Chapter 6: Undercurrents
"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand; The year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. With the Yellow Turban Uprising, the slogan resounded all over the country, and the momentum became more and more powerful. Emperor Ling sent He Jin into the palace and made him a general. Sent Zhonglang to raise troops to attack Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Liu Yan and others. Local forces in various localities have issued lists to recruit volunteers, and for a time, the court and the local government are doing their best to resist the Yellow Turban Army. According to the will of the imperial court, if the local counties and prefectures can organize local armed forces to exterminate them, the Yellow Turban thieves will not rise up. However, for so many years, bureaucrats in various places have filled their private pockets, making the people live in dire straits, and the people are not able to make a living, where will they work together with the imperial court. Even if the people are willing to support it, I'm afraid that those county officials will run faster than anyone else.
On Yangdu Street alone, there were dozens of beggars on the street that Wang Ye saw in the morning, and there were also those who were disabled. They all fled from Qingzhou, Jizhou, and some people who were unwilling to leave their hometowns ended up being souls under the knife. The longer I stay here, the more I feel that my motherland is so powerful that hundreds of millions of people can live and work in peace and contentment from the slaughter of war. This is the luck of our time, and it is also the blood of our predecessors. Thinking of this, Wang Ye secretly swore that he must let people live and work in peace and contentment, this is a long road, and it will take a long, long time.
At noon, Wang Ye and Ji Ling put some of the outfits in the yard, and were just about to lie down on the bed, when they heard the hurried feet outside, Ji Ling stretched out his head to look, only to see Ji Ming running over panting, waving his hand as he ran: "Oh no, no, something happened!" Before Ji Ming could explain what had happened, Wang Ye jumped off the bed and picked up the short sword beside the bed.
"Is something wrong?" Wang Ye frowned, it was estimated that he would pick some homeless people at noon, but I am afraid that the matter is not so simple, most of the homeless people are outsiders, like each county has a population record to prevent some lawless people from impersonating. And the local government will accept some displaced people to join the army, or do some coolies, but this matter did not remind Ji Ming.
"At noon, in the east of the city, there were some young homeless people, so Xun Zheng and I went to buy some dry food and sent it out. At this time, it was fine, and then Xun Zheng did as I was told, and brought some people who were willing to follow to prepare to go back to the wine shop. But halfway through the journey, I don't know who reported to the official, and surrounded us at the martial arts training ground, and the county soldiers who took the lead said that we were Yellow Turban thieves. Before Ji Ming could finish speaking, he took the teacup on the table, poured some tea, and drank it in one gulp.
"These brutes, if they don't kill the yellow scarves in those places of Mount Tai, they will bully some ordinary people." After finishing speaking, Ji Ling was about to pick up his weapon and rush out, but Wang Ye stopped him, looked at Ji Ming, and motioned to listen to Ji Ming's words.
Ji Ming drank four or five bowls of tea and wiped his mouth with his cuffs: "Then Xun Zheng took a dozen homeless people to confront the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers were not sure, so they didn't make a move, but the people who passed by saw that the dozen or so homeless people behind Xun Zheng were much bigger than ordinary fleeing people, and you let the officers and soldiers listen to what I said." Originally, it was okay to go back to the county government with the officers and soldiers to explain the matter clearly, but we didn't know that someone in the crowd of onlookers picked up a stone from behind us and smashed the officers and soldiers. This angered the leaders of the officers and soldiers, and they wanted to arrest us directly, and then I took advantage of the chaos to run out. After Ji Ming finished speaking, he looked at Wang Ye anxiously.
"Xun Zheng shouldn't be able to do anything with the officers and soldiers, and he was arrested and taken to the county office, which is also a troublesome matter." Wang Ye scratched his head, this matter had not been calculated before. Wang Ye felt that this matter was not so simple, and then asked Ji Ming: "When you came back, did you ask how the officers and soldiers were evaluated?" ”
Ji Ming blinked and raised his eyebrows.
"Hey, it seems that I heard the onlookers say, the county here seems to be surnamed Mi, arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and is very oppressive to the people. There were too many other people at the time and they didn't pay attention. ”
"The person who reported and the person who threw the stone must not be the same person, otherwise there is no reason for the officers and soldiers to come out and arrest people, the people here are not very friendly to the government, how can they still report the news?" Ji Ming muttered to himself on the side.
Wang Ye didn't think about this, I was afraid that he would have to go to the county government to see what was going on.
"Second brother, you go to inquire about the situation in the county government in the afternoon, see who the county is from, and find some local people to ask about the situation in the county government, remember not to be known by the people of the government, you should be on your own." Wang Ye commanded at Ji Ling. Why do you call Ji Ling's second child? Earlier, when Wang Ye discussed things with the Ji family brothers, the Taoyuan Three Knots flashed in his mind, and he felt that he had to be a little worried when he first came to this era, although the two Ji family brothers were a little anxious, but they were very good. Then he told the two of them, because Wang Ye was a little older, he was the elder brother, Ji Ling was the second, and Ji Ming was the youngest. In the future, they will be called brothers.
"No" Ji Ling took a short sword and walked out of the wine shop.
Wang Ye was also walking back and forth in the house, also worried about the situation on Xun Zheng's side.
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In the study room in the county office, a chubby middle-aged man, dressed in an official mansion, sat on the upper seat. At this time, there was also a man in the lower seat, and this person was the leader of the officers and soldiers at noon, but at this time, there was a lot less murderous aura on his face, and more respect for the middle-aged man.
"My lord, I received a report from the people today, saying that there was a suspicious person giving food on the street, and he brought someone to arrest him, how do you think it should be handled?"
"What did the county lieutenant say to deal with?" The middle-aged man's eyes narrowed into a slit, and if others saw it, they didn't know whether their eyes were open or closed.
"Back to my lord, those thieves didn't resist when I caught people, I don't think it looks like some yellow turban thieves, if someone comes to redeem it, then the adult can make a price!" The middle-aged man who was called the county lieutenant didn't want to be so polite to this county commander, but the power behind the other party was too great, not to mention the nephew of the Mi family, in Xuzhou, even some of the Mi family's housekeepers were not something ordinary people could afford. Otherwise, a county magistrate would be so polite to him. Like this county magistrate, because he is a distant relative of the Mi family, he went to Mizhu Mansion last year and picked out some heavy gifts. Then the appointment clerk came down, and the former county order was directly modulated to some remote counties, and this Mi county order was transferred to Yangdu. Therefore, the county lieutenant also had to be polite, if it was not done well, I thought that he should not be transferred to the front line at this time, and it would not be cost-effective to lose his life at that time.
"Haha, it's still the county lieutenant who knows my heart" Since last year, Mi Ren has only recognized money, and thieves who have broken the law can only be redeemed with money, and all sins will be washed away for you. Therefore, the entire Yang capital called Mi Ren "Qian Mi".
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