Chapter Forty-Eight: The Wise Yunyang

This kind of thing is inevitable.

A long time ago, when Yun Zhao went to visit the old heroes, he felt sorry for these old heroes countless times.

An old meritorious service who fought in the south and the north, with outstanding merits and merit medals hung on his clothes, after the victory, as said in "Mulan Ci" - 12 turns of strategy, reward 100,000 strong, Khan asks what he wants, Mulan does not need Shang Shulang, he is willing to gallop thousands of miles and send his son back to his hometown......

He returned to the small mountain village and studied for 50 years......

The old meritorious man sat on the low chair in the middle hall, his bearing was still solemn, his thin hands, and his face full of old age spots did not make him look old, on the contrary, he looked at every official with a cautious and critical gaze.

Even a green-headed little official like Yun Zhao, he looked at it from head to toe, and finally commented on Yun Zhao in front of the big officials who groveled to him - he was a clean person.

Yun Zhao, who has been on work for less than 100 days, is logically said to be a clean person.

However, the old man's eyes had already shocked Yun Zhao, who had taken some unit manuscript paper home, into a cold sweat, and the first thing he did after going back was to quietly return the manuscript paper.

Since then, except for the state's money and New Year's gifts, he really hasn't taken any advantage.

Since then, Yun Zhao has really believed that such a thing as spirit really exists, and the reason why we doubt it is entirely because we are not good ourselves.

Yun Zhao would rather believe in Yunzhou, Yunlian and these people are indeed tired of the battlefield and just want to go home and live a peaceful life, but how likely can this be? He was very skeptical of this.

Suspicion is the nature of emperors......

And the spirit, this thing can be passed down through the ages.

Yun Zhao really wanted to discover this spirit in Lantian, but unfortunately, the current Lantian did not have enough soil to cultivate this spirit.

Once people don't have a noble spirit, they will become people like them in Yunzhou......

Nanyang is vast and sparsely populated, in fact, most of the north in the current Ming world is like this.

Looking at the frail old man holding the plow, and the small, big-headed child leading a weak ploughing ox to plough the land on the plain, Yun Zhao felt that what he had eaten in the morning had turned into a lead block, and fell heavily in his stomach.

The army of Lantian County is undoubtedly powerful, and even powerful has surpassed the limits of this era, but it does not have much significance to the ancestors and grandchildren who have worked hard to cultivate at present.

For them, the truth is not as important as the white rice in the rice jar.

Perhaps, this is the most fundamental pursuit of these people.

Having a full stomach is their highest spiritual pursuit, and nothing else.

Extracting the spiritual connotation from daily life is the highest political literacy, and since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, all politicians who have left their names in history books have their own political mottos.

Whether it is 'food and clothing and then know the etiquette', or 'water can carry the boat and overturn the boat', or 'share the world with the scholars' or 'the snow pressure branches are low, with the low mud, once the red sun rises, it is still with the sky. ’

These words often represent the characteristics of an era, but also the temperament of an empire.

Until now, the Lantian Empire has not had these things.

On this trip, Yun Zhao found a lot of problems, returned to the room, took Liu Cheng's summary, and he was in a daze in the face of this foot-thick problem.

"Forward it to the big study room and distribute it to the officials above the chief of the big sato, telling them that these problems are not a regional problem, but a common problem in our territory, and everyone should brainstorm and come up with a solution.

If we should amend the law, we should amend the law, we should review, we should review, we should apologize, we should apologize, we should make restitution, and we should ...... If we don't have the courage to face our mistakes now, our cause will not last long. ”

After Yun Zhao issued this order, he stayed in Nanyang for four days, and during these four days, Hou Guojiao reorganized the Yunfu Legion.

On the fourth day, Yun Zhao inspected the Legion, approved the adjustment of Hou Guojiao, and promised to send more well-trained soldiers of the Yun Clan to the Yunfu Legion.

And warn the Yun clan people in the army that military law is preferred! Once they are expelled from the army, they do not want to enter the public service again in this life.

Yun Zhao was extremely serious when he said these words, and basically cut off the luck of these people.

After Yunzhou and the others heard the news, they were somewhat disappointed, and leaving the army was also a difficult choice for them.

On the fifth day, Yun Zhao left Nanyang, and this time, he went straight to Luoyang.

Like the Lei Heng Legion, the Yunyang Legion also chose not to enter Luoyang City, but Luoyang City really fell into the hands of Lantian.

Megacities are always easy to recover from disasters, so when Yun Zhao arrived in Luoyang, it was not at all surprising that Yun Yang greeted Yun Zhao thirty miles away from Luoyang.

"Luoyang has been governed by me, the road is not forgotten, the night is not closed, everyone has clothes to wear, everyone has food! It will not be a problem for you to set up Luoyang in the future! ”

This is how Yun Yang speaks - bold, shameless, and boastful.

Han Lingshan, who came to greet Yun Zhao together, saw the suspicious look on Yun Zhao's face, so he said solemnly: "Don't say it, this time, this guy didn't brag."

It's just that the clothes are the old clothes he used to go back to Lantian to raise donations, and the grain is millet, millet, corn, sweet potatoes, especially sweet potatoes, which are the rations of Luoyang people for half a year. ”

Yun Zhao's chainsaw-like gaze fell on Yun Yang again, Yun Yang was looked at by Yun Zhao very unnaturally, and said with a haha: "There are white rice, wheat, and a lot of dried meat, but I took it to the market and replaced it with coarse grains, so that it can be eaten for a longer time."

Old Han, help me talk about it, or he'll eat me. ”

Han Lingshan said with a smile: "When the thieves left, they cleaned Luoyang and cleaned it thoroughly, and forcibly abducted many people, but even so, there are still many people in Luoyang City who stayed, and the number was more than we expected."

There is not enough food to eat, and this is also a solution that has no choice.

At least, after we took over Luoyang, no one starved to death, and the market gradually prospered. ”

Yun Zhao's eyes were still cold, looking at Yun Yang and said, "Are you changing the plan of the administrative secretary?" ”

Yun Yang immediately screamed and hit Tianqu, patted his chest and said: "Those bullshit officials of the Government Affairs Department can't even check the number of people in Luoyang, and when I came, the city was full of hungry people who couldn't walk."

If I hadn't been smart, someone would have starved to death. ”

Yun Zhao turned his head to look at Han Lingshan and said, "What kind of arrangement is the Chief Secretary for Administration, don't you know?" ”

Han Lingshan said with a wry smile: "I know, the Secretary for Administration originally used to reduce the food supply in Luoyang, so as to achieve the purpose of allowing those who stayed in Luoyang City to return to their hometowns to receive relief, but now, it has been messed up by Yun Yang." ”

Yun Zhao looked at Yun Zhou who was guarding the guard beside him painfully, Yun Lian glanced at Yun Yang, who was still a little smug, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "My Yun clan is out of bandits, out of good people, I didn't expect to do my best with a mallet." ”

Han Lingshan said with a smile: "County Zun be quiet, this is the secret of our Jade Mountain." ”

Yun Zhao shook his head helplessly, Yun Yang was still smug.

The walls of Luoyang City look very dilapidated, but they are still as tall as ever.

There were still large patches on the mottled outer wall of the city wall, and the large patches of blood stains had not been cleaned up, even if the blood stains had long since dried out, which did not prevent swarms of flies from clinging to them.

Yun Zhao stood at the gate of the city, with a faint foul smell on the end of his nose.

Yun Yang saw that Yun Zhao took out a handkerchief and covered his nose, so he sighed and said: "No way, it has been washed with water, and it still smells, I heard that when the thieves attacked Luoyang, no less than 700 people died under this city gate."

The rotting corpses piled up here for half a month before they were slowly cleaned up, so the smell couldn't be washed off. ”

Yun Zhao said softly: "Perhaps, only time can wash away the sadness here little by little." “

Han Lingshan said: "This time may not be short. ”

As soon as he walked into Luoyang City, Yun Zhao saw a large group of people kneeling down in the dark on the street.

He immediately beat his horse and left Luoyang City again, staring at Yun Yang again.

Yun Yang spread his hands and said, "Not all the bad things are done by me. ”

Yun Zhao nodded and said to Yun Yang, "Stay in the barracks tonight." ”

Yun Yang smiled: "Okay, let's drink tonight." ”

With that, he led Yun Zhao and his party straight to the legion camp.

After the autumn harvest, the land is very flat, which is very suitable for war horses to gallop, and fifty miles away from Luoyang City, you will arrive at the base camp of the Yunyang Army.

He built a walled city here, and the flags on the walled city were much more energetic than the flags flying at the head of Luoyang City.

When Yun Zhao marched into the village, the big guy roared and saluted, and when he saw that Yun Zhao returned the salute, and there was no new arrangement, they went to do their own things, and Yun Zhao was very satisfied with this.

Before drinking the first cup of wine, Yun Zhao first used the wine in the cup to pay tribute to the victims, and the second cup of wine did not enter his throat, but still fell to the ground, and was stopped by Yun Yang just when he wanted to pour the third cup of wine.

"They don't deserve it!"

Yun Zhao looked at Yun Yang in surprise.

"The backbone was killed, the disciplined were killed, the slightly temperamental escaped, the rebellious followed the thief, and the rest was just a group of people who wanted to live.

They don't care who the person who enters the city is, they just see if they can afford to provoke this person, as long as they can't afford to provoke it, they will bow down and be docile like a sheep. ”

"So, did you change the Chief Secretary's ordinance on purpose?"

Yun Yang drank a glass of wine and said: "It's actually good to enclose these people in Luoyang City, give the fertile land in the countryside to people with backbone to cultivate, even if we distribute the fields to this group of people, they can't keep it, maybe they don't dare to ask for it."

Since their only requirement is to live, let them live, you see, I have exchanged such good things as white rice, wheat, and jerky for coarse grains and lent them, and they are satisfied.

Actually, I reserved some rice, wheat, and dried meat, and waited to see if anyone came to me to collect them, after all, the notice I posted was clearly written, and they could receive these good things.

I waited three days...... No one came, not a single one.

Since they tacitly assume that they don't deserve better, don't blame me for dealing with them with coarse grains.

Ah Zhao, you once said that power needs to be fought for by yourself, and if you don't fight for it, no one will give it to you. ”