Longevity starts from Liaozhai

Chapter 49
I met with the steward of the Red House in the morning and got a hush money.Qin Chuan thinks that money is very strange. When you are short of it, it always avoids you; when you are no longer short of money, it will come to you by itself.

A few days ago, he stayed up late to write the storybook, and it took a lot of effort to earn the manuscript fee.Now, I went to teach the little foxes, moved my mouth, and took a small piece of gold cake and a red fruit as a gift.

This morning was even more exaggerated. He went to the Red House yesterday and left in a hurry without giving him any money.I didn't expect that people came to the door today, and they had to rush to send money instead of collecting the bill.

Probably only reality doesn't need to talk about logic like this.

In the afternoon, Zhou Zhifu actually found him.At first, Qin Chuan thought that Zhou Zhifu heard about going to drink flower wine last night, and came to him to question him.

After all, Zhou Zhifu just promised Qin Chuan that he would not have to go to the government school to attend classes, but Qin Chuan turned around and went to drink flower wine, which was somewhat inappropriate.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhifu did not come for this matter.

He was dressed in casual clothes, and he was accompanied by only two guards, one surnamed Wang and the other surnamed Ma.Compared with the ostentation of the magistrate's normal travel, it is already very low-key.

Qin Chuan thought, if the prefecture of Lingling was changed to Kaifeng, the guard Wang should be called Chao Dynasty, the guard Ma should be called Ma Han, and if Zhou Zhifu had a crescent moon on his forehead, then Bao Qingtian would really be reborn.

In fact, Zhou Zhifu is similar to Bao Qingtian in some respects. Although his face is not dark, but still a little white, but the face of Bao Zheng in history was not dark in the first place.

Qin Chuan thought, the next time he publishes a storybook, it will be a story about the Three Heroes and the Five Righteousness.

But Zhou Zhifu didn't come to discuss the prison case with Qin Chuan, he came to complain.Probably because of Qin Chuan's righteousness, Zhou Zhifu thought that the two were like-minded.

Of course, it may not be that Zhou Zhifu wanted to test Qin Chuan's views on practice.

About the thing is like this.

A month ago, there was a flood in the upper reaches of the Yujiang River, and seven or eight places were flooded.As a result, many victims of disasters in those places rushed to Lingzhou Prefecture like a tide.

Food prices have started to soar, rising day by day.

It is late autumn now, and in a few more days, it will be freezing cold, and I don't know how many people will die.

Although the disaster has already been reported, the impact on the lives of the people in Lingzhou Prefecture is still not visible for the time being. The business of the Goulan Painting Boat is still very good, and there are some well-informed officials and scholars who have been inspired by the Goulan Painting Boat in the past few days. , Made many poems that worry about the country and the people.

In short, it is not to criticize the current affairs, but to imply that there are villains in the court, who are causing trouble to the court.They not only expressed indignation, but also offered solutions to the disaster.

The general idea is that as long as all the people are in good standing, the world will naturally be peaceful.

This idea has won the approval of many frustrated scholars and officials. The problem is endless. As long as the person who has the problem is solved, there will be no problem.

Zhou Zhifu dismissed these scholarly opinions.

He had long been accustomed to the atmosphere of Shilin, and never thought of arguing with them.

He came to Qin Chuan not only to test Qin Chuan's views on practice, but also for another purpose.That is to use Qin Chuan's influence on Wang Fu to persuade Wang Fu to help the victims.

Because Wang Yuanwai was not at home, the decision on this matter rested with Wang Fu.

Zhou Zhifu even guessed in his heart whether Wang Yuanwai went away because he didn't want to get involved in disaster relief.

It's just that Wang Yuanwai went to Laoshan not only this year, but also in previous years. It's hard to say that he did it on purpose.

Disaster relief has always required the leadership of local big households.

The wealth of the Wang family is not necessarily inferior to that of the Huang family.

If the Wang family can be persuaded, then things will be much easier.

Before coming, the prefect of Zhou had mentioned this matter to Wang Fu, but Wang Fu also looked sad, saying that business is hard to do recently, and the Wang family spends a lot of money every year to support many people.Inside and outside the words, it is said that the Wang family is very difficult, and now it is facing a disaster year, and business is even more difficult.

Wang Fu expressed his concern.

When Zhou Zhifu mentioned this, Qin Chuan knew in his heart that Wang Fu's expression was indeed not fake, and anyone who encountered what happened last night would be very worried.

It was hard for Zhou Zhifu to say anything, he just complained to Qin Chuan,

"Wang Fu's worries are nothing more than whether the business is going well, but the victims have to worry about whether they can survive this winter."

Qin Chuan: "I think his concern is not just about whether the business is good or not, but about whether the Wang family will be required to do any good deed after doing this good deed. The local tyrants and evil gentry don't care about the life or death of the victims. I take it for granted, but for a well-known benevolent person, as long as he does not do a good deed, everyone may blame him. Although Brother Wang doesn't like articles, he is still a good person by nature. It's not that he doesn't have good intentions, but he is afraid that there will be no good retribution. "

Zhou Zhifu nodded, "I understand these concerns, but the government doesn't have much food in stock and can't help so many victims. Now I've said everything I need to say, and I'm ready to do everything I need to do. Are you right? What do you think about this?"

Qin Chuan: "It's really easy to speak up. The students have some ideas. If the husband wants to hear, I will talk about it."

"Okay, I'd like to hear more about it."

Qin Chuan then talked about disaster relief and epidemic prevention in an orderly manner.

When he proposed disaster relief and epidemic prevention in a concise manner, Zhou Zhifu nodded approvingly.If Qin Chuan only talked about disaster relief, Zhou Zhifu would definitely be disappointed.

Because after a major disaster, there must be a major epidemic. In this era, disasters and epidemics are inseparable.

The modern disaster relief and epidemic prevention strategy cannot be copied to the Daliang Dynasty. The organizational structure and execution ability of ancient and modern times are very different.

Qin Chuan puts forward some concepts summed up in modern times.In fact, it was also practiced in the past dynasties, and it was not created out of nothing.

He said a lot in eloquence.

But Zhou Zhifu heard every word.

These days, people who can pass the Jinshi exam have amazing memory, let alone a capable official like Zhou Zhifu.

Many of Qin Chuan's ideas coincide with what he thinks in his heart. If there are shortcomings, it is true that he has not experienced in the Yamen, and of course it can only be discussed on paper.

Zhou Zhifu was very happy, because this proved that Qin Chuan is an ambitious man with lofty ideals.For many years, Zhou Zhifu believed that Confucianism had a major drawback that was difficult to solve.

That is, although there are great Confucianists who proposed the general direction of establishing a heart for the world, establishing a life for the people, inheriting the knowledge for the past, and creating peace for all generations, there is no practical way to save the world.

This method requires those who come later to think and practice, otherwise Confucianism will always have the way but no skill.

Of course, Qin Chuan didn't have pure good intentions, he wanted to help the victims or something.

He has his own plans.

Because disaster relief is a major event that requires a lot of mobilization, up and down, involving all walks of life in the local area.Participating in such a thing is conducive to establishing his own power and prestige, so that Qin Chuan can use this to justifiably insert himself into a certain industry in Lingzhou City.

If he wants to stay in the world for a long time, he naturally has to establish a force of his own, so that he doesn't have to do everything himself, fight alone, and won't lose sight of one when encountering multiple difficulties.

Moreover, most of the disaster victims are helpless people, so it is easier to pick out cronies from among them.

The Daliang Dynasty has now been established for 180 years. According to the historical cycle, it is beginning to approach the late period of the dynasty.The current world has begun to go into chaos, and the Dragon King Temple Fair, which just ended, is probably the last twilight of the peaceful world.

When the country will perish, there must be evil spirits.

Qin Chuan had to make some preparations for this.

(End of this chapter)