Chapter 247 Even if I die, I will die in Puzhou!

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 247 Even if I die, I will die in Puzhou!

In the duty room of the cabinet, Li Dongyang was sitting with several layers of brocade cushions under his buttocks. He was drinking tea and eating cakes. This was probably the last time in his life that he would drink tea and eat cakes. He drank slowly and ate slowly.

Very careful.

In the hot summer, the three cabinet elders each had a small basin of ice to relieve the heat. But at this time, all three basins of ice were placed in front of Li Dongyang, for fear that Li Ge elder would get too hot.

There are also several scribes holding cattail leaf fans to help Mr. Li Ge fan the wind. Li Dongyang is called the second assistant, and today he enjoys treatment that even the first assistant has never enjoyed, but he is confident that I will die soon.

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I have worked hard all my life on state affairs, why can’t I enjoy it before I die?

The other two ministers in the cabinet were not interested in drafting votes. They just looked at Li Dongyang quietly. After a while, Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, broke the silence: "Bin Zhi, the more I think about it, the more ashamed I am. This time the disaster relief in Puzhou

, I will go with you."

Xie Qian also sighed with a face of shame: "Xie is over fifty this year. He has been in officialdom for thirty years. He has gained your majesty's trust and trust, so he can occupy this high position. For private purposes, the prince is your majesty's only son; for public purposes, the prince is my crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

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Now the prince is in a dangerous situation, his life or death is uncertain. As the saying goes, a gentleman sacrifices his life for righteousness. It is the time to repay the kindness of the king and his duties. Xie actually flinched at first. He is really greedy for life and afraid of death! It is in vain to pay attention to the kindness of the king and the country. It is in vain to read this.

Books of sages for decades.

These evil thoughts came together to actually frame Bin's brother."

Speaking of this, Xie Qian couldn't say anything anymore. He was too ashamed to look directly into Li Dongyang's eyes. He just turned his head and said quietly: "Now when I calm down and think about it, Xie is so ashamed and angry that he feels ashamed! Brother Bin, let's let him go

I will go with you, and what if I die in Puzhou? I should sacrifice my life to fulfill my righteousness and repay your kindness."

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Li Dongyang looked at the two people in a daze, his beard still stained with pastry crumbs. Soon the indifference and disdain in his eyes gradually dissipated. He could see that the two people really wanted to follow him, and they really did.

I'm so ashamed.

Anyone who is not afraid of life and death is also afraid.

Ants are greedy for life, let alone humans.

But after experiencing the instinctive fear at the beginning, I slowly remembered those righteousness and integrity again.

From the timid retreat at the beginning, to the sense of integrity that surged into his heart, Li Dongyang was somewhat relieved, and even put life and death aside.

What he is more worried about now is not his own life or death, but whether the Ming Dynasty's crown prince is alive or dead.

Li Dongyang knew that Liu Jian and Xie Qian must have experienced the same ideological struggle as himself. They were all people who read poetry and books. Who had not longed for Su Wu's humiliation today. Although he was still alive, why did he return to the Han Dynasty with his face?

Who has not yearned for Wen Tianxiang's life since ancient times, and who has never died, leaving a loyal heart to illuminate history.

"Brother Xixian, you are now nearly seventy years old, how can you bear the pain of such a long journey? Li is over fifty years old, and his body is still strong. For this disaster relief, Li will be enough."

"Bin's brother, Xie, is also fifty."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Dongyang, "Yu Qiao, if you go, how can Mr. Liu be so busy with all the affairs of the court? He just concentrates on staying in the capital and assisting His Majesty in handling state affairs."

As he said this, Li Dongyang actually laughed, "Such sacrifices of one's life to repay the kindness of the emperor will leave one's name in the annals of history. Li is not willing to let others focus on the beauty in front of him, let alone let others take advantage of me.

Limelight.”

At this moment, the overturned friendship boat was picked up again and began to move forward steadily on the water.

At this moment, rapid footsteps came from outside the duty room of the cabinet, followed immediately by two people running in from the door one after the other.

Running in front was a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old. His face and neck were covered with sweat. He was wearing a seventh-grade official robe. The patchwork in front of the official uniform was soaked with sweat.

Behind him was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, who was also sweating profusely.

As soon as the two came in, they looked around at the stunned pavilion elders, and finally looked at Li Dongyang. Then they both knelt down and said, "Mr. Li, please be sure to take your subordinates with you during this disaster relief operation in Puzhou!"

After a brief moment of daze, Li Dongyang looked at the young man. He felt strange, but also a little familiar. He seemed to have no impression, but also seemed to have some impression. Finally, he looked at the middle-aged man kneeling behind him, this person Li Dongyang.

We still know each other.

"Xueshi Wang, you"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Wang Hua actually kowtowed and said, "Please, Mr. Li, be sure to bring Xiaguan with you. Even if Xiaguan dies, he will die in Puzhou!"

"Mr. Li Ge, the same goes for the lower officials. The lower officials will also die in Puzhou!"

Li Ting kowtowed continuously, his eyes were red, as if he had just shed tears, but they were mixed with sweat, and he couldn't tell whether it was tears or sweat.

The news of the collapse of Puzhou reached the Hanlin Academy. Li Tingxiang, who was copying books, was as shocked as a bolt from the blue. He immediately threw away his pen and started copying Aunt Xie's books!

He cried and ran all the way out of the Imperial Academy. Many Hanlin officials thought that Tanhua was crazy for copying books, but no one dared to stop him.

As for this trip to Puzhou, Li Tingxiang had to go. Puzhou was his hometown, and his mother and little sister were still in Puzhou, and they still don't know whether they are alive or dead.

As for Wang Hua, his son was taken away by the prince and Xia Xima a few days ago. He was taken away from the Yamen. At that time, he didn't know what he was going to do. Now he knows that he went to Puzhou.

He also had to go, even if he died, he would die in Puzhou.

That was his son. Even though he was dull, even though he had a weird temperament and didn't look like a normal person, he was still his son, his biological son.

Both of them had reasons to go, and Li Dongyang had no reason to stop them, let alone want to stop them.

Before noon, another group of people came running over. Among them were senior officials from the six yamen, as well as people selected to go with them to provide disaster relief.

The senior officials looked ashamed, while the selected people looked determined.

But no matter what, Li Dongyang still didn't take those senior officials with him. These individuals were too old and would be useless and burdensome. He just selected a few officials.

Immediately, a group of officials and escorts, a total of hundreds of people, set off in a mighty manner.

We didn't go by boat, we just took a carriage, and the guards rode on horses, heading west.

Soon, Li Dongyang regretted it. No matter what, those Liubu Jiuqing who had been roasted on the fire for him at least still had some conscience and knew how to be ashamed.

So he chose to be an individual and not go with this group of people.

In addition to Wang Hua and Li Tingxiang, only five accompanying officials were selected, three middle-aged people and two young people.

Most of them have relatives in Puzhou, and two of them even have sons who are officials in Puzhou.

Seeing that Wang Hua and Li Tingxiang were so determined, they even had the mentality of wanting to die in Puzhou.

Li Dongyang thought about choosing similar people. At least these people were fearless and determined.

There are hundreds of officials in the entire capital, and there are still a few who are from Puzhou, but they are all a bit older, so we can only settle for the next best thing.

Finally, I picked and chose these five.

From here we go to Puzhou, a journey of more than a thousand miles.

Counting Li Dongyang, there are eight officials in total, and the rest are all guards.

Seven officials were urging him to leave quickly. Li Dongyang squatted in the carriage and wanted to die.

This carriage only has two wheels, so it is bumpy when running. Not to mention that Li Dongyang is still pregnant with huge hemorrhoids. He will definitely not be able to sit on it. Even lying on his stomach will be hurt by the jolt. He can only squat like this

Stand with your legs clamped tightly to control the crotch area, so that you can feel better.

After leaving the capital, leaving Beizhili, and arriving in Hebei, Li Dongyang thought about taking a rest. His butt hurt so much that I could calm down.

As soon as I got off the carriage, before I could take a breath, several people rushed up to me.

Li Tingxiang had already put aside all the bullshit about respect and inferiority. He quickly stepped forward and clamped Li Dongyang's wrist. His eyes were red, and he asked in a local accent: "Mr. Ge, go well, just stop as you say."

stop?"

Li Tingxiang was just a teenager, and he was so anxious at this time that he wished he could fly to Puzhou with wings. He would not do anything lightly or harshly. How could an old man like Li Dongyang, who was half a hundred years old, endure this? He almost cried in pain.

Young people are impetuous, but middle-aged people like Wang Hua are relatively stable. He opened Li Tingxiang's hand and said, "Pay attention to your decency. How can you be so presumptuous in front of Mr. Ge?"

After that, he turned to Li Dongyang and said solemnly: "Mr. Li Ge, disaster relief is in full swing. The people of Puzhou are in the fire and water, waiting for me and other court officials to come to the rescue, not to mention my Ming Dynasty.

The prince is also in danger, and the situation is unknown, so we'd better hurry up and get on our way."

Li Tingxiang nodded vigorously beside him, "Yes, yes, hurry up!"

The other officials also said with serious faces: "Mr. Ge, it's important to hurry up. The people of Puzhou are eagerly waiting for us to go to the disaster relief. The crown prince of the country is the future of our Ming Dynasty. As ministers, we,

How can we be lazy? We should hurry up and hurry up."

"If it causes a big disaster because I waited too late to leave, it will be a big mistake that even all the iron from Kyushu can't make!"

Seeing that these people opened their mouths to benefit the people, but kept silent about the prince and prince, they all stood on the commanding heights of morality and justice, never mentioning their own sons, never mentioning their relatives.

Li Dongyang's lips moved for a while, and then he finally spoke, with a tone of discussion in his voice, "Why don't you let me take a rest? Even if it means leaning against a tree and taking a nap?"

"You can rest, but why can't Mr. Li rest in the carriage?"

"Yeah, isn't this carriage more comfortable than leaning against a tree?"

"Li Gongdan took a carriage, and he could just sleep in it."

Li Dongyang became angry when he saw several people talking to each other. Do you think I don't want to sleep?

If I hadn't had an unspeakable illness, I would have been lying in there long ago.

Before the attack happened, those strong hands clamped his thin wrists again, "Mr. Ge, hurry up and get on the carriage. I'll help you up."

Li Dongyang cried again as he thought about it, but when he saw that no one in the group came to help, and even wanted to come over to help him, he finally chose to give in, "Don't help me, I will figure it out on my own!"

As he said that, he was forced onto the carriage both passively and actively, and then squatted inside.

"Mr. Ge, why are the grains piled inside?"

Li Dongyang and Ma Wensheng were officials in the same dynasty, so they knew a little about the Central Plains dialect.

"Old man"

Just as he was thinking about how to explain, the car curtain was suddenly lowered, and then Li Tingxiang's voice came, "Quick, Mr. Ge is getting in the car, hurry up!"

Immediately there was a whip crack, and the carriage started running. Feeling the bumps and pain, Li Dongyang hugged his knees tightly and wanted to die again.
Chapter completed!