"Then, the east of the palace..." Di Meng rushed to the east. As if it was the twelfth lunar month, he was sweating profusely in an instant.
"He... will eventually make the mistake of being loyal to the east of the palace..."
"He didn't say that I was unfaithful." Zhu Su frowned slightly. "There is no conflict between being loyal to the king or not."
"Speaking of which, are our Jinyi guards loyal to him, Mao Xiang, rather than his father?"
"No, no..." Di Meng lowered his head. "They will always be loyal to Bidong."
In that sentence, did he acquiesce in his identity as a Jin Yiwei to Dong Lai?
"That's fine. Being loyal to him does not conflict with being loyal to his father." Zhu Su said.
Seeing the serious and mature young general Pingyue lying on the ground and shivering, he frowned again: "Get up, I know that I don't like those close to me to kneel down and worship at every turn."
"I don't know about Jinyiwei... I don't know how Mao Xiang trained us."
"No, I hope that while I can do my special job as a royal guard, I will not lose the energy and ambition of a young general."
"A young man should be energetic. He will kneel down frequently because of a question, and even be afraid of it."
"What does it look like?"
"No...no." Di Meng stood up in embarrassment, feeling a little ashamed in his heart. As soon as Jin Yiwei's identity was exposed, his first reaction was panic, for fear that Zhu Su would exclude him from Wu Wangwei's queue.
In fact, Zhu Su had already guessed his identity. When he entered the city to discuss business with Shen Zhai that month, Di Meng was one of the dozens of guards accompanying him. After that, Zhu Su only traveled, and Di Meng was the most outstanding one at the training ground.
The young man was always with me, and was never absent even once.
Old Zhu can always accurately grasp Zhu Su's movements and even make mistakes in his words. If there are no Jin Yiwei spies among his guards, that would be a ghost.
In fact, this was something tacitly understood between father and son. Zhu Su himself didn't care whether there was any secret son of Jin Yiwei around him. After all, Lao Zhu and Queen Ma had always cared about him, so he could feel it.
Moreover, there is no conflict between his actions and Lao Zhu, so there is no need to worry about what Jin Yiwei will do. Is it possible that Lao Zhu can let Jin Yiwei collect evidence and throw him into the high wall of Fengyang?
But Di Meng's attitude... made Zhu Su feel a little embarrassed. Di Meng was so frightened. Could it be that Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, had said something to him wrongly? For example, ordering him not to reveal his identity?
After thinking about it, he put away his doubts. Mao Xiangbu asked whether he had the eagle dog in Lao Zhu's leg. He had his own ideas on how to deal with Lao Zhu, and he didn't need to think about it. After breakfast, Zhu Su stood and wiped his mouth.
Standing up, Cuodi said fiercely: "Why am I just standing there? Let's go and do it."
"Don't worry, I don't ask for much. The Jin Yiwei asked me how to convey the whereabouts, and I just refused. As for accepting my errand, I will do my best."
"If you all don't contribute to the Ming Dynasty, why bother to divide it into different yamen? Just ask someone to be loyal to my father and the emperor."
"The general knows it." Di Meng clasped his fists and said. There was a touch of emotion in his eyes. Is that undersized prince really broad-minded...
Knowing that the general he had cultivated was actually someone else's secret agent, he didn't even get angry at all, and even offered words of encouragement and comfort...
"Go ahead, first check among the Jinyi Guards if there is any news about the Taihu water bandits."
"Before returning home tomorrow night, I would like to see the files related to Jin Yiwei."
"No." Di Meng clasped his fists and came out.
Zhu Su came to the guarding dog outside the door and asked him to hitch a ride to the magistrate's office. Mingyue had made an appointment with Magistrate Wei and asked him to go to the refugee camp in the west of the city to inspect.
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"To the east of the palace, this is where the refugees can be resettled." The carriage stopped, Wei Guan jumped out of Zhu Su's carriage, and said to Zhu Su who stepped out of the carriage after him.
"Hmm... You can tell at a glance." In fact, without using his eyes, just relying on his nose, Zhu Su could tell that this must be a refugee resettlement place. Sewage flowed here, and the air was filled with the rancid smell of jellyfish.
Are the houses and shacks in dilapidated condition?
Zhu Su saw that all the people here had sick faces and were in ragged clothes and listless. Many government servants were standing in the streets and alleys, as if they were in custody. Occasionally, someone saw Zhu Su and his party wearing Chinese clothes, but they just looked at them blankly.
At first glance, he looked like he didn't care.
"Why are there so many government officials here? Isn't that like a prison guard?" Zhu Su asked Wei Guan.
"Alas..." Wei Guan sighed. "The master of the palace said he would not be detained, which is true."
"Whenever refugees enter the city, there are always those who seek trouble and cause trouble. Cases of refugees causing trouble have also occurred frequently outside Suzhou City. Instigated by water bandits, a wave of refugees took advantage of the chaos to attack the city gates and looted surrounding villages and towns.
"
"Ha." Zhu Su sneered. "Don't tell me that the people of Susong miss Zhang Shizhen Dache so much. The bandits who glanced at the ghost of the Xianqian team did so wrong to the people who cherish Zhang Shicheng?"
"The bandits are so ambitious that they just want to take advantage of Zhang Shicheng's kindness in the past. How can he really care about the people?" Wei Guan also showed disdain. "In order to restrict refugees, he discussed with Lord Shi Ru, the censor of the river patrol.
, so the refugees were resettled in the west of the outer city."
"Zhang Shicheng's army took the rolling stones and logs used to defend the city and demolished the houses here. Therefore, although this place is outside the city wall, the original people have moved to other places to resettle the refugees.
Here, it is also convenient for him to wait for the Suzhou government to take care of him and provide relief."
"If we place them outside the city, are we afraid that there will be water bandits swimming among them, inciting the refugees to riot?" Zhu Su asked.
"He and Mr. Ru also have this concern." Wei Guan said. "Therefore, one is as seen in the east of the palace, and the government officials are dispatched to maintain public security here all night long. The other is..."
"Lord Youru has pledged his own safety and moved here to live and eat with the refugees."
"The refugees are also hard-hearted. Seeing that a high-profile official like Lord Ru is willing to take risks, they naturally feel at ease."
"There are one or two plotters in Sui who want to incite civil unrest. Now that Lord Ru has left the town, those people will naturally be unable to cause trouble."
"Ru Taisu...actually eating and living with the refugees here?"
Zhu Su was a little surprised. In his impression, Ru Taisu had always been the rotten scholar who was chasing after him in Fengtian Palace. He was an annoying existence.
That guy is so fearless that he is willing to risk his life to appease the people of the refugees?
"That's right. In fact, Suzhou Prefecture is quite wealthy and is close to the capital. There will be no shortage of grain, grass, porridge and rice for relief. I hope that the people's hearts will not be disturbed, so that they can survive until the spring plowing time."
"What's the use of waiting until spring plowing? It's been raining and snowing so much in winter. I'm afraid that when the summer flood comes next year, the floods will definitely be fierce..." Zhu Su had a worried look on his face.
Even if grain is sown in the spring, if flooding occurs again and the fields are flooded, the houses built with the seeds finally sown will still be in vain.
"Sigh... If it doesn't work out, we have to wait until the spring moon gets a little warmer and lead those refugees to build a dam..." Wei Guandao.
Zhu Su nodded. If there is a peaceful and stable environment, there will be no room for the rebels to move around. He knows that. It is definitely necessary to build embankments and consolidate water.
"No, Magistrate Wei... I have one thing that worries me." Zhu Su mistakenly said to Wei Guan: "The people can send people to the town to pacify them, but the victims can be placed in the city like that."
"What if a plague breaks out... wouldn't it mean that the entire city will be wiped out?"