Yi Shiha just smiled, and despite the sound of the rails grinding against each other, he still carefully took the water and poured a cup of tea for Zhang Anshi.
Then he smiled and said: "People living in this world may not all be like His Highness, who has all kinds of skills."
He paused and continued: "Actually, the vast majority of people in this world can make a living as long as they have a certain craft. We... to put it bluntly, we only do this one thing with His Majesty. As for other things,
Yes, it is secondary."
Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "I see that my father-in-law has other abilities as well."
Yishiha laughed and said: "This has eliminated us. Skills are not about big or small. We are not a prime minister, let alone a general. We are just a slave. What do we need so many skills for? In this palace, what is the truth?
In terms of ability, there are many people who are better than us, but the people serving His Majesty are still us, aren't we?"
Having said this, he raised his head and glanced at Zhang Anshi: "But you are different, Your Majesty. You really rely on your ability to win His Majesty's trust. Your Majesty relies on your ability! Just talk about this steam locomotive. Yeah, yeah, let's take a ride.
I was really scared at this point, but after I got over this fear, I felt admiration for it."
"You said this thing... it can actually move by itself by burning coal, and it can travel hundreds of miles a day with so many of us. This is something that is really unimaginable, but His Highness actually instigated it.
Come out, even if Kong Ming is reincarnated, the legendary wooden cow and flowing horse will still be willing to bow down in front of your highness, this steam locomotive."
Zhang Anshi laughed and said: "Where, where."
The two complimented each other for a while, and then Yishiha went to see Zhu Di with tea. When he came back, Yishiha said: "Your Majesty, please go and see him."
Zhang Anshi nodded and immediately came to Zhu Di's carriage.
Zhu Di was currently leaning on the large sofa fixed in the carriage, holding the tea cup. The carriage was shaking, but his hand holding the tea cup was steady.
Zhu Di was leaning on the cushion, his eyes half-open and half-closed, as if he was thinking about something.
Zhang Anshi only said softly: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di nodded, looked up at him and said, "When will we arrive?"
"It should be early tomorrow morning."
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Don't be too slow. A thousand miles only takes more than a day and a night."
Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why not sleep for a while, and when you wake up, you will be at the station."
Zhu Di shook his head: "I can't sleep, I'm still thinking about Raozhou Station, hey..."
Having said this, the smile on his face suddenly dropped and turned into a somewhat gloomy look.
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty is really busy with everything. This dispute between a railway company and the local magistrate's office... has already caused Your Majesty to be like this... Now there are so many things happening in the world..."
Zhu Di glanced at him sideways and said, "What I'm thinking about is...whether my money is worth it."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Well, Your Majesty is still the same Majesty.
Zhu Di sighed and said, "What do you think of the matters in the memorial?"
Zhang Anshi said without hesitation: "I will handle it impartially."
Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi strangely and said, "I thought you would be partial."
After Zhu Di finished speaking, he smiled and waved his hand: "How is Hu Guang?"
When Hu Guang was mentioned, the relief on Zhang Anshi's face also faded. He also has a son, so he could understand Hu Guang's mood.
"He is taciturn and I... can't say much."
Zhu Di nodded: "How could his son be an official in the Railway Department?"
Zhang Anshi said: "It was the minister who persuaded him, saying that the emperor's grandson wanted to make a difference in Jiangxi and asked the Hu family for support. He felt hot and taught all the children in the family to work in the Railway Department."
Zhu Di sighed: "He is a loyal and honest man."
Zhang Anshi said: "I... am also..."
Zhu Di hummed: "Let's go down and have a good rest. When we get to Raozhou, we will still be busy."
Zhang Anshi resigned.
At dawn in the morning, when the first ray of sunshine of the new day shines on the earth...
The steam locomotive slowly entered the platform.
It was also more than an hour in advance here, and only when the steam locomotive stopped at the first two stations did we know that the Holy Driver was coming.
Therefore, the magistrate of Raozhou, together with the magistrates and magistrates, came to pick him up anxiously.
Also coming with him were the webmaster of Raozhou Station, as well as the station chief and bookkeeper below.
At this time, the mist has not yet dispersed, but the platform is already crowded with people.
Zhu Di got out of the car, glanced at him with tiger eyes, and everyone bowed down.
Zhu Di only had a cold face, said nothing, and paid no attention.
Only Chen Jia, the stationmaster of Raozhou Station, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, your horse is tired from riding, please take a rest before you go."
Zhu Di pursed his lips and did not object.
When people came to Raozhou, he was no longer in a hurry.
So he was accompanied by a large number of people and only stayed at an inn near Raozhou Station.
This inn was obviously run by Raozhou Station, because it was a new building. When Zhu Di checked in, there was immediately a team of inspection department personnel guarding the inn outside.
Chen Jia was panicking at this moment. After all, she had never seen such a big battle before, and seeing that the person who came was unkind, she was naturally worried and immediately secretly came to see Zhang Anshi.
"Your Highness..."
Zhang Anshi had a cold look in his eyes and said with a straight face: "What a good thing you have done."
"This..." Chen Jia's face turned pale and she felt even more panicked.
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty is here to thoroughly investigate this dispute in the Railway Department. The right and wrong will be determined by the Holy Spirit! When your Majesty asks, you can give a concrete answer. Don't spread the word. I understand.
Well?"
Chen Jiacai breathed a sigh of relief and said with a bitter face: "This matter is really..."
Zhang Anshi didn't want to hear the useless nonsense he said, so he waved his hand and said: "Don't come and tell me. It's useless to tell me. After His Majesty rests, you can go and tell His Majesty."
Chen Jia could only say: "Yes."
Zhang Anshi asked again: "How are the injured people doing now?"
"It's still being treated. The situation is quite dangerous, but...His Royal Highness, you have urgently dispatched a few holy hands from Nanchang Station. There shouldn't be any accidents."
Zhang Anshi said: "People must try their best to keep it, everything else... is just trivial matters."
Seeing that Chen Jia was upset, Zhang Anshi's face softened and he said a few words of comfort: "You can travel all over the world with reason, but you can't move without reason. If you really have any grievances, don't be afraid, just do whatever you want. Don't worry, no one can wrong you.
Go over your head."
Chen Jia quickly said yes.
Zhang Anshi clasped his hands behind his back and suddenly smiled: "Then what are the people in Raozhou Prefecture doing right now?"
"Ah..." Chen Jia was stunned, a little confused for a moment.
Zhang Anshi waved his hand and said nothing more.
The reason why Zhang Anshi asked about Raozhou Mansion seemed to have guessed their actions.
In fact, Chen Fu, the magistrate of Raozhou Prefecture, and Wang Yan, the magistrate of Raozhou Prefecture, have also begun to feel uneasy.
However, the people at Raozhou Station came to ask Zhang Anshi for information, but for them, it was obvious... that they also needed to ask for mediation.
The only ones they could find seemed to be the Grand Scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and the Grand Scholar Hu Guang who came with him.
Hu Guang was physically and mentally tired. After getting off the car, he actually wanted to go around and inquire about the situation.
It was a pity that no one at Raozhou Station paid attention to him. Once His Majesty was settled, they all followed Zhang Anshi in a swarm.
He wanted to go forward and ask, but felt it was inappropriate. After all, the personnel of the Railway Department were wary of Wenyuan Pavilion bachelors or people in the temple.
Just when Hu Guang was anxious and lost, someone found his head.
"Hu Gong..."
Hu Guang remained silent, or in other words, at this time, he no longer knew how to deal with it.
Chen Jiadao, the prefect, said: "Gonggong Hu is a noble man who forgets things a lot. When he was demoted... he was a Jinshi in the seventh year of Yongle. At that time... Princess Hu took the exam..."
Hu Guang just nodded and said: "I have a slight impression."
Chen Jia's expression relaxed slightly, and then said: "I was unlucky to be a lower-ranking official and could not stay in Beijing. Therefore, I was first appointed as a county magistrate, and now I am the prefect of Raozhou. Jiangxi is a place where culture gathers, so I can come here to Raozhou."
I'll be satisfied if I take the post and get an official position."
Hu Guangdao: "Really?"
"Hu Gong is a famous figure in the current dynasty. There is no one in Jiangxi who has not spread the name of Hu Gong. However, I have heard about some... things..."
Hu Guang raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter?"
Chen Jia seemed hesitant, not knowing whether he should say it or whether to conduct further testing.
This is how scholars interact with each other. They must first state their names, and then see if they have had a teacher-student relationship, the same age, and an old relationship. Then they can further test each other's situation, and finally decide what they should say.
.
But now Chen Jia was a little anxious. After thinking about it, she still said: "I heard that Mr. Hu is in the court, and he can't sing alone."
Hu Guang's eyebrows suddenly stood up and he said coldly: "What are these words?"
Chen Jia hesitated for a moment and said: "These are all rumors. I heard... Mr. Hu did not agree with the New Deal, but... he had no choice. This time the railway company entered Jiangxi, Mr. Hu did not agree, but... some people wanted Mr. Hu to
I wonder if you can set an example and even ask Hu Gong...'s clan members to serve as officials?"
Chen Jia said with a look of regret on her face.
Hu Guang is a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion. For a son of such a person to be appointed as an official is simply a shame and humiliation. It would be absolutely unacceptable to anyone else.
Chen Jia carefully observed Hu Guang's face.
But he saw that Hu Guang's face was as pale as paper, as if he were dead.
Chen Jia calmed down slightly. He seemed to have expected that his words might have a miraculous effect. He was still a little anxious just now, but he seemed to have some confidence.
So he sighed with emotion: "If a great scholar like Mr. Hu is like this, then a person like Xia Guan really deserves to die and will die without a burial place."
Hu Guang frowned and stared at him, but said with a straight face: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Chen Jia hurriedly said: "Mr. Hu, since the Railway Company invaded Raozhou, life in Raozhou has been devastated. But after all, this involves the emperor's grandson. We can't hold it back with our arms. Even if we are dissatisfied, there is nothing we can do. But
This kind of thing can be tolerated for a while, but after a year, it really becomes unbearable. If you continue to endure it, I don’t know how many families will be ruined."
After a pause, he continued: "That's why...there was this dispute this time. I never expected that because of this dispute, it would actually reach the point where the heavens would listen."
Hu Guangdao: "You can't bear it anymore? So what did you do?"
At this moment, Hu Guang couldn't help but feel that the person in front of him was extremely ridiculous, but he didn't show it at all. He only had a cold look in his eyes, waiting to hear what was going on.
Chen Jia was silent at this time and seemed to be hesitating.
But behind him, his colleague Wang Yan, who was probably really anxious, couldn't help but stepped forward, but hurriedly said: "I didn't do anything, it's the people from the Railway Department who pushed people too hard. They colluded with the unruly people."
, seduced many people to settle in the Railway Department."
"But think about it, Mr. Hu, in this place, whether it's farming or water conservancy, everything requires manpower. Without people, how can we teach people how to live? So there were people in the beginning..."
Chen Jia on the side was coughing desperately.
Only then did Wang Yan stop talking.
Hu Guang still had a cold face and said: "If you are unwilling to tell the truth, do you still have to wait for His Majesty and the Jin Yiwei to find out? Well, then you can continue to cover up..."
Chen Jia was still waiting for Hu Guang to relent, so how could she give up? So she quickly said: "Mr. Hu... the lower officials and others need to rely on Mr. Hu at this time."
Hu Guang only said: "Then what do you want to hide?"
"I don't dare to hide it." Chen Jia thought for a while and said, "Hey, the truth is that it was because of the conflict just now that the fight started. Some good local gentry were not angry, so the fight broke out. This kind of thing is
In this way, once the war started, it would not end so easily. As a magistrate, I have to make decisions for the local people. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a dead meal?"
"Naturally, I would not dare to openly confront His Royal Highness, but I would secretly help the good local people, but others would not dare to make mistakes. It's just... just..."
Hu Guangdao: "Just what?"
"It's just that the good local people were really unhappy, so they set up a trap."
"..."
"I deliberately invited someone from the Railway Department to come to Fucheng in the name of mediation, and then..."
Hu Guang said: "Then you took action?"
"It's not the lower officials who take action, it's... the kind people below..."
The cold light in Hu Guang's eyes became a little stronger, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Why do you do this?"
Chen Jia smiled bitterly and said: "If we don't teach a lesson, then... there will really be no one in Raozhou Prefecture. Not to mention that these kind local people need to rely on manpower to survive. Once there are no people, all industries will be gone."
Everything is in depression, even if you are a lower-ranking official, what the imperial court measures officials is money, food and population. But in Raozhou Prefecture, the population has dropped so much this year, and the money and food that can be paid this year has dropped by at least seven percent compared to last year.
Eighty percent, what can Xiaguan... do? The people from the Railway Department want to cook Xiaguan in a pan, and Xiaguan... hey..."
He shook his head and sighed: "This official will not be able to pay the household budget this year and will have to be dismissed from office. Instead of doing this, it is better to do something within his ability for the local people."
Hu Guang pursed his lips and said, "How many people were injured?"
Chen Jia hurriedly said: "There are seven or eight of them. Don't worry, I've checked with my subordinates and found that almost all of them are civil servants from the Railway Department, the kind who can't stand up to the public. But I didn't expect them to make such a fuss out of a molehill."
At this time, Hu Guang was so angry that he saw Chen Jia with an annoyed look on his face. But his annoyance was not because he hurt someone, but because such a trivial matter was brought to the attention of His Majesty in person.
situation.
So Hu Guang looked at him coldly and said, "Have you not thought about how it will end? If you had known this, why would you have done it in the first place?"
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Hu Guang said coldly: "Your Majesty has his own Holy Judgment. The facts are all there. I can't say anything."
Chen Jia and Wang Yan looked at each other in confusion.
They obviously expected that Hu Guang would protect himself wisely.
Therefore, Chen Jia calmed down and said calmly: "Actually... there is a way, but... this requires Mr. Hu to speak kindly to him at the time. If Mr. Hu can help one or two, then Mr. Hu will help the officials and people of Raozhou.
In other words, they are reborn parents, and they are reborn by grace."
Hu Guang sneered, but did not refute, only said: "What can I do?"
Chen Jia thought for a while and seemed to feel that the only thing she could do now was rely on Hu Guang.
So he said slowly: "Those civil servants appeared in Fucheng. Although they were invited to mediate in advance, there was no official document at that time. There was no official document, even if there was no real evidence. So I did a few things here.
, One: Ask someone to insist that their visit to Fucheng is definitely not on official business."
"Secondly, after they arrived in Fucheng... they became arrogant and domineering and committed lawlessness, which aroused public outrage."
"Thirdly, during the dispute, they uttered treasonous and unethical remarks, and even...even threatened that the emperor's grandson was their backer, and that they were the emperor on the ground of Raozhou Prefecture."
As soon as he said this, Hu Guang trembled violently.
Chen Jia didn't seem to notice the sudden change of expression on Hu Guang's face, but smiled and said: "Mr. Hu, as long as these three things are true, even if His Royal Highness comes in person, he will never protect them. On the contrary,
It’s time to clean up the door.”
Hu Guang took a breath silently and then sneered: "Is that what you say?"
Chen Jiadao: "This is the problem. All the witnesses and material evidence have been arranged by Xiaguan. There are also many good people in this government who are willing to testify and expose, but...just...Xiaguan and the good local people
, After all, words are spoken lightly, and when the Holy One is about to make a ruling, if there is someone around you who can speak kindly to the lower officials, then this matter... will be completely confirmed."
Saying that, Chen Jia looked at Hu Guang pitifully, and then she shed tears and said: "Mr. Hu, please please take care of the people of this state. This place, after all, can be regarded as Hu Gong's hometown, and there is no hair left on the skin."
General Yanfu, today is Raozhou, and tomorrow... the one who ends up like Raozhou will be Jizhou Prefecture."