Chapter 1,223 Those who know me call me worried, those who don’t know me call me stupid
It rains in Jingnan, it rains in Taizhou, and it rains everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River.
This continuous rain that stretched over most of the south of the Yangtze River lasted for twelve days before it stopped. The dark clouds covering the sky over the south of the Yangtze River slowly dissipated. The sky gradually showed signs of clearing up, and the hazy sun was looming.
"Oh, the rain has stopped. Where are the floods? Where have the floods gone?!" The new magistrate of Taiping County stood in the courtyard of the county government office, stretched out his hands and turned around, looked up at the sun that was trying to hide it, and sneered at the people around him.
The staff member said.
"What Dong Weng said is absolutely true. It's just light rain for more than ten days. How can it cause floods? The person in the neighboring county is unfounded."
The staff member smiled in agreement and stepped on Zhu Ping'an from neighboring county.
This staff member was brought by the Taiping Magistrate when he took office. In fact, he was commonly known as the Master. However, there was no such title as the Master in the Ming Dynasty, so he used to call him the staff member. Although the Taiping Magistrate’s words were unclear, the staff member, as his confidant, knew
He was talking about the letter sent by Zhu Pingan, the magistrate of the neighboring county, to remind people of flood prevention.
"I have said long ago that Zhu Ping'an cannot live up to his reputation. He does not live up to the 'achievements' he is praised for, but he just happened to be in the right place, and the people were fooled by him. The previous magistrate was incompetent and had too many soldiers.
There was enough food, but he imitated the treacherous minister Qiu Luan, tried to bribe the Japanese, and diverted the disaster eastward. In the end, he shot himself in the foot and was taken advantage of by the Japanese pirates, which only made Shuzi famous. It rains a lot in the south of the Yangtze River, and Shuzi has seen many strange things, how ridiculous."
The magistrate of Taiping sneered.
"Perhaps the person from the neighboring county did this because he wanted to add to the icing on the cake and gain more credit for flood control before leaving office." The staff member guessed maliciously.
"Huh? That's right. I have long seen through this person who is just trying to gain fame. How can I not fulfill his wish?"
When the Taiping County Magistrate heard this, he was startled for a moment. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that it was very possible that he had a greater opinion of Zhu Pingan. He suddenly realized that he was extremely wise when he abandoned Zhu Pingan's letter in the trash can.
If it weren't for the fact that Zhu Pingan was about to take up the post of the fifth rank of Sentinel Envoy Si Qianshi, who was his quasi-shangguan, the Taiping County Magistrate would have even thought of not being rude and sent a letter to Zhu Pingan, ridiculing Zhu Pingan.
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At this time, Zhu Ping'an, who was despised and spurned by Taiping Magistrate, was taking Liu Dadao and others to inspect the flood control situation. The continuous rain that lasted for twelve days had stopped, but flood control could not stop.
When it rained continuously, people were very cooperative and active in flood control. But now that the rain has stopped and they are asked to prevent floods, people are not so enthusiastic, and some discordant words have spread.
Basically, the county magistrate talks about flood control every day, but now the rain has stopped, isn’t it a slap in the face?!
When Zhu Ping'an was inspecting and instructing on flood control, it was no surprise that he also heard these disharmonious remarks.
Li Zheng, Li Lao and others at the scene couldn't help but become nervous. They glared hard at the young people in the village, trying to find out who was the troublemaker who was afraid of chaos in the world. Wouldn't this bring trouble to the village?
"Haha, as long as everyone is safe, I even hope to have more slaps like this."
Zhu Ping'an didn't care at all about these discordant remarks. He smiled slightly, looked at everyone, and said mockingly, waving his hands to stop Liu Dadao, Li Zheng, Li Lao and others from trying to find out the speaker.
Suddenly everyone laughed and became nervous. The anxious Li Zheng and Mr. Li were obviously relieved. The tense atmosphere at the scene suddenly disappeared. Zhu Pingan's figure became even more majestic in the eyes of the people.
"We will definitely become prime minister in the future when we become county magistrates." Someone at the bottom whispered to the people next to him and vowed.
"Why?" The person next to me was puzzled.
"Because the prime minister's belly can hold a boat, and our county magistrate's belly can accommodate it, and he will definitely be the prime minister in the future."
The man below said with great conviction.
When the man next to him heard this, he couldn't help but smile, but after laughing, he thought about it carefully and nodded again. How old is the magistrate now? He is already a fifth-rank prosecutor, Si Qianshi, and will later become the prime minister in the cabinet. , too possible.
Zhu Ping'an saw that everyone had relaxed their awareness of flood control because the rain had stopped, so he said to everyone, "You only have one life, and life is more important than Mount Tai. Flood and flood control is a top priority for the lives of the folks in the county. I would also like to ask all the folks to We must pay more attention to it. The rain has stopped today, but what about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and next year? Flood disasters cannot be predicted, and we can only prepare in advance. Flood control and flood control projects are a century-old plan related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Once flood control and flood prevention are done well, no matter the flood disaster Whenever it happens, we will be prepared."
"Don't worry, county magistrate. This is all for us. We know the importance of it. Now that the rain has stopped, it's time to start work. I will definitely urge the young and old to work harder and repair the dam."
Li Lao and Li Zheng said one after another.
Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands to them, and everyone returned the salute, saying loudly that they would work hard to build the dam.
Zhu Pingan inspected from morning to evening, and reminded and encouraged everyone wherever he went. Under Zhu Pingan's inspection guidance, the flood control and flood control projects in Jingnan County were constructed quickly and well.
There was no rain all night.
The next day, the weather was better than yesterday. In the morning, the sun, which had not been seen for more than ten days, rose from the east.
When the magistrate of Taiping County got up in the morning and saw this scene, he even scorned Zhu Pingan from the neighboring county, and even complained about Zhu Pingan with his staff.
On this day, the sky cleared up, sweeping away the haze of more than ten days, the sky was blue, and the long-lost bright sunshine returned to the sky above Jiangnan.
In the second half of the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, thin, white, fish-scale-shaped clouds slowly appeared in the blue sky. Gradually, most of the sky seemed to be covered by such fish-scale clouds.
"Wow, uncle, look, look, the clouds in the sky are so beautiful." Hua'er, Baozi's little maid, noticed the fish-scale clouds in the sky. The girl's heart couldn't help but beat, and she couldn't help but twitch at her desk while writing. Zhu Ping'an's sleeves.
After Zhu Ping'an was reminded by Hua'er, he raised his head and looked out the window. He didn't take it seriously at first, but after noticing the fish scale clouds in the sky, he suddenly got up and stood up, put down the brush in his hand, and walked outside.
go.
"Uncle, wait for me..."
Hua'er, Baozi's little maid, was surprised that her uncle actually liked the clouds in the sky so much that she couldn't help but go out to see them.
However, after going out, Hua'er realized something was wrong. My uncle looked serious, as if he didn't like the clouds in the sky.
"There are fish-scale clouds in the sky, and it's raining on the ground. I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily." Zhu Ping'an looked up at the sky, frowned and said to himself.