Early the next morning, several stoves were set up in the door of Ping'an Fang, on which sat large clay pots and boiled hot water.

When Zhu Youzhen came to Fangmen on a red war horse, Chang Yanling greeted him with a complaint.

"Your Highness, let me do this kind of work early in the morning, won't you just command a few subordinates?"

Zhu Youzhen hated the iron and kicked Chang Yanling, "If they can be relied on, why should I instruct you, master." Do you think it's easy for you to try 100 households in this brocade guard? ”

"Your Highness said it earlier, I'll keep an eye on it." Chang Yanling pouted.

"Call your Excellency." Zhu Youzhen said angrily.

"Your Excellency is angry." Chang Yanling hurriedly whispered.

Zhu Youzhen sighed, these noble sons are indeed loyal and righteous, but their prodigal temperament is really a headache.

Lift the wooden lid, stir it with a spoon, and scoop up a few pieces of mutton.

"Pour some more pepper and salt, cut ten more white radish, how to eat the clear soup with little water?"

Chang Yanling sighed and sighed to do it, he always wanted to go to the Jinyi Wei Qianhu Yamen in the west of the city to see, and he didn't want to stay in the poor place of Ping'anfang.

When a spoonful of lamb and white radish could float on it, Zhu Youzhen nodded and asked the lieutenant next to him, "Has Jinyiwei's widow been counted?" ”

The chief hurriedly said: "The statistics have come out, there are seventy-three households, but the widow over there in the east factory saw it and also made a noise to count it." ”

Everyone knows that this is a benefit, and the orphans on the side of the East Factory naturally want to get involved.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it, it was pitiful enough for a lonely widow with a child to live a difficult life, but their husband still died for the country's loyalty, if he didn't care, he might not be able to sleep at night.

Zhang Shize handed over the roster, and the orphans of the East Factory had been counted on it.

This is the difference between Zhang Shize and Chang Yanling, he always does things without leakage, but Chang Yanling always wants to be a subordinate and handle big cases majestically.

Zhang Shize walked on the road with the lieutenant chief, knocking on the gong to let the people of Ping'an Fang come out.

In fact, there is no need for them to call, many people with sharp noses have already walked out of the house, and they have been drooling when they smell the fragrant mutton soup.

When the crowd was almost gathered, the lieutenant looked back.

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and the lieutenant told the story of the thousands of households in Jinyi Wei in the west of the city, and the current thousand households are led by Wu Xiang, with Zhang Shize and Chang Yanling under his hands, and the rest of the noble sons serve as the general flag and small flag officials.

Ping'an Fang is in the west of the city, and most of these residents are coolies and hawkers, and suddenly they think that this is the newly appointed official asking for benefits, and their faces are ugly.

When the chief said that when the people of Ping'an Fang were invited by the thousands of households in Jinyi Wei in the west of the city to eat bread and drink mutton soup, none of the people came forward.

This made Chang Yanling very unhappy, he ran over early in the morning to cook mutton soup, and ended up like this.

The rest of the noble sons were also angry, clamoring to kick the clay pot over and let this group of people who didn't know the current affairs drink the northwest wind.

In the end, it was Zhu Youzhen who stood up, he glared at Chang Yanling, who was the most ferocious, and looked at the people on the side and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Wang Qianhu has been exploited for a long time, the people are poor, and many Jinyi Wei family members have no surplus food to live, and this king already knows about this." Today, I will prepare a little mutton soup for everyone to fill your hunger, please listen to me. ”

At this time, a strong man in sackcloth asked loudly, "Dare to ask your lordship, but your Royal Highness the King of Letters?"

Zhu Youzhen nodded in acknowledgement.

Where did I think that the strong man bowed his head when he heard the words, and said loudly: "The virtuous king is the master of the people, kills the traitor, the villain admires, and is willing to be the forerunner of His Highness." ”

The people were in an uproar, they didn't expect that the young adult in front of them would be His Royal Highness King Xin, who protected the country and the people.

Who is His Royal Highness King Shin? It is a good king, a good man who is the master of the people, how can he ask for benefits.

The dense crowd of villagers knelt on the ground, and the chaotic shouts made Zhu Youzhen only smile and release his kindness.

Finally waited for the residents to calm down, Zhang Shize wore the official uniform of 100 households, and loudly beckoned the residents to line up for dinner.

Five teams from afar, each with a pot of mutton soup and two pastries, even the children are so many.

One of the teams was significantly smaller, this was the team of Jinyiwei and Dongchang orphans, whose father, brother and husband sacrificed for the country and deserved preferential treatment.

Therefore, they had the most mutton soup and turnips, and they could also get one more bread, and the grievances against the dead turned into nostalgia, and for the first time they felt some value of the death of their father, brother and husband.

The poorest people in this group of people in Heian Fang were treated favorably by His Royal Highness King Xin, and the rest of the people were full of curiosity, calmness, or resentment.

But these are not over yet, when Zhu Youzhen announced in public that in the future, the bereavement pension of the orphans of Jinyiwei and Dongchang will be restored, and according to the official position before his death, he can receive three to ten buckets of grain per month, and the entire Ping'an Fang fell into a huge shock.

The orphans stood there in amazement, while the rest of the people looked at them with envy and hatred.

This means that in the future, as long as His Royal Highness is in the presence of the king for a day, these orphans will be able to get three to ten buckets of grain for free every month, and they will no longer go hungry, and there will even be surplus food to sell.

The big surprise made the group of orphans kneel on the ground and cry loudly.

There is no dignity in losing a man's door, anyone can crush them in the dispute, good work will never be their turn, hunger, cold and poverty, how many nights have they thought of hanging themselves on the beams of the house.

But looking at the children who were waiting to be fed and the empty rice jar, they still had to get up early the next day to wash clothes for others and do work to survive.

But from today on, they don't have to live such desperate days again, as long as His Royal Highness is in the first day, no one will dare to bully them anymore, and their days will only get better day by day.

After announcing the bereavement pension for the orphans, Zhu Youzhen announced that the old and sick people in Jinyiwei and Dongchang can receive three buckets of grain per month, and the rest of those who are over 50 years old can receive one bucket per month until they die.

asked Zhang Shize to lead someone to help up the old people kneeling on the ground, Zhu Youzhen sighed helplessly again.

The people of Ping'an Fang are so poor, so poor that the old man has no use and can only die quickly, which is a calm and tragic thing. However, a prosperous nation cannot lack old people, and the experience of a long life stimulates the wisdom of the nation and guards the conscience of the continuation of the nation.

Jinyiwei and the orphans of Dongchang have benefited, and the old man has a way to live, and the rest of the people are inevitably jealous.

Zhu Youzhen also announced that he would build a workshop and repave the road, which was not a small task. Big workers, small workers and helpers all have wages to get, and the people can choose by themselves, and every morning a bowl of gruel, two cakes and a bowl of mutton soup in the afternoon, no money.

Working for the workshop not only has wages, but also food every day, and the lively residents finally showed a smile and happily asked the chief to sign up.

Wu Xiang stood quietly behind Zhu Youzhen, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, your subordinates know that you are kind-hearted, and you don't have any compensation for your loyalty to the country, but this pension costs nearly 100 taels of silver per month, plus the rebuilding of the workshop road and the provision of two meals, this together I am afraid that it will cost thousands of taels of silver, is this silver public or private?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Of course it's a public out, do you want me to pay out of my own pocket." ”

Wu Xiang shook his head and said: "The pension household department will not come out with this money, and the silver from the repair workshop road and the fang warehouse will not be released by the Wanping County Yamen, and the subordinates don't know how His Highness can get the silver from this group of iron roosters." ”

Zhu Youzhen was very dissatisfied when he heard it, "Master, my face, they dare not give it?" ”

"Since His Highness slapped all the civil officials in the face in Chengtianmen, who else cares about His Highness's face." Wu Xiang said helplessly.

"Isn't it okay for me to pay for it myself?"

"I'm afraid not." Wu Xiang said with a serious expression: "The bereavement is the right of the military department and the household department, and His Royal Highness rashly implements it, I am afraid that he will inevitably be impeached." Even if His Highness is not afraid of impeachment, they will do everything possible to prevent His Highness from issuing bereavement pensions, unless they are not afraid of the rest of the guard barracks making trouble and ask them for bereavement pensions. As for the construction of workshops and granaries, this is still possible. ”

Zhu Youzhen patted Wu Xiang's shoulder and grinned: "It is a matter of course for the court to issue a bereavement pension, and the military department and the household department are unwilling, so this matter really can't be done?" Since their civil servants like to speak etiquette the most, it is a big deal for me to argue with them about this reason. ”

After speaking, he said loudly to Zhang Shize: "The pension of Ping'an Fang will be issued today." ”