Prince Consort

Yao Dingyan thought a lot along the way. Ever since he had doubts about Du Wan and Shen Jingqing, he also had doubts about the pictures presented by Shen Jingqing and Cai Dong.Yao Dingyan became even more suspicious when those under his command concealed the situation of the refugees.If there is no weirdness in it, why is the content reported by his people completely different from what Xie Zean presented to him?Is there really something wrong with the young crop method?

This is the last thing Yao Dingyan wants to admit.

Yao Dingyan hurried all the way.The wind picked up gradually, and snowflakes fell from the sky.For those who fled, this weather is definitely fatal.The uneasiness in Yao Dingyan's heart grew bigger and bigger, and he hurried to the place where Xie Ze'an was, regardless of his followers' obstruction.

Fifty guards followed Yao Dingyan in unison.

Soon, Yao Dingyan and his group saw a scene that made their hearts hang: someone stabbed Xie Ze'an with a dagger!

If the situation told by Li Minglin only made Yao Dingyan angry, then this scene really made Yao Dingyan tear up.It's the other way around!How dare you assassinate the imperial court official in broad daylight and in public!

If this matter is left alone, how will the safety of the officials be guaranteed in the future!

Yao Dingyan was in a hurry and ordered the imperial guards to draw their swords and surround the refugees.The guards around Xie Zean were not just showing off, they quickly subdued the assassin without hurting Xie Zean at all.The assassin was tough, seeing that the assassination failed, he bit his tongue hard and committed suicide.

Xie Ze'an took two steps back, letting the imperial guards protect him behind him.

The old man in the head was heartbroken, and he knelt down on the ground with a plop, begging for mercy: "Officer, we don't know! We don't know!" The young man also realized the pros and cons, and hurriedly knelt down with the old man, shouting the same words .The refugees knelt on the ground one after another, begging for mercy.

Just as Xie Zean was about to speak, Yao Dingyan continued to order: "Surround this group of unscrupulous people and wait for punishment!"

Xie Ze'an took a few steps forward, bowed to Yao Ding, and stopped him: "Wait a minute, sir!"

Yao Dingyan's face trembled, and his tone was unquestionably tough: "Sanlang, you have always been soft-hearted, so don't worry about this matter. If this kind of thing is not severely punished, it is impossible to guarantee that no one will follow suit! How can the safety of the court officials be a joke? Close Arouse your kindness!"

Xie Ze'an took a deep breath: "Sir, if you severely punish them, you will have fulfilled the villain's will!"

Yao Dingyan and Xie Zean looked at each other.

Xie Ze'an said: "Although this person is thin and thin, he is not as thin as a refugee. He is obviously not a refugee. He just took advantage of the chaos to stir up trouble among the refugees. Is he blind and blind to see how many people I have with me? If he Seeing it, he dared to assassinate me like this, which shows that his purpose was not to kill me—his purpose was to put on a posture of killing me and provoke conflicts between us and the refugees. This is only the first batch of refugees. If we hurt Kill them, kill them, or put them all in prison, the main messenger will take the opportunity to spread the news, and it is easy to provoke conflicts..."

Xie Ze'an's voice was not loud, only he and Yao Dingyan could hear it.Yao Dingyan fell silent after hearing Xie Zean's analysis of the pros and cons within a moment.

Xie Ze'an said: "If you look at their appearance, sir, you will believe that they are definitely not people with evil intentions."

Yao Dingyan looked at the kneeling refugees.

They were all skinny.

The old, the weak, women and children are sick and weak, and the young and strong are injured and thin.Such people are definitely not here to cause trouble - they just want to go to Beijing to seek justice because they really can't live on.How could he bear to fight against such a person?

Yao Dingyan didn't go straight to the phase, on the contrary, he had stayed in the local area for several years before being called into the pavilion, and he was more familiar with the situation below than many Beijing officials.Whether it is the Green Crop Law, the Exemption Law or the Baojia Law, they are all based on local issues. Ask yourself, he has never done anything that is ashamed of the people.

...But what's going on here?

Yao Dingyan knew who was the first to suffer when refugees entered Beijing.

When refugees enter Beijing, he is the first one to take responsibility!He is in an aspect, and many things are decided by him this year, if there is a problem, who should he turn to?So when he saw the refugees assassinating Xie Ze'an, Yao Dingyan's first reaction was to force the refugees down.There just happened to be such a good reason...

Yao Dingyan turned his head to meet Xie Zean's clear eyes.

Xie Ze'an may not fail to see his thoughts.Living in court for a long time, the word "common people" gradually faded in his mind, and was replaced by "general trend"—the "general trend" of the new party. With the trend of the "general trend", some sacrifices are inevitable-such as the helpless few people in front of us.

Yao Dingyan's lips trembled, wondering if he should defend himself or not.He and Xie Ze'an looked at each other for a moment, and said, "Put away your sword and surround yourself." After speaking, he stepped forward and said to the old man in charge, "Old man, do you recognize the assassin just now?"

The old man didn't dare to deny it. He stepped forward to identify the assassin's body for a moment, and prostrated himself on the ground: "Returning to the official, Caomin recognizes him. He joined five days ago, and claimed to have lost his land. Caomin saw that he was thin. Ru Chai Gu believed his words, wrote his name on the roster, and asked him to come to Beijing with us. His name is Cha Wu, and he said he was from Xu County. We didn’t know about his assassination of minor officials!”

Yao Dingyan couldn't bear to see that the old man was older than himself, weak and pitiful.He glanced at Xie Ze'an, stepped forward to help the old man up: "Show me the roster."

The old man was relieved when he heard the words, and took out a dilapidated noun book from his pocket: "All the people in the roster are from our county, only a few of them joined halfway. Write it on the top." Before the old man finished speaking, several sneaky people wanted to escape from the refugee pile and escape to the unguarded place.

Yao Dingyan shouted an order: "Don't panic in Ying County, stay where you are! Commander Zhang, arrest those foreigners immediately!"

Xie Ze'an folded his hands and stood quietly, watching Yao Dingyan find out the instigator.

Unexpectedly, the young man next to the old man did not obey the order, and stood up and called: "Catch those guys with sinister intentions! Quick! Don't let them run away! Shut their mouths and don't give them a chance to commit suicide!" Although the refugees were pitifully thin, they supported each other along the way and had a tacit understanding. The young man gave an order, and the young and strong among the refugees immediately took action, arresting people, gagging those who gagged, and quickly put away those who were trying to escape. People caught alive.

The young man plopped and knelt on the ground with one knee: "The officials are clearly aware! I, Aunt, took them in kindly and kindly, and took good care of them along the way. I didn't expect them to be such traitors!"

Xie Ze'an knew that Yao Dingyan disliked other people's assertions the most.He was afraid that Yao Dingyan would not like the young man acting on his own, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said softly, "Sir, he will find out the facts himself, and he will never implicate innocent people."

Compared with Yao Dingyan who put on a cold face when he appeared on the stage, the young man is more convinced by Xie Ze'an.Hearing Xie Ze'an's words, he obediently shut his mouth, lowered his head and waited for Yao Ding's words to finish.

Yao Dingyan recovered from the initial shock and anger, and looked at Xie Ze'an angrily and amusedly: "Sanlang, you are always like this, and you will never think about yourself. During this period of time, you have been in danger one after another. If you don't know how to be careful, just go straight to Run in the most dangerous place. In the end, you have to worry about others, what do you think you are planning?"

After Yao Dingyan finished speaking, he glanced at Xie Jiyu behind him from the corner of his eyes.Xie Ze'an followed his gaze and met Xie Jiyu's disapproving gaze.Xie Jiyu was able to avoid disasters for so many years precisely because of his caution and innocence. Xie Jiyu has always refrained from doing things like this in person.

To help others, you don't have to put yourself at risk.

Xie Ze'an was stunned, but still said: "I don't intend to do anything, I just feel that I should come." He raised his eyes and looked at Yao Dingyan, "I always feel that I have not done enough, far from enough."

Yao Dingyan knew that what Xie Ze'an said was not a scene.If he didn't know Xie Ze'an's nature well, he wouldn't have indulged Xie Ze'an again and again to fight against the New Party, and even unscrupulously pried into the corner of the New Party.He knew that even though Xie Zean's ideas were different from his, Xie Zean's purpose was the same as his.Different paths may not lead to the same goal, he actually wanted to see what step Xie Zean could achieve.If one day, the new party retreats and the conservatives make a comeback, Xie Ze'an will be a nail in the court—with Xie Ze'an around, he can always hold a little bit.

Yao Dingyan was fully aware.He has already offended the old school to the death. If he really loses power in the future, those people are very likely to completely deny the new law.It has nothing to do with right or wrong, it has nothing to do with his position: he ascended to the position and tried his best to suppress the conservatives; the conservatives regained power, so naturally they would not let the "new party" go.

Hearing Xie Zean's self-reflection, Yao Dingyan didn't know whether to comfort him or scold him.He liked Xie Zean's temper very much, but he was afraid that Xie Zean would suffer because of it.

Like this time when refugees entered Beijing, Xie Ze'an was not in his turn to worry about it.

Yao Dingyan said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will handle it myself."

Xie Ze'an moved his lips, but in the end he didn't object.He said: "I have asked Brother Zhang to come forward to resettle the refugees. Sir, you can discuss with Brother Zhang."

Yao Dingyan said, "Brother Zhang can handle this kind of thing smoothly."

Xie Ze'an said: "Brother Zhang's family was also exiled to the capital because of the famine, and Dade entered the palace because of this, so Brother Zhang can't bear to see people go hungry."

Yao Dingyan boasted: "All you know are people like this."

Yao Dingyan stepped forward and asked the old man why he came to Beijing.The old man told Yao Dingyan all about what had happened to him. While he was speaking, the two officials, one civil and one military, had already stepped forward, waiting for Yao Dingyan to question him.

Xie Ze'an keenly felt that these two people did not treat Yao Dingyan as respectfully as they did him.

He frowned slightly.

The old man didn't know that the person in front of him was the "evil face" in the rumors, so he told the whole process of the land being swallowed up.The refugees nearby couldn't help cursing when they heard the sad part: "It's all caused by Prime Minister Yao! Ever since we got Qingmiao Qian, there have been more and more ghosts and monsters in the county! Life can't go on!"

Yao Dingyan was listening carefully at first, but his expression changed after hearing this.

What's more terrible is that as soon as the curse was uttered, the surrounding refugees responded one after another.

Yao Dingyan's face was extremely ugly.

The civil official standing beside Xie Zean seemed to think that the disturbance was not big enough, so he stepped forward and said, "Shut up! Do you know who is standing in front of you? He is Yao Xiang!"