Chapter VII Floods in the South of the Yangtze River
There was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people moved to the city in groups, and countless people starved to death along the way, and the corpses were exposed on the road, eaten by wild dogs, and the crows pecked at the meat and stood on the corpses and chirped, which was really miserable. Yangzhou was surrounded by the victims, and a small Yangzhou city could not withstand the pouring of tens of thousands of victims.
Zhenzong immediately summoned all the ministers to discuss the disaster relief, and suffered this once-in-a-century catastrophic flood for the Jiangnan people's disaster, and was distressed, and all the ministers in the palace were distressed for the displacement of the people, but they wanted them to go to the front line for disaster relief, all of them prevaricated with all kinds of things, and it was a chore to go to the front line for disaster relief, and no one was willing to go!
Wang Qinruo made his own little calculations and said: "Recommend one person for the minister, and guarantee that this matter can be completed!" ”
Shinshu asked, "Who! ”
"Old General Sima Hongday!"
"Is he okay?"
There was a lot of discussion in the court, some people supported it, and some people opposed it!
Wang Qinruo whispered softly to Zhenzong, and Zhenzong immediately understood this meaning, if you want Taishan to seal Zen without anyone to stop you, you must transfer the blocker to another place, this is really a good opportunity! Immediately write the holy finger, and immediately ask the eunuch to go to Sima's house to deliver the decree.
The father-in-law came to Sima's house, and Ning Ding in the house heard that there was a holy decree arrived, so he immediately ran into the hall and told the old lady that the old lady knew that the old lady led the Sima family to receive the decree, and Sima Hongtian himself was injured and it was not suitable to get out of bed and walk around, but when he heard that the holy decree had arrived, he insisted on someone supporting him to receive the holy decree.
Sima Hongday saw the father-in-law standing there with the holy decree, and immediately led the family to greet him! The father-in-law had a good relationship with Sima Hongday, and when he saw Sima Hongday coming over, he immediately greeted him and said, "Brother, why are you doing this!" Why do you want to go against Your Majesty, this doesn't anger Your Majesty! The body is also suffering from this inexplicable pain, this is really no return! ”
Sima Hongday held his father-in-law's hand and said, "It's still that hard temper, I can't change it!" ”
"I can't change it, I have to change it! Look at your body! ”
"Your Majesty, what's going on this time!"
"I'm afraid, you're going to go out and suffer a little this time!"
"Doing things for Your Majesty, can you say that you are suffering?"
The father-in-law glanced at Sima Hongday's deep eyes, and that brave loyalty was still there! said: "Okay then, the old general will take the order!" ”
"Please declare the decree of the father-in-law!" Sima Hongday led everyone to kneel!
"Master Sima Hongday! The master has worked hard and made great achievements, and he dare not ask for it! But when I heard the great water in the south of the Yangtze River, my people in the south of the Yangtze River fell into dire straits, and I was very worried. I ordered the household department to raise 3 million taels of grain and 1 million taels of silver to go to disaster relief! I look forward to the success of the master! ”
"Emperor Xie Wu, long live, long live, long live!" Everyone thanked them.
"Then, old brother, take the order!" After speaking, the father-in-law handed the holy decree to Sima Hongday! Sima Hongday burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty Xie still believes in the old minister so much!" ”
At this time, Sima Hongxu suddenly interjected: "Grandpa, Your Majesty transferred you to Jiangnan at this time, obviously he didn't have any good intentions, and he completely wanted to transfer you out of Jingshi!" This disaster relief, my grandson is willing to go for your grandfather! ”
"Don't talk nonsense, Your Majesty has worked hard for the country and the people, and at this time he is still concerned about the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, which is a blessing for the country! If the emperor is wise and his subordinates are not greedy, my Great Song Dynasty will not be strong! Lao Chen would rather work for His Majesty's thousands of years of achievements, even if he is broken to pieces, he must open a bloody road! This trip to Jiangnan, the old minister must go! Contribute to the country, at no regret! ”
"But, Grandpa, your body! If grandpa has to go, grandchildren are willing to go with him!
"That's fine! Let you see the world."
The old lady walked next to her father-in-law, stuffed a silver ticket into her father-in-law's hand, and said, "Children talk, no big or small, please don't worry about it!" ”
When the father-in-law saw the old lady stuffing a silver ticket to himself, he was naturally happy, but he couldn't fully reveal it, so he hurriedly excused himself: "How embarrassed are you!" ”
"Father-in-law, coming so far to our Sima Mansion to announce the holy decree, this is hard work, it should be!"
"Good work, as it should be!" The father-in-law didn't want to let go of the silver ticket, so he quickly put it in his sleeve. "How embarrassing is that!"
"Please also ask my father-in-law to say a few kind words in front of His Majesty!"
"That's for sure! Okay, the slave family has other things to do, so you will send it! "Happy to go!
"Father-in-law, let's go!" The crowd said.
When my father-in-law left, everyone dispersed!
Wang Qinruo returned to the mansion, and the staff asked, "Why did the master give such a big fat difference to the old man this time!" ”
"Fat poor, not necessarily! I'm afraid that this old guy will go and never come back! ”
The staff thought for a moment and replied, "Could it be that the old man is going to transfer that old man away from the Jingshi, and then ......" made a cutting motion with the palm of his hand!
Wang Qinruo nodded!
"Master, your trick is ruthless enough!"
Then Wang Qinruo whispered in the ears of the staff, only to see the staff nodding frequently!
At this time, Wang Ruoyun heard that his father asked Sima Hongday to go to Jiangnan for disaster relief, and thought that Hongxu would definitely go with him, so he would not see Hongxu for several months, and he always felt bad in his heart. To Wang Qinruo, pestering, making trouble, hoping that her father can let her go with Hongxu!
"Daddy, how can you get Brother Hongxu to go so far to Jiangnan, so that I can't see him for ten and a half months? No, I'm going too! ”
"Girl, no, you're fooling around! They are sent to Jiangnan for disaster relief by the emperor's grace, and if you go with you, what are you doing, you can't help anything! And it didn't help! Or keep Daddy around."
"No, no, I'm going!"
"Girl, let's not join in the fun!"
"No, I have to go!" As he spoke, he hugged his head and cried!
Wang Qinruo saw her crying to death, so he had no choice but to reply: "I really can't help you!" All right! ”
"Daddy agreed!" Wang Ruoyun grimaced and jumped out!
"Promised!"
Sima Hongxu went to the household department to receive the money for disaster relief the next day, and the officials of the household department saw Sima Hongxu greet him with a smile and asked: "It turned out to be Sima Gongzi, what is the expensive thing to come to our household department!" ”
"Your Majesty wants my grandfather to go to Jiangnan for disaster relief and come to the household department to receive money and food!" Sima Hongxu said.
"What, there's such a thing! Why didn't we receive any instructions! The household official said.
"Shall I lie to you, you see, by the Divine Decree!" After Sima Hongxu finished speaking, he showed the holy decree to those officials. The household official carefully took the holy decree, watched it carefully, pondered for a long time, and said: "The number on this holy decree is too large, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our household department to gather such a large amount of silver taels and grain in a short period of time, and it is not only the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, but also disasters in other places, and everything asks our household department for money, our household department is really difficult!" It's overstretched, and I really can't take it out! ”
"You're bullying! This is a holy decree, you have delayed the disaster relief, but you will be killed! ”
"Sima Gongzi, don't scare us, we've seen a lot of this kind of thing! Otherwise, it would be very difficult for the household department right now! Sima Gongzi will take half of it to Jiangnan for disaster relief first, and we will find a way to get together the rest, and then send it to you! ”
"This is a holy decree, as much as it says, you give us a discount, and when we get to Jiangnan, who will I reason with! Besides, I don't have the authority to make this decision, so I have to go back and ask my grandfather! ”
"That's the only way, Master Sima, you still have to discuss it with the old lady, and then come to the household department!"
Sima Hongxu didn't think of such an easy thing, but he couldn't do it, hit the dust of his nose, and walked out of the household!