Not long after, Wen Chou and his party had already come to Taolin Sai, and Jiang Xuan, Yan Liang and others had already led the soldiers of Taolin Sai, waiting outside the Sai, waiting for Wen Chou and his people.

Naturally, it was another greeting and farewell words. is Jiang Zhe and Jiang Xuan, two brothers, who also talk and cherish each other. After that, he went all the way west to Gaoyi County to take up his post. This group of people is the ruling class of Gaoyi County in the next few years, and they will hold the lifeblood of Gaoyi County.

Gaoyi County is not too far from here, since it has been decided to deal with the affairs of Gaoyi County first, and then go to other counties to visit the celebrities, then Wen Chou is not a procrastinator, leading a team of six or seven hundred people, dozens of carts of baggage, and set off in a mighty way.

That night, Wen Chou and other major staff officials hurried to Gaoyi County, while the soldiers and some of their dependents were left behind in the rear because they were transporting grain, grass, finance, and other goods, and I am afraid that they would have to walk for another day or two before they could reach Gaoyi County.

Early the next morning, Wen Chou sent people to invite all the officials of Gaoyi County to the Guansi Council, including the incumbent officials, staff, former officials and staff, and the monarchs brought by Wen Chou. This was the first time that the new ruling class of Gaoyi County was decided. No matter how busy these people were, they all stopped what they were doing and rushed to the council.

Because the news of Wen Chou's appointment as the new Gaoyi County Monarch has spread! Moreover, it is also a Gaoyi County order, which makes the officials in Gaoyi County quite puzzled and puzzled. Gaoyi County was plundered by the Kou, the number of people has decreased, but the regulations have become bigger! What kind of rule is this?

After a short time, the hall of the official temple was full of people, and between the words of everyone, there were many doubts, of course, most of these people were local people in Gaoyi County, and these people brought by Wen Chou were much calmer and calmer than them. First, most of them have been promised the position of managing the military by Wen Chou, and secondly, they also know Wen Chou's personality better.

Wen Chou saw that the people were almost there, and said: "You must also know that this time the contemptible people are fortunate to be summoned by the Minister of State Feng Gong, and ask for the post of Gaoyi County Commander, from now on, we will be colleagues!" I hope we can work together to make this county stronger! There is no shame in trapping the city again! ”

"I wish Wen Jun to enter the county, and I think this county will definitely become strong under the leadership of Wen Jun." Lu Liang was the first to congratulate.

"Congratulations to Wenjun!"

"County gentleman, the contemptible person has a question, I don't know if to ask?" County Cheng Qi spoke.

"Although Cheng Jun is here, he knows everything." Wen Chou is not arrogant, and said.

"There are few people in my county, it is a small county, and now it has been robbed by this kind of thief, and the number of households has decreased sharply, why did you receive the post of county order?" Cheng Qi asked directly.

"This is nothing, but I was fortunate to be appreciated by Minister Feng Gong, and ordered our county to recruit displaced people to fill the households." Wen Chou explained.

"The county gentleman said that the homeless people are now the old and weak who have been driven out of the mountains by the thieves?" Cheng Qi thought for a while and said in surprise. Now that the thieves are out of the mountain, there is a lot of uproar, and Cheng Qizi, as the county leader of Gaoyi County, who is the backer, also knows it.

"Exactly, you also know that these people who entered the mountains were originally the leaders of the neighboring villagers, and they were forced to become cowards, and most of them were coerced by thieves! It's not voluntary, so I can give them the opportunity, and I think they are still very willing to do it again. Wen Chou explained.

Years ago, because of the repeated wars in Youji and Sanzhou, the former Zhongshan Minister Zhang Chun united with Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju, the wealthy clan of Yuyang, and Qiu Liju, the lord of Wuhuan, plundered the counties of Guangyang and Yuyang in Youzhou, and attacked Jixian County.

Lord Wuhuan Qiu Liju relied on horsepower, and sent thousands of troops south to plunder the two states of Youji, didn't he still fight with Wen Chou, Zhao Yun and others in the territory of Changshan Country? !

Then there was the rebellion of the various departments of the state and the rebellion of the Han Dynasty, and the attack on Xihe County, Taiyuan County and other counties and counties in the state, these two wars that affected the three states caused many people's households, families to die, and exile in other places in order to survive. At this time, the number of displaced people had not yet attracted the attention of the government.

However, before the wheat in the fields was harvested, affected by the severe drought this year, a considerable number of displaced people began to appear in various parts of Hebei and the two prefectures, most of whom were already exhausted of food, and there was no harvest this season, and they had to go into exile and beg for a living. This attracted the attention of the government.

However, because of the benefits of the Four Seasons Canal that had been connected a few years ago, Shahe Township was not affected much by the drought, and the harvest was not only much more than in previous years, but also increased a lot. But Gaoyi County is not so lucky, although it is also close to the Jihe River, but there is no advantage of ditches, but there is a large-scale reduction in production, but it is not too serious.

This is also the reason why the people of Wenchou have always seen a good year, but when they entered the county this time, they saw a large area of barren land and a large area of wheat fields with only straw and no ears of wheat, which made them realize the seriousness of the drought. I am also aware of the number of displaced people in other places.

And compared with the number of displaced people in the counties around Taihang Mountain, these are a little more than a big witch. Because of the displaced people around Taihang Mountain, most of them are old and weak people from various departments in Montenegro.

Because of the great drought, it spreads all over Hebei and the two states, even if the Black Mountain thieves want to go out of the mountains to rob, they can't rob it! In addition, there is very little land that can be cultivated in the mountains, even some fields are also inferior fields, and such a severe drought makes them more difficult and miserable than ordinary Bai surnames, and grain and grass are even more scarce. Therefore, they can only shrink their forces and drive those old and weak out of the mountains.

This is what the Montenegrin ministries often do, whenever there is a shortage of green and yellow crops and food is insufficient, the Montenegrin ministries will drive the useless old and weak out of the team, but this year is even worse, seeing that this season's harvest is dismal, there is still room for them.

At this time, as the former Jizhou pastor, the former pillar of the country, has now been taken back by the Son of Heaven to his left chariot general seal, cut off the feudal household 6,000, changed the title of the capital of the township, and the Huangfu Song, who has 2,000 households, finally couldn't help but take action.

In addition to Si Li, this year's drought-stricken Xiliang area has Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in rebellion, Ji and the two states have Zuo Xiongnu, Tu Zhubu, Montenegro thieves and trouble, Youzhou has Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju, Qiu Liju rebellion, Qingzhou is full of Yellow Turban remnants, Huangfu Song, the mainstay of the Han Dynasty, intends to rely on his own strength, to calm the rebellion in Jizhou.

His measures are also very simple, that is, to use his personal connections to borrow 3 million stones of grain from Jingzhou to support Jizhou, in addition to disaster relief, he also said that he would mobilize the counties to defend and recruit the displaced people to reclaim the famine, so that the displaced people would be reunited as Qi people and filled the households.

Jingzhou has always been rich, after pacifying the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was stable for three or four years, and three million stone grains were still available, Huangfu Song explained that it was borrowed, and said that the three dukes were used as a guarantee, and the relationship between Wang Rui and him was not bad, and he agreed after getting the letter, and the rest of the county guards were not embarrassed, and they barely made up this grain.

In this way, it can also be seen that the thieves in the world are already invincible, and even the consistent hardliners like Huangfu Song have to change their thinking and practices, and what he did is to use grain to attract hundreds of thousands of thieves in the Taihang Mountains to become good and become Qi people, so as to stabilize the situation in Jizhou.

The so-called homeless people are just another name for the thieves, with the three million stone grains as the backing, the government has also changed its previous style of refusing to accept the thieves, and changed its name to Zhao'an. That's been the last month or two. The Black Mountain thieves in Changshan Country are the most numerous, and they are also the main areas of support, with 800,000 stone grain, which is also one of the reasons why Wen Chou got the order of the Prime Minister Feng Gong, and he got 200,000 stone of Zhao'an's grain, which will arrive in a few days.

This practice immediately set off an uproar in the Taihang Mountains and Montenegro, and now, all the departments will run out of grain, this year Hebei and the two states are in drought, many places have no harvest, there is no robbery, and Zhang Yan is also helpless.

In this way, countless such news spread all over the surrounding counties of Taihang: not only did the old and weak people who were driven out of Taihang gather in the surrounding counties, but some small groups of thieves who were not famous and even below Qu Shuai also surrendered.

In addition to the Taihang thieves, the displaced people and disaster victims caused by the turmoil in Youzhou have also poured in, just like Wen Chou, the county officials are ready to settle their corn cultivation in the near future, thinking that in the near future, the population of Jizhou will definitely rise sharply, and there will inevitably be a vibrant image in the wild, and then it is not the desolate scene that Wen Chou and others saw when they rushed to the county to govern the Yuanshi.

Huangfu Song's actions are undoubtedly trying his last strength to save the Han, but it is a pity that it is difficult to support it alone. Because according to the course of history, in less than a year, the son will ascend to heaven today, and it will be followed by the vigorous battle of the Kwantung Coalition Army against Dong. And after this battle, it was the official period of competition for hegemony, and the Han Dynasty existed in name only.

Huangfu Song's actions have now spread to several surrounding counties, and everyone in Gaoyi County naturally knows about it. When I heard what Wen Chou said, I should understand it first.

"In this way, although he is a thief, but for the old and weak, it can also be forgiven, since it is what the emperor did, we will naturally follow, and I will definitely assist the county monarch to do it." Cheng Qi spoke.

"Well, in this way, our county will definitely be able to reach more than 10,000 households and become a veritable big county. Don't make the county order of despicable people, and implement it! Wen Chou said happily.

"I am willing to recruit the displaced people from the county."

Wen Chou waved his hand, suppressed the compliments of everyone in the hall, and said: "I don't know my position, I am not enough to be a consul, and now the contemptible people are beginning to correct your positions." ”

"The position of county leader has been held by Cheng Jun! Do you have any objections? Wen Chou then said.

Everyone had no objections and agreed.

"Well, the county lieutenant of Zuo is served by Lu Liang, who is in charge of the county guard, and has the responsibility of capturing thieves and reassuring the people; The right county lieutenant is served by Liu Zhong, who is in charge of the county soldiers, and has the responsibility of training and preparing for the army! Can you take it? Wen Chou said again.