To put it bluntly, distributing porridge and food can be done by someone who has the skills and feet to do it, but only he, the prefect, can mobilize the resources of the entire Yulin Prefecture to do it legitimately.
Instead of doing something more valuable, just doing something that anyone can do is not a waste.
With Xu Wei's current situation, he still can't understand Li Chen's perspective and way of looking at things, so he doesn't understand it. Li Chen doesn't find it strange, but the prefect of Yulin Prefecture is a bit neglectful.
Just when Li Chen was about to leave, the old man who was lining up to receive a bowl of porridge suddenly threw the porridge in his hand into the face of the prefect of Yulin Prefecture.
The sudden change suddenly caused chaos in that small area. Even Li Chen stopped and planned to take a closer look.
Several government officials rushed over quickly and held the old man down amidst the noise.
"Bold! How dare you disrespect Mr. Zou!"
It was obvious that those government officials were dissatisfied and angry from the bottom of their hearts, and their actions and language were also a little rough.
"That's all."
Zou Qingyuan wiped his face with a towel. With a tired look on his face, he waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, it's just a trivial matter."
Looking at the old man, Zou Qingyuan asked: "Is this old man dissatisfied with me?"
The old man scratched his neck and cursed: "You are a dog official, so of course I will attack you!"
"There are many large and small gathering points in Gansu and Shaanxi. All other places accepted us people who were forced to migrate into the city, and took good care of us in accordance with the orders of the imperial court. Not to mention how good it is to the people, but at least it can be regarded as giving a
A place to protect yourself from the wind and rain, but you, the Yulin Mansion, only give us common people a shabby shack. It’s snowing heavily right now, and people freeze to death every night. Do you, a high-ranking magistrate, know how difficult it is to endure the night in the shack?"
"The imperial court has issued an order in advance, asking your local government to treat the relocated people well, but what did your Yulin Mansion do? If you don't treat us relocated people as human beings, you are a dog official!"
The old man's words immediately aroused the anger of many people.
People are like this. No matter how wronged they are, the first choice is to keep it in their stomach first. But if someone is the first to step forward, then others will immediately follow suit, as if everyone becomes filled with righteous indignation.
Seeing that more and more people were being aroused, and the situation was gradually getting out of control, Zou Qingyuan immediately stood on the table and shouted: "Everyone, calm down! Calm down!"
Although the people generally complained about Zou Qingyuan, everyone felt the same as Ming Jing. They knew that Zou Qingyuan did not care about their life or death in the true sense. What's more, there were dozens of government officials around, and the city gate was right next to him, and he could enter the city at any time.
More government officials could come out. No matter what the reason was, the mood of these people gradually calmed down. Everyone looked at Zou Qingyuan silently, waiting for his explanation.
Li Chen is also waiting.
I saw Zou Qingyuan suddenly taking off his official hat in front of everyone, putting it aside respectfully, then facing the people, lifted up his robe, and suddenly knelt down on one knee.
This move shocked everyone.
"As an official of the imperial court, he actually knelt down before the people!?" Xu Wei found it incredible.
At this time, Xu Wei spoke.
"The reason why I took off my official hat is that as a minister, I can only kneel down as an official when facing my father. Otherwise, I will bring trouble to the common people. This kneeling is Zou Qingyuan's way of expressing my gratitude to the common people."
Chapter completed!