Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 13

Zheng Michang had to come forward to suppress the situation at this time, first gave He Maocai a wink, and then said: "Then let's discuss first. After the discussion, I will ask Eunuch Yang to make a decision. Mr. Ma, you are the number one hero. Today you sit on the seat head."

"What hero, the number one sinner in the world." Ma Ningyuan's voice was a little hoarse, "When the time comes, I will behead my head and ransack my house. All adults will just take care of my family." As he said that, he first sat down on the seat where Da Heng was sitting. down.

Hearing this, Chang Boxi and Zhang Zhiliang were also shocked, looked at each other, and then sat down in the lower seat.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai also looked at each other, and then they walked to the top and raised their wine glasses at the same time.

Zheng Michang: "Working for the imperial court is beyond the reach of people. As long as the big event of changing rice into mulberry is done well, the merits will go to the country and the benefits will last forever. If the fields are flooded, people will die if they don't starve It’s easy to say. Boss Shen, we must hurry up to rush to buy the grain for the fields. If people starve to death, that is a crime.”

Shen Yishi also stood in front of the horizontal seat and raised his wine glass: "My lords, don't worry, I have a share of food for every share of the field. If people starve to death, I will die." After speaking, he immediately drank the wine in the glass.

"Should I be relieved now?" Zheng Michang raised his glass and looked at Ma Ningyuan.

Ma Ningyuan stood up with a glass of wine in his hand: "Let's do whatever we want at that time, we can't talk about rest assured. I heard that Mr. Butang has gone to the embankment. If I'm still drinking here, then it's no good." If you lose your heart, you will lose your liver and lungs!" After saying this, he drank the wine in one gulp, put down his glass and strode out.

Several people were left there by him, looking at each other in blank dismay.

What made them even more uncomfortable was that as soon as Ma Ningyuan left, a follower came in to report the news of flood diversion.

After such a big incident happened, Yang Jinshui didn't go to see Zheng Michang and the others, so they rushed to the door.

"The flood has been diverted!" Seeing Yang Jinshui coming out from the side door in the inner room, He Maocai shouted anxiously, "Only one county in Chun'an and half a county in Jiande have been flooded!"

Yang Jinshui stopped halfway and stood there.

Zheng Michang, Shen Yishi, and He Maocai all looked at Yang Jinshui eagerly.

Yang Jinshui moved his legs slowly again, walked to the chair in the middle and sat down.

Those people also sat down.

He Maocai: "In this way, Boss Shen's 50 mu of land and the [-] mu of mulberry field in Suzhou will be hard to buy."

Shen Yishi also added: "Of course, submerged counties can also buy, but I'm afraid there is not enough food. Buying ten stones of millet from a submerged field can buy an acre, and the submerged field's green seedlings have already grown half. Forty to fifty shi can't buy an acre."

Yang Jinshui listened silently without saying a word. At this moment, he looked at Zheng Michang who had been silent all this time.

"Everything has been disrupted." Zheng Michang was worried as soon as he opened his mouth, "I heard that Tan Lun was also present when the flood was diverted."

At this moment, Yang Jinshui's face twitched inadvertently.

Zheng Michang: "We did this without telling him. But it was the intention of Mr. Xiaoge behind it. Hu Butang should know this. We don't know what he is thinking about doing this now."

"When will he return to Hangzhou?" Yang Jinshui finally asked.

Zheng Michang: "I have returned to the governor's office."

"What?" Yang Jinshui stood up abruptly, "I didn't look for you when I went back to the governor's office?"

Zheng Michang: "Master He and I are wondering about this. It stands to reason that I should be the chief envoy's yamen for disaster relief and food adjustment..."

Yang Jinshui rolled his eyes, thinking sharply there.

"Don't be afraid!" He Maocai shouted, "Changing rice to mulberry is the national policy of the imperial court. If you can't push it, you will die. At this time, Hu Butang wants this mountain to look at that mountain. The old man is not dead yet, and Lu Gonggong is still there." He's in charge of the chief inspector."

"You're not afraid, I'm afraid." Zheng Michang continued, "Ma Ningyuan hasn't seen anyone yet, if the incident of the embankment destruction is revealed, none of our heads will be saved."

Yang Jinshui's eyes fixed on Zheng Bichang again: "Ma Ningyuan can't find anyone?"

Zheng Michang: "Yes. Several groups of people were sent to look for him, but neither the Hangzhou government office nor the Hedao office knew his whereabouts."

"That's why Hu Zongxian was looking for it." Yang Jinshui looked out the door.

Zheng Bichang: "I think so too."

Yang Jinshui: "He doesn't look for you, you go look for him."

He Maocai: "What do you say when you see him?"

Yang Jinshui: "It's not for you to decide what to say, but to see what he says."

Zheng Bichang: "Let's go."

Ma Ningyuan is indeed in the governor's office!

At this time, he was wearing a blue cotton gown, sitting quietly on the chair opposite the big case, and probably hadn't shaved his face for several days, and the original beards on his cheeks had grown out, with different lengths. The eyes, which were normally large, now appeared even larger because of the thinning of the cheeks.He gently placed a bundle in his hand on the desk.

Hu Zongxian was sitting in front of the big case opposite him, with his eyes slightly closed.The two of them didn't speak, and the bulging burden was placed on the big case in front of Hu Zongxian, making it even more eye-catching!

"I'm sorry for Butang." Ma Ningyuan still spoke, his voice had changed from hoarse to hoarse, "But I'm still loyal to Butang."

Hu Zongxian still kept his eyes slightly closed, and there was no expression on his face.

Ma Ningyuan: "I was born as a Juren, and I have been pulling tributes for several years. If I hadn't been appreciated by the ministers at that time, I would be a county magistrate at most now. I, and my family, never dreamed that I would be able to be so The prefect of Hangzhou. From the time I followed the Ministry to build the seawall, I knew it. In my life, I was born as a member of the Ministry and died as a ghost of the Ministry. Now I finally have a chance to repay the Ministry..." Having said that, he stood up and stretched out his hand to untie the knot of the burden on the case.

The bag was opened, and inside were a fourth-rank official hat and a fourth-rank official uniform.

Ma Ningyuan held up the open burden with both hands: "This future was given to me by the department hall, and I will return it to the department hall now. I will bear all the crimes. I only hope that the department hall is with the elders and the elders. King Yu and the others can pass the test."

Hu Zongxian slowly opened his eyes, then slowly stood up, walked out from the front of the case, and stopped in the middle of the signing room, looking out the door.

Ma Ningyuan turned around slowly holding the burden, walked slowly to Hu Zongxian, and stretched the burden over.

With a "snap", Hu Zongxian slapped him hard on the face!
After receiving this slap, Ma Ningyuan straightened his body even more, tightly grasping the open package with both hands, and staring deeply at Hu Zongxian.

"Pretending to be smart!" Hu Zongxian's voice was very low, but filled with resentment and pain, "What old man, what king Yu, what pass? You know how deep the court's waters are! How dare you cooperate with them to hide such a big matter from me Do it, and say that you are loyal to my heart!"

Ma Ningyuan: "I don't want to hide the truth from the Ministry... let alone be sorry to the Ministry with anyone... There are many things in the world that are 'doing what you don't know'."

Hu Zongxian looked at Ma Ningyuan blankly, and gradually, his eyes were full of regret and strangeness.

"'Know what you can't do and do it'!" Hu Zongxian slowly looked away from Ma Ningyuan, then slowly shook his head, only pain appeared in his eyes, "I usually ask you to read "Zuo Zhuan" and "Zuo Zhuan" "Tong Jian", you don't think so, and you are told to read Wang Yangming's book, you don't think so. What did you say that "half of "The Analects of Confucius" can rule the world!" Now I ask you, what Confucius said is "know what you can't do and do it" What is the original intention!"

Ma Ningyuan stood there silently with his head down.

Hu Zongxian: "Confucius is telling the world that when doing things, don't ask whether it is possible, but ask whether it should be done! Destroying dikes and flooding fields, harming the sky and harming reason, wronging the country at the top, and harming the people at the bottom, is it also called 'doing what you know can't be done'!"

Ma Ningyuan: "The subordinates only understand that they should share the worries of the department."

Hu Zongxian stomped his feet: "Nine counties, millions of people, flooded the fields, searched through the history books, never seen before! He even said it was to share my worries. This crime, even the nine clans who have punished you, can't stand it!" Said At this point, he raised his head and sighed deeply: "Everyone says that I, Hu, knows people and is good at responsibility. Why did I use someone like you to be the prefect of Hangzhou and the director of the Xin'an River?"

"I shouldn't have come out to be an official!" Ma Ningyuan knelt down, "But my old mother, Zhuo Jing, and the dog, the ministers all know that they are all honest country people. Please protect them. At this point, his voice was already choked up, and he fell down.

Hu Zongxian: "Let me ask you again, who are behind the destruction of the embankment?"

(End of this chapter)