Chapter 259: Blessing and Misfortune

During this period, Wang Zhan politely asked Xiao Yi to compose a few poems and songs, looking at him very polite, not at all as if he was deliberately embarrassed, but Xiao Yi has always been ignorant of poetry. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

He used to memorize all the 'Tang poems and Song Ci', and he really couldn't think of any good poems in the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing Xiao Yiwan's refusal, Wang Zhan saw the drowsy appearance of the rest of the military attachΓ©s, and then suddenly realized that this was his negligence, and when he was happy, he forgot one thing, where would a martial artist compose poetry.

Of course, he didn't believe that Xiao Yi could compose poetry, and he was indeed not embarrassed by Xiao Yi just now, but Xiao Yi didn't seem to have the roughness of an ordinary martial artist, and Wang Zhan didn't think much about it.

He didn't force it, he stepped forward to show his skills, as if he remembered something, Wang Zhan was in a good state, and he made a few poems with great poetry, and the appearance of being easy made the hall suddenly applaud.

Listening to Wang Zhan's suppressed tone, Xiao Yi also nodded slowly, Zhizhou is really different from ordinary scribes, but he also has some foundation.

At least it is catchy to read, unlike the 'poems' written by those people in the past, which can be written by a three-year-old child, and it is very tongue-twisting to read.

This is not over, after the poetry is written, it is a high-minded discussion, a rough mention of Xiao Yi's military exploits, and the rest is all the so-called 'Confucius and Mencius way', Xiao Yi listened carefully, it was just some bland debates, and there was no big insight.

Listening to the loud debates of the scribes, gentry and merchants around him, Xiao Yi was full of disappointment, these civil officials were even inferior than Xiao Yi imagined, most of them were just a little inky on their chests, and they were talking here and pretending to be erudite.

Ulju is such a rich place, and there is such a group of wine bags and rice bags, and in terms of heart, they are not even as good as those Donglin officials who only know about disputes in the lobby.

In Xiao Yi's eyes, except for a few loyal and brave people, most of the rest of the civil and military generals are basically a virtuous, timid and arrogant, corrupt and greedy, they only know how to talk in the lobby, laugh at fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps, but they don't know that there is no difference between them.

At the same time, Xiao Yi also realized an extremely serious problem, that is, his army is full of old and coarse people, and few people are literate, and it seems that they will be allowed to read and write when they go back, and it is not too late to do so.

Xiao Yi looked at the extravagant and erosive scene in front of him, and sighed secretly for Da Ming in his heart, thinking that when the Ming Dynasty was founded at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu and other factions of brave generals who dared to fight, and there were Liu Bowen, Song Lian, Li Shanchang and other people who were full of knowledge and reason, and they were really talented and thriving.

However, after three hundred years of glorious civilization, it has been passed down to the present.

Today's banquet made Xiao Yi see many things clearly, and also thought of many things, during which he sighed lightly, but Xiao Yi's sigh was covered up by the talk of the scribes, revealing only this hypocritical prosperity.

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On September 3 of the third year of Chongzhen, eight days have passed since the last victory.

Xiao also convened a group of officials in the city to discuss the recent government affairs, and before that, Xiao also asked the official He Dongwen to take the document book and read it.

Li Erniu looked happy: "My lord, half of the homeless people have been registered, and in a few days, all of them should be registered." ”

Xiao Yi nodded, at the end of the banquet that day, Xiao Yi found Wang Zhan and said about it, Wang Zhan immediately agreed after hearing it, after all, this is a good thing, and now people everywhere are in exile.

The new registration of these displaced people in Ulzhou can greatly enhance the labor force, and secondly, it is also one of the merits of his own Zhizhou, he immediately ordered the official He Dongwen to take charge of this matter, and the judge Shi Yun assisted.

Sitting outside the three gates all day with a group of scribes, they were responsible for naturalizing the newly arrived homeless people and those who had returned to the war, and according to the statistics of the booklets, there were more than 1,200 homeless households, and the number was still increasing.

These days have also given Xiao Yi a headache for a few days, he didn't expect the people to flock to it so much, you must know that there are only more than 800 military and civilian households in the original state city, and there are more soldiers and civilians who came after the war than in the original state city.

The resettlement of these people has become a big problem, but fortunately, Ulzhou is wide under its rule, and there are few large and small villages and forts under it.

So Xiao also ordered that among these displaced people, those with more families should be selected to live in the state city first, and the rest would be placed in Yong'an Fort, Changning Town, and Taohua Fort first, and then those with more would be placed in other villages and forts, and there would always be a place.

And these people's houses are built with the help of the sergeants of the Zhenwei battalion, for the Zhenwei battalion Xiao only wants to be a reserve, there is no need to practice every day, they are still equipped with the original Ming standard armor, knives and guns.

With these reserves, the soldiers of the Yong'an Army can devote more time to the training of formations and tactics, and they have to stay in the barracks all day except for the prescribed holidays.

Xiao Yi was also very concerned about the land issue of the displaced people, and from the day of the victory, the operation of clearing the wasteland in Ulju was launched, and patches of wasteland were reclaimed and given priority to the people who returned to their families according to the booklet.

The arrival of this group of displaced people also greatly alleviated the problem of workers in factories in various places, killing two birds with one stone, these people found jobs, which made Xiao Yi a lot easier.

The cattle and sheep captured in the battle are also raised in the livestock farm, the livestock farm is still in charge of Yang Xiao, the management team of Changning Town, these days it has been a rumor, cattle and sheep fat, and gave birth to a lot of cattle and sheep cubs, only to grow up in the next year.

Due to the large number of displaced people this time, for the time being, according to the standard of one ploughing cattle per three households, which is also the lowest standard, and it is still necessary to buy a batch in the future, and then it is necessary to deal with the cow Pingmao.

But Niu Pingmao is not Xiao Yi's only choice, Niu Peng, a cattle merchant in Peach Blossom Castle, is another choice.

While everyone was discussing, someone suddenly came to the Acropolis, saying that the emperor's edict had come again and was about to arrive in Ulju City.

This can give a bombshell to the generals in the hall, no wonder the reward has not been delayed, it turns out that Chongzhen actually gave another edict for this, and everyone is already guessing that Xiao will also be named an official this time.

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At the end of last month, the good news of Datong's extermination of Wang Zishun reached the Beijing Division, and the Beijing Division was a sensation, and Xiao Yi, the integrity officer who had not been in office for a long time, led thousands of people to defeat more than 10,000 thieves, and even killed Wang Zishun's old thief.

The Jingshi applauded, but the court was noisy and uneasy about it.

The reason is nothing else, that is, Xiao Yi was impeached by several officials and imperial historians, and he had a strong wall before defending the city, so that there was no good land in Ulzhou County, and when he defended the city, he was impeached for fearing the enemy and not fighting, and he did not dare to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the thieves, and he was content to defend the city and disturb the morale of the army.

However, the officials of the Ministry of War, led by Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, unanimously agreed that Xiao Yi's merits were greater than his faults, and he should be rewarded, and the three governments rectified Lu Xiangsheng's letter to guarantee it, and disputes broke out again in the court.

Until the beginning of September, he still did not come up with a feasible plan, Chongzhen could no longer bear it, and sent a message: "The land of Ulzhou is rich, Xiao Yijian is the crime of Qingye, and then he remembers that he killed the king and thief, Li Min was blessed, and Yu Sheji made meritorious contributions, and heard that all the members of Datong were protected, and I would like to call him to enter Beijing immediately." ”

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Ulzhou Ethics Xiao Yi led a military general, Zhizhou Wang Zhan led a cadre of scribes, went to the south gate outside the formation to greet, on the south gate, the soldiers of the Yong'an Army were in iron armor, and the flags on the city moved.

After waiting for a while, a few horses came from afar, and the leader was a eunuch in a gorgeous brocade robe, which made Xiao Yi frown slightly.

Although this eunuch is different from the one he came last time, he has one thing in common, that is, he is arrogant, more arrogant than the civil official, and he dismounted with a few brocade guards.

He raised his head and said: "Our family has passed on the emperor's edict to summon Xiao Yi, the integrity of Ulzhou, to enter Beijing immediately, and there must be no mistake." ”

Xiao Yi was a little stunned after hearing this, he never thought that Chongzhen would summon him to Beijing because of this, why is this?

Not only Xiao Yi, but all the officials behind him were a little confused, what was the emperor's intention in summoning Xiao Yi into Beijing at this time, and the oracle only said this matter, and did not mention anything about the last great achievement.

Wang Zhan and the scribes behind him were already discussing, Wang Zhan thought about it carefully, and suddenly his eyes were full of horror, it was rumored that Emperor Chongzhen was unkind, I am afraid that Xiao Yi's trip was not a good thing, but a disaster.

Xiao Yiyi waved his hand, stopped the noise of the generals behind him, and asked, "Can my father-in-law enter the city for a while, and then leave after the official arranges the aftermath?" ”

The eunuch glared at Xiao Yi, coughed a few times, and said, "No! The emperor said that he told you to enter Beijing immediately, don't you understand? ”

Xiao also ordered Shi Lu, and Shi Lu immediately took out two ingots of silver, with a contract of more than 100 taels.

Xiao Yi took the silver, stuffed the silver to the eunuch with a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "This bit of silver is a little bit of the lower official's heart, and I hope that my father-in-law will give me advice, so that the lower official can understand whether this trip is auspicious or evil, and there is also some time to prepare for leaving, and the father-in-law should not be too little." ”

The eunuch immediately became overjoyed, he really didn't run so far in vain, this Xiao Yiyi shot a hundred taels, and this trip was worth it.

He pulled Xiao Yidao aside and said in a low voice: "Our family didn't hear anything, we only know that the good luck is unpredictable, Lord Xiao, you have to be fully prepared." ”

Xiao Yi's eyes lit up after hearing this, could it be that this Chongzhen wanted to kill himself? But thinking about it carefully, Chongzhen doesn't seem to have any reason to kill himself, so it's strange.

The eunuch coughed a few times, and said loudly: "I heard that Xiao is bold and loyal, and I can see it today, and it really deserves its reputation, so you are well prepared, and you can go with our family without worry." ”

"No worries?" Shi Gang shouted.

Li Erniu wondered: "What's the problem?" ”

Behind him, Huang Yang, Wang Dayong, Liu Tong, and Yuan Shaogong faced each other.

Shi Lu looked at Xiao Yi, who was silent, and frowned, it seems that there is indeed something strange today, and this time I am afraid that this time it is not a good sign. (To be continued.) )