Jia Changchao, Da Song and Cai Xiang set Yan Rong's words, but they didn't say anything.

What about the little fat man?

He is not stupid, he has studied for so long with a few senior brothers, is it really for nothing?

The shrewd and extraordinary, or the cold Jia Changchao that Zheng Lang said, has no way to take the four less.

Fortunately, the fourth young man listened to Zheng Lang's repeated instructions and showed respect to them.

His own views are relatively "advanced", and the examiner may not be able to accept these novel Confucian views in the examination room. In order to give examples, Zheng Lang silently recited all his several test papers and wrote them to read. And these three people happen to be the most authentic representatives of Confucianism now.

On Confucianism, not to talk about character, Jia Changchao is a great Confucian.

humbly asked for advice, and even Jia Changchao knew everything about the few talents he saw.

These days, it is very helpful for the four teenagers, at least in the future it will be of great help to the exam room.

But for Zheng Lang, several people were equally curious, and Jia Changchao asked, "What kind of moderation are you cultivating?" ”

Lu Gongshu uttered the four mantras.

"That's what it is...... Mean," Jia Changzhi didn't know how to say.

"That's the real mean."

You say that the real mediocrity is the real mean, and you can't afford to raise the bar with a few teenage children with a red face and a thick neck, and you may not be able to win. Then he asked, "What then is the Tao?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"Zheng Zhizhou's way."

"This path is big, even if it is Dr. Zheng, he can't realize it for a while, but there are some prototypes."

"What?"

"Apply what you have learned, and combine knowledge with action. To know, to know, to do. ”

"Know what?" Jia Changchao asked keenly.

"The golden mean is one part, followed by three points, benevolence, courtesy, filial piety, loyalty and forgiveness, and holy wisdom."

Jia Changchao was silent, and the so-called knowledge was a big tampering with the entire Confucianism.

But this doesn't matter, as long as the disaster victims are arranged, even if you say that Lao Tzu and Shakyamuni are the representatives of Confucianism, I have no objection. A few little maids served dinner, but the three of them could not swallow it, and the victims on the boat were getting more and more seriously scratched day by day, and the situation was at a critical juncture.

It's no exaggeration at all, it's just that a head hair is hanging a thousand pounds of things, and something big will happen at any time.

Da Song found Lu Gongshu and persuaded him: "Lu Sanlangjun, your father is the prime minister of the country, you also have to think about your father, you don't have to Zheng Zhizhou promised anything, just come forward to explain, and then see how the court deals with it and makes a decision, how about it?" ”

"I really don't know, my father did something wrong." Lu Gongshu said.

Da Song was speechless.

After a hasty meal, the three of them came out of the city again.

More than 100 boats stopped at the mouth of the river one after another, and in the distance there was a small half-boat bay to the Yangtze River.

But all the ships were joined together by ropes, and the ships were smooth despite the strong north-west winds.

Walking on the embankment, Cai Xiang asked puzzledly: "Why did you make such a fuss?" ”

Zhao Tongju said some reasons, and the four teenagers also said some reasons, but none of them were fundamental. Even Lu Yijian's approach didn't make them quite understand, it turned out that there were many people attached, and the matter was big, and many ministers didn't dare to speak more.

The way people do it is very simple, say that I have not done well, come on, remove me from my official position. All the officials are dismissed, what else do you want?

There are only a few bigwigs left in Zhongshu to obstruct them, are these bigwigs greedy for the credit of the Zheng family?

He also said: "At this time, Zheng Jiazi was snickering at us somewhere. ”

"Not necessarily, he is not comfortable at this time, and if the stalemate continues, it will not be beneficial to us or him. See his shed? "Da Song Dao.

"What shed?"

"The shed where silk weaving techniques are taught has not stopped, which shows that he still wants to stay."

"Master Song, it's hard to say, what is taught is only skills, and he is in a hurry, so why can't he quit the official and go back. can only bet on how light his surname is, it is really faint to a certain point, this matter is more auspicious and less harmonious, if you want to make a difference, there is still room for redemption. Jia Chang said.

The three of them guessed for a while, but they didn't guess it.

Feeling very heartwarming, Da Song sat on the withered grass and said, "It's getting colder and colder day by day." ”

Most of the victims don't even have a decent winter clothes, and Jiangnan will also be cold, so what will happen to the victims after a while?

Then he looked at the river in a daze.

At night, you can see white sails dotting and sailing up and down.

It's just that the other side of the river is no longer visible, and it has faintly become a black line in the sky.

At this moment, two fires on the south of the Yangtze River lit up, and by the bright light, it could be seen that two ships were on fire. Still wondering, the two ships lost control for some reason, opened their sails again, and quickly floated along the northwest wind.

Almost at the same time, all the hairs on the three of them stood on end.

Da Song was speechless, he was an honest man, and when he thought of the consequences, he was completely stunned.

Cai Xiang and Jia Changchao were very calm-headed, rushed to the river in a few steps, and shouted at the boat.

There was no need for them to shout, the soldiers on the ship would have been alarmed a long time ago.

Cai Xiang shouted loudly: "Look at the direction of the preparation boat, all the people evacuate on both sides, and they can't be chaotic, and they can't let the people fall into the river." ”

In order to save space, the T-shaped line is arranged, and no matter how big the river boat is, it is impossible to draft five or six meters, jumping from the bow of the boat, and the depth is not as deep as the neck-deep river. The key is that these disaster victims are landlubbers, and when they encounter the level, they are chaotic, and they do not distinguish between directions, and when they reach the opposite direction, they will drown.

Jia Changchao also came to his senses and shouted: "You can't let the people jump into the water." ”

As he spoke, several people jumped down in a panic.

There was also a mess on board.

However, this time the preparation is good, it cannot be said that the strict and strict supervision and official system is not good, and I am afraid that something will happen, so all the way forward, each ship is equipped with ten forbidden soldiers, box soldiers and errand soldiers with good water surnames. One by one, order is maintained.

Unlike Cao Ying's time, it was more than 300,000 people floating together in the Yangtze River, and for training, the boat was not on the shore, so the losses were heavy. Right on the shore, these water ghosts are not afraid. In addition, Song Zhen also came to his senses, came over to command, kept giving orders, and watched the arrival of the fireboat, shouting in that direction. One by one, they were in a relatively calm mood, and shouted to the people on the way of the fireboat, and instructed them to divide from the boat to both sides, and go ashore on both sides.

Human life is in charge of the sky, and it doesn't matter what Taiping State thinks after going ashore.

Jia Changchao still vigilantly ordered and sent 50 forbidden soldiers to lead the victims to a high post and disperse them first. In addition, control them not to run around.

But the situation in the water was very bad, there were sober people on the boat who followed the command of the forbidden soldiers to evacuate to both sides, and some people were scared, especially on the water, they had no bottom in their hearts, and jumped into the water like rain.

It's over, it's over.

The faces of the three of them were as dead as ashes.

When the three of them felt that the sky was falling, groups of people rushed over, some fishermen, some boatmen on merchant ships on the wharf not far away, who came over without saying a word, jumped into the water one by one, and fished up the people. Some even swam under the belly of the boat to save people.

Jia Changchao said: "Thank you, thank you." ”

"No thanks, it's for us to know the state, and it has nothing to do with you." An old man replied. After finishing speaking, he looked at the two fireboats, and his eyes spewed fire.

The truth of the matter gradually became known, and this was Zhizhou's negotiation with the imperial court.

But if this happens, it is really possible that the imperial court will transfer Zhizhou away.

What's going on!

First, the people of the boat in the middle evacuated one by one, and a few women were so frightened that they could not walk, and they also asked the servants to forcibly lift themselves up and drag them to the boats on both sides, regardless of the suspicion of men and women.

One fisherman said, "Cut the rope." ”

"yes, cut the rope." reminded Cai Xiang at once, Cai Xiang shouted, we are not Cao Jun, all ships are connected with iron chains and floating boards, just tied together with ropes, and can be cut with an axe to get out of the way, and said: "After cutting the rope, the people on the boat should not move, and the boatman rowed the boat away." ”

There were shouts, cries, and the sound of help in the water, and Cai Xiang had to tear his throat and shout loudly.

Rumble!

Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers glanced at it, and there was no one on the left and right boats, so they let more than 30 boats go, and cut the ropes directly, and rocked the oars in a mess, some went to the top of the river, some ran to the middle of the Yangtze River, and thirty boats burned.

The flames soared into the sky, alarming the people in the city of Taipingzhou.

After a while, Sima Guang and the other four people, as well as Zhao Tong, rushed to come together.

Zhao Tong asked what had happened, and Sima Guang stared at the dozens of burning ships and said, "What a ruthless poisonous plan." ”

I don't know how much the loss is, but after these rescues, there will not be many people killed. But today is very lucky, if there are five or six fireboats, fan-shaped scattered, rushing over all at once, the matter will be more serious, or Cai Songjia and the three are not here, no one to command, the dragon has no leader, the matter is also very serious, there is no nearby fisherman gratitude, come to rescue the people who fell into the water, the matter is not trivial, if at this time, the people are still struggling in the water, can they be rescued?

Zhao Tong was stunned, this is definitely not the original Zhizhou drama.

Sima Guang walked over and said, "Zhao Tongju, immediately set up a people's shed." ”

The matter is so big that it can no longer take care of so much, and if the people are not resettled, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Build a shack." Zhao Tongju drank a sentence, but in a blink of an eye, he reacted to whom, how to take it, and ran to the side to arrange.

Da Song looked at the unkempt scene and commanded: "Gather the people." ”

Now it is a mess, the people on the shore are black and oppressive, and there are people in the river and on the boats in the river. We have to get together, or something will happen.

found a slope, wheat was planted on the slope, and regardless of this time, Zhao Tongju began to arrange people to build people's sheds on this slope, and Song Zhen also gathered the victims here one after another.

This time I was finally able to reunite with my family, but I didn't expect this form.

Early the next morning, Zheng Lang returned.

Let Jiang Xing'er and Si'er go home, if this happens, seeing themselves hugging left and right will cause greater anger among the victims.

came over and had a cold talk with Song Zhen and the other three, Song Zhen strictly said that he was his junior half of the teacher, one of the examiners of the provincial examination. Cai Xiang is the only one of the few figures he values in the future gentleman's party. There was no need for Jia Changchao to provoke him.

Very politely said hello and then asked about the loss.

Cai Xiang replied angrily: "There are three missing people, one is an old man, one is a middle-aged woman, and one is a teenager. ”

There are also some who have been separated, and they have returned one after another this morning.

These three people probably fell into the Yangtze River and drowned alive.

There are not many people, but there are already dead people, and people are dead.

Zheng Lang blamed himself a little, but he was partly responsible for this matter, and Lu Yijian had to be responsible, conservative, and nostalgic for power, otherwise he would not have made such a move.

But there are still some things to ask, "Cai Zhiji, when you saw the ship on fire, the sparks immediately soared?" ”

"Yes."

"What do you smell?"

Cai Xiang suddenly realized that no matter what kind of attitude he had towards Zheng Lang, he had to find out about this matter. After thinking for a while, he replied, "It seems to smell sulfur." ”

This is the clue, it may not be easy to check, the Song Dynasty made rough control of sulfur, but firecracker workshops around the country can all buy goods. Moreover, the ship came from the Yangtze River, and I don't know where to get the sulfur. Sending people to investigate, not only Taiping Prefecture, but also all nearby prefecture and county governments have to assist, and it is no longer a small case.

There are also a few clues, the boat is burned in the middle of the Yangtze River, hundreds of meters away from the shore, after the burning, jump into the river and swim ashore, this is at night, it is difficult to find, but these people will not be bad.

The ships were not large, each of which could be handled by only one boatman, and there would be two to four arsonists.

The arson was set at the end of the day, less than nine o'clock in the evening, and there were only two of them, one of which was insufficient financial resources and experience. The second may not want to cause a bigger disaster.

If it weren't for Cai Xiang and the three of them coming out, if it weren't for the people of Taiping Prefecture who worked hard to rescue them, there might have been hundreds, or even thousands, of people who died last night.

Analyze the situation, in the hostile eyes of the victims, ask for a piece of coal, people can't find it, first draw the appearance of the ship.

Step by step, two boats are drawn out in a while, the standard Yangtze River back sail boat, the small sail is behind, near the tail oar, this kind of small boat does not carry much cargo, it can be easy to make, the cost is also low, usually one person can row the boat up, and even turn the sail in the rocking oar.

Frowning, this clue is not of much value.

I could only pin my hope on the source of the sulfur, reason about the matter, and start writing a book.

Things really went in a bad direction.

Fan Zhongyan didn't rush Lu Yijian, so let's fight first.

wrote a "Treatise on Adults", this adult is a big official, and at this time the adult still retains the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, mostly referring to his parents, so that Zheng Lang used the meaning of the later adult. Full of sarcasm.

…… The public is the first auxiliary, the belly should be the mountains and rivers of the society, the chest should be pregnant with brocade rust articles, and the public trip makes the world ashamed. What kind of old grudge is involved, participating in the prime minister, is what is the succession, the personal grudge is small, and the country is big...... The master said, "If the three of them go together, there will be my teacher." The country has been in trouble for a long time, and the rest is peaceful, and there are occasional orders, and those who are defeated and punished by the world will be pushed into the world, and the swelling of my dynasty will be changed. But with the power of the prime minister, he pressed on a state, tens of thousands of victims, and became a puppet in the palm of the king's hand? The public dwells in the lower position, the structure is falsely accused, the top is over, the upper position is in the upper position, the air is blocked, the dark clouds cover the sky, and those who are slightly inferior will be removed with power. Even the Prime Minister, what does the public want!

Lu Yijian, I can't bear it anymore, let's die together.

After writing a sentence, it will be sent to the capital with the facts of the case. Suddenly, he thought of Wang Zeng in the future.

…… But Zheng Lang is destined to be disappointed.

Before he arrived in the capital, Lu Yijian had already received a telegram, and his face changed after reading it.

When such a thing happened, Zheng Jiazi couldn't get any benefits, and he was also angry. The brain turned urgently, and he had to seize the time, and sent someone to give Jia Changchao an order, the victims could not be delayed, and talk to Zheng Lang, within 500,000 yuan, he would agree as much as he wanted.

Rush to Zheng Langdi to report that the order will be issued when he arrives in the capital, and his responsibility will be reduced.

Wang Zeng didn't know what was happening, and shook his head, although he knew that it would have to be resolved sooner or later, and his heart was somewhat unhappy. But things have happened, and they have to be resolved. Ignored Lu Yijian's order.

Two days later, Zheng Lang's book and "On Adults" were sent to the capital, and this treatise directly made Lu Yijian suppress, I am fighting with you, is it worth it?

But Zheng Lang's report on the matter was presented.

There are not many people who died, only three, and it depends on how some people make trouble.

As he expected, Fan Zhongyan heard the news and finally wrote that the country was in drought the year before last, and the Yellow River burst its embankment last year.

Staying by Zhao Zhen's side, he saw a lot, not what he thought, the emperor is a good emperor, but why did God send so many disasters, not because of the emperor, but because the country wants to produce a great annihilator like Wang Mang and Cao Ying, and God sent a disaster warning.

Zhao Zhen was also very angry, three lives, let you ripped it off, called Lu Yijian in, and asked what was the situation?

Lu Yijian replied calmly: "This is a fortunate thing, and the blessing of the community." ”

Fan Zhongyan said that it was the heavenly police, and he said that it was the blessing of the community.

Zhao Zhen asked, "What's the solution?" ”

That night, Song Zhen, Jia Changchao, and Cai Xiang were walking by the river, if they didn't go to the riverside and stayed at Zheng's house, the consequences would be unimaginable. The imperial court was tightly organized, and each ship sent ten forbidden soldiers to serve and rescue them properly, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

As for the spontaneous rescue of the local people, let him automatically skip it. It was his idea to organize the forbidden army, and Song Zhen and the three of them went to go, and they were also the candidates he chose.

understands, not only Lu Yijian is not negligent, but has merit.

Zhao Zhen was stunned and couldn't speak.

"The surnames of the three victims of the disaster, the imperial court can give relief to their families. However, this thief is also bold, and he dares to do such a contrarian thing, and it is imperative for the court to strictly investigate the murderer and give justice to the three people. "Don't be a natural disaster [***], there is a big case, let's investigate the case.

After Zhao Zhen heard this, he felt that it made sense.

So he made an order, Lu Yijian promised to give Qian Xuan, and there was no need to talk about the victims, but Song Zhen, don't come back for the time being, and investigate the case with Zheng Lang. Lu Yijian was not punished, but Zheng Lang was punished, and he made some mistakes, wiped his loose officials and cabinet officials to the end, and turned the officials into Cheng An doctors from the sixth grade.

However, he said in his will that he would do a good job in Taiping Prefecture and look at Jiangnan for me. Don't be aggrieved, punish you once for the time being, and if you make a great contribution in the future, I will reward you again.

Such a punishment makes the officials so afraid, if they change to other emperors, whether it is Lu Yijian or Zheng Lang, they will "sacrifice" heroically this time. However, Lu Yijian is fine, Zheng Lang only descended slightly, and there is a tail left behind, don't worry, I will soon wait for the wind to pass, and I will promote you to the official ...... Zheng Lang couldn't cry or laugh after receiving the order.

This made him realize that if he really fought, he was by no means Lu Yijian's opponent at the moment.

But Lu Yijian didn't want to, in the end, he had another stain on his life, a reason for the gentlemen's party to attack, the crisis was over temporarily, but he was angry at home.

The result of the fighting method is a lose-lose situation!

Zheng Lang negotiated with Jia Changchao again.

Jia Changchao witnessed it with his own eyes and saw the account books of Taiping Prefecture, he did not make it difficult, nor did he save money for Lu Yijian, and asked directly: "Zheng Zhizhou, you can't delay it any longer, how much silk is needed, just say it, solve the matter." ”

Zheng Lang smiled bitterly, if this incident didn't happen, he planned to ask for 400,000 yuan, otherwise he would be very nervous. But when this happened, he couldn't open his mouth and said, "At least 250,000 yuan, otherwise I won't be able to resettle the victims." Not only to rescue, but also to resettle, and not to let them suffer many grievances, you have stayed for so long, and you know that it is difficult. ”

After the three of them listened, they didn't speak for a long time.

Zheng Lang said: "It can't be less, if it is less, this big case will happen, and I can't accept it." ”

"Zheng Zhizhou, does Lu Xianggong know how much money you need?" Cai Xiang asked.

"It should be known that the imperial court did not mobilize the people because of this case, and about Lu Xianggong got the news in advance, and my performance was arranged before it arrived in the capital." Speaking of this, he glanced at Jia Changchao suspiciously, but there was no evidence, and it was difficult to say anything, and he said: "Since Lu Xianggong asked Jia to talk to me, let me guess the bottom limit given by Lu Xianggong." ”

"How much?" Cai Xiang asked.

"Five hundred thousand, right?"

Jia Changchao had to nod.

"This is the highest limit, with Lu Xianggong's power and skill, I probably expect that the money I want will be between two or three hundred thousand, three or four hundred thousand. It won't be more than half a million. ”

Cai Xiang and Song Zhen almost fainted, although there were many, in order to arrange tens of thousands of the poorest people, it was not too much, just for these hundreds of thousands of dollars, a few ministers, a Zhizhou, regardless of tens of thousands of people, for more than two months?

Zheng Lang didn't say much, things were as simple as they thought, not only Lu Yijian, but also other people in the court. But he violated Lu Yijian's authority, but he didn't expect it.

Jia Changchao asked puzzledly: "In that case, why don't you ask for more?" ”

"I'm just guessing, is Lu Xianggong's city easy to guess? Just guessed, now at this time, how dare I do more? ”

The three of them pondered for a moment, but they were speechless.

Zheng Lang said again: "The trouble in this case will be handed over to the three of you, and I still have something to do." ”

"Where are you going?"

"I'm hurt, heal."

"Hurt?"

"Cai Zhiji, do you think I'm hurt?"

"You can't go, the case is unsolved."

"The deceased are gone, their families are still alive, and I will take care of them later. But what about so many living people? What do you think you can do with 200,000 yuan? If you want to arrange these victims safely, and don't let the minister find a handle, you don't want to find a way, and the two and a half million yuan is not enough! ”

"How is that possible?"

"Why is it impossible, a household of 50 acres of fertile land, the price of polders per mu is close to 3 yuan, and only one household will spend 150 yuan. And this kind of safe polder, even if you spend money, you may not be able to buy it. How many households? How much will it cost to eat and drink until next autumn? ”

“……”

"But we haven't solved a case."

"Are you going to stay in the capital for the rest of your life? In the future, if you preside over local affairs, do you want to solve the case! After speaking, Zheng Lang glared fiercely, left, and recuperated from his injuries! Both sides lose, but their wounds are deeper, and they lick their wounds slowly.