt that even if he came in brocade clothes with great fanfare, these ordinary people would not care about them.

Around the suburbs and fields, in fact, there are many people, they are walking or standing, just looking at the locusts all over the mountains, with a little panic and helplessness in their expressions, but more of them are still desperate and numb, most of them just looked at the bald land in front of them in a daze, as if they were still wondering, where is the living food they have worked hard for a year.

Faintly, out of nowhere, there was a cry.

In short, what was displayed in front of Zhao Junchen was despair everywhere, the sky and the earth were gray, and it seemed that there was no hope to be found.

The locust plague has only been in place for a month, and Zhao Junchen has not seen the legendary tragedy of starvation and cannibalism, but even so, the endless despair and helplessness in the expressions of the people is enough to shock Zhao Junchen's nerves.

If Zhao Junchen was still thinking about making a show to earn fame before, then at this moment, Zhao Junchen felt that he might really want to do something for these ordinary people.

After all, the two do not conflict or even complement each other.

Seeing the silence on Zhao Junchen's face, his eyes fluctuated, Liu Changan also sighed: "Hey, the people are bitter......

Halfway through the words, Zhao Junchen glared at Liu Changan and stopped him from continuing.

Although, Zhao Junchen asked himself that he was not qualified to say others.

Just when Zhao Junchen's thoughts were complicated, suddenly, the sound of children's laughter came, like a ray of light in the darkness, which couldn't help but attract Zhao Junchen.

Zhao Junchen looked towards the laughter of the children, but saw that at this moment, there were two children of three or four years old, playing in the field, both children were dressed as ordinary peasant families, innocent and ignorant of the world. They didn't know what these locusts meant in front of them, and they didn't know what kind of tragedy they would face in the future, but after seeing that the locusts were afraid of people, they hunted locusts everywhere and had a good time.

Not far from the two children, an old man was standing, also dressed as a farmer, very old and trembling, but unlike the other gloomy people, he was smiling and watching the two children play.

He seemed to be the elder of the two children.

couldn't help but Zhao Junchen walked over.

And Liu Changan, Xu Qingyan and others hurriedly followed.

"Uncle, the younger generation is so polite." Coming to the old man, Zhao Junchen arched his hand and said: "When the kid first came here, he saw the overflow of locusts, and he couldn't help but worry about the life of the local people in the next year, and he was full of emotion, but I saw the old man smiling, and he didn't seem to be worried? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Junchen regretted it.

Because, he suddenly found that although the old man was smiling, he was very reluctant, his eyes were deep, and he was desperate and helpless like the rest of the people.

Sure enough, the old man turned his head to glance at Zhao Junchen, and saw that Zhao Junchen was richly dressed and had many servants, so he was slightly stunned, but he didn't show the politeness he deserved, but smiled even more.

It's just a miserable laugh.

"Just wait for death." The old man's voice was hoarse, and he said slowly: "Last year, the government increased the rent, and one plus increased seventy percent, I couldn't be angry, so I found someone to go to the government to theorize, but I was lame by the people of the government, and now I can't get out of bed, in order to treat my son, the house was sold, the field was sold, and there was nothing, and the daughter-in-law also ran away with someone because of this, and now Gary is left with me in addition to his two grandchildren and sons who can't get out of bed, and I'm left with an old man, even if there is no locust plague, my family can't survive." ”

Speaking of this, the old man looked lovingly at the two children who were running around in front of him, and continued: "I have no interest in the old man, and I have the heart to find a way to live for my two grandchildren, but the boy in this world is worthless and can't be sold, seeing that the food at home has bottomed out, the old man and my family can only wait for death, since we can only wait for death, my two grandchildren are innocent, the eldest is only four years old, and the younger one is only three years old, I don't want them to starve to death all day long because the old man is unhappy because of the old man's sad face, so the old man I can only laugh, It would be nice to make these two grandchildren happy for a few more days...... That's all the old man can do for them......"

As he spoke, although the old man was still smiling, two lines of turbid tears were already flowing down his cheeks, which was extremely weird, but even more desolate.

The two children who were playing noticed Zhao Junchen and the others, and then noticed the old man who was crying, they were all panicked, stumbled to the old man, grabbed the corner of the old man's clothes, and said, "Grandpa, grandpa, what's wrong with you?" One said, "Grandpa don't cry, grandpa don't cry." ”

The old man wiped his tears, still smiling, and said to the two grandchildren lovingly: "Grandpa didn't cry, the wind was strong, and his eyes were blowing...... Grandpa will roast sweet potatoes for you to eat tonight, let's go, go home......"

As he spoke, the old man didn't pay any attention to Zhao Junchen and the others, but just led the two children away.

Zhao Junchen was silent for a long time, and then glared at Liu Changan fiercely, making Liu Changan, who was already weak-hearted, tremble.

The tragedy of the old man's family is obviously not just because of the locust plague.

The tragedy of a family like the old man is obviously not just accidental.

"The rent has been increased by seventy, and the good means ......"

Zhao Junchen sneered.

Liu Changan hurriedly explained: "My lord, don't listen to this nonsense......

Halfway through the conversation, Zhao Junchen waved his hand and interrupted, saying, "No need to explain, I don't want to hear it, and I can't hear the truth anyway." ”

Liu Changan still has a place to use, and Zhao Junchen is not ready to do anything with him.

What's more, for the sake of his own safety, Zhao Junchen has already made up his mind to unite the corrupt officials in the world, and he will not refuse to come, as long as he is willing to do things for himself.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen didn't want to listen to it anymore, otherwise, he was afraid that he would change his mind impulsively.

Looking at the locusts all over the sky, Zhao Junchen secretly thought: "Locusts, corrupt officials, compared to these corrupt officials, maybe the danger of locusts is still relatively small......"

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