Xu Mingyan certainly understood in his heart that Gu Lingze was letting him seize the opportunity to accumulate political achievements and pave the way for his future.
But he cannot and will not take credit for other people's achievements as his own, as doing so is truly against the character of a scholar.
Seeing that the two were in a stalemate, Zhao Chengmo directly called Xu Mingyan out.
When Zhao Chengmo came back, Gu Lingze was already lying on the bed.
"Brother Xu agreed?" He raised his head and looked at the other party.
"Um."
Gu Lingze laughed, "If all the officials in the court were like Brother Xu, then corrupt officials would be wiped out."
Zhao Chengmo took off his clothes and got on the bed. As soon as he hugged him, he lowered his head and asked, "Why are your feet so cold?"
Gu Lingze smacked his lips. "Nothing. It happens when the room is cold." He yawned and said, "Go to bed early. You'll be busy tomorrow."
Zhao Chengmo sat up silently, held his calves, and placed his feet directly on his lower abdomen.
Gu Lingze also sat up with a start, "What are you doing?"
"Warm your feet." Zhao Chengmo said calmly, and pushed him back down, "Don't get up, you'll catch a cold."
Gu Lingze pulled him into bed, "I will catch a cold, but you won't?"
After saying that, he inserted his feet between Zhao Chengmo's legs, "This will keep you warm, go to sleep!"
After about a cup of tea, Gu Lingze opened his eyes and took a long breath, "Brother, you are going too far."
He was wrong before. Zhao Chengmo was not possessed by a sex maniac. He was a sex maniac himself.
Just because his feet rubbed it twice, Gu Lingze immediately felt something huge getting hard.
Zhao Chengmo stroked his lips with his thumb, "I'm not your brother, I'm your husband."
When Gu Lingze saw the change in his eyes, he immediately said, "My feet are cold, keep warming them for me!"
But it was obviously too late to struggle at this time. Zhao Chengmo's big hand with thin calluses touched his chest a little, "Then do something to warm your body."
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Although Zhao Chengmo didn't finish last night, Gu Lingze still got up a little late.
After breakfast, he helped the judge make a simple loudspeaker.
The Tongpan, along with the yamen runners, posted the details of the work-for-relief program that they had compiled last night on the bulletin board.
The squad leader struck the gong in his hand and said, "Fellow villagers, fellow villagers, come and take a look!"
When most of the people had gathered, the judge personally read out the details on the notice board twice.
Then I explained it again in detail and asked them to communicate with each other.
"Anyone who wants to work, please register with the team leader."
In order to prevent some people from being lazy, Xu Mingyan also added in the details that if someone has healthy hands and feet but does not want to work, he can only get a bowl of porridge and half a coarse grain cake every day.
After all, the court’s food is not used to feed lazy people.
When the people heard that the court would provide money and materials and build houses for them immediately, they were very happy.
Even women and boys have work to do. Although the wages are a little lower than usual, it is better than sitting and waiting to die.
Therefore, most of the people were very enthusiastic about this and lined up to sign up.
Each village head is responsible for the people in his own village and has a supervisor. If there is any case of favoritism or cover-up, the person will be immediately dragged to the government office and beaten with a stick and driven out of the city.
If a village does well and makes fast progress, there will be extra rewards. However, if someone signs up but takes the opportunity to be lazy, they will be punished the same as those who cover up for personal gain.
The whole arrangement can be said to be seamless, with almost no room for error.
After reading Xu Mingyan's memorial proposing work-for-relief, Emperor Jing applauded.
Then he immediately sent people to copy the contents in several copies and delivered them to the disaster relief envoys in various prefectures as quickly as possible, ordering them to follow the instructions one by one.
The next day, the heavy snow that had lasted for several days finally stopped and the sun came out.
The sunlight shines on people's faces, feeling warm and gentle.
The people felt more and more hopeful, and they gathered together early in the morning, ready to go out to work.
Now access is the top priority, and people are working hard with their own tools.
At noon, the woman and her brothers who were in charge of cooking came with shoulder poles to distribute the food.
The days passed quickly, and half a month had passed in the blink of an eye.
All disaster relief work was proceeding in an orderly manner, except for a few dishonest people at the beginning, who were dragged into the government office by the yamen runners and severely beaten with twenty boards. It was also a warning to others, and no one dared to do it again.
Gu Lingze was preparing medicine in his room that day when he heard a few knocks on the door.
"Come in."
"Excuse me, Your Excellency the Imperial Master." Wu Yuanzhong bowed.
"Your Excellency, please take a seat."
Gu Lingze raised his hand and poured a cup of hot water for the other party. "What's the important matter, Magistrate Wu?"
When Wu Yuanzhong was asked this, he frowned slightly and spoke hesitantly.
"Master Wu, if you have anything to say, just speak up."
Wu Yuanzhong did not dare to waste his time and said, "There is an Anli County under Linji Prefecture. A few days ago, the people were repairing the county government office. When they returned to the prefecture four days ago, it was already a little late..."
After work, the villagers of Ningqu Village were on their way to the provincial capital. As they passed through a forest, they unexpectedly encountered a group of bandits.
Everyone was immediately frightened and panicked. A few slightly sturdy men in the team stood in front and held the tools in their hands tightly.
Unexpectedly, this group of bandits didn't even look at them. They walked past them stiffly, and each of them looked as if they were frozen to death.
Seeing this, the villagers took the opportunity to run away and reported the matter to the squad leader when they came back.
After the squad leader told the judge, he took the yamen runners for a few rounds the next day, but did not encounter any bandits.
I thought it was no big deal, but unexpectedly, the villagers of Yuanping Village in front also saw this group of bandits.
After the description, it turned out that they were the same group of people, with almost the same number of people.
The most conspicuous one among the bandits was missing an ear, and the villagers from both villages noticed it.
The Tongpan immediately reported the matter to the prefect Wu, and Wu Yuanzhong personally took people to investigate yesterday.
As a result, they actually encountered that group of bandits. Wu Yuanzhong immediately led the yamen runners and rushed forward with swords drawn.
Unexpectedly, a strong wind suddenly blew at this moment, and the surrounding branches swayed and snow fell.
When Magistrate Wu and his men looked over again, the group of bandits had disappeared without a trace.
After Wu Yuanzhong came back, he felt something was not right, so he went to find Gu Lingze.
"Did the bandit see you?" Gu Lingze asked.
Wu Yuanzhong frowned and replied, "That's the weird part. When I saw the gang of bandits yesterday, I immediately shouted and told them to stop."
"I didn't expect them to keep going forward without stopping. I thought they were deliberately provoking me, but now I think it's strange."
Gu Lingze narrowed his eyes slightly and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
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