Smoke billowing down!
On the official road from Shaanxi to the capital, there is a team of people and horses who are tired and rushing to the road.The leader is a man in Xuanfu, with no beard on his face, his eyebrows and eyes are not light, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are vicissitudes, but he can vaguely see that he should be a beautiful man when he is young.Although the man was old, he was still tall and strong, and he had traveled for so long, but his expression was not tired, but his lips were slightly dry, obviously from the sun.The man looked up at the sky.It was now noon, and the sun was stronger than ever, cutting at people's bodies like knives, the man thought for a while and said, "Liangqing, the sun is too big now, pass on our family's order, let everyone find a shady place to rest, and boil some water to quench their thirst by the way." ”"Yes!"
It was Wei Zhongxian's nephew, Wei Liangqing, who replied.Wei Liangqing was originally a farmer, he didn't have much ability, and he didn't have any ambition, but he was only named an official and a knight because of Wei Zhongxian's light, but unfortunately since Chongzhen came to power, he didn't enjoy his glory and wealth for a few years, and he was almost clicked with a knife.Later, although this guy did not die, he was spared by Chongzhen, but the official was gone, and he became a small common man again, and he was originally ready to go back to the countryside honestly to continue farming.Didn't Chongzhen send Wei Zhongxian to the northwest for disaster relief?
simply threw this guy over, this guy has enjoyed the glory and wealth for so many years, and he is not allowed to contribute to the country, Chongzhen always feels that he is at a loss.There is no way, although His Majesty the Emperor has become the emperor, the thinking of the poor otaku in his bones has not changed.However, Wei Liangqing enjoyed the disaster relief, anyway, he used to be just a farmer, no matter how hard it was, it could be more bitter than farming, and soon the team found a shady place, Wei Liangqing helped the eunuch Wei Zhongxian to find a place to sit, and then he went to Zhang Luo to boil water to drink.Now they haven't left the border of Shaanxi, there are dead people everywhere, and the water source is very unclean, if you don't boil this water and drink it, you will get the plague.Soon the water was boiled, and everyone in the team rushed to scoop the water, blowing and drinking at the same time, sweating profusely.Wei Liangqing took a bowl of water and respectfully presented it to Wei Zhongxian, "Uncle, drink some water!"
”Wei Zhongxian nodded, he took the boiling water and didn't drink it, just put it aside to cool it, and Wei Zhongxian sighed after a long time, "Liangqing, you suffered with your uncle." ”Wei Liangqing smiled innocently, "Uncle, don't talk about it, my nephew used to be just a Tian Shelang, and I was already very content to be able to eat three meals, and I have enjoyed the glory and wealth with my uncle over the years, and this life is worth it, and my nephew doesn't feel bitter now, compared with those who are hungry, my nephew is already living very well." ”It seems that in order to prove Wei Liangqing's words, there is a dry bone just where they are sitting, the eye hole of this dry bone is big, looking at the sky silently, it seems to be shouting, and it seems to be mourning Wei Liangqing This person is still a little conscience, he said sadly, "If it weren't for the uncle, maybe the nephew's fate would be the same as these dry bones, my nephew heard that our hometown has also been affected by disasters in the past few years, and many people have starved to death, uncle, let's go back to the capital this time and pull the grain for the villagers to transport back, right?"
”Wei Zhongxian said lightly, "Everyone will die, there is no need to be sad, our family is ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to rescue the disaster, so we should follow the rules, how can we pretend to be public and private?"
”Wei Liangqing hurriedly said, "Uncle, how can this be called a fake public and private?"
They are all disaster victims, do they still have to be divided into three, six, nine and so on?
The people in our hometown are so bitter!
”The boiling water is finally not so hot, Wei Zhongxian picked up the water, blew, and he drank the water slowly, this water is not only turbid in color, but also tastes bad, very bitter, just like he is in the mood now.Wei Zhongxian swallowed the water, moistened his throat, and the voice of vicissitudes came, "Who in this world does not suffer, and the victims in other places do not suffer and we have the grace of the saints, so we should enforce the law impartially. ”Wei Liangqing sat down dejectedly.He knew that he couldn't persuade his uncle Wei Zhongxian at all, and the word impartial law enforcement was too ridiculous!
Has his uncle Wei Zhongxian enforced the law impartially in his life, but the name of Wei Eunuch back then could stop children crying, how many ministers did his uncle Wei Zhongxian kill back then?
How many Donglin parties have been destroyed and are ruthless and in power!
His uncle Wei Zhongxian has never been a person who enforces the law impartially, and even he treats the law as nothing, tramples on the law, carelessly disregards human life, defiles the court, and does all the bad things.This kind of person suddenly told him that he would enforce the law impartially!
It's ridiculous, although Wei Liangqing thinks it's ridiculous, but he doesn't show it, although he is essentially just a poor farmer, but in these years of officialdom, he has also learned to hide his emotions.Although he was a little dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian, Wei Liangqing was very grateful to Chongzhen, and he felt that this emperor was very reliable and very good.How much money has His Majesty the Emperor allocated for disaster relief over the years, from the standpoint of the poor people, His Majesty the Emperor is an unprecedented monarch.Although those garbage people always love our Emperor Majesty, but the poor people don't have a Black Majesty.It's just that there are too many natural and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty, and it is difficult to rely on His Majesty the Emperor alone!
Wei Liangqing couldn't bear to look at the dry bones in the messy grass, and it was okay to be idle left and right, so he called a few people to prepare to bury the dry bones.Now the land boundary of Shaanxi is in great drought, and the land is also very hard, these people used shovels to dig for a long time, only to barely dig a pit, they carefully put the dry bones down, with loess to cover up carefully.In the troubled times, being able to have a handful of loess to cover itself may be the greatest happiness, right?
Wei Liangqing thought of the countless dead people in his hometown, these people died on the long road to survive, but who had buried them Thinking about Wei Liangqing's eyes moistened, he hates himself very much now, why don't you think about getting more food to go to your hometown to hoard when the sun is in the middle of the day!
The most difficult thing is to be able to see through the future, when the sun is in full swing and prosperous, he forgets that he also came from poverty and humility.When he woke up from the dream, he was already empty-handed, powerless.Now I want to do something for the people in my hometown, but I don't have the ability to do it anymore.Your Majesty the Emperor!
Wei Liangqing muttered to himself, "Why didn't God let you come to Daming earlier, so maybe many people won't die" Wei Zhongxian heard Wei Liangqing's muttering, his eyes flashed suddenly, but there was no joy or sadness on his face.