Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 214 Hanging on his life, he is already a competent official

"This..." Wei Guan's face turned pale. "This issue, this government and Lord Ru have also thought about it."

"It's just that whether there is a plague or not, it cannot be controlled by manpower. It is the destiny!"

"If the plague really came, the refugees piled up outside the city and a city wall would not be able to isolate the plague... Besides, although the winter in the south of the Yangtze River is not as severe as that in the north, it shouldn't...it won't form a plague, right?"

"Why not?" Zhu Su frowned deeply.He was young and his eyes were sharp, and he had already seen a woman in a shed come out of the shed, took a bucket, scooped a bucket of water from the puddle at the door, and went back to the house.

Among the rotten smells, he could also distinguish some unpleasant smells. Presumably, there is no special dung truck to transport the waste here, and the refugees just bury these wastes anywhere, or even throw them casually in the open spaces and streets. middle……

"Is the plague the destiny? It's man-made. Is there any reason to justify the destiny and not do anything?" Zhu Su rarely put on a serious face to Wei Guan. "This place is so sloppy. According to this king, you have not waited until the spring of next year to bring these refugees to repair the dam."

"Here, the epidemic is about to rise, and all the victims of the disaster will be involved!"

Wei Guan felt a little wronged.His Suzhou government allocated manpower and food on weekdays, and it took a lot of effort to relieve these victims.They even pulled down their old faces with Ru Taisu and went to "beat the autumn wind" to those merchants in the city, which ensured that the tens of thousands of victims who fled to Suzhou government here would still have a mouthful of porridge and food in the disaster year.

He also knew that the victims were sloppy and afraid of getting sick.But there are only so many people in the yamen, and he sent more yamen servants to maintain the law and order here and prevent the victims from contacting other people. He, the magistrate, has already done his best.

Even the dung pickers in the city don't want to get close to the West City, how can he, the magistrate, clean up the sanitation of this place?For this, he was often angry at both ends, and was slandered by his servants, and blamed by ordinary people in the city!
Moreover, although there are all disaster victims here, in all fairness, the conditions are much better than most villages in the Yuan Dynasty.At least, everyone can still share a bowl of gruel every day.And when it comes to sloppy places, aren't many rural places at that time also so sloppy?
"Amitabha, Your Highness, please don't criticize the prefect of Wei." It was Yao Guangxiao who came with Zhu Su, who spoke out for Wei Guan. "The victims here didn't make any noise when they saw us. Although they looked thin, they didn't starve to death. It means that there are still porridge and rice relief."

"The poor monk traveled around in the past, and he also saw disaster relief in the Yuan Dynasty. It is extremely rare to provide relief like Wei Zhifu and Ru Yushi."

"Even if you let the adults of the official department come here, I'm afraid there is no way to criticize them. If you write to His Majesty, you may even have to boast about being a competent official."

"This... this..." Zhu Su was shocked.

That's it?A group of people who provide disaster relief are pale and emaciated. Is this called a capable official?Zhu Su never expected that the disaster relief in the Ming Dynasty would be like that of the later generations. Ships and trucks of supplies were sent to the disaster area, volunteers supported from all sides, and the soldiers were as imposing as a dragon...

However, we can't just keep the victims in this hellish place and ignore them, and just barely "hang" their lives, so they can be called "capable officials", right?
What he didn't know was that in the world just a few years ago, "living" was already the biggest luxury of many people in China...

"That does not work!"

Zhu Su felt that a certain heartstring in himself was touched.Although he was not a junior soldier before crossing, he had no chance to be a volunteer.

But donating money and supplies, clearing the way for ambulances, and delivering food and water to the angels in white who are in isolation, he has also actively done it.

The education I have received is "United as one, united as one."Everyone does what they can, so that this country and this nation will not be a mess like other countries, and only then can they overcome the difficulties one after another in the past and the future, and always remain great.

Now he is the prince, the prince who was ordered by Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang to inspect the place. He is the person with the highest status in this city and possibly the person who can use the most resources.Naturally, he also had to do something for the disaster-stricken people in front of him.

In the game, there is no reason to stand idly by.If I do nothing, I will be devoured by guilt when someone dies because of it!
"Where is Ru Taisu?" Zhu Su rarely put on the air of a prince, and asked Wei Guan in a deep voice. "This king also respects his deeds of sacrificing his life to calm the people. However, there are still some inadequacies in his management of this place, and he cannot easily sit idly by."

Zhu Su already knew from Li Yu's doctor's office that although people in the Ming Dynasty also knew that people who love cleanliness would get less sick, they didn't really connect the occurrence of the epidemic with the "dirty living environment".

I wanted to tell Ru Taisu the "Regulations on Epidemic Prevention Management" and force him to implement them.After all, he has been sitting here for a certain period of time, and he has gained some popularity presumably.It is most appropriate for him to implement the regulations.

But he didn't want Wei Guan to show embarrassment, and said to Zhu Su: "Your Highness, Ru Yushi..."

"Ru Yushi is old and sick from overwork."

"I've been bedridden for many days..."

"Ru Taisu fell ill inside?" Zhu Su was startled.There was a bad feeling in my heart.

This is too vegetarian, could it be because the refugee camp is too dirty, unfortunately infected with the disease...

"It's just an ordinary wind and cold." Wei Guan said as if he had guessed what Zhu Su was thinking. "There is a doctor inside who treats Mr. Ru. And the doctor once said that there is no sign of plague for the time being."

"That's good." Zhu Su breathed a sigh of relief.With his half-baked medical knowledge, there may be ways to prevent and treat it, but if the plague has already appeared, he will be completely blind.Since some doctors assert that there is no plague yet, everything is still too late.

The road here is narrow and difficult to walk, so a group of people abandoned their carts and horses and walked in.Just in case, Zhu Su asked everyone to wear masks made by others in advance. Although I don't know if there is a filtering effect, it can be regarded as a layer of psychological comfort.

Following Wei Guan who led the way, Zhu Su and his party came to a courtyard that was barely intact.The old magistrate Wei Guandang knocked on the courtyard door first: "Lord Ru, are you there?"

"His Highness King Wu is here to visit you!"

Footsteps were heard inside, and the door creaked open.I saw Ru Taisu in a quilt appearing behind the door with the support of a young servant. I was startled when I saw a group of people wearing masks with strange shapes, and finally recognized Zhu who was surrounded by the center. Su, cupping his hands unnaturally, said: "The guilty minister, Ru Taisu, has met the fifth prince, His Royal Highness King Wu!"

"Master Ru is still holding grudges against this king." Zhu Su smiled.This guy's heart is as big as a needle's eye, although he admires Ru Taisu's deeds of sacrificing his life for the people, his mouth is still unforgiving.He bypassed Ru Taisu and entered the house, only to see that the house was only filled with medicinal fragrance, but there were not many decorations.

Apart from Ru Taisu and the servant, there was only one doctor who was brewing medicine under the window, bowing his head and saluting Zhu Su.

"Ru Yushi is really clean!" Zhu Su said.This sentence is a rare sincere compliment.In the early Ming Dynasty, officials were not corrupt, but there were still a few honest officials who were dedicated to serving the people.

(End of this chapter)