Chapter 66 Su Shi Knows How to Advance and Retreat
Today is Su Shi's third day of giving porridge.
A strange phenomenon finally happened as Su Shi expected, that is, the faith points he gained while giving out porridge were nearly a hundred points less than yesterday.
This is not to say that the number of refugees has decreased, but because some people no longer appreciate him.
After three consecutive days, some people have gone from the earliest gratitude to taking it for granted. This is the complexity of the human heart.
Although less than a hundred people out of the 9,000-strong refugee team thought this way, Su Shi knew it had to stop.
This is not only because if this continues, he will get fewer and fewer faith points, but more importantly, as time goes by, someone in the court will inevitably talk about this and criticize himself. When the matter spread to Renzong, he
You may also wonder, what do you want to do by doing this? To win people's hearts?
Although when giving porridge, Su Shi made a name for himself as King Jing, saying that everything was done according to King Jing's wishes and that His Highness cared about these refugees. But after all, he had always been in charge of things.
He didn't want anyone to guess that his motives were one-sided, and Su Shi didn't want the refugees to develop the bad habit of sitting around eating and waiting to die.
After giving porridge at noon, Da Xiaoxiao and others spread the news that Su Shi would give everyone money to let the refugees leave.
We will no longer give out porridge, but we will give each person two ounces of money, and all men, women, old and weak will be treated equally. As soon as this news came out, although there were some people who still wanted to continue eating and being lazy, the vast majority of people agreed and supported it.
They had no choice but to become refugees because they had no food, just so that they could survive until the spring plowing began. Now that it was March, the work in the fields was about to get busy, and they also wanted to return to their hometowns.
Even if you no longer have your own land, working as a tenant for the wealthy households at that time was still a way of survival.
"Let me tell you, the money will only be distributed until dark. After dark, if you don't want to receive the money or leave, we will not care about them." Su Shi saw that many people among the refugees began to hesitate, and he said coldly.
He said these words. "In addition, tell the Kaifeng government officials nearby to help maintain order. Those who take money must be registered. If they take out the money and do not leave, they can be handed over to the government for processing."
This is the real human heart.
Not everyone is as grateful as the people at Shanhou Wangzhuang.
Su Shi got angry, and Lou Yang and others started to get busy. Before dark, Bao Heizi even came here in person. With him around, the Kaifeng government officials walked much faster.
With one hand of money and one hand of stick, no matter whether they were willing or not, more than 9,000 refugees finally chose to take the money and leave. The originally noisy city outside finally became quiet at this moment. In addition to the mess on the ground, there were also people watching.
There was no trace of the refugees.
"It's not easy. At this time in previous years, the refugees would stay for at least half a month, and the government had to spend a lot of energy and money for this. This year is the most peaceful time." Bao Heizi looked at all this and was very surprised.
Said with satisfaction.
But then he remembered that there were refugees in other places. Because there were no people like Su Shi, deaths often occurred among the refugees. He couldn't help but said with some worry, "This is just a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. This way
The refugees will reappear in late autumn and early winter, but what will be done then?"
"Okay, Uncle Bao, I'll tell you when the time comes. Officials will naturally worry about this. Now let's go back to the city and have a good meal and drink. To be honest, these three days have exhausted me."
Yes." Su Shi said with a smile.
Thinking that Su Shi was only fourteen years old and at the time when he was growing up, Bao Heizi could only nod his head, "Okay, then let's go to your mansion to have a good meal and drink."
"Go to my house, Uncle Bao, as an elder, shouldn't you treat me to a treat?" Su Shi opened his mouth and demanded.
"Hey, my salary is too small. I can only feed my family. If you have money, who will eat if it's not yours?" Bao Heizi said as if it was a matter of course.
"That's right." Faced with such a shameless Bao Heizi, Su Shi was too lazy to argue with him, then got into the carriage in a wheelchair, and then the group of people returned to the city.
Neither of them said what they would do next for the refugees, probably because Bao Heizi thought that Su Shi was too young and that such a heavy responsibility should not be placed on him now.
Su Shi has no consciousness at all. He is still in danger. He has offended Da Zongzheng and is too busy with the things on his head. How can he have time to consider other people's affairs?
Until this moment, Su Shi had never thought about saving the world. Now he just wanted to live a peaceful life with his family.
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All the refugees outside the city left, and the news was quickly sent to the palace. After receiving the report, Chen Lin came to Zichen Hall and came to Renzong.
"All gone?" Renzong Zhao Zhen was a little confused after hearing this?
"Yes, the officials have all left. Tongzhilang spent a total of nearly 50,000 yuan in the three days before and after to send away this group of refugees outside the city. Also, Bao Zheng, the prime minister of the palace, had a close relationship with Tongzhi in the past two days.
Lang is walking very close." Chen Lin answered cautiously.
When he heard that Su Shi had spent 50,000 yuan in three days of work, and all of it was spent on the refugees who seemed to be of no use at all, Renzong had a smile on his lips, "This child has a kind heart, if he is big
If the ministers of Song Dynasty are like this, the world will be settled."
"That's what the officials said." Chen Lin quickly echoed.
"Okay, I understand this matter." Renzong Zhao Zhen waved his hand, allowing Chen Lin to retreat.
Normally, Renzong would not care about such a trivial matter. But because Su Shi had done it, he had to think more about it. Even now, some people say that their lineage took away Taizu's empire.
Although this kind of voice is very small, and after so many years, it has no longer formed any influence, but there are still people who will talk about it from time to time.
So much so that after Zhao Zhen came to power, he had to devote a certain amount of energy to paying attention to the descendants of Taizu's line, fearing that he would have the idea of taking over the country again. Su Shi was a descendant of Taizu's line, although he did not have a surname.
Zhao, but no one can deny the matter of blood.
With such an identity, Su Shi went out to give porridge and show kindness to the refugees, so Zhao Zhen had to think more about it.
I originally thought that if Su Shi kept doing it, his reputation might be famous among the people. At that time, for the stability of the regime, Zhao Zhen would have to give it a good beating.
But now it seems that Su Shi still knows how to advance and retreat, and the matter was hastily completed in just three days.
Or it can be explained that Su Shi just did such a thing on a whim and with a kind heart.
It was estimated that he had done this for three days and wasted 50,000 yuan. He knew that he felt distressed, so he probably stopped doing it.
After all, Su Shi is only fourteen years old and has been living in Qianqizhuang. Does he have any insights?
As long as no one gets too close to him and tries to attack him, he probably doesn't know what kind of influence his bloodline will have. The reason why the secret agent is keeping an eye on Su Shi is to prevent anyone from doing it.
Touch him meaningfully.
Now it seems that Su Shi still sticks to his duty and doesn't have many friends in the capital. Of course, Bao Heizi should be considered, but he didn't put it in Zhao Zhen's heart. He still knew this Bao Zheng.
He was upright and upright. Apart from being an official, he never participated in factional disputes. He was originally a person who had few friends in the court. People like him would not take the initiative to influence Su Shi, let alone use his bloodline to make matters.
"Zhang Maoze, go and make some arrangements. Spring has begun. In a few days it will be time to visit Jin Mingchi. Let Su Shi go too and let him meet the Zhao family over there." Zhao Zhen closed his eyes and pondered.
After a while, he decided to test Su Shi.
As for the Zhao family over there, they are naturally the people from Su Shi's mother's family. Zhao Zhen just wanted to see what would happen after they met. From this, he could judge that Su Shi
Did Shi really want to see the world when he came to Beijing this time, or did he have some ulterior motive? It was even that he simply refused to give up and wanted to do something big.
"Yes, official." Zhang Mao Ze agreed immediately and then slowly withdrew.
After getting out of Zichen Palace, Zhang Maoze understood what the official meant and was testing Su Shi.
It was just a test, and of course it was difficult for officials to come forward, so who should invite Su Shi? Thinking of him, he strode towards the residence of Empress Cao in Yanfu Palace.
In the residence of Queen Yanfu Palace, Queen Cao withdrew all her servants and listened to Zhang Maoze's detailed explanation alone in the side hall. After knowing the ins and outs of the matter, she said: "I will let His Royal Highness King Jing handle this matter."
Come forward and ensure that others will not be suspicious."
Hearing that Queen Cao proposed the most suitable candidate, Zhang Maoze said with a happy face: "Thank you, Queen, you have solved a big problem for a villain."
"Okay, you can do a good job without asking me for this matter. But I am still very happy that you can tell me about it. Mao Ze, it will be very hard to follow Guan Jia. You
The responsibility is huge.”
Even Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen always called Zhang Maoze by his full name, but Empress Cao only called Maoze. This shows that the relationship between the two is really not shallow.
"It's not hard, everything is what a villain should do." Zhang Maoze's attitude was very low. Even in front of officials, he only called him a villain, but in front of Empress Cao, he called himself a villain.
, just one word difference, also represents his inner emotions.
This was one of Empress Cao's tricks. I'm afraid no one in the entire palace knew that Zhang Mao was actually closer to the empress than to the official family.
Zhang Mao left happily. Soon after, Queen Cao, after cleaning up, went to Zhaoren Palace, where she met King Jing Zhao Xi.
"Xi'er, please give my regards to mother." As soon as he saw the queen coming, Zhao Xi quickly bowed and saluted.