The old emperor smiled and stroked his beard: "Your mother is indeed a wise man."
The young man who lives in Xinghua Village at the foot of the mountain still doesn't know that meeting the old emperor and his entourage today will truly change his destiny.
Feiying took the token and went to the county magistrate's house that had jurisdiction over Xinghua Village to ask him to help the young man. How dare the county magistrate neglect him? He immediately asked the headmaster of Mengshan Academy to accept the young man as a student.
Shan Chang was reluctant at first, but after teaching for a while, he found that this young man had a photographic memory and had received a treasure.
The mountain leader was a person with prestige and wanted to cultivate talents for the organization. He devoted himself to teaching the young people, and for this he was promoted and appreciated later.
This, of course, is a story for later.
The east alley of the capital city, at the gate of the government office.
The streets were desolate. Old people with aged faces were leaning against the wall. Women were holding their children, their eyes full of despair. Their lips were chapped and they looked like they had not eaten or drank for a long time.
There are still some who have not made it through, and some have starved to death on the streets, and there is not even anyone to collect the corpses.
What is completely different from this street is that the interior of the government office is prosperous, and night pearls as big as fists can be seen everywhere.
Walking along the corridor to the inner hall, there is still steaming tea on the table. It is estimated that the people in this house have just left.
This is a small town affiliated with Jiangnan. Years ago, there was no grain harvest, and the government swallowed up the money that was supposed to be relief, causing the people to be displaced and homeless.
Finally, the people at the gate of the government rushed in, but they only saw a scene of people walking away to drink tea. They were angry and planned to go to the capital to ask for an explanation. They wanted to ask why the court gave up on them!
Beijing.
The streets and alleys are filled with the cries of vendors and an endless stream of pedestrians, creating a bustling scene everywhere.
In contrast, the alley in the east of the capital is also known as the slums. The east alley is on the edge of the capital, connected to the docks, and has people from all over the place every day.
In the evening, at Dongxiangzi Pier, several huge sailing ships were getting ready to set off. The hulls of the big ships were printed with the logo of the Epoch Times. They looked like the fleet of the imperial court.
A stooped man pretended not to take it easy and bumped into a porter. The goods in the porter's hands instantly fell to the ground, and a piece of white grain was exposed.
"Bah, you don't have eyesight! This is the food of the imperial court. You can't afford to pay for it when you look so poor." The official whipped the man's head to the ground with a whip and cursed.
The man lowered his head, his eyes full of hatred, and shouted angrily: "This ship is carrying grain, let's smash it!"
Suddenly, a group of naked and thin people came from all over the place. They held hammers and hammers in their hands, shouting and rushing towards the big ship at the pier.
These people are refugees from the south of the Yangtze River.
The officials at the dock did not react for a while. In addition, the number of refugees was far greater than the officials, and there were even people from the slums helping them. Therefore, a huge ship was severely damaged.
"Catch them all! Put them all in prison and beat them to death on the spot if they resist!" the ship's supervisor shouted angrily.
"Whatever you're afraid of them doing, just do it with them!"
"My wife and children are dead, and it's not because of you people, I'm going to kill you!"
"You all deserve to die, you all die!"
The refugees instantly rioted and rushed towards the officials with the tools in their hands. The momentum in their bodies caused the officials to retreat step by step.
Countless people fell down, either officials or refugees. The dock was in a mess, and bright red blood flowed into the water, eventually disappearing.
The base of refugees is too large, so the losses caused to them by this turmoil are not very large.
The chaos at Dongxiangzi Wharf spread throughout the capital overnight. The people were all in danger and closed their homes tightly, fearing that the refugees who were not afraid of death would rush into their homes.
Hall of Supreme Harmony, Morning Dynasty.
The ministers stood with their hands down, looking down at the tips of their shoes, solemnly and solemnly.
"Do you have anything to report, sir?" Ji Yannuo rubbed his forehead and asked as usual.
"I have something to report." Dozens of ministers came out at the same time and bowed and said. This kind of scene is really rare.
Ji Yannuo frowned slightly and sat upright, thinking about what happened. His face remained calm: "What kind of big event requires you to report at the same time?"
"Back to the emperor, there was a disturbance at the dock in the east alley of the capital." The Minister of Civil Affairs opened his lips and reported, handing the memorial in his hand to the chief eunuch, who checked it and presented it to Ji Yannuo.
Ji Yannuo opened the memorial and read it quickly, roughly understanding the relevant reasons.
"Refugees? Where do the refugees come from?" Ji Yannuo shouted coldly, "Or can any of you tell me why there are refugees?"
As usual, the imperial court distributed disaster relief logistics and food to various areas, only for emergencies. How could there be refugees? Ji Yannuo immediately saw the problem.
"Are you all mute? Okay, then tell me, why no one came to report such a large number of refugees pouring into the capital! I think the leader of the Military and Horse Division is going to be replaced!"
Ji Yannuo angrily threw the document at His Highness, and all the ministers bowed their heads and knelt down, shouting words of admission.
The leader of the Soldiers and Horses Division crawled to the center of the hall and defended tremblingly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me. This refugee has colluded with the slums in the East Alley, so the Soldiers and Horses Division didn't notice it either!"
"Funny words!" Ji Yannuo threw up his sleeves and left the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He was afraid that if he stayed there, there would be many more officials in the prison!
Ji Yannuo's early anger soon reached Ye Fuxun's ears. She understood the general outline of the matter and went straight to the imperial study room with lotus seed and white fungus porridge.
"See you, Queen." The eunuch sang in a low voice, with a sad face, "Your Majesty, you are finally here, Your Majesty..."
"I understand." Ye Fuxun took the suitcase from Xi Luo's hand and stepped into the imperial study alone.
"Go away. Didn't I tell you not to be disturbed?"
Ye Fuxun raised the curtain and saw a tea cup coming towards her. Then she rubbed her clogs and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
"Are you going to drive me away too?" Ye Fuxun stood on the spot and asked softly.
Ji Yannuo quickly raised his head and walked quickly to Ye Fuxun, annoyance flashed in his eyes: "I thought it was those ministers..."
Ye Fuxun raised his hand and put it on Ji Yannuo's, pulling him to sit down on the couch next to him and filling him with a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed porridge.
"Here, drink it while it's hot, I cooked it myself." She put the silver chopsticks into Ji Yannuo's hand, and when she saw someone was drinking, she said, "Why bother with them, it will hurt your body and the gain will outweigh the loss."
"The chaos in East Alley is ultimately my fault." Ji Yannuo drank all the porridge in the bowl, shook his head, and a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.
"As a king, you conquer the world with benevolence, rule the world with virtue, stabilize the world with propriety, and more importantly, put the people as the foundation. How can you be derelict in your duty if you consider the people so much?"