In the city of Xuchang, Shangshu Mansion Ya.

Xun Yu saw that Lu Ren had rushed to the Shangshu Mansion early in the morning, so he asked curiously, "What is the important thing for Yihao to come here?" ”

Lu Ren smiled and handed a roll of bamboo slips to Xun Yu: "This is my new decree, but Xun Gong knows that I don't have much ink in my stomach, and what I write is always a little unpresentable." In the past, I could have asked Cai Zhaoji to help me write for me, but now...... Don't talk about it. Anyway, if this decree is not polished, it will be posted out, and it will definitely be laughed at and generous. It doesn't matter how much face I lose, but I can't lose the face of the officials. ”

Xun Yu pointed at Lu Ren and shook his head and smiled, took the bamboo slip but did not immediately start the inspection, but wanted to ask Lu Ren clearly first. Speaking of which, Xun Yu and Lu Ren have worked together for a while, and they know that Lu Ren's writing is too poor, and there are always some things that are not up to the mark, so the decrees that Lu Ren is going to issue are to ask first and then delete them.

After Xun Yu asked, Lu Ren closed his eyes and muttered: "That's the case, it has been more than ten years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion caused by the loss of power of Emperor Huan and Ling. In the past ten years, there was Dong Zhuo's chaotic dynasty, and then there were a group of heroes, and all parts of the Central Plains were in turmoil. Just because of the war in the Central Plains for more than ten years, how many people have left their homes and been displaced? Among these homeless people, a young and strong man of my age is a little better, or he is in the army or joins the wealthy family as his family slave and servant, it is really not too difficult to fall into the grass, and it is not too difficult to eat for his life, but those old people, women, children, ......" Speaking of this, Lu Ren stopped, frowned tightly, and shook his head gently.

Xun Yu also sighed lightly when he heard this: "Yes, since the two emperors Huan and Ling lost power, most of the people in the world have been living in poverty, and the country will not be a country in the long run...... Yoshiho, what do you mean? ”

Lu Ren straightened his mind, knelt down in front of Xun Yu's table, unfolded the bamboo slip and said, "Recently, I have been patrolling the city, and I have found that there are many children and old people among the displaced people gathered here in Xudu. These people are no longer self-sufficient, and we cannot sit idly by with them. Is it true that these people are allowed to beg for food and suffer from hunger and cold on the streets all day long? So after thinking about it for a long time, I intend to build four types of righteous houses in Xudu, one is to see the elderly, the second is to care for the widows, the third is to care for the young, and the fourth is to help the disabled, so that the widows and lonely can each according to their ......."

Xun Yu nodded approvingly: "This proposal is very good!" Xi Zhongni (Confucius) has a cloud ......"

As soon as he heard Xun Yu come out with the sentence "Zhongni has clouds", Lu Ren's head buzzed loudly. As a modern person, although Lu Ren has been going through more than three years and almost four years, and has been an official for almost three years in the middle, Lu Ren still has a headache when he hears these "saints have clouds". Doesn't he want to write a decent decree, and he has to run to Xun Yu for help?

Fortunately, Xun Yu only said a few words before seeing the bitter color on Lu Ren's face, he couldn't help laughing a few times and then didn't say more, but looked at the bamboo slip on the table and said, "Yihao, don't worry, I will write this decree for you." ”

Lu Ren shook his head and said: "Actually, the main problem is not how to write the decree, but how I can't build these four types of righteous houses!" ”

Xun Yuqi said: "Why did Yihao say this? You are Xu Duling, you can directly order the construction of civil engineering in a suitable place, at most, I will help you submit a letter to Sikong Mansion to report it. Besides, these four types of righteous sacrifice are for the benefit of the people, not for selfish desires, so what do you have to worry about? How do you say you can't build it? Don't tell me because you're afraid of those ......" The latter words didn't continue, anyway, Xun Yu knew that Lu Ren knew in his heart that he was referring to those wealthy families.

Lu Ren shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, I don't mean this." In fact......" said Lu Ren stretched out his hand to Xun Yu, his face was so strange, but he could describe it in just one word - bitter!

Xun Yu looked at Lu Ren's outstretched right hand in front of him in amazement, and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Lu Ren said with a bitter face: "Money and food! I can indeed handle the location of the Yishe and the craftsmen with an order, but the money and food required are not under the control of our company......"

Xun Yu laughed angrily when he heard this, pointed at Lu Ren and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Lu Yihao, you came to me to cry poor after a long time!?" ”

Lu Ren echoed and smiled, but immediately said: "I am indeed crying poor, but Xun Gong, you should know that I can't do anything about it." I am only a city commander, not a county governor, and I have no right to mobilize the money and grain of the government treasury. Although Cao Gong once told me, I can do it cheaply if I need it, but ...... If I really dare to use the treasury money and grain to build a righteous house in Puyang, but this is the capital city at the foot of the Son of Heaven! There are too many messy factors, how dare I act recklessly? Moreover, I have also handled some warehouse affairs, and regardless of Cao Gong's continuous expeditions, a lot of money and grain have been used, and there are not a few money and grains used when this Xu Capital was newly built, plus Cao Gong is going to levy Zhang Xiu again in the coming spring, and the money and grain in the treasury are only afraid of ......"

was mentioned by Lu Ren, Xun Yu also shook his head helplessly. Cao Peng, the Sikong Cang who is in charge of the treasury of the Jingshi Mansion, is Liu Ye, but the real accounts are all in the hands of Xun Yu, the big butler. Now even Lu Ren can see that the income and expenditure of the treasury are not optimistic, how can Xun Yu not know that the treasury can't take out this money and grain to build a righteous house now? And not only to build, but also to take a lot of money and food out to support those widows and loneliness!

After thinking about it for a long time and looking at the bamboo slips on the table for a while, Xun Yu could only sigh heavily and said: "Although there are good policies, it is still not feasible to have no money and food...... Yihao, there are priorities, although your decree is beneficial to the country and the people, but at present, money and food are tight, and it is not the time to implement it. In my opinion, you should let it go first, and make every effort to take care of this year's Tuntian, and if you can fill the warehouse with money and grain after the autumn, it will be time to raise this proposal! This means that Cao Cao at the moment may have to fight anytime and anywhere, and the group of people who offer the emperor have to provide for them, and they really can't spare any money and food to support these widows and lonely people for a while.

Lu Ren sighed in disappointment. But fortunately, because Lu Ren was relatively familiar with these situations, he also guessed that Xun Yu was likely to say this, and the reason why he still brought it up to Xun Yu was just to see if there was any hope. Even if it doesn't work, Lu Ren has already been mentally prepared. Now after a long sigh, Lu Ren put forward the prepared plan he had prepared: "Otherwise, let's do it." I already have a vacant land in Xudu City, Xun Gong, you can do me a favor and allow me to use this vacant land, and then I will take out my Yulu......"

Xun Yu was slightly stunned: "Your Yulu? ”

Lu Ren nodded: "Yes, my Yulu." I am the leader of the two positions, Xuchang Ling has an annual salary of 600 stones, and Diannong Zhonglang will have an annual salary of 600 stones, adding up to my annual salary is already 1,200 stones. Saying that, Lu Ren smiled, and said in a somewhat joking tone: "But I have never taken all ......."

Xun Yu glanced at Lu Ren and said, "Talking about business, don't giggle at this time!" If you really want to get back the money that was stored in the treasury before, just go to Ziyang! But it doesn't seem like much, right? ”

This is the truth, Lu Ren has always been a lot of money, but it's a pity that Lu Ren has always been a little too big. Speaking of which, this can be regarded as a common problem of the "moonlight clan" in modern people, not to mention that Lu Ren always thinks that he can wear it back in a few years, and he can't take these things outside his body with him, so he simply has a happy flower, and he has never had the idea of leaving some savings. Now it's time to use the money, hehe......

When Xun Yu said this, Lu Ren scratched his scalp embarrassedly, and stretched out his hand to Xun Yu again: "Why don't you borrow some from Xun Gong?" I'll pay you back in installments when my money is sent. ”

Xun Yu almost vomited blood: "Find me to borrow money and food...... How could I know you as a prodigal son who is not even more than filial piety? Saying that, Xun Yu couldn't help but bend his fingers and knock straight on the table: "Yihao! Get down to business! Tell me what you want to do!! ”

Lu Ren smiled, and then said seriously: "Since the treasury does not pay for food, I want to take out my Yulu first to recruit some craftsmen, and the four types of righteous houses will only build a 'child' first...... I've calculated, and that's the limit of what I can bear. ”

Xun Yu was slightly shocked: "Do you want to raise orphans and children by yourself?" Yihao, I'm afraid you can't afford it at all, right? ”

Lu Ren smiled: "No, I'm not stupid enough to do it knowing that I can't do it. My idea is to take it in first, and there are many families around Xudu who are married but have no children and no daughters. And those children who are not adopted will always grow up, and once they become adults, they can ......" and so, in fact, it is not much different from the way modern orphanages are handled.

After listening to Lu Ren's narration, Xun Yu's eyes became very surprised. It wasn't because of how meticulous and complete the things Lu Ren moved out, Xun Yu was really surprised that Lu Ren's approach was not selfish at all in a sense. In that era, the general wealthy families took in orphans and children in order to supplement the slaves of the Ding family in the future, and the selection of faces was therefore patriarchal. However, the orphanage that Lu Ren wanted to build was obviously oriented to the whole society, and he did not care about any personal interests at all, and he did not care about the boys and girls.

Xun Yu: How shrewd is that? I soon figured out that if this orphanage is really opened, although the number of people will definitely not be very large, but when batch after batch of children really enter the social class, the influence on the society will never be ordinarily large. Xun Yu is a humble gentleman, but it does not mean that Xun Yu is not selfish, or it should be said that Xun Yu is a person who wants to try to maximize the interests of the family without violating the law and causing unnecessary trouble.

Now Lu Ren's proposal of "raising children" is a righteous house, which immediately makes Xun Yu feel that if Yingchuan Academy is a golden sign facing the scholar class, then if this orphanage is handled well, it will be a golden sign for the common people, and it may bring great folk prestige to Xun in the future - the clan is too selfish in raising orphans, and there will be too many limitations after entering the society, but the open righteous house of the orphanage is facing the whole society!