Chapter 462 Taiyuan
"The government decree not to block the traffic on Hedong Road was issued by the Ministry of Education. As the order of the Ministry of Education, I cannot escape the responsibility."
Xue Ji took a deep breath and said, "All the responsibilities for not containing the epidemic in time will be borne by me."
"Xue Xiang's words are wrong."
Menxia Servant Zhong Dongfanglu shook his head and said: "Menxia Province and Zhongshu Province share important information and discuss state affairs together. There is also a reason for Menxia Province to suspend the decision to block the traffic on Hedong Road."
hehe.
Hearing the words on the other side of the worm, Li Ang laughed back angrily.
If the responsibility for an accident is borne by one person, it can indeed be called the responsibility.
However, if a large group of people bear the responsibility for an accident, the law does not blame the public.
The relationship between Dongfang Lu and Xue Ji is not much better,
Twenty years ago, Si Tianjian claimed to have observed an abnormal astrological phenomenon of black clouds pressing down on the stars, and speculated that one day in the future, Yu State would face a situation where foreign relatives interfered in politics.
At that time, Empress Xue was just pregnant, and Xue Ji also served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, only one step away from the final prime minister position.
Because of this rumor, in order to protect his sister, Xue Ji had to resign from office and go home to find a job.
Fortunately, Queen Xue gave birth to the prince not long after, and the relationship with the emperor was still harmonious, and the Xue family was safe and sound. Xue Ji thought about becoming an official again, and gambled for the position of prime minister.
However, it was repeatedly dismissed by Dongfang Lu, who was the censor at the time.
The two formed a grudge over this, and they hardly met in private except for official business.
Even on the streets of Chang'an, if you meet someone in a carriage, you will order the carriage to turn around and drive away.
It's hard to tell how much of it is personal grievances, and how much of it is acting for the emperor and other courtiers.
In the eyes, the seven of them sang together, and then the responsibility was ups and downs.
Xue Ji took a deep breath, just as I was about to say something more,
From the end of the worm, there was a long and faint sigh.
Emperor Yu Li Shundao: "At that time, I had nothing to lose in my government, but nothing to do in my actions. Before the epidemic subsides, I will issue an imperial edict of guilt and declare it to the heavens."
"Your Majesty, yes!"
All the courtiers in the small hall said in unison.
The edict of sin against oneself will only be issued when there are natural and man-made disasters in the dynasty, the dynasty is in crisis, or when the emperor has made no serious mistakes.
In the end of the Yu Dynasty, the number of times in history that the emperor issued an edict of guilt is also very small.
Or due to natural disasters such as frequent floods, droughts and epidemics in Yu State,
Or because of selfishness, they ignore the laws and regulations, take the lead in disrupting the laws of the country with selfish intentions,
Or it was Gu Chaozheng who was addicted to beauty.
During the seventy years of Li Shunzhi's reign, the country of Yu was prosperous and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Even Jing Guo and Zhou Guo have to admit that I am a wise king.
If I issued an Edict of Guilt, would I be on a par with the emperors with the worst reputations ever?
Is that a situation where benevolence is righteousness and loyalty is placed on the courtiers?
"I've made up my mind, I want to talk about it."
Emperor Yu stopped the little ministers from persuading him, and said in a deep voice: "Xue Ji, Taiyuan Mansion is the transportation hub of Yu State's East Road. If Taiyuan falls, Anbei Duhu Mansion is in the north, Youzhou is in the east, and Youzhou is in the south. Luoyang to the west and Guannei to the west will all be affected.
Tens of millions of people were involved.
It seems that he is incapable of saving the crisis.”
Tian Lang was silent for a long time before he took a deep breath and said, "You can go to Taiyuan Mansion, but you have no conditions.
You need the smallest power in the territory of Hedong Road, and you need the right to act cheaply without temporary disposal. "
"good!"
Li Shundao: "From now on, he will temporarily take the post of Observation Envoy of Hedong Road. He does not act cheaply and has the right to be rejected by the court."
Observation envoy, the full name is observation and disposal envoy.
Jurisdiction over one or several lands, can intervene in anything including soldiers, wealth, folk customs, and even supervise local management, with very little power.
Xue Ji is the son and grandson of the emperor. At my current age, even if I only hold the post of observer envoy temporarily, I can be called an ancient person.
However, there was no expression of joy on Tian Lang's face.
I silently hung up the close worm, turned my head to look at the whiteboard full of streptomycin experiment logs, and punched it under the table.
boom!
The eight-finger thick solid wood table top was easily pierced by me, leaving a hole.
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"How can they say that they will seal it, and close the city gate without any prior notice, allowing anyone to withdraw? Is there no king's law? Is there no law?"
"Do you know who you are, how dare he stop you? Do you believe that you can take off his official skin with a word?"
"That sergeant, he is kind enough to let you out. You just came to sell chickens and ducks outside the city, and your old mother outside your house is still waiting for you to send food home"
At the city gate of Taiyuan Prefecture, there was a lot of traffic and horses, and the crowd passed by.
Countless people who wanted to go out of the city or retreat from the city crowded inside the closed city gates, making a lot of noise.
"Everyone, please be patient and listen to your explanation!"
The soldiers in charge of guarding the city gate climbed down from the platform made of wooden boxes, and shouted upwards: "Now there are plague patients in the city, and many people have been infected by the disease.
Everyone on the inside of the city gate,
For the sake of the people of Hedong Road, as well as your own dangers, I would like to invite you to gather together and spend a few days in relatives and friends, or in hotels or inns.
Until the danger of the plague is eliminated, the city gate will naturally reopen. "
The words of the sergeant were sincere, but the common people who had been basking in the scorching sun for an hour did not buy it.
A poor old scholar with patched clothes said: "Sergeant, the newspapers say that the plague is very harmless, and until now nearly 200 people die every day in Shuozhou. You all know that.
But now there are only dozens of patients outside the city. Taiyuan Prefecture has a population of one million, and dozens of cases are among them, which is really insignificant.
On the contrary, the temporary closure of the city is to lock up millions of weak people with the plague patients?
Could it be that it is in line with the imperial court's strategy to contain the plague? "
No young scholar in white clothes shouted: "There is something wrong, is it because of those dozens of people, affecting the daily life and travel of millions of people in Taiyuan Prefecture?
You have already made an appointment with your friends, and you are going to attend the poetry meeting this morning! "
"yes."
A wealthy businessman with a small belly also agreed: "The epidemic is a big deal, but business is a small deal.
You don’t have more than a dozen cars of goods parked in the warehouse outside the city. Even if the city is closed, people have no way to withdraw. At least you can accommodate and let you ship the goods out?
You pay tens of thousands of taxes for Taiyuan Prefecture every year, you are a good citizen. "
The common people talked all over the place, and the crowd was so excited that the sergeant under the wooden box could only say again: "Mr. Xue Ji and Li Dalang, do you all know? I have been appointed by the imperial court as the Observer of Hedong Road, and I will formally step down from this day onwards." .
Everyone can trust you, but can you trust Mr. Li Dalang? "
(end of this chapter)