In the early morning, the county government hall was overcrowded, and many officers and scribes were crowded into this relatively simple administrative center, and in the center stood a little boy, his name was Su Ming. His family, once a fugitive, is now a "casual worker" awaiting renaturalization.

In addition, there is also Wen Dan, a little girl in the party who is not in good spirits and is on crutches, everyone is very strange, but her name is Wen Dan, which is not the most suitable Chinese translation, but Su Ming called her so, and everyone called her that.

Su Ming and Xiao Wendan told a simple story in a few words, and Shaoqing finished it, the only twist in this story is that Xiao Wendan's family did not "live happily ever after", her whole family died, she became an orphan, and she was not covered by Da Song's pension policy.

After listening to what Xiao Wendan said, some people were angry, some were sympathetic, some were silent, some frowned, and so on.

Lu Huiqing is a representative figure in the frowning, and at the same time, he keeps observing the changes in Wang Yan's expression.

At the last moment, Xiao Wendan's legs were inconvenient, and with the help of Su Ming, he slowly knelt on the ground and cried: "Please protect Xianggong, my mother is not dead, they generally don't kill adult women with good looks, please save my mother......"

Wang Yan didn't speak, just observed everyone's expressions.

Lu Huiqing, who was sitting next to Wang Yan, frowned even more, and said hesitantly: "Xiao Wendan, don't ask for too much, your mother's spirit is commendable, but my Song State Government can't easily intervene in this matter, you have already arrived in Funing County, you are not a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, but this official will make an exception and let you have a place to live." Don't say anything else in this court, go down first. ”

Since Wang Yan didn't object, someone came out and took out the little Wen Dan who had been crying.

When the hall was quiet, Wang Yan said: "In the past two days, I have been thinking about a question, what should I do when one thing is done right or not? ”

Everyone didn't know what was going on.

Wang Yan said: "Until this morning, before I went out, I still didn't understand this problem. So I couldn't explain it to Lu Huiqing last night. ”

After a pause, he said, "But just now, my skull suddenly became clear." When a child who trusted me and came to me cried for me to save her mother, I knew what kind of decisions to make when I was able. To put it simply, now I want to get her mother out and give her back. ”

Anton frowned and intervened: "Please be cautious, this involves a more complicated issue, and they are not the people of the Great Song Dynasty, so there is no reason for us to break the state of not violating the river water with the well water of Sanshan and Qizhai, which is really dangerous to harm the interests of my Funing County." ”

Wang Yan looked at him and said slowly: "Anton is right, the clerk recorded his speech, including the next words of the official, and recorded it in the same record. ”

"Yes." The clerk stood up and nodded.

Wang Yan looked at the shopkeeper who was recruiting workers outside the city at that time, and said, "You are right if you don't hire her." ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Wang Yan looked at the soldier guarding the city at that time and said, "You are right not to let her enter the city." ”

At this point, Wang Yan knocked on the table and said, "It's right to save them, and it's right not to save them." But when an archon decides to rescue a weeping and helpless little girl, I dare to say that it is wrong to dissuade me, to discourage me from doing anything on the subject. ”

Lu Huiqing and Anton couldn't help but look at each other.

The captain of the public security brigade, Quan Berlin, was a person who dragged his family and mouth, and hurriedly applauded, but found that no one was following, and he was glared at by Lu Huiqing, so Lao Quan was depressed for a while, and he had to lower his head again.

When some people were about to speak again, Wang Yan raised his hand and stopped: "You will be allowed to speak, but wait for me to finish speaking, and finally there will be a moment to concentrate on speaking." ”

At this point, everyone is at peace again.

Wang Yan continued: "When I was in Shuzhou, my father, the old Wang Xiangye, told me more than once that people will face many things in their lives that they cannot choose, and what they do is right and wrong. So what to do? ”

After looking around, Wang Yan said: "What he said was that his conscience was the bottom line. You will do things wrongly, you can correct your mistakes, and you can start all over again if you fail. But if people don't do it well, once the bottom line of conscience is lost, everything will deteriorate. ”

"The original intention of my government is to liberate, to punch and kick unreasonable rules, and to laugh and scold unreasonable things. The purpose of the Funing Army I personally formed is to endorse and fight for my governing philosophy, we can do wrong, but we must have a conscience as the ultimate bottom line, and we must always maintain a bloody nature. When we lose this original intention, we may not have done anything wrong, but it is not the children I brought out. ”

"It is true that the government needs to be prudent in making decisions, and we have many internal rules and regulations. But I insist that it may be a calm and effective decision when an army can silently face a little girl who asks for help in tears, but the bloodline of this army has changed, and I don't believe that such an army can have the will to support the rise of the empire. ”

"In the past, we were unable to compromise with Sanshan and Qizhai, we were in ambush on all sides, the strategic environment was too bad, and the problem of food and clothing had not been solved. And I really didn't expect them to be so mad. Now, Funing County is still at a disadvantage compared with the strength of the three mountains and seven villages. Its own internal environment is not good enough, and there are still hidden dangers in the external environment. ”

After looking around, Wang Yan got up and said: "But I don't have time to wait any longer, the transfer of rights is imminent, and the future after entering Beijing is unknown." ”

He scolded angrily with red eyes: "I am sitting here and they are still so mad, the border people are not as good as pigs and dogs, the government cannot do anything, and there are no effective countermeasures and plans." So I don't dare to think about how flooding this place will be when I leave. The time for the decisive battle is not yet ripe, and Funing County is in ruins and full of hidden dangers. I don't know what to do, I only know: this is still a big problem for me, a major choice, so if I don't do this before the transfer of power, I am afraid that in the future, there will be no consul who can deal with it, and the development of Funing County will still be restricted. If the border people are not liberated, the dream of Funing Industrial City is a joke. ”

At this point, Wang Yan lowered his voice and said: "In this Funing County in power, I am facing resignation before the end of a term, I boast of some credit, a little conscience, and have done some good things, but objectively speaking, there are also many mistakes. I'm sorry that it didn't turn out exactly what I thought it would be, and that it didn't fulfill all of the Archon's promises. In terms of details, I hope that Lu Huiqing will be able to manage better than me in the future, but he does not have my fortitude and determination, and I don't believe that he will be able to handle the relationship with the cottage in the future, which will always be a hidden danger and tumor for the development of Funing County. ”

"In fact, my power has been handed over, and Zhanzhao has brought a military order to remove my command. But before I leave, I want to take away this wave of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods beyond my estimates, and leave a clean and safe environment for Funing County in the future. Now speak freely, and allow you to speak. ”

Before this, many people wanted to speak, but now suddenly there is no more, and everyone except Lu Huiqing stood up and expressed support for the old leader's decision to send troops.

Lu Huiqing approached Wang Yan and whispered: "Even if the adults want to help the students bear this great political and military risk before the handover, the students have nothing to say and support the sending of troops." ”

In this regard, Wang Yan got up and said: "On behalf of Lu Huiqing, I ordered that Funing County enter a state of second-level combat readiness, and at the same time send a messenger to Sanshan Qizhai Tangkou to convey my words, the content is as follows: The Funing Army has made an official ultimatum to Sanshan and Qizhai for a period of 15 days, put down weapons, release slaves, and open the gate of the village to accept the verification of Funing County in the Great Song Dynasty, they will be counted as prisoners and will be given preferential treatment. Those who missed the 15-day ultimatum and did not respond, and those who refused to accept the disarmament, the Funing Army formally declared war on Sanshan and Qizhai. In addition, if you don't release Xiao Wendan's mother within a day after the ultimatum is received, you will directly declare war on Weilong Mountain, and after the declaration of war, you will no longer accept any situation of negotiation and surrender. If they release Little Wendan's mother, they will be included in the fifteen-day ultimatum, and if they are not verified, they will declare war as well. ”

Zhan Zhao intervened: "If you deal with it like this...... The chances of saving Little Wendan's mother are slim. In addition, the policy of adults can easily twist the forces of the three mountains and seven villages into one and gather people to fight against Wang Shi. ”

Wang Yan said lightly: "The mother who promised to save Xiao Wendan, I knew from the beginning that there was little hope. To make this choice is just to maintain the bloodline and original intention of my Funing Army. To be honest, I don't guarantee that I will be able to save Xiao Wendan's mother, I will just work hard like this, and at the same time, I want to protect more border people. When I took office, I wanted to use a more relaxed policy to slowly solve the problem of the three mountains and seven villages, but unfortunately I didn't have time, in fact, they no longer treat the border people as human beings, which means that they have no humanity and cannot be redeemed. I think it would be better to declare war with a united mind, so that the problem can be solved at once, and it will not be a cowardly policy that will leave a legacy for future development. The process of starting a war will lead to the death of many innocent people, such as soldiers who participated in the war, such as slaves trapped in the mountains and seven villages, such as border people who could not be effectively protected in the war. But I don't want to delay any longer, there must be a price for doing things, this is a war, so there will be sacrifices. At the same time, those who die can purify the land with their blood, in exchange for the opportunity for others to recuperate. Do not be afraid of bloodshed on matters of principle, but also bear in mind the meaning of this blood, which is the mission and principle of the warrior. ”

The whole is upright.

Even Zhanzhao, who has always liked to lift the bar, has nothing to say. However, he finally asked him to go to Weilong Mountain to speak, Zhanzhao's reason was that this process would not affect the Funing Army's anti-bandit action, but if he could use the opportunity to enter the cottage to rescue Xiao Wendan's mother, although it was of little use in the overall situation, it could be regarded as fulfilling Xiao Wendan's commission.

The hero has these feelings, and the little Wendan is just a symbol of war. However, this does not conflict with Da Yan's idea of suppressing bandits as a whole, and there is no obvious harm in success or failure, so Wang Yan approved Da Mao's suggestion......