Chapter 138: Honorable Doctor
Xia Zhu looked at Zheng Xiang, who was bleeding and miserable, and didn't even fluctuate at all, but said lightly: "Be smart in the next life, and the silver cup can also be hung in the tin...... Forget it, what's the use of telling you, you can only be a beast in the next life! There are so many people who have died unjustly, if you can still be a man, even the king of Hades will not have justice! β
Xia Zhu got up, changed into a clean official uniform, walked outside, and when he arrived at the door, he paused and laughed at himself: "Alas, the old man is not like this, it tastes so good to be a man, and he is still a man...... It's just a pity that there isn't much time left. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
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Shanghukou burst the embankment, failed to return to the river, and the news quickly spread throughout Hebei and the entire Great Song Dynasty.
The Six Arts Academy, which had been staring at the Six Towers River Project, was the first to get the news, Ouyang Xiu, Yan Shu, Yu Jing, and several other gentlemen, sitting around, everyone's faces were ugly.
"Xia Zhu misled the country, if he hadn't insisted on repairing the Liuta River, how could it have been like this?" Yu Jing scolded, "Labor and money, waste food and salary, and now the mouth is broken again, the river is raging, I want to see how Xia Zhu gets rid of his crimes!" β
Yu Jing has always been jealous and hateful, "Yan Xianggong, drunkard, if you don't impeach Xia Zhu at this time, when will you wait?" If you don't want to wade into troubled waters, I'll take the lead! β
"No, none of us can be impeached!" Ouyang Xiu suddenly said categorically, Yan Shu showed a hint of surprise, and said with a smile: "Uncle Yong is making rapid progress." β
Ouyang Xiu laughed at himself, "If you don't increase your ability, even the juniors will look down on you!" β
As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Ningan meaningfully, Wang Ningan twisted his head and looked at the spider on the window, but he didn't hear it.
"We opposed returning to the river before, Xia Zhu insisted on going his own way, and got to this point, if we impeach Xia Zhu at this time, it will make people think that all along, we have been taking back the river to attack Xia Zhu, it is a party struggle and a villain's behavior. What's more, now that Shanghukou has broken the embankment again, why are the people innocent? The most urgent task at the moment is to go all out to provide relief to the victims, and we must immediately discuss a strategy as much effort as we can. β
Ouyang Xiu's words were approved by everyone, including Wang Ningan.
Don't look at just going back to the river, it doesn't seem to be as serious as before, but I don't know that after more than a year of floods, all parts of Hebei, including the big families, their granaries are empty, and the harvest of the fields is reduced.
And now Hebei, after a year of tossing, has been physically and mentally exhausted, to the verge of collapse, even if it is a cold, it will be fatal.
In fact, this time it's much more than just catching a cold. Zheng Xiang concentrated the grain of the imperial court and the grain from the sale of land at the Liuta River construction site, and a big flood washed away at least half of it.
Last year, the imperial court took out a lot of food relief, and this year it took a lot of effort to get hundreds of thousands of stone grain, but half of it was lost, so where can the court raise food?
From top to bottom, there is no food, hundreds of thousands of victims, and hundreds of thousands of Ding Zhuang in the Liuta River, if there is chaos, it will be absolutely unimaginable.
If Xia Zhu falls into my hands, I have to peel off the old thing!
Wang Ningan secretly swore that it was the first time he hated someone so much. Old thing, you are nonsense, the foundation that Lao Tzu has worked so hard to build may come to naught!
Wang Ningan shouted in his heart, burning with anger.
The next wave of displaced people will be even more terrifying, and some of the things that are actually said will not be done.
"Our family's winery will stop brewing from tomorrow, and all the food saved will be used to relieve the victims, as for the drunkard, if you are addicted to alcohol, you have to find a way by yourself, I don't care."
After finishing speaking, Wang Ningan ran away as soon as he slipped away, and he could still hear Ouyang Xiu's scolding in his ears.
"Are you ignorant of being an old man? Isn't it just a hobby? At the moment of the catastrophe, can't the old man even quit drinking? β
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Wang Ningan and many people are preparing for the next disaster dynasty, at this time, the news of Zheng Xiang's suicide suddenly came, and after waiting for two days, someone from the Han family came and told Wang Ningan that Xia Xianggong braved the rain to visit the homeless, and when he came back, the owner fell into the water and couldn't afford to be sick.
Another day passed, and the news came again, Xia Zhu died!
Wang Ningan really can't imagine, how could Xia Xianggong die?
You must know that the Great Song Dynasty did not kill scholars, and when he reached the level of Xia Zhu, he had already had a gold medal for avoiding death, and at most he was demoted, Xia Zhu couldn't think about it so much, he actually wanted to commit suicide - what fell into the water and got sick, Wang Ningan didn't believe it, how many people around Xia Zhu, where was he not hugging from front to back, he was so desperate that he would accidentally fall into the water? What about liars!
After all, Wang Ningan is far away, so he can only guess, he feels that there are many problems, and Han Jiang, he is in Kaide, and everything is clear.
For Xia Zhu, he only has two words left: admiration!
I am really impressed, and the five bodies are thrown to the ground.
So convincing from the inside out!
Until this moment, Han Jiang knew that Fan Zhongyan and them were unjustly defeated, and when they met a peerless murderer like Xia Zhu, they could still live, even if they were ancestors who had accumulated virtue.
Being ruthless to others is nothing, being ruthless to yourself, that's the real ruthlessness!
Our Xia Xianggong did it, and after he poisoned Zheng Xiang, he immediately forged a letter of Zheng Xiang's masterpiece.
In this tie, "Zheng Xiang" admitted the whole process of cutting corners, filling his own pockets, and being in a hurry to achieve results, so that Shanghukou broke the embankment again, and then said that he was ashamed of the common people and His Majesty.
Although the Great Song Dynasty did not kill scholars, he had no shame to live in the world, so he had to commit suicide by taking poison to apologize for his crimes.
If you get a scapegoat, can you fool the past?
Of course, it's not that simple, Xia Zhu's enemies from all walks of life are gearing up. It is said that Jia Xianggong invited more than a dozen Taoist priests to practice the day before the Shanghukou was closed, the purpose was to ask for rain, and in the autumn, Jia Xianggong was no one.
No matter what you say, the method is smart, Jia Changchao is collecting evidence of Xia Zhu's crimes everywhere, preparing to completely defeat Xia Xianggong.
"A bunch of little cubs, just because you also want to win the old man, let's dream!" Xia Zhu knew everything, he smiled very proudly, and hideously, which made people shudder.
Xia Xianggong dragged his weak body and ran for two days, just to check everywhere, and didn't say anything, and on the second night, Xia Zhu suddenly dressed neatly, no one was allowed to follow, and he ran to the Yellow River alone.
When the guards went to find Xia Zhu, the old man had been in the water for a long time, and he didn't know that he was struggling, everyone was scared stupid, and hurriedly jumped down to save Xia Zhu.
carried back to the mansion and invited countless doctors to rescue him, but all of them were unable to return to heaven, and Xia Zhu died that night.
On the second day of his death, the imperial court sent personnel to Kaide Mansion to investigate the truth of the failure to return to the river.
When he arrived in Kaide, he was stupid, the two most responsible officials, Zheng Xiang committed suicide in fear of crime, and Xia Zhu also died in order to relieve the victims, and the matter could not be investigated.
Qin Cha could only play the situation as it was, and did not dare to hide it.
In an instant, the officialdom was fried, Xia Zhu died, and Xia Xianggong did not take shelter from the wind and rain in order to relieve the victims, and fell into the Yellow River, and then he died.
What a good official, what a close to the people!
worked tirelessly for the people, and even didn't want his life, Xia Xianggong was really a model for officials.
Some people wrote to ask Xia Zhu to be given the highest mourning honor, and some people proposed that Xia Zhu should be worthy of enjoying the Temple of Literature and enjoying the incense offerings of the past dynasties. There are too few good officials who serve the country and the people like this.
Many people in the capital called for friends and companions, and went in groups to go outside the Beijing Xia Zhu Mansion to mourn sadly. Even if it is Xia Zhu's enemy, he has to show his heartache at this moment, as if he has a troubled conscience if he doesn't do so.
Since Xia Zhu died for the common people, who should be responsible for the bursting of the embankment?
Do you still need to ask, of course it's Zheng Xiang, it's him who cut corners and is greedy, which has caused a big disaster.
Xia Zhu is right, the imperial court is right, and even let the Yellow River return to its original path, this strategy is not wrong, but the fault lies in the improper use of people, which is all Zheng Xiang's bad thing.
As many people praised Xia Zhu, there were as many people as they scolded Zheng Xiang.
It's ridiculous to say, Zheng Xiang didn't think much of himself, and promised to take care of Xia Zhu's family in exchange for Xia Zhu to bear all the charges, and his wishful thinking was really loud!
But he forgot, what kind of person is Xia Zhu, who dares to use any means to be a peerless murderer, can he use your charity?
No, Xia Zhu poisoned Zheng Xiang, and put all the blame on Zheng Xiang and let him shoulder it. Obviously, there are loopholes in doing this, Zheng Xiang is his guarantee, except for mistakes, doesn't he need to be responsible?
Those enemy opponents must work hard to launch an offensive, Rao is Xia Xianggong is very methodical, and he can't stop a group of hungry wolves. No matter how you look at it, Xia Xianggong is going to be finished, and he no longer has the ability to turn things around.
But they did it, and Xia Zhu used his own life to block all the attacks.
Death is great, and death is not revenge.
What's more, Xia Zhu died on the way to check on the victims, and he was even greater than a mountain, and the mountains looked up!
Xia Xianggong became ice clear and jade, without the slightest flaw, and he was not far from becoming holy on the ground, and even Xia Zhu's foothold in Huihe became right, but it was only because of improper implementation that Xia Xianggong's hard work was ruined.
Some people even compare Xia Zhu to Zhuge Liang, and Zheng Xiang is the Ma Tan who lost the street pavilion......
A lifeless situation, Xia Zhu was stunned, although he paid with his life, but in addition to life, he got everything.
The name of the first generation was preserved, the idea of returning to the river was maintained, the blame was thrown out, the disobedient Zheng Xiang was ruined, and the political enemies could not attack...... Even Mourning, Xia Zhu got it.
After Zhao Zhen heard that Xia Zhu died, he dropped out of the dynasty for three days to show his mourning.
He personally issued an order to posthumously present Xia Zhu Taishi Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Ling, nicknamed "Wenzhuang", and established an ancestral hall in his hometown to worship Xia Zhu. Moreover, several of his sons also received grace, and they all became officials of the imperial court, enjoying rich fortunes and living a comfortable life.
When the news reached Cangzhou, Wang Ningan was dumbfounded, in addition to lamenting that Xia Zhu was ruthless and decisive, and he didn't even let go of himself, he was speechless to the emperor of the Zhao family, is the scholar so important? So important that you don't even have right and wrong?