Wishing You Eternal Happiness Chapter 803: :Hanlin Minister
At the end of the sentence, the man finally couldn't bear it anymore, squatted on the ground and cried with his head in his hands.
"Why not open the city gate..."
"If they don't open the city, what will we do?!"
"Does the court really not care about us?"
"..."
There was a commotion all around, and the man's words finally broke the only hope of the refugees in despair.
It's a mess, it's a complete mess.
A tall and strong man rushed over desperately and snatched the little girl who was protected by the woman in his arms.
The woman screamed and cried like crazy: "Child, my child, stop, please, don't..." The woman wanted to take her child back, but was mercilessly beaten by the tall man. Pushed to the ground.
There were dense crowds of people outside the city. This barbaric scene stimulated the hungry and cold refugees. Some people went to help the women **** the children, and some went to **** the children from the hands of tall and strong men.
There was a mixture of screams and curses.
First someone stepped on her hand, and then more and more people stepped on her body. It was as if no one heard the woman's screams and cries.
At this moment, a sharp and piercing gong sounded from the city gate.
The refugees stopped the riot, and the woman who was lying on the ground and escaped was shouting numbly: "Ya'er, my little Ya'er, my child..."
The refugees looked blankly at the towering city wall, with hope intertwined in their eyes. They rushed to the bottom of the city gate like crazy, beating and pushing against the city gate.
Yu Shande stood on the city wall, looking down at the dense crowds of refugees, and suddenly he understood why the rich people smelled of wine and meat, and the roads were frozen to death!
Feeling sad in his heart, he clenched the article in his hand: "...Last year, there was a flood in Zhejiang. Japanese pirates colluded with pirates and invaded the southeastern coast of our country, causing a severe reduction in food production in the south and a century-old drought in the north. The imperial court tried its best to provide relief, but it was still unable to do enough."
Is this really the case?
Isn't it because the imperial court's excessive spending and the rampant corruption of the government led to a deficit in the national treasury. In order to make up for the deficit, taxes were increased. In good years, the people could not have enough food and clothing, let alone a natural disaster?
The imperial court failed to provide disaster relief, so tens of millions of people were affected in the west and north, and millions of victims starved to death. In many areas, people died of hunger on the road, and their bones were everywhere.
This is a natural disaster and a man-made disaster.
But the article he is reading out now wants to whitewash the peace, put all the blame on natural disasters and pirates, and try his best to beautify the imperial court.
Ridiculous, so ridiculous!
Yu Shande's face was blank: "...but there is no road ahead. Princess Shaoyi tried to grow a kind of sweet potato that was introduced into the country from overseas. The imperial court confirmed that the sweet potato is dry-resistant, ridge-resistant, and has high yield. Tall, full, suitable for northern soil."
The refugees gradually became quiet, their dirty faces full of hope.
They escaped from famine all the way, visited many places, and were helped by people. Some people ate the sweet potatoes grown by Princess Shaoyi and said that sweet potatoes can survive. Many people also heard that Princess Shaoyi was a living Bodhisattva. .
The refugees did not believe in the imperial court.
They believe in Princess Shaoyi.
"King Wu Mu, who was guarding Liaodong, set up a refugee camp in the northern border and wanted to promote sweet potato cultivation in the Liaodong area, which was less severely affected in the northern border, to alleviate the famine in the northern border and even the whole country. Princess Shaoyi learned that In this matter, he did his best and went to Liaodong to assist King Wu Mu in planting sweet potatoes."
In the eyes of the world, Princess Shaoyi represented the imperial court and the Yin family. The imperial court promoted Princess Shaoyi's benevolence and virtue in order to calm the people's hearts.
Sure enough!
The numb refugees had a look of emotion on their faces.
But then, it was replaced by deeper despair and numbness. No matter how good the sweet potato is, it can't keep them from starving and keep them alive!
“The Liaodong area is vast and sparsely populated. If you want to promote sweet potato cultivation, you will need a large number of manpower. The imperial court decided to relocate some of the refugees to the northern border for resettlement.”
There are refugees at the moment who admire King Wu Mu’s Yingming. They can’t help but hold on to a glimmer of hope and ask: “Dare I ask this little brother, who are you?”
Yu Shande said: "I am the minister of the Hanlin Academy and the elder brother of Princess Shaoyi."
He was taught by the Yu family since he was a child and studied agriculture, industry and commerce. What he learned was applied in governing the world and serving the people.
Sometimes he thought, if he could muster up the courage like Song Mingzhao three years ago and be sent to a small county to become a seventh-grade sesame official, would he be able to protect the people of a place and benefit a place?
It's better than the past three years, which were wasted in the Hanlin Academy. The people I came into contact with and made friends with were all mediocre people and unworthy of company.
After the imperial court's announcement came down, he immediately rode out of the house and headed straight out of the city.
Any of the servants in the house shouted to chase him, but he turned a deaf ear.
At the end of the day, a refugee asked in confusion: "What kind of official is the Minister of the Hanlin Academy? How big is this official? Does what he says count?"
Some people also answered: "It is an official position of the sixth rank. It seems that the official position is not big, but it is a close minister of the emperor. He is responsible for drafting the emperor's words and deeds, national history, being in charge of scriptures, etc. Those who hold this position are highly valued by the emperor, and will most likely be in the future. If you can join the cabinet, you can become the cabinet minister."
"So awesome..."
"He is still the clan brother of Princess Shaoyi..."
"Did the emperor send him here?"
"..."
There was a commotion down there.
At this time, someone asked again cautiously.
"King Wu Mu is really willing to accept us refugees? Didn't he lie to us?"
"Beijing-Zhao is far away from the northern border, how do we get there?"
"Yes, we are hungry and will starve to death before we can reach the northern border. Are you trying to trick us away..."
"Guan Guan, you have no good intentions..."
"It's all a lie, you just want us to die..."
"..."
After finally calming down, the refugees became angry again. Yu Shande quickly explained: "Calm down and listen to me, calm down..."
The refugees were in chaos for a while ~IndoMTL.com~ Finally someone stood up and stopped it.
Yu Shande finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Tomorrow, the government will release grain. Each person will be given three kilograms of grain. The court will send a thousand elite soldiers to **** you to the north. When you reach the border of the north, King Wu Mu's people will come to pick you up. ..."
Three kilograms of grain, this was settled after a dispute among the courtiers.
Many people don't want to come up with this food, but if they don't come up with some food and appease the refugees first, how can the refugees go to the north obediently?
Three kilograms of grain, one meal a day, two taels of grain a meal, is only enough for fifteen days.
Beijing is relatively close to Liaodong, and there is a direct official road leading there. A large number of refugees do not have enough to eat, cannot walk fast, and the roads are dragging. It can definitely be reached in half a month.
The refugees calmed down when they heard that there was food. Even if it was only three kilograms, at least they would not die of hunger.
The leading refugee asked again: "I heard that King Wu Mu had previously used military funds to provide relief to the victims, and a large number of refugees gathered in the north. Where did the food come from?"
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