The world is broken, the cubs mend it

The summer floods in Quzhou caused heavy losses, and many people were displaced and slept on the streets.

When a heavy snow fell in winter, countless people froze to death overnight.

If he had not immediately followed the emperor's lead in rebuilding the ancestral temple and put the issue of flood control on hold, how could the people have suffered so much?

This was the matter they discussed today. It was obvious that Pei Zhiyan's opinion was different from theirs, and in the end they were unable to reach a conclusion.

They can wait but the common people cannot. If they delay for one more day, many people will die tragically.

Compared with those poor people, Pei Yuanyuan, who was dressed in fine clothes and fed with delicious food, hurt their eyes. They felt that she was a leech that depended on the treacherous and wicked people to gnaw on their bones and blood.

"Do you know where the clothes and drinks you wear come from?"

"You should learn to distinguish right from wrong at such a young age. How can you defend such a wicked person?"

"The difference between humans and animals is that humans can distinguish right from wrong. You are supported by the people but your heart is set on exploiting them. How is that different from a dog or an animal?"

"..."

These people were upset for the moment, so they took out all their frustration on her, gathering around her and pointing fingers at her.

With the previous example of Lord Zhang, they did not dare to criticize Pei Zhiyan for her family affairs anymore, and only condemned and scolded her for the natural disaster.

"What are you doing? You are so brave!"

Xiao Fuzi stepped forward and held the child in his arms, but he was also a poor illiterate child.

Each of these censors could drown both of them with just a spit.

The noisy sound outside reached Pei Zhiyan's ears as he was packing up. He pushed open the door and saw the children surrounded in the middle.

"You're wrong. My father is not that kind of person."

"What do you mean? I don't understand?"

"Can you please put it more simply?"

"What? What? If you can't explain it, don't say it. I don't want to hear it at all."

"You are the dog. You are a dog that only knows how to curse!"

"..."

Yuanyuan argued with them unwillingly, but her scolding was not as harsh as theirs. Her little face turned red as she retorted back.

This scene really gives the feeling of a debate among a group of scholars.

"I am said to be receiving a salary from the whole world, so how can you not be?"

Pei Zhiyan walked into the crowd with a sullen face, gently brushed the snow off the child's body, picked her up and wrapped her in his warm cloak.

Yuanyuan was still arguing, pointing her little finger at them: "You, you, you, and you and you, you are all dogs."

Don't think that she doesn't know what dog means. She is just young, not an idiot who knows nothing.

When the officials saw Pei Zhiyan coming, they all shut their mouths and remained silent.

“If you can’t bear to see the people suffering, why are you unwilling to contribute money to disaster relief?

If each of you takes out half of your savings, the people will be able to get through the winter safely. This is taking from the people and giving back to the people.

I wonder if you are willing to donate a year's salary to buy some food and cotton-padded quilts for the victims during the winter.

His voice was not small, but no one seemed to hear it. They lowered their heads and blushed, no longer having the momentum they had just now.

Among these people, several were from poor families, while the rest were mostly from eunuch families with rich family backgrounds.

They scolded so harshly just now, but now they are all reluctant to pay for it themselves.

I don’t know whether they are truly concerned about the people, or are simply trying to gain some fame and esteem by piling themselves up high so that they can be admired by the world.

Pei Zhiyan saw that none of them said a word, as if they were dead, so he waved his hand and asked the eunuch who was holding the pen to come forward: "Slap them in the face, let them remember this lesson."

One winter day, a row of civil servants stood in the snow. One of them was slapped in the face, and the red mark on his face was redder than the embarrassment on his ear.

"I have come up with a solution to the natural disaster. It will be to use the salaries of civil and military officials to pay one year's salary each for disaster relief, and the rest will be made up by the court."

After leaving these words, Pei Zhiyan turned around and left with the child in his arms.

The cold wind was howling and the snowflakes hitting my face felt like they were cut by knives.

The officials stood in the snow for a long time, then walked away dejectedly, covering their faces.

"Daddy, they called me a dog."

Yuanyuan sat on his arm and complained, pouting and shedding tears, looking very aggrieved.

"Don't worry about it. Next time you see me, just scold me back. You did a good job today."

Stubbornness is both a child's shortcoming and an advantage. Pei Zhiyan is very satisfied with her not being timid today.

If you are bullied by someone for no reason, you should fight back, otherwise it will only make the other party more arrogant.

"Daddy, can you give Sister Caizhi and Xiao Fuzi a stove like this as well?"

Yuanyuan wiped away her tears and remembered something important. Xiaofuzi and Caizhi both had frostbite on their hands and were always rubbing their hands because of the cold. So if they both held a small stove to warm their hands, they wouldn't feel cold.

For some reason, she felt very uncomfortable and her fingers were itchy when she saw the chilblains on their hands.

"it is good!"

Pei Zhiyan agreed to her request and immediately asked Xiao Fuzi to go find the eunuch in charge to get it.

"..."

007 sighed in her head. It had seen pictures of the little guy with frostbite on his feet and hands in his previous life, and it couldn't help but feel sad.

"Don't come looking for me next time. I'll go back after I'm done."

Pei Zhiyan looked at her red nose and ears from the cold, and felt distressed again.

"Dad, what do they mean by that? Many people froze to death. Is that true?"

Yuanyuan looked at his profile, thinking about what those people said when they scolded her.

"Don't worry about these things. They have nothing to do with you."

"Daddy, I don't want to see anyone freeze to death."

"Why?"

Pei Zhiyan looked at her with confusion in his eyes, not understanding why the child suddenly felt lost.

"I don't know. I just think it would be very uncomfortable to freeze to death. It would be cold and painful."

Yuanyuan didn’t understand why she was so sensitive to words like cold, but she just didn’t want to see such a thing happen from the bottom of her heart.

"it is good!"

Pei Zhiyan rubbed her head. The child was not by his side before he was three years old, so perhaps he had some bad memories.

This winter, the eunuch regent was the most merciful, providing hundreds of thousands of disaster victims with a place to stay and avoid the wind and snow.

Many people wondered whether his evil heart had been cleansed!

"If you ask me, we are the luckiest people in this palace. We met a good master."

Little Fuzi leaned comfortably under the porch holding a hot hand warmer. He had never had such a good day.

"Look at you, you are so cocky. Stop being lazy. Go to the kitchen and make the bone soup. Master Palm Seal will be cooking some vegetables later!"

Caizhi was holding the hand warmer with a happy look on her face. She smiled happily at him and followed him to work while holding the warmer.

This kind of weather is perfect for eating hotpot. We lit a stove in the corridor, watched the snow and ate steaming beef and mutton. It was so happy.