There are many large-scale temples and Taoist temples on Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou roads. At this time, in response to Ruan Yuan's call, they actively rented houses and allowed gentlemen to open porridge factories and their surroundings. At the junction of Hangzhou Prefecture, Huzhou Prefecture, and Jiaxing Prefecture, there is a town named Kip.

In Shizhen, Huili Temple on the edge of the town took the initiative to donate its buildings, and tens of thousands of victims were gathered at this time. However, Hangzhou Fuyuan already had detailed regulations on the management of disaster victims, which were listed on the wooden sign.

, are arranged in front of the porridge shed, so whether the officials or gentlemen in charge or the victims are waiting for relief, they will act in accordance with the law, and there will never be chaos, fighting, or complaints about insufficient relief.

"Bang! Bang!" As the trumpet sounded, the people near the porridge shed began to gradually gather near the big pot of the porridge factory. Because there were many fences, the people stood inside the fences and waited in an orderly manner for porridge. Relief workers were placed at the scene.

Knowing that the disaster relief work was unprofitable, and knowing that everyone from officials to the people was supervising them at all levels, if there was another leakage of food and rice, they would definitely not be able to get away with it, so they settled down and took care of themselves.

Relief was released according to the hospital regulations.

Outside the porridge shed, there was a man dressed as a scholar at this time, watching the relief work in a grass shed. This man was Ma Yu, a local gentleman in Kip Shek Town.

He was extremely careful about the situation, so he took the initiative to stay in the porridge factory and supervise the relief work. He only prepared a bowl of clear porridge made by the porridge factory and two dishes of side dishes. He felt that he was hungry, so he used it to satisfy his hunger in order to obey the hospital.

The order for gentlemen, officials and the people to eat together.

But on this day, Ma Yu faintly noticed that something unexpected seemed to have happened in the team of victims.

"Mr. Ma, look over there." Next to Ma Yu, a clerk seemed to notice something strange among the porridge team, and asked Ma Yu: "Look over there, there seem to be more people in that team today.

Three strangers, and judging by their simple clothing, they don’t look like hungry people, right?”

"Yeah..." Ma Yu followed the official's eyes and looked at the row of hungry people he pointed at. Sure enough, there were three figures in the team, all wearing coarse clothes, but there were not many stains on the clothes, only

A few patches were made inadvertently. Compared with other victims, the clothes worn by the three people were simply new. Each of the three people wore bamboo hats and stood tall among the victims. It seemed that they were quite self-aware, and they all wore their own clothes.

They are a bit shorter, but even so, the three of them have a certain magnanimity that ordinary people do not have, which still makes them stand out among the victims.

"Let's go over and have a look." Ma Yu also said to the officials around him.

In just a moment, the two of them arrived in front of the queue of victims where the three people were, and waited for the three of them to line up at the porridge shed. Sure enough, after a while, the three of them arrived in front of the relief officials. The first person received the white porridge and stood sideways.

On the side, the second person came forward, looked at the big pot of porridge, and suddenly asked the official in front of him: "My friend, is this the scene you do every day when you are doing relief work here?"

"Scenery, what do you mean..." The official was also quite puzzled for a moment.

"It's so orderly, and judging from the way you're giving out porridge, there's enough rice here. Why, if you're giving out so much rice every day, won't there be no rice in the last month?" Then the second person

The words are sharp but also polite.

"Of course, this time the relief will be distributed in batches. This batch of food will be enough to support the next batch of food. I heard that Hangzhou Prefecture has prepared enough food, so they told us not to have any

If you have any thoughts of derogation, please feel free." The official replied truthfully.

"Really? I see that the first item on your sign is that when the porridge factory is offering relief, the chopsticks must be set up so that they don't fall over, and the towels must be wrapped so that they don't leak. Can you also show us your porridge pot?"

The first person who took the porridge came back and asked.

"Why do you ask so many questions...Mr. Ma, why don't you tell them these things? This porridge factory has been here for many days, and this is the first time I have met people with so many problems." The official

Being asked back and forth by three people, I was a little impatient. I happened to see Ma Yu coming, so I just went with the flow and handed the difficult question to Ma Yu. However, judging from Ma Yu's expression, he was calm and calm.

Curious, it seemed that meeting these three guests was actually an interesting thing for him.

"If you three want to see these pots, just come down here." Listening to the tone of the three men, Ma Yu gradually understood that even if these three people were not famous people, they should at least be well-informed and courteous people, so he did not dare to

He took the three of them to a pot of freshly cooked porridge, and said bluntly to the three of them: "I don't think the three of you are ordinary victims. They seem to come from a scholar's family. Why don't you tell them first?"

Where do you come from and where are you going?"

"It's like this." The first person to receive the porridge said: "The three of us were originally scholars from the countryside of Suzhou. We just had nothing to do these days, so we wanted to come to Hangzhou to visit relatives and friends. But...

Unexpectedly, there have been severe disasters here in recent years, and the price of rice has risen a lot. The three of us are from an average family. I used to buy rice by myself, but I quickly spent all the money. I have no choice these days, so I came here to ask for help.

Two meals. Fortunately, we are almost arriving in Hangzhou. If it had been a few more days, I'm afraid these two weak people would not be able to bear it."

"That's it, then you can rest assured." Ma Yu said with a smile: "Didn't you see the sign outside? It is clearly written on it that the officials who are distributing relief here, and I, need to pay for it every day.

We drink and eat with the victims. Even if we think about our own stomachs, we can't cheat you. As for storing food, didn't that person just say that? We have no shortage here."

"Then, can you also show us 'the chopsticks will not fall when they are set up, and the towel will not leak when wrapped'?" the last person among the three people also said.

"Of course there is no problem with this. Look, don't we have to try every pot of porridge?" As he said that, Ma Yu also led the three of them to a big pot, personally took twenty chopsticks and inserted them into the pot.

In the pot, sure enough, the chopsticks stood upright in the pot and did not tip over.

"Everyone has seen that we can do this by standing up chopsticks and not falling down. How about I show you the 'wrapped towel without leakage'?" Ma Yu said calmly.

"Well, it seems that you are doing really well here. How many old people and women are there in your place, and their food and daily life have been settled?" The third person asked again.

"This is also thanks to the abbot of the Buddhist temple. He heard that the government wanted to set up a factory, so he took the initiative to take care of the elderly, weak, women and children. How about, after we finish drinking the porridge, I will take you to have a look?

"Ma Yu said.

The three of them had no objections. Soon, everyone finished sharing the rice porridge. Ma Yu also took the three of them to the temple. They saw the monks distributing the rice in the same order as outside. The three of them nodded again and again.

It seemed that he recognized Ma Yu's disaster relief work. The second person also said: "Actually, to be honest, Mr. Ma, I have two friends in the Execution Jingshe in Hangzhou. They have always had some contacts with the Fuyuan in Hangzhou. You

They have done a good job here, I will also ask them to tell the governor to praise you, and your hard work will not be in vain."

"Haha, I won't bother you sir." Ma Yu didn't care about this, and said: "Sir, I don't know, I have been an official in the capital for several years, and I have seen a lot of honor and disgrace.

I also don’t want to get involved in officialdom anymore, so I just returned to my hometown to study and live in peace. As for other things, I don’t have any extravagant wishes. It’s just a pity that such a big Qing Dynasty has a feudal official like the current governor of Zhejiang who dares to do his job and knows how to do it.

, how many more are there? Perhaps it is not easy to keep Haining safe. Alas, I have said too much, you are going to Hangzhou, so you should leave as soon as possible."

The three of them also said goodbye to Ma Yu and headed south one after another. However, Ma Yu didn't know that after the three of them had traveled south for several miles, the second recipient suddenly said to the last person: "

Boyuan, this Mr. Ma seems to be a good gentleman, but I don't know why he resigned from his job that day?" This man is none other than Jiao Xun.

"Litang, when we allowed the gentlemen to open the porridge factory, we checked their family backgrounds one by one. The selected people must be well-known in the local area and trusted by the people. So Mr. Ma took the initiative to apply and was selected by me.

Fortunately, he didn't see me at that time, otherwise wouldn't our trip incognito today be exposed? As for being an official...don't you and Ji Qing not want to be officials? Maybe everyone has it.

Just make up your own mind." Naturally, the third person was Ruan Yuan.

"However, Ruan Zhongcheng, who came all the way back from Huzhou, I feel that something is indeed the fault of Zhongcheng." At this time, the person who was the first to receive relief also turned around and turned out to be Wu Kangcheng. Wu Kangcheng thought

Looking at the relief situation, Bujue sighed: "I used to say that there may be good officials in the world, but there are never good officials. Indeed, I have seen many cases where the officials used their hands to harm the people when they were distributing relief. But I have seen many cases.

This is the first time I have seen that even though there are officials guarding the porridge factory, they all strictly abide by the rules and do not dare to do anything leaking. Being able to manage officials like this, Zhongcheng, the governor of Zhejiang, is convinced.

ah."

"Yes, after all... it's been six years." Ruan Yuan thought, but couldn't help but sigh, "In the past six years, I have been strict with customization and strict inspection of officials, and I have thought of many ways.

, today finally...finally made this Zhejiang custom change."

"Yes, during the six years that Zhongcheng has been in Zhejiang, he has promoted advantages and eliminated disadvantages, and tried hard to reform bad customs. Although there were major disasters, the people still feel at ease. From my point of view, this has not happened in decades. I want to come to Zhongcheng to make up for the shortfall.

, such a step-by-step approach can naturally be achieved. By the way, Mr. Litang, in my opinion, many of Zhong Cheng’s political affairs can not only be the law of Zhejiang for a while, but also become the law of the future. It is not an exaggeration. Mr.

Have you written down all these things since you have been in Fuyuan for a long time?" Wu Kangcheng also asked Jiao Xun.

"I don't need to worry about this, Mr. Jiao Xun," Jiao Xun couldn't help but laugh: "Many people around Boyuan have records of important military and political affairs. His cousin named Ruan Heng has been recording Boyuan's decrees in Yingzhou.

Among them, there are several students from the Exegetical Jingshe, and most of them record events for Boyuan. It seems that it is not difficult for future generations to know about these methods of promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages."

"Litang, you are exaggerating. When an official governs the people, there is always a way to govern the people but not the law. The so-called scholars live, the likes die. Our ancestors legislated and customized. Haven't you thought about the shortcomings in it? It's just that

At that time, these long-term disadvantages had not yet appeared. Perhaps as time goes by, my methods will be found to be exploitable. If future generations blindly follow them, it will be harmful to Zhejiang's political affairs."

Ruan Yuan also said modestly.

"Haha, Zhong Cheng thought clearly!" Wu Kangcheng also praised Ruan Yuan.

"Bo Yuan, Mr. Litang? It's great to meet you so soon." At this moment, a familiar figure appeared in front of Ruan Yuan and others. If they got closer, everyone could see clearly.

, Sure enough, it was Yang Ji. But when Yang Ji saw Ruan Yuan and others, he was only a little happy. Other than that, he was full of worry. Yang Ji didn't say much, walked closer, and said to them.

Ruan Yuandao: "Bo Yuan, my little benefactor... I have suddenly had a high fever in the past few days. It seems that the situation is a bit... Fortunately, I have only been out for half a day and I met you. Let's go back quickly."

"What did you say? Dad..." When Ruan Yuan heard that Ruan Chengxin was suddenly seriously ill, he felt like a thunderbolt and was speechless for a long time. Wu Kangcheng was still on the outside and was still awake, so he hurriedly said to Yang Ji: "This friend,

When you go out, have you prepared a horse to come over?"

"I do... But Bo Yuan, there is an inn three miles ahead. I also have some money in my hand. Otherwise, I need to borrow two horses from them first, and we two can go back quickly." Yang Ji said.

"This...Okay, Litang, you can accompany Mr. Wu back. Since dad is seriously ill, I can't delay it any longer." Ruan Yuan was anxious and agreed to Yang Ji's suggestion.

"Okay, Bo Yuan, go quickly. I'll be with you for the rest." Jiao Xun nodded hurriedly. Seeing that things in Xiashi Town were in order, Ruan Yuan was relieved and immediately followed Yang Ji.
Chapter completed!