"Anyway, the people above are not mentally stable, and their ideas become very fast."

Ergou nodded: "I originally thought that the people above were moody, listening to your sister-in-law, I feel that my temperament is quite stable, and I always look at the situation, in fact, Shen Hong has not done anything wrong at all, if the situation of the second prince is good, he will only be strongly supported and praised for doing these things, and now he is bored like this only because the situation has changed." ”

Lin Piao said: "They don't have their own criteria, haven't you noticed, for example, if it were me, the matter of building water conservancy is a very good thing no matter what the situation is, benefiting the country and the people should itself become a criterion, but their criterion is fluid, with the change of the situation, the change of the chips on the plate and change, good and bad are not important, only in the final result, and all the results are only to maintain a seemingly correct self." ”

After hearing this, Ergou thought for a long time and nodded: "That's the case, so some people often say that ruthlessness and unrighteousness are true, and ruthlessness can go to the end, but they always say that this kind of person probably won't have a good result in the end, and he can win many people on the road, but in the end, he has a hole, the situation is always changing, and he can't do it without his own criteria and foundation." ”

Ergou is a little enlightened, in fact, he has been thinking about this problem, but he thinks about it less, from time to time to think about it, sometimes look at others ruthless and unjust, do things ruthlessly, can always climb up fast, a moment of infinite scenery, he always can't help but think, as long as he also takes that road, he may not go bad, he may not also have that kind of scenery, but think of the family people will still retreat, feel that can not go too far.

He hasn't established his own standards yet, no matter how Shen Hong manages his network, but he is essentially studying to improve his ability and doing things to benefit the people, these boundaries are very clear, so what about him? What are the regulations he must follow? What did he most want to achieve?

Ergou couldn't think clearly for a while, so he could only look at Lin Piao: "That little sister-in-law, is the situation bad now?" ”

"No, everyone knows that Shen Hong was pointed out to the second prince by him, even if the second prince is really not good, he will have a chance to continue to mix with others, and now he can't say anything, although the emperor is also a swinging person, but after all, he is still young."

Although he is middle-aged, he is only in his forties, and he has no short-lived hobbies, and since he begged the rainy master to escape, it is estimated that he will no longer believe in these Taoist priests, and it is unlikely that he will find a Taoist priest to engage in alchemy and eat pills in the short term and a few years.

Now it can be regarded as the beginning of a chaotic situation at most, anyway, in a place like Shangjing, there is chaos every year, and Lin Piao is more worried about whether Shen Hong can eat and sleep well outside at the moment.

After they chatted, Lin Piao also knew what Ergou was worried about, so he was relieved that he didn't have to think about it anymore, so he let him go back to his yard to sleep.

Ergou returned to his room in the courtyard and lay on the bed, realizing in his heart that he just wanted to climb up, and did not really want to do anything, Erzhu wanted to fight a war and defend his family and country, and Shen Hong wanted to do something beneficial for his family and country, and he seemed to only think about making money.

What does he think? He didn't seem to think of anything, he just wanted his family to be good, he entered the court, one is to mix well, to be developed, if he has to play any role, I hope he can occupy a position that can help Shen Hong and Erzhu, so that they can do what they want to do more comfortably, so that the family and the outside are better and happier, this is all his thoughts.

They stayed in Beijing, and every time the Ministry of Water Resources or the emperor sent someone to check on the situation and inquire about the disaster, Lin Piao would ask them to bring something to Shen Hong.

When autumn came, the season was hotter than summer, and people could smoke while standing in the sun, and Lin Piao found that the relief of this disaster was not very good, and he heard that the displaced people had fled all the way north to the prosperous areas, which had already caused trouble.

The Fourth Prince, who was not reckless at this time, did not know which of the military divisions under his command gave good ideas, saying that there was a shortage of people on the border, why should they encircle and suppress these people, it was better to directly recruit them, it just so happened that the bandits were basically tall and strong, and they were certainly better than ordinary strong men who were requisitioned.

So the emperor handed over the matter to the four princes, who were responsible for co-ordinating these bandits.

Lin Piao heard that there were already displaced people outside Beijing, most of them were women, children and ordinary men, and he didn't know where they came from.

The gate of Shangjing City was strictly guarded, and there were rumors that they fled all the way, and I don't know how many people died, all of them were dirty, smelly, and had problems with hygiene, and they were afraid of some epidemic on their bodies.

This is what ancient people feared the most, and people wanted to avoid it as soon as they died too much, and the epidemic was like the name of the Lord of Yama, which was the curse of death.

Shangjing did not welcome these displaced people, and only some people who liked to do good deeds set up porridge sheds outside Shangjing and gave them porridge.

Lin Piao also organized it, and asked the idle laborers in the house to go outside the city, boil a bucket of porridge every day and send it out, and set up a porridge shed to let them rest by the way.

Although the porridge is thin, but if you drink a bowl a day, your life will continue, Lin Piao thought that it was also pitiful, so she sent a letter to a few Tongxi Lou, Shangjing, Luodu, the state capital, the county government, everywhere, if there are displaced people entering the city or outside the city, please ask them to build a porridge shed to give porridge and relieve it.

Lin Piao's influence is limited, but he still tries his best to convey it, after all, the days are long, and the future will only get more and more intense, and there will be no harvest in this year, and there will only be more and more people who can't live the days, and a bowl of porridge can be a life.

Lin Piao was also very worried about the situation in the south in Shangjing, and now that the situation is so bad, is there really anyone willing to dig ditches when they dig them? In this case, there are only two possibilities: either the local laborers who are found have a reason and a noble love for digging ditches, or they can eat and live.

But now that there is war on the border and drought in the south, this and there is a levy, and it feels like it is a process of consumption.

In the process, Shen Hong sent many letters, all of which were to keep him safe and greet his family, and then asked Lin Piao if he was okay at home, if he had encountered anything or something, and every time Lin Piao replied to him, he asked him if he needed money, and if there was a place where he needed money, he could find a reliable chain bank nearby to take a little.

His only worry was that Shen Hong had insufficient funds outside, so he had to do something out of his own pocket.

Ergou's luck is very evil, this year's world is not good, he is a big Wangte Wang, because the above is promoted by the chief to say good things, plus there is a vacancy, such a good opportunity appeared in front of him, and he changed from an idle job of sorting out information to commenting on things, of course, the most crucial point is that he himself is smart, and he has the identity of a showman, and he has a legitimate reputation, and he can also get a reason for promoting him if he wants to elevate him, let him try some cases, observe the details and circumstances of the case, and gain insight into some peopleHe can still deduce it, and he is on the right track.

And Erzhu's side, since he was taken away by the Xiang family, the atmosphere of the Xiang family is not good, but it has no effect on him at all, a burst of pigs advance, because the control is loose, and even encourages his behavior, he rushes out at every turn to quack and kill, and after killing, his superiors still shield him, and every time he says that he ordered it, he has insight into the flaws of the other party, and deliberately let Huchen chase after him and ambush him.

Anyway, the second pillar can usually win eight times if it hits ten times, and the remaining two are usually fought for their lives until both sides are busy running and don't want to entangle, so they come back with half a life.

The eight times he won were all orders from his superiors anyway, and the two times he lost were all self-inflicted Zhang beat the two whips, and these news were all heard by Ergou and summarized to Lin Piao, where did Ergou dare to tell Ergou.

"I'm afraid that I will tell the second aunt, and the second aunt will cry in distress when she hears it, so let's listen to it ourselves.

"Erzhu has been with them for so long now, and he has been promoted from deputy captain to squad leader, and they are also afraid that he will cause trouble in his army, so they only want to use him, but they don't want to promote him. It was like fighting in the ring, although the Qi family was strict and did not agree with him when following the Qi family, they were protective of him, and now the Xiang family is very indulgent to him, but they are disregarding his life and safety.

Ergou also sighed: "Little sister-in-law, you said that we should go to find a relationship and take the path of the fourth prince, if he relaxes, Erzhu will definitely have a much better life." ”

"He is not on the battlefield, how useful can he be to speak, far water can't save the near fire, the person who is in charge of him on the second pillar has to pay more attention to the second pillar, and is willing to train him well and promote him in order for things to turn around."

But this matter is too difficult, they have no relationship with the army, if Shen Hong can still find a relationship to do a resource exchange, a few of them can not operate this situation, so they have to write a letter to Shen Hong first, let him give a subject, the letter is not clearly written, Shen Hong has always written euphemistically, afraid that the letter will fall into the hands of others to cause trouble, Lin Piao did not say let him do something like this, only greeted, talked about the situation of the family, and talked about the situation of the two pillars at the border, he saw that the situation of the two pillars was not good, and he knew in his heart.

When the weather turned cooler, the thieves flowed around, causing a lot of things, what intercepted and killed passers-by on the mountain is still a trivial matter, robbing the government and materials to make the imperial court really begin to pay attention to and anger, this year can be called the first year of the current emperor's majesty, in the past 40 years he has enjoyed the prosperity left by the previous generation, it is estimated that he has not been so uncomfortable.

The emperor sent troops to suppress the bandits, and they wrote an article, and there were so many bandits, and it was not impossible to find anyone who had read a book, and he returned an article to them, and he scolded the emperor with high emotions for not being a thing, and he didn't care how many people died of the great drought, and he didn't care how many people died of disaster, and he didn't care how many people died of hunger, and how many families were separated.

At this time, the emperor remembered Shen Hong again, and hurriedly flaunted the water conservancy repair on his chest: "I have ordered people to vigorously build water conservancy!" How do these short-sighted rats know my intentions! My vision is far-reaching! ”

In short, after jumping his feet, the emperor had to look at one important point: the relief food was really being allocated, so why did these people say that they hadn't eaten a single grain? Is the mouth so hard to hit a rake? Or did you really not eat at all?

Even if he is the emperor, he feels a little ridiculous, he knows that corruption is difficult to stop, but he is all greedy, and he doesn't do anything, and he ignores him as an emperor too much, right?

So the emperor ordered an anti-corruption team to be assembled and asked to go south to inspect and find out what the problem was.

Ergou was anxious to make meritorious contributions, so he hurriedly found a relationship and plunged into it; even if others avoided this matter, he didn't care about it and went in and mixed up with a small follower; anyway, one of the main personnel was a member of the Dali Temple, and he followed the boss above to become a small minion, which was naturally used to improve his qualifications.

These are going out again, and the second aunt and Uncle Qiu really know what it means to be a big disappointment.

Ergou didn't feel very much: "I might be able to meet Shen Hong when I go this time, go and see how his ditch is repaired, and if I really see him, I will write back." ”

"You go to pay attention to safety this time, before you were in Beijing, I thought you didn't have to be too flattering, you still have to do your own thing, but now that you are going out to check this kind of thing, don't save your effort, use the strength to please you, and control the contacts in all directions, so as not to get out of trouble."

Lin Piao is really worried about Ergou, Shen Hong went out to repair the ditch and only suffered a little, if he did a good job, he might not even suffer hardship, but Ergou went to the assassination list, anyway, among all the literary and artistic works that Lin Piao had seen, when he went out to investigate this kind of disaster relief and corruption case, the first thing those officials found out about was to ask for a person, to come to a ga, to come to two ga, to a pair, the emperor Weifu private visit had to be forced to go to this kind of thing.

Ergou saw that Lin Piao was so worried, and nodded again and again: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, aunt Qiu, you can rest assured, how can I offend people when I go out, I will definitely handle it well everywhere, and if I am obedient, nothing will go wrong, even if someone else goes wrong, I will definitely not let myself be in danger." ”

The second aunt nodded when she heard him say this: "I don't know what year it is this year, I have to go out to develop, I hope I can all return home as soon as possible, and all of them will come back early for a good reunion." ”

Ergou nodded: "That's for sure!" ”

Chapter 152

Ergou packed up and left, he went out without Shen Hong's battle, he went out to be a follower, and Xing Li couldn't take too much, after all, there was no need to take root in the south, the main focus was a patrol, and the officials above couldn't bring too much, so he naturally had to put on a posture.

There are only two things to be brought as usual, one is a large piece of jerky, which is prepared by Da Zhuang, and the other is clothes, which are prepared by Xiaoyue and Juan'er.

Jerky is the driest kind of thin slices of meat, without too much seasoning, only sprinkled with a little sesame seeds to add flavor, cut into square slices, packed into a bag like a small tile, whether it is when there is no food to eat, cut some down with scissors to cook and eat, or when hungry to hold and nibble to supplement nutrition, are very portable, because it is very dry, and there is no oil, there is no need to be packed in a container like oil-soaked jerky, just take a large piece of oiled paper and wrap it in the baggage of clothes.

Then there was the money on the body, and the money bag should be filled with it, and the scattered silver and copper plates should be brought with them, so that there should be no inconvenience.

In this way, early the next morning, Ergou carried his schoolbag and food box, and hurriedly went out to meet his boss to catch the car.

Watching him disappear into the alley, Lin Piao and the others stood at the door of the mansion and watched for a while before turning back and entering the mansion.

"Okay, now that the three of us have gone out, we have to cheer up in Beijing, so that when they need anything, we can meet them in Shangjing."

Everyone nodded, then gathered together and talked, and then went about their own business.

The situation in autumn has only become more tense, both on the material and spiritual levels, and it is quite tense to be nervous, after all, this is originally the harvest season, and those who have survived the summer can hardly stand up to the autumn grains without harvesting.

Even if it is as far away as Shangjing, there are many children in the south who have been collected from the south for the people in Shangjing, and these children have been carefully selected, and the ordinary ones have changed hands in other places, and this batch of children has been specially reserved for Shangjing, and all of them are very good-looking.

The better news is that Ergou Xin told him the news of Shen Hong.

Little sister-in-law, don't worry about Shen Hong, he is doing well in the south, now he is building a ditch where he is, looking very decent, he is in charge of things here, and also takes care of disaster relief, he is in charge of bridges, dozens of villages before and after, three or four county governments, are very stable, the strong men here have been incorporated to dig ditches, the female brother will cook and do logistics, and every day he can get some rice from the government to go home to cook, Shen Hong also lobbied some squires and wealthy households, so that they can donate some rice and grain to the strong men who dig ditches as labor subsidies. Although the ground is dry, the water level of the well has dropped a lot, but it has not dried up, everyone always has water to drink, as long as there is grain in the pot, nothing has happened, we stayed at Shen Hong's place for a day, compared with what we saw on the road in the past, it was simply a fairyland-like tranquility.

When Lin Piao looked at the letter, he thought to himself that Shen Hong had indeed reported good news and not bad news, and Shen Hong's letter had always said that he was doing well and had never lacked food and clothing.

Lin Piao couldn't help but be proud in his heart, this is Shen Hong, there will be no big things in the place where he is, what is the deep hidden merit and fame, this is it, there are disasters everywhere, everywhere is not eating and making trouble, only Shen Hong's surroundings have contributed food and efforts to solve the situation, to say that Shen Hong has not exerted his strength in it Lin Piao does not believe it, now that corruption is investigated, those officials should burn high incense for Shen Hong.

Everyone sat around reading the letter, and the second aunt couldn't help but sigh: "The second dog still speaks truthfully, whether he can eat or drink water, and Shen Hong also reports good news but not bad news. ”

Da Zhuang said: "Brother Shen Hong didn't tell a lie, where is there food and water, but he just doesn't want to worry his family too much." ”

Lin Piao was in a good mood: "Since he can control the affairs of a hundred miles away, it means that he can control the people over there, and there will be no problems, but I don't know if anyone has reported this matter to the imperial court now?" ”

This is an extraordinary achievement, and it is necessary to earn a little reward.

After Lin Piao finished asking, he asked himself and replied: "It is estimated that I will not be busy now, and I am anxious, but when everything is done, it will be done." ”

His appearance made Uncle Qiu laugh: "Piao'er, you can't see Shen Hong suffer at all, I'm afraid that no one will praise him for doing good deeds." ”

"That's for sure, how can no one praise you for running out and suffering for a trip and doing so well?" Lin Piao is right.

The second aunt said: "Naturally, when Shen Hong comes back, we must give him a great commendation, otherwise the king of heaven and Lao Tzu will not be able to say it." ”

Their daily routine now is to wait for letters, read letters, and the situation in the south is not good, the situation on patrols is not good, and the situation at the border is not good, so they just wait for letters from Shen Hong and Ergou Erzhu, so that they can know how they are doing, whether they are safe, and how things are progressing.

After all, the winning or losing of the war has more things to affect, and how you have recently advanced and retreated, how the Qi family army is fighting, and how the Xiang family army is fighting, things have always been one after another, and the news of the battle situation is constantly changing, and the news transmitted back to Shanghai is also changing day by day, so that the people in Beijing are always worried about the next news.

Lin Piao did not forget to write to them when they went to Beijing, because Ergou lost the right to receive letters because he was on the move, and only Shen Hong and Erzhu could get letters to ask for, and their greatest hope for Shen Hong in the letter was that he hoped that he would end this matter as soon as possible this year and return for the Chinese New Year.

Of course, this is a good expectation, and they also know that the possibility is a bit low, and Lin Piao and his second aunt Uncle Qiu have even discussed that if he really can't come back, they will go to him for a reunion during the New Year, just so that the New Year and birthday can be spent together.

Birthdays are also plain, now they are not short of food and clothing, everyone's birthday is to hold a table of delicious food, gifts, if there are friends to invite, then invite some friends to come to the house to play, the most important thing is that everyone gets together.

They did their calculations and wrote about this incident in a letter to Erzhu, without mentioning that they had planned to find Shen Hong, because they were afraid that Erzhu would be too far away and would not be able to find him, so they said that they were waiting for Shen Hong to come back for a reunion during the Chinese New Year, and they also hoped that he would come back early to reunite for the New Year.

After all, Shen Hong only went out this year, but Erzhu went out last year, and they haven't been together for a year, so I don't know if he will be able to come back this year.

Shen Hong opened the letter in the room, looked at the plain greetings in the letter, and the words of looking forward to his return to Beijing for the New Year, looked at the letter paper for a long time, and couldn't help the smile on the corner of his mouth.

After reading it, Shen Hong folded the letter and put it back in the envelope, which he put into a small cabinet along with the letter he had received earlier.

The house was shabby, desolate on all sides, the earth was lifeless, and his simple yard was already a very neat and decent existence here.

If he thinks about it, he can naturally go back, but the situation here cannot be easily shaken off, and once he leaves, there is no one to mediate, and the situation can only get worse.

But if he leaves here, all the balance will be broken, even if the ditch is repaired, I am afraid that it will not last long, Shen Hong's eyes moved, and he looked at Lan Hui and Rong Bi on the side.

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Border.

Erzhu received a letter from home, several pages as usual, but it was not as thick as before, before the family told him that Shen Hong went to the south to dig soil, naturally Shen Hong would not write to him, and later said that Ergou also went to the south, saying that it was to see the problem of distributing food.

Erzhu originally thought that he was the most worried at home, but he didn't expect Shen Hong and Erzhu to read so many books, and they were so worried.

He looked at the letter and couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself that it was really not easy to mingle in the imperial court now, that it was impossible to save some effort, and that there was only hope if he worked hard to die.

Erzhu was originally very emotional, but when he turned to the back, he was shocked when he saw that he was waiting to reunite with Shen Hong for the New Year.

Shen Hong will be able to return to Beijing in such a while?

Ergou returned to Beijing as soon as he knew it, after all, the main thing was to investigate things, not something that needed to be spent a long time, but Shen Hong was able to reunite with his family in a blink of an eye, and he was suddenly envious in his heart.

Turning another page, I saw that it said that I miss him very much, waiting to reunite with him, and have Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home together.

Erzhu suddenly felt a little irritable in his heart, this separation and reunion, the family had set a good date, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was arranged and waited for him to return, so that he could not look at it in his heart!

I can't wait to fly back on horseback.