Chapter seven hundred and seventy-seven: the heart of the people (eighth)
The sound of longing forever echoing in Baohe Hall.
Zhu Houzhao had never felt this way. He suddenly realized that he had only done a little thing in Datong. In fact, from the beginning, he had not cared about the victims much, but unexpectedly, he received such a sincere response.
He was a little moved. It was hard for anyone to move him in this life. It was like a bad student who was suddenly praised for his unintentional actions. But whether he believed it or not, things actually happened.
I took a deep breath again, and my eyes became wet again.
He couldn't help but look at Ye Chunqiu, who had also bowed down. At this time, he was very inconspicuous among the crowd, but Zhu Houzhao was very grateful to him. In fact, he knew that all this was Ye Chunqiu's credit, he was the one who ate acne, he stabilized the guards, he implemented the porridge, he established the order, and he was the one who received the flowers and applause.
Ye Chunqiu, who was kneeling on the ground at this time, was very pleased. Brother-in-law did not bear his trust. His Majesty went to Datong and would definitely ignite the anger of the entire government and the public. How could a clear-flowing official like Ye Chunqiu not know about public opinion?
He also knew that once the anger of the crowd gathered, someone would inevitably use it to rectify himself, so he had already made arrangements before leaving Datong, and the one in Datong was his brother-in-law Wang Shouren.
More than 70,000 blood marks were beyond Ye Chunqiu's expectations. He originally wanted to gather a few thousand people, after all, thousands were definitely worth considering numbers in this era, which was enough to solve the troubles after returning to Beijing.
But I never expected that this number would be 70,000. At this time, even Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but be shocked. After all, no one was full and would like to bite his fingers.
In this era, there is a deep concept that the body and hair are affected by parents and should not be easily damaged, and... biting your fingers hurts.
Who knew that when Wang Shouren arranged for someone to propose a joint report, the whole Datong was in full bloom.
Even Ye Chunqiu didn't know that countless victims almost surrounded the entire prefectural yamen for more than a dozen circles. What was even more unexpected was that someone spontaneously organized themselves, brought their own straw paper, and then let their neighbors gather together to press their handprints. Everyone regarded this joint memorial as an extremely sacred thing, that is, the old man and the old woman in their sixties and seventies were unwilling to fall behind. The young lady who dared not come out of the boudoir also pressed blood marks on their incense palettes and handed them out. The endless stream of people sent the straw paper, fragrant palettes, and pages of torn to the prefectural palette to the prefectural palette. This was a mobilization that did not require mobilization at all. They just wanted to express their emotions and wanted to express their gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.
It took less than seven days to collect these, and in seven days, a total of 73,962 blood marks were collected and set off. The two heavy boxes represented the rock-solid hearts of the people, which were more powerful than all testimony and even the most exaggerated and praising words.
For safety reasons, Wang Shouren did not rush to send the memorial to the palace, but sent it to the Ye family first.
Although Ye Chunqiu was detained in Dali Temple, when he knew that Jiao Fang wanted to mobilize him, he did not choose to send the memorials immediately, but instructed the Ye family to hide these memorials for the time being. Today... it is when they regain the light of day.
It is also today that Jiao Fang smugly thought that Ye Chunqiu had no way out, and decided to take risks and give Ye Chunqiu a fatal blow. Now, he has been completely exposed.
Although Jiao Fang also fell to the ground, it was better to say that he was collapsed to the ground than saying that he was because at this moment, his body was constantly trembling.
His foundation comes from Liu Jin, and Liu Jin's foundation comes from His Majesty. In other words, he is different from other cabinet masters. He is rootless duckweed. Rootless duckweed is different from the great master with deep roots in the tree. His power depends on His Majesty.
Once you are evil by Your Majesty, what will happen next?
A hundred thoughts had turned into his mind, and his heart was as if he was hit hard by a sledgehammer again and again. He felt that he was going to be finished, just as Ye Chunqiu said to him just now, "Your Duke Jiao, you lost." Yes, he lost, and he lost miserably.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao's voice said, "Hmph, you are so wronged, you look down on me, you think that I am just a fool, and you run to Datong because you are encouraged! Humph, the reason why Ye Aiqing admits it is not because you insist on wronging me like this. I am certainly wrong. Ye Aiqing wants to bear this mistake for me, what about you, okay, shouting to beat and kill. But... But I left the palace privately, even if there is a big mistake, it is not because of you."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the minister kneeling all over the ground with a high spirit of confidence in his voice: "You think in front of me every day that the people are the most important, the country is the next, and the king is the least. This is always what you said, Liu Aiqing, did you say, are you saying it?"
Liu Jian was already deeply moved. He didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to ask him this question aggressively. He was a little overwhelmed and didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
Zhu Houzhao continued, "There are also Master Wang, Master Xie, and Master Li, but they all said this. Humph, I believe it, I believe it. I believe it. Naturally, because I believe it, I think of the famine in Datong. I heard you talk about the earth's collapse and the plague, which will make it worse. I don't know how many people will die at that time. Look, the people are the most important, and the people are going to die. I am so despicable than the people. Can't I go to the big ones.
Are you the same? Humph, who said that the son of a thousand gold is not in the hall? I tell you that the soldiers and civilians of Datong are the sons of a thousand gold. As a king, it is natural for me to go to help. If a king cannot empathize with the life and death of the soldiers and civilians, that is stupid and shameless. You... Emperor Taizu Gao also said to you that you have paid, you have paid, and you have no choice but to have no money, and you must have forgotten all these words. If you didn't forget, how could you be so indifferent?"
Zhu Houzhao completely turned on the mode of being unreasonable and began to attack these ministers one by one like a gun.
Today he has a huge moral advantage, so no one dares to refute after he said something. Everyone can only kneel down, listen carefully, and bow their heads obediently.
Chapter completed!