Dark clouds filled the sky, and the rain and wind were fierce.

The pouring rain shrouded the entire Chang'an City, the water level of the rivers in Guanzhong soared, and many embankments were facing the risk of bursting.

Once the river bursts, their homes will be in ruins, and the people who depend on the land for their livelihood will have to leave their homes and become homeless people.

In the Ya of Jingyang County, the county commander Wei Yifang sat in the study, frowning and worried, and his mood was as dark as the clouds and showers outside the window.

Since the documents of the imperial court were delivered to the yamen in a hurry, Wei Yiyi was frightened and distracted. He was not only worried that the water level of the Jing River would rise sharply and break the dam due to such heavy rains, and that he would be the county commander to blame for it, but also worried about the officials of the upcoming "disaster relief yamen", especially Fang Jun, the squire of the military department......

The grievances and grievances between Fang Jun and the Wei family are really cut and messed up, although they are not political mortal enemies, but Wei Yifang knows that the other party does not have the slightest reason to treat him well.

The rain was pouring down, and the army of the Right Wuwei had already set off from Chang'an, and since the fast horse had delivered the documents, the army must have followed closely. The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Shangshu were gathered...... Dozens of officials from many yamen will arrive as scheduled, which makes Wei Yifang feel confused.

How did such an "emergency disaster response yamen" emerge?

It's a life-threatening thing!

In case the lid is lifted if he can't cover it, will Fang Jun sacrifice Shang Fang's sword to cut himself, a corrupt official, first and then play?

Thinking like this, even though the heavy rain was like a cool breeze, a layer of white sweat still broke out on Wei Yifang's back......

*****

The dark clouds hung low, the sky was dark, and the rain curtain obscured the vision, and the 5,000-trained army of the right military guard went up the Weishui River, and after reaching Xianyang, they turned north, and went straight to Jingyang along the official road next to the Jing River.

The rain was heavy, but fortunately the official road was covered with a layer of cement, and although there was standing water everywhere, there was not much mud, and the army advanced quite fast.

On the side of the official road, the Jing River is rolling and the water is turbulent, and there are bursts of roar between the turbulent currents......

Fang Junzema and Cheng Yanjin walked side by side at the front of the team, and the clothes on their bodies could not stop the rain from soaking, and the clothes inside were soaked, and when the wind blew, a coolness soaked the whole body.

Fang Jun wiped a handful of rain, saw the shadows in front of him, and asked loudly, "How far is it?" ”

Cheng bit the golden hand to build a pergola to avoid the rain like eyes, looked up for a moment, and replied: "Less than three miles, it will be said in an instant, because the front should be the person sent by Jingyang County, right?" ”

Before the words fell, the scout in front rode back and announced: "General Qiyu, Jingyang County Cheng is here to greet you." ”

A group of people approached behind him, and one of them jumped off the horse, trotted two steps to Cheng Biting the Golden Horse, and said with a forked hand: "Xiaguan Jingyang County Cheng Dou Zhili, I have seen Lu Guogong, and I have seen Fang Shilang." ”

Cheng Yanjin sat on the horse, and his nostrils made an "um", which was almost inaudible in the wind and rain.

Fang Jun glanced at this county man, and didn't know if he was a child of the Dou family, but he didn't care, and asked himself: "How is the danger of the river embankment?" ”

Dou Zhili was not dissatisfied with Cheng Yanjin's contempt, and immediately replied when he heard the words: "If you go back to the room to serve the lang, the situation is not stable. An hour ago, a wave of flood peaks had just passed, and the water had already overflowed the embankment, but fortunately, the people and officials of the county were all guarding the embankment, and the danger had passed. However, the heavy rain has not stopped, the water has not receded, and the levees have shown signs of collapse in many places. ”

Although the official beside him held up an umbrella above his head, his official robe had already been soaked by the rain, and his skirt was full of dirty muddy water, describing him as embarrassed and haggard.

The disaster was like fire, and Fang Jun didn't care about asking more details, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty cares about the people of Jingyang, so you have assigned our 'Disaster Emergency Command Yamen' and the Right Wuwei Army to come to help build the embankment, and more money, grain and other materials will arrive later. ”

Dou Zhili was immediately overjoyed.

Before, when he saw the documents, he thought that it was just the imperial court that sent a large army to help fight the danger, but now he knew that there were even more supplies to come together, which could be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.

Now there are thousands of young people gathered in the city on the Jinghe embankment, although everyone is to fight the flood and save the danger to defend their homes, but as the county government must also arrange medicines, food and other necessary materials, and the people must not be allowed to go to the embankment to rescue and have to carry food from home, right?

However, for some reason, Wei Yifang, the county commander, repeatedly rejected his suggestion to open the Yicang to obtain food for the rescuers, on the grounds that without an explicit order from the imperial court, the Yicang should not be opened without authorization, and only when the flood was uncontrollable, the grain could be used to help the victims.

This made Dou Zhili both puzzled and angry!

"Yicang" has been opened since the time of the former Sui Dynasty and has been used to this day.

Three years after the opening of the former Sui Sui Emperor, the eldest grandson Ping was worshiped as the secretary of the Duzhi Shangshu. He saw that there were many floods and droughts in the prefectures and counties of the world, and the people did not give it, so he ordered the people to produce corn and wheat every autumn with less than one stone, the difference between the rich and the poor, etc., and stored them in the Lu Lane, in order to prepare for the murderous year, and the name was Yicang, and Emperor Wen of Sui commended and adopted his suggestions.

At harvest time, the grain accumulation is collected from households for relief in a famine year. Because it is located in the shrine and managed by the locals, it is also known as the shrine. Later, the method of accumulation was determined, and the third-class tax was allowed to be lower, with only 1 stone for the upper household, no more than 7 buckets for the middle household, and only 4 buckets for the lower household.

Since it is a state and county in the world, it starts to set up a righteous warehouse, and every time there is a famine, it will open a warehouse to give.

By the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the concepts of Yicang and Shecang were gradually separated, Yicang was set up by the state and county level government, and Shecang was set up by the community (25 people's families are one society).

Unlike the state's Changping Warehouse, whose main function is to stabilize the price of rice, Yicang is more like a civil act to ensure that the poor in a region receive an appropriate amount of relief, and that all the people will not be left without rice to eat in a year of calamity.

Although Jingyang is not rich, but the land is abundant, the people live in peace, the wind and rain are smooth, there are few natural disasters, and a lot of food has been hoarded in the Yicang in recent years. At present, the flood of the Jing River is urgent, and it is very likely that the river will burst out of the embankment in the next moment, and then Mo said that Jingyang on the bank of the river is razed to the ground, and even Xianyang, which is not far away, is it not possible to open Yicang at this time, do you have to wait until the water bursts the embankment to feed those rice grains to the fish?

But the official crushed people to death, although he said that he broke his mouth, the county order Wei Yifang just didn't let go, and he couldn't help it.

Facing the hungry people on the embankment but still desperate to repair the embankment, Dou Zhili was full of shame but had nothing to do, so he had to hurriedly leave the embankment in the name of Shangguan......

Now with the arrival of Fang Jun, the food problem has been solved, how can Dou Zhili not be open-minded and ecstatic?

"Fang Shilang rest assured, the lower official will personally arrange for the placement of manpower, and the food will be foolproof!"

Dou Zhili replied with an excited expression.

Fang Jun wiped the rain from his face and said, "Gossip Huti, immediately take this official to the embankment to see how the situation is, there are many officials from the Ministry of Industry here, these are all experts in managing the river embankment, much better than the people under your hands!" ”

Dou Zhili saw that Fang Jun was resolute, so he naturally would not refuse, but after a little hesitation, he said: "It's just that the county order is still waiting for the arrival of the angels in the yamen......

"You said that the Jingyang County Order is still in the yamen?"

Fang Jun was surprised, and raised his eyebrows: "Why didn't he go to the embankment to organize rescue?" As the parents of a county, when this natural disaster fell from the sky, how could he not go to the front line to stabilize the morale of the army and lead the people of the county to fight the flood and rescue the danger? ”

Dou Zhili's heart jumped, swallowed his saliva, and replied hesitantly: "This...... After all, the county order must be in the center to dispatch and control the overall situation, and if you go to the front line in person, you can go to our own lowly officials......"

This seems to be a defense for the county commander Wei Yifang, but in fact he is full of resentment......

Fang Jun didn't know if he heard the implication, and suddenly became angry, and said angrily: "It's just a county order, is it a matter of being a court commander?" Still in the middle of the scheduling? ! Where is Liu Xun? ”

The last sentence was shouted out by turning around and shouting behind him.

All the officials around him were sweating profusely...... Listening to this tone, how can it seem that people are your followers?

Dou Zhili was even more frightened and didn't dare to speak, both pleased that his trick had succeeded, and shocked by Fang Jun's might......

That's Liu Xun!

Who is not helpless and deeply jealous of the Manchu Dynasty's mad dog-like style?

Liu Xun in the crowd behind is so angry, do you need a two-stick mallet like this?