At this time, the city of Jinan was a quiet and peaceful scene. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Although the siege has just been experienced a few days ago, but soon the rebels retreated, and then Xie Cheng led the army to pursue and quell the rebellion, everyone thought that the famous Xie Cheng would definitely be able to defeat the rebels and successfully quell the rebellion, so except for the family that had died when defending the city a few days ago, everyone was very light.

Yang Shiqi casually sat on a roadside stall, looked at the people who came and went from the side, and said to the people in front of him with a smile: "The people of Jinan City live and work in peace and contentment, and they haven't heard anything about official corruption. ”

The person in front of him was He Yuan, the prefect of Jinan. He Yuan is also a native of Xixi, although he is not Yang Shiqi's hometown, but everyone got to know each other in the township test together, because they became friends at the time because of their similar personalities.

However, He Yuan was admitted to the Juren in that subject, and then he was admitted to the Jinshi in the second year and came out to be an official, so the two of them haven't seen each other for several years, and this time it is the reunion of old friends, of course, to get together more.

However, Yang Shiqi will definitely not let his friends go because of this, if He Yuan really violates the law and discipline, he will definitely play according to the facts. But now that Yang Shiqi is so unshy about getting together with He Yuan, it can be seen that nothing has been found.

He Yuan himself also had a clear conscience, so he also came out with Yang Shiqi to gather on the street.

He Yuan said: "The people of Jinan live and work in peace and contentment all because of Emperor Taizu's good strategy of living with the people, not my credit. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Even so, there is no corruption of the official at all, and Brother He is diligent as an official. This time, when I return to the capital, I will definitely recommend Brother He to Your Majesty. ”

Although Yang Shiqi is upright, he will not shy away from recommending his friends. Anyway, he has a clear conscience and feels that his friend is really a talent.

He Yuan was about to say something more, when he suddenly heard someone say: "He Zhifu! ”

He looked back and saw that it was a small official from the Yamen of the Political Envoy who greeted him from afar. After seeing He Yuan, the little official ignored the etiquette, and immediately ran to the side, and then said without waiting for He Yuan to ask: "He Zhifu, Political Envoy Zhang Bu asked you to go to the Yamen of the Political Envoy Department immediately!" ”

Then the little official saw Yang Shiqi sideways, and immediately said, "Yang Yushi is also there?" Then let's go with Governor He to the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, and the Political Envoy Zhang Bu is also looking for you! ”

Yang Shiqi and He Yuan glanced at each other: What did Zhang Shen suddenly do with the two of them?

However, since this little official said that it was an urgent matter, they did not delay the time, and immediately followed this little official to the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division.

Yang Shiqi walked into the yamen of the political envoy and saw that among the people present were not only Zhang Shen, the political envoy of Zuobu, but also Zhuang De, the commander of the Pingshan Guard who stayed in Jinan City, and other leading officials in Jinan City.

Zhang Shen was stamping back and forth at this time, and when he saw Yang Shiqi and He Yuan walking in, he immediately said, "You two are finally here." ”

He Yuan asked, "Political Envoy Zhang Bu, what happened?" Why did everyone come over? ”

Zhang Shen sighed and said, "The counterinsurgency army led by Xie Cheng fought a big defeat. ”

"Fought a big defeat!" He Yuan said in an incredible tone: "How is it possible! ”

Xia Zi stood up and said, "If the boss betrays, anything is possible. ”

He Yuan then said in surprise: "Xie Cheng rebelled? How could he have defected? ”

Zhang Shen said: "Don't worry about whether Xie Cheng is a traitor, the most important thing now is to hold Jinan City!" ”

"The rebels will definitely re-attack Jinan immediately, and this time their troops will be more than last time, and Jinan City must be panicked, and the troops that can be reinforced near Jinan have already been reinforced, there are no reinforcements to send, it is difficult to hold Jinan City!"

"What do you mean!" He Yuan said: "Jinan City must be defended!" Otherwise, the rebels can wreak havoc on the entire mountain! ”

"Moreover, if Jinan falls, everyone will also be responsible for losing their land." He Yuan also analyzes the problem from a personal perspective.

In fact, where can he still be used to analyze, who doesn't know that in case Jinan falls, although everyone is a certain official in Shandong, but Jinan City is a provincial government, although the loss of Jinan is not a fatal sin, but it is also a big crime. So you won't be careless.

However, Zhuang De said: "There are too few soldiers in Jinan City now, and none of them are the thousands of households that I used to take with me, and I want to defend it, that is too much," although he didn't say the latter words, everyone also knew what he meant.

He Yuan said: "Then gather the people immediately!" ”

Zhang Shen and the others also knew that the matter was urgent, and they called him over in such a hurry to prepare for the defense of the city immediately. So when they heard He Yuan's words, they immediately began to prepare.

Because there were so many things to prepare, they were immediately busy.

Among them, everyone hesitated about whether to tell the people the truth now, but Yang Shiqi said: "Even if you hide it from the people now, when the rebels come to the city again, the people will know, and they will inevitably be even more panicked, so it is better to tell them now." ”

"And if you don't tell the people the truth, then the matter of organizing the defense of the city will also be tied, it is better to tell the people the truth from the beginning."

Everyone felt that Yang Shiqi's words made sense, so they finally decided to tell the people the truth.

Surely the people were greatly alarmed. Since ancient times, thieves have been like washing, soldiers have been like combing, and the rebels will inevitably suffer when they enter Jinan City.

However, at this time, the rebels had not yet come, and there were many officials in the city, so they finally pacified the people and let the people help defend the city.

He Yuan took the time to say to Yang Shiqi: "Brother Yang, you go first!" It is too dangerous to stay in the city of Jinan. You are not an official of Jinan or Shandong, but you are temporarily sent out to inspect the local imperial history, and you don't have to stay in the dangerous place of Jinan City! ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Although I am not the magistrate of Shandong, since I am in Jinan City now, there is no reason to escape from the city alone!" ”

He Yuan said: "This is not an escape, and it is not your responsibility to stay in Jinan City, how can it be regarded as an escape!" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "No matter what, I won't leave Jinan like this!" ”

He Yuan was just about to continue talking, when his subordinate took the document and asked him to decide, and he could only stop persuading Yang Shiqi for the time being.

However, the next day, after he had some free time, he persuaded Yang Shiqi to leave Jinan City. Of course, Yang Shiqi refused again.

The two were talking, and suddenly a small official from the Jinan Mansion trembled and came in with the documents for He Yuan to deal with.

He Yuan asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

The little official said in a panic: "My lord, the cavalry of the rebels has arrived, and they have blocked the way out of the city. ”