Cui Wenqing bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, this official had a brief conversation with you just now, and at that time you said that you wanted to return to Jiangnan, please tell me in detail what is going on?" ”

Wang Laoweng nodded, and then shook his long beard and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Cui, the old man is a person from Suzhou, Jiangnan Province, who lives on the shore of Taihu Lake......

Speaking of this, Wang Laoweng was very sad, and the old man's eyes suddenly left muddy tears.

Many people heard Wang Laoweng's words, and couldn't help but think of their relatives who died in the flood, and many people couldn't help but burst into tears.

Cui Wenqing nodded sympathetically and said, "Please continue to talk about the old man." ”

Wang Laoweng said: "At that time, the old man was alone, no food, no clothing, I heard that the imperial court lacked disaster relief silver, for us disaster victims are also love to help, at that time the old man was hungry for a few days, I really thought that I was almost going to die." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Laoweng's eyes flashed with fear, and then spewed out a little hope: "Fortunately, at the time of the crisis, the imperial court promulgated a policy of resettlement in other places, saying that we can send our victims to be resettled in Suizhou, and the imperial court not only does not charge us a penny, but also will build a house for us and buy necessary furniture for free. ”

"After arriving in Suizhou, the imperial court treated us really well, built a small blue brick house for the old man outside Baode County, and also bought household goods, utensils and other things for the old man, and the food distributed can be more able to support the summer harvest, as long as it is planted with a few acres of wheat, and then a good year, the old man should be able to worry about food and clothing, and there is a surplus."

"Originally, for all this, Xiao Lao'er was also very content, but recently I heard the news that the Liao army wanted to go south, and the old man was really frightened, for fear that he would be captured by the Liao people and cut off his head, so I want to ask the court and the minister of the Qin Mission to be gracious and allow the old man to return to Jiangnan Road to retire, and I implore the adults to promise." After that, he sat up and arched again at Cui Wenqing.

Cui Wenqing smiled at the crowd and said, "I don't know how many of you have the same thoughts as this old man, please raise your hand and let the official take a look." ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd raised their dense arms, which were connected together like mushrooms that suddenly sprung up, and at a cursory glance, there were at least seven or eight of them.

Cui Wenqing pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Okay, today, this official will first answer your arguments about wanting to return to Jiangnan Road." After finishing speaking, he said to Su Shi, "Brother Su, please make a record." ”

Su Shi knew that Cui Wenqing was cautious, and leaving a record at this moment was naturally to facilitate the investigation of the imperial court, so he nodded yes.

After the arrangements were made, Cui Wenqing knocked on the desk with his hand and said in an accentuated tone: "Before this, this official wants to ask you a question first, does anyone know why the imperial court wants to resettle the victims of Jiangnan Road to come to Xuzhou?" ”

The voice fell for a long time, but no one could answer.

Cui Wenqing didn't wait much longer, and directly announced the answer: "Actually, I don't hide it from you, because the imperial court is poor, last year, not only did you have to support the Guanzhong army of Chong Shiheng to fight against the invasion of the Tubo people, but also spent a lot of money on the silver and two military expenses, and there are a lot of places where the states and counties use money, and I believe everyone should also know that Jiangnan Road has always been the source of taxes for Daqi, an important granary, Jiangnan Road was flooded, and it was even worse for the imperial court!" ”

"In the face of the Jiangnan Road disaster victims homeless and starving, the official family and all the ministers are anxious, tasteless food, unable to sleep, we are the most beloved official family, in just two months actually lost more than ten pounds, it can be seen how sad the official family is."

Hearing that the Son of Heaven had lost weight sharply because of his concern for the victims, the people were not only surprised, but more moved.

As for Ning Zhen, who stayed by Chen Hong's side all day, she knew that Cui Wenqing's words were completely bragging, and she couldn't help crying and laughing.

Cui Wenqing lifted his spirits and continued: "However, no matter how difficult it is, the imperial court will not ignore the people of Jiangnan Road and let them live or die, so the policy of resettlement in other places will be born. ”

"I believe everyone should know that when the family is in a bad year, they like to send their children to the rich relatives' houses to eat temporarily, for the imperial court, Jiangnan Road is the home of the bad year, and the rich relatives are naturally in Suizhou, so the imperial court is determined to send 700,000 Jiangnan Road victims to Shenzhou, Fuzhou, Linzhou and other places to resettle."

"According to my understanding, after arriving in Xuzhou, the local government can be said to have done its best, all that can be thought of for everyone, and also thought of it, and has not even asked for a penny from the people resettled in other places, this alone can see the sincerity of the imperial court, as well as the benevolent style of the officials."

"Originally, the official family also thought that everyone would be able to live in Xuzhou with peace of mind, so as to create a better field farm than in Jiangnan Road. However, the official family did not expect that it had only been half a year since everyone settled, but they proposed to leave Suizhou, which really caught the imperial court off guard. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Wenqing's tone gradually became stern: "Is it that the court is not properly placed?" Definitely! Is it because the local government is not doing its best to resettle it? Definitely! Is it because the environment in Xuzhou is poor and unsuitable for living? It's also right and wrong! What is the reason why people want to leave? Can anyone tell me?! ”

These words can be described as sonorous and powerful, the sound shook all over the world, and even more shocked the people's eardrums with a faint pain.

Everyone was silent, looking at each other, and no one could answer.

At this time, Cui Wenqing lost the peace just now, put on a sneer, raised a finger and said: "If you want this official to analyze the reason, just two words, greed!" It's because of your greed that we're in this situation! ”

Just two words, but they are not stingy with the weight of a thousand catties, which suddenly made the faces of the people show a shocked look, obviously did not expect Cui Wenqing to give such an embarrassing evaluation.

A few young men were so angry that they shouted unconvinced: "Master Cui, we are all law-abiding people, what's so greedy? ”

"Yes, as an official of the imperial court, how can you be alarmist?!"

"It's really hard to hear, and it's really chilling!"

……

Under the leadership of these people, many people spoke out one after another and began to accuse Cui Wenqing, and the scene suddenly became out of control!

(End of chapter)