After rebirth, I became a national teacher

As they walked, President Du said to everyone:

"It's best for everyone to keep their mouths shut about the reward the temple master has given us this time. Don't reveal a single word to anyone!"

Everyone agreed with this and echoed:

"nature!"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone a word!"

"That's right, I won't even tell my son and daughter-in-law a word!"

If we tell others, there's no guarantee that other powerful people won't come to us for help, and then we'll lose our precious elixir and the chance to save our lives.

Old Madam Yuan didn't hear what President Du said, so she went forward and asked:

"You guys came out so soon? What reward did the temple master give you?"

Everyone suddenly fell silent.

Finally, it was Old Madam Qin who stepped forward and said:

"Please forgive me, Madam Yuan. It is really difficult to tell you this."

Madam Yan, who had a good relationship with Madam Yuan recently, came over and advised:

"Alas, old lady, you lost a lot by not going to provide disaster relief this time! Next time, you must actively respond to the call of the temple master!"

Madam Yuan immediately understood that everyone must have gained a lot, and in her heart she once again cursed her stubborn old man who did bad things a hundred times.

She had heard about disaster relief before.

When she heard that some counties in Southern Zhili were severely affected by the disaster and the victims had all moved to the outside of the capital city of Nando, she asked her servants to buy one hundred taels of silver worth of brown rice and donate it to the camp for the victims outside the city as a token of her gratitude.

At that time, she heard that it was Yan Tongzhi who was in charge of disaster relief and that many merchants had also donated money and materials. She thought they were just pretending and did not take it seriously at all.

Only now do I know that this happened because of the call of the temple master.

Judging from everyone's expressions, everyone involved received an extremely satisfactory reward.

She immediately felt that she had suffered a huge loss!

She definitely can’t compete financially.

But her old man personally presided over many disaster relief efforts in the past!

This was a rare opportunity for her family to perform well, but they missed it in vain!

When she returned home, Censor Yuan had just finished his shift and entered the main hall just one step later than her.

As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw his old wife sitting in the hall, staring at him with a sullen face.

This look was so intimidating that even though Censor Yuan had once held the position of Prime Minister, his scalp tingled and he subconsciously retracted his right foot that had already stepped over the threshold.

"Uh... I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do at the Inspection Office..."

Seeing that he was about to run, Old Madam Yuan immediately said:

"Stop! Come here!"

The lady showed her authority, and Censor Yuan dared not disobey, so he walked forward obediently.

Old Madam Yuan stood up and grabbed his ear.

"Tell me the truth, old man. What good things did you do on July 25th?"

Apart from him, who else in this house would dare to intercept the letter left for her without permission?

Although Censor Yuan is old, he has a very good memory.

In addition, his wife was furious just after she came back from Cihang Temple today, so he immediately thought of what it was about.

"Ah... it hurts... Madam, please calm down... I thought the mountain road was slippery and difficult to walk on, and I was afraid that something might happen to you on the way, so I stopped the letter..."

That's only part of the reason.

More importantly, he felt that the abbot of Cihang Temple suddenly summoned these believers, which must be a bad thing, so he did not let his wife go.

Old Madam Yuan was deeply distressed:

"Do you know what we missed this time? The last time the temple master called on everyone to provide disaster relief, all participants will receive a reward!"

"Although I didn't find out what they got, I can tell from their expressions that it was something extremely valuable! Such a rare opportunity, but you, an old man who acted on your own, wasted it!"

As he said this, he punched him twice angrily.

Censor Yuan was originally shouting exaggeratedly that his ears hurt, but he stopped immediately after hearing this.

"Madam, are you saying that the wealthy merchants in Nandu City were actively providing disaster relief because of the call from the abbot of Cihang Temple? She actually asked her followers to provide disaster relief on July 25th?"

"Of course. Duke Dingguo, Co-Governor Yan, General Zheng and other officials have all made great efforts and received rewards, but my family didn't even go!"

Censor Yuan's mood suddenly became extremely complicated.

His wife naturally didn't know since she wasn't in the officialdom, but he, who was very concerned about the disaster, knew very well:

The magnitude of this flood can be said to be a once-in-a-century event.

According to common sense, the death toll from this flood would definitely be in the hundreds of thousands.

Even if they managed to survive, the victims would die of hunger and cold, or sell their children and themselves into slavery because their food and property would be swept away by the flood.

But the final result was that only more than 600 people died of the disease.

Even in normal times when there is no migration, over 600 people died of the disease in several counties with hundreds of thousands of people in a month or two.

Such a great result was achieved, on the one hand, thanks to Duke Dingguo's early warning to the court, organizing the migration of the victims to Nandu, and preserving the victims' food and property.

On the other hand, it was also thanks to the full relief efforts of the Nando officials (Yan Tongzhi) and many merchants.

The big merchants in Nandu were so generous that they were completely unlike the merchants he had known before.

Not only did they donate tens of thousands of taels of silver in material form, but the head of the family also personally led people to the disaster relief camp to participate in the disaster relief.

The subsequent relief supplies from the court were also distributed to the victims thanks to the impartial supervision of Duke Dingguo and others.

Having served as an official for decades, he has never seen officials and businessmen with such conscience and passion.

Now, his wife actually told him that all this was due to the order of the abbot of Cihang Temple.

The temple master not only had great magical powers and predicted the flood in advance, but also organized believers to make all-out efforts to rescue the disaster, thus saving hundreds of thousands of victims.

And he, at that time, had the meanness to stop his wife from going to Cihang Temple.

For the first time in his life, Censor Yuan felt ashamed.

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After Old Madam Yuan returned home from Cihang Temple, Censor Yuan was brutally abused.

At the home of Qin Dafu, a model believer, a major event also occurred while they were burning incense at Cihang Temple.