Chapter 911: Tough

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Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely find a place for you to settle down." Where is the porridge field? I'll take a look. ”

"It's not far ahead." The people pointed in the right direction.

Wang Yuan squatted down and said to the woman: "This sister-in-law, it's our fault that we didn't prepare early. Do you have any other relatives in your family? ”

The woman cried mournfully: "There are two other children, the children's father was arrested by the rebels, and our mother and son easily fled to Chengdu." It is said that Your Majesty is here, and the people will not be starved and frozen, but my dog still froze to death. ”

Wang Yuan said guiltily: "Sister-in-law, the person is dead, you have to think about the other two children." The dog's body was handed over to us, and we were buried together. You can't hold him like this, let him be buried in the ground. ”

The woman looked up and cried, "But how do we three live with our mothers and sons?" The two little ones were also about to freeze to death. ”

Wang Yuan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" ”

The woman pointed into the tent. Wang Yuan said to Zhao Qing: "Go in and take a look." ”

Zhao Qing went in with a personal guard, and after a while, he came out with two children whose lips were blue from the cold, the two children were shivering, their clothes were tattered, and they looked half dead, and if they didn't take any action, they would freeze to death.

"Dashuai, what should I do?" Zhao Qing asked.

"Immediately send them to my house to settle down, tell Twelve Niang, and say that they will be taken in and settled at home. Go quickly, these two children must hurry up to keep warm, otherwise their lives will be in danger. Wang Yuan shouted in a deep voice.

Zhao Qing hurriedly ran out with the two children in his arms, and the woman shouted, "Cui'er, Ermao." Where are you going to take my Cui'er and Ermao? ”

A citizen next to him shouted, "Dog, why don't you hurry up?" This official has taken in the three of you, so go with him. ”

The woman looked at Wang Yuan, and suddenly fell to her knees and kowtowed. Wang Yuan stepped forward to pick up the dead boy in her arms, and ordered a guard to take the woman to follow Zhao Qing and chase after him.

Wang Yuan walked quickly in the direction of the porridge field with the dead child in his arms, and shouted to Tan Ping beside him as he walked: "Send someone to find Yan Zhenqing immediately, what is he doing?" Progress was so slow that the people were freezing to death. ”

Tan Ping hurriedly said: "Report to the marshal, just got the news, Yan Zhenqing is in front of the porridge field." ”

Wang Yuan snorted coldly and stopped talking, striding forward, everyone followed closely beside him, and soon turned a few shantytowns, and a small open field appeared in front of him, with a row of porridge sheds. A lot of people were busy walking around in the open space.

As soon as they saw Wang Yuan and the others coming, several generals of the Shence Army who followed Yan Zhenqing hurriedly stepped forward, and when they saw Wang Yuan's face was pale, holding a child who had frozen to death in his arms, he knew that the marshal was angry.

"Dashuai, you're here." The generals saluted.

"What about Yan Zhenqing? Where are the others? Wang Yuan shouted.

"Oh, Yan Zhongshu is drinking tea in the small shed next to him." A general said busily.

"Tea? Is he still in the mood for tea? Wang Yuan was furious. After handing the child in his arms to a personal guard, Wang Yuan strode towards a small shack next to the porridge shed. It was a place for officials and stewards to stay during the relief period, which was equivalent to a temporary office gate.

The generals and guards hurriedly followed Wang Yuan, but when they saw Wang Yuan walking to the door of the small shed, they raised their feet and kicked open the simple door. The door opened, and Yan Zhenqing got up from a wooden couch in shock, and a cloth towel on his head slipped down. But seeing that Yan Zhenqing's face was sallow and pale, his eye sockets were deep, his whole person was depressed, and the corners of his mouth were covered with blood.

"Sangkook." Yan Zhenqing shouted in a hoarse voice.

When Wang Yuan saw Yan Zhenqing's appearance, he was immediately startled. Stunned: "Yan Zhongshu, what's wrong with you?" ”

Before Yan Zhenqing could speak, a general of the Shence Army standing beside Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "Big handsome, Yan Zhongshu came in the middle of the night and worked all night with people. Just now, I was unwell and vomited a mouthful of blood. We asked him to go back to rest, but he refused. Everyone couldn't do anything, so they helped him here to rest, and let him drink a few sips of tea to rest. ”

Wang Yuan was stunned, walked into the room, and arched his hand: "Yan Zhongshu, I am rude." I heard that some people were freezing to death, and I was very anxious. I saw no trace of you, so I ...... Hey, rudeness, shame, shame. ”

Yan Zhenqing propped up and returned the salute, Wang Yuan hurriedly held him down and said, "You are so resting, why did you vomit blood?" This is not a joke, you need to find Lang Zhong as soon as possible to take a look. ”

Yan Zhenqing waved his hand and gasped: "No, no, no, it's an old problem, when you are tired and anxious, you will vomit blood, and this is already the case in Plains City." Just take a break. ”

Wang Yuan said: "No, Tan Ping, immediately go to Lang Zhong for treatment." ”

Tan Ping agreed and ordered someone to find Lang Zhong. Wang Yuan turned his head to look at Yan Zhenqing and said, "You came in the middle of the night?" ”

Yan Zhenqing said: "Yes, the north wind blows in the middle of the night is really unsettling, and I am worried that the people will not be able to withstand it, so I came here to settle the people overnight." But the people still froze to death in the dozen. Xiangguo entrusted me with such a heavy responsibility, but I failed to live up to Xiangguo's trust, and I was really ashamed. ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Don't say this, I know that the time is too tight, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and your efforts are obvious to all." But heavy snow is coming, and severe cold is coming, and at the current rate, it will definitely not be possible. When a heavy snowfall falls, it will not be a matter of freezing to death of dozens of people, then thousands of people will freeze to death. The thing to do now is to speed up the process, not complain. ”

Yan Zhenqing nodded and said, "What the marshal said is very true, but now it is difficult. At present, it is not possible to build new houses, but to settle among the residents of the city. But the problem now is that the matter has been thwarted and progress has been slow. ”

Wang Yuan said: "Oh? What kind of obstruction is encountered? Are people reluctant to accept refugees? Or are the incentives for rice grains not attractive enough? ”

Yan Zhenqing said: "It's not that the people of Chengdu are unwilling, but that some big families have a lot of empty houses, but they refuse to agree to resettle refugees. They don't have to worry about food and clothing, so how can they care about the incentives of those grains and rice? Not only that, but these people also occupy places such as Taoist temples and temples, which could have been used to house refugees in large numbers, but they could not do so under their obstruction. However, the settlement of the people's homes is limited after all, and now if you want to settle a large number of refugees before the snow, you need to use places that can be resettled in large quantities, such as Taoist temples, temples, pavilions, and official residences, but it is difficult. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said: "You have complete autonomy, and all the public places in Chengdu are resettled by you, didn't I tell you this?" Who dares to obstruct it? Are the 3,000 soldiers and horses I gave you ornamental? ”

Yan Zhenqing hurriedly said: "Xiangguo, it's not that I'm not tough, I'm not tough." For example, the Tianyuan Temple in the northern city is a great avenue temple with hundreds of vacant houses. But now this Taoist temple is based on the Heng King Li Yao. King Heng's obsession with Taoism is known all over the world, and after coming to Chengdu, Tianyuanguan became his retreat, I went to him to discuss, King Heng was furious and blasted me out, and threatened to go to His Majesty to report. Several other princes also occupied various public places, and even ...... Even His Majesty himself occupies two places, Pingle Temple and Qingyang Palace. Say that I have to go to these two temples and Taoist temples to meditate on the fifteenth day of the first month of every month, you say, what should I do when I face such a situation? ”

Wang Yuan stood up abruptly and said coldly: "It's ridiculous, the situation is so rotten that there are still people who only care about themselves and don't care about the overall situation." Yan Zhongshu, don't worry, you organize the people to settle down, and I will pave the way for you. I want to see how horizontal they are. Whoever dares to bully in this matter, I will show him the color. ”

"Xiangguo, those are all Your Majesty and the princes, and many officials are the disciples of the princes, and they are all old ministers of the court." Yan Zhenqing said busily.

Wang Yuan said coldly: "Yan Zhenqing, if you don't dare, I will replace someone to be in charge of this matter." I don't force it. ”

Yan Zhenqing's face turned blue, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Xiangguo is not afraid, what am I afraid of?" Xiangguo, Yan is the first to look forward to you, it's a big deal to finish this errand, I will go to His Majesty to ask for guilt and self-judgment. ”

Wang Yuan shouted coldly: "That's right, I don't have any courage at all, I have to wonder if you Yan Zhenqing is the Yan Zhenqing who has been in Pingyuan City for nine months." I'll go to do errands, and you wait for Lang Zhong to take some medicine and arrange for the people to move. You are so sick that you should have rested, but now you can't take care of your body, and time waits for no one. ”

Yan Zhenqing stood up and arched his hand: "Obey Xiangguo's orders." ”

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Wang Yuan quickly left the Beicheng refugee camp with his people, and when he arrived at the gate of the camp, Li Mi happened to arrive here with 3,000 soldiers and horses. Wang Yuan didn't say a word, and beckoned Li Mi to lead the soldiers and horses to follow him straight to the Tianyuan Taoist Temple separated by two streets.

There are two major avenues in the city of Chengdu, Qingyang Palace and Tianyuan Temple. Qingyang Palace is the largest one, and the scale of Tianyuan Temple is slightly inferior, but it is also large-scale. There are two temples in the Taoist temple, more than a dozen courtyards, and more than 100 fine houses. Like Qingyang Palace, it is a holy place for Quanzhen Taoist cultivation. Since Xuanzong entered Shu, Tianyuanguan was favored by Xuanzong's twenty-seventh son, Hengwang Li Yao, in addition to a Hengwang mansion near Sanhualou, he also occupied Tianyuanguan as a retreat, turning this place into his private place.

Originally, this was nothing, when he was in the capital, King Heng had several Taoist temples, and many of them were also the places of cultivation given to him by Xuanzong himself. The Tang Dynasty Buddhism is prevalent, and the wind of worshipping the Buddha and cultivating the Tao is blooming everywhere from top to bottom. Even Xuanzong himself not only advocates Buddhism, but also likes the Taoist cultivation method, and can be called a wonderful figure of Buddhism and Taoism. There are many people like Xuanzong who worship both Buddha and Taoism in the Tang Dynasty. However, this Hengwang Li Yao is concentrating on cultivation. It is said that Li Yao was born frail and sickly and almost died. His mother, Zheng Cairen, was in a hurry and wanted to go to the temple to pray for the Buddha. However, halfway through the journey, the driver was stopped by a Taoist who said that it was useless to ask for Buddha and that he had to be rescued by a Taoist. Zheng Cairen was suspicious, so he brought the Taoist into the palace, and the Taoist put on a small Taoist robe for Li Yao, tied a copper bell to his feet, and gave Li Yao a peachwood sword. For some reason, Li Yao was healed alive.

After that, Li Yao never left his robe, his wooden sword did not leave his waist, and he was dressed as a Taoist priest from childhood to adulthood. Moreover, from the time of reading and hyphenating, he was extremely obsessed with Taoist cultivation, immersed himself in his own monastic world, claiming to be the reincarnation of Liezi, and dedicating his life to the glorious Taoist cause.

After arriving in Chengdu, Li Yao originally wanted to occupy the Qingyang Palace, because that was the place where Taoism in Chengdu was rooted. But he didn't dare to rob his father, so he retreated to the next best thing and occupied this Tianyuan Temple.

Wang Yuan and the others soon arrived in front of the mountain gate of Tianyuan Temple. Compared with the hustle and bustle and chaos around it, Tianyuan Temple is quiet and elegant here. There is a huge Taoist temple door, and there are no pine and cypress forests inside.

A large number of soldiers and horses arrived in front of the mountain gate, which immediately alarmed several servants on duty next to the mountain gate. These servants are actually not Taoist priests, but because they are servants of King Heng, they have to tie Taoist buns and wear Taoist robes to the favor of their masters.

"What's going on? Who are you? A pseudo-Taoist priest stepped down the stone steps and asked in a loud voice towards Wang Yuan and the others.

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Go to report to the people in the temple immediately, and immediately vacate the courtyard of the retreat, which will be used as a place for refugees to settle for the winter." Give you an hour to clean up. ”

"What? Why are you here again? Do you have the courage to go to heaven? Tian Yuan Guan has become a place of cultivation for His Royal Highness King Heng, how can you be allowed to resettle refugees? It's a joke. The pseudo-Taoist priest shouted.

"Blind your dog's eye, do you know who you're talking to? Standing in front of you is the current Xiangguo, the generalissimo Wang Yuan. Tan Ping shouted.

The Taoist priest was frightened, Wang Yuan's name was like thunder, he hadn't seen Wang Yuan, but he had already heard of Wang Yuan. Hearing that the person in front of him was Wang Yuan, his arrogance suddenly became three points shorter. Busy with a smile: "It turned out to be Wang Xiangguo, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai." But Wang Xiangguo, this is the place where Prince Heng cultivates. The day before yesterday and yesterday, Yan Zhenqing came to talk about this matter, but was rejected by His Royal Highness King Heng of my family, Xiangguo should know about it. How do you talk about it again? Heng Wang Ye can say it, and if anyone talks about these things, they will all be scolded away. ”

Wang Yuan didn't want to talk to this slave too much, and said in a deep voice: "You go and ask His Royal Highness King Heng to come down and speak, and say that I, Wang Yuan, will meet you." ”

"Lord Heng is doing the morning class, and it won't end until the end of the hour. Or, please wait a while? Or come back later? The servant laughed.

"The end of the day?" Wang Yuan frowned, it was just over three quarters at this moment, how could he have to wait for more than an hour, how could he waste so much time waiting here.

"I can't wait, please go and pass it quickly." Wang Yuan said coldly.

"Prince Heng's morning class can't be delayed, and the villain doesn't dare to make noise, so he doesn't have to be scolded by Lord Heng." The servant crossed his arms and hung his way.

"Okay, if you don't report it, then I'll go and tell King Heng myself." Wang Yuan pushed away the Taoist servant standing in front of him and stepped up the stone steps.

"Hey, even if you are Xiangguo, you can't break into the place of Prince Heng, and you don't know the rules." The servant shouted.

"Know the rules of your big-headed ghost." Tan Ping slammed his shoulders sideways, and the servant took a few steps back and sat on the ground.

"Someone is going to break into the Taoist temple, and if it is not good for the prince, close the mountain gate quickly." The servant cried out at the top of his voice.

Several false Taoist priests beside the mountain gate were busy pushing the mountain gate to close. Tan Ping shouted and rushed forward, stretching out his foot and kicking over a Taoist priest. Several guards also rushed to the door and opened all the mountain gates. Seeing that the situation was not good, several Taoist priests hurriedly ran to the main hall, shouting as they ran.

Wang Yuan stepped into the mountain gate according to his sword, and walked along the wide bluestone avenue through the courtyard shaded by pines and cypresses to the main hall. I had just walked to the bottom of the steps in front of the main hall, but I heard someone say in a loud voice: "Amitayus Buddha, who is making noise here, so ignorant of the rules." ”

With these nondescript words, a young man dressed in a wide robe and full of fairy bones appeared in front of the main hall, his face full of anger.

Wang Yuan recognized this person, he was none other than Hengwang Li Yao.

"Wang Yuan, see His Royal Highness King Heng." Wang Yuan arched his hand.

Heng Wang Li Yao returned the salute, waved the dust in his hand, made a full posture, looked at Wang Yuan with a pair of small eyes, and said in a deep voice: "It turned out to be Wang Xiangguo, Wang Xiangguo doesn't go to deal with government affairs, what are you doing when you come to my Tianyuan Temple?" And they forcibly broke in, and lost their dignity. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness King Heng, forgive me, I came to see His Royal Highness King Heng, they didn't report it, and they entered on their own in a hurry." ”

Li Yao said: "That's it, then Xiangguo has something to tell me?" This king is an outsider, and he doesn't want to care about Hongchen. ”

Wang Yuan rolled his eyes and said in his heart: Pretend to be you. Mother. Are you an outsider? Fang outsiders are still named King Heng? Fang Wairen also has the right guard general Kaifu Yi and the three divisions? Outsiders still have more than a dozen wives and concubines?

"This is to discuss a matter with Prince Heng. Now that the weather is getting colder, there are still 200,000 people in Chengdu who have not been resettled. Dozens of people froze to death in the Beicheng refugee camp last night, and if they are not properly resettled, many people will freeze to death in the heavy snowfall. In view of the fact that there were not many places to settle in the city, the prime minister decided to requisition the Taoist temples and temples in the city to quickly settle the refugees and withstand the severe cold. Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"This is it again? Hasn't Yan Zhenqing been here? This king told him very clearly, this Tianyuanguan is my retreat, let him find another place to settle down. Didn't he tell you? Li Yao frowned.

"Lord Wang, this move is for the sake of the life and death of the people, and I ask the prince to take care of it. The prince already has a mansion, and this Tianyuan Temple is a public place in Chengdu and is owned by the imperial court. At this time, it is reasonable for the imperial court to expropriate. Wang Yuan said patiently.

Li Yao said angrily: "You mean to say that I have no right to stay here?" The world is my Li Tang's world, and the court's is my Li family's, can't I even use a Taoist temple? Why? ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Lord Wang, if it's usual, it naturally doesn't matter. But these are extraordinary times. There are not many places in the city where the people can be settled, is the prince thinking about the people? ”

"No, it doesn't. So where do I go for retreat? Li Yao shook his head and said.

"Doesn't the prince have a house? Meditation in the house is. ”

"How do you retreat in the house? Isn't that a joke. Taoism is a place of cultivation, and only by cultivating here can we achieve enlightenment. You don't understand it. Go ahead and don't come again. Tell Yan Zhenqing and let him not bother me. Li Yao shook the dust.

"The Tao is in the heart, but there is a meditative mind, where can I not meditate? If the prince can only meditate in the Taoist temple, then I can only say that the prince's heart of cultivation is still impure. Wang Yuan said coldly.

"Bold, what you say is blaspheming the Heavenly Master and offending my heart of worshipping the Dao. Wang Yuan, you are Xiangguo, I will give you three points of thin noodles. Don't kick your nose in the face. I, Li Yao, am not afraid of you. Li Yao said angrily.

Wang Yuan said lightly: "Lord Heng, my actions are all for the sake of the court. Do you care about the life and death of the people? ”

"That's your business, what does it have to do with me? What's the use of my Li family raising you courtiers? When it came to the end, it came to my head. My Li family's country wants you to point fingers. Li Yao flicked his sleeves and said.

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Then Prince Heng is unwilling to move out of this temple?" ”

Li Yao shouted angrily: "So what? ”

Wang Yuan sighed, turned his head and ordered in a deep voice: "Come on, block the mountain gate, and blast out all the people in the Taoist temple." Invite King Heng out and send him back to his mansion. All the belongings of King Heng were thrown outside the mountain gate. ”

"Yes." Tan Ping, Li Mi and others promised in a deep voice. The two of them each gave orders, and a moment later hundreds of soldiers poured in from outside the mountain gate.