Borrow the day to change the day

() "Hey, how else can we arrange it? We are trapped here. The porridge can't be thinner twice in the morning and evening, and the charcoal is just a little bit, that's all. How many people will die!" <?How many people are left here!

No, I have to do something myself!At least let the court do more things.If you can save as much as you can, save as much as you can, otherwise, how can you feel at ease!

Thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei immediately stood up, and said to Gu Baichuan: "Find someone to take their family to my house and settle them down. Let's go back and meet An Guiyi first."

Hearing what Zhong Jinwei said, the old man stood up together with his family.However, he did not leave immediately, but asked his son for the ingot of silver given by Zhong Jinwei.He weighed it in his hands, and then said to the refugees around him: "The old man's family, thanks to the son's shelter, now has no worries about food and clothing, and no longer struggles on the front line of life and death. The benevolence of the son, the old man should be exchanged for food and clothing, and the old man will be replaced by food and clothing. The young master sent it to everyone, please wait here, within a day, you must come here."

After finishing speaking, he took a look around, took his family and left with Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei didn't go far, he heard what the old man said, and he couldn't help feeling mixed feelings in his heart. The sincerity of the ancients made most of the descendants feel ashamed!

The family followed Zhong Jinwei and the others, and walked away under the envious and respectful eyes of other refugees.

Arriving at the gate of the refugee camp, where the five-city soldiers and horses command Si Bingding guards, the soldiers there have already reported to his leader. At this time, the leader greeted him respectfully. Yes, people from Dongchang dare not be respectful.

Zhong Jinwei asked him, "Why is there so little food and coal?"

The leader also saw that Zhong Jinwei was the leader of the pedestrians, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and replied: "Young master, the little ones don't know, so many things are distributed by the superiors, and they are fixed and fixed. At this time, no one dares to withhold .”

Zhong Jinwei was mentally prepared, knowing that he would not be able to ask any questions, so he stopped asking and asked for the horse directly, and headed for Donghua Gate.

One of these soldiers was ordered by Gu Baichuan to find a car, dragged the lucky family with him, and headed for Dingfu Street.

In the car, the old man's son saw that there was no one else around, so he said, "Father!"

The old man knew what his son was thinking, looked at him seriously and said: "We have been taken in by the young master, and we are a hundred times luckier than those folks who are still in Wang Gongchang. Silver is the icing on the cake for us, and they They are still in the sea of ​​suffering, and may die at any time. Only by cultivating kindness and accumulating kindness will there be good rewards, do you understand?"

Seeing that his son still seemed to be reluctant to part with the ten taels of silver, the old man taught again: "Man is doing it, God is watching, and it is my duty to know how to repay you. By doing this, I also conveyed the benevolence of the young master, and donated for the young master." , not only the folks will be grateful to the young master, but our family will also have a good impression on the young master, do you understand?"

The old man's son nodded, he understood his father's painstaking efforts.Do that, and you'll get it done.It's like a family with an old man is like a treasure!

"When you're settled down, you'll go buy some food and clothing and send them there, remember?"

"Yes, Dad." His son nodded seriously.

Besides, Zhong Jinwei and his party rode to Donghuamen on horseback. After leaving the slums, they finally saw life again. Although the restaurants on the side of the street were not full of people, they could still hear the noise of eating and drinking from time to time, which reminded me of my lunch. , An inappropriate poem suddenly jumped into my mind: the rich wine and meat stink, and the road is frozen to death.

I couldn't help but sighed secretly, and my mood became even worse, so I didn't speak, just buried my head and hurried on my way.

After arriving at Donghua Gate, they realized that An Guiyi and the others hadn't come back yet.If they had come back, the family who had just been resettled would miss it and no one would resettle them.This time was not arranged well, and I was in a hurry.

Of course, if An Guiyi didn't come back, he wouldn't be able to enter the Forbidden City, and he wouldn't be able to see Emperor Chongzhen.After thinking about it, he turned around and took the horse to Dongchang to see if Wang Chengen was still there.

As a result, Wang Chengen had already gone back to the palace, so he had no choice but to go back to Donghua Gate to wait for An Guiyi.

But just waiting is not the answer, Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, took out 20 taels of silver to Gu Baichuan, asked him to go to Dingfu Street to replace An Guiyi, and gave the money to Archie, and asked her to bring the old man's family and the previous one together. The three girls in the house were all arranged, and then Gu Baichuan escorted Archie back.

Gu Baichuan reckoned that Zhong Jinwei should not be in any danger at Donghuamen, and with Wang Peng around, ordinary people would not be able to get close at all, so he went there in peace.

Zhong Jinwei took advantage of the waiting time to think through all the disaster relief methods he knew, picked out some methods that should be suitable for the current situation, and kept them in mind one by one.

Not long after, An Guiyi came back on horseback.It turned out that he and Gu Baichuan met halfway.After conveying Zhong Jinwei's instructions, An Guiyi replaced Gu Baichuan's horse and rushed back.Gu Baichuan drove back with Archie to settle down the family.

An Guiyi immediately led Zhong Jinwei back to the side hall, and Wang Peng of course went back to Dongchang to pay the order.

After arriving at the side hall, Zhong Jinwei asked An Guiyi to go to Wang Chengen, saying that I had something urgent to ask the emperor, and let him arrange it.

Soon, Wang Chengen personally came to pass the edict, and let Zhong Jinwei go to the Wenhua Hall to have an audience.

Because Zhong Jinwei hadn't had time to order the corresponding Earl's clothing, he still wore the commoner clothes and went forward.

Arriving at the Wenhua Palace, I found that besides Emperor Chongzhen, there were cabinets and officials from various ministries.

After performing the etiquette, Zhong Jinwei directly reported the situation of the Wang Gongchang refugee camp to Emperor Chongzhen.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was taken aback.No one reported these situations to him in detail.He also just thought that there were some refugees who were avoiding military disasters in the capital.

Unexpectedly, there are so many refugees, and human life is so cheap, and so many people die every day.

Before Emperor Chongzhen could get angry, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is really because the imperial court is powerless. To avoid worrying your majesty, we did not report it to your majesty in detail."

"I can't do anything? Just a little rice soup and a little charcoal to give to tens of thousands of people?" Seeing that it was Bi Ziyan, Emperor Chongzhen suppressed his impulse and asked back with a frown.

"Your Majesty, the national treasury has been in deficit for many years, and the reserve warehouses used for disaster relief have been empty for many years. Jianlu is raging, and the supplies of the capital cannot be replenished from all over the place, and the supplies of the capital are becoming scarce, including fire coal. The number of King Qin's army is huge, and the food is not enough to supply King Qin's army. The porridge that the refugees eat twice in the morning and evening is still squeezed out of the army rations.”

Emperor Chongzhen was silent when he heard this, he spends money everywhere and has no money everywhere, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so it is no wonder that Bi Ziyan is now.

"Master Sun?"

"The minister is here."

"As you have seen, the Jianlu are rampant, the army gathers, consumes countless money and food, and causes the people to suffer. The people enter the capital, but they also starve and suffer from cold. You must eliminate the weak and retain the strong as soon as possible, send back the eliminated soldiers, and reduce the household burden. Pressure. Defeat Jianlu as soon as possible, and return the capital to peace."

"Sir, obey!" Sun Chengzong bowed to accept the order with a hint of guilt.

"Some people only know that I am impatient and force you to do this and that all day long, but they don't know about the court and that I can't afford to wait!"

"I dare not wait!" Everyone spoke together.

Zhong Jinwei remembered what Emperor Chongzhen said.Some netizens in later generations criticized one of the mistakes of Emperor Chongzhen, that is, during the Battle of Songjin, it was because Emperor Chongzhen continued to order Hong Chengchou to urge Hong Chengchou, which led to the defeat and the loss of the last main force of the Ming army.

It is only the second year of Chongzhen, and the 13th year of Chongzhen was the time of the Songjin decisive battle. Finances will only be more difficult than it is now.If those netizens also traveled here and heard about the difficulties of Emperor Chongzhen, they should not have such accusations anymore.

"Everyone, is there any good way to help those refugees, my people?" Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a while, and then asked the courtiers below.

"Your Majesty, for the present plan, it may be better to send them to several surrounding areas." Cheng Ji, the cabinet minister, ordered to go out to play.

"No, Your Majesty, the surrounding areas have been ravaged by Jian captives. It's hard for me to survive the winter, let alone contribute to disaster relief. These people will die on the way out of the city, or they will die in the town they go to." Wen Tiren came out to object.

Cheng Jiming turned around and looked at Wen Tiren: "Then what countermeasures can you take to relieve His Majesty's worries?"