Chapter 208: The Human Heart
Lin Fan and Dugu Junyang's actions quickly attracted the attention of everyone else, and they all surrounded them all at once. The people held up their frostbite-infested hands and tattered bowls, and kept pleading: "Master, have mercy on us, we haven't eaten for a few days, there are still old people and children at home, enjoy the stuttering!" ”
The two of them have extraordinary postures, they are dressed noblely, and there are guards behind them, and they are the eldest young master of a big family.
If it was just a noble status, those people around him would not dare to step forward. There are countless dignitaries and nobles in the capital, but most of them don't regard them as vagrants, and they offend these official masters, but they are afraid that someone from the government will come to suppress them soon. Within a day, the bodies of these people would appear in a stinky ditch in the capital.
This kind of thing has not happened in the past for a while. These people are all fugitives, where will the officials at all levels in the capital care about their lives and deaths, and if they die, they will die, and no one will pursue them.
In fact, due to the recent influx of a large number of displaced people into the capital, the security in the capital has been greatly affected. Theft, robbery, and even murder have been repeatedly banned, and many officials' homes have also been affected.
So much so that officials in the DPRK and China have now proposed to expel the displaced people in the city and place them in various county towns around Gyeonggi so as not to disturb the order in Gyeongchug. It's just that due to the vigorous blocking of Lin Ruxian and others, this matter has not yet been passed by the cabinet.
However, although there is a lot of grain stored in Beijing, compared with the millions of people and a large number of displaced people in Beijing, this grain is only a drop in the bucket, and it will not last long at all.
The northern provinces and Gyeonggi were all under war, and the shortage of grain was even more serious than that of Gyeongseong, and it was impossible to transport grain to Gyeongse. If the grain from Jiangnan and other places wants to be transported into the capital, it will have to wait at least until the spring of the next year and after the canal thaws.
Lin Ruxian, who is in charge of the household department, naturally knows this, and also understands that it is impossible to help all the displaced people with the current grain stockpile, and there must be trade-offs.
The reason why he resisted the pressure and was reluctant to agree to expel the displaced people now is because the displaced people are also the people of the Great Cloud, the people of the Great Cloud, and if they give more relief now, maybe many people will be able to survive this winter and die less in the coming year.
Moreover, this is the land of Gyeonggi, the center of the world, if you really want to force these ordinary people and displaced people to a desperate road, who can guarantee that there will not be another Chen Xinglong. In the event of chaos in Gyeonggi, the consequences will be unimaginable.
It's just that the food in Beijing is about to run out, and Lin Ruxian can't stand it for too long, maybe it won't be long before the official document for the expulsion of the displaced people will be issued. In the private words of those officials in the DPRK and China, it was the Gyeonggi Rebellion
It's better than chaos in the capital. As long as it's not themselves who die, they don't really care too much.
Of course, these homeless people in front of them don't know about these court matters, and there is no way to know it.
They only knew that the two sons in front of them looked like good people, and they gave a lot of silver money to the little girl just now. If they can also get some benefits from these two princes, let alone silver, even if it is a few copper coins, they can let them and their families have a full meal and live longer.
Lin Fan and Dugu Junyang were surrounded by these people three times inside and three layers outside, and the guards behind them saw that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly stepped forward, but they couldn't squeeze in at all, so they could only shout anxiously outside: "Young Master, Shizi Ye, are you all right!" ”
Of course the two of them were fine, Lin Fan, who was in the center of the crowd, asked the person who had just taken the fox fur to distribute silver money to these people, and said to these homeless people with a smile: "Everyone let us go, we didn't bring too much money with us when we went out this time, and it's useless for you to surround us." ”
And these people did not disperse, and even many people stared at Dugu Junyang's fox fur, and a greedy look flashed in their eyes.
"Two young masters, please have mercy on us, can you bear to watch so many of us starve to death in the ice and snow? Let's give more! Someone in the crowd spoke.
People's hearts are like this, if other dignitaries and nobles are here, these people will not dare to do this. However, they felt that Lin Fan and the others were good people and would not do anything to them, so they were bold, and they wanted to get more benefits, bullying the good and fearing the evil, nothing more.
These people are getting more and more excessive, and some people even secretly grope on the two of them, wanting to steal some valuable things such as their money bags and jade pendants.
Dugu Junyang's face is not very good-looking, from childhood to adulthood, where did he go through this kind of battle. He thinks he has a good temper and has no arrogance, and even the ordinary people in Shazhou City respect him more than they are afraid.
But no one has ever dared to be so rude in front of him, as the prince of the Pingguo Mansion who is resting with the country, even if he is kind, who dares to be presumptuous in front of him?
It's just that although he is angry, these are all poor people in front of him, and he is not easy to have seizures. Otherwise, as long as he gets angry here today and spreads the word. In order to curry favor with him, the officials in the capital ensured that there would be a large number of people here.
This is actually a common problem for the children of the family, no matter how approachable they usually behave, but in the bottom of their hearts, they inevitably feel that they are superior, even if they are Dugu Junyang, they can't avoid it.
Dugu Jun raised his watch
It's not bad now, showing the proper cultivation of the prince of Pingguo. These homeless people whose identities are different from him did this, and he didn't get angry, let alone treat them badly, which is rare for the children of the family.
Seeing that Dugu Junyang had already become angry, Lin Fan shouted loudly to the crowd: "From today onwards, the Hubu Shangshu Mansion will start to give porridge, and some copper coins will also be distributed, everyone can go and get them!" I am Lin Fan, the son of the Hubu Shangshu, and what I said is absolutely not false, everyone go quickly! ”
"It turned out to be Lord Lin, Lord Lin is a hero, thanks to Lord Lin this time, I defeated the Manzhen Tartar, everyone kowtow to Lord Lin with me!" After Lin Fan reported his home, someone in the crowd quickly knew who he was, and hurriedly said loudly.
"I've seen Lord Lin!" The displaced people who had surrounded the two of them just now fell to their knees at once, and they who had experienced the destruction of their families were the most in need of hearing the news of victory, because that was the hope for them to return to their hometowns and return to their former stable lives. And Lin Fan brought them victory, so Lin Fan's fame was much greater among the displaced people than other officials in the DPRK.
"Everyone, please get up!" Lin Fan helped up a person kneeling in front of him.
Then he said: "You don't have to kneel to me, as a court official, since I lead the troops, it is my duty to go into battle to kill the enemy, where can I accept your kneeling." ”
"Also, what I said just now is true, I have asked my subordinates to go back and set up a porridge shed, but anyone who has no food or clothing can go to my household Shangshu Mansion to get food."
After speaking, he took Dugu Junyang's wrist and left the crowd, and on the way, Dugu Junyang turned around and shouted: "My Pingguo Gongbei will also have porridge and porridge, you can also go there!" ”
Finally leaving the crowd, Lin Fan exhaled lightly and said, "It's finally out, Brother Dugu, are you okay?" ”
"It's fine!" Dugu Junyang said softly.
Seeing that Dugu Junyang seemed to be a little lonely, Lin Fan smiled and comforted: "Brother Dugu doesn't have to be like this, now that the world is difficult and people's hearts are sinister, it is rare to have a good heart." The eldest brother just hasn't seen this situation before, and after today, he will naturally be at ease next time. ”
This thing can't hit Dugu Junyang, the reason why he is a little lonely is that he feels that Lin Fan is much younger than him, and he is obviously much more familiar with dealing with this kind of thing than him, and Lin Fan does not show impatience for those ordinary people, even if they are homeless people who come to beg around, it can be seen that Lin Fan has a lot of contact with this kind of thing on weekdays.
is a son of a family, but he is mixed with those homeless people all day long, Dugu Junyang feels that he may not be able to do it.