The resettlement of refugees has been the responsibility of the imperial court, since the Central Plains disaster last year, the Northern Sui has formulated a perfect disaster relief system, except for major situations that need to be reported to Zhang Xuan, other matters will be decided by the important ministers themselves.

This time, Zhang Xuan went to Jiangdu to inspect, and he was accompanied by Zhou Wensheng, the head of the household department, who had already gone to Langya County to inspect the disaster, and then followed Zhang Xuan to Donghai County.

In addition to the cancellation of the name of the Qingzhou Army, many civilian officers who followed Zhang Xuan were appointed to various places as officials, such as Pei Hong was appointed as the commander of the Central Capital, Cui Yuanhan was appointed as the Taishou of Gaomi County, Lu Qingyuan was appointed as the county seat of Zhuo, and **** was also appointed as the county of Qi.

This Xuzhou refugee incident, **** with rich experience was sent by the imperial court to Donghai County, in charge of refugee resettlement matters, I haven't seen the boss for a long time, **** was very excited, he stepped forward and bowed, "Weichen **** see His Royal Highness!" ”

Jang Hyun smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm right!" Being a magistrate is more comfortable than a barracks, and you kid has gained weight. ”

When this sentence came out, Xu Yannian and Zhou Wensheng next to him were startled, and the two looked at each other, is this still the King of Qi?

Scratching his head a little embarrassed, he said, "Why did Your Highness say this?" ”

Zhang Xuan realized that he was used to joking with everyone in the barracks, and he forgot that there were two people next to him, Zhang Xuan laughed dryly, and said to the three of them: "Let's go sit in the big tent!" ”

Not far from the side is the officials' tent, they came to an empty tent and sat down, Zhang Xuan smiled at the three of them: "You may not know that in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, Yu Wenhua sent 6,000 troops into Donghai County, ready to come here to loot grain, but the cavalry that was ambushed on the west bank of Shushui was completely annihilated. ”

The three of them were startled, especially Xu Yannian's face turned white with fright, he was the Taishou of Donghai County, he was most worried that Yu Wenhua's army would enter Donghai County, and after half a year, they still came.

Zhang Xuan glanced at him and said with a smile: "Xu Taishou don't worry, Yu Wenhua is afraid of being killed by us in the Huai River, and he doesn't dare to take risks until he is forced to do so, this time he sent an army to kill Donghai County, which also shows that he can't hold on, I sent 30,000 cavalry south, just to prevent him from jumping over the wall in a hurry." ”

The six thousand thieves were completely annihilated, and with the appeasement of the King of Qi, Xu Yannian breathed a sigh of relief, and said with palpitations: "In this case, why doesn't Your Highness go all out and annihilate this criminal army?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This is General Pei's mission to go south." ”

Zhang Xuan changed the topic and asked **** again: "Is there enough food for the victims?" ”

Hurriedly said: "At present, it is according to the seventh level of food supply for disaster relief, and it can probably support it for a month and a half, and Weichen has already written a report to the imperial court to apply for additional disaster relief food." ”

In the disaster relief system of the Northern Sui Dynasty, the disaster relief food is divided into nine grades, the lowest is the ninth grade, which can only barely survive, which is only started when the city is surrounded and the food is really insufficient, generally the seventh gear, that is, to maintain half full, if it is to work for relief, it will be raised to the fifth gear.

Jang Hyun asked again, "Can the refugees accept vetch?" ”

This is the first large-scale use of vetch for disaster relief, and Jang Xuan is also very concerned about the effect of using this substitute food.

He smiled bitterly, "Where do they have a choice, it's better than peeling the bark!" ”

As soon as the words fell, **** realized that what he said was inappropriate, and he hurriedly added: "Back to Your Highness, we are mixing wheat flour and vetch flour, about half of each, for this reason, we specially sent people to investigate, except for a few people complaining about the rough grain, there is no objection to the others." ”

"What is the minority?" Zhang Xuan continued to ask.

"About thirty percent."

This is in line with Zhang Xuan's expectations, plus those who dare not complain, half of them should not be used to wild peas, but judging from the order of the camp, everyone still accepts this kind of relief food.

Zhang Xuan turned back to Zhou Wensheng and said: "You investigate the situation well, gradually increase the amount of vetch flour, and then write a detailed report, and then the vetch will be officially used as temporary relief food, if it is a work for relief, then don't use vetch, in short, the system should be gradually improved, we must help the refugees, but we must also consider our own affordability." ”

I feel a little strange in my heart, this matter should be instructed to myself, how can His Royal Highness instruct this Zhou Shilang? He didn't dare to ask more.

But the answer was immediately revealed, and Zhang Xuan immediately said to ****: "You go to Jiangdu with me." ”

immediately understood that His Royal Highness asked him to go to Jiangdu, I am afraid it was related to Jianghuai.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, and Zhang Xuan thought it was a refugee quarrel, but immediately realized that something was wrong, and there were even cries and screams.

Zhang Xuan walked out of the camp quickly, only to see a group of soldiers carrying a dozen bloody men walking towards this side, followed by thousands of refugees, many of whom were crying and screaming, and at the same time stoned the dozen men, and the soldiers couldn't stop drinking.

"What's going on?"

Zhang Xuan's personal soldier Lang led Li Zhun to run up and shouted: "Don't go any further!" ”

Hundreds of pro-soldiers stopped the agitated crowd.

At this time, Zhang Xuan walked over, and a captain stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and saluted, turned back and pointed to a dozen men with blurred flesh and blood: "Marshal Qiyu, these dozen people are soldiers of Yu Wenji, who fled to the refugee camp in Qishan County after the defeat the day before yesterday, and were recognized, and the angry refugees wanted to beat them to death, but we stopped them." ”

Only then did Zhang Xuan understand that these dozen or so people were enemy deserters who were defeated by Pei Xingyan.

He looked at the angry crowd of refugees and ordered: "Behead these dozen people and hang their heads in the camp for public display." ”

There was a burst of cheers all around

In the afternoon, a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people rushed to Qishan County under the leadership of Pei Xingyan.

The army was temporarily stationed outside the city, and Pei Xingyan hurried to the big tent to meet Zhang Xuan, inside the big tent, Zhang Xuan listened attentively to Pei Xingyan's detailed report, and he muttered for a moment: "What else did the person sent by Cui Zhao say?" ”

"They said that Yu Wenji's military rations were only enough to last ten days, so they ventured to march to Donghai County, and the humble position confirmed this from Yu Wen Zhiji's mouth."

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, pondering for a long time, he had realized that the opportunity to attack Yu Wenhua was ripe, so at the same time, the opportunity for Wang Shichong to attack the Wagang Army was also ripe, this was an opportunity to re-divide the Central Plains, would the Tang Dynasty be involved?

According to Zhang Xuan's plan, after the return of Jiangdu, he would concentrate his forces to destroy Du Fuwei's army, recover the Jianghuai region, and then turn back to clean up Yuwen and seize Xuzhou and the eastern part of the Central Plains.

However, Yu Wenhua's decline was much faster than he had expected, and if he eliminated Du Fuwei and then attacked the Central Plains, I am afraid that the opportunity would have been lost.

Zhang Xuan finally decided to change his plan, temporarily let go of Jiangdu, and concentrate his forces to deal with the changes in the Central Plains.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan asked Pei Xingyan: "If you let you garrison Xia Pi County, can your military rations and forage keep up?" ”

Pei Xingyan thought for a while and said: "The soldiers' food is still relatively sufficient, the key is that the forage is a little insufficient. ”

"How many more days?" Jang Hyun asked.

"About ten days."

"That's not a big problem, there is still a little forage in the warehouse in Qishan County, which can last for five days, and I immediately ordered Beihai County to transport two months' worth of forage over, and it can arrive in ten days."

Pei Xingyan was also a little excited, "Is Your Highness preparing to attack Yu Wenhua?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, Yu Wenhua will make a desperate bet and attack the Wagang Army with all his might, and he will definitely be wiped out by the Wagang Army. ”

"What about the Wagang Army?"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I will write a letter to Wang Shichong and invite him to hunt Wagang together." ”

In the prisoner's car outside the big tent, Yuwen Zhi and his cloak were scattered, hanging his head weakly, not far away, several children kept picking up stones and throwing them at him, Yu Wenzhi didn't want to guess his fate anymore, but he understood that he had no hope of survival, but it was just the difference between how to die.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, Yuwen Zhihe slowly raised his head, and saw a very familiar person, it turned out to be Zhang Xuan appeared in front of him, his lips moved, but he couldn't speak, and his eyes showed a frightened look.

"I didn't think we'd ever have a chance to meet." Zhang Xuan sneered.

"I only hate that I didn't kill you in the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant back then!" Yuwen Zhihe finally broke out a sentence.

"Really, you're catching up with me?" Jag Hyun asked, pretending to be puzzled.

Yuwen Zhiji sighed, "Give me a good time!" Or give me a glass of poisoned wine, and I'll exchange it with you. ”

"What more could you want?"

"My brother will not fight the Wagang Army, he has already prepared a way out, our Yuwen family has a large estate covering an area of five thousand hectares somewhere, he will definitely flee there with his wealth and women." After speaking, Yu Wenzhi looked at Zhang Xuan expectantly.

Zhang Xuan stared at him for a moment, then turned around and ordered, "Bring a bottle of the strongest poisonous wine!" ”

After a while, the soldiers brought a small red bottle and presented it to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan looked at the bottle and said to Yu Wenzhi: "This is Heding Hong, you can end your name as soon as possible, you say!" ”

Yu Wenzhihe stared at the red bottle, gritted his teeth and said: "In the east thirty miles of Juye County, Dongping County, there is a poplar manor close to Junoze, there is a wharf in the manor, and if there is danger approaching, you can quickly retreat into Juyeze, there is a large amount of grain hidden in the manor, and there are hundreds of strong men. ”

Zhang Xuan looked back at Pei Xingyan, and Pei Xingyan immediately bowed down and said, "Arrange the army immediately!" ”

Zhang Xuan threw the bottle into the prisoner car, Yu Wenzhi and trembling picked up the bottle, looked around in despair, he drank the bottle of poisoned wine, closed his eyes and lay down in the prisoner car, not long after, Yu Wenzhi and Qiqi bled and died in the prison car.

Jang Hyun watched him die coldly, and then ordered: "Cut off the heads of others, hang them in the refugee camp, and tell all the refugees that they will be able to return home soon." ”

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly ran over and handed a copy of Su Wei's express letter to Zhang Xuan, "Marshal Qiqi, it was just sent by Zhongdu." ”

Zhang Xuan opened the letter and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned, Lu Chu's family was caught by Wang Shichong when they fled from Luoyang, and they have now been imprisoned for interrogation.

Jang Hyun immediately wrote a reply, asking Zhongdu to use all his strength to avoid personal harm to Lu Chu and his family.

(To be continued.) )