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"Sir, according to your request, all the officials in charge of Jinan Mansion have been summoned, please tell me if you have anything."

At this time, Zhang Dashan came out and said politely to Li Zixiao.

"Hmm."

Li Zixiao nodded, and then looked at King De, after King De saw Li Zixiao's gaze, he said: "If Lord Li has any requirements, just tell them to Lord Zhang."

This king came here this time mainly to coordinate your cooperation. ”

"Then there is Lord Lao."

Immediately, Li Zixiao's face showed a solemn look, swept over the many officials in the lobby, and said: "Today, Benjue is in a hurry to invite everyone over, what is the main reason, I think you all know it.

More than 80,000 Jiannu Tartars in the north are about to enter the territory of our Shandong, and if nothing else, the army of the Tartars will arrive outside Jinan in a few days.

Benjue was ordered by the Holy Lord to serve as the deputy commander of this defense against the Tartar army, mainly responsible for resisting the Tartar army that came to our Shandong.

And the coach Lu Daren has already led the other people to Shanxi to deal with the situation there.

According to Benjue's plan, this time Benjue will rely on Jinan as the center, with Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Mansion as a buffer place, to block the Tartars here, and prevent them from continuing to plunder in Shandong.

At that time, presumably our Jinan City will inevitably become the target of the Tartars and the key attack.

This time, the Tartar commander who came to attack Jinan City was none other than Dolgon, the Prince of Rui, who was known for his ferocity among the Tartars.

Three years ago, I had already fought with the prince, a very brutal and extremely powerful Tartar prince. ”

Li Zixiao stopped when he said this, the hall was silent, and everyone showed a trace of solemnity, but there was no surprise, obviously these officials in Jinan Mansion also learned part of the news.

After a pause, Li Zixiao continued: "It seems that the Tatars entered the customs this time, as usual, and they came to plunder the population and wealth in the customs.

So, now we are facing a thorny problem, that is, we must consider how to keep our people in Shandong from being captured by the Tartars as much as possible while resisting the Tartar army.

The focus is on the people of our Dongchang and Jinan provinces, which will be the main place of war between our army and the Tartars in the future.

You are all parents and officials of the same place, and you must not take into account the safety of the people of these two provinces, I don't know what good plan you have? ”

After Li Zixiao finished speaking, he had slowly walked to the middle of the lobby, standing there and sweeping his eyes over the surrounding officials, waiting for someone to answer.

"This ......"

Speaking of this, many officials in the lobby also fell silent.

Because of Li Zixiao's problem, it is very difficult to solve.

If you leave it alone, it will definitely not work.

Li Zixiao has made it very clear just now that the Tartars are not allowed to rob a large number of people again.

In fact, some of these officials in the lobby disagreed with Li Zixiao's words.

These officials pay attention to how to defend the city of Jinan, and they are too lazy to care about the life or death of the Ming people in other small counties.

Although Li Zixiao only said that Jinan Mansion and Dongchang Mansion should be solved by the people of the two prefectures, the people of these two prefectures together must have more than 500,000 people.

If so many people want not to be plundered by the Tartars, they have to move them all away before the Tartars kill them, which is too troublesome.

There are so many issues involved, the most troubling of which is the food problem.

If you move away so many people, whether you come to Jinan or to other state capitals, who will take care of the daily eating, drinking, and Lazar.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Zixiao's face was not good-looking, this result was actually expected by him.

"Since you don't speak, then Benjue will talk about Benjue's method.

From tomorrow onwards, the political envoy will send officials to the two prefectures and counties to carry out the relocation of the people.

Benjue's request is very simple, only four words 'strong wall Qingye', and all the people of the two prefectures will be temporarily moved to Qingzhou and Laizhou, until the Tartars are defeated. ”

"What!"

Li Zixiao's words immediately caused an uproar in the lobby, and the officials of the Political Envoy Department present all whispered about it.

"My lord, I have something to say!"

At this time, a civil official wearing a seven-grade cyan official uniform stood up and arched his hand towards Li Zixiao: "The lord has a compassionate heart, and he is deeply admired for his humble position.

But what the lord said just now is to move all the people of Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Prefecture to Qingzhou and Laizhou, and there are a few questions I want to ask my lordship here. ”

"You say!"

Li Zixiao looked at this civil envoy of the Seven Rank Cloth with an expressionless face, and responded.

"According to the knowledge of the people, there are more than 50 prefectures and counties in Dongchang and Jinan, with a population of nearly 600,000.

I can't imagine how we can move so many people to Thanh and Lai in just a few days.

Moreover, even if all these people are moved to Qingdao and Laifu, how to solve the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these people.

Do you have to rely on the government to provide help? If this is the case, I am afraid that the government offices of Qingdao and Lai will not be able to support it for a few days.

Therefore, I feel that the way of the lord for the sake of the people has a good starting point, but it is not realistic to want to do it. ”

After listening to the words of this seven-rank civil official, Li Zixiao frowned, and asked majestically: "What position do you hold in the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division?" ”

This young seven-rank petty official was very courageous, and he was still neither humble nor arrogant at this time, and said to Li Zixiao: "The lowly position is the political envoy who has experienced everything, Wang Ping. ”

"Is there anything going on with the political envoy? It's good, you dare to question Benjue, it's very bold, and Benjue doesn't blame you.

Since you think that Benjue's method is not feasible, then you can tell me what you can do, don't just question Benjue, and there is no way to replace it. ”

In the face of Li Zixiao's questioning, Wang Ping was still very calm, and said: "Since the lord asked, he will tell me his opinion, and if he says something wrong, please don't blame the lord." ”

"Say, Ben doesn't blame you."

"There are more than 500,000 people in Dongchang and Jinan, and moving them to Qingzhou will undoubtedly bring a great burden to the government of Qingzhou.

In particular, Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier, had just finished recruiting grain and grass from Qingzhou, and Qingzhou would definitely not be able to support these foreign people at this time.

The meaning of the humble position is very simple, our government is responsible for informing those people and letting them flee for their lives, and as for where they flee, we don't have to care.

These people scattered and fled, presumably the Tartars wanted to capture them, and it would not be so easy. ”

"Yes, it makes sense, it is impossible to move so many people."

"Letting the people flee on their own will save our government a lot of trouble."

"I'm in favor of it too!"

After listening to this Wang Ping's words, the other officials present were secretly sighing about this Wang Ping's affairs, and while they really dared to say this kind of thing, they also discussed it in a low voice, and most of them actually agreed with Wang Ping's words.

I have to say that Wang Ping, the political envoy of Shandong, is not ordinary ruthless!

With a fluttering sentence, we must abandon the more than 500,000 people in Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Mansion and leave them to fend for themselves.

Let's not talk about how long these people who have left their homes can live without shelter and adequate food sources.

Just trying to evade the Tartars, they can't do it.

After all, the cavalry accounted for at least two-thirds of Dolgon's Tartar army, and when the time came, these Tartar cavalry scattered in all directions, and once they found the people, there was basically no chance of escape.

No matter how fast the people flee, they can't outrun the four legs of the Tartar war horse!

At that time, the Tartars only needed a small number of cavalry to catch up with the fleeing people, and basically the number of people who were caught up was larger, and it was impossible to escape.

These people don't even have the ability to resist.

"Okay, it's really a good way, Master Zhang still has such a talent under him, the court really didn't raise you in vain!"

Li Zixiao laughed angrily at this time, stared at Wang Ping coldly, and then looked at Zhang Dashan on the other side, and said with a sneer.

Zhang Dashan knew that it was impossible for him to continue to be silent at this time, so he slowly stood up, shook his head and said, "Wang Pingdu is still young and has not considered the problem well.

I, the political envoy of Shandong, will never give up, and if the people of Dongchang and Jinan do this, then what is the difference between us and the murderous Tartars.

Lord Li is right, as a Ming official, we should protect my Ming people, and this official agrees with Lord Li's proposal to move the people of Dongchang and Jinan to Qingzhou and Laizhou.

The official committee immediately summoned all the officials of the entire political envoy department and immediately sent them to the prefectures and counties of the two provinces to contact the local officials and begin the relocation work.

As for the food issue, the official will consult with the gentry and wealthy families in the city to see if they can get them to donate some, which should be able to support it for a while.

What do you think? ”

After Zhang Dashan finished speaking, his eyes swept to the other officials around him, and many of them nodded silently.

On the one hand, people's hearts are long, and many of these officials are actually unwilling to push hundreds of thousands of people into a desperate situation.

At the same time, Zhang Dashan agreed with Li Zixiao's methods, and whoever of these officials objected at this time was tantamount to Li Zixiao and Zhang Dashan openly contradicting him!

That can end well, the officials here are not stupid, everyone will come out again at this time.

"Well, then the matter is decided, sir, what else do you have to command?"

Zhang Dashan looked at Li Zixiao again and asked.

"Well, what Master Zhang said is right.

The problem of grain, Benjue will also solve part of it for you, and I will send an order to Xuzhou and let them transport a batch of grain along the canal.

In addition, the migration of the people of the two provinces must be done quickly.

Ben Jue doesn't have time to care about this, Ben Jue is about to prepare to deal with the Tartars, and it all depends on Lord Zhang and everyone here. ”

"Lord Li is polite."

"By the way, Lord Zhang, how many officials and defenders are there in Jinan City?"

"Well, there are about 20,000 defenders in the city, but Lord Li wants to count on them to go out of the city to fight the Tartars, I'm afraid it will ......."

"No, Ben didn't plan to use them against the Tartars."

Hearing Li Zixiao say this, Zhang Dashan breathed a sigh of relief, he knew the situation of the 20,000 defenders in his city best.

Lack of training, old weapons, not to mention this, more importantly, there is a serious shortage of personnel.

Zhang Dashan and Li Zixiao said that there were 20,000 people, but in fact, half of them was already very good.

Many of Zhang Dashan's officials are paid empty salaries, and even he, Zhang Dashan, has a piece of the pie.

At this time, Zhang Dashan was really afraid that he would summon the defenders in the city, in that case, Li Zixiao would definitely see through this.

"Next, Benjue will let his subordinates take over the defense of Jinan City, and you will gather all the defenders in the city and disperse them to move the people.

The people of the northern states and counties will be given priority, and then the people of the southern part will be moved.

However, Ben Jue wants to warn you in advance, Lord Zhang, so that those defenders under your command will be more restrained in the process of relocating the people.

If anyone dares to take the opportunity to blackmail the people and is found out by Ben Shuai, Ben Jue will cut him directly. ”

"Yes, yes, Xia Guan remembered."

Hearing that Li Zixiao didn't want to check the defenders in the city, Zhang Dashan replied after breathing a sigh of relief.

"With 20,000 soldiers to help, your migration should be quick.

Don't look at the two prefectures and counties, as many as 500,000 people, it sounds like a lot, and it seems to be very troublesome to relocate, but in fact, it is not. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Zhang Dashan and other officials looked at Li Zixiao one after another.

Li Zixiao continued: "Over the years, our Shandong people have been plundered and killed by the Tartars several times, and the people here actually know the ferocity of the Tartars.

When you go to the northern states and counties this time, you only need to get the cooperation of the local officials and hype up the ferocity of the Tartars, and the people themselves will want to escape.

At that time, your government only needed to guide the fleeing people, don't let them run around, and let the government organize, in fact, the speed should be very fast.

After all, the people should be willing to cooperate with you at that time.

Moreover, Benjue does not want you to move more than 500,000 people from the two provinces within two or three days.

You will first focus on the northern states, because the Tartars will come from the north, and then they will move to the south.

When the Tartars come, Ben Jue will stop them, and since Ben Jue has led a large army, he will not let the Tartars act recklessly, and will buy you more time.

Then you will be able to move the people of the south calmly.

Benjue predicted that you would move the people north of Liaocheng and Jinan within five days, and Benjue would set up directions in Gaotang and Jinan.

Subsequently, you have to move the people south of Liaocheng and Jinan within a week, so that Benjue can let go of his hands and feet and Tartars.

Master Zhang, are you sure you can do it? ”

"Okay, since Lord Li has said so, how can the lower officials not agree.

As long as the lord can give the lower officials the time to win the promise, the lower officials promise that the relocation of all the people in Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Mansion will be completed. ”

"Well, remember, burn what you can't take away, and don't leave a grain of grain, a foot of cloth, or a chicken or duck for the tartars.

Now that the fortified walls are cleared, we must do it clean and thoroughly, and I will let the Tartars enter the territory of Shandong, and they will not be supplied with a grain of grain. ”

Li Zixiao added coldly.

"Yes, the lower official knows."

After the meeting, Zhang Dashan, in the name of the governor of Shandong, mobilized all the officials and more than 10,000 defenders in Jinan.

They traveled on horseback, donkey, or on foot to the prefectures and counties north of Dongchang or Jinan to inform and assist the local government in relocating the people.

(End of chapter)