Chapter 117 Earthquake Relief

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In the history of the New Song Dynasty, in the fourth year of Song Renzong, in the winter, the dragon in Haozhou turned over, destroyed tens of thousands of houses, and killed 100,000 people.

Haozhou is located in a north-south seismic fault zone in Asia, and many earthquakes have occurred in the upper layer of this seismic zone, and there are not a few well-documented major earthquakes. But in any case, if Zhao Zhen can meet at this time, he can only blame him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have bad news to tell you, the situation of the Earth Dragon's turnover this time is far more serious than everyone imagined, and it may be called a rare earthquake in a thousand years. According to preliminary statistics, the affected area affected several roads in the southeast of the Great Song Dynasty, among which the situation in Haozhou is the most serious, with houses in ruins and hundreds of thousands of people killed and injured, which is very likely to be the center of the earthquake. What's more serious is that it is a cold winter at this moment, in addition to the pain of losing their homes and relatives, they will also face the test of cold and famine, it can be said that there are innocent people dying every moment, I am deeply heartbroken, I hope that the ministers will help me save the people and overcome this difficult time......" As he spoke, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but burst into tears and couldn't cry.

"Do the holy thing!" Perhaps it was Zhao Zhen's sincere feelings that infected all the ministers present, none of them jumped out to make trouble, they all knelt on the ground and buried their heads in their legs, perhaps to hide their tears, leaving only the shoulders that were still twitching.

"Everyone, please get up!" Zhao Zhen wiped away his tears and said to the ministers: "The household department continues to raise the necessary items, the more the better." The cavalry units of the field army abandoned their armament and rushed towards Haozhou with all the relief materials, and they could carry out rescue after arriving. I appointed the privy envoy Zhang Yaozuo as the pioneer of disaster relief, and led the troops to set off immediately! ”

"Obey the order!" Zhang Yaozuo was still very excited when he heard the emperor's name, in history he became a big official because of his daughter, but now it was because Zhao Zhen remembered his name that he got him out to be an official, and it was inevitable that he would be excited about receiving the task for the first time after taking office.

One of the great privileges of the ancient emperors was the right of personnel, and many officials in the Song Dynasty were also recommended by the big officials, they did not need to take the road of the imperial examination, as long as they were favored by the emperor, it could be said that they would ascend to the sky in one step.

However, Zhao Zhen was not good at history, most of his understanding of history came from his usual reading accumulation and film and television works, a child who did not study history inadvertently came to the Song Dynasty, it was impossible not to play an oolong, and this Zhang Yaozuo was one of the biggest oolongs he played, and this oolong also accompanied him all his life.

There were many famous historical ministers in the early Northern Song Dynasty, but compared with other periods, the famous traitors were a little out of step with the situation, and the more famous ones in the Song Renzong period were the "Five Ghosts" of the Northern Song Dynasty, but they didn't jump for a few years. In addition, there is also a character that often appears in many film and television works, he is the "Pang Taishi" who always sings against Lao Bao.

During the period of Song Renzong, there was indeed a surname Pang who did the job of prime minister, and this person was Pang Ji. It is precisely because of his unlucky surname that Zhao Zhen has a deep affection for him, so there is no role for him in Zhao Zhen's promotion list. Of course, Zhao Zhen would never have thought that he was pitted by film and television works, and the prototype of the literary character "Pang Taishi" is not "Pang Ji" but "Zhang Yaozuo".

Originally, in history, Zhang Yaozuo, a relative of the family, was a "master" who used the power of a woman to get a high position, but in fact he was immoral, incompetent, mediocre and greedy. He is the prototype of "Pang Taishi" in many novels. And the three words "Pang Taishi" are just a name code made up by a writer. Pang Ji was just "seated" by some people who didn't know the truth (including Zhao Zhen), and the fault was that the novelists shouldn't let the Taishi have the surname "Pang".

After Zhao Zhen crossed over, he never looked for a wife, nor did he look for anything else, Zhang Yaozuo did not have a relative to rely on, which made him feel very uneasy, he became the supreme military commander inexplicably, and he had to find an opportunity to report the emperor's kindness, this kind of credit for not being able to fight is not what he wants.

Zhang Yaozuo is a traitor in the traditional sense, he likes to pat on the back, likes to exclude dissidents (and fights against Bao Zheng), which is true. But saying that he is a traitor does not mean that he is disloyal to Zhao Zhen, nor does it mean that he is incapable, he can mix to the top of the ministers, and his ability is definitely there.

After Zhang Yaozuo took over the disaster relief work from Zhao Zhen, he made a careful plan after he went back, and he couldn't say that he was not unsuccessful for this work. He wasn't good at disaster relief, but he asked people about it in a short period of time, and learned about some of the problems he might encounter, as well as the general situation in Haozhou.

On the third day after the disaster was reported, Zhang Yaozuo led more than 4,000 cavalry, one man and two horses, one horse carrying people and one horse carrying goods, with the most urgent clothes, tents and a small amount of food, and rushed to Haozhou. It is worth mentioning that he also asked Zhao Zhen for a few imperial doctors, and also hired many doctors from the private sector to accompany him to Haozhou. Based on this, Zhao Zhen felt that he was worthy of himself and let him be this official.

When Zhang Yaozuo appeared on the way to Haozhou City, the hardest-hit area, with his soldiers, he imagined that he would be a savior, a savior that everyone admired!

He was right, when the Red Background Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Banner of the Great Song Field Army appeared in the field of vision of the victims, they all knelt down towards the banner unconsciously, and the simple people knew that the imperial court did not give up on them at this moment, and their hearts were full of gratitude, but they didn't know how to express it, and all their feelings were integrated into this kneeling.

But Zhang Yaozuo became more and more sad, and along the way, as far as the eye could see, there were all broken rubbles and ruins, corpses all over the field, and the weepings of the surviving people. At first, he just wanted to show his ability to the emperor, but people are not ruthless, and the tragic image in front of him made his thoughts slowly change, at least at this moment, he really wanted to do something for the people of Limin......

He didn't know or understand the focus of the earthquake-stricken area, but as long as he saw a disaster-stricken area, he left a few soldiers to set up a temporary shelter, and lit wolf smoke to guide the nearby victims and the troops involved in the rescue. Just walked all the way, stayed all the way, and when he arrived at Haozhou City, there were not many soldiers left around him, but when he saw Haozhou City in ruins in front of him, he felt very helpless. He didn't know how far his people could last, and he didn't know where the follow-up troops were, and he didn't even know where to ask for help.

But when he walked into the city with his poorly equipped soldiers, he was shocked by the scene in front of him, in the worst disaster on the way, the affected people were instead nervous and orderly in the self-rescue work. Wounded or dead people were constantly being thrown out of the ruined houses, and as soon as they were found alive, they hurried to a place where the cross was sealed, where there were many tents, and people kept coming and going, busy but orderly. Even when they found dead people, the people did not throw them away, but gathered them together and sprinkled lime on them.

Everywhere, some people in white clothes bandaged the wounds of some wounded people, and some people in black suits and rattan armor maintained law and order, and at the same time distributed food and water to the people. These looked like an army, but Zhang Yaozuo dared to swear with his most beloved black gauze hat that the Great Song Dynasty definitely did not have an army dressed like this.

So the question is, where did these people come from?

This question did not make Zhang Yaozuo dwell on it for long, because their arrival had already attracted the attention of the people and also spread to the "temporary command center".

"Your subordinates, see your lordship! Dare to ask, but the privy envoy Lord Zhang? The two brocade guards came to Zhang Yaozuo and saluted with fists.

"This official is exactly! Who are you? How could anyone know about this, Zhang Yaozuo was also puzzled.

"Back to my lord, my subordinate is the Jinyi guard sent by Guoan Temple to Jinling, this is my token, please take a look!"

Zhang Yaozuo carefully examined the token markers before asking, "These are all arranged by you?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, your subordinates don't have this ability, this is all the credit of the commander-in-chief of the earthquake relief, by the way, the subordinates have a holy oracle to Lord Zhang here, and the saint orders all the personnel involved in the disaster relief to obey the orders of the commander-in-chief, and there must be no mistakes!" Another brocade guard accosted.

"Minister Zhang Yaozuo takes the order!"

"Please come with me to see the commander-in-chief!"

"Okay, good, the two of you lead the way, this official is trying to see which adult is qualified for this position!"

"Then you're going to be disappointed! Hehe! ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"You'll know when you see it, it's not far ahead."

This really stumped him, according to the official position, the entire Great Song Dynasty can surpass him not much, but he is the earliest, who can run ahead of him? Even those few can't help but come out to greet themselves, right?

Anyway, when he meets an official who is older than himself, it is right to be respectful and pat himself on the back, as soon as he enters the tent, he bows his head, and praises the commander-in-chief for his good command, it is rare for an important minister of the court to be able to go to this point, but he is one of them.

"This is Master Zhang! You're welcome, please get up! ”

Female? Zhang Yaozuo looked up, and there was still only the female doll in front of him.

"My lord, it's cold on the ground, get up quickly! If you get cold, the folk girl can't afford it! Zhang Rou grinned and tried to pull him up.

"Who are you? Dare to pretend to be the commander-in-chief? Zhang Yaozuo stood up abruptly and pointed at Zhang Rou and asked.

"Huh...... Folk girl Zhang Rou, if you say that you are the commander-in-chief of disaster relief, then I am really embarrassed, it is the people's daughter. ”

"You're the one who made the ...... Commander-in-Chief, but you're not ......"

"Mr. Zhang has worked hard all the way! You are right, Miss Zhang was indeed arrested by Wang Xianyou, but she has been rescued by the lower officials. At this moment, Zhi Weizheng heard that Zhang Yaozuo was coming, so he rushed over and said to Zhang Yaozuo with a smile: "Come on, let me introduce you to the two of you, this Miss Zhang in front of me is the temporary commander-in-chief of the earthquake relief just sealed by the Holy Shang, and this adult is the privy envoy of the current dynasty, Lord Zhang!" ”

"Hello Commander-in-Chief! If you have any orders, just mention them, and the subordinates will definitely do it! Zhang Yaozuo has never regarded himself as a gentleman, and he has not been an official for many days, and his arrogance has not yet been cultivated, so he habitually hugs his thighs. In his opinion, the person who can make the emperor mobilize the field army to save people for thousands of miles is definitely not an ordinary person, and this is still a woman in front of him, and he can guess with only one-tenth of his head that he will definitely not be able to get the woman in front of him, coaxing people or something, he is the best.

"Lord Zhang is welcome! But I'm really short of manpower, and you couldn't have come at a better time."

After the two were polite, Zhang Yaozuo followed Zhang Rou's instructions and brought the sergeant he brought to join the sequence of earthquake relief.

As for why Zhang Rou came to Haozhou to be the commander-in-chief, everything has to start with Zhao Zhen's stamping of his feet......