Chapter Twenty-Four: The Failed Man of the Ming Dynasty

"Is it worth it?" Fang Wenjin asked softly.

"At this point, there's nothing worth it. Are you going to catch He Hu? I could write to him to surrender, he was not guilty of death, there was no need to cause casualties on both sides. Zhang Mingchen said very cooperatively.

"Do you think you can resist to the end with his rabble?" Fang Wenjin asked.

"Spare him a life, he can provide five thousand stone of grain as life money!" Zhang Mingchen opened the condition.

"He's dead, everything is ours!" Wang Dalun suddenly answered on the side.

"He's dead, and you won't get anything! He had bought all this grain from other places, and he was the only one who knew about it, and he was going to sell it to the grassland, but this year the grassland was also affected. Zhang Mingchen added.

"Just because he dares to be an enemy, he is dead!" Wang Dalun was very annoyed when he heard this, He Hu is really bold, he dares to do anything for money.

"Five thousand stone grain for one life, it should be a good deal! If he hadn't had this idea, where would there be so much food, and you should be able to save more people if you have so much food! ”

Zhang Mingchen said with confidence that Fang Wenjin would accept this proposal. After all, food is the main thing now.

"Daron, let them suspend the attack! Send a letter in, let He Hu surrender, hand over the food, and spare his life! Fang Wenjin still accepted Zhang Mingchen's proposal, compared to He Hu's life, food is more important.

Wang Dalun hurriedly ordered someone to pass the order, to be honest, he didn't want anyone to be injured or injured, after all, the last thing was to ask him to pay for it.

"If there are really five thousand stone of grain, Lord Zhang, I will consider sparing your life, after all, this is a countless good deed of the living people, and your crime is not worth mentioning compared to this." Fang Wenjin suddenly said with emotion.

"Then I have to thank Lord Fang for his grace not to kill!" Zhang Mingchen said with a little sarcasm, this is really fucking funny.

"I'm curious, why did you suddenly cooperate so much, if I could have been so supportive of my disaster relief work when I first came, and if I wasn't corrupt, maybe we could still be friends!" Fang Wenjin felt very strange about Zhang Mingchen's transformation.

"What's curious, I'm just for my family! Corruption is for the sake of the family to be more worry-free, and cooperating with you is also for the sake of the family to suffer less crimes in the future, if He Hu is okay, at least he can help me take care of my family. ”

Zhang Mingchen indifferently answered Fang Wenjin's question.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place! When you were corrupt, didn't you think that if something happened, it would affect your family? Fang Wenjin asked curiously.

"Lord Fang, I'm different from you! You were born into a family, and you have had no worries about food and clothing since you were a child. As for me, I am just a farmer's family, and my family has endured a lot of hardships in order to provide for my education, and in order to raise money for the exam, all the land of the family has been sold. ”

Zhang Mingchen sat down on the chair and said: "When I set off at that time, I thought that if I fell behind, I would not go back, whether I would be a staff member, a bookkeeper, or a cheater, I would definitely make up enough money to buy land." But luckily I got in! ”

"Because you are poor, all of you are desperate to make money as soon as you become an official?" Fang Wenjin asked rhetorically.

"No!" Zhang Mingchen shook his head and said: "When I first started as an official, I wanted to benefit the people, so that the people of the world are not so poor and can afford to study!" But slowly I found out that this is impossible, officialdom is a big dye vat, there is no conscience! ”

"Officialdom doesn't tolerate good people! If you want to mix in it, you have to be with the light, desperately befriend your boss, please your colleagues, if you are not corrupt, everyone will reject you, when you are an outlier! Zhang Mingchen concluded.

"You're too pessimistic, that's not an excuse for your corruption!" Fang Wenjin shook his head, looking very disagreeable.

"It's not pessimism, it's fact! When you see too many things that you can't do anything about, you will slowly become numb and slowly change! Become realistic, become more snobbish, hehe, you can't change others, you can always change yourself! Making life more comfortable for yourself and your family has become the choice of most people! ”

"You're making excuses for yourself!" Fang Wenjin shouted.

"Do you know in your heart that what I said is right, for example, how much food did you get from the imperial court for this disaster relief? If it weren't for your son-in-law's help, you would still be powerless, so you would have to watch these victims starve to death! ”

"Is it true that the imperial court can't come up with so much grain? Hum! As long as all the princes and nobles save a little bit of waste, it is enough to save all the people! The food is in their hands, but can you let them take it? ”

"Can't! Even the emperor can't, you can't do it, you are here to do all your best for disaster relief, but they are spending all day and wine, what can you do with them? There are a lot of things like this, and if you encounter them a few times, you will slowly become numb. ”

"No, it's all your excuse! Our Wenjin will never become a person like you! Fang Wenjin said firmly.

"Really? I'll see if you're the best to look like me! Zhang Mingchen said very skeptically.

"You can't see this day, with me, my father-in-law doesn't have to be corrupt at all, as for the problem you said, you can't help it, it doesn't mean I can't help it, you can wait and see how I deal with them!" Wang Dalun came in from the door and said firmly.

"You?" Zhang Mingchen said very skeptically: "You are rich, but what else can you do?" To put it mildly, you're just a rich man! ”

"I come, I see, I conquer! You can wait! Wang Dalun said lightly.

"Hahaha, fun, fun!" Zhang Mingchen laughed so much that tears were about to come out, and he said: "Your son-in-law is really worthy of a family, they are all weirdos, one does some thankless things, and the other is daydreaming all day long!" ”

"The horizon determines the realm, of course people like you who sit in the sky can't understand, I believe that with the joint efforts of people with lofty ideals, Daming will definitely get better!" Wang Dalun said with certainty that with the help of the system, if he can't change history, then he will be too unsuccessful to cross the crowd.

"I hope there will be a day when we see if you're right or I'm right!" Zhang Mingchen said proudly.

"Let's see if you have a life to live until that day!" Wang Dalun said softly, and then he said to Fang Wenjin: "Father-in-law, He Hu surrendered, and he also explained where the grain was." ”

"Well, well done! I'll go to the governor's yamen and let Governor Yang and the saint come up to decide. Master Zhang, don't worry, I will help you intercede, the worst is to save He Hu's life, I won't say that he smuggled. Fang Wenjin was about to write a chapter.

After getting Zhang Mingchen, Wang Dalun was idle again, with the support of He Hu, a big donor, and a large part of them became homeless, so Mizhi's disaster relief seemed very leisurely and without much pressure.

And there is also good news, Li Jiang sent a letter, with the help of the Fang family, he bought nearly 30,000 stone of grain from Huguang, and the Fang family is helping to transport it to Shaanxi. In the letter, Li Jiang asked to send someone to escort him when he entered Shaanxi.

"Ha Luha, good things happen one after another, I'm a local tyrant I'm afraid of whom, Ha Luha, I'm so poor that I only have money left, I admire myself, it's so great!" Wang Dalun thought proudly that at least tens of thousands of people could be saved this time.

"System, it's over this time, can I upgrade?" Wang Dalun asked with great concern, Gene Enhancement Liquid, after drinking it, there is not only happiness, but also sexual happiness.

"I can level up!" The system calculated, and said clearly.

"System, you said that I will kill Li Zicheng now, can you have more experience?" Wang Dalun suddenly asked, rice fat is Li Zicheng's hometown, the imperial court has just cut off the post station, Li Zicheng should still be gnawing old rice in Jiqian Village.

"How did you suddenly have this idea?" The system asked.

"I think, if Li Zicheng is killed, won't there be no leader behind him, won't there be a lot of deaths!" Wang Dalun explained.

"Do you know what is the necessity and accident of history? If you kill Li Zicheng, there may be some Wang Zicheng and Zhang Zicheng! Besides, are you going to kill Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai? The system asked rhetorically.

"If it can solve the problem, I don't mind doing it, a few of them die, if it's too peaceful!" Wang Dalun did not shy away from saying that he didn't worry about changing history, and if he could return to the Ming Dynasty, it meant that history had been changed.

"Hey, it's useless, the so-called times create heroes, if there is no such drought, it is estimated that Li Zicheng is still a bitter person, according to your later generations, he is simply a failed man!" The system is very up-to-date.

"No, it's not like that, but he almost became the emperor, and the Ming Dynasty let him die!" Wang Dalun said disagreeably.

"Really? You see, first he lost his job, went home to eat old rice, and then he went into debt and was beaten by creditors. The most tragic thing is that the daughter-in-law also cuckolded him, you say he is a failure? The system asked rhetorically.

"Well, it's a bit of a failure!" Wang Dalun only has deep sympathy for Li Zicheng now, and Ya's early stage was too miserable.

"Also, after he killed the creditor and the adulterer, he fled to Gansu, became a general, and after a few days, he met his boss who withheld food and salary, do you think he has any extraordinary ability from these aspects?" The system asked.

"I can't see it, his life is a coffee table, full of tragedies!" Wang Dalun now thinks back on Li Zicheng's history and feels that this guy is really a little bit back.

"So there's no need to care about him, do your job well, as long as the homeless people are controlled by you, how many chances does Li Zicheng have? And you kill him, what if you meet someone more powerful? The system reminded.

"Hey, alright! I'll let him go this time, but don't let them fall into my hands, I won't play any game of catching and releasing Cao, and I'll cut him directly if I get caught! Wang Dalun felt that the words of the system still made some sense, so he let go of Li Zicheng, a failed man.