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The snow is falling, and winter is coming. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Escorted by more than 100 personal soldiers, Fang Shao left the front line and embarked on the journey to Dongwu.

Due to the heavy snow blocking the mountain, many valley roads were blocked, so Fang Shao had to choose to go back to Longxi first, then from Tianshui County to Qishan, through Longyou Avenue into Hanzhong, and then along the Hanshui into Jingzhou, and then along the Yangtze River east to Dongwu.

Walk along the avenue, cross the Longshan passage, and after a few days, go out from the street pavilion and enter the jurisdiction of Tianshui County.

On the way from Guanzhong to the west, you can see groups of Guanzhong people everywhere, braving the wind and snow to look at the counties of Longxi. This is because of Zhong Xuan's policy of clearing the wilderness, which made Guanzhong have a great shortage of food, and the people who lack food have to leave their hometowns and go to Longxi to beg for food.

In the autumn of this year, the counties of Longxi had a bumper harvest, those scholars and local heroes, there was surplus grain in the warehouse, theoretically speaking, Liu Bei could certainly levy these grains, not only for military funds, but also for the people of Guanzhong.

But in fact, Liu Bei could not do this, because if he wanted to maintain his rule in Guanlong, he had to get the support of the local nobles, and if he wanted to get the support of others, he had to protect the interests of others.

Therefore, it is okay to pay for food according to the law, but there is no way to increase the levy, if you dare to force it, the Lao Tzu will dare to rebel!

Therefore, Liu Bei had no extra food to help the people, so he had to let them go to the counties of Longxi to beg for food. Although those nobles and powerful people will not take out the white rice and sell it to the poor, they who have mastered the local customs and etiquette, and have always flaunted benevolence, righteousness and morality, often have a little sympathy, take out some old coarse rice, and boil a few pots of light porridge to implement these Guanzhong dishes.

A bowl of gruel as light as clear water and a few mouthfuls of rotten vegetable roots a day are enough to help them survive this cold winter, and when the spring flowers bloom in the next year, they will have the life to return to their hometowns to farm and support themselves.

At dusk, Fang Shao was only more than ten miles away from the Tianshui County Governor's Office, and on the avenues along the road, there were more and more people helping each other, all of whom were displaced people from Guanzhong.

And when Fang Shao entered the city, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

At this time, in Jicheng, the streets and alleys are full of homeless people, and the shops along the street dare not open their doors. From the yamen, to the mansions of officials at all levels, and even in front of the gates of various wealthy households, they are also crowded with homeless people, hoping that the government or the rich people will be able to order food.

In the entire Jicheng, Fang Shao roughly estimated that at least thirty or forty thousand displaced people were squeezed in, which was already a terrifying number for Longxi, which was already densely populated.

It wasn't until dark that Fang Shao's carriage passed through the crowded streets and entered the palace.

Because Wu Yi went out with the army, Lai Xiong was recommended by Pang Tong to replace Wu Yi and take over the post of Tianshui Taishou.

This Lai Xiong's father Lai Gong, and Hanzhong King Liu Bei is also an old friend, once served as the Jiaozhou Assassin History, Liu Biao after his death turned to Liu Bei's subordinates, before Liu Bei entered the Hanzhong King, Lai Gong was also a force to promote, and then was crowned Taichangqing, this person is also regarded as a high-ranking and important one of the Jingxiang scholars.

Lai Xiong was discussing with the officials in the county at the moment, and when he heard that the deputy general of the military division had arrived, Lai Xiong and others hurriedly led the officials of Tianshui to come out to greet him.

Fang Shao was a little surprised when he saw such a formation, and after entering the yaya to meet everyone, he smiled and said: "Lai Taishou, you and your Tianshui colleagues are really dutiful, it's so late, and you are gathered in the yamen to run errands." ”

"General Fang smiled, we have no choice but to do so." Lai Xiong's tone was very respectful, although he was ten years older than Fang Shao, but he knew that Fang Shao was one of the top ministers in front of the King of Hanzhong, and he was one of the leaders of their Jingxiang Group, so he naturally had to show respect.

Fang Shao said lightly: "When I entered the city just now, I saw that there were a lot of displaced people in Guanzhong gathered in the city. ”

Lai Xiong hurriedly said: "Don't hide it from General Fang, I'm worried about this matter, no, I just recruited all the officials, just to discuss a countermeasure overnight." ”

Fang Shao said disapprenously: "It's just some begging homeless people, and they are not robbers and beasts, so why worry so much." Besides, all these homeless people want is a mouthful of porridge for life, and how much can they spend, I don't think Tianshui County will not even have this bit of sympathy. ”

In addition to the key duties of the county guard, since Gong Cao and below, they are all held by local scholars, Fang Shao's words are obviously said to Liang Xu, Yin Xian and other officials with big surnames, hinting that they should not be stingy, and what harm is it to take out some old grain and rice to do something good.

When the officials present heard this, they all looked embarrassed, and Liang Xu stepped forward and said helplessly: "What General Fang taught is that in fact, we also want to do so. It's just that there are as many as 40,000 homeless people in Jicheng now, these are all hungry and faint people, as long as any family dares to open the door and cook porridge for relief, these tens of thousands of hungry and crazy homeless people will flock to it, and they will snatch up the porridge in a blink of an eye, not only that, but they will also rush into people's homes and openly rob, and there have been several such farces in the past few days. So, it's not that we don't have good intentions, but it's really out of necessity. ”

Liang Xu also made sense, Fang Shao understood their difficulties a little at this time, and said: "Since this is the case, why not lead the displaced people outside the city, use the county soldiers to maintain order, and then give relief." ”

Yin Xian sighed: "I also tried before waiting, and I wanted to persuade these homeless people to go out of the city first, but they didn't listen at all. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that these people will be extremely hungry, and sooner or later something big will happen. ”

Fang Shao originally planned to stay in Jicheng for one night and set off for Hanzhong tomorrow morning, but the mess in the city should not be taken care of. However, now, as the highest commander here, facing a group of anxious subordinates, he doesn't do anything or say anything, and it seems a little inappropriate to wash and sleep.

So, Fang Shao said: "This matter is indeed a bit tricky, but I don't know if you have any good plans to let these displaced people get out of the city first?" ”

The voice fell, and no one answered in the hall for a long time.

'Well, these officials in Tianshui seem to be a bunch of rice buckets. Fang Shao muttered secretly, a slight displeasure on his face.

At this moment, a clear voice broke the silence: "The lower officials have a plan to solve the urgent need." ”

Looking for the sound, he saw that at the end of the officials, a handsome young man was standing in faith, his expression was full of calmness and confidence, and this sentence came from his mouth.

"This is ......" Fang Shao was full of curiosity about this confident young man.

At the beginning, he stayed in Longxi for a while, and he was familiar with these officials in Tianshui County, but the young man in front of him had never seen him.

Judging by his description, he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, so young to be among the county officials, I think this young man is not only from an unusual background, but also has his advantages.

At this time, Gongcao Jiang Jian hurriedly came out of the ranks, and said a little embarrassedly: "General Huifang, this is the dog Jiang Wei, this son has always been a little conceited, how dare he dare to speak wildly in front of the general, and hope that the general is not strange." ”

Jiang Wei, it turns out that he is Jiang Wei.

The surname Jiang is the first surname in Tianshui, according to the convention, the Gong Cao of a county should be taken by the local first-class surname, Yang Fu was too punctual, and Gong Cao was Jiang Xu. Later, the Han army went on a northern expedition, Ma Chao broke through Tianshui, and Jiang Xu died in the chaos. Later, in order to win over the Tianshui clan, the king of Hanzhong promoted Jiang Yan, the younger brother of the Jiang Xu clan, to serve as the gong cao.

Speaking of this skill, Cao Jiang Yin is not very famous in history, so Fang Shao doesn't know much about such little people, the reason why Fang Shao can remember him in the first place is because of his name that makes Fang Shao snicker. If Fang Shao hadn't crossed over, he really couldn't imagine that a real person in this world would take such a "funny" name, and put it in the next generation, then the father must have been cuckolded and gave birth to this wild seed, so he hated it and gave such a name to retaliate.

Of course, Fang Shao would never have thought that Jiang Jian would be Jiang Wei's father.

Of course, Fang Lu knew that Jiang Wei was a talent, and after laying down Longxi, he also thought about excavating and cultivating it, but at that time, Jiang Wei was still young, if he dug it out at this time, maybe a good seedling would be accidentally wasted, so he wanted to put it for a few years, and it was not too late to use it when he was a little older and had learned something.

I didn't expect that today in the Water Yamen, I would meet Jiang Wei and volunteer.

Fang Shao suddenly became interested at this time, so he smiled and said: "Jiang Gongcao is serious, the so-called father must have his son, Ling Lang has a high opinion, why not let him talk about it." ”

As soon as Fang Shao said this, Jiang Jian couldn't say anything, but he just turned around and gave his son a look, for fear that he would say something wrong.

"What does this Jiang Gongzi think, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Fang Shao showed great appreciation.

Jiang Wei walked out of the ranks, with a calm look, and said lightly: "The reason why the hungry people don't go out of the city is that they are afraid that once the city gate is closed, there is nowhere to beg for food and live." Therefore, if you want to lure them out of the city, you have to start with food. Wei thought that it would be better to set up a relief point every mile outside the four gates, and then guard it with county soldiers to maintain order, and each relief point would be opened at the same time every day. In this way, the 40,000 hungry people were led farther and farther out of the city, and the number was dispersed, so naturally there was no need to worry about them making trouble. ”

While everyone was thinking about how to drive the hungry people out of the city first, and then give them relief, Jiang Wei thought backwards and used the means of relief to lure the hungry people out of the city. This strategy is as simple as that, but not everyone can take the initiative to turn this corner.

After Fang Shao heard Jiang Wei's plan, he couldn't help but praise: "Jiang Gongzi's plan is very good, I think it is feasible, I don't know what your opinion is." ”

All the officials also came to their senses for a moment and expressed their approval.

So, Taishou Laixiong mobilized manpower that night, and according to Jiang Wei's strategy, more than 20 relief points were set up outside the four gates one by one.

By daybreak, more than a dozen small battalions were set up at the same time, and as soon as the hungry people heard the news, they rushed out of the city. They first rushed to the first almshouse, and when those who were left behind heard that there was another place a mile away, they gave up fighting for it and ran to the next one. In this way, more than 40,000 hungry people were easily dispersed to more than 20 relief points, and no more than a thousand hungry people were carried out in each place, and an imminent hunger riot was easily resolved.

Being at the head of the city, looking at the smoke curling outside the city, as well as the hungry people whose emotions gradually stabilized, Fang Shao and the officials of Tianshui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Fang Shao suddenly had a thought in his heart, so he smiled at Jiang Jian and said: "Jiang Gongcao, Ling Lang is indeed a rare young genius, I am going to Dongwu this time, and there is a lack of a capable assistant by my side, so I want to recruit him to go with me, I don't know if you mind being a father?" ”

(To be continued)