Chen Zhihua is now in charge of Kaiping County, military and political affairs, after Wang Gui of Fuyuan County resigned from his military post and became a civilian, he is the only official in the Ming Dynasty who is also a military general and concurrently serves as a civilian official. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

What Ma Xiangnan said is real. In the first battle of Kaiping County, the Qin army was defeated, and the Ming army beat the water dogs, especially at that time, the Baoqing battalion was in a hurry, and the Qin army that had been defeated and retreated was driven into Qingzhou County, and the Qin general Lu must have been able to concentrate his forces to defend Qingzhou County, and later, although Ma Chao, the prince of Qin, went to Kaiping in person and signed an alliance with Qin Feng under the city, and the Ming army withdrew from Qingzhou County, but Lu must still not rush to divide troops to garrison Qingzhou all over Qingzhou.

The reason is very simple, it is not because of the strong military pressure of the Ming army, in fact, the Ming army does not have many troops in Kaiping County now, only one of Chen Zhihua's war camps is retained, and the Baoqing battalion has also been transferred to Yongping County. The reason why Lu must have been reluctant to divide his troops was because of domestic political pressure.

Lu must be worried that once the troops are divided, the last 30,000 border troops under his command will be defeated by the imperial court, and the border army will fall apart by means of bribery and other methods.

Only by tightly controlling the army in his own hands can he have the right to speak, not to mention that what Dai Shulun is planning now also needs Lu to hold the military power tightly so that he can be dispatched at any time.

Tens of thousands of troops are concentrated in Qingzhou County, and almost all the corresponding resources are also concentrated in the county, after Lu must repeatedly refuse the imperial court's will to summon him to meet Yongdu to discuss matters, the imperial court's supply to the border army is almost completely cut off, and a little material that is only enough to save his life is just worried that this army will take risks.

Under such circumstances, Lu must have relied on plundering the people of Qingzhou County to support his army, and he even sent his cronies to pretend to be bandits, and went deep into the territory of Qin to rob and plunder, creating a large number of refugees in the Qin territory.

Now these people are all flowing towards the Ming Realm.

At first, this trend was not very obvious, but when the Ming merchants began to enter the Qin realm on a large scale, this trend gradually began to expand, and a large number of people learned the true situation of the Ming Kingdom through these Ming merchants, and this trend of fleeing to the Ming Kingdom became more and more intense.

Even if Lu must have set up a blockade at the border in the end, he could not stop those Qin people who were eager for a new life from going forward one after another, and tried all kinds of ways to escape to the Ming Kingdom.

Chen Zhihua was very annoyed by this situation. Because Kaiping County is now in ruins, when the Qin army withdrew, large-scale burning, killing and looting were created in a large number of no-man's land in Kaiping County, and the people suffered heavy losses, and now, the imperial court does not have much financial resources to support the reconstruction of Kaiping County, and everything can only be self-reliant. The influx of a large number of Qin people made his job countless times more difficult.

The Qin people who fled into the Ming Realm, even if they were regarded as inferior by Chen Zhihua in Kaiping County, their lives were much better than in the Qin Realm, after all, here, the government would still provide relief, even if the government ignored them, they no longer had to worry about their property being plundered. No matter how much Chen Zhihua hated the Qin people, he didn't dare to starve them to death, as a bureaucratic family, he knew the power of the imperial history, and of course, the influence of the wind and the Qing Dynasty on him.

These Qin people are actually still very miserable in Kaiping County, of course, this kind of misery is based on people, in the eyes of those Qin people who fled in, as long as they don't starve to death, and can see the hope of the future, it is very good. They are satisfied.

The Qin people are still pouring in, and Chen Zhihua has decided to close the border and not allow the Qin people to enter Kaiping County anymore.

"Your nose is still smart!" Qin Feng said with a smile: "Staying in Changyang County, you are still so clear about the affairs of Kaiping County?" Chen Zhihua only mentioned the influx of Qin people in the recital, but did not say that he could no longer cope with it. ”

"Naturally, he won't say." Ma Xiangnan said with a smile: "Actually, I also know it from the caravan in Changyang County, and you also know that there are also a few caravans in our Changyang County that are running in the Qin Realm now. Someone offered a price, five taels of silver per person, and a large number of homeless people could be introduced to me from Kaiping County. ”

"Human trafficking?" Qin Feng immediately frowned, "Who is so bold?" How dare you treat this as a business? ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, it is not a human trafficking, the merchant said this to me at the beginning, I also spat on his face, and turned my face with him on the spot, but in the end, after listening to his explanation, I also think it is quite reasonable." The horse waved his hand to the south and said.

"Oh, what more trick can he say?" Qin Feng sneered.

"Your Majesty, he said that these Qin people have nothing to do now, and it is impossible for them to travel long distances to my Changyang County, and he is responsible for getting people for me, but these people come from such a long distance, and they have to eat and drink on the road, and he is responsible for all of this, and I bargained with him for three taels of silver." Ma Xiangnan said: "In this case, if he can get me 10,000 people, I will only pay 30,000 taels of silver, but as long as they take root in Changyang, they will continue to create wealth, Your Majesty, this is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, we have saved these people from suffering and saved them from starvation, we have increased the population ourselves, and weakened the ruling base of the Qin people, the minister thinks this is a great thing!" ”

"Three taels of silver? Have you ever calculated that after they come, you will build them a house, you will have to provide them with the means of living for at least a year, and you will provide them with the necessary means of production, all of which add up to not a small number? "Qin Feng said.

"Changyang County can hold it!" Ma Xiangnan said: "It's just that we are living a hard life for one more year, but no matter how hard we are, can we be more bitter than the previous two years?" No matter how bitter it is, is it better than when you just created Taiping City, Your Majesty? They are coming, of course I will not let them eat or not work, the next is the slack period, they can work for relief, I Changyang County to build roads, to build bridges, so that there is no need for a lot of young and strong labor, I give them food, they work for me, Your Majesty, next year you go to Changyang to inspect, Changyang County will inevitably change its old appearance, compared to now, it will be countless times better. "Horse to the south.

"Looks like you've got it all planned, so why are you coming to me? Wouldn't it be okay to go straight to buy someone? Qin Feng laughed.

"After all, it's still a buyer, it's not very nice to say, besides, if you don't say hello to Chen Zhihua, that guy will definitely be a hindrance." Your Majesty, you tell Chen Zhihua, don't close the border, how many Qin people come over there, I will collect as many as Changyang County. "Horse to the south.

"Since you have confidence and think that you can solve the big problem of your Changyang County, then why don't I do it, it is just a will." Qin Feng said with a smile: "When you go back, you are ready to accept a large number of displaced people from the Qin Kingdom." ”

"In fact, preparations are already underway, the minister has ordered all parts of the county to start building houses, and every village must be prepared to accept the Qin people and displaced people, and when the people arrive, I want them to have ready-made houses to live in." Ma Xiangnan smiled.

"The people have no objections?" Qin Feng smiled and asked: "You are generous to them, asking the people to build houses for these people, does your Changyang County Government have subsidies?" ”

"Naturally, there is, of course, it is far from enough, but the face of the old minister is still worth a few taels of silver in Changyang County, so it will naturally be counted into the cost." Ma Xiangnan laughed.

Qin Feng also laughed: "You guy! Okay, this matter is done like this, but a large number of Qin people have entered Changyang County, you still have to pay attention to the problem of integration with the local people, if you want to say that there is no problem here, I don't believe it. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is about to talk to you about this. The old man of the Ministry of Officials actually wants a large number of official exchanges between Changyang County and Zhengyang County, and I will transfer a small half of my capable people away at once, if this is before, there is no problem for the old minister, but now a large number of Qin people and displaced people want to come in, but there is a problem, I need officials who are familiar with the local situation to sit in charge, so as not to make trouble, if those stupid melons in Zhengyang County come in, I am really afraid that something will happen. Ma Xiangnan had a bitter face and complained to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, then stretched out a finger and nodded to the south, "Old horse, old horse, it turns out that you are still waiting for me here?" I think you are reluctant to bring out those officials you brought out, Mr. Wang made this move, but also had to be forced to do so, although the reform of Zhengyang County's government has kicked off, but those people in Zhengyang County, the rules they have formed over the years are difficult to break for a while, Mr. Wang wants to throw a few catfish into this pool of stagnant water, drum up some waves, and those officials you bring out are just right, not only where you are, Shayang County, Taiping City and other places, there are officials and Zhengyang County officials to communicate, Don't talk to me about this matter, do what the officials want. ”

"Your Majesty, the situation in Changyang County is special, can you delay it a little, next year, next year, the minister will definitely let it go." Horse to the south.

"No, I can't. Since attracting Qin people into Changyang County is the trick you came up with, then you should bother more! Qin Feng laughed, looking at Ma Xiangnan's bitter gourd face, he felt a burst of joy in his heart, this guy, ring by ring, led himself to jump into his ditch.

"Your Majesty, you want my old ox to pull a heavy cart, the old minister's body is not good......" Ma Xiangnan sighed.

"Come on, you just bragged to me that you're in good health!" Qin Feng laughed, "It's no longer good to come back to the bitter meat plan at this time." Old Ma, you don't want to focus only on Changyang County, you also have to look at the world and consider the entire Ming Dynasty! ”

"The minister is the county guard of Changyang!" Ma Xiangnan muttered under his breath. "Forget it, the old minister doesn't fight with His Majesty, just work hard."

"That's right!" Qin Feng said with a smile: "You can't always take advantage of it, don't pay, over the years, the imperial court has not been thin on your Changyang County, just the Imperial Medical Department, how many resources have been tilted to you, and most of the medicine workshops of the Imperial Medical Department are built in your Changyang County." ”

Ma Xiangnan only sighed when he heard this, the old guy didn't take advantage of it this time, and he felt very sorry.