Chapter 719. All two-faced people.
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Bao Wenjie was just about to say something, but Zhao Junchen had already given him a look, signaling him to be calm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
If it was usual, Bao Wenjie might not have paid attention to Zhao Junchen's hints, but because of the attitude of the people of Nanguan Village towards Zhao Junchen, Bao Wenjie was shocked in his heart, but he felt that he couldn't see through Zhao Junchen anymore, and he only felt that his long-standing concept had been impacted, and his senses for Zhao Junchen had quietly changed, so after he saw Zhao Junchen's hint, he immediately kept silent.
And Zhao Junchen continued to ask Chow Tai Fook: "As far as I know, after the imperial court discovered the disaster situation in the northwestern provinces, it allocated a large amount of money and grain for disaster relief. ā
Zhou Dafu said blankly: "I haven't heard the news of the government's disaster relief, it may be that the people of Lu'an Mansion can still live, so Lu'an Mansion has not received disaster relief food from the imperial court." ā
Zhao Junchen frowned again.
He remembered very well that when the imperial court allocated relief grain and grass to Shanxi, Lu'an Mansion also allocated a batch of relief grain, although the amount was not much, only 60,000 stones, but it should not be without news! Obviously, this batch of grain has been intercepted, otherwise Nanguan Village, as a large village near Lu'an Fucheng, the big households and elders in the village will inevitably receive some news.
Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, and then asked, "You just said that there have been people fleeing the famine in Lu'an Mansion, where are the people?" Do you have some to take in in Nanguan Village? ā
Zhou Dafu faintly felt that something was wrong, thinking that Zhao Junchen's purpose of coming to Lu'an Mansion this time was probably not simple, but he didn't dare to hide it in front of Zhao Junchen, and replied again: "As far as the grass people know, most of the people who fled the famine are from Shaanxi and Gansu, and some people are from Datong Mansion, Xinzhou and other places in the north, but the officials in various places are worried that the disaster victims will disturb the stability at the feet of the Son of Heaven if they flee to the territory of Zhili, so they have been intercepting the victims everywhere, preventing the victims from leaving the local area, and even arresting and detaining the victims. Therefore, there are not too many people fleeing the famine in Lu'an Prefecture, but the village also took in three women, one man and four victims, all of whom are from Xinzhou. ā
Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with thought, and he only felt that things were becoming more and more complicated and unpredictable.
It is understandable that if a large number of refugees pour into Zhili or even the capital, they will inevitably be unable to hide the fact that they are secretly withholding money and food for disaster relief!
However, in the event of a natural disaster, the local government actually encourages the victims to flee the famine, on the one hand, if there are too many victims, it is easy to cause civil unrest, and on the other hand, after the victims flee the famine, the local government can take advantage of the opportunity to obtain a large amount of benefits.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the local government in Shanxi Province has prevented the influx of refugees into Zhili, but it is really strange that the local government has intercepted refugees, prevented them from leaving the country, and even detained a large number of refugees.
Don't let the refugees pour into the territory of Zhili in the east, but let the victims pour into Henan, Sichuan and other places in the south! Let the refugees stay in the local area, but they are greedy for disaster relief money and food, and even levy taxes on refugees, once the popular uprising is triggered, the yamen everywhere are not afraid of the court punishment? Also, after a large number of refugees have been arrested and imprisoned, they must be fed, how can local officials be so generous?
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen pondered and was silent, only feeling that the behavior of the local government was strange, and it seemed that many things had exceeded his initial expectations.
The disappearance of disaster relief money and food in the northwest provinces does not seem to be so simple, maybe there are other hidden secrets that I don't understand!
So, after Zhao Junchen pondered for a while, he instructed Zhou Dafu: "Call the four people who fled the famine in Xinzhou, and the official has something to ask them."
Chow Tai Fook felt more and more that Zhao Junchen's purpose of coming to Lu'an Mansion this time was not simple, but he didn't dare to disobey Zhao Junchen's orders, so he immediately arranged for someone to do it.
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Soon, four Xinzhou refugees came to Zhao Junchen.
They were escorted, and three of the four victims were tied, and each of them had injuries on their bodies, apparently with a lot of punches and kicks.
At this time, the expressions of the three female victims were numb, as if they had died, but the male victims were even more tightly bound, and they were staring at Zhao Junchen and the others at this time, their eyes were full of hatred.
This male victim is only about twenty years old, but his figure is extremely tall, although he is thin and disorganized, but when he stares at everyone, he still gives people a kind of tiger and wolf-like majesty, under his gaze, except for Zhao Junchen, everyone subconsciously shifted their eyes and did not dare to look at this person.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Junchen was shocked and asked, "What's the matter?" How do you tie them up? ā
Zhou Taifu sighed and said: "There are more than 20 people in their group, it seems that all of them are from the same village, old and young, men and women, when they pass by our village, they see that the village is still rich, so they ask the village to take them in, but Lord Zhao, you also know that our village's harvest this year is also not good, where can we afford idlers?" In the end, everyone estimated that there were still a few young men in the village who were single, so they left the young women in the disaster victims, and drove all the remaining victims away, which can be regarded as saving the lives of these young women!
Who knows that these young women are too strong, they don't know good intentions, they resist fiercely, this man is the only young man in the team of disaster victims, and he also has no gratitude for kindness, but has a conflict with the villagers, he has great strength, and injured six or seven villagers in a row, so that the village has made up a lot of medicine money, if it weren't for the fact that he has been hungry for many days, there is really no one who is his opponent, so after the village drove away the rest of the victims, he left this man behind, so that he can work hard for the village in the future to forgive his sins! ā
Chow Tai Fook said it nicely, but the things he described were chilling.
Encountering a team of disaster victims passing by from other places, the villagers not only did not try to help, but instead captured all the young girls and the only young man in the team, drove away all the remaining old and weak women and children, and let them wait for death.
However, Chow Tai Fook didn't feel anything wrong at all, and even the old man next to him had a natural expression.
At the same time, the male victim shouted: "You unscrupulous brutes! To put it nicely, it's not about robbing people's girls! My eldest sister's husband has just died, and there is an eight or nine-year-old child by her side, why do you want to snatch my eldest sister, but kick my eldest sister's child away and separate me from each other? Miss Zhao Qing, she still has her father to take care of, why did you snatch Miss Zhao Qing, but you drove away Miss Zhao Qing's father? There is also Miss Huaihua, she still has relatives to take refuge in the distance, and it's not that she can't live, why do you rob her! You're a bunch of brutes! Beasts who don't want to die well......"
The voice of the male victim was so loud that it shook everyone's ears, and after seeing this person's hideous face, Hong Gaogong's body trembled with fright.
At the same time, before the male victim could finish speaking, the villagers who escorted him had already stepped forward and slapped him several times, and shouted: "Something with a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs! We are kind enough to let you live, it's just that you are not grateful, and you still curse so viciously! Now that there are distinguished guests here, if you scare Lord Zhao, you must be killed! In such a year, if it weren't for our village to take you in, who of you would have survived? Our village has taken in the four of you, and it's better to at least keep the four of you alive than all of you starving to death!"
Seek refuge with relatives? She didn't even know where her relatives lived, and she was afraid that she would starve to death before she could find them! Child's father? It is the kindness of our village that they can live by themselves, so why should our village feed the idlers! Also, Zhao Qing's father begged us to take Zhao Qing in, although Zhao Qing was unwilling, but it was already the order of his parents, so where could we rob the people's daughter! And your eldest sister, she exchanged herself for a small bag of rations for her son, and she willingly followed us, where is it considered that we robbed the people's daughter! ā
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Hearing the mutual scolding of the two sides, Zhao Junchen fell silent, not knowing how he should respond for a while.
Obviously, the people of Nanguan Village warmly entertained Zhao Junchen, and in front of Zhao Junchen, they always looked honest and grateful to Zhao Junchen, and there was nothing false about it, they really respected Zhao Junchen and wanted to repay Zhao Junchen's kindness!
But at the same time, they treat the strangers who have fled the famine, but they are so cruel, and they also take their own cruelty for granted, which is also not false, it is indeed from their true thoughts!
All in all, everyone will have a different face, the officials will be the same, and the people will be the same! Depending on their stance, they will also put on different faces!
In front of Zhao Junchen, they are honest and grateful people, this is because Zhao Junchen once saved them, and they also regard Zhao Junchen as a benefactor! But in front of the foreigners, they are persecutors who only think about their own interests, because they do not regard the victims of the foreigners as their own kind!
Of course, if the disaster in Lu'an Mansion is serious this year, and the people of Nanguan Village have fled to Xinzhou, I am afraid that the roles between each other will also change, and the villagers of Xinzhou will also become selfish persecutors, and the people of Nanguan Village will also be forced to separate their flesh and blood and wait for starvation to death.
This is the tragedy of the times, and it is also the characteristic of the times.
In this era, it is the most cruel, and the people at the bottom have already done their best to survive, so where can they take care of others? Therefore, in the years of famine, the attitude of the locals towards the foreigners has always been extremely cruel, and there will never be any mercy and pity, the locals are united, always extremely xenophobic, everything is just for their own interests, the outsiders are not the same kind in their cognition, no matter how persecution is a matter of course!
In disaster years, the situation of "changing children and eating food" will happen, let alone today.
As the saying goes, "know etiquette and know etiquette, and know honor and disgrace when you have enough food and clothing", there is absolutely nothing false in this sentence.
In the eyes of the people of Nanguan Village, there is nothing wrong with their approach, the food in the village can't support too many idlers, and they can only choose to take in a few useful refugees, and they can let these refugees continue to live, which is already kindness!
But for these victims, the behavior of the villagers of Nanguan Village is extremely vicious, so that their mother and son are separated, father and daughter are separated, and they can only watch their relatives die, how cruel is it!
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen's mood was even more complicated.
At the same time, Zhao Junchen also didn't know how he should face the people of Nanguan Village.
At this moment, the people of Nanguan Village, who were originally enthusiastic and simple, treated themselves sincerely, but in the eyes of Zhao Junchen, it was indescribably awkward!
Since coming to this era, Zhao Junchen has been very knowledgeable, and he did not want to change the world, but took the initiative to change himself and integrate himself into the world.
But at this time, Zhao Junchen found that he couldn't fully integrate into this era after all, and there were still some things from the previous world in the depths of his heart.
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When Zhao Junchen's mood was up and down, Chow Tai Fook and Wang Laozhang looked at Zhao Junchen nervously.
They still felt that they had done nothing wrong, and even still thought that they had done a good deed, they were just worried that the loud roar of the man would scare Zhao Junchen, for fear that Zhao Junchen would be frightened.
If this male victim frightened their benefactor, they would have punished him severely.
However, Zhao Junchen was expressionless, and just asked slowly, "How many days have you driven this disaster victim away?" And in which direction was it driven again? ā
Chow Tai Fook didn't know what Zhao Junchen meant, but he still replied: "I've been away for nearly two days, and I'm leaving to the south." ā
Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "The disaster victims are weak, they only walk on their feet, the speed is very slow, they shouldn't have gone far, if you ride a horse, you can catch up with ...... soon."
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen asked the male victim, "Do you know how to ride a horse?" ā
The male victim was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that Zhao Junchen seemed to be planning to help them, he couldn't help but extinguish his anger slightly, and then replied: "I can ride!" ā
Zhao Junchen nodded again, and then instructed Hong Gaogong: "Give this man a horse, and give him some rations and a kettle!" ā
After speaking, Zhao Junchen said to the male victims: "Give you a chance, you ride west, bring all your companions back here, and I will help them survive!" ā
Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, several victims of the disaster showed ecstasy on their faces, and they knelt down to thank Zhao Junchen.
Especially this tall male victim, regardless of his bound body and the hunger and fatigue of his body, he kowtowed heavily to Zhao Junchen, and his head collided with the "bang" of the earth.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Taifu and Mr. Wang were both shocked, and Mr. Wang hurriedly asked, "Lord Zhao, what do you mean by this?" ā
Zhao Junchen didn't mean to blame them, he just said slowly: "You are the big families and elders of Nanguan Village, so you only need to think about Nanguan Village, but I am an official of the imperial court, and I need to be responsible for every common person under the rule of the imperial court!" Now that we encounter such a situation, we naturally can't sit idly by. ā
As he spoke, Zhao Junchen's expression was calm.
Like the people of Nanguan Village, Zhao Junchen is also a two-faced person, he does not hesitate to sacrifice the well-being of the people for his own benefit.
Cheap compassion.
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