I really just want to lose my fortune

Sand in it, bran in it?

He doesn't care!

Without these, how would it be possible to receive food!

Those who are not short of good food will also come to receive it!

The victims were weak and weak, how could they beat those people?

Seeing those people bowing down to him, He Shen quickly stepped forward and helped the victims up: "Don't thank me, everyone, this is the imperial court's disaster relief, His Majesty's disaster relief, and the prince's relief for His Majesty!"

"If there is no His Majesty, where did the 20 shi of grain come from? If there is no prince, how could these grains be properly distributed to everyone?"

"I am an official appointed by the imperial court. I work for His Majesty and the prince, and I just seek his own government in his place."

He Shen instinctively placed his reputation on the emperor and Qin Ge.

He knew that he couldn't bear such a good name!

"Drink slowly. You can drink bran and porridge. If you eat sand, you will be invincible. If you don't spit sand, you will have no food tomorrow!" The servants shouted together.

Slowly, the victims began to spit sand. After all, the power of not being able to receive food is too great.

Seeing those victims who were crying all over the place, eating porridge mixed with sand and bran, and who had to be careful when spitting sand, He Shen had a gratified smile on his face.

Your lord, He Shen lived up to his trust!

Chapter 27

at the same time.

The man and woman who assassinated Qin Ge before were now escorted by Qin Ge's soldiers, and they were already in a prison car and parading on the street.

The two raised their heads proudly. They felt that they were pleading for the people and that everything they did was right.

The people around looked at the crimes written on paper and felt their hearts were bleeding.

These two are great people!

Those Beijing officials have gone too far, and our family can't open the pot anymore. They are still dividing up the food, the food for the imperial court's disaster relief!

In the end, we couldn't get it...

This kind of person should be struck by lightning!

God is not fair, why should such righteous men be paraded, and why don't those Beijing officials die?

Zhang Jiao was sitting in an inn, drinking slowly, listening to the discussions of the guests in the restaurant.

"Assassinate Zhao Wang's disciples, these two are righteous men!"

"That's right, after King Zhao came here, he stayed behind closed doors. His disciples and those... rich businessmen are in the same boat, eating the flesh of the common people and drinking the blood of the common people!"

"Let the disaster victims eat bran and drink water, there is still sand in it, and sell the good food brought by the imperial court to relieve the disaster. This... such an official is simply a tarsal maggot of the imperial court!"

"Unfortunately, the two of them missed."

"How can ordinary people fight against power?"

"I thought this assassination would make the Beijing official calm down, but I didn't expect it to get worse."

"Last night, someone saw the nursing homes of those big families carrying boxes into King Zhao's residence..."

"It would be great if there were righteous men who could kill all these corrupt officials?"

pat, pat...

At this moment, the sound of going upstairs sounded.

Zhang Jiao turned his head and saw that it was Cai Wenji.

Zhang Jiao hastily got up to greet him, saving face.

Cai Wenji came to Zhang Jiao, saluted, and said softly, "I have met Daoist Zhang."

"Miss Cai is here."

The two exchanged pleasantries and sat down at the same time.

Soon, Cai Wenji also heard some discussions.

She frowned, looked at the table where they were discussing, and found that it was a table of scholars!

When one of the scholars saw a beautiful woman looking at him, he couldn't help but stop his back, and said in a loud voice: "You two righteous men, it's sad and deplorable. It's a pity that the officials don't see the public opinion..."

Cai Wenji turned her head, she was too lazy to listen to their high-spirited talk.

These people read sage books in vain!

Not all scholars have brains.

"Miss Cai, what do you think of the prince's rice mixed with sand and bran?" Zhang Jiao said leisurely, "I have to say, even animals like bran are not easy to digest."

"Daozhang Zhang wants to test Wenji." Cai Wenji showed a faint smile: "Wen Ji agrees with what King Zhao did, and she doesn't approve."

"Oh? Where is the approval, and where is the disapproval?" Zhang Jiao raised his eyebrows.

"Wen Ji can probably guess the meaning of the prince. The prince's disaster relief is probably because he doesn't want some people to fish in troubled waters?" Cai Wenji sighed: "As long as there is surplus food at home, ordinary people will not go to get the sand and bran. bran of rice."

"In this way, the victims can receive rice."

"As for disapproval... In fact, you can order to prohibit those ordinary people from receiving food, and then..."

"No wonder you are the daughter of Master Cai." Zhang Jiao smiled and said, "You are still thinking too naively. You are higher than those scholars, but not much higher."

"What do you mean?" Cai Wenji frowned slightly.

"In this way, how much manpower and material resources will be used, can you imagine?" Zhang Jiao said seriously: "Don't underestimate people's hearts, as long as they can be greedy for cheap, they will try every means. And with what you said There is simply no way to do it.”

"Don't forget, it's not just ordinary people who are greedy, but also officials who distribute rice, and even servants and soldiers."

Listening to Zhang Jiao's words, Cai Wenji frowned slightly: "Can't you find a way to restrain it?"

"It's still the same sentence, the cost is too high, it's not worth it at all." Zhang Jiao laughed dumbly: "You have enough experience before, but you don't have enough insight into people's hearts. You only think that those scholars, officials, and wealthy businessmen , Most of them are rotten from the beginning to the end, but they don’t know that the so-called common people are not all kind. At the beginning of human beings, nature is evil. The poor way of Taiping is to persuade people to be kind, but there are some people who can really be kind. How much? It's just an ideal."

"Wenji doesn't agree with the Taoist priest's words, and don't bother the Taoist priest about Wenji's thoughts." Cai Wenji took a sip of tea, but did not fully listen to Zhang Jiao.

"Even if what the Taoist priest said is right..." Cai Wenji's eyes sparkled brightly: "Could it be that because the Taoist priest said that human nature is inherently evil, why don't you think about doing things better, but keep compromising?"

"If the compromise continues, the world will not become better, but will continue like this."

"There are a few good officials, officials who can handle affairs, and will do a good job in disaster relief, but what if the officials are not good?"

"Wen Ji feels that we still need to solve the problem bit by bit from the system and education."

"For example, reforming the law and enlightening the wisdom of the people is the fundamental, rather than staying the same forever."

"It's not right to compromise all the time, and it's not right to be bold. We can only slowly work towards that ideal." Seeing Cai Wenji say this, Zhang Jiao couldn't help admiring.

Compromise is to adapt to the times, but if there are no people who have not been uncompromising and want to make the world a better place, the world will probably become worse and worse.

Cai Wenji was an idealist, and Zhang Jiao would never laugh at such people, and would even have great respect for them.

In this world, people like her are needed to make progress slowly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. There is a lot of scolding in the city now. Whether it's ordinary people or scholars, they are scolding King Zhao and Beijing officials. Because they couldn't get the relief from King Zhao, it violated their rights." Benefits. Even if they are some people with small assets, they will feel that King Zhao is unfair to the people." Zhang Jiao sighed.

"I'm telling you this because I just want you to talk to the prince more and comfort him. A literati pen is like a knife, not everyone can hold it. Even if there are those who can see through the truth, they must be soft-spoken."

"Didn't the victims receive food? They will speak for the prince." Cai Wenji frowned.

"They're outside the city." Zhang Jiao pointed in the direction outside the city: "It's like you ask those rich merchants if they have any surplus food, you can ask as much as you want in the city, but the voices from outside the city can't get in. .”

"Why don't the victims of the disaster be allowed to enter the city?" Cai Wenji wondered.

Neither He Shen nor Zhao Wang had any intention of letting the victims enter the city.

"Because they are disaster victims." Zhang Jiao said deeply: "If you let them enter the city, extreme things may happen."

Chapter 28 Depressed Cai Wenji

Zhang Jiao smiled and didn't continue to explain: "Why is the prince looking for the poor?"

"Yesterday, Mr. Qin and those corrupt officials obtained a sum of money through false pretenses and wanted to hand it over to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest will see when it is convenient and accept it." Cai Wenji said.

"Not only disaster relief on the bright side, but also disaster relief in the dark?" Zhang Jiao murmured, "I have given me so much before, and now I continue to give... this King Zhao is really interesting."

If you want me to be so obedient to Tai Ping Dao, that alone is not enough!

Zhang Jiao didn't know whether Qin Ge was an ambitious man or someone who really pleaded for the people.

After all, it is normal for a vassal king to recruit troops, but 30 Taiping followers are a very hard bargaining chip.

However, since I am doing something for the common people, I will do it no matter what.

"The poor are clear." Zhang Jiao said to Cai Wenji: "Don't forget to talk to the prince more."

"The prince didn't come out much, and he didn't let Wen Ji get close." Cai Wenji smiled bitterly: "It seems that the prince really doesn't want to see Wen Ji."

Zhang Jiao rolled his eyes.

Put it on, put it on!

The two of you sang together at the beginning, it's not over yet, is it?

This Zhao Wang, still worried that I didn't recognize his identity, and still probing?

Or, have you always underestimated me...

Oh, it's not important.

"Then Miss Cai should talk to Liu Ye more, it's the same anyway." Zhang Jiao said deeply.

I just stopped pretending, I have a showdown, I already guessed it, you don't need to act.

"Hmm." Cai Wenji was a little puzzled.

Why do you have to talk more with Qin Liu?

That's right, the prince stays behind closed doors, and Qin Liu has been busy outside all the time.

It seems that the prince doesn't want to hear the opinions of those scholars, let alone those messy things.

If so, Qin Liu will be under a lot of pressure...

…………

After bidding farewell to Zhang Jiao, Cai Wenji walked down the street with her piano case on her back.

"Good people, these two are good people."

"How did such a nice person get caught?"

"There are only three days left of my family's rice grains, and those cheap grains have to wait for a long time to buy... How can people live like this!"

"That's right, my family's food is enough for seven days. If I get the rice outside, it will take a day just to pick out the edible ones. Am I still working?"

Listening to these people's words, Cai Wenji quickly walked towards Qin Ge's temporary residence.

Don't want trouble, but also want food, how can there be such a cheap thing?

In the past, all she paid attention to was how to dig out the pockets of the rich and powerful. She only paid attention to the hardships of the people when she paid attention to them, but she really didn't pay attention to these things.

In other words, she had never encountered such a thing before.

What happened to Qin Ge now was equivalent to what happened to her.

Cai Wenji has seen the so-called scolding in the city, and it has strengthened her determination to enlighten the wisdom of the people.

Soon, she returned to the house and came to the backyard.

She was very angry after going out for such a trip.

She didn't care about Qin Ge who was practicing sword, and went straight to find a place to sit down, poured herself a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Hey, Miss Cai, why are you still angry?" Qin Ge saw that Cai Wenji's expression was not right, so he ran over quickly, sat beside her, and asked with a smile.

Both he and Yang Yanqi practiced martial arts in the backyard, and they also practiced separately.

Qin Ge wanted Yang Yanqi to teach him tricks, but Yang Yanqi said that swords had no eyes, and she was afraid of hurting Qin Ge's golden body, so she didn't say anything to practice with him.

She also said that she was here to protect Qin Ge.

Qin Ge also knew that Yang Yanqi had a big opinion on him, so he didn't continue to pester him.