Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Take care of them!"

After giving an order to Wei Zhongxian behind him, he quickly rushed towards the place where the noise was coming from.

The others immediately followed.

"Don't worry, Lu'er. Big brother will help your mother." Liu Yue comforted her gently and then followed him.

Zhu Youxiao quickly came to the front of the team and saw a woman arguing with two officials.

The woman begged, "Sir, please let me help you dig the river and dig the canal!"

"I have three children to feed! I only earn one pound of grain from making baskets, and my three children are all growing up. One pound of grain is not enough!"

"Please, sir! Just let me go!"

Zhang Chengan, who was in charge of the group work, said to Li Ruozhi with sympathy: "You see, her family is in a really difficult situation! I think we can let her try working in water conservancy."

Although Li Ruozhi is not responsible for this area, he still has to take care of it.

"no!"

"Zhang Chengan, an official should behave like an official! How dare you break the rules so casually!"

"How can women work with men?"

"But isn't our job as an official to think about the people? Her family is indeed in difficulty! Give me the pen!" Zhang Cheng'an still insisted.

Li Ruozhi became even angrier and simply broke the pen and stepped on it.

"This is against etiquette! Do you know that? We have finally been promoted to ninth-rank officials, please don't let me get into trouble!"

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the crowd.

"Who said it's against etiquette?"

Chapter 377: Work hard, I believe in you

After Zhu Youxiao heard the whole story outside the crowd, he couldn't help but get furious.

He was extremely angry at Li Ruozhi's selfish and pedantic behavior, who only cared about his own position and ignored the lives of the people.

If an official with this kind of character climbs up a level or two in the future, he will definitely exploit the people to death, curry favor with his superiors, and abuse his power!

However, what he never expected was.

This Li Ruozhi is actually angrier than himself, the emperor.

He was heard shouting at the crowd.

"Who the hell dares to interrupt me while I'm doing my job? Stand up right here!"

I was already in a bad mood after arguing with Zhang Chengan, that stubborn guy.

Among this group of beggar-like refugees, there are actually people who dare to offend me, the official!

Uncle can tolerate this!

Auntie, this is unbearable!

It would be disastrous if these unruly people are not taught a lesson!

He pointed viciously at the crowd.

The onlookers could not help but shrink back, fearing that they would get into trouble, and at the same time they became worried about the person who spoke.

Unexpectedly, before Li Ruozhi finished his words, a black shadow flashed out and rushed towards him.

"presumptuous!"

Then a series of snapping sounds were heard.

The sound of the slap hitting the face was loud and crisp.

The person who took action was none other than Xuanwu Commander Youtong.

"How dare you insult the present emperor? You should be executed."

He glared at Li Ruozhi, his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, trembling slightly.

He could hardly suppress the anger in his heart.

This ant-like guy in front of me actually dared to disrespect Your Majesty!

If His Majesty had not been present, he would have killed the boy long ago.

His Majesty treats him with great kindness, and he will never allow anyone to disrespect His Majesty!

Let alone this insignificant official,

Even my godfather can’t do that!

At this moment, Li Ruozhi was still confused and had not yet come to his senses.

Then Zhu Youxiao was seen pushing through the crowd and walking in.

He had seen it before when King Dai welcomed the emperor into the city.

This! This! This is really the current emperor!

I...did I just curse the emperor?

His mind went blank for a moment and he froze.

"How dare you not kneel before your Majesty!"

Yutong kicked Li Ruozhi directly on the knee.

Li Ruozhi lost his balance and fell to his knees.

Zhang Cheng'an reacted immediately, kneeling down and shouting to Zhu Youxiao.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

Some of the victims were somewhat surprised and confused when they saw this.

"This is the Emperor!"

"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"

The others nervously followed Zhang Chengan, kneeling on the ground and worshipping him.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"

More than a hundred people knelt on the ground at the same time, and a cloud of dust was instantly raised, which was very choking and blinding.

This eased Zhu Youxiao's anger and made his mind clearer.

"Cough cough..."

Liu Yue hurried forward and used her sleeves to brush away the dust that was flying towards Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao stared at Li Ruozhi with a gloomy face.

"You! What's your current position?"

"Your Majesty, I am a minor official in the etiquette office of Datong government office."

"You said that it is against etiquette for women to participate in digging canals?"

"The villain...the villain deserves to die! The villain deserves to die!"

Li Ruozhi didn't dare to say anything.

"I command you to speak!"

Clang!

The Yutong knife has come out of the body.

"explain!!!"

Li Ruozhi suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.

I was so scared that my whole body was shaking like a sieve.

Then it got cold down there too.

Zhang Chengan, who was kneeling beside him, was extremely nervous at the moment and did not dare to look up.

But the dust under Li Ruozhi's knees suddenly became moist.

Seeing the wetness quickly spreading towards his knees, he dared not move at all.

Suddenly, Yutong felt a pungent odor coming towards him.

I couldn't help but twitch my nose.

Damn, so sexy!

The strength in his hands suddenly increased by half a point.

Li Ruozhi felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck and blood flowed out.

How could I dare to postpone it, so I hesitated and started talking.

"There have been rules in the past dynasties that women should follow the three obediences and four virtues! They should not show their faces in public. How can women do the work of digging rivers and canals and compete with men! So...so I think it is not in accordance with etiquette..."

"Pedant! In such a disaster, if people can't survive, what's the point of talking about etiquette?"

"Women are also strong! If they can do the canal digging work and earn food to support the family, why not?"

"If you are an official who doesn't serve the people, you might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes!"

"You have a perverse character, are pedantic and selfish, how can you be an official!"

"Someone! Drag him away, remove him from office, and never employ him again!"

Li Ruozhi collapsed instantly and was dragged away by the Jinyiwei.

Although he had saved his life, thinking back on how he had gone from being an official to becoming a ninth-rank official, and then being dismissed and unable to be employed again, all in just half an hour, it seemed like a dream.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the large wet spot on the ground and couldn't help but reveal an expression of contempt on his face.

Then he turned to Zhang Chengan: "What's your name?"

Zhang Cheng'an didn't expect that the emperor would ask him again, and was surprised.

"Your Majesty, I am Zhang Cheng'an, a minor official in the household office of Datong Prefecture."

“Well, you did a great job!”

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and turned to ask Guo Yunhou and others.

"What vacancies are there in the counties of Datong Prefecture now?"

Because Wu Chunfu needed to transfer officials for the recent work-for-relief campaign, he looked up information on the current officials in Datong Prefecture and became familiar with them.

He quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Datong government office is now short of Shanyin County Magistrate, Huairen Chief Clerk, and Guangling County Magistrate."

"very good!"

"Zhang Cheng'an, you are dedicated to the people, flexible and adaptable, and handle things properly. I appoint you as the magistrate of Guangling. Once the disaster relief matters here are handled, you will leave immediately for the post."

Zhang Cheng'an didn't expect that not only was he not punished, but he was actually appointed as a seventh-rank county magistrate.

This overwhelming happiness came so suddenly.

He was overjoyed and kowtowed to express his gratitude quickly.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty. I will do my best to seek benefits for the people of Guangling County and live up to Your Majesty's high expectations!"

"Work hard, I believe in you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youxiao turned around and spoke loudly to the victims who were still kneeling.

"Let's all get flat!"

"I promise you that from now on, regardless of gender, as long as they meet the requirements and do not delay the project, they can participate in the water conservancy dredging work!"

He had just said so much to Li Ruozhi just to make this decision known.

Officials and the people are psychologically more able to accept the fact that women can also participate in work.

The victims were overjoyed to hear this.