In the following time, Jia Baoyu waited for the reply of the imperial court while starting to deal with the affairs in hand, and did not dare to be careless at all.

Of course, the contact with Tai'an is also uninterrupted.

On this day, everyone was discussing a matter together.

Among the displaced people, there are many children who have lost their parents or separated from their parents in the floods, and have been abducted and trafficked by people with ulterior motives.

Although such children are a small number, the number of displaced people is too large.

Ye Hao was very angry about this: "These things that are not suitable for the son of man, it is just a matter of making a fortune in the country, and they also pick those boys and girls to make dirty money, such people, if they are not killed, it is not enough for the people to be angry!" ”

The county lieutenant of Shangling County said: "But most of the people who bought in were some wealthy families and gentry in the city, and now is the time to employ people, so it's really not good to offend them for such a trivial matter."

"This kind of thing is a small thing in your eyes? Could it be that the county lieutenant Dou was also involved in such transactions, so he said good things about him? ”

Ye Hao is obviously a little anxious for justice and righteousness, and his tolerance for these things that touch the bottom line of human nature is very low.

Lieutenant Dou just said a word in fact, and he was dumbfounded.

Shangling County ordered a round and said: "I will guarantee Lord Dou, he is by no means the kind of person who does not distinguish between public and private. ”

In fact, in the past, they may still be involved, but now that Shangling County is stalling for disaster relief, as long as they do it well, the county commander and the county lieutenant will definitely be promoted in the future, so why do you want to do this kind of thing at this stall, under the noses of the Qincha and the disaster relief envoy?

"Hmph." Ye Hao snorted coldly.

He was born as the grandson of Shoufu, and his identity is extremely noble, so he naturally looks down on these flies and dogs.

Jia Baoyu said: "Ye Xun is reasonable, this kind of thing is not a trivial matter. However, what the county lieutenant said is also true, so I think the buyer can not be pursued, but they need to be asked to report the age, gender and number of young children they bought to the county government for registration.

to prevent them from trampling on their lives.

In addition, if parents come to find them in the future, the government can also find a way to exonerate them.

However, those who engage in trafficking with a single cake must not be spared.

Those who are the first evil or have major bad deeds must be punished. Servants, let them be the first batch of canal workers to be lowly servants.

Finally, from today onwards, we will put an end to such things, and all children who are not carried by their parents and elders will be given a separate shed for relief, and after this matter is over, we will find a way to resettle them. ”

The Shangling County Commander immediately said: "Your Excellency, this discussion is very appropriate. ”

Jia Baoyu waved his hand.

It is just a stopgap measure, and for now, it is still necessary to focus on maintaining stability and disaster relief.

Ye Hao, Wang Zhen and the others had no objections, and then Jia Baoyu handed over the matter to Ye Hao and asked the county lieutenant Dou to assist.

The county lieutenant had a small number of officers and soldiers, enough to deal with the ruffians and hooligans.

When the matter was settled, I heard the messenger report it:

Lord Qincha left Tai'an and went to Qufu to visit the Yansheng Mansion.

Jia Baoyu was surprised, at this moment, what did the second prince do in Qufu?

Wang Zhen said: "It must be that His Royal Highness is not in a good situation in Tai'an, so he wants to use the reputation of the Yansheng Mansion in Shandong to open up the situation." ”

"Who is in charge of Tai'an?"

The messenger replied: "The political envoy of Shandong has arrived in Tai'an a few days ago, and it is estimated that the political envoy will preside over it." ”

The commander of Shangling County saw that Jia Baoyu had doubts, so he said: "Qufu is close to Tai'an, but it is only a few days away, so you can't miss anything." ”

There is a sentence in the Shangling County Decree that Yansheng Mansion, as the place where the descendants of Confucius live, has always been the nominal leader of Shilin in the world, and has been valued by the imperial court.

The second prince is also a prince who is expected to inherit the unification, and when he comes to Shandong, he naturally wants to visit the Yansheng Mansion.

If he can get the support of the Yansheng Mansion, it will be much less difficult for the second prince to ascend the throne in the future

Jia Baoyu shook his head, the second prince didn't send anyone to tell him the purpose of this trip, and he couldn't restrain his whereabouts.

However, he always felt that the second prince's trip was a little inappropriate.

Sure enough, five days later, a breaking news reached Shangling:

On the way back from Qufu, the second prince encountered a riot of displaced people, was seriously injured, and his life and death were unknown.

The tens of thousands of displaced people who rioted have occupied all the porridge shacks around Tai'an and surrounded the entire Tai'an.

An earth-shattering disaster began to spread from Tai'an to the whole of Shandong.

When Jia Baoyu heard the news, he was in disbelief for the first time!

However, in the face of wave after wave of messengers who came to report the news, he could not help but believe it.

He got up overnight and summoned all the responsible departments of the entire Shangling Tomb to the county government to discuss the matter, and even Xie Whale was unprecedentedly recruited by him.

A close guard of the second prince's side rushed into the Shang Mausoleum covered in knife wounds and brought the exact news.

When the second prince approached Tai'an, he was entangled by the Tai'an exiles, among whom there were many instigators.

In the confusion, the second prince was shot by a crossbow arrow

Fortunately, there were 500 soldiers of the forbidden army who fought to the death to protect each other, and only then did they send the second prince into the city of Tai'an, but he lost contact with Luan Jia in the escort battle and failed to enter the city, so he thought of going to Shangling for help.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Tai'an is besieged, and His Royal Highness the Second Prince is in danger, please send troops to rescue!"

Someone knelt on the ground and asked.

Jia Baoyu glanced at Ye Hao, and Ye Hao nodded at him.

He knew Jia Baoyu's doubts, this person was indeed a close confidant of the second prince.

"Someone, send this adult into the back hall to rest."

"My lord, the second prince he"

Jia Baoyu waved his hand to interrupt his eager words, and said: "The displaced people gathered around Shangling are not weaker than Tai'an, if they act rashly and make Shangling unstable, then our lives and other people will not be guaranteed, how can we rescue Your Highness?" Go down! ”

Escorting this person away, everyone in the hall looked at each other.

Wang Zhen sighed: "No matter what, the change in Tai'an has become a fact, and the old man has no idea how to act at this time." ”

Jia Baoyu suddenly said in a deep voice: "Thank you guerrilla!" ”

Xie Whale, who was also frowning and wide-eyed, was stunned, because Jia Baoyu had never called him in such a tone for more than a month.

"I'm here, Jia Xiaowazi, you can tell me anything directly"

Jia Baoyu's eyebrows froze, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry with him.

"There are still more than 20,000 displaced people outside the city, if these people also riot like Tai'an, then you and I will be responsible for all deaths."

Xie Whale was furious: "Those bastards dare to rebel? Discipline me Xie someone's knife and turn them out one by one! ”

Jia Baoyu, who was interrupted again, was in a very unhappy mood.

If it were somewhere else, he would definitely beat this thing up first

It's so ignorant!

No wonder as the heir of the Hou Mansion, at this age, he is still just a guerrilla general

didn't talk nonsense with him, Jia Baoyu directly ordered: "General Xie, order your soldiers to block all the roads within a radius of twenty miles to Shangling from now on, and not allow a person of unknown origin to enter Shangling in case of accidents." ”

Xie Whale didn't answer, obviously not understanding what Jia Baoyu meant for a while.

The Shangling County Commander promptly explained: "Your Excellency, this is to guard against the mob of Tai'an targeting Shangling, and send people to incite and instigate rebellion. You'd better listen to the envoy's orders, otherwise once the incident happens, you won't be able to stop so many homeless people by relying on those soldiers under your command alone! ”

"Can General Ben still not understand this truth? I want you to come and be verbose, it's a lot of things."

Xie Whale is a military general from Sanpin, Jia Baoyu, as the nominal head of Shangling now, is also his son and nephew, so just listen to him. A small county order, where is he willing to listen to his ramblings!

Shangling County Ling didn't react when he was choked, he had already seen that this surnamed Xie was a thorn, who touched whom.

Seeing that Xie Whale turned around and was about to make arrangements, Jia Baoyu suddenly said, "Wait." ”

"General Xie asked his lieutenants to do this, and General Xie still needs to stay in the city as a deterrent."

Jia Baoyu said.

The word deterrence sounded too pleasant to Xie Whale, and he let out a strange laugh, so he finally responded with a "yes", and then went down to arrange it happily.

In the hall, Jia Baoyu asked Shangling County Order: "In Tai'an City, how many officers and soldiers are there?" ”

"Although Tai'an is a big mansion, it is located in the mainland, and there is no military fortress, only there are 2,000 officers and soldiers under the name of the garrison yamen, and there are nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers with miscellaneous names such as government soldiers, government officials, and tax soldiers."

Jia Baoyu nodded, it was rare for this Shangling County Commander to know so clearly.

It's just that with only 2,000 officers and soldiers, even if it is a full staff, plus 500 forbidden troops, in the face of tens of thousands of mobs, the difference in strength is too great.

"What is the combat power of the officers and soldiers under the envoy of Qingzhou Jiedu?"

"As the only town festival in Shandong, the envoy of Qingzhou Jiedu has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and his combat power is naturally beyond the reach of the general state capital garrison, and the envoy wants to transfer troops from Qingzhou?"

Jia Baoyu nodded.

"Your Highness can't help it, otherwise it will be a shocking disaster!"

The importance of the second prince to the imperial court is self-evident, and it can be said that even if the disaster ministry riots, the second prince cannot be allowed to have an accident.

As for the transfer of troops from Qingzhou, it is only because the Qingzhou Jiedu envoy is the closest festival town to Tai'an.

In the local officer and soldier system of Daxuan, only the officers and soldiers of Jiezhen can be regarded as an army.

The combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of some Jiezhen is not even weaker than that of the Beijing camp and the forbidden army!

Wang Zhen said: "Even if there are soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, how can you transfer troops without the order of His Highness?"

If you want to get an order to transfer troops from the imperial court, it will be delayed for too long, and if the mob breaks the city of Tai'an, even if you transfer soldiers and horses, what is the use? ”

"I only hope that Qingzhou Jiedu will have the courage to send troops to Taizhou directly, so it will be the best."

Ye Hao said.

Shangling County Ling and the others all shook their heads.

Wang Zhen said: "The military system of Daxuan, the transfer of troops without an order, is equivalent to complicity in rebellion. Under the premise of uncertain circumstances, it is impossible for Qingzhou Jiedu to transfer troops. ”

In fact, even if the Qingzhou Jiedu envoy knew that the second prince was assassinated, he did not dare to send troops to rescue him easily.

In this case, if you don't move, you are not at fault, and once you do, you are easy to be truthful.

Jia Baoyu said: "Perhaps, you can try it!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and the Shangling County Commander immediately objected: "The envoy himself is responsible for the disaster relief in Shangling, how can he leave easily?" If you want to go to Qingzhou, I can go with Lord Wang, Ye Xun, etc., but you can't. ”

Wang Zhen and Ye Hao both nodded, and Ye Hao even asked for his life directly.

Jia Baoyu said: "I have the dragon pattern jade pendant given by the Emperor Taishang!" ”

The crowd was shocked.

That night, Jia Baoyu led more than ten horsemen and horses from Shangling to Qingzhou.

Time was pressing, and there was no time to deal with Ye Hao and the others, so he directly moved out the dragon pattern jade pendant.

As for the matter of Shangling, for more than a month, a system has already been formed, and as long as Ye Hao and the others act step by step, it is impossible for something to happen.

To tell the truth, the people take food as their sky, and as long as the court provides money and food relief, the displaced people are not so easy to riot.

Because, everyone is afraid of death.

The matter of Tai'an is full of a smell of conspiracy.

He must lead his troops to the rescue as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once something happens to the second prince, all of them will become lost dogs.

This is no longer simply righteousness, but for his own interests, he must also save the second prince.

Qingzhou Road is near, although there is the Yellow River blocking the road, but they are flying and riding, even if there is a slight detour, it will only take a day and a half to arrive in Qingzhou.

Then, Jia Baoyu went directly to the official camp of the Qingzhou Jiedu envoy.