mtlumby2d Chapter 214 Xie Yunzhou visits Yang Zhijin
Chapter 214 Xie Yunzhou visits Yang Zhijin
Ever since he discovered that there was a possibility of a locust plague in Wuning County and even the entire provincial capital, he did not dare to relax and tried every means to make preventive preparations in advance, hoping that when the locust plague really came, the losses would not be too heavy.
What made him happy was that the fake daughter Yun Mengyue from the Prime Minister's Mansion, oh no, now she should be called Li Mengyue, actually had abilities that were no less than men.
They knew about the locust plague earlier than him and got a lot of ducklings to eat locusts and insect eggs.
Although he didn't know what method Li Mengyue used to get more than 100,000 ducks at once, he knew that the ducks distributed to various counties and towns would definitely play an immeasurable role in this locust plague.
Of course, if it is true as he guessed, there will be a locust plague in the entire city, and tens of thousands of people will be affected. In the absence of food and drink, they are likely to flee their homes, become refugees, or even rise up in rebellion.
At that time, the imperial court will naturally send a large army to suppress it, and the people who have no combat experience will naturally become victims.
This was not what he wanted to see. He went to Wuning County to be the county magistrate. In addition to escaping the struggles in the marquis's mansion, he also wanted to rely on his own abilities to make the people under his rule live a good life, realize the value of life, and make his life worthwhile.
But he is only a county magistrate now, and has absolute say in Wuning County. When it comes to other counties and the provincial capital, he has no control over them.
Logically, he should report the locust plague directly to the prefect, and not report it to a higher level.
But as far as he knew, the prefect was from the eldest prince's faction, and he had a good relationship with the third prince in private.
The crown prince, as the heir to the throne, has not yet been decided. The current emperor has four adult princes, namely the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince and the fourth prince.
Among them, the eldest prince and the fourth prince were born to Concubine Rou, the second prince's biological mother was Concubine Sheng, and the third prince was the legitimate son of the Empress.
According to the conventions of the Zhou dynasty, the crown prince is the legitimate son rather than the eldest son, so it is legitimate for the third prince to be the crown prince.
However, the aristocratic families had too much power, and the talents they trained were sent to serve as officials in the court, controlling most of the power in the court.
Fortunately, the major families are not of one mind, and their struggles are quite fierce both openly and privately, so that although the current emperor is sad to be caught in the middle, he can still get by.
Of course, it can't be compared with having all the power in one's own hands.
Judging from the time he submitted the memorial, if nothing went wrong on the way, there should be news.
Until now, the memorial has fallen into oblivion and no response has been heard since it was submitted.
He guessed that either they were intercepted by someone, or the ministers in the court failed to come up with a good solution, or the current emperor did not take the matter seriously.
After thinking through these problems, Yang Zhijin will no longer pin his hopes on the imperial court, but will find ways to reduce the harm caused by the locust plague to the people.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Come in."
"Squeak!"
Yang Run pushed open the door, walked into the study, and said respectfully to Yang Zhijin, "Master, thank you for visiting me, Second Young Master."
When Yang Zhijin heard this, an excited expression appeared on his face, and he couldn't wait to ask: "Where is Yunzhou now?"
He asked as he stood up from his chair and walked towards the door.
At first glance, you can tell that Yang Zhijin wants to pick up Xie Yunzhou in person.
"Master, I have arranged for Second Young Master Xie to stay in the reception hall."
"Well, I'll go find Yun Zhou now."
After saying that, he walked quickly towards the reception hall.
It has been more than a year since he and Xie Yunzhou last parted. He didn't notice it when he was busy, but now when he heard Yunzhou coming to see him, he really missed her a little.
Soon Yang Zhijin walked to the reception hall and saw the man standing in the hall and knew that he was his good friend.
"Yunzhou, long time no see."
The man who was looking at a landscape painting on the wall turned around immediately upon hearing the voice. Seeing his friend, he smiled and walked over to him. He hugged Yang Zhijin, patted her on the back, and said happily, "Yes, it's been a long time since we last met."
When Yang Zhijin saw his friend, his frustration caused by the locust plague suddenly faded a lot.
"Yunzhou, you are busy looking for your aunt, how do you have time to come here?"
Xie Yunzhou knew his friend's personality and understood that he had no ill intention in asking this question.
However, his coming to Wuning County was purely a coincidence, otherwise he would definitely have looked for his aunt somewhere else as his good friend said.
After all, he never thought that his grandmother would suddenly become seriously ill and need a Ganoderma lucidum that was more than 300 years old as medicine. It happened that the shopkeeper Wang of Tongxin Hall in Wuning County went to the capital and specially sent a 500-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, which saved his grandmother's life.
Before he could be happy, his father told him that his nephew was abducted, most likely by several princes who were trying to gather their forces in order to win the throne.
For the sake of his nephew's safety, he had to temporarily put aside his search for his aunt and go to Qingshan Prefecture, where his nephew was last seen, to look for him.
After many twists and turns, he arrived at Wuning County. What he didn't expect was that his friend would come to this poor and backward place to serve as a county magistrate.
Although the county magistrate is the top leader, Wuning County is too poor. As the legitimate son of my good friend, I wonder if he can live a frugal life.
However, he had some understanding of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery Mansion, and naturally understood his friend's embarrassing position in the mansion, so it was understandable that he did not want to endure it.
If you just want to stay away from the Marquis's Mansion, you can choose to be an official in a prosperous place. There is no need to make yourself miserable.
Although he thought so in his heart, when he saw that there was no reluctance on his friend's face, he instantly understood that his friend was enjoying it and was sincerely doing something for the people.
Thinking of this, he felt relieved. He was the same.
You should know that his original intention of establishing Tongxintang was to find his aunt, but as more and more Tongxintangs opened, the authentic medicinal materials in the store and the benevolent hearts of the doctors saved countless people from the pain and suffering of illness, and people with poor conditions could also afford the medicine, and his mentality also changed.
Tongxintang is not about making a lot of money, as long as it can maintain a balance between income and expenditure and continue to operate, so that poor people can have a place to see a doctor when they are sick.
Sometimes he would think that maybe his aunt was somewhere and would go to Tongxin Hall for treatment, or maybe his family had done enough good deeds to allow his missing aunt to get help from others and not live too miserably.
Thinking of my friend again, I understood why he came to Wuning County.
I guess it’s because they both want to do things for the poor people that they became good friends.
"Yun Zhou, you didn't come to see me just to reminisce about the past, did you?"
"You know me well. I do have something I want your help with, but..."
Seeing Xie Yunzhou hesitate to speak, Yang Zhijin knew that his friend must have something that was inconvenient to say here, so he suggested: "Let's go to the study and have a drink after we finish talking."
Yang Zhijin stood up first, ready to take Xie Yunzhou to the study, and told Yang Run to bring the whole table of wine and food.