Under the shadow of famine and bandits, the ordinary people in Henan still have the mood to think that the New Year was so sad and depressed everywhere. How could the New Year look like? It was really sad.

Fortunately, news came from Zhangde Mansion that the governor began to provide disaster relief, which finally made people feel energetic.

The victims of the lower classes all hope that the governor would come from his prefectures as soon as possible.

The governor has not arrived for a long time, as if the news has always been said about Zhangde Mansion. The people were anxious and couldn't help but speculate.

Inevitably, some malicious rumors spread quietly.

"Every two days after Governor Chen arrived in Henan, he held a large sum of gold, silver, grain, rice, and land. What are you going to do?"

"Forcing a slightly richer person to donate food and money to provide disaster relief, he became Shen Qingtian as the people said. He clearly bought the people's hearts and had bad intentions!"

Just by listening to this sarcastic tone, you will know that it cannot be said from the people.

When Shen Rui came to Henan, he took action against the Linzhang Palace and vigorously promoted the Qingzhang land. He first swept the hidden fields of the vassal states under Zhao State. It is not difficult to know who said these words.

Wan Dongjiang was frightened when he heard these rumors. Although he had sent someone to send a quick whip to Shen Rui, he couldn't help but discuss with Tian Feng whether to do something.

After the Linzhang Palace was pacified, the mission of Wandongjiang guarding Cishan was also over. Shen Rui sent him to follow Tian Feng to explore other prefectures in Henan, preparing to build the Eight Immortals Carriage and Horse Walk and the Henan, which is a tailwind. semicolon.

Their line was to Huaiqing Prefecture, to Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou, and Nanyang Prefecture; while Du Laoba set out to greet Kaifeng Escort Agency, and then paved the way to Guide Prefecture and Runing Prefecture.

"The brothers who are doing business on this road are also aware of a few. Otherwise..." Wan Dongjiang said with a stirring gesture.

He has always contacted people at Dao, not only to attract more people, but also to inquire about the various bandits who are in chaos.

Tian Feng spent several years in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and had a lot of dealing with people in the officialdom, with such political means as Zhao Hongpei and Li Xi.

Therefore, I didn't care about comforting Wan Dongjiang and said, "Don't worry, the second master knows it. Then the novice is just the trick. It was even more dangerous in Shandong back then than now."

He also reminded him: "Remember, don't panic when you encounter problems in the future, don't worry, don't think about it yourself and do it. As soon as you hear something, ask someone to send it to the second master. If the second master has something to do, you can do it again. .We are from the underworld and don’t understand the twists and turns of the officialdom, so don’t do bad things with kindness.”

Wan Dongjiang nodded repeatedly, remembering that Mr. Chen had handed him over the entire Henan standard. How trust he trusted him, he must not mess it up.

Tian Feng lowered his voice again and said, "This rumor must be mixed up by the Zheng Mansion. We are going to worship the mountain gates on the street, so that they can inquire..."

King Zheng of Huaiqing Prefecture died before and had no son. His cousin Zhu Youqian invited him to assassinate the prince and had many activities in the court.

The King of Zheng was not liked by the royal family, but just as the vassal regulations were introduced at that time, it was naturally a "school-free country".

Zhu You, the prince of Dongyuan, who was unable to successfully be promoted to King Zheng, spent so much money but was useless. How could he be willing to do so?

And Shen Rui, who advocated the vassal regulations, came to clear the land of Zhangzhang again. It was really a collision of new and old hatreds, so it would be strange if there was no trouble.

Wan Dongjiang couldn't help but say, "I would have liked the vassal kings in the world like King Zhao..."

Tian Feng pulled the corner of his mouth. It was not surprising that Wan Dongjiang said this without knowing the inside story. So he didn't say anything, just smiled.

Over the past month, King Zhao's reputation has changed drastically.

Previously, the Linzhang King rebelled and led bandits to attack the county town, killing countless people.

Later it was revealed that the vassal states such as Linzhang King Tangyin were causing trouble for many years, and the old things that harmed the people when the King Zhao in Anyang City were still alive were also revealed.

Therefore, among the people, the reputation of the Zhao royal palace plummeted.

Since Governor Chen went to the Zhao Palace, the Zhao Palace began to take action and make every effort to save his image.

First, he donated a large amount of rice and grain to help the victims, and then took the lead in supporting Jishantang - the father and son of Zhao donated two years of rice to do good deeds in Jishantang.

Then the Prince of Zhao came forward to contact several famous medical clinics inside and outside the prefecture, and conducted free medical consultations against disaster victims and poor people, and provided basic medicinal materials for free, and all expenses were borne by Zhao's mansion.

He also promised to build a medical clinic in all prefectures and counties in the next two years, with regular free medical consultations every month.

At the same time, Zhao Wangfu has donated three beautiful manors outside the city. He cooperated with the government office to build a college, a medical school, and an engineering school, and donated the 100 hectares of land that the manor has brought to the manor. Provides expenses to schools.

The academy is just a matter of course, but only scholars will be interested.

Those two schools are actually people's livelihood projects - Medical School. The engineering school recruits apprentices from all the people of Zhangde Mansion, including food and accommodation, and a certain amount of wages. Those who have been trained in various clinics, and industries under the royal palace will be given priority to employment. .

It's just a matter of going to the master. Just paying for wages during the apprenticeship. Not to mention that it is particularly attractive in the famine, it is just a common year. Ordinary people can save a bite of people's chew and take it. It's a great thing to come back to pay for your family income.

As soon as this move was made, it immediately caused a lot of praise among the people.

Which family is not moved by half a child?!

However, the school is still under renovation, and it is said that it will take the New Year before it starts recruiting people. Otherwise, I am afraid that the Zhao Mansion will be surrounded by the people who bring their children to ask for help every day.

After such operation, the reputation of the Zhao Prince's Mansion finally turned around.

In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial edict in the capital arrived. I said a few words to let King Zhao restrain the vassal states in the future. Then I praised King Zhao for his kindness, cherishing the people, sharing his worries for the king, and praising King Zhao. The prince was outstanding in literary talent and had both virtue and talent. He gave him a hundred hectares of land and added rice to the King of Zhao and his son.

Although the imperially-cited farmland was in Linzhang County, it was confiscated from the Linzhang Palace. After clearing the acres of land, the land handed over by the Zhao Palace was several times higher than this, so the Sogalumi was more "loss" than their It's pitifully rare, but... this is an imperial edict, and the title of King Zhao, the wise king, is confirmed.

The talent of Prince Zhao has also spread.

Although the prince himself was not a vain person, he was still a young man. He was still very happy to learn that his collection of poems received good reviews in the Shilin City, Beijing.

As a result, he also wanted to do something more and more.

The first thing is to build a large academy that can match Shandong Penglai Academy!

The young man was full of energy. He had previously planned several elegant academy names and felt vulgar now that he was busy preparing to hold a banquet for literati friends during the New Year to gather ideas for a grand enough!

King Zhao was relieved to see that the emperor no longer investigated whether he was involved in the Linzhang counter-case.

He was reluctant to ignore everything else and hand it over to his son for disposal. He felt that spending some money to do good deeds was nothing, and he was also accumulating virtue for himself.

When the grain trucks from Shandong drove into Zhangde Mansion City, the reputation of the Zhao Mansion rose unprecedentedly.

The load of grain trucks and heavy troops all attracted the attention of the people. The originally deserted streets were soon filled with crowds of people watching the fun, and the brave and timid guy asked loudly.

The soldiers escorted the grain truck with a strong Shandong accent said that it was the grain and rice that Governor Chen sent to Shandong to pay for money!

It is also called some of the donations from the wealthy businessmen Lei Dashan, Lu Dashan and other great charitable people who will help Zhangde in Shandong to help farm and raise silkworms.

The crowd immediately became excited, shouting "Shen Qingtian", shouting "Zhao Wang Mansion is very kind and righteous", and shouting "Shandong's wealthy families are decent and particular in doing things".

On the way to the preparation warehouse, a large number of officials from the Zhao Palace came to lead the way and ordered the grain and rice.

It can be seen that the fruit was bought by the Zhao Mansion, and the people praised each other. No one counted the evils that the Tangyin Mansion of Linzhang Mansion did in the Zhao Mansion. Instead, it was said that the Zhao Mansion destroyed relatives for justice and cared about the people.

Seeing that the reputation of the royal palace was getting better, the prince was overjoyed and was more willing to spend money. He urged the clinic and school to be built as soon as possible. He went to various disaster relief sites to see the porridge and rice, which was perfunctory. He really wanted to do it. The wise king has done it to the end.

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This time, with the Shandong grain trucks coming, there were Chen Lian, the third and fourth master of the Shen family, and several wealthy families in Shandong.

When Shen Rui was running Dengzhou, it was Chen Lian who took a group of weavers in Songjiang Prefecture to go north to help Shen Rui build the Luban School and weaving factory in Dengzhou. Since then, Chen Lian has completely settled in Dengzhou.

Whether building shipyards or developing islands or improving various salt drying, Shen Lian has in-depth participation.

Now Dengzhou and even Shandong are on the right track, and Shen Rui came to Henan to "disaster relief" as usual, and Chen Lian came to help.

This time, the first group of Shandong merchants who came to Henan were also the first major merchants to make their fortunes in Dengzhou, including the Lu family, Lei family, Han family, and Qin family.

The Lei family is good at managing mountains and the Qin family is good at farming in fields. Both of them were sent by Shen Rui.

Both families dare not neglect, both of them came here in person. Mr. Lei brought his son-in-law Li Xingtian, and Mr. Qin second master and his eldest son Qin Pei were obviously responding to Lord Shen’s call to expand the industry in Henan.

They not only obeyed Shen Rui's instructions, but also believed in Shen Rui's gaze. The situation in the remote Dengzhou could have the current prosperity, let alone Henan, the hinterland of the Central Plains!

The Lu family is already deeply tied with Shen Rui, so it is not necessary to say that they will help each other. However, when Shen Rui wrote a letter to Shandong, the Sixteenth Lang of the Lu family had not returned in Liaodong, so Mr. Lu Qi then brought his eldest son-in-law Liu Guangnan and another son of the clan Lu Ershi. Saburo sent to help.

As for the Han family, their main business is to raise sea boats and fish, raising seafood in the sea, and run large restaurants. They typically rely on the sea to eat the sea, which is completely incompatible with the inland province of Henan.

But Mr. Han was a clear-cut person. He said that the Han family could not be behind the matter of Lord Shen, and he could not go out to sea in winter. He sent all the masters of Han San and Han Si over.

It is said that fishing in the river and raising fish in the water bubbles is a common routine. I asked my two sons to think about it carefully. If it really doesn't work, it's just a matter of opening some restaurants and inns in Henan, which is also a way to share the worries of Lord Shen.

Han San and Si were all frowning. Henan’s famine and food is a problem at this moment. What restaurants can it open?!

But Mr. Han had a very bad temper. He was really able to chase his son and beat him to death. Who dared to refute him! He followed the rest of the family quickly.

They were here to help with disaster relief, and the wealthy merchants did not lack money, so they also raised a batch of food and grass.

However, the bandits in Henan were rampant, and everyone was afraid of something unexpected. Even if they were on the right track, they could not save so many grain trucks. They were considering whether to wait for the army from Jiang He to go south and ask the soldiers in the garrison to escort a section of the army to join the army.

When he arrived at Dongchang Prefecture, he happened to meet someone arranged by Shen Rui to take the Zhao Prince's Mansion to raise grain. Zhou Xian also greeted Pingshanwei and transferred a large number of soldiers to escort the food and grass.

The rich merchants were overjoyed and hurriedly brought the grain trucks to one place. They came to Anyang together under the escort of the soldiers.

When they arrived in Anyang, Shen Rui had already gone to Weihui Mansion, and the new magistrate was contacted for related matters by the Zhangde Mansion.

And this new magistrate is not someone else, it is Shen Xiu.

But that day after Wu'an County was relieved, Gao Wenhu handed the detailed battle report back to the capital according to the rules.

The heroic deeds such as the officials and civilians of Wu'an County who are determined to defend the county town are most popular with Shou Ge. They naturally have to write a lot of books, and they also seek rewards for the living in this battle and pensions for the dead.

Brother Shou really appreciated it after reading it.

Shen Rui also submitted a secret note, mentioning the inspector censor Du Min, and the magistrate Shen Xiu discovered that Zhu Youwei, the general of the Linzhang Prince's Mansion, was illegal and could quickly quell the "rebellion" of the Linzhang Prince's Mansion. These two people also made contributions.

However, Du Min abandoned the city and fled as the inspector, which was a crime of being a third-class.

Moreover, this person had a bad luck in the Empress's family, Xia family. Shou Ge had a very bad impression of him and could only give him a merit or demerit, but this official was also beaten to the end - he didn't care about the people, so why would he be an official

Son!

As for a good magistrate like Shen Xiu who can do his duty, Shou Ge naturally needs to be commended and promoted, and he also needs to set a good example.

The Tongzhi of Zhangde Mansion has been empty for a long time. He Hanzong of the Tongzhi has always been in high performance. He has also made great efforts in disaster relief. He was promoted to Tongzhi, and Shen Xiu was promoted to Tongzhi.
To be continued...