The middle-aged man said: "Lord Wang, the grass people have no resentment towards you. Just now, you asked me why I don't recuperate at home, and the question is very simple, my home is gone, how can I recuperate at home? ”

"Home is gone? Wang Mang was startled, his face was a little unnatural, he had already thought of the reason, and it was expected that this people's home and family were burned down by the earthquake some time ago.

"Please also ask the eldest brother to mourn the change, natural disasters are not man-made disasters, and manpower cannot be forced. If you give up on yourself, big brother, won't this make it even more difficult for the deceased relatives to rest in peace? ”

The middle-aged man said expressionlessly: "Having said that, my daughter should not have died, but it was because of your will that my daughter died." ”

"Why is that?" Wang Mangqi said: "I asked myself, I haven't seen you before, why did you say that your daughter died because of me?" ”

"Yes, my father-in-law is the first time to come back to Longnan County this time, how can your daughter's death have anything to do with my father-in-law?" Shangguan Ningxuan asked, "You just said that your daughter died because of the will of my father-in-law, I don't know what the will?" Please also tell us more about the situation. ”

The middle-aged man said: "At the beginning, I wanted to kill you for revenge. But without you, my daughter would have no way to live, so I have no grudge or grudge with you. I think there are many other people who are in this situation like me. ”

"Some time ago, a huge earthquake struck, and my home, wife and children were all buried by the earthquake. After the earthquake, the soldiers in the city came to the rescue as soon as possible. Not only did they find the bodies of my wife and children, but they also rescued my dying daughter. The reason why the soldiers came to the rescue so quickly. Presumably, this is all due to you, Lord Wang, who ordered them to rescue the affected people as soon as possible, and I am indeed very grateful to you, my lordship.

However, my lord, you have previously ordered that only 300,000 denier of grain will be allocated for disaster relief. Because of the earthquake, the entire Longnan County was almost completely harvested, and the grain stored in the homes of the people was almost destroyed. Because of this decree of yours, my daughter is not able to receive an adequate supply of rice in her weakest days. She's going to die, doesn't it have anything to do with you, my lord?

Of course, she was indeed very weak and dying when she was rescued, and maybe she wouldn't have lasted long. But in the end, the reason why she will die is still related to you, my lord.

If she had been able to get some more rice and food that day, maybe she would have been able to relieve her breath and not die. However, the person who distributed the relief food said that you have a strict order, and you only provide two meals a day.

How can such a small amount of rice feed keep an extremely weak person out of danger? Your soldiers have meritorious service in saving my daughter, but you have also ordered food to be withheld. Previously, all the people praised your lordship that you are a saint in the world, and the grass people want to ask your lordship, why did you order to allocate only 300,000 deniers of grain for disaster relief?

As far as I know, you must have hoarded enough food in the past three years, right? Even if there are no ten million deniers, there are eight or nine million deniers. If you have so much food, why don't you allocate it for disaster relief? If you were willing, maybe my daughter wouldn't die, and maybe others like my daughter wouldn't die. ”

"I see!"

When Wang Mang heard the explanation, he understood the reason.

"You're right, your daughter's death is indeed related to me, and you are right when you say that I have merit and fault. When the natural disaster struck, I issued a strict order to my subordinate generals, and each prefecture and county would only allocate 300,000 to 500,000 denier grain for disaster relief. But even if I had to do it all over again, I would give the same order.

It is impossible for each region to receive more than this amount of food for disaster relief, and this is my bottom line. It's just that what I didn't expect was that the military order I issued would be biased. When I gave the order that day, I said that priority should be given to the elderly, weak women, pregnant women, and the injured people.

The officers and men did not strictly follow my military orders, and this was my fault, and it was my lax management of the army that led to this tragedy. Dare to ask my eldest brother, do you know who was the soldier who distributed the relief food to you that day? ”

"It doesn't matter who it is anymore, the important thing is that you already know about it and are not indifferent yet." The middle-aged man said coldly: "You have nearly 10 million deniers of grain, not to mention just one Gansu, even if there are two or three more natural disasters in Gansu, you can also provide for it, right?" Why don't you allocate more food? ”

Wang Mang replied: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't do anything. As for why, you'll find out in a day or two. But I think you're already dying, and I wonder if you'd like to wait. ”

"Originally, I really didn't have any thoughts of living, my family died, my relatives and friends died, what is the meaning of my life." The middle-aged man said: "But since you said that there are other reasons for not wanting to allocate more food for disaster relief, then why should I wait an extra day or two." I'd like to see if you, a saint, live up to your name. ”

"Thank you!" Wang Mang said: "I can't give up the lives of the vast majority of people because of a certain person or a certain part of people. I have my difficulties, you have your grievances, when my difficulties and your grievances conflict, in order to solve the matter smoothly, the only way to successfully solve this matter is to make a comparison between the two, and then make a choice after the comparison.

This big brother, I don't persuade life, nor do I persuade people to die, because life and death are decided by themselves, and if outsiders forcibly interfere, it will only increase their troubles. If you learn about my suffering, I hope you will understand what I am doing and judge whether you are alive or dead. As for your future, I will not interfere with it. ”

After that, Wang Mang didn't have the heart to continue, turned around and left.

Although Wang Mang was responsible for the death of this middle-aged man's daughter, he could not do anything about it.

Every living person has his own thoughts, and he can't control everyone to be able to strictly follow his instructions, he can only continue to supervise strictly under strict supervision, and try to reduce the probability of bad things happening. If he wanted to take out all the grain hoards to help Gansu, he would never be willing to do so.

He has his own scale in mind, and when two events happen at the same time, he can only choose the direction that is beneficial to the vast majority of people.

Now the middle-aged man's daughter died because of Wang Mang's disaster relief military order, Wang Mang regrets in addition to regret.

Back and forth, it was already late at night.

After Wang Mang hurriedly slept all night, at dawn on the second day, the city lord Yang Hong and the chief soldier Su Chun arrived early, waiting to go to the pass with Wang Mang to meet the enemy.

After Wang Mang finished washing, he led Wang Jingyan, Shangguan Ningxuan and three thousand soldiers, as well as Tianxuanzi, Yuezhi, Prison Niu and others to the forefront of Longnan County.

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