After changing into his official uniform, Chen Qiuao tied the black mink fur cloak to Yang He again, and covered his ears with warmth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Dressed neatly, Yang He calmly walked into the lobby, while Chen Qiuao pressed the long knife and followed behind.

Gao Qifeng and the others were sitting speechless, and when they heard the sound of footsteps, they all looked at it, and saw Yang He coming slowly, with a calm demeanor, although he was only wearing the official uniform of the ninth grade, there was a trace of majesty circulating on his body, and there was a calm, wise and majestic bearing between Gu Pan.

Gao Qifeng and the others were shocked, the young man in front of him had a deep temperament, mature manners, neither humble nor arrogant, and he was not at all in a hurry or carried away as an official, as if he was wearing this official uniform as a matter of course.

Seeing that he is looking forward to Gu Jian's heroic spirit and extremely heavy prestige, at this time, the official authority is extremely important, and the official majesty and demeanor on Yang He can be described as the best choice.

Seeing him come calmly, unhurriedly, Gao Qifeng and the others didn't feel good in their hearts, the young man in front of him was the youngest official in Suining County.

He was only nineteen years old.

Think about what you were doing when you were nineteen.

For a while, several officials in the hall had their own sense of struggle in this life without the slightest meaning.

Inspector Deng laughed, he had been in contact with Yang He for a long time, and knew that he could not judge this person by his age.

According to his experience, he always had a strange feeling in front of Yang He, as if he was an ignorant junior.

The few guards who stayed in the hall also hurriedly raised their eyes, and their faces showed sincere smiles of joy.

Gao Qifeng and the others got up again to salute, and after a pleasantry, the county talked about Yang He's treatment in the county, his training general office has been built, and next to it is the military camp, which is located near the west gate, and then he will be given a saving ceremony, three soaps.

There is also a menzi, a groom, and a chef.

If there is a warehouse in the barracks, some warehouses and bucket levels will be allocated to him.

Yang He listened lightly, this is all the treatment he deserves.

Then Gao Qifeng also said that he had already notified him that two days later he would be in the "Yingchun Building" on Yaqian Street to wash the dust for the newly appointed President Yang Lian, and set up a big banquet to entertain him.

This is to introduce the new official to all walks of life, and by the way, receive a gift money, which is estimated to be a few hundred taels, which is also the unspoken rule of the official at this time.

After saying these things, Yang He's inauguration was settled.

Then Gao Qifeng sat upright and coughed dryly.

Seeing that all the officials were looking at him, he swept everyone majestically, especially pausing on Yang He's face.

He said in a deep voice: "I Guan Di Bao, in October, Cao and Li two thieves fell into many cities in a row, and they committed Kaifeng twice. If hundreds of thousands of thieves come, this Suining city is afraid that it will be more auspicious and less auspicious......"

Zheng Shixin, the chief bookkeeper, said in a trembling voice: "If the thieves come from Kaifeng, there are big cities of Guide, Bozhou, and Suzhou, and they should ...... I don't think it's going to come this way. ”

Dian Shi Wei Kungang sneered: "Can these cities stop the thieves?" Even if most of the thieves don't come, some small groups of grain rogues, will An Zhi come to Lingbi and Suining? When he was eight years old, the thieves did not come to Suining's side. ”

He sat lazily with a rude and cruel expression, and he didn't forget to stab Zheng Shixin, the chief bookkeeper, when he spoke, which made Gao Qifeng frown.

Liu Zunhe, the county leader, was expressionless for a long time, and his face was also anxious at this time, he glanced at Wei Kungang and asked Gao Qifeng: "Ming Mansion, there is General Gu who guards the Cao Fang River over there in Suqian, and General Dai of the general town is here, and the thieves are coming, can you say that they will come over to help?" ”

Gao Qifeng shook his head and said, "It's difficult." ”

Several officials were silent, the county officials and the people added up to only more than 100 people, many of them were still paid in name, if most of the rogues came, how to resist?

Even if the urgent report for help is delivered, Pizhou is afraid that it will be too busy to take care of itself, and will only defend the Yellow River.

And then the battalion soldiers of Suqian?

I'm afraid that when Huai'an's Caoyun Governor Yamen got the news, his first reaction was to shrink his troops, so as to prevent the river from protecting Cao as the first priority.

Just a county town, how can it be compared with the Caoyun event?

Moreover, the deployment of battalions and soldiers is complicated, at least the military garrison has this decision-making power, and the county and prefecture are all waiting.

There is a taste of frustration in the hall, now the rogue is raging, there are sacrificial thieves and leather thieves in the south of the Huai River, there are thieves and thieves in the northwest of the Huai River, all of them are extremely vicious people, they have been ravaged for many years, the scourge of the thieves is not only afraid of them, but also the ghosts.

They discussed for a while, if the rogue came, how to protect it, but they couldn't come up with any effective methods, just closed the city gate and defended it, which also required troops, and finally everyone looked at Yang He, which was probably their last straw.

"Shen Yan, your township can be practiced well, when can you settle in the county?"

Gao Qifeng, the magistrate, asked.

Yang Hedao: "There are 500 township soldiers under the ranks, and they practice every day, and they are already worry-free about fighting bandits, and they are also sure of fighting rogues, as long as their number does not exceed 5,000." This month, the village soldiers will have to practice, but they can be stationed next month to protect the city. ”

Yang He spoke calmly, his tone was unhurried, giving people a strong confidence, and everyone in the hall was certain, and the stiff face of Gao Qifeng, the county magistrate, also showed a hint of relief, and it was really not wrong for him to promote this hero.

Only the classic history Wei Kungang is not a taste in his heart.

He is in charge of arrests, prisons, and security inside and outside the city is usually under his control, but at this time he has a feeling that he is marginalized by the power of the side.

It's just that his family knows his own family affairs, and he only relies on the officials and people in the county seat, and now he doesn't dare to go to the countryside to carry out activities, and occasionally arrest some thieves.

The rest of the bandits and bandits?

If you don't see it, let the villagers outside fend for themselves, let alone the rogues, who will not rely on the surname Yang at that time?

It's just that having said that, he never had a taste in his heart.

Listen to what the surnamed Yang said: "You are also sure of fighting the Liukou, as long as their number does not exceed 5,000?" ”

What a big breath, if you change it to his Wei Dian History, not to mention five thousand Liukou, it is a thousand Liukou who came over, and he Wei Kungang also ran away as soon as he swayed.

However, Wei Kungang is silent, he is a person with eyes, the main bookkeeper Zheng Shixin has a weak personality, he can top and stab from time to time, this surname Yang has just contacted, and he can't figure out his temper, so he still waits and sees what happens.

Without mentioning the thoughts of the officials, Yang He continued: "However, the equipment in the team is quite insufficient, especially firearms, which are sharp weapons for killing thieves, and I also ask the Ming Mansion to allocate some artillery to the lower officials." ”

Yang He naturally has his own views on the defense of the city, but he has no right to speak without investigation, and he has not seen all parts of the city, and he will talk about it after the defense.

He said that he could fight against 5,000 Liukou, which was also sincere, and it was not a battle to defend the city as everyone imagined, but to fight according to the city, and even to go out of the city to fight.

Of course, Yang He knows more about the rogues than everyone in the hall, and knows that when the rogues come to attack, the most taboo thing is to defend the city, but he should fight a field battle with them and kill and injure their old battalion forces, otherwise they will wait to be drowned by their crowd tactics.

No matter how many hungry people die, the old camp of the rogue will not be damaged, and it will not matter at all to the huge rogue thieves.

Moreover, many starving people died, and they were eliminated into veteran elite soldiers.

In February, the Liukou went out in all directions, collecting food everywhere to siege the city, I don't know if they will come to Suining, or how many people will come, and what weapons they will carry.

Firearms are sharp weapons for defending the city, especially artillery, Yang He also took a skim, knowing that although Suining is small, there are more than 20 Franc machine artillery guns everywhere in the city, although they are all small wolf machines, the largest is only a solid iron ball weighing two catties.

But it's better to have a cannon than no cannon.

The power of the artillery is unimaginable, even if he uses the No. 2 or No. 3 small wolf machine, each bullet weighs five taels to ten taels, at this time one catty is six hundred grams, one catty is sixteen taels, and one tael is about 37.5 grams.

The five taels of cannons were flattened, and one shot passed at close range, and the thieves within a hundred steps could penetrate more than a dozen people one after another, each of them either in two or a big hole in the body, and the morale and lethality of the rogue would be very great.

In particular, Yang He will ask for the type of falcon cannon, which can be rotated flexibly, can be high or low, can be left or right, and has a crosshair door grip, which can be used as a very large arquebus.

Sometimes it is also possible to shoot shotguns.

Dian Shi Wei Kungang opened his mouth, and subconsciously wanted to object, he was in charge of the people, and the artillery was also under his control, but Gao Qifeng, the county governor, had already said categorically: "Okay, I will allocate five wolf machines in the Lian Yong team, two for the second and three for the third." ”

Yang He was brought up by him, as the magistrate of the county, he has the responsibility to defend the land, and if the city is broken, he will not survive.

The Yanghe Township soldiers are the only ones Suining can fight, if they don't arm him, who will they arm?

He had a lot more confidence in Yang He, and said warmly: "Shen Yan, you keep talking." ”

Yang Daodao: "Yes...... Every time the lower officials look at the mansion report, they also find that the thieves are trapped in the city, and most of them are hungry people, and now in the north outside the polder gate, there are more than 1,000 homeless people gathered, and I am afraid that there will be more and more. If these outcasts are released into the city, it will be a great danger, and if they are allowed to gather, not to mention their hunger and cold, if they come, they will also be used by thieves, and they will be driven to fill in the trenches and die. Therefore, the lower officials believe that the top priority is to make arrangements for these displaced refugees. ”

Deng Patrol has always been a decoration, just listening quietly.

Regarding this problem, Wei Kungang pretended to be deaf and dumb, and he didn't bother to care about this matter.

Liu Zunhe, the county leader, was expressionless again, and Gao Qifeng had a headache.

Wouldn't he be worried that there would be more people outside the city? But how is it arranged?

It stands to reason that when the displaced people come, the best way to deal with them is to organize the households, give them cattle seed rations, and let them reclaim wasteland.

It's just that this requires a lot of money and food, where can the county get it? Suining's soil quality is not good, and the general wasteland reclamation year is not a harvest, maybe until the second year, the third year, there will be a little harvest, is the county to keep raising them for three years?

Otherwise, there will be no harvest in the fields, and the displaced people will not have food rations to survive, and they will continue to abandon the land and make trouble.

Cash-for-work is an effective method, but it continues to be the same old problem, there is no food money in the county, and I don't see that the roads in the city are all dirt roads? It's because there is no money to pave bluestone slabs.

It is even more impossible to rush to the incident, not to mention the rumors of the patrol, that is, there will be an uproar in the city, which is extremely detrimental to the reputation of his Kochi Prefecture.

So keep delaying, dragging one day counts as a day.

Zheng Shixin, the chief bookkeeper, sighed at this time: "Wanderers, the lower officials have also seen it, the more displaced people outside the city, the more grain and rice are not enough, and many displaced people do not have winter clothes to protect against the cold. The lower officials also heard that more and more homeless people were dying of cold and starvation. ”

Gao Qifeng frowned and listened, only to feel that his skull exploded one after another, and he couldn't bear to lose his posture in front of the officials, he rubbed his head and said, "There is a shortage of grain and rice...... Zanfu, you command, allocate some surplus money, and take some grain from Changping Ercang, so that the homeless people outside the city will not starve to death. ”

Liu Zunhe, the county leader, glanced at Yang He and said lightly: "County Zun, the envy of the surplus money still has to support the township soldiers, the reserve warehouse is empty, and there are no righteous people to donate it for a long time." There is not much grain that is often closed, and when the green and yellow are not received, it is necessary to prepare for the shortage to adjust the county people. ”

Yang He listened quietly, he knew that in ancient times, there were always closed positions, mainly to adjust grain prices, store grain for the purpose of preparing for famine, when the price of grain was low, the government appropriately raised the price of grain for a large number of purchases, and when the price of grain was high, appropriately lowered the price for sale.

To a certain extent, grain prices should be stabilized and grain prices should be prevented from hurting the peasants and the grain being expensive from hurting the people.

Whether the position is full or not has always been one of the key points of the performance appraisal of magistrates.

In order to encourage donations, the people who accept the grain can be rewarded as righteous people, and they do not worship the officials, or give them to the crown and disperse the officials, so that they can enjoy part of the treatment of officials.

Of course, he has no real power, Yang He is actually a crown and a loose official now, but because he has a general position, and it is in troubled times, and the military strength is respected, so he has become a real power official.

Without the position of President Lian, he is nothing, and no one has paid attention to the donor, and I am afraid that the status of Deng Inspector is not as good as that of Deng Inspector.

But with the position of Lian Zong, with soldiers in hand, and getting the rank of Nine Grades, it is just a natural thing.

Changping Ercang is considered the good governance of the Ming Dynasty, but now, the financial collapse, the two warehouses of the states and counties are basically empty to run mice, and the matter of preparing for famine relief has become empty talk.

There is also envy and retention, generally there are also disaster relief, construction, water conservancy and other public affairs, but now in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, floods and droughts are frequent, and the land is added to the consumption, the people simply abandon the famine and flee, and the soldiers and bandits are repeated, ten rooms and nine empty, and many places can not talk about requisitioning grain.

Besides, officials still have to feast, drink and give gifts to fill their own pockets, even if they have some envy of the money, how much are they willing to take out for disaster relief?

No, Liu Zunhe, the county leader, pushed it on his head.

"Otherwise, let the gentry donate happily."

The main bookkeeper, Zheng Shixin, whispered an idea.

Dian Shi Wei Kungang sneered again: "I have already donated once, and if I speak again, I am afraid that the gentry will not be happy, and if there is trouble, who will come forward?" ”

Seeing their dispute, Yang He looked at Gao Qifeng, the magistrate, and saw that he was just rubbing his brain, the biggest feeling, he was really depressed as a magistrate, and he wanted to do something, but there were too many constraints, and there was only one sentence to describe him: "The heart is more than enough but the strength is insufficient." ”

Yang He originally didn't want to participate in the civil affairs of the south bank, so he quietly trained his soldiers and steadily developed his strength.

However, it is not a way for the homeless people to gather, and when the Liukou comes, they are a big hidden danger, and he can't watch them freeze and starve to death.

He sighed and said in a deep voice: "The gentry on the north bank are repairing the road, so the officials will think of a way to pull them to the north bank and give them work for relief." ”

The hall was silent immediately, and both the county Cheng Liu Zunhe and the dian Shi Wei Kungang shut up, and there was happiness in their eyes that they got rid of the big trouble, so it was the best.

Gao Qifeng squeezed out a smile on his face: "I have to worry about this matter." ”

Yang He sighed in his heart, after the "One Whip Law", the squire and the village group took over local affairs in an all-round way, and legally had control over the grassroots society.

The officials in the hall don't know that they are the biggest heroes on the north bank, and the so-called gentry on the north bank refers to him Yang He himself.

However, everyone just can't wait, just get rid of this burden, and don't care how he deals with the homeless people, and how does he make Yang He stronger because of this?

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty is a gentleman, authoritarian, and any local affairs are inseparable from the support of the gentry and the powerful.

This real imperial power is no longer in the countryside.