Section 164 Speculation and Decision
Hedong County Shou Zhou Yang was tilted by the political zhì between him and his county lieutenant Shen Tu, which lasted for more than ten years in Liu De's previous life.
The two dismantled each other in various ways, pulled their hind legs, and made a lot of trouble.
Moreover, Zhou Yangyou can definitely do such a bottomless thing!
Later, the historical records written by Sima Qian recorded that Zhou Yang's code of conduct as an official was: those who love, bend the law to live, those who hate, bend the law to destroy it, and the county where they live will be ruined.
Zhou Yangyou's desire to control is very strong.
In Liu De's previous life, in the end, Zhou Yangyou and Shen Tu died together, Shen Tu committed suicide in prison, and Zhou Yangyou was subsequently found guilty and abandoned the city.
Liu De finally managed to control himself, did not let the anger get carried away, and recklessly ordered Zhi Du to open the root warehouse and wet warehouse to help the victims.
A sneer overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and his face was already murderous.
"Zhou Yangyou and Shen Tu, they all deserve to die!" Liu De snorted coldly.
The Han family system is too guarded to be in charge of civil affairs, and the lieutenants are in charge of the military.
Usually at the local level, the county guard and the commander are in check with each other, and each has its own territory.
Zhou Yang was ruthless and was not allowed to open a warehouse to help the people of Dayang.
Is Shentu a good bird?
At the very least, Liu De felt that if this Shentu had a little conscience, then he could have ordered the use of military rations for disaster relief, but it was really not possible, as a county lieutenant, he had the right to play directly, and he could directly write to the Son of Heaven and sue Zhou Yangyou for killing the people.
It's a pity that he didn't, he was indifferent!
Why?
Because there is no open position for relief. Zhou Yangyou's sin is just a small crime, and he wants to bring down a county guard. Relying only on this kind of small crime that does not hurt or itch will not help, and the court will fine copper at most, and punish him when he counts.
But if there is a tragedy of starvation or even cannibalism in the territory, the nature will completely change.
Therefore, Shen Tu just sat back and watched, and the one who ate human blood steamed buns was called a comfortable one.
As for nostalgia. Folks?
For the bureaucrats, ordinary people, what does it matter to him whether he lives or dies?
Do you really think that the bureaucracy will treat the common people as human beings?
Immature!
Even if it is the Northern Song Dynasty more than a thousand years later. Song Shenzong used Wang Anshi to change the law and wanted to strengthen the country, but he encountered a counterattack from the old bureaucrats and aristocrats, and Shenzong naively ran to persuade the leaders of the old party. I thought I could convince these poems and books. The 'gentlemen' who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality hope that they will consider the people of the world, make some concessions, and support the reform of the law.
As a result, Liu De forgot that Han Yi was still Wen Yanbo, and the sentence "Your Majesty is not to rule the world with the people, but to govern with the scholars!" "Directly sprayed the Divine Sect speechless.
Even after 2,000 years, how many bureaucrats of the Celestial Empire who advertised to serve the people really put the people in their hearts?
Most of them are not yet far from the people. Above the people, above the people?
Therefore. Liu De has never had too high expectations for officials, so he also gladly accepted a notorious guy like Ning Cheng.
However, for the sake of personal grudges between Zhou Yangyou and Shen Tu, Liu De couldn't bear it at the expense of kidnapping the people of a county, watching the people starve, and even happily eating human blood steamed buns.
This is too bottomless!
is also beyond the scope of Liu De's patience!
If you don't kill these two guys, Liu De feels that his thoughts will not be clear.
"Is there a garrison in Dayang County?" Liu De asked.
"Your Highness is angry, before leaving, Your Majesty repeatedly told us and other courtiers that local affairs should not be interfered lightly!" Ji Di was startled, and hurriedly dissuaded: "When I return to Chang'an, I will wait for tomorrow and thoroughly investigate the east of the river!" ”
Ji Huang was born in a family of eunuchs, and it is indeed difficult for him to empathize with the suffering of the people at the bottom.
He can feel the difficulties of the people's livelihood, shed a few tears for the people's suffering, and give food and property to the victims, and he is already a rare person with a conscience among the children of the official eunuchs.
Liu De sneered a few times and went back to Chang'an? When I return to Chang'an, the imperial court will send people again, and the people of Dayang County will starve to death!
Moreover, intuition tells Liu De that there must be more than one place like Dayang County that is in the midst of hunger!
In the compromise report of Hedong County to the Son of Heaven, it was clearly stated that two counties in Hedong County had no harvest, and the rest of the counties and districts were also affected.
Since Zhou Yang is stuck in Dayang, he does not give relief to the victims of Dayang.
Then, Liu De felt that Shentu would definitely retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and jam the relief grain from other counties and townships.
If nothing else, the county soldiers who ordered the granary to be guarded used various reasons to delay and delay the transfer of grain from the granary.
Of course, directly mobilizing the army and interfering in local government affairs is a two-way act.
Even if it is strictly ordered by the cheap father, Liu De will not use the army to interfere in local government affairs.
No matter what the intentions of the army are to interfere in politics, as long as it starts, it will not be able to be stopped later.
is the so-called initiator, and there is no aftermath?
The army interferes in politics such a stupid thing, Liu Decai does not do it!
"I know!" Liu De said with a cold face: "Be relieved, I won't be so reckless!" ”
Liu De turned his head to look at the hungry people outside the carriage curtain with vegetables on their faces.
There must be food in Dayang County!
Last year's autumn harvest, Hedong was a bumper harvest!
Even if the locust plague were bad this year, it would not have fallen into the current situation, not to mention that if the grain had been free to circulate, nothing like this would have happened!
Liu De could think of what happened after the locust plague with his buttocks.
In order to compete for power and profit, the county guard and the county lieutenant did not release grain for disaster relief, which was just an inducement.
The real reason is that the bureaucratic class in Dayang County colluded with the landlords and hoarded grain, wanting to sell it at a high price!
Especially now that it is June, at this time, ordinary people, at the time of spring ploughing, in order to raise seeds, ploughing cattle, and the practice of forced labor, will have to choose to sell the grain they harvested last year in exchange for money, and then, in the four months of May, six, seven, eighty, and September, they will have to buy grain to make a living.
The occurrence of the locust plague caused panic among the people, and the price of food soared.
However, the government was indifferent and did not open a position for disaster relief.
This kind of thing, for the landlord Haoqiang, big businessmen, is simply a godsend!
If you don't hoard food quickly, when will you wait to sell it?
As a human being in the third life, Liu De has seen noble gentlemen, despicable villains, and even more seen beasts who let thousands of people wail in hunger and cold for their own selfishness.
"Let's go to the barracks first!" Liu De ordered undoubtedly: "Let's talk about the next step when we get there!" ”
Liu De knows very well that since he appears here, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be seen and suspected by people with intentions.
As long as Zhou Yangyou and Shen Tu are not stupid, they will definitely investigate the details of Liu De's line, once they know Liu De's identity, then, in order to protect themselves, these two bureaucrats who have no discipline and don't know what the lower limit is, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take risks!
Liu De went to the army, just to prevent accidents, in short, first hold the gun in his hand, and he can be invincible.
No matter how bold Zhou Yangyou and Shen Tu were, they didn't dare to surround and storm the barracks, and when they arrived in the barracks, with the protection of the army, even if these two goods were really stupid, then Liu De could retreat safely under the protection of the army.
Moreover, the intuition told Liu De that people in the army, especially middle and low-level officers, must know more inside stories! (To be continued......)
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