Chapter 81 Crisis is that there is still opportunity in danger

On the 17th day of the first month of the lunar calendar of the third year of Chongzhen, the first snow of the year fell in Lantian County.

The snow is not thick, but it is cold!

At this time, the hungry people who had come down from the Weibei Plateau to drag their children and daughters had already filled the streets of Yunjia Zhuangzi.

The temples, ancestral halls, mills, and mills in the village were all filled with refugees with foreign accents, men and women.

For a few days after the snow, the people of Yunjia Zhuangzi took pickaxes and shovels every morning to bury the nameless corpses that died on the road at night.

Every day from morning to night, the hungry people in ragged clothes are so cold that they shrink their shoulders and wait under the Yun's archway.

Somewhere, they broke off branches from the side of the road and held them under their arms to guard against the dogs.

As long as the people who saw the Yun family Zhuangzi, they would tell about a similar misfortune and lament for help.

As some talked, big tears rolled down from the thin yellow face.

Some ragged women asked the people in the Zhuangzi over and over again, is there anyone willing to adopt a child?

This scene is poignant to watch. How many people, as soon as they saw them, they ran away and left. After hearing those words, the farmer returned home uncomfortably, and treated his wife and children more and more roughly.

People in Lantian County will go to the construction site before dawn, and work hard for an hour against the cold wind, and then there will be steaming rice soup to be delivered, and each person can also have a small piece of black noodles, or steamed buns made of millet noodles.

After eating these things, I still feel hungry, but my body becomes warmer.

At first, there were still people who complained that the small county order only allowed people to work, not to let people eat, but since these displaced people from the Weibei Plateau arrived in Yunjia Zhuangzi, there were no more people who said such things.

Fifteen days ago, a child could be exchanged for fifty catties of millet in the Yun family, but now, the Yun family no longer accepts children, and five hundred children is the limit that the Yun family can accept.

In this matter, Yun Zhao did not pick and choose.

Yunfu also accepts children in the order of first come, first served, and will not accept them when they reach five hundred, which is determined by Yun's grain reserves, not by people's hearts.

The Yun family stopped accepting children, so there was no buyer's market for the people who sold the children, and the goods died on the ground, and these children could not be taken home, and they only hoped that well-meaning families could adopt these poor children.

Xu Yuanshou's eyes seemed to be on fire......

Under his anxious and helpless eyes, Yun Zhao was helpless...... It is impossible for him to use the grain in Lantian County to help these people.

"Give me another 500 pounds of millet ......"

Xu Yuanshou's words were pale and weak.

Yun Zhao threw out two ingots of silver on the table.

Xu Yuanshou pulled the silver to the ground, and the white silver jumped a few times on the blue brick floor and got under the table.

"I don't want money, I want food!"

Yun Zhao raised his head and looked at his husband and said, "You can't be hungry anymore, you have to eat every day, you can't hold it anymore." ”

"Can't die!"

"I can't give you the bread you want, and even though I have food on hand and a lot of food, I can't give you a grain of food.

Nowadays, almost all the people of Lantian County are stationed next to the granary, guarding the grain that belongs to them.

The overwhelming arrival of the displaced people frightened them.

Every day, the amount of grain transported to each construction site is calculated many times by 100 respected people who do not want wages and do not want food.

Not to mention my county order, even if the emperor comes here at this time, he will not want to take a grain from it. ”

"It's all human life......"

"That's right, food is also the life of the people of Lantian County, and giving food to others is equivalent to giving the lives of the people of Lantian County to others.

I am the county magistrate of Lantian County, and I will first manage the lives of the people under my rule. “

"You inhuman brute!"

Xu Yuanshou jumped like thunder, but he quickly quieted down, shook Yun Zhao's table twice, and sighed slightly: "I don't choose what to say." ”

Yun Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "You scolded like this, I feel more comfortable in my heart, sir, I want to close the border of Lantian County and not allow the displaced people to come in again." ”

"There are hooligans and bullies in Lantian who take the opportunity to bully those women!" Xu Yuanshou raised his voice a little more.

"Did they give food to the women after bullying them?" Yun Zhao's face was calm and unwavering.

"You're shameless!"

Xu Yuanshou scolded angrily and then brushed his sleeves away.

Seeing Mr. leave angrily, Yun Zhao sighed and lay on the table without moving.

Once upon a time, he could also say this kind of thing to his superiors, at that time he really felt that those leaders were very shameless, and now, being scolded by his own husband, Yun Zhao suddenly felt that the leaders who were scolded by him before were very pitiful.

The more difficult the moment, the more we must pay attention to discipline and rules!

Things that can be accommodated in normal times will no longer be negotiable at this moment, and things that can be turned around on weekdays are absolutely forbidden at this time.

The earliest reason for the emergence of discipline is related to life and death, and it is also related to the distribution of food, which is a very cruel thing.

Years ago, Yun Zhao always thought that he still had a little time, and when the people on the Weibei Plateau came down, the little free time he had disappeared.

Yun's bandits all became the group training of Lantian County, and the group training envoy was Yun Meng, Yun Zhao refused Yun Meng to be the county leader, but gave this only to Zhang Tianxiong of Xixiang, Liu of Dongxiang, and He of Nanxiang respectively got the main book and the warden.

The rest of the county government errands were also scraped clean by the middle households below the four families of Yun's, Liu's, He's, and Zhang Tianxiong.

With the interests evenly distributed, the decree of Yun Zhao's county order can be issued to everyone in the shortest possible time.

After seeing the tragic situation of the displaced people, the people of Lantian County no longer resisted Yun Zhao's orders for quick success, even if these orders were unreasonable, it was a thousand times better than leaving their hometown to become a homeless person.

On January 27, Yun Zhao ordered the recruitment of 6,000 displaced people to open up the wasteland!

On January 29, the 600 robbers of Liu Xiong, the king of Jukou Town, Shangnan, were ambushed by Yun Meng, the regimental training of Lantian County, in the middle of the night, and defeated the robbers.

On the ninth day of the second month, Liu Xiong, the king of Zhentian, Zhang Han, the king of the holy world, Chen Roll, the king of melons, and Han Yaofei, the winged flyer, sent envoys to ask for 10,000 loads of food.

Yun Zhao was furious, and killed three envoys under Peng Ze, the second leader of the Holy World King's envoys, on the spot, and broke the limbs of Han Yaofei, the winged king, and left only one mouth to tell Shangnan Jukou that there was a lot of grain in Lantian County, but he didn't give a single grain.

On the tenth day of the first month of February, Yun Zhao summoned Lantian County to smelt iron, forge craftsmen, and wantonly make blades, preparing to resist the four Kou of Shangnan with the strength of the whole county, and at the same time Pegasus reported to the prefect of Xi'an for help - to no avail!

On 12 February, Yun Zhao again ordered the recruitment of 6,000 warriors who dared to fight among the displaced people, promising that after breaking through the thief village, everyone would be rewarded, and after the war, they would be rewarded for their military merits.

For a time, the homeless people fought bravely!

Hong Chengchou threw down the paperwork and said to Liang Daodao, the general of the Hongshui River who was waiting on the side: "What does Bo Zhi think of this eight-year-old county magistrate who is outstanding in this official?" ”

Liang He smiled: "It's not easy! ”

Hong Chengchou licked his dry lips and said: "It's not simple, if all the county orders of the Ming Dynasty have half of the decisiveness, why is the state of the Ming Dynasty so far?" ”

Liang He said again: "He recruited regimental training, recruited homeless people as soldiers, and offered a huge reward, on the surface it looks quite strong, once on the battlefield, without the pressure of the old soldiers, these people still can't succeed." ”

Hong Chengchou laughed and said: "You also underestimate this little pig too much, this son is naturally smart, he claims to be a wild boar spirit, he can be in charge of Yun's Niuer in a year, and he has set off a huge wave in Lantian County, until today, Lantian County is still firmly controlled in his hands, how can such a person only have this ability!" ”

Liang He was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you also believe that he is a wild boar spirit?" In the past two years, there have been no less than ten Chengjing characters who have been killed! ”

Hong Chengchou scratched his hair and smiled: "What other essence character, this official only treats him as a dog and pig ear, this son is different, when you see him, you no longer think it is ridiculous for me to call him in the name of a pig."

Have you ever seen an eight-year-old child who can honor his officials with heavy salutes during the day, and at the moment of leaving the city, he can rob Mingyue Tower for more than 2,000 taels of silver while drunk? ”

Liang He opened his mouth wide and said, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Hong Chengchou said faintly: "The official even guessed that he robbed Mingyue Tower twice in succession. ”

"It's too daring."

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "The problem is that there is no evidence, and this official is just pure speculation, and there is no evidence in hand."

Now, this son has confirmed the position of the main hall of Lantian County, and the appointment document of the Ministry has arrived in Xi'an, even if the official wants to ask him for guilt, he can only report to the three divisions and be ruled by His Majesty.

With this method, even if he arrives in the capital, His Majesty will not ask for guilt, and there will even be a heavy reward!

After all, once his behavior of breaking the family this time was reported to the imperial court by the Xi'an prefect, what would he not reward such a loyal and brave man? ”