Volume 2 The Storm in the Imperial Capital Chapter 148 Sudden Attack

As Lu Zhen judged before, when the three cases were submitted and handled by the Shuntian Mansion, they were completely stopped, and no one mentioned them in the civil or officialdom.

In fact, those officials in the officialdom are not stupid people who can't rub a little sand in their eyes, and naturally know what is hidden behind these three cases.

Before, it was because they knew that only one Daxing county order was involved, so they dared to impeach it with great fanfare. But now that he has become Shuntianfu Yin, his identity is very different, and there are strong backers behind him, so they naturally died down, only when the case has been solved or they completely forget that there are still three cases.

Of course, Shuntianfu is still quite dissatisfied with Daxing County's move. In the past, only the boss threw the black pot to his subordinates, and there had never been such a reverse behavior, although he didn't say it, he already had a very good opinion on Lu Jin, the new Daxing County Commander, and maybe he would be embarrassed when he would.

In fact, it's really good to say in officialdom that everyone is a person who understands the rules, and as long as they understand the inside story, they can pretend that nothing has happened. What's even more a headache is in the people, although the government has huge power, it can't stop the mouths of the people.

But this time Shuntianfu's luck was also very good, just after they took over the three cases, there was another major incident in the city of Beijing, which quickly attracted the attention of all the people, that is, the Yongding River that passed through the capital suddenly collapsed for some reason, and the river water poured into several villages outside the city, flooding many fertile fields and houses, and displacing hundreds of people.

This is the city of Beijing, and when such a natural disaster occurs, everyone is naturally looking sideways. For this reason, the Son of Heaven personally intervened, and sent down the cabinet and relevant yamen, ordering them to quickly reassure the people and rebuild their homes for the victims as soon as possible.

As soon as the holy decree was issued, half of the court moved, and the situation was finally temporarily controlled. However, those who lost their homes still entered the capital one after another to join relatives and friends, and some even became rare refugees in this era.

People are empathetic, and when they see that people like themselves are suffering, the people of the capital are naturally very worried. So in the next few days, what everyone talked about the most was how the imperial court would settle these people and their future, but they completely left those three cases behind, and no one mentioned them again.

As one of the most people-friendly yamen in the capital, Daxing County's burden on this disaster relief incident is naturally not light. In particular, I don't know if Shuntianfu did it intentionally, and actually handed over more than 300 disaster victims to them for resettlement, which was too busy for Lu Zhen and his subordinates.

It is not an easy task to resettle the victims, just finding a clean and large place has to think about it, plus the ration consumption of 300 people, which makes the small Daxing County really a little unable to support it.

Fortunately, Lu Zhen had a backer behind him, and when he encountered such a thorny problem, he secretly went to see Hu Hu and asked him to come forward to say hello to the household department, so that he got a sum of money and food to help the victims. At the same time, relying on Zeng Guang's connections here for many years, they also found several temples and Taoist temples to house people, and finally temporarily solved the basic survival problems of the victims.

However, these two items alone are obviously not enough, because their influx has made the capital no longer as peaceful as before. For the sake of security, the county government had to assign personnel to guard. And the porridge and rice donated every day are cooked by the county government himself, which can be said to be extremely busy.

During the busiest period of time in the county government, Lu Tu, as the second-in-command, simply used illness as an excuse to stop appearing. Not only him, but also the few remaining cronies and subordinates of his were always absent for various reasons, or they only came in vain, which made the burden on the other officers heavier.

In this regard, many people have a very good opinion, but it is not aimed at Lu Jin, the county order, but against Lu Tu. Because Lu Zhen has been doing all kinds of work almost like them in the past few days, he doesn't put on any county orders at all. It is precisely because he, the county magistrate, does not care about his identity and does things by example there, that the scribes and errands below will be busy according to their temperament, otherwise they would have been picky.

And everything he did fell into the eyes of the people below, which made everyone unconsciously have a little respect for this county order. Whether it is the second officials like Zeng Guang and Yue Liqiu, or the scribes below, or even the lowest-level helpers, they are all convinced of this new county order. They have been in the county government for many years, and they have never met such a down-to-earth boss who is willing to work hard and has no slightest.

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On this day, Lu Zhen personally sat in front of the porridge shed next to the Guandi Temple, and followed several scribes to give porridge to the victims.

Some officials often mix a large amount of water into the rice for personal gain, and the bowl of porridge can be cooked. For this reason, the imperial court often reiterates repeated orders, and even stipulates a series of indicators, such as chopsticks inserted into the porridge bowl does not fall, etc., but there is still no use, the greedy continue to be greedy, and the victims are powerless to do anything about it.

But today, Lu Jin's porridge shed here is a different scene. The bowls of porridge that were scooped up were all real, only slightly thinner than dry rice, and even if they were wrapped in towels, they couldn't squeeze out much water.

When these victims lined up to receive porridge, they always had to salute and thank Lu Zhen respectfully, and call him Lord Lu. Because they have known what Lu Zhen has done for their family in the past few days, they are naturally very grateful and respectful to him.

Because Lu Zhen not only provided the greatest help for their food and accommodation, but also specially invited Lang Zhong from the city to diagnose and treat everyone's symptoms, which is a real merit. What official would take such good care of their displaced victims?

In fact, Lu Jin did this just to buy peace of mind. With so many people gathered together, it is most likely to be a contagious disease, and it is not possible for it to deteriorate into a plague in this era. For the sake of his own safety and that of the capital, he naturally had to take precautions. But this one act is enough to make the people grateful and respectful to him.

As for them, Lu Zhen always responded with a smile and a smile, and even said a few words of condolences to some old people. At this time, he was smiling and greeting the physical condition of an old man about seventy years old, and the other party replied with a smile, and many people around him were looking at this county magistrate who was obviously thinner than a few days ago with respectful eyes.

At this moment, a scribe came over with a somewhat gloomy face, as if he had something to report to him. Seeing this, Lu Zhen said a few more words, and then got up and walked over: "What's wrong?" When he asked this, he didn't feel a little nervous in his heart, could it be that this guy Lu Tu finally planned to attack him at this time?

"My lord, I just got the news from a friend, and it turns out that there are less than 100 victims in Wanping County this time. However, we in Daxing County are responsible for more than 300 people, which is really unfair. The man said angrily.

After hearing this, Lu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then Wan'er laughed: "It turns out that you are so unhappy about this, but it makes the official startled, thinking that something is wrong with the county government." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Do you think this is Shuntianfu deliberately making things difficult for us because of the previous incident? So I'm not convinced? ”

"Don't you feel angry, my lord? Although Wanping County is not in the capital, it is also a yamen under the rule of the capital, why are they favoring one or the other? Moreover, many of these victims came from Wanping. This one was a little angry.

He is not bad, about forty percent of the victims here belong to Wanping County. If they were according to the rules, they should have been resettled by Wanping County, but in the end, they were directly sent to Daxing County by Shuntianfu to take care of them.

But Lu Zhen didn't get angry because of this, just smiled and said: "They are all people of the imperial court, so why bother with each other." And this money and food are not from us, they are all provided by the imperial court, and we are just doing our duty as officials. ”

"But my lord......" Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zhen had already waved his hand to interrupt: "Okay, I know that you are dissatisfied with me, but since you are an official, you should do something practical for the people, so why bother which county they belong to?" As long as we do our errands well, we will not suffer, so many pairs of eyes inside and outside the court are staring. ”

“…… Be. Seeing that Lu Jin didn't want to talk about this matter anymore, he didn't force it anymore, and after glancing at Lu Jin with some reverence, he retreated to help with things.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen just shook his head slightly, and then turned around again and wanted to get busy. Since Shuntianfu is fighting this mind, he must be even more attentive, and he must not leave them any handle. He knew what trouble his previous behavior had caused to his boss Yamen, so it was acceptable for the other party to find an opportunity to rectify it, as long as he did it himself.

But just as he turned around to do something, another messenger hurried over with a panicked face. When he saw Lu Zhen from afar, he shouted loudly: "My lord, my lord is not good, something has happened!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Jin's brows furrowed, and he immediately turned around: "What, did you also inquire that Wanping County only needs to settle more than 100 disaster victims?" ”

"Huh?" The officer was obviously stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly expressed his intention: "My lord, a group of people suddenly surrounded our county government, saying that they wanted to seek justice from you. The person at the head is none other than Ying Ding! ”