After rebirth, I became a national teacher

"Master! Master! The imperial edict of commendation has arrived! Someone from the government office has come to ask you to go to the government office to receive the edict!"

A servant hurried into the Qin family and reported to Qin Dafu happily.

The affairs of the Qiao family are now in order, and Zhenniang has become more and more opinionated. There is no need for Qin Dafu, the head of the family, to stay at the Qiao family all the time.

As long as it's someone who can control the situation in terms of seniority, it won't matter whether it's Madam Qin or Old Madam Qin, the effect will be the same.

So Qin Dafu withdrew from the Qiao family and returned home to take care of the business, and Mrs. Qin took over.

Hearing the servant's words, Qin Dafu couldn't help but look surprised.

Previously, the believers of Cihang Temple had made great efforts in disaster relief, but at that time everyone was seeking the reward from the temple master.

Merchants like them never thought that they would be rewarded by the imperial court.

Qin Dafu did not dare to delay and quickly checked whether there was anything wrong with his clothes. He changed into cloth clothes and immediately rushed to the government office.

Soon, all the people involved in the disaster relief came to the lobby of the government office and knelt down in unison to receive the order.

The imperial envoy who announced the decree read out loudly:

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says..."

Yan Qingzhi, the co-magistrate of Nando, made the greatest contribution in the disaster relief of the last severe flood and was directly promoted to the fourth rank of Nando prefect.

Zheng Yuannai, the son of the general of Yangzhou, made great contributions in organizing Yangzhou merchants to provide disaster relief, and was specially granted the title of Commander of the Five Cities Army of Southern Capital, with the rank of sixth grade.

Qin Dafu and other merchants were praised as role models for merchants all over the world, and each was given a plaque with the words "Benevolent Merchants and Righteous Deeds" and a jade ruyi.

It can be said that everyone has gained a lot.

The person who gained the most was naturally Yan Qingzhi, who was actually promoted on the spot, from an administrative aide-de-camp in the Southern Capital to a powerful prefect.

Although the prefect of Nando was not as good as the prefect of the capital, he was not far behind and was far from being comparable to an ordinary fourth-rank prefect.

(As for the original prefect, after the handover, he will be evaluated and then decide whether to promote him, transfer him to a lower position, or demote him in name only.)

The second is Zheng Yuannai’s sixth-rank commander.

Although this is a title of pretext and there is no specific job, it is also a ticket to enter the officialdom.

If one is ambitious, he or she may be able to make substantial contributions on this basis, let his or her superiors see his or her abilities, and be transferred to a real job or even move up further.

But for merchants like Qin Dafu, the rewards given by the emperor were more honorary.

But merchants are not short of money, what they lack is social status.

With this plaque, no matter what else, at least when they are out in the wild in the future, other officials will have to think twice before trying to make things difficult for them.

After all, even if one is given a hard time, one still needs a reputation. They are benevolent merchants who have been personally commended by the emperor. If they are accused of crimes at will, wouldn't it be a slap in the emperor's face?

After receiving the imperial edict, everyone's face was filled with joy.

The merchants took the imperial plaque home with drums and gongs. Amid the envious gazes of their neighbors and surrounding people, they hung the plaque on the front door of their house and enshrined the jade ruyi in their own ancestral hall.

After settling down, everyone, including Zheng Yuannai, went to Yan's house to thank Lord Yan.

Everyone knows that the reason why they were commended has a lot to do with how the questions reported by Lord Yan were written.

This result must be because Lord Yan did not take all the credit for himself, but gave them credit in the report on the details of the disaster relief.

Upon hearing this, Yan Qingzhi stroked his beard and bowed towards the east of the city:

"The abbot said that as believers, we should help each other. How can Yan be the only one to take credit? For this reward, the one we should thank the most is the abbot!"

Everyone remembered that when the temple master called on everyone to provide disaster relief, he did say that everyone should unite and help each other. They suddenly realized what was going on and deeply agreed with Yan Qingzhi's words.

If the temple master had not anticipated the flood and called on everyone to take full action, this disaster relief effort would never have achieved such good results.

Even if they had money and connections, it would be impossible for them to gain such huge benefits from this flood.

Thinking of this, everyone's admiration for the master of the temple reached a new level.

They just felt that believing in the master and obeying his orders was the best thing they had done this year.

After some discussion, everyone unanimously decided to bring offerings to Cihang Temple tomorrow to thank the abbot!

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The imperial envoy came to announce the decree to commend the participants in disaster relief. It was such a big event that Zhang Jinghong, who was in Nando, naturally learned the news on the same day.

He was always perceptive and noticed the difference immediately.

These people who were awarded were actually believers of Cihang Temple!

If you say this matter has nothing to do with Cihang Temple, he would never believe it even if you kill him.

He secretly paid attention and then found that the next day after receiving the imperial edict, these families sent their families to Cihang Temple to burn incense and offer sacrifices.

What made him even more jaw-dropping was that in addition to these people, the wife of Duke Dingguo had also gone to Cihang Temple on the same day!

The Duke Dingguo's Mansion was also commended for its disaster relief this time, but the Duke's Mansion had a noble status, so it received a separate imperial edict.

Although the rewards the Duke's Mansion received this time were only some farms and treasures, this was mainly because Duke Ding was in a high position and had great power, so there was no limit to the rewards.

Moreover, these things are just titles. Your Majesty will definitely remember this achievement when his descendants are promoted in the future.

During the disaster relief period, although Zhang Jinghong was presiding over the provincial examination, he was informed of the whole process of the disaster relief by the capital.

The reason why this disaster relief was so successful, in addition to the cooperation of officials and people in Nandu City, another extremely important reason was the warning letter from Duke Dingguo.

Without the memorial from Duke Dingguo, the disaster victims would not have been able to relocate in advance, and the relief supplies and money from the court would not have been allocated in advance and arrived in time.

All these signs combined led Zhang Jinghong to a surprising conclusion:

The one who really led this disaster relief effort was probably the Cihang Temple!

The abbot of Cihang Temple must have predicted the disaster in advance, which is why he called on believers to take action in all aspects and saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of victims.

While being shocked and impressed, Zhang Jinghong also had full faith in the master's ability to predict things like a god.

"Sir, everything on board has been prepared. Should we notify everyone at the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion to board the ship immediately?"

The subordinate came to ask for instructions.

"not busy."

Zhang Jinghong raised his hand to stop him.

After a day of careful consideration, he had made up his mind.

The abbot told Jin Ge'er that if he didn't want to suffer this misfortune for the rest of his life, he had to stay away from his stepmother.

This means that although Jin Ge'er has escaped danger this time, Zhang will definitely continue to target Jin Ge'er in the future.

Brother Jin is his only nephew.

He and his third brother did not have a son, so they had always treated this nephew as their own son.

Even though the side branch is powerful now, how could he turn a blind eye when he knew that Brother Jin was in danger?

"First, let the servants of Jingnan Marquis's mansion board the ship, and then arrest the maidservants around the Marquis' wife and interrogate them! Make it a big deal, and make sure the Marquis' wife knows about this before she boards the ship!"

Previously, in order not to alarm Zhang, he only interrogated Doctor Qian and some doctors in Nandu City who had treated Pei Jin.

So much time has passed, the original evidence and witnesses may have been eliminated by Zhang long ago.

But judging from the fact that Zhang was willing to spend 10,000 taels to bribe Doctor Qian in order to cover up the fact that Jin'er was poisoned, she was still very afraid that the Zhang family's direct descendants would learn the truth.

In this case, he could achieve his goal of revenge by alerting the enemy and forcing Zhang to lose his composure.