Chapter 61: Appeasement
With Wu Hu's Liwei in front and Yelubais's orders behind, these people in front of him, whether they were generals in the army or administrative officials in the court, dared not speak out. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Song Xing didn't have time to pay attention to their anger, because in his eyes, there was only the fire of Zhongjing City, and only those victims who were crying silently.
As a soldier, he can't protect the people, for Song Xing, this is not the honor of a soldier, but the shame of a soldier.
The 3,000 resentful army led by Yelubais recruited all hungry people from Liaodong, so the resentful army meant to repay the Jurchens, in the final analysis, they were all poor people.
Except for some soldiers defending the city, Song Xing asked Yelubes to concentrate all the resentful soldiers who were still setting fires or preventing others from fighting fires in the school field, looking at their disgraced and dejected appearances, Song Xing really wanted to kick them hard.
A soldier has to look like a soldier, slowly walked forward, stared at the nearest soldier, and asked in a deep voice, "Why do you want to be a resentful soldier?" ā
"The war has cost us our homes, the war has cost us our families, and if we hadn't been a grudge, we would have starved to death." Although the soldier didn't know who Song Xing was, when he saw that Yelubes was respectful to him, he replied honestly.
Even after asking a few people, the results were the same, Song Xing took a deep breath, slowly retreated to the Jiangtai, his eyes were awe-inspiring, and slowly swept over the faces of the soldiers, "My name is Song Xing, and I am very happy to meet you here." ā
After introducing himself, he stared at the sergeants in front of him with blazing eyes, "These brothers also said just now, the reason why you are soldiers is because the war has made you lose your home for survival, and you have lost your relatives who help each other, you are so hungry that you can't do it, so you choose to be a soldier, although there are many reasons for you to become a soldier, but ......"
But then, the tone suddenly became stern, "However, a soldier must have the appearance of a soldier, a soldier must have the duty of a soldier, a soldier must have the duty of a soldier, since you have chosen to be a soldier, you should abide by the duty of a soldier, as a soldier, you cannot protect the people, that is not your honor, but your shame." ā
Regardless of whether people are rich or poor, most of them have a shameful heart and a minimum of professional ethics, Song Xing is right, although they have different reasons for joining the army, but there is one thing they abide by together, that is, the duties of soldiers.
In the face of Song Xing's severe accusations, everyone buried their heads low, no one dared to meet Song Xing's gaze, when Song Xing spoke, although there was a pause, but he did not pause for long, but pointed to the fire outside, and then said:
"Look at the fire outside, and listen to the wailing of the people, and don't you feel a little guilty in your hearts? They are just like you, they are all bitter people, and those who are in power do not care about their lives or deaths, do you want to help them commit abuse? ā
"You set the fire in Zhongjing City, don't you know that when you set the fire, how many people like you will lose their homes? How many wives like you will be separated, and that's what you like to see? ā
When Song Xing said this, he tried his best to equate the people outside with them, and tried to make them understand that the object of their fire was the same kind of people as them, and it was the duty of the animal kingdom to pity each other.
"Song Gongzi, the fire outside here is indeed set by us, but this is not our original intention, if there is no order from the official, even if we borrow a hundred guts, we will not dare." As soon as Song Xing's words fell, someone below began to argue.
Song Xing looked at the soldier and asked in a deep voice: "The official asked you to set the fire, and you let it go, then I, Song Xing, asked you to put out the fire, do you save it or not?" ā
"Save! Of course, if you don't save it, you can't raise it! The soldier had tears in his eyes and a look of special indignation, "Since the arson, we have been walking on the street, and we have not dared to look up to see people. ā
"Okay, you can change your mistakes, you can do a lot of good, I won't say much nonsense, the sooner everyone joins the ranks of firefighting, the people in Zhongjing City will have less pain."
Speaking of this, he replied to Yelubais, "General Yelu, you gave the order to set the fire, and you also gave the order to put out the fire, right?" ā
In the face of Song Xing, Yelubes no longer had the slightest temper, and immediately divided the army into four groups, led by four generals, and rushed to the southeast, northwest, and four directions.
The army is disciplined, and as soon as the military orders are given, they can work together to do the same thing, and it is better for them to put out fires.
In order to appease the people in the city, we must let those who have no food have food, those who have no clothes to wear, those who are sick to see a doctor, and those who are not sick must be prevented.
Although it is late autumn and it has not yet reached the beginning of winter, it is already very cold in the north, and the matter of freezing to death on the streets happens every day, even at night, even more so.
Therefore, after arranging those fire-fighting soldiers, Song Xing asked the catchers, officials, and even the aunts who swept the floor in Yelubaisi's yamen to summon them.
Compared with the army, the people in the yamen have more dealings with the common people, so it is naturally more suitable for them to organize the people.
Song Xing did not let them get together, and also divided them into several groups, each group of labor is also different, for the victims of the disaster in Zhongjingcheng, food and clothing are always the first problem in front of them.
Therefore, the first group divided by Song Xing was responsible for setting up tents, and the Liao State has gone through two hundred years since the establishment of Yelu Abaoji, although it has developed from the original primitive nomadic tribes to the current urban villages.
But the true colors of the nomads are still somewhat there, many families have tents, and when they see that Song Xing is really doing things for the people, many families take the initiative to donate their tents.
Watching and helping each other is the fine tradition of the Chinese nation, whether it is a thousand years ago or a thousand years later, Song Xing is deeply confident in this, and is very satisfied with this result.
People are iron and steel, and they are hungry if they don't eat three meals, so the second group of Song Xing is responsible for building a porridge shed, and now there is a shortage of food, and all he can do is a porridge shed.
The first batch of grain came from the barracks, as well as the warehouse of the state capital yamen, and the grain was opened and released, but Song Xing did not ask Yelubais's opinion, and took it from the people and used it for the people, and Song Xing did not feel that there was anything wrong.
As for the grain of those rich families, Song Xing did not collect it in person, but let Yelubes be responsible for how to get food from the mouths of those rich people, Yelubes has more experience than him.
The third group is composed of military doctors from the army and doctors in the city, and many people were burned and frostbitten in this military disaster, and it is also urgent to treat them.
Considering Ye Lingshan's medical skills, Song Xing also specially sent someone to transfer her from the cottage to save the life and help the wounded, and she was the most proficient.