Chapter 91: No Voice, No Investigation

Li Hongji wanted to go straight from Xiangyang to the De'an Mansion he was familiar with, and then go from De'an Mansion to Luzhou to see if there was a chance; if he could plunder Luzhou, he would have enough grain and grass to go north to Runing Mansion and finally come to Henan, where the army was weak.

This is a marching plan that was drawn up entirely on the basis of the characteristics of Li Hongji's army.

Yun Zhao is not a trustworthy ally, Li Hongji knows this very well, he even vaguely feels that Yun Zhao does not have any kindness towards him, and the reason why he is unwilling to fight him head-on now is entirely for Lantian County's own considerations.

When facing the government, the thieves in the world are not one family but also one family, which has nothing to do with whether Yun Zhao is willing or not, he has become a thief, and all of them are traitors to the court.

Henan has been thousands of miles away, officers and soldiers, thieves and robbers back and forth, and Yun Zhao vigorously collected the victims from Henan to send them out, this fertile land is no longer suitable for human survival, except for flocks of wild dogs, and crows in the wilderness can not find many living creatures.

In addition, Henan people habitually enter the pass to hide in disaster years, and Lantian County is like a beast that can never be fed, no matter how many people enter the pass, they seem to be able to swallow it in one bite.

In the population statistics of Lantian County in the new year, Guanzhong already has 8 million people at this time, and according to the prediction of the Lantian Administrative Department, in another two years, there will be 10 million people in the Guanzhong jurisdiction.

Li Hongji has already deeply felt the crisis brought about by Yun Zhao's large-scale nature of the solid wall and clear field.

This time, he was ready to attack Jiancheng, and there was no way to create a crisis in Kaifeng and Luoyang without a large amount of grain and grass and a large number of people to follow.

Yun Zhao knew very well about the plan that Li Hongji had secretly formulated, and he had already made a decision for Li Hongji in advance when Li Hongji was still considering whether to attack Zhengzhou directly from the direction of Nanyang or to make a detour through Luzhou to loot enough grain and grass for the soldiers to enter Henan later.

Li Hongji must go to Luzhou Mansion!

Wuchang couldn't be attacked, Zhang Bingzhong couldn't even get any benefit in front of Zuo Liangyu, Ju Koge was killed by Zuo Liangyu in Changde Mansion, and Yang Sichang's battle situation in Hubei was turning from decline to vigor.

For this reason, the officers and soldiers of Luzhou Mansion were also ordered to come to Wuchang, and when will they not attack Luzhou at this time?

What's more, once Luzhou is taken, Ying Tianfu is close at hand...... Neither the Ming Emperor nor the Jiangnan gentry would allow Nanjing to lose, and they would inevitably be able to attract all the Ming officers and soldiers from all over the world to Nanjing.

At this time, turn around and go north, go straight to Luoyang, Kaifeng, and will definitely be able to go down in one go.

It's a good strategy!

If Yun Zhao were Li Hongji, he would definitely choose this strategy.

Sure enough, the hero sees the same thing...... Li Hongji ordered Li Jin to lead 20,000 troops to garrison Nanyang, and he left Xiangyang with a large number of men and horses and went straight to De'an Mansion.

As long as Li Hongji, Zhang Bingzhong, and others start to move, Lantian County will resolutely stand still, just digesting the new territory they got last year, which is enough for all of them to be busy for a while.

Sometimes he would rise up with a sense of guilt directed at the emperor in the Forbidden City.

In May, the emperor again ordered a reduction in the number of meals from four to two......

The emperor called on the officials of the world to live a simple life like him, because by doing so, it would reduce the burden on the people.

Yun Zhao is the most resolute executor among them, so when he eats with his two wives and two sons today, he only has two dishes and one soup.

A big bowl of chicken cakes steamed with eggs separated by water is naturally for the two sons, Yun Zhao and Feng Ying, and Qian Duoduo can only eat one dish.

The two of them had a fight yesterday.

Qian Duoduo couldn't beat Feng Ying with his bare hands, and was picked up by Feng Ying and thrown to Yun Zhao who was a foot away.

Originally, it was just a simple competition between sisters, but somehow, I used the eighteenth class blade, and the money that played the spear couldn't beat Feng Ying, who played the saber...... Later, he changed to a halberd, but he still couldn't beat Feng Ying, who was holding a mace.

Yun Zhao originally took his two sons to cheer for them, but later, he hurriedly handed over the two children to the trembling He Chang, leaving Yunhua, and Yun Chun quickly separated them once things were not in the right direction.

The mace smashed on the halberd, Qian Duoduo's hand trembled so much, he barely grabbed the halberd with the last bit of strength, so that this thing did not fall to the ground, Yun Zhao took the opportunity to take the halberd and said to Qian Duoduo: "It's stronger than when I was in the academy." ”

Qian Duoduo squeezed out a smile and said to Feng Ying: "My sister is really good." ”

Feng Ying played with the mace in his hand lightly, stuck it on the weapon rack and said, "Call sister, I'm a month older than you." ”

Qian Duoduo said: "You are bigger than me there!" It's just useless, it's still up to me to raise children. ”

Feng Ying was speechless......

Yun Zhao's dish is actually very rich, there are meat, vegetables, eggs, and vermicelli, this pot of vegetables is enough for three people to eat, but after eating, Yun Zhao is still very hungry.

The two people in front of him, who are usually generous and have nothing to say, as long as the children are involved, it will be over, and no one is willing to give a step.

This made Yun Zhao's father and son very embarrassed.

Fortunately, the two of them only broke out occasionally, and they were still able to respect each other the rest of the time.

And when the two of them broke out into a war, they would always be only in the inner house, in front of Yun Zhao, at most in front of Chu Chu, He Chang's, Yun Chun, and Yun Hua's henchmen, which well maintained the dignity of the Yun family.

Family life is like this, there is no real respect for each other, so that there are some fireworks, there are some popularity, if the husband and wife need to be courteous when they meet, and they need to be courteous when they eat, they have to ask if they can move more violently......

There is no way to live such a life.

will make Yun Zhao suspect that the women he married are all puppets.

Five years ago, if you want to go through every county in Guanzhong, even if it is non-stop, it will take a whole month, and now, it will take more than half a year.

Fortunately, Yun Zhao only selected a few counties to focus on checking, mainly to see if there are some fundamental problems in the current policy, and whether some small problems can be corrected under the condition of not moving the principle.

If there is really a big problem and it needs to be stopped, it should be stopped immediately, and if it cannot be stopped, it must also be recorded and considered when Lantian County corrects the target once every five years.

This is a very important job for Yun Zhao, and at the same time, he also has the obligation to let the people of Guanzhong see him, so that these people can understand what the person he is loyal to is like, so as not to portray him as a monster-like figure with a height of eight feet and a waist circumference of eight feet.

This year's crops in Lantian County are growing very well, and Chang'an County, Sanyuan County, Jingyang County, Li County, and Qianxian County are also very good in martial arts.

It can be regarded as a real atmosphere of Wufu and Minfeng, which makes Yun Zhao's mood very good, and the accompanying officials are also in a good mood, everyone is somewhat proud in their hearts, and no major problems are found, which shows that the policy implemented in the previous investigation and evidence collection did not harm the people.

Yun Zhao spent 11 days inspecting the key grain-producing areas in Guanzhong and found that the local officials were still very down-to-earth in their work.

With the gradual departure from Lantian and Chang'an, the lives of the people are obviously a little unable to keep up.

If nothing else, you can see it only by the clothing, food, and houses where the people live.

The land on the plains was flat, and the crops on it were lush and green, and the half-foot-long wheat seedlings were mostly dark green in color, the plants were thick, and the canals were always filled with clear water, according to the words of local officials: "These canals were not only for irrigating the crops, but also for the people."

This is all the blessing left by Lantian County's vigorous construction of the pond weir and the reservoir.

For this point, Yun Zhao believes that for more than ten years, the people of Guanzhong have never stopped the work of building reservoirs and ponds, and now the Guanzhong water conservancy project has long been connected into a water network.

These water networks are water supply networks when irrigation is needed, and at the same time, these water networks are water storage networks when floods come, and if this kind of flood came again two years ago, it would definitely not cause such serious losses to Guanzhong.

Originally, the mountains were not suitable for growing wheat, but this year, wheat has also appeared on many mountain areas, but the wheat here does not grow as well as the plains, the leaves are pale yellow, and the plants are very delicate.

"Millet, millet, can't be sold at a price!"

The old farmer was blunt when Yun Zhao asked.

Yun Zhao glanced at Gao Zhengmao, the commander of Baishui County.

Gao Zhengmao arched his hand and said: "For many years, the main grains in Baishui County are millet sorghum and millet, and in the past two years, the price of millet and sorghum millet has been declining, especially millet seeds, and the price has fallen and there is no way to plant them."

In the past, the price had nothing to do with the people, anyway, they had to eat it, but now it is different, people can't eat so much millet, resulting in millet is now about to become livestock feed.

Therefore, the people were reluctant to plant. ”

"On the plains, with the support of water conservancy, it is understandable to grow wheat, but what is the reason for growing wheat in the mountains? You don't really think that we have enough food to feed the pigs?

I know your thoughts, millet and millet generally have to be handed over to the chief secretary at a flat price, and the money will go directly into the pockets of the people, and it has nothing to do with you, so it is better to plant wheat and send it to the market, so that the county can also keep some of it, right? ”

Gao Zhengmao did not feel ashamed that his heart was broken, but said eloquently: "Baishui County is not comparable with Lantian and Chang'an, but if the life of the people of Baishui County is not as good as that of Heyang, Dali and other counties, they think that they are derelict in their duties." ”

Yun Zhao said: "Your Baishui County is not rich because of the more millet seeds, sorghum, and millet these things are planted, but because these things are planted less, if you only grow these three things in the county, the amount is larger, and there is a lot of surplus after meeting the quantity required by the administrative secretary."

At this time, you should have the final say on the price of millet, sorghum, and millet.

If nothing else, just those who make wine can break your threshold. ”