Knowing Chongzhen's determination, he won the support of the local gentry. Even if there were still some dissenting voices among the gentry in Puzhou, Hong Chengchou felt that he was still able to suppress these voices.

He rushed from Taiyuan to Puzhou with the 3,000 governors and pro-troops selected in the past few months. In addition, on the east bank of the Yellow River from Longmen to Puzhou, more than 15,000 Shanxi officers and troops were also arranged.

Even after agreeing with the disaster relief policy of bringing the victims of Shaanxi to Jinjin and providing relief through work, Hong Chengchou did not let down his vigilance against these victims.

Two consecutive years of severe drought have caused social order in Shaanxi to become chaotic. As the former governor of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou knew very well that among the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi, there were not only ordinary people, but also deserters, fugitive slaves, bandits, bandits, and so on.

Ordinary people with their families just want to run to a safe place, and if they have a stutter, they can survive. If the famine passes, most people still want to go back to their hometowns.

But those deserters, fugitive slaves, bandits, and bandits are different, most of them have no small families, and they often carry human lives on their backs. For those of them who have seen the world, it is basically impossible to make them eat poor food and work hard all day.

Once they crossed the Yellow River in the midst of the victims, and the restraint around them weakened, these people were rarely out of trouble.

If thousands of victims of the disaster make a fuss in the hinterland of Shanxi, it will certainly not be an easy task for these officers and soldiers in his hands to calm down, and he does not want to be so passive.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou decided to first clean up the victims of the disaster, and then open up the migration route to the interior.

Before that, he needs to make the local officials in Puzhou completely obey his orders, and also save the image of the Shanxi government among the victims.

He did the first one very simply. Looking at Zhizhou who was prostrate at his feet and begging, Hong Chengchou suddenly sighed and said to him: "My generation of scholars, although there is the honor of the title of the gold list to boast of, but who has paid attention to the geometry of the people who have fallen off the list."

Xu Zhizhou: You said that you have also studied hard in the cold window, but what about those who are not on the list? Since Your Excellency knows the suffering of the cold window, why do you treat this hard-earned robe so rashly? ”

Xu Rencheng was speechless, he had to beg Hong Chengchou repeatedly: "Please save me, boss." ”

Looking at Zhizhou, who had no dignity at his feet, a trace of contempt flashed across Hong Chengchou's face, and he thought angrily in his heart, "Is this kind of person also worthy of being an official?" ”

Although he thought so in his heart, he said in his mouth: "It is indeed not easy to study hard in the cold window, how can you say that you and I are both from the right path, and we are not as good as those characters from the sideways."

If this official doesn't give you a chance at all, it will inevitably make people laugh at me for being too mean. In this way, the official will give you a chance to atone for your sins. If you can't finish it, then don't blame the official for not reading Shilin's feelings. ”

Xu Rencheng was bent on getting out at this time, and he would pay attention to Hong Chengchou's tone, so he hurriedly agreed, only begging the new governor not to take a knife on himself.

"Get up and speak." Hong Chengchou twitched his feet and said with some disgust. Xu Rencheng quickly stood up, but he still bowed his body and stood in front of Hong Chengchou with bated breath, not even daring to shoot the dust on his body.

Hong Chengchou coughed lightly, and then whispered to Xu Rencheng: "This logging matter, this official doesn't want to pursue it." But those big families had to pay for the hiring of people, and they were no longer allowed to force the victims into the mountains to cut wood in the name of the imperial court.

In addition, let them give some money to the families of the loggers who have been injured or killed in these days.

Puzhou County has to register every logging team, and those who should pay taxes must pay taxes, and injured and sick workers must be treated. That's the first thing. ”

"The lowly official understands, and the lowly official will handle this matter as soon as he returns." Xu Rencheng hurriedly nodded and agreed, although there were quite a few powerful people in these big organizations of logging, but he couldn't take care of it at this time.

"The second thing is that in the management of the victims, no matter what means you use, the official cannot continue to let a handful of victims form gangs in the camp by themselves. This method of managing the land of the disaster is not given to you to pad the table legs.

There is no longer any more persecution of the victims to sell themselves to large households. If any more rumors reach the ears of this official, this official will definitely take off this black gauze hat on your head. ”

Xu Rencheng's mouth opened, as if he wanted to say something, but he soon thought that the wealthy family in the city had already picked a lot of people among the victims some time ago, and even if this article was banned, it would not offend many big families.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and replied with difficulty: "I will do my best." ”

Seeing that Xu Rencheng did not compromise and agreed to the two requests he put forward in a row, Hong Chengchou's face finally softened, and a little smile appeared on his face again.

"This last thing, you can hand over the personnel who have withheld the disaster relief rations from the county Yaneke, and then justify the punishment in front of the victims."

Xu Rencheng was stunned for a moment, and after hesitating for a long time, he whispered: "Boss, this, this person who presided over the distribution of rations to the victims of the disaster is a side of the Zhang family of the Wang clan in Benzhou. ”

The Zhang family in Puzhou was originally a wealthy family born as a salt merchant, and later married into a family of official gentry, and slowly entered the gentry class. During the Wanli period, there were even cabinet chiefs like Zhang Siwei.

And those who married with the Zhang family were not small families, such as Zhang Siwei's uncle, who once "experienced seven towns and honored the border", and was a famous border commander in the Jiajing and Wanli periods.

Although the heyday of the Zhang family has passed, the current Puzhou Zhang family is still a wealthy family with great influence in the local area.

A family of hairpins like this, even if Hong Chengchou comes forward in person, he may not be able to shake the family, Xu Rencheng is a mere governor, how can he have the courage to touch the people of the Zhang family, even if it is just a side branch.

Hong Chengchou looked at him with a smile and said, "Xu Zhizhou, doesn't you think that this official is discussing with you?"

Or do you think that the dirty things that happened in the camps of the Puzhou disaster camp can be concealed forever? ”

"But my lord, didn't you just say that you were going to let go of your humble position?" Xu Rencheng was a little unmastered, and muttered in his mouth.

"Look at Tongzhou on the other side, the number of victims there is almost three times as many as in Puzhou, you see what people do in the camp, what do you do here?

This official can let you go, but it doesn't mean that others are willing to let you go. If this official's estimate is correct, I am afraid that the chaos in the camping area of Puzhou disaster camp will have been presented to His Majesty long ago.

If Puzhou can't explain it, a culprit who withheld rations, then this official can only endure the pain and let you stand up and bear the responsibility."

"Why? Benzhou kindly accepted these victims of the disaster in Shaanxi, could it be that the same state not only did not thank him, but also made a small report in Benzhou? Xu Rencheng muttered in his mouth, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Seeing that Xu Rencheng still couldn't figure out the current situation, Hong Chengchou had to mention: "In Your Majesty's heart, it must be very angry that he has encountered so many bad things in the first year of his ascension to the throne.

Although the imperial court promulgated the disaster relief in Shaanxi very early, the severely affected areas in Shaanxi are all places where the roads are difficult and difficult to travel. In addition, the neighboring provinces of Shaanxi are not considered areas with abundant grain.

Therefore, although there is a disaster relief from the imperial court, it must not be a small amount that cannot survive this winter.

What will the victims do if they don't have food will inevitably cause chaos in the places they pass by. The disaster situation in Tongzhou this year is not very serious, but so many victims gathered outside the city of Tongzhou, and the governor of Tongzhou is also worried when he thinks about it.

As the saying goes, before the disaster happens, people always have to find a scapegoat. So who else is more suitable than Puzhou, which is across the river? Isn't it a great sin to resettle the victims and hinder the crossing of the Yellow River? ”

"But this is all your order, my lord, I just implemented it strictly." Xu Rencheng roared at Hong Chengchou in his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word in his mouth, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his face became whiter and whiter.

Hong Chengchou suddenly turned around and looked out of the building, he put his hands behind his back, and said: "Xu Zhizhou, please take care of yourself, this official doesn't need you to accompany you, and you can't be idle now, standing here to blow the wind." ”

Hearing Hong Chengchou's intention to drive away the guest, Xu Rencheng struggled for a long time, and finally relentlessly, bent down deeply at his back and said: "The humble position is willing to obey the orders of the adults, but Zhang Weiwen has been serving as the county governor for a long time, in addition to having a high prestige in the ya, there are also a few outlaws under his own hands, and he also asks the adults to help." ”

Hong Chengchou waved his hand back, and then said, "You go and discuss with Liu Dusi downstairs and ask him to send you a team of men." Remember, don't be overly involved in your actions, and make a storm in the city. ”

When Xu Rencheng left, Hong Chengchou was still standing in place, looking at the pontoon bridge outside the west gate, until he saw a team of escorts escorting a carriage on the pontoon bridge, the expression on his face became relaxed.

He turned around and called his cronies and ordered them to go down to the city gate to meet the people in the carriage. This meeting was one of the most important things he wanted to do when he came to Puzhou.

When Pang Tianshou, who was dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, stepped out of the carriage, he saw a middle-aged military attache greeting outside, and the road on the side was guarded by a group of officers and soldiers.

Pang Tianshou stretched out his hand to stop the military attache from stepping forward to greet him, and said with an arrogant face: "Hurry up and take the miscellaneous family to meet the governor of your family, what is going to be so mysterious, and the miscellaneous family will come to Puzhou." ”

The military attache didn't dare to answer, so he could only bow his head and bend down to lead the way for Pang Tianshou: "Please go this way, my lord will wait on the city gate..."