CHAPTER XXIV
Runing House.
Wang Mingqing paced back and forth impatiently, holding the blue and white porcelain cup in his hand and rubbing it back and forth. He hadn't been so impatient since he was promoted to prefect.
That guy from Wang Ling hasn't been in touch with him for a week. Could it be that some Tatar tribe on the way had the audacity to eat that batch of grain without authorization? Impossible.
He had already agreed with Bo Bai, this time it was a total of 550,000 stone grain, if he didn't have so much silver taels in his hand, he could use the fine knife of Dashi to resist it! There have been so many cooperation times before that there have been no problems, why did you eat black and swallow these grains this time?
This grain is not much, but it is enough for Ningxia Zhongwei and some Mongolian tribes to eat for a year. Does he want food in the future? If he is really cut off from his food. With the grain in the merchant market, it was simply impossible to satisfy these Tatar nobles who were enjoying more and more of it.
The governor Dang Xin often made things difficult for these Tatars, which was well known throughout the dynasty. But no one takes it seriously, after all, if it's not my race, their hearts will be different, and they can't let these guys eat too much, and when they are full, they will start to think about lust, which will cause trouble to Daming, so just let them starve to death.
As long as he greets Dang Xin, he will inevitably deduct Ningxia Zhongwei's salary this year. With the little soldiers of Ningxia Zhongwei, dare to rebel?
But now the situation is not right, Wang Ling has no reason not to contact him now, he usually reports his safety once every three days.
Ma Fu also hurried to Wang's mansion.
"My lord, why haven't you been contacted yet?!" Ma Fu is actually a little anxious.
"That's what I've asked you to discuss! It seems that we have to prepare well, and we can't go on like this! In my opinion, it is better to send a personal guard to talk about the situation, and there can be no tail left! "Wang Mingqing cut the railway.
“…… But what about that batch of grain? "Ma Fu really has no idea, this Ningxia Zhongwei is so far away, Bo Bai must eat black, they have no way at all. But Wang Mingqing said that Bobai is a rare person with brains in Tatar, and he will not do this kind of thing of killing chickens and taking eggs.
"I don't want that batch of food! The most important thing now is to find out what happened to Wang Ling over there! Only next time the same trouble will not occur! Wang Mingqing shook his right hand hard, and Ma Fu arched his hand with admiration. He still admires this Wang Mingqing. Greed but not greed is Wang Mingqing's biggest characteristic.
If it weren't for the fact that the Tatar side had too serious a shortage of grain and too much appetite, Wang Mingqing would never have smuggled grain on such a large scale. Even so, he was extremely cautious, preferring not to have food than to be discovered by anyone. was suspected by the little magistrate in Xinyang County before, and almost ruined his good deeds. But it doesn't matter, that Xiaozhi County can't do anything anymore.
On the way back, Zhu Da looked at the hungry women, children, old and young on the side of the road, and his brows tightened: "How can Ningxia's harvest this year be so bad?" After walking dozens of miles, there were hungry and dying people all the way! ”
Zhu Yidao was also very helpless: "This is not a production area in the first place, and the grain is transported from the Central Plains." Once you move a little bit of the officials below, and I move a little bit, in the hands of the people, there will only be a little food left that is not enough to make ends meet. ”
Zhu Da's face slowly turned purple, and his heart was filled with extreme anger! This is the Ming Dynasty that has been peaceful for a hundred years, and this is the eternal peace that those civil officials praise in their mouths!
"Tell me, why didn't any officials report these situations to the emperor? Even if the cabinet discussed it a little and came up with a countermeasure, how could there be such a miserable scene? Zhu Da said hatefully.
"There was a famine in Ningxia Zhongwei, and the people were forced by hunger and may even provoke a civil uprising, but no one dared to tell the emperor, why? The emperor was unhappy when he heard it, and the consequences of his displeasure were who said it and who was unlucky. If you want to know, you can know, and if you don't want to know, you don't know! It's not something that a few people can hide, it's just that they don't want to know. Lao Zhu's face was also not good-looking.
Even if there is a bite to eat, who will go to rebel with their heads off? The common people of the Ming Dynasty are simple and honest by nature, and they disdain to compete with others, but as a parent official, how can they be indifferent to the suffering of the people?
When Zhu Da heard this, his purple face turned extremely pale again, his body shook on the horse, and he almost fell off, and Jiang Fei behind him hurriedly supported him.
Could it be that my Ming Dynasty is really going to die at the hands of these people?!
Slowly approaching Ningxia City, the Jinyi Guard who went to investigate came back to report, the city is full of white curtains today, all over the city, and every household has pasted a door god on the gate that has never been seen, it seems that some extremely important big man has died, and the people are all worshipping.
Both of them were puzzled, who was it that had such prestige in Ningxia?! What if this person is ...... The two of them glanced at each other, and both saw the horror in their eyes.
Soon Jin Yiwei came back to the result. It's shocking, and it's sad.
Hai Jui is dead.
Master Hai Ruihai has passed away!
Zhu Yidao's eyes were straight, and he thought of Hai Rui, who was praised for eternity and known as the last saint.
Hai Rui's life is upright, he has had two ups and downs in his life, and his reputation among the people is more than a little bit! During the Jiajing period, Hai Rui had a famous law and order scolding, during which he scolded Jiajing, but even Jiajing couldn't say that he was wrong!
Relegated him to Suzhou, as soon as officials at all levels heard that Hai Rui was coming, everyone rushed to roll up the cover and run back, fearing that one would be accidentally thrown into prison by Hai Rui. And how many people have clean butts? Hai Jui has created a precedent for China's anti-corruption campaign: before the case is investigated, those corrupt officials have run away first!
He punished corrupt officials, cracked down on the powerful, dredged rivers, built water conservancy projects, and implemented a whip law to force corrupt officials to return their land to the people.
Jiajing put Hai Rui in prison because of the lack of security, but did not kill him, but prepared to leave it for his son Longqing. It stands to reason that Hai Rui should hate Jiajing, but when he heard about Jiajing, Hai Rui was extremely sad, crying and vomiting all the food he ate.
Later, it was reopened during the Wanli period of Longqing. When he arrived in Nanjing for the second time, thousands of people were empty, and all the people in the city ran to the city gate to greet this sea master, Hai Qingtian!
And the officials at all levels in Nanjing City offered him a good offer to the gods - no way, the people worshipped Hai Rui because Hai Jui was the big blue sky in their minds, and the officials worshipped Hai Jui because they were afraid that he would be unhappy and checked himself! This person is not even afraid of the emperor, how can he be afraid of himself?!
Since ancient times, the folk have the habit of sticking to the door god to bless their own safety, and the people who used to post it were Qin Qiong, Wei Chi and others, and Hai Rui was also regarded as a member of the door god by the people. It should be noted that Hai Rui was the last person to join the team of the door gods. After Hai Jui, no one enjoys such treatment, and no one is so affirmed by the people!
No matter what you have done or what kind of exploits you have had, it is not the emperor who can judge you, but the people. Only the common people can truly evaluate a person. Only the people can record history more truly!
Zhu Da is sad that as soon as Hai Rui died, Daming no longer had such a great god who was alive to be worshipped; And Zhu Yidao, looking at the sky with blank eyes, muttered to himself: "I am the Ming Dynasty, do you still have a sword......
"No matter how good the sword is, in the hands of these officials, it is still a rusty kitchen knife!" Zhu Da also agreed. He had completely forgotten that he had been one of them.
"I'm the Ming Dynasty, do I still have a sword?!" Zhu Yidao suddenly became excited, looked up to the sky and shouted, and then unconsciously shed tears of regret and sadness in his eyes.
Hai Jui! Lord Hai, Hai Qingtian! Let's go!