Murong Zheng said at this time: "Please get up!"

Lou Yun stood up at this time and said, "Lord Qiqi Qincha, I don't know if the officials are guilty of the same crime as the common people?"

Murong Zheng replied, "This is natural. ”

Lou Yun asked again: "I wonder if the government and the people are equal?"

Murong Zheng said: "Nature is equal. ”

Lou Yun asked again: "I don't know if Lord Qincha is the most important for the hundred officials or the people?"

Murong Zheng said calmly: "The people are precious, the society is secondary, the monarch is light, the monarch is still light, not to mention the official." ”

Lou Yun said at this time: "That's a good point, since Lord Qincha treats everyone equally, the grass people don't know something. ”

Murong Zheng: "Speak." ”

Lou Yun said: "Today, the grass people went to the porridge shed of the imperial court for disaster relief, and found that the porridge shed was only freshwater gruel, and what the victims ate was only a vegetable ball made of bran and weeds.

Murong Zheng stood up and walked down and said, "Yes, it was my idea. "Although Murong Zhenggui is a Qincha, there is Guo Ye behind Lou Yun, and his relationship is not as simple as one Guo Ye, he gave him a big salute this time, which is already enough face, if he gets an inch further, I am afraid it will be difficult to speak in the future.

Hearing Murong Zheng's words, Nangong Li looked at her in surprise, he couldn't believe that this was really Murong Zheng's idea.

Lou Yun asked, "Is that not enough food for disaster relief?"

Murong Zheng didn't hide it, he said bluntly: "Don't hide it from the owner of the autumn village, the disaster relief food is indeed insufficient. ”

Lou Yun took a small step forward and said: "Then why do the officers and soldiers who supervise the porridge shed eat white flour cakes, while the hungry victims eat dumplings made of bran? ”

Murong Zheng said: "This is also a matter of last resort, one pound of rice can be exchanged for three pounds of bran, which means that one person's food can be saved, and now three people can be saved." The money issued by the imperial court was not enough, and if they did not do so, the victims would starve to death. ”

Lou Yun shook his head, this is obviously a fallacy and heresy.

Lou Yun asked: "In this case, why, the officers and soldiers eat white noodles, but today Lord Qincha and your parents and officials are drinking and having fun in Zangchun Tower, not hiding it from Lord Qincha, I once went to Zangchun Tower with my brother-in-law, and that meal was at least a thousand taels of silver, and this thousand taels of silver, ordinary farmers can't earn so much in a lifetime." Rice grain is only a few dozen wen a bucket, and if this thousand taels of silver is exchanged for grain, I don't know how much rice grain can be bought. ”

Murong Zheng nodded again and again and then said, "Yes, that meal cost a total of 1,500 taels including the reward for the girls. But has the owner of the Autumn Village ever wondered, why did I do this?"

Lou Yun snorted coldly and said, "This is also what I want to ask Lord Qincha." As a Qincha, he didn't put the people first, and actually had fun, and those officers and soldiers ate clean white noodles, but the victims ate vegetable balls that were difficult to swallow, which would make the people feel cold. Aren't you afraid of stirring up a popular uprising?"

Murong Zheng said lightly: "Those officers and soldiers are there to maintain order. ”

Lou Yun stared at him blankly, his pupils shrinking. He couldn't believe that this sentence came from the mouth of Lord Qincha, and it was also from Murong Zheng's mouth, just half a month ago, Murong Zheng saved all their people on the ship of the Star Tower, and he was still grateful to him, but he didn't expect that his words today really disappointed him.

Lou Yun was just about to open his mouth, but at this time, Murong Zheng sighed and said, "Master Qiuzhuang should not be in a hurry to reprimand me. I also have something to say, and I ask the owner of the autumn village to listen quietly. ”

Lou Yun snorted coldly, he wanted to see what else Murong Zheng had to say, but this time he saw it all.

Murong Zheng said: "As a messenger, I came to relieve the disaster on the orders of the emperor, how could I abandon the people and ignore it? It's a pity that I have more than enough heart and not enough strength." ”

Nangong Li said at this time: "Senior brother, you are a Qincha, behind you is the imperial court, and even represents the emperor, how can you have enough spare energy?"

Murong Zheng sighed again, and then he sat on the chair next to him, looking very depressed, even decadent. It's like a person who has exhausted his qi, where is he still like the young owner of Baijian Villa, Qin Cha.

Murong Zheng said: "I also have my difficulties, and I also have difficulties in being an official, it's not that I don't want to use rice and grain to help the victims, but unfortunately I can't do anything." All I can do now is keep them from starving. ”

"The owner of the autumn village must regard me as, a corrupt official who is powerful and does not care for the people's livelihood, but I also have no way, first of all, the disaster relief silver issued by the imperial court, this time not only these displaced victims, the most tricky is the breach of the Yellow River embankment, now the repair of the Yellow River embankment is the top priority, if before the flood season, the breach of the embankment is not repaired, then the gap will only get bigger and bigger, and then it will only be out of control, and now it is just some emasculated farmland and houses. ”

"At that time, it may be Luoyang City and Bianzhou City that will be submerged. It will not only be those outside the city who will be displaced. It's the people of the entire Zhongzhou. So before all this happens, repair the gap in the Yellow River embankment. This is the only way to avoid further displacement. ”

Lou Yun also calmed down, he is also a sensible person, indeed, repairing the embankment is the top priority, if the embankment is not repaired, then more people will be displaced.

Lou Yun's tone was calm now, and he said, "That can't give those things to the disaster victims." The officials ate much better than the victims. This real number is chilling. ”

Murong Zheng said again: "Save the people first and save the officials, only if the officials are fed first, then they will save the people." If they don't have enough to eat, then who will save the people? Although I am called a chincha, I am weak and weak, and it is the officials below who really help the victims. Otherwise, how can I distribute tens of thousands of stone of grain to the victims alone?"

Although Lou Yun wanted to refute, what he said seemed to be very reasonable, that's right, if there were no officials and officers and soldiers below, who would distribute so much food to the victims?

Murong Zheng continued: "There is also the fact that I sent those officers and soldiers to maintain order, because hunger will make people crazy, and it is inevitable that someone will get in the way of it, or even take risks. Send them to maintain order and uphold the dignity of the law. ”

At this time, Qiu Yuling asked: "If this is the case, then there is no rice in the pot of the victims, is it because the silver allocated by the imperial court is not enough?"

(End of chapter)