Chapter 140: Worry before Happiness
Bao Zheng has been running around for ten days and half a month, the whole person is so thin that he is out of shape, his cheekbones are high, his eye sockets are deep, his head is wide and big, and his eyes are like ghost fire, fierce and terrifying...... Master Bao didn't want to make himself look like this, but the pressure on his shoulders was too great. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Xia Zhu died chicly and simply, the court and the princes, for a few chairs, hit the head and broke the face, robbed you to the death, full of intrigues, intrigues, every trick and every style, antelope hanging horns, what Li Dai Tao stiff, retreating as advance, going to the room to draw ladders, insinuating, hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, all of which are amazing. But no one cared about the victims, and many people heard that Shang Hukou was plugged and could go home again.
Although Xia Zhu sold all the land, he should be a tenant farmer, don't ask for dry food, have porridge, and don't die of hunger! People who are always staring at Bian Liang cannot understand the hardships and humility of the people.
They helped the old and the young, and when they saw the river reced, they got carried away and cheered loudly.
The major families also couldn't wait to dig ditches to drain and level the land, but in less than half a day, Shanghukou burst the embankment, and the Yellow River hit again, and the people who had no time to flee were five or six thousand, swept away by the river and disappeared without a trace.
The people were completely afraid, looking all over Hebei, only Bao had the strongest ability to save the disaster, Cangzhou had the most outstanding achievements, and the displaced people from all walks of life poured into Yingzhou Mansion and Bao Zheng's rule as if they were crazy.
"Erlang, cough cough......" Bao Zheng's voice was extremely hoarse, and he smiled bitterly: "Come here this time, I don't dare to ask for anything, if Erlang thinks there is still strength left, just help the homeless, after all, they are also your fathers and fellow villagers......"
When Bao Zheng said this, his face turned red, but fortunately he was a black face, and outsiders couldn't see any changes, but the shame in his heart was really embarrassing.
The princes of the imperial court were busy fighting for power and power, dumping each other, millions of displaced people, no one was resettled, but the official warehouse was empty. Bao Zheng felt more and more powerless.
Is this the peaceful and prosperous era of the reign of the Holy Son of Heaven and the rulers of the kingdom?
Don't deceive yourself, Wen Tian is martial, lustful for profit, and wants to do something practical for the people, it's too difficult.
Bao Heizi gradually clenched his fists, his nails pierced deep into his palms, and only the pain in his body could make Bao Zheng feel a little sober.
"Master Bao, do you feel that as a civil official, the head of Shinong Industry and Commerce, you are extremely ashamed at this moment, and even have no place to be ashamed!"
Bao Zheng turned his head sharply and glared at Wang Ning'an.
This time, Wang Erlang was not afraid of Bao Zheng, but met Bao Zheng's gaze and looked at him.
Bao Zheng was defeated, he was defeated for the first time, he was very confident in the past, the truth was in his own hands, but this time...... Only by being upright can he be strong, and Bao Heizi is timid.
"You're right, but you can just tell the old man about this, don't tell the second person, you know what the consequences will be!"
"Of course I know that it's nothing more than becoming the public enemy of the Scholar Group!"
Wang Ningan smiled slightly, "Master Bao, whether it is a drunkard or Yan Xianggong, they have revealed several times that they want to take me as an apprentice, do you know why I rejected them?" ”
"You don't like them!" Bao Zheng smiled, "Wang Erlang thinks very highly of himself, how can he put idle characters in his eyes." ”
"Lord Bao, you are wrong, the drunkard and Yan Xianggong are not ordinary people, in the entire Great Song Dynasty, there are really not many people who can be stronger than the two of them."
"And why are you?" Bao Zheng was puzzled.
Wang Ningan pointed to his nose and said with a smile: "Master Bao, I'm worried about myself, with my character, if I join the two disciples, in a few years, I may be able to be admitted to the Jinshi, and then become an official." In another ten or twenty years, I will have the opportunity to dominate the world. Master Bao won't think I'm bragging, right? ”
"No, you still say less, even if your current ability is not comparable to the old man, when you become an official, turn your hands into clouds and cover your hands for rain, vertical and horizontal, within ten years, the officialdom is not enough."
"Thank you, Lord Bao, for your love." Wang Ningan laughed at himself, "It is precisely because this road is too easy that I am really afraid that I will become the second Xia Zhu, no, I should be much more terrible than him!" Intrigues, tricks, cliques, cliques, and mutual inclination...... If you are immersed in these all your life, what is the meaning of life? ”
Wang Ningan suddenly clenched his fists, his voice was fierce, and he said loudly and angrily: "I don't want to look down on myself one day!" I'd rather not be an official for the rest of my life than be a person who is despised! Master Bao, you come to me, in fact, if you don't come, I will also look for you, millions of fathers and elders in Hebei, I, Wang Ning'an, will never stand idly by! ”
Shocked, except shocked or shocked!
Bao Zheng knew that he felt that the kid in front of him had changed into a different person, from head to toe, he was shining brightly, the righteous words were strict, and the protagonist with a full sense of justice was completely different from his previous impression.
Bao Heizi opened his mouth wide, not knowing how to face such a Wang Ning'an.
After being silent for a while, Bao Zheng swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and asked with difficulty, "Erlang, what are you going to do?" After all, you can't save people by spitting, how do you want to get food? ”
mentioned the specific method, Wang Ningan, who was just full of ambition and enthusiasm, quickly disappeared, and returned to his former lazy appearance, he spread his hands.
"Lord Bao, to tell you the truth, my family's food stock is really not much, my third uncle went to sea to hunt whales, there is no news, the Wang family really doesn't have much strength."
Master Bao almost fainted, you don't have the ability, why are you so lively just now?
What the old man wants is food, food!
Not to listen to your bragging!
Bao Zheng's eyes were on fire, and he could burst out and strangle Wang Ningan to death anytime and anywhere.
Wang Erlang didn't dare to pretend garlic, so he quickly said honestly: "Lord Bao, I don't have food, but I know where it is." ”
Wang Ningan pointed to the north.
Bao Zheng took a breath, since last year, the local warehouses have been empty, and the warehouses of some big families have also been empty, and the grain allocated by the imperial court several times has either been eaten up or washed away by the water, and the people who still have food in store are the garrisons on the border. In order to deal with the Liao State and the Western Xia, hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed on the border of the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, which was the Great Wall of the Great Song Dynasty. Even if the flood was so serious, the military rations were not used, on the contrary, the reserves were greatly increased to prevent the army from mutiny.
Thinking of this, Bao Zheng relaxed.
"Erlang showed me a clear way, and the old man will go to the table and ask His Majesty to allocate military rations to relieve the victims." Bao Heizi finished speaking and was leaving.
Wang Ningan shook his head, "Wait, Lord Bao, when will I let you move the military rations, you don't want to die, I still want it!" ”
Bao Zheng stood still, with a strange expression, "Wang Erlang, are you playing the old man?" If you don't move the military rations, what are you pointing north? Could it be that Liao Guo could give the Great Song Dynasty food relief? ”
After speaking, Bao Heizi laughed, the Liao State was originally not enough food, and it had to be imported from the Great Song Dynasty, and they were eyeing each other, always thinking about cutting meat from the Great Song Dynasty, where would they help the Great Song Dynasty, it was simply impossible.
It's just that when Lord Bao looked at Wang Ningan again, he found that he nodded frequently and smiled.
"Master Bao is agile, yes, I'm just going to get grain from Liao."
Bao Zheng rushed over, touched Wang Ningan's head with his hand, and then pasted his head, it's not hot, there's no fever, how can you talk nonsense!
"Okay, I'm very sober, get grain from Liao, after all, such a big country, it's not a problem to get hundreds of thousands of stones to help Hebei survive the disaster year."
Repeatedly confirmed that Wang Ningan was not lying, Bao Heizi grabbed his shoulder, the green tendons on his hands were exposed, and he was full of energy.
"Erlang, the life of the Hebei father is in your hands, Erlang, you say, no matter what you do, even if the old man fights for his life, he will never frown."
Wang Ningan smiled faintly, "Lord Bao, the two of us together are less than three hundred catties, and it is not enough to give them to the people." I really have a way to do this food, but there must be a big man who carries the sky on our heads for us, otherwise someone will take advantage of the problem to play, and you and I will both be ruined, not only can not save the victims, but also harm countless people. ”
Seeing that Wang Ningan was speaking seriously, Bao Zheng couldn't help asking, "Erlang, what do you want?" Isn't it possible for a drunkard and a Yan Xianggong? ”
Wang Ningan smiled bitterly, "Originally, the drunkard was enough, but now the disaster is serious, involving all aspects, and the drunkard's means and strategies are not enough." ”
"The person I need is, first of all, highly respectable, and has a lot of weight in His Majesty, and in any case, His Majesty will believe in him and rely on him. Secondly, Shilin's prestige is overwhelming, he is a saint in the world, and whenever he does it, from the middle of the court to the ordinary scholars, he will only praise and will not object. Again, this person must be proficient in everything and martial arts, govern the army on the horse, govern the people on the horse, be able to deal with the local snakes in Hebei, and don't care about the iron cavalry of Daliao, and can also suppress the forbidden army and the box army, fourth, this person must be warm-hearted, take the common people as his mind, cherish the people, and be able to spare his life for the people......"
Wang Ningan counted them one by one, not to mention how wonderful Bao Zheng's old face was.
"Erlang, are you the standard of a saint? Even if Confucius was reborn, he would not be able to meet these conditions. You're not making fun of your husband, are you? ”
Wang Ning'an pondered for a long time, suddenly cleared his throat, and read aloud: "In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing guarded Baling County. The more the next year, the politics will be harmonious, and the waste will be prosperous...... The height of the temple is worried about the people; Far away from the rivers and lakes, you are worried about it. It is a worry about advancing and a worry about retreating. But when will it be? It must be said: the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world......"