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The famine caused by drought and locust plague in Gyeonggi Sanfu, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou is becoming more and more serious, and the Central Plains region where the disaster is most severe has been starving for thousands of miles.

Hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou victims who dragged their families and mouths continued to go south to the Langya Kingdom, and the government and law and order of Gumu, Dongwu, and Zhuxian counties in the north of the kingdom were paralyzed by the arrival of a huge number of victims, and the unripe grain in the fields was eaten up by the hungry victims.

At this moment, another bad news came:

The 5,000 officers and soldiers led by Xiao Jian, the lieutenant of the county, were defeated in one fell swoop by the Yellow Turban thieves who had greatly increased their troops, the two counties of Dongguan and Dong'an fell, the deputy general Dong Jie, was killed in battle, and the county commanders and dozens of officials of the two counties were beheaded by the thieves to show the public, and Xiao Jian, who was scattered, fled south to Juxian under the desperate escort of 300 remnants.

The whole country of Langya was shocked, the monarch Liu Xi, who did not know about the military affairs, was scattered, the left and right civil and military panicked, and the elderly minister Yin De dragged his sick body, and urgently reported to Xuzhou Assassin Shi to ask for reinforcements at the same time, he hurriedly dispatched 3,000 officers and soldiers from the southern counties of the county to Ju County, and ordered Lieutenant Xiao Jian to atone for his crimes, and then issued a conscription order to the entire Langya County.

Because Gumu and Dongwu in the north and the counties in the west not only closed the city gates and did nothing, but also shamelessly spread the news that "Xiahe is rich and Liu Cunren is virtuous", causing a huge number of victims to flock to Langya County, which is ruled by Liu Cun.

As of the 10th day of June, as many as 150,000 Qingyan victims had gathered outside Xiahe City, and Liu Cun and the officials of the county were under tremendous pressure.

Liu Cun urgently dispatched 5,000 militia groups that had undergone two months of preliminary training, changed into military uniforms, took up arms, and sent them to the surrounding townships to be on strict alert, which barely kept the stability of the county and the grain that had not yet been harvested in the fields.

In the afternoon, Liu Cun, who had returned to the county government after going out of the city to appease the victims, convened an emergency meeting again, and couldn't help but sigh in disappointment when he saw the officials under his command at a loss and panicked.

When the chief bookkeeper Guo Tang and the others heard Liu Cun's sigh, they hung their heads in frustration and shame.

In the past few days, if Liu Cun hadn't dispatched thousands of his servants in time to urgently build 250 disaster relief porridge sheds along the periphery of the city wall to help the victims, Liu Cun himself went deep into the victims every day to comfort and comfort the victims, regardless of his safety, and at the same time decisively killed more than 300 demagogues mixed with the victims, I am afraid that the entire Langya County would have been full of holes.

Liu Cun wanted to inform everyone of the grim situation, tell everyone that there are still countless victims pouring in, and then assign some tasks to go down, and encourage everyone to work together to face it, but seeing the mental state of the officials, Liu Cun's heart was cold, and he glanced at the people in the hall again, and asked unhappily: "Lord Meng hasn't come back yet?" ”

The officials raised their heads, and soon hung down weakly, and finally Guo Tang, who was still quite responsible, slowly stood up, arched his hand to Liu Cun with a complicated expression, and said helplessly: "My lord, I'm afraid Lord Meng will never come back." ”

Liu Cun was stunned, and when he realized it, he was immediately furious, and just about to stand up and scold Meng Huan for his ruthlessness and unrighteousness, the clothes behind him were pulled.

Liu Cun subconsciously turned his head and saw Gongsun Pei, a confidant who was sitting behind him, shook his head slightly, so he could only endure his anger and wave his hand to send all the officials away.

Gongsun Pei invited Liu Cun, who was full of grief and indignation, to the temporary office in the backyard, and Zhao Rong, who had been busy organizing the diversion and reclamation of the disaster victims for several days, immediately put down the affairs at hand, brought a cup of tea to the gloomy lord Liu Cun, and sat on Liu Cun's left hand side at Gongsun Pei's instructions.

After Liu Cun drank half a cup of tea, Gongsun Peicai asked solemnly: "Does the lord think that among the officials under him, can anyone be entrusted with the important task?" ”

Liu Cun sighed again, shook his head and said helplessly: "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, when the matter is approaching, there is really no one in this group of officials who dares to take responsibility!" ”

Gongsun Pei nodded slightly: "So, does the Lord think it is useful to be angry with them?" ”

Liu Cun was stunned for a moment, immediately understood, put down the teacup and respectfully saluted Gongsun Pei: "Thank you, Mr. for stopping my anger in time, otherwise it will not only be useless, but I am afraid it will make people annoyed and angry, and even resentful, and it will be difficult to get along in the future." ”

Gongsun Pei was pleased: "The Lord doesn't have to be like this, so far, all the Lord's responses are very correct, and his subordinates have not only seen the Lord's benevolence, but also the Lord's superb control ability and political wisdom." ”

Liu Cun waved his hand: "Don't lift me up, if I hadn't prepared for more than two months in advance, and everyone worked together to tide over the difficulties when the crisis was in danger, I'm afraid I could only be like those unscrupulous officials in the counties, closing the city gates and letting thousands of victims fend for themselves!" Although in the past five days, we have taken 20,000 victims to Xiaozhu Mountain in phases and batches to help themselves, but now there are more and more victims, if the pacification is not good, or the yellow turbans are mixed with inciting bewitchment, the whole situation may get out of control at any time! ”

Gongsun Pei nodded again and again, stood up and took out the map from the bookcase, put it in front of the puzzled Liu Cun and spread it out, and then nodded to Zhao Rong on the other side.

Zhao Rong straightened up and walked half a step, approached Liu Cun and smiled slightly, pointed to a newly marked red dot on the map and asked Liu Cun: "Does the Lord know about this place?" ”

Liu Cun took a closer look and found that this point was located about thirty-five miles northwest of Xiaozhu Mountain, which was being developed, right in the middle of Xiaozhu Mountain and the abandoned Qianqian County, and immediately understood what Zhao Rong and Gongsun Pei meant:

Do you mean that some people can be resettled here? But this piece of land is located in the north of the Great Wall of Qi, which is under the jurisdiction of Qianqian and is much beyond the boundaries of this county. ”

Zhao Rong and Gongsun Pei looked at each other and smiled, and explained to Liu Cun in a low voice: "Lord, there was originally a small city in this place, the place name was Tong County, and it was under the jurisdiction of Langya County during the Guangwu period of this dynasty. ”

"The day before yesterday, under the reminder of Brother Botao, my subordinates personally rode to inspect it, and found that there was only a small village of more than 70 households left here, and the surrounding radius of fifty miles has become a deserted land, although it nominally belongs to the boundary of Qianshan, but the small county town of Qianqian was tragically burned by the Yellow Turban last year, and now it is still a ruin with no people, and the subordinates have repeatedly weighed and concluded: Qianqian has existed in name only!"

Liu Cun stared at the map again, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he came to the same conclusion, raised his head and smiled at the two henchmen: "In this case, let's do it, this place can be reclaimed to at least 350,000 disaster victims." ”

Gongsun Pei stroked his long beard lightly, and asked with a deep smile: "Lord, this area has abundant water, flat terrain, and fertile soil, but after the Lord invests huge manpower and material resources in reclamation, how will this land be kept in the future?" Is the Lord so rich that He cares about making wedding garments for others? ”

Liu Cun's heart froze, he looked at Gongsun Pei who was smiling, and then turned to Zhao Rong, who was smiling and silent: "You mean, take it completely?" ”

Zhao Rong rubbed the beautiful mustache under his straight nose, and gave birth to two slender fingers to point to the red dot on the map again: "Lord, please see, strictly speaking, the area around Xiaozhu Mountain and Huangdao does not belong to the boundary of Langya County, but should belong to the now abandoned Qianqian territory. ”

"And this wide land is far away from Xiahe City, the terrain is flat, there is no shelter, thirty-five miles to the east is Xiaozhu Mountain and Huangdao, the Lord is building a lot of construction, if you don't completely occupy this place, how to keep Xiaozhu Mountain, Huangdao and a large area of land behind you in the future?"

Liu Cun completely understood: "It seems that everyone wants to build a city here, maybe the two gentlemen also want to take this opportunity to persuade the monarch to approve the reconstruction of the county town of Tong, which originally belonged to my Langya Kingdom, on the grounds of protecting the territory and the people, so that it can not only resettle a huge number of victims, eliminate the hidden danger of riots, but also establish prestige for the monarch at the same time, effectively stabilize the kingdom system, and increase taxes for the monarch in a year or two, killing multiple birds with one stone!" Right? ”

Zhao Rong and Gongsun Pei stroked their palms and smiled, admiring Liu Cun's keen comprehension and political sense.

After laughing, Gongsun Pei corrected solemnly: "Lord, we are not rebuilding the county seat, but repairing the county seat, the reconstruction needs to be written to the imperial court, and it can only be implemented with approval, and the repair only needs a word from my Langya monarch, the difference is huge, and the lord can't ignore it!" ”

Liu Cun was an eye-opener, staring at Gongsun Pei and Zhao Rong with serious faces for a long time, bowed and sighed loudly: "The two gentlemen are talented!" How lucky I am Liu Cun! ”

Gongsun Pei and Zhao Rong hurriedly bowed, thanking Liu Cun in unison for his trust and respect, and then one said that this was a matter within the subordinate's duty, and the other said that it was not worthy of such a false praise from the master, which made Liu Cun even more emotional.

Liu Cun personally went to build a new pot of tea, came back and slowly poured it for the two same henchmen, and after the two tasted it, he asked very seriously:

"Two gentlemen, with my understanding of the monarch, in the current severe situation of internal and external troubles and crises, he will agree that we repair the county seat, just the reason of relocating nearly 100,000 disaster victims, can make the monarch unable to refuse, but, who should we recommend to serve as the county magistrate of the county?"

Zhao Rong smiled: "Lord, why do you want to reset the county order?" What we are going to repair is not the 'county seat of Tongxian', but the 'county seat', my Han Dynasty for nearly 400 years, there has never been any rule that a county can not have two cities! ”

"That's right! The subordinates also have this opinion, so that things are simpler, and the monarch has no worries! According to the practice of dividing states and counties in the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, even if the world is stable in the future, jealous people will be entangled in their own reasons, and in the end, most of the imperial courts will maintain the status quo, not to mention, does the lord think that from now on, the Han Dynasty can still settle down? Gongsun Pei looked at Liu Cun with a smile.

Liu Cun was impressed after hearing this, sighed for a moment and laughed, stood up and clenched his fists and roared in a deep voice: "Build the city-"