Chapter 372: Cleaning up the hearts of the people

After the flood, most of the rice fields outside the city were washed away, and the rice seedlings that had not taken root after transplanting were washed away. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the entire city of Jiangzhou, it is even more of a mess.

Most of the city walls were dumped in the mud, and the streets in the city were covered with mud, and the old and weak women and children were still hiding high on the roofs, looking dazed, while the people in the prime of life had begun to clean up the mud in their yards, and the voices of complaints and sweat filled the streets.

Jiangzhou City was the greatest threat to the Great Song Dynasty, the Song army could not attack for a long time, Hao Ren was helpless, so he took the next strategy of water attack, which not only solved the threat of Jiangzhou City to the land of the Great Song Dynasty, but also smashed open the door of the Han Dynasty to guard Jiangxi Province, and the Song army won a phased military victory.

'Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer. This is an eternal truth, in order to achieve the goal, damage the interests of some people, it is also inevitable, the flood flooded the city, not the flood flooded the city, did not cause huge casualties to the people, it is better than the entire city being slaughtered by Meng Yuan.

Therefore, Hao Ren did not feel guilty, and when Shi Nai'an asked His Majesty if he had entered the city, Hao Ren agreed without hesitation.

In the whole Jiangzhou City, the atmosphere was extremely depressing, the people had just encountered the flood brought by Hao Ren, and they felt resentful in their hearts, and the people on the road had wooden expressions, no flowers and applause, and no pot pulp, which made Hao Ren feel very lost.

In the past, Hao Ren has passed through the city, and the people have all welcomed him, especially in Shouzhou, Luzhou, Anqing and other cities.

Hao Ren saw the tragic situation in the city, his expression was solemn, and the pioneer in front of him sounded the gong and loudly preached the benefits brought by the Qingfeng army, but Baixin of Jiangzhou City did not think so.

One year exempt? It is also impossible to mention the interest of the people, because the paddy fields outside the city are basically lost, and eating grain is a problem.

The army helps to repair the city? Pure! A large area of the city wall collapsed, and it would be good if the Song army did not levy the people to build the city.

Open a warehouse to release grain? A three-liter two-bucket is nothing more than a false name, far less than the loss caused by the failure of the previous season's crops.

Song Jun distributed seeds to help the people replant? Just kidding! In this season, what is too late to plant?

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The people just stood on both sides of the road, it was the resentment of the Song army that brought them disaster, and it was also the suspicion of the Song army's promise, and all this oppressive atmosphere was finally disturbed by a few children.

Several teenagers standing on the roof glared at Hao Ren angrily, and with a 'snap', several lumps of mud hit, all of which smashed on the shield of Chen Da, the head of the guard.

"Whose baby is not good at discipline, and he dares to rush to my majesty's Luan, do you want to die?" Chen Da pulled out his waist knife all his life, glared angrily at the people, and with a wave of his hand, seven or eight guards, like fierce tigers, grabbed three or four children like chickens in the blink of an eye, and pressed it in front of Hao Ren, the knife was already on the neck of the 'criminal', just waiting for Hao Ren to look at the problem.

The people of the whole city were all shocked, and they knelt down on the muddy road, and kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy: "If you are unwilling to wait for us, please be merciful and forgive the people of this city!" ”

Although the people of Jiangzhou City resented Hao Ren for attacking with water, which caused them to encounter a lot of difficulties, they were not stupid, they knew that Hao Ren was a character they could not afford to provoke, so they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

In the history of the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the slaughter of the city was as common as a common thing, the Mengyuan court and the righteous army, there were records of the slaughter of the city, and a few children collided with His Majesty of the Great Song Dynasty, angering Tianwei, as long as Hao Ren gave an order, I am afraid that the people of a city will suffer.

Hao Renben's welcome to the people in the city was not warm, and he felt unhappy in his heart, and he was thrown mud by a few children, and he felt even more depressed, but he knew that the reason for all this could not be blamed on the people.

With a wave of his hand, Hao Ren asked the guards to remove the knife on the child, and shouted to the crowd on the side: "Whose baby is this?" ”

Hao Ren opened his mouth to speak, and the people had a bottom in their hearts. Visually, Hao Ren only wanted to kill the child's family, but he didn't think of slaughtering the city, but the child's parents hid in the crowd, afraid that the disciples would be killed and did not come out to claim it.

Self-preservation is a long-term affection of people, and it is a trick of the best, and within a moment, the parents of several children were betrayed by their neighbors and were all pushed in front of Hao Ren by the people.

Seven or eight men and women knelt on the muddy road, crying and grabbing the ground, prostrating and begging for mercy.

"Didn't you tell the kids not to litter? Hitting people will certainly cause disputes, even if it damages flowers and plants, it is not right! Hao Ren said, and then waved his hand and said: "Fortunately, you met me today, get up and take the child back!" ”

The onlookers and the parents of the children could not believe this fact, and looked at each other in silence.

"Your Majesty!" Shi Nai'an clenched his fists and said: "Those who offend the power of heaven, treat them so benevolently, it will damage the majesty of the royal family, and not killing is not enough to strengthen the prestige of my Great Song official family, and the minister implores His Majesty to withdraw his order and hand over those who offend the danger of heaven to the criminal department for punishment!" ”

Shi Nai'an knew that Hao Ren had made a decision that he could not change, Hao Ren had already sung the role of a red face, and he could only add a role with a black face to show Hao Ren's kindness even more.

Seven or eight parents were intimidated by Shi Nai'an's stick, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and cried again for mercy.

"Aside from the Great Song Emperor, I am an adult, how can I be as knowledgeable as a few children who have nothing to do?" Hao Ren waved his hand and said to the parents of several children: "Come on, the children will take it back!" ”

Seven or eight parents, for fear that Hao Ren would be hindered by his subordinates and provoke Hao Ren to change his decision, they didn't care about thanking them, pulled their children, and disappeared into the crowd.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" An old man took the lead in kowtowing, and then, the people all the way followed the kowtow and shouted, and the heartfelt shout instantly submerged the entire Jiangzhou City.

"Lord Liu!" Hao Ren said to Liu Bowen: "The aftermath of this Jiangzhou City, you can leave it to deal with it with all your powers!" ”

Hao Ren originally wanted to leave Shi Nai'an to deal with the aftermath in Jiangzhou, but he was afraid that Shi Nai'an would be cautious, so he would find those children to settle the accounts, and temporarily changed his decision to let Liu Bowen stay in the aftermath.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely live up to his mission!" Liu Bowen held the feather fan and clenched his fists to receive his life.

Hao Ren's main army did not stay in Jiangzhou, leaving Li Zongke's army as Jiangzhou's guard, and left the Xi soldiers Yang Hu and Hu Dahai to garrison Jiangzhou, so as to facilitate the main generals of the two armies to recuperate from their wounds.

(To be continued.) )