I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"Wang Zaijin, from now on, I will take you as the imperial envoy to Yuncheng, Shandong to preside over disaster relief."

"What's the problem, but it's okay to talk about it!"

Wang Zaijin was obviously taken aback by such a quick decision.

Throughout the ages, the imperial court's disaster relief has always been carefully discussed and carefully arranged for such a series of earthquakes in several provinces.

On the day of receiving the memorial, the imperial court appointed an imperial envoy to rush to the disaster area. This is the first case!

"The incident happened suddenly, and it is really difficult to accomplish this matter with the strength of one person, Your Majesty, please send two people to help you!" Wang Zaijin thought for a moment, then said.

Zhu Youxiao sat quietly, tapped his fingers on the imperial case, pondered for a moment, and said:

"speak!"

"Yang Sichang, Huaibei's salary officer, and Zhan Shiwen, the head of Nanjing's Zhanshifu, were kind and benevolent. In the first year of the Apocalypse, all the Huaibei prefectures suffered from hunger, and they all helped their ministers..."

Wang Zaijin's words stopped short, and he lowered his eyes to look at the ground, feeling uneasy.

He was timid in his heart, and this time he recommended these two people because firstly, although their reputations are not good, they have indeed worked much harder than those who boasted in local disaster relief.

The second is that Wang Zaijin also has selfishness about himself.

The emperor's heart, the sea needle.

If you want to use these two people, you will naturally use them, but if you don't want to use them, no matter how much he introduces, it will not help.

Zhu Youxiao frowned frivolously and watched him quietly.

After a few breaths, he said lightly:

"The decree ordered the king to be an imperial envoy in Jin Dynasty, and sent 150 million taels of domestic money to Shandong to preside over disaster relief.

In addition, Yang Sichang, the Huaibei Rating Department, was promoted to Zuobu Political Envoy of Shandong Chengxuan Political Envoy because of his meritorious service in the Huaibei Great Famine.

Zhan Shiwen, Tiren, the young master of Zhan Shifu in Nanjing, was also promoted to supervisory censor of Shandong Province.

Assisting the imperial envoys and helping the people in disasters, there must be no mistakes! "

After Wang Zaijin left, Zhu Youxiao called Xu Xianchun and said quietly:

"Recently, I received a secret report that Shandong Wenxiang Sect is about to move, and a man named Xu Hongru is plotting to rebel."

"You go to the Shandong Supervision Department in person. During the disaster relief period in Jin, Wang will report his disaster relief every three days and let me know."

"Also, we need to investigate the matter of Wen Xiangjiao secretly, and find out clearly, don't startle the snake in advance!"

"If there is an emergency and you don't have time to ask me for instructions, you can also go to Yang Zhaoji and tell me what I mean."

Speaking of Wenxiangjiao, Xu Xianchun is very familiar with it, it is an old enemy.

Everyone in the world knows that Wenxiang Sect was founded by a man named Wang Sen in Shifokou, Luanzhou, Hebei during the Wanli Dynasty.

At that time, Xu Xianchun was only in his teens, and he was a small banner official in Beizhen Fusi. He had once guarded the famous Wang Sen.

This guy has been tortured and tortured. He was quite stubborn at the beginning, but finally he did it honestly.

He claimed to have rescued a fox, and the fox cut off its tail to give it to him. It had a strange fragrance, so he called on the disciples, and many people joined him, so he called Wenxiang religion, and he called himself the leader of Wenxiang. Henan, Qin, Sichuan and other places.

It is also said that the Wenxiang Sect believes in the Burning Lamp Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha, and the Future Buddha, and in the Fusi of Beizhen, it preaches the three-period end-kalpa, returning to the source, and all kinds of fallacies and heresies, which are true.

Surprisingly, at that time, there really was a captain of the Zhenfu Division, Wei Xin. Taking advantage of the dark moon and high winds, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his family and life to rescue Wang Sen from the prison.

Of course, this was of no use. Wang Sen escaped for a few years and was arrested and returned to prison. At that time, Beizhen Fusi also brutally tortured him to death.

In fact, I don't want to ask anything, I just want to kill him.

Xu Xianchun didn't understand what Wang Sen said, and he didn't have much interest in it. He was focused on climbing up.

Anyway, in Xu Xianchun's opinion at the time, the Wenxiang Sect and the White Lotus Sect had the same roots, and they were both cults that intended to shake the Ming Dynasty.

Since it is a cult, it must be completely eradicated. After eradicating the cult, you can be reused by the emperor and make contributions to the society. Why not do it.

This time when he accepted the job, Xu Xianchun also sneered from the bottom of his heart, saying that the road is narrow and old acquaintances met again.

He clasped his fists and said:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I used to guard Wang Sen in the early years, and Xu Hongru also escaped from the hands of the minister once, and I am very familiar with Wen Xiangjiao's tricks. This trip to Shandong must be for revenge, for revenge. Your Majesty will uproot the Wenxiang Sect!"

"With your words, I feel more at ease, let's go down and make arrangements."

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he looked sideways at the Chuanguo Yuxi hanging behind him. Recently, the court and central government have been discussing whether this thing is true or not.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't care.

If I want this jade seal to be real, and Daming needs this jade seal to be real, then it must be real!

As for the vision in Wei Zhongxian's mansion mentioned by Wei Zhongxian last time about the letter king Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youxiao also took it seriously. If this guy is really a son of a plane like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, at the node of the seventh year of the apocalypse, he will be killed. Started to get rid of him.

Wang Mang was looking for Liu Xiu among Liu Xiu's heaps. If he killed the wrong one, I would be different. The Ming Dynasty only had Zhu Youjian and killed him. Could it be possible that another Zhu Youjian would emerge?

So don't worry now, keep watching, if this kid is really ambitious, it's not too late to get rid of him.

Chapter 178 Feast for the Squire

One day after the Dachao Yifang, an imperial decree against the earthquake was announced to the world, and the "Beijing News" was also published at the same time, and the explanation was indicated.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said:

Since I am at the top of the fence, I am icy day and night, keeping the law of my ancestors, lest I fall.Seeing the memorial post today, the three provinces of Shandong, Henan, and Huguang were shaken. Could it be that the officials broke the law?

Officials break the law, common people suffer, I deeply hate it!

In the future, all officials in the scientific and administrative departments and departments must reflect on their pain, perform their duties humbly, and seek stability together.

The officials of the Ministry of Er, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Finance should not be greedy for the funds for the relief of the victims, and do not touch the food for the relief of the victims, and strive to provide disaster relief from the public.

If you dare to commit a crime, you will be severely punished! "

The great earthquake in the second year of Apocalypse is a historical necessity.

Because of Zhu Youxiao's timely actions, to a large extent, many people who were "deserving to die" survived.

On the second day after Shandong governor Zhao Yanzuo arrived in Beijing, Wang Zaijin, a scholar of the cabinet university, led a group of hard-working officials from Yongdingmen to Shandong for disaster relief.

……

Shandong, Yuncheng.

On the land of Qilu in the first month, thin rain and fog are falling in the sky, and emerald green spikes emerge from the moist soil.

The old people sat on the ground and lamented that if it were not for the earthquake, this year would have been a rare harvest year.

Since the earthquake, the Guangrou Qilu Plain has been swept away like wind and clouds, and no spring plowing has been seen, and deserted villages and ruined walls can be seen everywhere.

A group of people rode from the direction of Baoding Mansion, checked repeatedly, looked at the mess in front of them, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

"This... is Yuncheng?"

Wang Zaijin went into battle in light clothes, instead of erecting tall flags and wearing bright official uniforms like those imperial envoys in the past.

On the contrary, he and the accompanying officials were travel-laden and panting, not like an imperial envoy, but just like a traveling businessman passing by here.

Hearing his question, an accompanying official took out a map and answered affirmatively:

"Master Ge, this is Yuncheng, Shandong."

When he said this, he himself didn't believe it.

In front of Yuncheng, the city gates are dilapidated, and you can see from a distance that most of the houses in the city have collapsed. Thousands of people are building barracks with the help of officers and soldiers, carrying stones numbly.

"Elder Ge, you have finally arrived. If it takes another ten and a half months tonight, the general will not know what to do."

The person who greeted him was Yang Zhaoji, the general soldier of Datong.

When he heard the news that Wang Zaijin was coming to Yuncheng, he was really relieved.

This guy is just in his early 40s this year, and he is in his prime.

That time when Wei Liangqing died at the Suzhou Wharf, he led his troops into Suzhou, hunted down a group of rebels, and maintained order.

Three provinces were shaken, and Yang Zhaoji, the most prestigious general who could be trusted by the imperial court, was ordered to move to Yuncheng with his troops.

Hearing his words, Wang Zaijin sighed, ordered people to put away the map, stretched out his hand to catch the thin rain and fog in the air, and said:

"If it weren't for this big earthquake, now would be a good time to resume farming. This suburb should be full of farmers coming and going..."

Yang Zhaoji was moved by the scene, nodded and said:

"This year's earthquake has not only affected Shandong Province, but also affected Henan and Huguang. It should have been a good year, but I'm afraid it will turn into a disaster year again."

"Hey, since Jiajing, the natural disasters in my Ming Dynasty have become more frequent, what's going on..."

Wang Zaijin got off his horse and said as he walked:

"What's the situation in Yuncheng right now?"

"Yuncheng is still relatively stable. After receiving the order, the last general led his army and horses to come here at Xingye, and met horse thieves who were looting here."

"The last general led people to defeat these horse thieves and destroy their lair." Yang Zhaoji mentioned the disaster situation, just now when he talked about the battle, the light in his eyes faded again, and said:

"In the past few days, the general will take people to check, and it is still light to play the emperor on the stage..."

Wang Zaijin tied the horse in the barracks, turned around and asked:

"how--?"

Yang Zhaoji opened the door for him, followed behind and said:

"Three out of ten people in Yuncheng died, and nine out of ten houses were destroyed. Although the caravans were wiped out, there were always bandits blocking the way and robbing relief supplies. It was impossible to guard against."

"The last general has dispatched his subordinates to suppress the bandits within a radius of ten miles."

"But these bandits are very slippery. When they see officers and soldiers, they throw away their knives and guns, pretending to be disaster victims. The subordinates of the last general are all frontier soldiers transferred from Datong, so there is no way to tell them apart."

"This is still a place in Yuncheng. It must be that Guide Mansion and other places are even more turbulent. It all depends on you, Lai Ge!"

Wang Zaijin nodded and said:

"Please trouble Marshal Yang to send someone to invite all the famous gentry from Shandong, they are indispensable for disaster relief."

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Watching Yang Zhaoji leave, Wang Zaijin looked solemn.

The night before he left Beijing, he didn't sleep all night.

The imperial envoy is always responsible for the disaster relief this time. This is an opportunity to make contributions to the country and leave a name in history, but it may also be the beginning of the abyss.

The imperial envoy sounds powerful and has great power. Local officials are afraid, but they also have a lot of courage on their shoulders, and they need to bear more condemnation and attention.

Before leaving Beijing, Wang Zaijin decided to take away a large number of low-level officials in the capital based on the experience of the Guanzhong earthquake that occurred in the Jiajing Dynasty.

During the Jiajing Dynasty, there was a great earthquake in Guanzhong, and the court only learned of the news that a large number of local officials had died in the epicenter after one month. As a result, there was no government to maintain the place, chaos, and bandits swarmed, causing many undue losses.

In this earthquake in the three provinces, a large number of officials will definitely die in the line of duty. If the local government is to continue to operate, a large number of fresh officials must be brought in to take office on the spot.

Arriving in Yuncheng today, the situation is even worse than Wang Zaijin expected!

Almost all the officials in Yuncheng died in the line of duty, not counting the generals such as Bai Zong who guarded the city.

These Beijing officials who rushed to Yuncheng have become a new force for disaster relief. They can take office on the spot and maintain normal order in the disaster area, which is a good start!

The memorandum written by Wang Zhengzheng in Jin Dynasty is to suggest that Emperor Tianqi link the implementation of disaster relief by local government officials with the evaluation and promotion of officials.

In his view, this will greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of low-level officials for disaster relief, and it will also encourage officials to write admonitions, reflect on the gains and losses of disaster relief policies, and appease the public.

……

The imperial envoy arrived in Yuncheng, and within a few days, the news spread like wildfire.

Ordinary people collapsed a house and killed a family member. Their originally stable life will be changed, and many people may not be able to recover for a lifetime.

But those country gentry and celebrities are different, they have several or even dozens of houses, courtyards, acres of land under their names, and property, which is countless.

Although the impact of the earthquake was great, it was not so fatal to the gentry and celebrities in these places.

When Wang Zaijin heard Yang Zhaoji briefly introduce the situation in Yuncheng, the first thing he thought of was to use the power and influence of these gentry and celebrities to resume production and stabilize the refugees.

These people were scattered all over Shandong, and it was not easy to invite all of them here.

In an extraordinary time, to do extraordinary things, Wang Zaijin asked Yang Zhaoji to give courtesy first and then serve in the army in the name of hosting a banquet.

Those who come voluntarily will be fine, but those who are shameless will be tied up, and they have to be tied up to Yuncheng.

Let them see with their own eyes what kind of life the victims live!