When it comes to being sleek and spicy, Wang Stick is of course no match for Tian Shun, who was born in a snake letter, but his fierce face and simple and rough methods are unexpectedly suitable for cleaning up the puffy skin of those who instigate the leader among the homeless.

Before the arrival of the displaced people who had come on two legs, Wang Stick had already sent people back in horse-drawn carts to transport a dozen people.

It's all tied up with five flowers, and after being loosened, they are honestly asking and answering, and it is obvious that they are being cleaned up and obedient.

The previous employers who were older than the master had served in Chengwu County and Dongping Prefecture in Lunan City, and he had a better understanding of the situation in Lunan, so he presided over the interrogation of these people.

After a round of questioning, Master Da came to Shen Rui with a thick stack of confessions.

"At the beginning, someone promised money to lead the people to Dengzhou, what is the identity of these people don't know, there are two clever ones, and they only said that after coming to Denglai, they felt that the accent was not here." It is greater than the master to reply.

These did not surprise Shen Rui.

Those who are close to him and can encourage the displaced people are not in Dezhou, but in Jinan, and these small fish and shrimp in Dengzhou have not yet been able to reach such a far place in Lunan.

Master Da's expression was extremely serious, and he said: "At the beginning, there were only more than 1,000 people who were taken out of Lunan like this, and there were not so many, but there were people hiding from the army on the road, and the whole village followed......

Shen Rui nodded and said, "The Caozhou bandit Zhao Zhong is ferocious. Looking at the news that has come a few times recently, the bandits over there have almost been wiped out, and I am afraid that Zhao Zhong and his gang will be disabled, and the rest will be scattered as gangsters and continue to make trouble, which will be a disaster. ”

At the beginning, Brother Shou let Gao Wenhu go to Caozhou to suppress bandits, which made it clear that he wanted him to accumulate meritorious deeds.

Zhang Hui and Shen Rui both knew this, and they both had a good relationship with Gao Wenhu, so Shandong's carriage and horse travel and communication network were shared with Gao Wenhu.

Judging from the news that comes back every few days, Luo Ke's enemy Gao Wenhu's suppression of bandits this time should be quite smooth.

Gao Wenhu has at least one thousand households, and with Brother Shou's temper, it is very likely that he will be promoted unusually.

Shen Rui only said that it was those bandits who broke up and robbed homes and forced the people to flee and avoid each other.

Unexpectedly, Master Da shook his head and said: "It's just a matter of robbing the bandits, what they are afraid of is that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court will cross the border, ask for it, and arrest Ding for service......"

Shen Rui was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "How can military discipline be so corrupted?!" ”

Master Da said: "I don't know if I want to come to the owner, the local bandits are all to be forced to work in the army, and it is understandable to recruit people." It's just that in the past two years, natural disasters have caused famine everywhere, and the military tun has not had much harvest, and the top has withheld food and salaries and does not care about the disaster year and the harvest year. If you want to suppress bandits, you naturally have to stretch out your hand and ask the local government for silver and rice, and the local ...... It was also distributed to every village and household. ”

Shen Rui felt a big headache.

It's no wonder that there is no civil unrest if you act like this!

I think that if it weren't for the little emperor's desire for his military forces to send Jingying, Leopard House warriors and others down to suppress bandits, just relying on these local guards, they wouldn't be able to tell what kind of suppression has been made and how many good people have been forced to rebel!

In the history of the previous life, the uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, which lasted for three years, fought in many provinces and even approached the Beijing division for a time, broke out in October of the fifth year of Zhengde.

In the six years of Zhengde, there were frequent uprisings, with Zhili in the north and south, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Huguang, plus the nine sides that were never peaceful, plus the chaotic vassal kings......

Daming will be at war everywhere!

Thinking of the vassal king, Shen Rui unconsciously counted the rebellion of the king of Anhua in the fifth year of Zhengde.

Now that Zhang Yong has gone to Shanxi, he has also cleaned up the mess in history.

And the matter of Ning Fan was exposed in front of the little emperor very early, and I think that both the little emperor and the cabinet will be more careful with the clan.

Shen Rui was a little relieved.

was thinking about the vassal king's clan, but he only heard more than the master: "The owner, there is still a group of people, and there is another secret, but it involves the Dewang Mansion." The leading students have been accommodated individually, and the owner can call for questioning at any time. ”

"King De's Mansion?" Shen Rui couldn't help frowning.

There is no vassal king in Dengzhou, and the only one who has anything to do with the royal family is the mother family of the Xianmiao Jingfei Wang clan in Wendeng.

This princess Wang Jing only gave birth to a prince, and died in three months, without even a name, and has not been born since.

But she had raised the eldest princess of Deqing for a while.

Now Concubine Wang Jing is still alive, but she has no sense of existence in the harem, and neither the Queen Mother nor the Queen Mother pay much attention to her.

However, the eldest princess of Deqing was very close to her when she remembered the love of the year, and would visit the palace from time to time.

When Shen Rui was released to Dengzhou, the Deqing Eldest Princess's Mansion also came over to say hello.

The Wang family is not a big family, and probably because there is no royal bloodline, it is not too arrogant.

Shen Rui only waited for Wen Dengqing to clear the acres of land, and then took a closer look at how this family was.

As for the vassal kings of Shandong, the most recent ones are also in Qingzhou, and because they have nothing to do with Dengzhou, Shen Rui has not studied them very seriously.

But even if he didn't dig deeper, he knew that King De was the second son of Yingmiao, from Concubine Wan.

Concubine Wan Chen gave birth to four boys and two girls for the Ying Temple, and she was the one with the most children among the concubines of the Ying Temple, and she was very favored by the emperor.

Among the four sons and two daughters who are still alive today, in addition to Zhu Jianjun, the king of De, and Zhu Jianjun, the king of Ji, they are the eldest princess of Chun'an.

Yes, King De is the half-brother of the eldest princess Chun'an!

Shen Rui's brows tightened, King De was notoriously greedy.

At the beginning, Xianmiao was very good to this younger brother, and he was the first among the vassal kings, and it is said that the treatment was second only to the emperor.

But even so, King De was not satisfied, and still went to the book to beg for land many times.

In July of the first year of Zhengde, King De also wrote to the little emperor and begged to collect less taxes.

Brazenly said that in the past, he only collected two buckets per mu in Yanzhou's Zhuangtian, but Qinghe's land was self-Chenghua for seven years, and after the proposal of Song Min, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, five liters per mu was accepted, and the emperor recently issued an edict to levy three points of silver per mu, so he was too poor to open the pot, so please ask the emperor to only accept two buckets according to the previous rules.

Mo said that the household department did not allow it at that time, even the little emperor was also happy, and said bluntly: "Why is the king poor?!" Don't! ”

With the character of the little emperor, he was very, very dissatisfied with King De, and he should have cleaned it up a long time ago, but ......

Since the little emperor ascended the throne, the eldest princess of Chun'an has firmly stood on the side of the little emperor, against the Empress Dowager Zhang, against the Zhang family, and helped the little emperor do many things.

The little emperor has already regarded the eldest princess of Chun'an as his own person, and even the warriors of the leopard room have been handed over to Cai Liang, the eldest grandson of the eldest princess of Chun'an, which shows the degree of trust.

Even for the sake of the eldest princess of Chun'an, the little emperor will not be too embarrassed by King De.

I don't know if the eldest princess of Chun'an got the hint of the little emperor and reminded King De in private, and I haven't heard King De's movements in the past few years.

Unexpectedly, this person has never relented, but he just didn't make a big fuss.

"King De, did you forcibly occupy Mintian?" Although Shen Rui was asking, his tone was quite affirmative, and he had a deep helplessness.

The eldest princess of Chun'an also has a close relationship with his Shen family and the Yang family.

Master Da nodded and said: "Last year, it was the sixtieth birthday of King De, and many people donated their fields. Some of them said that it was a contribution, but it was not their own land. And the Dewang Mansion didn't care about it at all, and directly occupied it. ”

"Many peasants have no way to complain, and most of them can only admit and become tenant farmers in the palace." He glanced at Shen Rui's face, and said, "However, last year, Yanzhou had both drought and banditry, and the income per mu of land was reduced, and the tenant rent of the palace was not reduced...... That's why the peasants fled......"

The matter involved the vassal king, and the master was also extra cautious, and the confessions of the witnesses were complete.

Master Da paused and sighed: "The student has been in Yanzhou for more than ten years, and the Dewang Mansion is really ...... It is unpopular, and there are frequent floods and droughts, and the people are very suffering. If it's just a homeless person, it's just that, and the students are very afraid that someone will fall into the grass. ”

Shen Rui's face was gloomy.

There are few good people in the Ming Dynasty, and many are powerful and blessed.

Even if the vassal kings had not been swallowed up by ambition and coveted the throne and rebelled themselves, this greed would have forced the people of their domain to rebel!

It's just that this matter is Yanzhou in the end, the Yanzhou prefect has not moved, and the political secretary of Jinan Mansion has not moved, but he Shen Rui, a Dengzhou prefect who is thousands of miles away, jumped out, and he really stepped on the line beyond his authority.

Not to mention the layer of the eldest princess of Chun'an.

Shen Rui rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Sir, let's leave the confession first, this matter must be carefully considered because it involves the vassal king." He also said: "When the Lunan refugees arrive in two days, they will have to work hard." ”

More than the master responded, saluted and retreated.

Shen Rui was left alone in the study, looking at the stack of confessions repeatedly, and the ink block in his hand was circling in the inkstone, but he didn't put down the pen for a long time.

*

Dengzhou has always had few homeless people defect, and officials of the government and county have little experience in appeasing the homeless.

Fortunately, the newly arrived prefect Lord Shen is doing it.

Lord Shen was recommended to be released to Shandong because he was "good at disaster relief" and "repeatedly performed miraculous feats", and this reputation also gave confidence to the Dengzhou government.

Several meetings were held for the resettlement of displaced people, and more than a dozen copies of the emergency plan were copied and distributed everywhere.

Dengzhou Wei also lent manpower to fully cooperate.

The government put up notices to directly stab the impending affairs of the displaced people, guide public opinion from the front, and reduce the panic caused by rumors to the people.

After some actions, the arrival of the displaced people did not cause much turmoil in Dengzhou.

However, the number of displaced people still exceeded everyone's expectations.

The leaders who were sent first only remembered how many people they brought out, and they didn't care how many people joined along the way, how many were scattered, how many were lost, and how many were killed or wounded.

The task they received was only to bring all the displaced people to Dengzhou, and no one would be idle to sort out the number of displaced people.

Therefore, when the master asks for a confession, they can only give a rough idea.

According to this amount, the government vacated the two Zhuangzi that were confiscated by the Wei family outside the city, and hurriedly built some sheds, but they still couldn't install them.

The neighboring Qin family, Han family, and Zhao family's Zhuangzi urgently vacated space.

Fortunately, the weather is already hot, and a simple shed can finally cope with it first.

Of course, there is also a shortage of grain and rice for disaster relief, but at the turn of spring and summer, there are abundant fish in the sea and rivers, and although the wild vegetables in the mountains have passed the best tasting time, they are not inedible.

Only the original preparation of the "cash-for-work" job position, it is impossible to come as planned.

The government's usual practice of appeasing the displaced people is to set up official villages and encourage the displaced people to open up wasteland.

There is also a lot of wasteland in Dengzhou Prefecture, and the construction of water conservancy, the widening of official roads, the construction of ports, and even shipyards require manpower everywhere and "strong labor".

Therefore, Shen Rui's family was looking forward to the homeless people.

As a result, according to the urgent statistics of the scribes, the total number of displaced people in this group was nearly 5,000, but less than 1,500 of them were young and strong laborers, and most of them were old and young women and children!

Physical work is simply not to be counted on!

Rao knew in his heart that it was impossible for the enemy to send him strong labor, but Shen Rui was still very annoyed that he had added so many mouths to eat him.

Dengzhou is mountainous and hilly, the population is not large, the entire Dengzhou capital is only more than 116,000 Dingkou, Penglai County is attached to Guo, the population is relatively large, less than 20,000.

These many old and weak women and children can't be digested in Penglai County, and they have to find another way out.

Huangxian, Fushan County, and other prefectures and counties such as Qingzhang Tianmu and Zhuzi Shecang are still being implemented and have not yet stabilized, and it is easy to cause contradictions if they are sent there rashly......

In the midst of the busyness, Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived in Fucheng.

At that time, Shen Rui was inspecting the resettlement of displaced people in Zhuangshang, and when he got the news, he greeted Ding Tongzhi and went to the official road to greet him.

More than a dozen carts of the Shen family came in a majestic manner.

Changshou led people to lead the way at the front, and when he saw Shen Rui from afar, he hurriedly drove his horse over, turned over and came down to salute.

Shen Rui pulled him, smiled and said hard work, then hurried over to the cart over there, bowed down and saluted to ask his mother how she was doing.

On the official road, it was inconvenient for the female dependents to get out of the car and show up, Xu only lifted the curtain of the car, responded with a smile, and saw Shen Rui covered in dust and sweat, and couldn't help but feel distressed, and said continuously: "It's hard for my son." ”

Shen Rui smiled: "It's only been a little busy in the past two days, and I just happened to meet my mother." ”

When asked about his mother's health, Xu replied that he was fine.

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's mother, Xu knew his son's thoughts, so he smiled again: "Your daughter-in-law is fine, this is warmer than Jingzhong, and her asthma is not much offended." ”

Yang Tian was in Xu's car, and his face couldn't help but blush when he heard this.

Shen Rui has been absent for a long time, and he is a little warm when he thinks about his daughter-in-law.

I only heard my mother's joking tone, and I was a little embarrassed, so I hurriedly said: "It was a message from the carriage and horse shop, saying that it would be a few days before it arrived, why did you arrive so early?" It's hot, why is my mother in a hurry! ”

Xu smiled: "You don't have to worry, the car told you to change it, and it should be tight." I won't hide it from you, we heard a large number of homeless people coming on the road, and someone has to take the lead in setting up a porridge shed to make porridge, so we thought it would be better to arrive earlier. ”

Shen Rui said helplessly: "Where is the need for my mother to work hard......"

Xu interrupted him and said: "You don't want to be a mother is paper paste, when I was in Shanxi, there were often homeless people, and I have done all of these, but I am afraid that I am more familiar than you, who is good at disaster relief." ”

As he spoke, the men in the Shen family came over to greet Shen Rui.

Shen Rui saw them one by one, but when he saw a woman in the middle, he smiled and blessed him, it was actually the Qinglou Woman Jewel.

This woman previously claimed that she was willing to serve Shen Rui and share her worries, and volunteered to go to Yanshen Town to find the glaze workshop to find the "big piece of glaze" that Shen Rui wanted, but she was never heard from again, and she didn't want to appear in the Shen family's convoy.

At this time, Baozhu was dressed in plain clothes, and the makeup on her face was also adjusted, and her beauty was completely hidden, looking like an ordinary and capable big girl.

Seeing Shen Rui frowning, she smiled and said: "The folk girl went to Yanshen Town according to the instructions of the lord, fortunately she did not disgrace her life, and when she returned, she happened to meet the old lady and the lady, so she came to ask for peace, and the old lady took pity on her, and went all the way to Penglai." ”

Even the voice and self-professation have changed, so it looks like a good family.

On this official road, in front of all the clansmen, Shen Rui didn't say much, only nodded and said "hard", then ignored her, and beckoned the convoy into the city.

Entering the city from the West Gate Ying'en Gate, there is the government office not far away, but Shen Rui lives alone in the official mansion behind the government office, but it is more than enough for Shen Rui to live alone, but if he wants to pretend to be a large family including the Shen clan, he can't live in it.

The Lu family had already helped to set up two adjacent mansions near the mansion, opened up the repairs, and arranged for people to clean them every day, so they could live directly in them at this time.

Shen Ruicai sent his mother Xu into the house, and there were already a lot of greeting posts sent in front of him, expressing his hope to come to visit Mrs. Tai and Mrs. tomorrow.

Shen Rui couldn't help frowning, and was instructing his mother to rest for a few days to see the guest again, but Xu had already patted his hand to stop him: "At this very moment, they came to see and just happened to discuss disaster relief. I know my body, you don't have to worry. ”

Shen Rui still had to be persuaded again, Xu Shi had already waved his hand firmly, and urged him and Yang Tian to change clothes and rest, saying that there were two important things that needed to be discussed in one place when they came to talk to her after dinner.

Shen Rui had no choice but to respond, and instructed the steward to ask the doctor to come and diagnose everyone's pulse.

Out of the main courtyard, Shen Rui held Yang Tian's little hand and personally helped her go.

Yang Tian's face turned red, and he struggled lightly twice, but before he broke away, he was left to him.

Shen Rui only felt that the soft water in his palm was warm, not as cold as it was earlier, and then he saw that the little wife was ruddy, and his heart was settled.

Yang Tian heard him ask about asthma, pursed his lips and smiled: "It's still a little stuffy and uncomfortable when it's warm and cold at first, but it's all right in summer." ”

"Dengzhou is near the sea, the climate is pleasant, it is good to give birth to and raise, and the root cause of the disease has gone." Shen Rui is also full of hope for this.

The two laughed and walked back to the east courtyard and went to the bedroom to change clothes.

After sending a room full of maids and servants, and then going to the dusty robe, Shen Rui couldn't help but hug his little wife, fragrant and fragrant.

Yang Tian broke away for a long time, his breath was unstable, his face was flushed, he was ashamed and annoyed, he slapped him, and said, "It's still bright!" Tell people to talk about the day......"

The last two words of daytime prostitution can't be said in the end.

Shen Rui just didn't let go, smiled in her ear and said: "Don't worry, the lady is measured for her husband, just wait for the dark to announce the ......" and received another pink punch.

Until he said, "Good Tian'er, I really think that you think hard", her heart is also crisp, generally thinking that he thinks hard, let him hug and kiss gently, full of sweetness and joy.

Wen stored for a long time, and there were already several housekeepers' daughters-in-law outside who came to talk back, but they were all stopped by Banxia Maidong.

Yang Tian was already a qualified housewife, and after listening to the movement outside, she couldn't help but raise her voice to ask what was going on, and then turned her head and glared at Shen Rui, who was still making a fool of herself.

Shen Rui chuckled: "But it's me who got in the way of Mrs. Director." ”

Yang Tian took a sip lightly, and heard the reply outside, "The Han family sent fresh shrimp and crabs, saying that they were unloaded from the fishing boat that just came back, and they were given a taste for Mrs. Tai", she looked at Shen Rui with a pair of wonderful eyes and asked.

Shen Rui smiled and said, "I borrowed the light of you and my mother, the crab roe is average at this time, but it is the time when the shrimp are fat, I don't put anything, just boiled water to eat, it is very beautiful." ”

Yang Tian knew everything that happened in Dengzhou on the road, and knew the position of the Han family, so he nodded and asked the daughter-in-law in charge to accept the shrimp and crabs and send them to the kitchen, and make them in the evening, and asked to take the first-class Feng'er to reward the Han family.

Shen Rui thought about it for a while, and instructed the Han family to go back and inform him that he was looking for Master Han to discuss, so please go to the mansion as soon as possible.

He also sent people to invite the Qin family, the Lu family, and the Qi family's father and son.

The housekeeper's daughter-in-law went away.

Shen Rui pecked his wife lightly, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I still have something to do quickly, and I can only come back to serve my wife after dark." ”

Yang Tian blushed and stomped his feet: "Why don't you hurry up and do the right thing, when will you learn to be so flamboyant!" ”

Shen Rui laughed, hugged her again, then changed his clothes, greeted the Xu family in front of him, and went to the mansion.

*

The prefect beckoned each other and said that there was something important to discuss, and everyone arrived in a moment.

Shen Rui looked at everyone and slowly said the problems such as the number of displaced people he encountered now exceeded expectations.

Qin Er is the most clever, and he only wants to donate silver and grain to the prefect.

Although the Qin family had been bleeding profusely before, he still did not hesitate to say: "If the Lord is sent, the Qin family will do their best, and they are willing to sacrifice all the grains in the warehouse to the government." ”

Shen Rui waved his hand and said: "The ration is only temporary, and it can't support these many people for a long time. ”

Master Han thought that he had just sent shrimp and crabs and was called, and the adult said the same thing, and couldn't help but ask tentatively: "The adult wants them ...... Going fishing? Since there are more old and weak women and children among the homeless, and there is a lack of weaving nets on the small side, it can accommodate some people. ”

Qi Dalang also said: "Xiaguan can also arrange some people to come to the camp to do some simple work of cooking and sprinkling." ”

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "It's not what you think. I would like to invite you to come here to discuss how many people might be resettled on the islands of Changshan Island, Shamen Island, Mulberry Island, and even Xiaozhu Island and Huangcheng Island. ”

Everyone was stunned.

(End of chapter)