History of Yongwu

The reason why Dongyang County is called Dongyang County is because in the east of the ancient Yangguan, the Central Plains area was once weak and surrounded by Rong and Di, and it could only be preserved by relying on the danger of the river. Yangguan was an important pass on the border against Rong and Di at that time.

Later, the various dynasties in the Central Plains expanded their borders and changed Yangguan from a border pass to an inner pass, and gradually lost its use. Up to now, the real address of Yangguan back then is no longer known.

Dongyang County is close to the river, so it often suffers from floods. The court ruled for a long time but had little effect.

But this year's severe drought, the six counties in the south of the Yangtze River at the beginning of the Great Yong Dynasty were not bad, most of the counties and counties had poor harvests, Dongyang County was particularly serious, coupled with floods, so this year's victims were more than in previous years, and the imperial court and the county government also provided relief several times. Only barely aroused the popular uprising.

Outside Guangyiyang City, a bright and simple carriage came slowly from the capital. Qin Yu and Wang Meng sat in the carriage and looked at the two sides of the road. There were groups of hungry people who had already migrated to the capital.

Alas, Qin Yu sighed and put down the car curtain. It is very dangerous for hungry people to flood into the capital in large numbers. The hungry people may turn into rioters.King Wu can wake up with a smile when he falls down.

Inn

Wang Meng entered the door in a hurry and saluted, "Your Majesty, the disaster in Dongyang is more serious than imagined. If you are not careful, you may stir up a civil uprising."

"En." Qin Yu nodded, his brows were heavy and he didn't speak.

"My lord" Wang Meng looked at him and said hesitantly, "There is one more thing, the priest from Tianshen Palace seems to be here again."

"Yeah," Qin Yu absent-mindedly agreed, and suddenly he had a thought, turned to look at him and said, "You said Nangong Yuliang from Tianshen Palace is here?"

"Yes, I heard that every day I go to the outside of Yiyang City to help the victims."

"Hehe, Lord Priest is kind." Qin Yu raised the corner of his mouth and looked out the window.

A large number of refugees outside the western part of Yiyang City are sitting around the official road. There are many porridge sheds along the road, which are organized by local rich people and the government. At the end of the road is a medical shed. A man in a purple gown is sitting He looked at the patient patiently at the table, and then ordered the boy next to him to bring him medicine. The pretty little girl in a red dress sitting next to him was puffing her cheeks and didn't know what to say.

"Brother, do you think King Jin will come here?" Nan Gongxiang asked while cupping her chin.

"King Jin is intriguing in the capital every day, how can he have the time to come here? Besides, the eyes of King Jin are too high, and he will definitely disdain to come to this kind of place. You still"

"The priest's words are wrong." Qin Yu chuckled, and slowly walked over from behind the medical shed, "Although this king grew up in the deep palace, he is still a minister of the emperor. How could the country not care about it when the country is in trouble? Don't you think so?" ? Miss Xianger"

Nangong Yuliang's face turned red and then turned white, never expecting that King Jin would really appear here suddenly. Nangong Xiang sat aside, staring at King Jin, and it took him a while to react.

"You're really here, that's great!"

Hehe Qin Yu smiled and dodged Nangong Xiang's arm, turned to look at Nangong Yuliang beside him and asked, "I don't know how the disaster is going now."

Nangong Yuliang sat back, pretending not to hear, and ignored it, Nangong Xiang stood next to King Jin when she saw this.

"It was alright when we first came here, but these days more and more people are starving, it seems that some place has burst an embankment, and many people have flocked to Yiyang."

"It's the levee breach in Zhouyang County." Nangong Yuliang saw that the King of Jin would not leave, so he chatted with Xiang'er again, and then said, "The five surrounding counties have been submerged, and the water in the downstream has soared. I don't know if it will break the dam downstream , if the downstream dam is washed away, then there will be no place in Dongyang County intact."

When Qin Yu came here, he knew that the land of Zhouyang County was an important dam upstream, and once it burst, it would be like adding insult to injury.

"How about the victims?"

Alas, Nangong Yuliang sighed, looked ahead and said, "In this way, more and more hungry people flooded into Yiyang, and the food in the city is not enough. The county guard is raising food and wages, but I don't know when it will work."

This is a bit troublesome. We have to find a way to deal with Kong Guopei and be careful of the civil uprising.

"Why doesn't the lord ask the magistrate about these things?" Nangong Yuliang asked the silent King Jin strangely.

"The word of the sheriff is not as trustworthy as that of the priest!" Qin Yu came back to his senses, saluted the two of them, got on his horse and left in a hurry.

"Hey, why are you walking so fast?" Nan Gongxiang chased after him, and King Jin had already traveled a long way.

The Kong family has been operating in Dongyang for many years, and the gentry and powerful gentry are all related to the Kong family and obey the orders of the Kong family. Qin Yu originally planned to contact the squires secretly, let them make a fuss about the flood in Dongyang, and ask Kong Guopei to return to Dongyang to be in charge, forcing him out of the court. Save Gu Lei.

But after arriving here, the seriousness of the disaster and the presence of Kong's local gatekeeper made Qin Yu dare not act rashly, fearing that Kong Guopei would bite him back and put himself in a dilemma, so he had to find another way.

"My lord, Fan Xiang has replied." Wang Meng entered the door.

"How to say?"

"My lord wants to have good medical skills and trustworthy people. Fan Xiang said that there are too many people, so it will take some time to prepare."

"Fan Wentian hurry up, Gu Lei's Majesty won't be able to delay for long." Qin Yu frowned and ordered.

"Yes"

"By the way, where's Kong?" Qin Yu raised his head and asked him again.

"Most of the wealthy and squires in Dongyang opened warehouses to help the victims, and the Kong family also participated, but it just so happens that the person in charge of the Kong family is also familiar with the prince," Wang Meng said with a smile.

Qin Yu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh?"

"Kong Hanwen!" Wang Meng said.

Young Master Kong got into trouble in the capital, and was thrown here by his uncle. The family asked him to be in charge of disaster relief. He used this cover to ask for a lot of money from the family, but he didn't help any victims, but he took a lot of it himself.

"Master Kong is still the same!" Qin Yu's eyes lit up, he glanced at Wang Meng and said, "I want to help Lord Yushi to lead his nephew into the right path!"

Wang Meng was taken aback for a moment, seeing His Royal Highness King Jin's smirk, before he had time to mourn for Kong Hanwen, he heard King Jin say to him.

"Wang Meng, have you ever been to a brothel?"

"Ah?" Wang Meng was stunned, staring at King Jin with staring eyes, "My lord, why are you asking this?" Are you still thinking about brothels at this time?

"Have you been there?" Qin Yu looked serious, with a smile that couldn't be concealed in his eyes.

"The last general has never been there," Wang Meng said in a low voice with his head bowed.

"Impossible! I remember how much older you are than me, and it's not too early to get married. Why haven't you been there?"

You think that everyone is just like you, just hang out in the brothel if you have nothing to do, a good man has ambitions everywhere, how can you

"Speak?" Qin Yu saw that he lowered his head and muttered what he was thinking.

"Oh, the last general and the last general's family is poor." Wang Meng suddenly came back to his senses, and said in embarrassment, "I can't afford to go!"

Hahaha

His Royal Highness King Jin leaned back on the chair while laughing, and it took him a long time to stop laughing, looking at the embarrassed General Wang.

"Since General Wang is ashamed, I will pay you to go to the brothel to gain knowledge."

"The last general will not go" Wang Meng's head shook like a rattle.

"no"

"Lord"

"Listen." Qin Yu interrupted him, and ordered, "Pretend to be a wealthy merchant from the south of the Yangtze River, and come here to sell grain, find a way to make friends with Kong Hanwen, and persuade him to expand the relief of the Kong family."

"Can't it be done in other places?" Wang Meng asked in embarrassment.

"Other places are not as effective as this," Qin Yu said.

"What if Kong Hanwen is not here?" Wang Meng asked unwillingly.

"No." Qin Yu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, stood up and said, "I have been friends with Brother Hanwen for a long time, and I know Brother Hanwen's hobbies very well."

During the few days of waiting, Qin Yu visited Nangong Yuliang's medical shed every day, and Nangong Xiang's relationship with him was getting better and better. It's hard to say why Nangong Shen is doing it.

Out of the city gate, Qin Yu saw a very long line in front of the medical shed from a distance. Nangong Yuliang told him that the food is getting less and less, and the hungry people who are not sick will also come to line up. It doesn't matter whether it is medicine or food, as long as they can Just fill your belly.

As soon as Qin Yu arrived at the medical shed, Nangong Xiang ran over, "There are so many people today, even more than before, and many people are not here to see a doctor."

"Xiang'er mustn't be rude." Seeing Nangong Xiang pulling him, Nangong Yuliang intervened, "My lord is here, what's the matter?"

"visit"

"You came to see me on purpose?" Nan Gongxiang asked with a slight blush.

"Of course I also visit the priests." Qin Yu took a step back and stood beside Nangong Yuliang.

Nangong Yuliang sneered and ignored it, turned his head to look outside the medical shed, there was a commotion among the gathered hungry people, he watched for a while, raised his eyebrows, got up and walked out.

"priest"

Qin Yu's eyebrows twitched and he hurriedly followed out. Crazy hungry people will do many things, this priest must have never seen it before.

In front, the hungry people formed a circle, and in the middle were two hungry people in ragged clothes who seemed to be fighting for something.

"I got it first"

"Give it to me, give it to me now"

Qin Yu raised his head slightly, saw the young man holding a sweet potato in his hand, and sighed in his heart, he wanted to pull Nangong Yuliang away.

"Priest? What are you doing!" Nangong Yuliang was about to step forward, but was grabbed by Qin Yu.

"Save people" Nangong Yuliang gave him a sideways look, and stepped forward.

"Come back!" Qin Yu took his arm and locked him beside him, "The two of them fought so fiercely, you will definitely get hurt if you step forward rashly."

King Jin's voice was very calm, and Nangong Yuliang felt cold when he heard it. He turned his head to look at King Jin, and said coldly, "Don't worry about your kindness, just think about the villain."

"Hey!"

With a short exclamation, the situation in the field changed suddenly. The young man was pushed, and the sweet potato rolled down and fell to Nangongxiang's feet. Nangongxiang picked it up without thinking much.

"Give it to me!!" The young man stared at Nangong Xiang.

"Ah!" Nangong Xiang panicked, screamed and threw the sweet potato out, and threw herself into Nangong Yuliang's arms, "Brother, help me!"

The sweet potato rolled to the feet of another person, who picked it up and turned around and ran. Seeing this, the young man took out a three-inch long nail from his arms.The spike pierced the back of the head, and the man was killed immediately, but the young man seemed to be afraid that the man was not dead, so he squeezed on his head several times.

"I told you to grab it from me" the young man laughed wildly, and rushed out of the crowd, "Mom, I found something to eat, eat it quickly"

"My mother won't eat it, you can eat it" The old woman was blind, she groped for the sweet potato slowly, smelled it and handed it tremblingly to her son.

The crowd dispersed, and each walked aimlessly in one direction, continuing to look for something to eat.Famine turns dutiful sons into villains and gentlemen lose their consciences.

"Priest" Qin Yu sighed in his heart, and turned to pull Nangong Yuliang, "I can't practice medicine today, so I'll send you back first."

"Don't worry about it!" Nangong Yuliang shook his arm.

Qin Yu looked up at him, the priest's handsome and elegant face lost all blood, he tried his best to keep his voice steady, his usually gentle eyes stared at him with a chill.

Nangong Yuliang supported Xiang'er to turn around, just as soon as she lifted her foot, her eyes darkened and she almost fell down.

"My lord, don't be brave." Qin Yu supported him, and said in a low voice, "Without you, who will save the hungry people!"

After sending Nangong Yuliang back, Qin Yu returned to the inn and urged Wang Meng to let Fan Wentian take the situation immediately. One more day of delay in Dongyang would be a day of danger.

When the sun was setting, Qin Yu went out of the city again. The place where the person died in the daytime had already been taken away. He felt strange for a moment. Just as he was about to leave, he saw a familiar figure on the hill in front of him.

"Nangong Yuliang?" Qin Yu muttered, and rode his horse over.

"Nangong Priest" Qin Yu stood aside, looking at the corpse and the shovel in his hand.

"King Jin?"

Nangong Yuliang was surprised, but didn't say much, picked up the shovel in his hand and shoveled down, and the dust and smoke choked him when he shoveled down.

"Hehe my king, come here." Qin Yu reached out and snatched the shovel from Nangong Yuliang's hand, and dug on his own without waiting for his consent.

The reason why Qin Yu never gets angry at Nangong Yuliang's offense is because he understands how priests are. People like him are kind-hearted and noble by nature. Naturally, they don't bother to be with people like him. This world needs people like him. , but people like Nangong Yuliang are more needed.

Nangong Yuliang looked at the people who were silently digging in front of him. The attitude of King Jin before was that he didn't care about the death of these ants, but now he came back to collect the corpses for the 'ants'.

"I didn't expect the prince to come back"

"I didn't expect the priest to come back either."

Nangong Yuliang frowned and stood beside him and asked, "Since the lord couldn't bear it, why did he stop me at that time?"

"If I don't stop, I'm afraid I'll dig another hole." Qin Yu didn't look at him to answer.

"Since that's the case, why didn't the prince take action, why didn't he stop it, so as not to cause a tragedy?" Standing beside him, Nangong Yuliang seemed a little excited.

He didn't understand why he didn't help him if he couldn't bear it, and why he went back and forth if he couldn't save him.

Qin Yu stuck the shovel into the ground and looked up at him with a smile on his face, but his eyes were calm and serious, "Priest, can you save him today and tomorrow? Can you save this person and others?"

"So the prince gave up?"

Qin Yu watched him silent for a long time, nodded and said, "That's right!"

Bending down and pushing the corpse into the pit, Qin Yu picked up the shovel to bury it again. Nangong Yuliang looked at him. It was hard to see this person buried in the soil as the same person as the indifferent King Jin before, but what this person said was even more important. for indifference.

"Let's go." Qin Yu buried the body and turned to Nangong Yuliang.

Nangong Yuliang woke up from his contemplation, only to realize that he was staring at King Jin presumptuously, and withdrew his gaze calmly. He and King Jin led the horse and went down the mountain side by side.

"Prince" Nangong Yuliang suddenly stopped, turned to face King Jin, looked at him with piercing eyes, "Since Yuliang was a child, my father taught me that a gentleman has kind thoughts in his heart and does his best to relieve the suffering of the common people. But you have to do it. Yuliang is weak, but he is not hesitant about this body. If he is like a prince, he can have the common people in his heart, wouldn't it be a great fortune in the world?"

Nangong Yuliang's eyes are so clear that no one doubts what he said. He sincerely believes in his beliefs and does what he insists on. He is persistent to stubborn and sincere to pedantic. This is the most difficult road in the world, but No fear.

Qin Yu stopped his back, straightened his clothes, and then bowed deeply to Nangong Yuliang, "Please accept my king's worship"

"My lord, why is this so?" Nangong Yuliang froze on the spot, not knowing what to say.

"The priest is a human being, he deserves this worship." Qin Yu's voice was respectful and serious, without any falsehood.

"My lord doesn't have to be like this." Nangong Yuliang came to his senses and hurried forward to help King Jin up.

Qin Yu smiled, as if nothing had happened, turned around and got on his horse and galloped towards the city of Yiyang. Nangong Yuliang looked at it and got on his horse, and drove towards the city together.

At the city gate, the two parted. Nangong Yuliang looked at King Jin's back and was a little puzzled for a moment.King Jin disregards the life and death of others, yet condescends to return, bury relatives and friends, behave pervertedly, but pays respect to ordinary people, what kind of person is King Jin?