Zhang Junping was very surprised. He didn't expect that Sun Zezhang had such a strong side.

Compassion also requires iron-blooded means.

"Mr. Sun, you are right. Anyone who dares to make trouble must let him know why the flowers are so red!" Zhang Junping nodded in agreement.

"Master, you don't know that the students went to the village outside the city to check the disaster. Those people were really suffering!

In the past, I thought that even if my life was poor, at least I still had fields at home, and I could still eat and wear clothes!

But in such a cold winter, when water turns into ice, many families are just dressed in clothes, and women and children can only hide in the haystack to keep warm!

This is at the foot of the imperial city, and the lives of the people are already so difficult. So what should the lives of the people in other places be?" Sun Zezhang said with a sad face.

Zhang Junping didn't say anything, just nodded.

The book describes the poor as ragged clothes, but when you really meet the poor in ancient times, you will find that ragged clothes are not enough to describe the poverty of the people.

The truth is, it’s not just ragged clothes. Many people just don’t wear clothes, wrapped in ragged linen, and dead grass is exposed in the ragged hole.

This is all good. Some people simply tie the dead grass to their bodies, even if it is clothes.

Just reading books means you cannot understand the real life of the people and the degree of hardship of the people.

That kind of hardship is beyond description in words.

It is definitely not a saying that it can be described as a result of the suffering of the people and the suffering of the people.

"The victims who can come to queue up to receive the porridge are considered good. Many victims, without clothes, cannot leave the door!" Sun Zezhang continued to tell.

"I asked you to come outside the city to rescue disasters. The fundamental purpose is not to expect you to rescue many people!

Instead, I hope you can understand the real lives of the people through this method!

Mr. Sun passed the tribute examination this year. As long as he passed the imperial examination next year, he will be an official from the court in the future!

It is said that our scholars have made a statement for our ancestors, and they have to share the worries of the officials and seek welfare for the people. But if you don’t even know what the lives of the people are like, how can you seek welfare for the people?

This is the same as when I asked Zhou Min and the others to go outside the city to learn the principles of farming with the people!

You are now able to feel sad and angry about the poverty of the people, which shows that you have the potential to become a good official!

Remember all this you saw and felt today!

After the next year's gold list, you can be a good official who can share the worries of the officials and ask for the people!" Zhang Junping patted Sun Zezhang on the shoulder and encouraged him with warm words.

"I remember the words of the mountain chief. If I can sing a name outside Donghua Gate next year, I will definitely ask for my life to the people and do my best to change all this so that the people can have fields, food, and clothing!"

“It’s not easy to change all this!

It is not something you can change by yourself, nor is it the officials, but the ministers in the court can change by just one decree.

This requires thousands of like-minded people to work together and persist for a long time to change all this!

Mr. Sun, if you really want the people to have food, clothes, and housing, then contact more people, join in and work hard for it!" Zhang Junping was very worried that Sun Zezhang would become a revolutionary fighter because of today's vow.

Revolutionary fighters are great, but early revolutionary fighters rely on their passion and no long-term mature plan, and have always been tragic characters.

Zhang Junping wanted to change this society, but he didn't want to be a tragic hero like Shang Yang, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, and Yu Qian, nor did he want the people he had finally cultivated to be a tragic hero.

Anyway, the same thing is said, plan and then move. He is only nineteen years old in his life, and there is still a lot of time, so don’t worry.

"Thank you, the Lord of the Mountain! Students will keep it in mind and will contact more people of kindness and ambition, and strive for the welfare of the people for life!" Zhang Junping's earnest words made Sun Zezhang feel a deep concern and was moved to Zhang Junping deeply.

"Okay! I hope you can keep your original aspiration in mind and forge ahead!" Zhang Junping encouraged again, then left the North City Gate and continued to go to the West City Gate.

There are 18 city gates in Kaifeng Prefecture, nine of which are water gates, which are the city gates where ships pass.

There are also nine city gates, the East City Gate, the West City Gate, the North City Gate, and the South City Gate that Zhang Junping mentioned before are just a general reference.

It is about the four largest city gates in the four directions, Chaoyang Gate, Nanxun Gate, Shuntian Gate, and Tongtian Gate.

Kaifeng Prefecture is divided into inner city, outer city, and outside city. The inner city is home to powerful and wealthy merchants, and the outer city is home to Beijing officials at all levels, small and medium-sized merchants, some craftsmen, and even ordinary people are all people with low and stable property.

As long as outside the city, the real proletariat lived, these people worked as porters on the docks, worked in restaurants or shops in the city to make money, and also had tenants who rented other people's fields to cultivate.

These people were the ones who suffered the most this time. They had no food stored at home and their houses were thin-slab thatched houses. Even if they were not overwhelmed by the wind and snow, they would not be kept warm.

What's more serious is that due to heavy snow, river water freezing, and ships cannot pass, porters who make a living by loading and unloading goods at the docks lose their jobs.

Before Zhang Junping arrived at Shuncheng Gate, he was stopped by Zhang Bao who came to report the message. "Langjun, Langjun, the nobles in the palace came to pass the imperial edict, and the official also rewarded a lot of things. Now he is waiting for you to receive the imperial edict in the academy!"

"I understand! I'll take a step first, you can keep up slowly!" Zhang Junping could only cross Shunyuan Gate and head to the south city of the outer city.

Zhang Junping was not very excited about the four treasures of the study that Zhao Heng gave him, but the 10,000 stones of grain made him happy for a long time.

What does this mean?

On behalf of the emperor, he expressed his support for what he did.

With this ten thousand stones of food, it can help many people overcome difficulties, and there is no need to worry that the censors impeached him and invited him to buy a reputation and made a bad plan.

He is now a serious worker for the official family.

In the evening, three hundred students and teachers returned to the academy.

After this day, the three hundred students and the teachers were exhausted, but everyone's face was full of a sense of accomplishment.

They feel sad and angry about the poverty of the people, and are happy that they can truly do something for the people. Those grateful words make them feel that their hard work is worth it.

After accompanying the students to have supper at the academy, Zhang Junping returned to Zhang's mansion.

As soon as I got home and sat down, I had time to have a cup of tea when someone came to my house.

"Boan, Boan!"
Chapter completed!