Chapter 164
The next day, the conflict in the "Yingchun Tower" spread widely in Suining City. Whether it is teahouses, wine shops, or streets and alleys, the people talked about it with relish. The entertainment in this era is too scarce, and it is particularly small, and nothing new happens all year round.
It is rare to see something novel and exciting. In just a few months, the heat is afraid that it will not stop.
Moreover, the conflicts of the incident were quickly spread to the outside world, and they were spread to the surrounding Pizhou, Suqian, Lingbi and other places.
It is rare to know what will happen in the end.
Generally speaking, public opinion in Suining City is still on the side of Yang He. After all, he is the "first victim". He took office with a glorious first place. He gathered gentry, merchants and officials inside and outside the county, but he was slapped in the face at the reception banquet.
What was the Pizhou Fusheng named Huang Chengxi, who relied on being the son of a fifth-rank official, and was using the excuse of giving gifts to publicly humiliate him, just because Lord Yang did not hold a fan at that time?
To be honest, many people in Suining City do not understand the style of these scholars. As General Manager Yang, isn’t it normal for him to carry a knife? Moreover, the world is not peaceful, so it is natural to carry weapons with you. He will be a serious crime and will be ridiculed?
All the people felt that the Huang surname was indeed a playboy and had nothing to do. They relied on being arrogant and domineering and unscrupulous because they were the son of a high-ranking official.
Look, what if all the officials in the ninth rank dare to humiliate them in public or on a welcome banquet? What if the common people meet?
Many people inevitably have a mentality of sharing the same hatred of the enemy.
Of course, Lord Yang was a little too aggressive in his fight back, but it was understandable.
After all, an official must have prestige and a dignified court official who is slapped in the face without fighting back. How will he become an official in the future?
Although Huang Chengxi was beaten miserably on the spot, with a bruised nose, a swollen face, and a bloody head. He was helped back later and may not even recognize his parents, the people did not sympathize with him, and gave Lord Yang He a "strong" evaluation.
He believed that he was righteous and did not suffer humiliation, and had a clear distinction between love and hate, and indeed he was a person with personality.
Such people live in General Lian, and the more urgent the bandits are, the more confident they are, everyone has gained in vain.
The gentry and merchants did not comment on this matter. Although they talked about it privately, they were not easy to say anything on the surface. Any of their statements would inevitably offend one of the parties, and they could not afford to offend any party, so they simply kept silent.
But before the General Administration practiced the situation, the more people gave gifts, Yang He's gift income tripled.
Several officials from Suining, Zheng Zhuan sighed, thinking that peace should be the most important thing, and this matter is best to end here.
The county magistrate Dianshi said nothing, and the teacher gave a private statement, believing that both sides were impulsive, but as an official, Yang Lian was suspected of being disrespectful and insulting, which was that Huang Shengjun was disrespectful and scolded him. How could he be punished and punished in public?
You should know that Huang Chengxi is a student. People with fame cannot be punished by the punishment of placing their mouths.
Inspection Commissioner Deng openly spoke for General Yang Lian, saying that the situation at that time was not considered a punishment, and at most both sides fought and were a little unconventional.
However, Huang Cheng's crimes were even greater, and Lord Yang was understandable.
The magistrate Gao Qifeng had a headache. These two servants, one without an official appearance and the other without a scholar, were not as good as a scholar!
But he had to stand on Yang He's side. Yang He was praised by him, and he was considered his faction. However, this person was unruly and made him dislike it. It was just that the bandits became more urgent. This person was needed in Suining, so he had to prepare to wipe his butt with a headache.
Everyone was very concerned about the subsequent developments. Huang Chengxi was beaten. He was not an ordinary student. His father was Huang Sien, the co-minister of Pisuhewu in Huai'an Prefecture. He was a dignified fifth-rank high-ranking official. How could he give up if his son was beaten?
Everyone is very interested in what will happen in the future.
In addition to this conflict, there are other things, and various kinds of rumors are spreading.
The sentence that caused Lord Yang to be furious, "With a married woman" was the foundation of the conflict between "Yingchun Tower" that night.
Who is this "husband woman" and who is Mr. Yang having any romantic affairs with, no matter if he is secretly mentioned.
Then he pulled Wang Qiong'e's head and then Han Lan, the commander of Pizhou Guard, at that time.
The profound connotation in this makes everyone talk about it with relish.
Of course, this matter is a scammer, a gossip, a relationship with Lord Yang's reputation, a famous family in Huai'an Prefecture City, or a famous family of two great families. No one dares to make it publicly, but private rumors are inevitable.
The song "The Han Jun" at the dinner was also spread out quickly. Everyone who heard the listeners was filled with heroic spirit and passionate blood surged from their hearts.
After the oral chant, this word spreads quickly.
In Suining City, when did Zheng Wenxuan and other students take the lead in wearing swords? So in Suining City, more and more students hold swords.
Yang He didn't care about all this, and he knew it. After Huang Chengxi was beaten, he returned to Pizhou to find his parents the next day.
He didn't care about it. All soldiers came to block it, and the water came to cover it.
His main focus is on refugees outside Suining City now.
After the banquet, he prepared to return to Xin'anzhuang, the north bank, and step up training and build weapons, and then these refugees would also take them back.
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On the 22nd day of the first lunar month, outside the Beimen wall.
It was drizzling and the sky was cold.
More refugees here are gathering. The weather is cold, the environment is bad, and there is no food or clothing. The hungry people gathering here are becoming more and more dying and their faces are yellow. If they are women, children, orphans, the situation will be even more sinister.
The hungry people are waiting for death numbly, or some are shining with unwillingness. Often, at this time, someone will shout and take risks.
But at this time, the hungry people with thousands of people outside the North Gate had hope. More than a dozen big pots were placed beside Erlang Temple, and the hut was boiled with hot rice porridge. The surroundings were densely filled with hungry people, with hope in their eyes, and then there were many officials patrolling around.
Someone else shouted: "No one can squeeze, everyone is queuing up to receive food, there are a team with families, a team without families, a team with widows, widows, orphans, orphans and young girls. You all can survive. Lord Yang is kind and will send you to the north shore to work for relief, and all have food and clothing to settle down..."
The drizzle rustled, hitting Yanghe's big hat oil-coat, the cold air spread and the surrounding area became more muddy.
But Yang He just stood, looking at everything in front of him. Chen Qiuao and the other two stood behind him, each wearing felt clothes, and pressing the knife in the cold rain without moving.
The hungry people around him seemed to all look at him with awe and gratitude.
Yang He, a hungry man outside the city, will take him away in four batches. The first batch will take orphans and young girls first, the second batch will take him away, the old, weak and helpless women and elderly people, the third batch will bring him hungry people with a complete family, and the last will bring him single young and strong men.
Before the hungry people took them away, Yang He ordered the porridge outside the city, and more than a dozen big pots were set up. Each hungry person could have a few meals full, so as to prove that he was not verbal, and also added appropriate amount of physical strength and confidence to the hungry people outside the city.
The rice for the porridge was allocated from the warehouse. This time, the county magistrate Liu Zunhe and others said nothing. Yang He brought this hidden danger. If the county did not even pay the money and rice before leaving, it would be unreasonable.
The tribute student Zhou Mingyuan mobilized the gentry and merchants in the city to donate grain and rice and donate winter clothes. This time, the gentry were very enthusiastic. They all offered some grain and some silver. Even ordinary people would have money and contributed their strength.
There is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time, and he has been raising hungry people outside the city for many years. The people of Suining have no choice but to give some at once, and everyone still has this generous and kind heart.
Moreover, the faster the refugees outside the city go, the sooner the hidden dangers in the city will be removed, and the surrounding public security will be better.
So from the 21st day, there will be a steady stream of people donating winter clothes and bedding and donating food and goods. Yang He ordered all the money, grain and clothing to be registered, and there are records of who the donors are. These are all "righteous people" and should not even have a name.
The magistrate Gao Qifeng sent a yamen runner to maintain the support, and the clerk helped him. The coroner collected the remains of various shacks. Yang He asked the office to hold the office to accumulate Dianlian Fangzheng.
This person always gave him a headache. After going back the night before yesterday, Menzi and Zaoli talked about the banquet with each other, and they all shouted to relieve themselves. Zaoli, the husband and wife who stayed in the office, was also very satisfied with listening, and only Lian Fangzheng was nagging.
The censor is not like an official, and the student is not like a student. It is true that people's hearts are not as old as the world is getting worse. I have advised Yang He again, which makes him speechless for a long time.
However, this person has the ability and is very principled. It would be best if he lets him take charge.
In addition to Wang Jiaqing going to Pizhou with Huang Chengxi, the students of the county school also basically came to help. Yang He planned to set up a rest point for each shop, and each shop was equipped with some errands to boil ginger soup so that hungry people who were rushing to drink some soup to warm their bodies.
Then set up a point in Xin'anpu. From now on, the hungry people from Xuzhou Guandao will not be able to Suining City and will lead them directly to the Nanban Wharf. The inspection department's ship will carry them across the Yellow River.
Yang He also greeted Deng, the ambassador of the delivery office, and asked him to come and help the ships of the delivery office.
There will be a point outside the South Gate, and the hungry people who come from Lingbi official road will be taken in and registered and transported across the Yellow River.
In this way, Yang He quickly solved the problem of refugees that caused headaches for officials in the city, making the magistrate Gao Qifeng complicated the heart, but removing the hidden dangers of refugees is a good thing.
The medical officer of the Medical Department suggested that Yang He, if hungry people have been hungry for a long time, they should provide relief in batches and layers. If hungry people who have already fallen to the ground need to be filled with rice soup and then continue with porridge. If the situation is better, then thick porridge will be applied.
The rest can stand for hungry people, and the porridge they cook can be "plugged with chopsticks and unfolded the cloth bag", so that you can rush to eat a few meals.
They have professional opinions, and Yang He naturally obeys. Yesterday, he had been serving porridge for a day, and the hungry people's complexion has improved a lot. With winter clothes and bedding, everyone has hope and anger on their faces.
"Come on, we all line up to receive food, come one by one..."
Several soap clerks from the office were shouting hard, and there were also officials patrolling and maintaining the patrol. Yang He stood by the temple and watched the chefs from the office and the chefs from the yamen scooped porridge for the hungry people, and then the people who received the porridge water were all grateful.
Zhou Mingyuan came over, his feet were covered with mud and mud on his body. He stood beside Yang He, looking at the faces of the hungry people, and sighed in his heart: "These people have resettlement and hope, but now the Ming Dynasty is like this, so where is the hope?"
He said: "Be careful, and I heard that you sent refugees, children, women and children, and then young and strong. Shouldn't you send away young and strong first?"
Yang He looked in front of him with a dazed expression, but he smiled and said, "Brother Qingyuan, the reason why China is China is because it is pity for young people, compassion for the lonely, and taking care of widows, widows, orphans and sick. If you only choose strong people and let the weak survive, what is the difference between them and barbarians?"
He pointed to the people who donated food and goods there, wore straw hats and straw raincoats, and came to Erlang Temple in groups. Among them were men and women, old and young, but they all looked sincere.
He said, "These people are full of enthusiasm and kindness. Some of them are old and weak. Shouldn't they be treated when they are in trouble?"
Zhou Mingyuan looked over there and heard the sound: "Young Master, are you really going to donate these clothes? You can't bear to wear them yourself."
"Uncle Zhang, it's okay. We live in the dried fruit shop. At least we can eat and sleep. The hungry people outside the city are cold and hungry every day. If you can, please help."
"Hey, Uncle Ni, you are here too, is this?"
"Haha, it's so big. Alas, my tea shop is small and I can't help much, so I just thought about how many baskets of steamed buns to express my feelings."
Zhou Mingyuan looked at it and finally sighed: "Be careful that what you say is so good, I am not as good as you."
In the afternoon, the first batch of orphans and young girls left first, and each of them was wearing oil clothes or straw raincoats. Under the leadership of Zheng Wenxuan and other volunteer students, they embarked on the official road.
Then the second and third batches, when these people left, they all knelt down and said, "Thank you, sir, thank you, the villagers in Suining City."
A man from a family especially kowtowed to Yang He and knocked his head hard, with bloodstains on his forehead.
Yang He looked at it and knew it.
Chapter completed!