Chapter 39 Knocking the bone and sucking the marrow

In the time when thieves were raging, Liu Yuqi's pain was even worse than now.

It was at that time that the chaotic town of Ningxia stripped him of all the glory associated with officials.

His servants went out to buy groceries, and their money would be robbed, and they would not even be able to keep their shoes.

A large crowd of rioters would storm the palace and snatch or smash everything there, even if he, the prefect, bravely stood in the public court and roared loudly.

When the rebels came, the former vicious officials ran faster than him, the prefect, and the officers and soldiers of Ningxia Town ...... He hasn't seen it since he took office here.

Now, there is a powerful person who has finally stood up and cleaned up the place, so that a chaotic Ningxia town can quickly return to its former peace, which he did not expect and dreamed of.

Liu Yuqi doesn't want to die!

Especially the idea of dying in the country that was finally puffed up, after being consumed by his wife's gentleness, calm and natural social alternation, and Duan Guoren's courtesy, if he wanted to drum up Yu Yong's death in a few days, it was already the end of the strong crossbow that would not enter Lu Min.

After all, he really wanted to be martyred, and he actually carried it out, but people didn't kill him, so he couldn't help it!

He has a childhood sweetheart who is willing to live and die with him, three beautiful and obedient children, and elderly parents in his hometown, not to mention a charming but docile concubine.

If he wasn't an official in Ningxia Town, he would be satisfied with everything he had.

Now, someone has pacified the place and handed back the power to him, how can he refuse?

After talking to Duan Guoren for a long time, Liu Yuqi was full of affection for this young scholar who was born without an ear, he was not only heroic and extraordinary, but also erudite, no matter how Liu Yuqi quoted the scriptures, Duan Guoren always answered fluently, and had a slight reservation.

Such a talented person actually fell into a place like Ningxia Town.

"Alas, if Master Wen is still here, a young man like you, this official will definitely introduce him to Master Wen, what the court lacks is such a cadre who can overcome obstacles and set things right, not a Confucian official like me."

Duan Guoren shook his head and said: "No, even if he doesn't pass away, Taifu Wen will not use someone like me, no matter how stable we govern the place, it is better than the pleasure that Taifu Wen brought to him defeating political opponents in the court."

In his eyes, a person like me can only become a pawn in his hand, and it is impossible to put it on the surface.

It's not that I don't have talents, it's just that once these talents appear, they are used as chess pieces in their hands, even so, it's just that, it's obviously a chariot that can sweep thousands of armies, and in the hands of your Wen Taifu, it is often exchanged with a pawn.

Do you want me to elaborate on the connection? ”

Liu Yuqi said with a smile: "Only people like me, who can only take exams and have no other use, can go from Jinshi to the prefect in six years, but since Master Wen passed away, my luck has come to an end, and I came to Ningxia Town to be the prefect...... Hahaha, do you know, this official has actually been coveting the position of Xuezheng.

Brother Guoren, my family knows my family, put me Liu Yuqi in the position of local school and politics, I think I can do very well, and I have the confidence that in such a wild place as Ningxia Town, there are also children reading at the foot of Helan Mountain. ”

Duan Guoren shook his head and said: "No, this time we have done too many killings in Ningxia Town, more than 16,000 people died in Huangquan, thousands of gentry homes were razed to the ground, hundreds of temples were destroyed, and the remnants of the evil people left by Meng Yuan were all killed. ”

Liu Yuqi sighed and said: "This official knows that there has never been a good thing in this world that will fall on my head for no reason, Master Wen only passed away last year, and you are going to ruin his reputation this year?" ”

Duan Guoren shook his head and said: "If we kill people and destroy the temple, it is not impossible for us to do this, however, this kind of thing needs to continue here, the last time we did it too roughly, we have to do it a second time, a third time, and a fourth time if necessary, until the local customs completely meet our requirements and confirm that it will not bring our people harm."

After that, the people of Yan'an Mansion and other poor places will migrate to Ningxia Town and thoroughly develop Ningxia Town.

With a large network of water and lakes and the Yellow River bringing a large amount of fertile sediment to this place every year, it is a good place to develop agriculture, and within ten years, Ningxia Town must take on the responsibility of feeding the army in the north, and prepare for the army to go north and west.

If the matter here spreads, it will definitely make public opinion, which is not good for my lord, so I am ready to borrow the reputation of Mrs. Wen and let this large-scale killing become a party dispute, so that people will have a favorable attitude towards the development of Ningxia Town, and at the same time, it will also facilitate our migration of the people and recruit displaced people to come to Ningxia Town to reclaim the famine. ”

Liu Yuqi smiled bitterly: "When Master Wen was alive, he commented on Yun Zhao and said, this son looks at the wolf Gu, is ambitious but can pretend to be stupid, pretend to be crazy and stupid to make the world love and hate him, I don't know how to do it to him, what he did far exceeded Sima Yi back then, and he should be the first hero in the world." ”

Duan Guoren waved his hand and said: "My lord has become a big trend, ten years ago, if the imperial court started, there may still be a few chances of winning, for now, once the Ming Dynasty loses the deer, my lord and tiger are ready to eat alone in Chang'an." ”

Liu Yuqi rolled his eyes, waved his hand and said, "It's too early to say." ”

Duan Guoren sneered: "When Fuzun goes to the administrative secretary of Lantian County next year to report on his work, after seeing Lantian County, see if he can still say this." ”

Liu Yuqi said: "A certain family is a minister of the shepherd under the rule of the Great Tomorrow, how can he go to Lantian County to report on his work?" ”

Duan Guoren said: "That's because my lord is also the minister of the Great Tomorrow's Shepherd, but he is the shepherd of the Ming Dynasty with the body of a fierce tiger and a dragon. ”

Liu Yuqi picked up a glass of wine and sprinkled it on the ground and lamented: "Master Wen, if it's not that the student's will is not strong, he is really desperate......

Long before Duan Guoren planned this large-scale killing, he had already prepared the target of the golden cicada to get out of its shell, and this shell was Liu Yuqi!

Liu Yuqi and Wen Tiren are fellow villagers, and they are Wen Tiren's disciples, Wen Tiren died of illness last year, and Liu Yuqi was deprived of his official position in Hubu Langzhong by Zhou Yanru, and came to Ningxia Town to take up the prefect, and a group of officials who followed Wen Tiren defected one after another.

After Duan Guoren found out about Liu Yuqi, he used the secret spy department to investigate Liu Yuqi's matter clearly, and then he was surprised to find that this Liu Yuqi was actually a baby.

This person thinks he is a clear stream, he is still honest and honest when he is an official in Beijing, and his personal character is beyond reproach, he was originally cultivated by Wen Tiren as the future leader of his faction, but unfortunately, this person is an honest man by nature, he doesn't like to fight in the court, and he wants to be famous for his moral articles, and he was driven out of the capital by Zhou Yanru this time.

However, Liu Yuqi took his family and the court to come to the remote town of Ningxia after a lot of hardships to become the nominal prefect.

This naïve scholar, after seeing the emperor wearing a torn dragon robe and still working for the country, actually wanted to use his life to create a stable Ningxia town for the emperor.

After coming to Ningxia Town for nearly a year, all his ambitions were eroded by the long yellow sand here, and there were not only yellow sand, but also bandits, local tyrants and gentry, and powerful temples, and the common people who treated the government as robbers.

This pure reader who came out of the ivory tower finally despaired.

So, Duan Guoren felt that Liu Yuqi was a baby, a big baby, a baby big enough to go up to the court to face Zhou Yanru, the head of the dynasty, and a giant baby who could influence Jiangnan scholars from the root.

Duan Guoren asked his classmates to help him deduce countless times, and the final result was generally the same - as long as Liu Yuqi could turn Ningxia Town into a land of fish and rice, then he would be able to directly reach the emperor and directly affect the emperor's decision-making.

At the same time, a Jiangnan literati who has created a moral article stuffed with Jiangnan and an impeccable personality will attract the worship of many Jiangnan scholars.

Liu Yuqi naturally has no ability to turn the messy town of Ningxia into a land of fish and rice.

However, Duan Guoren thought that he seemed to have it.

More importantly, the county magistrate just ordered the development of Ningxia Town, attracting displaced people from northern Shaanxi to Ningxia Town, and completely eradicating the situation of thieves and robbers in northern Shaanxi.

The thieves in Lantian County know very well how the thieves came about.

Poor! Poor! Poor!

As long as there is a mouthful of food to fill the stomach, no matter how strong the folk customs of northern Shaanxi are, no one will have the intention of rebellion.

All the poor people in northern Shaanxi who depend on the sky for food were relocated to Ningxia Town, which is covered with a dense water network...... Then, there will be no more thieves, and these suffering people who have long needed blood transfusions in Guanzhong to barely survive will become people who have become Guanzhong and create wealth for Lantian County in the shortest possible time.

At the same time, this is also the most economical, the most labor-saving way of poverty alleviation, Lantian County only needs to pay part of the cost of migration of less than one million people in northern Shaanxi, which is not difficult for Lantian County, this year's floods, millet harvest, but, also because of the heavy rain, planted in the high dry land of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes have obtained a great harvest, when these crops need water the most, God has rained for half a month.

All of this gave Duan Guoren the idea that God was helping him accomplish his great cause.

"So, we'll be able to clear the countryside in the future?" Li Dingguo took a bite of the sweet potato, and a cruel light burst out of his eyes.

"Not yet, the displaced people in northern Shaanxi are gathering, once the displaced people in northern Shaanxi are about to arrive in Ningxia Town, it is the time when you can clear the township with a dead hand, if possible, I hope you can completely complete the big plan of the magpie's nest dove."

Zhang Guofeng said with a smile: "You are really good, the black pot is carried by someone, the back account is carried by someone, and you can still have a good reputation, cooperate with you to kill people, I actually have a feeling of killing people and killing Bodhisattvas." ”

Duan Guoren said lightly: "For an official, the increase in population under his rule means that the local people are living well, and the rest, perhaps only the wind and sky here, and the stars know how many bones are used under this glorious avenue......"