Jinyang is a big county, and now Datang adopts the state and county system, that is, the local government only has two levels, the state and the county, although there is a "road" above the state, but this "road" is not a permanent official, the head of the county encounters something, first report to the head of the state, the head of the state assassin history got the news, if you find that you can't deal with it, what to do? Ride directly eight hundred miles into Chang'an City, throw a big black cauldron to His Majesty the Emperor, and let him worry about it.

Jinyang is different from other big counties, as early as the Sui Dynasty was still a county, and later Wude abolished the county and established the state county system, so Jinyang was also changed from Jinyang County to Jinyang County, and was assigned to the state, but because Jinyang was the land of Longxing where Emperor Gaozu raised troops against Sui, coupled with the large population of Jinyang, the territory is large, and it is the border town of the northern Tang Dynasty facing the Turks, regardless of politics, geography, economy or military, Jinyang has a special status, so after Jinyang changed to a county during the Wude period, Jinyang was divided into "Jing County".

What is "Jingxian"? Nowadays, Datang divides all the counties in the country into grades, and is divided into large counties, middle counties, middle and lower counties, but this division is a bit simple and crude, so according to the geographical location and population and economic conditions of each county, a more detailed distinction has been made, such as not far from the capital Chang'an, and the county with a relatively large population and territory is called "Jing County" or "Chi County", and the geographical conditions are divided into "Qi County", "Wang County", "Tight County", etc., which is roughly similar to the evaluation of "the top 100 counties in the country" in later generations. If you must explain more deeply what "Jingxian" is, then three words can be summarized: very awesome.

As the third largest capital of the Tang Dynasty, Jinyang County has about 50,000 households, more than 200,000 people, this value seems a little pitiful, in any county in the future, it is much more than Jinyang, but now there are only so many people in Zhenguan year, Fang Xuanling has been in Zhenguan for thirteen years, and reported to Li Shimin the population of the world today, this is roughly equivalent to the nature of the census, in Fang Xuanling's Song, the entire Tang Dynasty is now only 304000 households, with a population of more than 12 million.

It is said that Li Shimin was very angry when he saw Song Shu, and he was so angry that he didn't sleep for half a night, why? No face!

The so-called "no face", naturally there should be a comparison, as the saying goes, "people should die better than people, goods should be thrown away", this is what it means, in the second year of the Sui Dynasty, the courtiers at that time also gave the emperor a census report, the total number of households in the country that year was 8.9 million households, the population of more than 46 million, after more than 30 years, countless courtiers and the people sought after and advocated the "Zhenguan Shengshi", but it was so much lower than the Sui Dynasty, the so-called "Shengshi", as if it was a self-written and self-directed, self-entertaining trick of covering ears and stealing bells, Can Li Shimin not be angry? At that time, the mood was like a scumbag seeing a student's report card after the final exam......

Nowadays, the government at all levels of the Tang Dynasty encourages childbirth, and has introduced countless fertility incentive policies, for the growth of the population under its jurisdiction, for the major event of breeding and breeding of the people, the government urges marriage, and mobilizes the cubs to the point of madness. Even Li Su himself is a victim of the government's encouragement of marriage and childbearing...... Of course, it seems to be the beneficiary now, and that's how amazing it is.

Therefore, it is not without reason that such a strong encouragement of fertility is made.

However, the paradox is that it is so important for men and women to marry and have children, but Datang acquiesces that the male style is based on elegance, which is really incomprehensible......

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The population of more than 200,000 in Jinyang is naturally not a small amount for the imperial court, but for Li Su, these more than 200,000 people have become a big trouble for him.

The people in the disaster year are easy to be incited to make trouble or even rebel, so theoretically these more than 200,000 people have the possibility of rebellion, if they really assemble into an army, and then there is a suitable so-called leader who conforms to the will of heaven, then it is not impossible for the 200,000 people who rebelled due to the disaster to suddenly form an army, and it is not impossible to sweep Jinzhong and approach Chang'an.

The old eunuch named Shen Yi was rambling endlessly, probably meaning that Li Su understood.

The situation is as serious as I imagined, in general, there are two big troubles in Jinyang at the moment, first, rumors are flying all over the sky, and second, the catastrophe is short of food, and the people are falling apart.

"The county ordered to go to the countryside to raise grain from the squire, can you raise grain? In the year of the catastrophe, didn't the squires go out to flee? Li Su asked puzzled.

Shen Yi sighed with a sad face: "Do your best and listen to the mandate of heaven, we can only do this, the imperial court's relief has not arrived, rumors have spread in Jinyang, the people are uncertain, the old slave thinks, this rumor is more terrible than a natural disaster, the lack of food can be allocated by the imperial court, but the rumor is not something that the government can calm down in a day or two......

Li Su and Li Zhi glanced at each other, and then both sighed.

I was about to enter Jinyang Palace to have a look, especially to see the more than ten palaces that were crushed by heavy snow, when suddenly a guard hurriedly ran from a distance, hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, Jinyang County has ordered you to return to the city!" ”

Shen Yi showed a strange look when he heard this, and said: "It's strange, Sun County ordered to go to the countryside ten days ago to quell the rumors and raise food from the squire, this is a time-consuming job, is it effective in just ten days?" ”

The Janissary said, "...... His Royal Highness, Jinyang Sun County Commander was carried back by the servants, he was injured in more than ten places, and he was unconscious when he came back, and now he is lying in the county office, and the doctor is treating him. ”

Li Su and the three of them were taken aback at the same time, and said in unison: "Who dares to do something to the court officials?" ”

The guard said: "I heard that he was beaten by the villagers outside Jinyang City, but I don't know the details." ”

Li Zhi's face quickly turned red, and he gritted his teeth with anger and said, "What a Diao Min, it's really lawless!" ”

Li Su said categorically: "Your Highness, let's go, go to the county government to have a look!" ”

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Jinyang County's surname is Sun, his name is Furen, he was originally from Qizhou, although there is a imperial examination system in these years, but after all, it is not too popular, most of the county orders in the Tang Dynasty are appointed through the recommendation of the scholars, and Sun Furen is the same.

Li Su and Li Zhi hurried to the county office, and Shen Yi also followed one foot after another.

Walking into the county office, straight through the lobby, Li Su and others went straight into the backyard wing, Sun Furen was lying on the bed covered with scars, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, his upper body was ****, his chest and back were bruised, it seemed that he had been beaten with a blunt object, and an old doctor was busy dressing him.

There is also a woman next to the bed, in her twenties, two little maids are supporting her on the left and right, and the woman is standing quietly on the side and wiping away tears sadly, looking at the age should be Sun Furen's wife.

As soon as Li Su and the three of them entered the door, the woman was stunned and then showed a gloomy, the backyard of ordinary people generally does not allow strange men to enter, not to mention that this is still the backyard of the county order's house, Shen Yi hurriedly explained, I heard that the prince and the marquis from Chang'an, the woman hurriedly bowed and bowed, at this time there was naturally no need to be polite, Li Suming helped her up, and then stepped forward and leaned down, carefully examining Sun Furen's injury.

The attack was not light, and there were more than a dozen scars on the body, large and small, but they were basically blunt injuries, and no blood was seen.

"Your Highness, do you see anything from Sun Xianling's scars?" Li Su stared at Sun Furen and asked lightly.

Li Zhi also looked at him carefully, and said, "What else can you see from being beaten?" ”

Li Su shook his head and said, "Your Highness needs to be more careful, you see, most of the injuries on Sun Xianling's body are concentrated in the chest, back and thighs, but there are few injuries above the neck, and the only place is near the temples of the brain, what does this mean?" It shows that the people who started seem crazy, but in fact they left their hands, and they didn't dare to really beat the county order to death, either they were jealous of the imperial court, afraid of making things bigger, or they were deliberate, showing their authority to the imperial court, I thought the former might be greater, but the injury to the brain may be the main cause of Sun County's coma, Sun County's order was mainly injured by a blunt object, blunt force hit the temple, if the force is not well controlled, it will either die or be disabled, but Sun County's order is only unconscious, indicating that the person who did it is an expert, At least he's a connoisseur of beating people......"

A weird smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Li Su said lightly: "So...... The so-called beating by the villagers, how many real villagers and how many villains with bad intentions among these people are really intriguing. There are so many villains mixed in the villagers, they want to demonstrate, but they are also jealous, dare to attack the county order, and dare not really make a big deal about it, these villains are afraid that they have their wings, but they have not yet reached the point of fullness, the Jinyang Rebellion, and maybe there is a ...... to save them."

Li Zhi looked stunned and admired, and after a long pause, he said: "You can actually see so many ways from these scars, no wonder my father values you so much, and entrusts you with such a heavy responsibility, Brother Zizheng really deserves his reputation......"

Not only that, but even Shen Yi on the side, the woman and even the doctor admired him.

The old doctor arched his hand and said, "This Hou Ye is right, the other injuries on Sun Xianling's body seem to be serious, but in fact they are only flesh and skin injuries, and there is no major problem, what really makes him unconscious is the blow near the temple." ”

Li Su shook his hand modestly and said, "Doctor, when will Sun Xianling wake up?" ”

The doctor hesitated for a moment and was about to answer, when Sun Furen on the bed suddenly let out an uncomfortable moan, and then slowly opened his eyes.

The woman was overjoyed, and threw herself on his chest, wiping tears and weeping.

Sun Furen, who woke up, still looked a little sad, patted the woman's shoulder with difficulty, and then moved his gaze to Li Su and Li Zhi, and his distracted gaze revealed a little doubt.

Shen Yi stepped forward with a smile, first greeted Sun Furen, and then introduced the identities of Li Su and the others.

Sun Furen was quite surprised, and he forced himself to get up and salute, but was stopped by Li Zhi.

Li Su hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask: "Sun Xianling is seriously injured, and he should be recuperating, His Highness and I shouldn't bother you with the matter of Jinyang anymore, but now that the situation in Jinyang is not good, His Highness and I still have to ask a few more words." ”

Sun Furen shook his head, and said weakly and weakly: "Although Master Hou asked, the lower officials knew everything. ”

Li Su nodded and said, "May I ask Sun County Order, your injury ...... Was it really because he was beaten by the villagers? ”

Sun Furen's eyes showed anger, gritted his teeth, and said, "How dare ordinary villagers offend the court officials? Those people are all villains, even ...... It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a thief! (To be continued.) )