Chapter 364: Basic Information
When it comes to Luoyang, Henan, everyone knows the Tao, there is a sentence to describe it, and the eight prefectures of Kyushu count Luoyang. Luoyang is known as the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, and is known as the four ancient capitals of China along with Beijing, Xi'an and Nanjing, and is known as the main birthplace of Chinese civilization.
The tourist attractions in Luoyang are countless, the famous Longmen Grottoes, Shaolin Temple, White Horse Temple, etc., are all in Luoyang, and these places are also the most important embodiment of Chinese civilization.
The seat of Henan Prefecture is in Luoyang City.
Such a famous city, Su Tiancheng is not familiar with it.
Before the crossing, he had not been to Luoyang, and after the crossing, he did not focus on Luoyang.
Henan Prefecture has jurisdiction over thirteen counties in one state, and Luoyang County is just one of them, but many people like to use Luoyang instead of Henan.
Entering the territory of Henan Province, Su Tiancheng's mood was not very good, and he walked along the official road all the way, and saw many scenes that made his mood unable to completely improve.
It's the Spring Festival soon, but there are still homeless people on the official road, which is a very rare situation, if it is not desperate, who wants to wander outside, not to mention that the weather is so cold, what kind of fate these homeless people are, you can imagine.
Su Tiancheng once worked in Henan for disaster relief, and the idea at that time was to stabilize the entire Henan, according to this idea, the disaster relief was implemented, and some results were achieved in a short period of time, but this time when he returned to Henan, the emotions he saw made him feel cold. This cannot be blamed on the common people, and the government has a great responsibility for such a situation.
In Layue, many places in Henan, it has begun to snow, but the displaced people you can see along the way are still wearing very thin clothes and unkempt, especially some children. It looks very pitiful.
When Su Tiancheng was in Henan for disaster relief, because he beheaded the nephew of the magistrate of Mengjin County, he was subjected to crazy revenge and almost died, and officials in Henan did not have a good impression of him. The continuous twists and turns of impeachment fully show that the rule of officials in this place is very bad.
As the saying goes, the poor are noisy and hungry, and the poorer the place, the more problems there are, on the contrary, those where the rich are. The common people had food and clothing, and many problems were covered up.
In recent years, the north has suffered major disasters, and in such years, officials should be more concerned about the lives of the people, but the actual practice is certainly not like this.
Along the road, Jiangning Camp has relieved a lot of displaced people. But such assistance is limited, and there is a real desire to stabilize these displaced people. They still need to return to their hometowns and carry out production in a down-to-earth manner, so that there is hope for everything.
Su Pingyang kept an eye on it, and while relieving these victims, he also specifically asked them where they were, and some of the displaced people said honestly. Some of the displaced people were reluctant to answer.
Moreover, the homeless people have a kind of awe for the sergeants, and when they see the large number of people, they all hide far away.
Su Tiancheng also discovered this, after entering Kaifeng Mansion. They found a very old homeless person and inquired about the situation in detail, but the old man was reluctant to say at first, and when he saw Su Tiancheng and the others, he had a kind attitude before finally speaking.
It turned out that Henan was invaded by the rogues, and the imperial court often mobilized troops from other places to enter Henan to exterminate the rogues, and the discipline of these armies was very bad, and the homeless people were often regarded as the rogues, and the common people were afraid of the imperial army, and the people in some places even hoped that the rogues would go to them.
Su Tiancheng immediately thought of killing good and risking merit.
When Chongzhen was four years old, he and Qu Qingze went out to travel, and once saw the local government, refused to allow the displaced people to enter the city, did not give assistance to the displaced people, and even expelled the displaced people, and did not allow them to enter their own jurisdiction.
Over the years, he has been in the south, rarely paying attention to the affairs of the north, the imperial court has mobilized a large army several times, entered Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places to exterminate the Liukou, what is the military discipline of these troops, God knows.
Displaced people don't lie, and besides, there are many things that kill good people and take meritorious deeds.
The things he saw along the way made Su Tiancheng feel that his burden was too heavy.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the brigade entered Luoyang County, Henan.
From Kaifeng Mansion to Henan Mansion, along the way through Gong County and Yanshi County under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture, the brigade did not enter the city, because it was the Spring Festival, Su Tiancheng did not want to trouble the county, after entering the area under the jurisdiction of Henan Mansion, the speed of the brigade was much faster, and there was almost no stop.
There are still more than ten miles away from Luoyang County, and the general judgment of Henan Mansion, with many officials from the government, is waiting next to the official road.
The prefect of Henan Prefecture and Tongzhi were all transferred, and the general judgment temporarily presided over all matters.
The general judgment name Tan Changluo, in his forties, tall and big, meets the standards of northerners, after greetings, Su Tiancheng knew that Tan Changluo was a native of Shandong, a jinshi during the Apocalypse.
The place where the Jiangning camp is stationed, two miles away from Luoyang County, was a military camp before, and there are often foreign bandit troops stationed, probably because the government has no money to renovate, it looks tattered, broken tiles, but the barracks are still tall and big.
The surrounding area was very clean, and the 1,000 soldiers who arrived in advance stood neatly at the gate of the barracks.
Sun Chuanting took the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion and entered the barracks.
They still had a lot of tasks, such as repairing the barracks, storing food, gold and silver, and so on.
Su Tiancheng and Tan Changluo went directly to Luoyang County, and those who followed Su Tiancheng into Luoyang County had two hundred soldiers.
The city wall of Luoyang County is very tall, and it looks really good, after all, it is the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties.
After entering the county seat, the group came directly to the government office.
Luoyang County is still celebrating the Spring Festival, there are not many people on the street, there are also curious people, stop to watch from afar, ordinary people can not know about the appointment of Taoist officials.
Entering the mansion, Su Tiancheng entered the backyard, washed up a little, and after settling Gu Hengbo, he went straight to the second hall.
The pattern of the government is almost the same as that of the county government, and there is almost no difference.
All the ceremonies are the same, Su Tiancheng, who has experienced these things, arranged in an orderly manner, received the official seal, sent the treasury, listened to the overall briefing, and so on.
At noon, everyone went directly to the restaurant for a banquet.
More than 10 officials of all sizes in Henan Prefecture participated.
Su Tiancheng's face was always smiling, and he didn't put on any shelf.
When everything was over, it was already the unitary hour of the afternoon.
Su Tiancheng did not go back to the government directly, he wanted to take a look in the streets and alleys of Luoyang, a newcomer, with awe of the historical city, take a good look at this historical city, in the future, he will govern here.
Today's Luoyang County is far from the Luoyang City of a few hundred years later.
After an hour, Su Tiancheng basically walked the entire Luoyang County, perhaps because the expectations were too high, he was slightly disappointed.
With Tan Changluo's introduction, he knew that Luoyang County is not big, it is only nine miles around the city, and the population in the county is only more than 90,000, which cannot be compared with Jiangning County, and it is not on the same level.
In the interior of the county, mainly to the cross street, thus forming four streets in the southeast, northwest and northwest, on the basis of the four streets, the formation of four passes and four corners, respectively, Dongguan, Xiguan, Nanguan, Beiguan, and the southwest corner, northwest corner, southeast corner, northeast corner.
The residence of the population is basically relatively concentrated, and it is distributed everywhere in the county.
The government is mainly concentrated in Dongguan, most of the residential houses are concentrated in Nanguan and Xiguan, and the so-called entertainment industry is mainly concentrated in Beiguan.
As the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, the residence here is also distinct.
Most of the gentry and wealthy households were concentrated in Nanguan, and the common people were mainly in Xiguan.
There was another situation that Su Tiancheng did not expect.
This vassal king lived here, and he was a famous vassal king.
This vassal king is Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu.
Fu Wang Zhu Changxun is famous for greed, and Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's blood relationship is very close, according to the course of history, after Li Zicheng broke through Luoyang City, he killed Zhu Changxun, who was very angry with the people, and used his blood to make "Fulu wine".
Zhu Changxun's son is as famous, his son Zhu Youxiang, after Zhu Youzhen committed suicide, later became the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was also extravagant, and was later captured alive by the Qing soldiers and sent to Beijing to be executed.
The situation of Nanzhili is different, Nanjing, as the accompanying capital, does not have a vassal king, so Su Tiancheng has never directly faced the vassal king.
Although his brother-in-law is Zhu Xianxuan, the king of Jin, the two actually have not had much contact.
After returning to the mansion, Su Tiancheng's mood was not very good.
He mainly thought of the matter of Fu Wang Zhu Changxun.
Regardless of whether the historical record is true or not, this Zhu Changxun's reputation is indeed not good, the main thing is greed, he dares to do anything, as long as it is something to make money, including smuggling, selling salt, reselling arms, etc., because of his close blood relationship with Zhu Youzhen, he has been taken care of.
Su Tiancheng faintly felt that after he came to Henan Mansion, the first thing he needed to face was probably the blessed king Zhu Changxun, the reforms he wanted to implement, and the many things he wanted to do might involve Zhu Changxun.
The statement that the feudal kings did not have a political status also varies from person to person, and the imperial family does not treat all feudal kings as pigs, at least locally, the feudal kings still have a lot of power.
Speaking of which, Luoyang is Zhu Changxun's fiefdom, so Zhu Changxun annexed land here, smuggled and sold smuggled goods, and acted recklessly, and the government was afraid that it would be difficult for the government to interfere, at least not openly. But these things are fatal blows to economic development, and if you can't manage this relationship, you may not be able to do anything well.
Military victory is only the tip of the iceberg, if you want to solve the problem completely, the important thing is the people's livelihood, the common people can not have enough food and clothing, can not eat enough, no matter how you suppress it, there will still be people who will rise up to rebel.
It is not Su Tiancheng's willingness to work against the vassal king, he is new to the city, and the important thing is to maintain a stable situation, focus on economic development, and stabilize the people of Henan Province. As for the matter of the vassal king, it can be put aside for the time being, besides, Zhu Changxun has always lived in Luoyang, and the relationship is intertwined, and he is forced to do it, and he must also take into account all aspects of the conditions. (To be continued......)