Chapter 119: Habitual Methods

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On the wide official road, groups of refugees, helping the old and the young, pushing chicken carts, and carrying all their belongings, poured into Guide Mansion from all directions.

There were as few as one or two thousand people a day, and as many as three thousand, and after An ** defeated the Tartars and killed more than three thousand, the number of people skyrocketed to five thousand. In order to accommodate so many refugees, Xu Fang was already too busy to be dizzy, and there was not enough staff in charge of registration. I had to bring in some literate soldiers from the new barracks, and even had to go to various shops to borrow a bunch of bookkeepers.

In the face of the strong An **, these businessmen also had to help, and many businessmen saw the potential of An **, and happily integrated into this group, taking the initiative to help with the work.

Gu Zhenhua attaches great importance to the recruitment of refugees, personally inspecting various recruitment points, and from time to time to talk to a few old farmers to understand their ideas.

"Tell me, what do you think of An**'s Tuntian plan?" Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, speak freely, just like doing homely work in the field, if you have any worries and shortcomings, say them all, explain to you what you don't understand, and correct the deficiencies." ”

After Gu Zhenhua finished speaking, more than a dozen old farmers were silent for a long time before an old man in his fifties spoke: "My lord, you feel sorry for us and give us a way to live, but can you not want this land, just hang it in the name of An **, and be a tenant for An **?" ”

When Gu Zhenhua heard the old man's words, he was suddenly a little surprised. It's really a little puzzling why a good owner is not right, but he wants to rent land.

"Old sir. Don't you want land, or do you think it's a hot potato, and you don't dare to touch it? ”

"My lord, who doesn't want to have a piece of land, but the old man is really scared and doesn't dare to ask for it!"

Xu Fang happened to process a batch of refugee registrations and rushed over. He suddenly couldn't help laughing and said, "Old man, this doesn't sound right, why do you put meat in your mouth." Don't you dare to eat it? ”

"My lord, I can't hide it, the old man is from Kaifeng Mansion, and in the early years, there were more than a dozen acres of thin fields at home. The family is barely making ends meet. But then three salaries were levied. and the locusts made trouble, and they sold all their fields. Just last year, the people who broke into the king came and robbed the landlord's land and wanted to share it with us......"

"What a king, it's a rogue!" Xu Fang couldn't help but say: "Do you think that our An ** will be like a rogue and be beaten by a tartar to the point of urine?" ”

When the old man heard this, he was immediately startled. Hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Little old man doesn't dare." Pray for atonement for your sins, atonement for your sins! ”

When the other old farmers saw it, they couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow desperately.

Gu Zhenhua waved his hand: "Mr. Xu, don't be angry, listen to what they say, let's talk about what we and Li Zicheng do, they are all about sharing land for everyone, and the stones of its mountains can be used to attack jade, see where Li Zicheng's mistakes are, and we can correct them." ”

"That's what Grandpa Guo said." Xu Fang waved his hand and asked these old farmers to stand up.

"If you have anything to say, say it well, don't hide it."

"Yes." The old peasant continued to bite the bullet and said: "Chuang, the thief gave us the land, and said that the land was free of grain. However, their soldiers often extorted and plundered, saying that they had given them the land and everything they had given, and they should show their filial piety to the thieves. In this way, all our things were snatched, there were a few acres of empty land, and there were no seeds, how could people live! ”

The old man said that tears flowed, and the old farmers around him also sighed. Unlike the common people of Guide Mansion, these people from the Kaifeng area have all enjoyed the so-called policy of free grain in the field, and it seems that there are still a lot of complaints in their hearts.

"My lord, not only that, the thieves have finished dividing the land, but when they turned their heads, those landlords took the land away with people, they beat people, killed people, and many people who just got the land were robbed again, and even took their lives." Another old farmer said: "This is how the old man's son-in-law died, and the daughter couldn't stand it, so she jumped into the river with her three-month-old grandson, and the whole family died." ”

Xu Fang couldn't help frowning: "Didn't the thieves divide the land, why didn't they care?" ”

"What do they care, the old man also heard that some landlords simply send them money and women, and these guys help the landlords bully us."

The first old farmer said: "My lord, the land is in the hands of An **, I estimate that I don't dare to rob the landlord, we hold the land ourselves, I'm afraid that even our lives will be gone!" ”

Facing the old farmer's crying, Xu Fang also had no idea for a while, and couldn't help but look at Gu Zhenhua.

Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "With the land, there is a qiē, you can't waste food because of choking, the land is still yours." Here I assure you that the top and bottom of the security will strictly abide by military discipline and will never be like a thief, and anyone who dares to rob the people will be subject to military law. As for the landlord's counterattack, you don't have to worry, each Tuntian Grange can organize its own militia to protect your safety. If the landlord dares to fight, you will fight back, but you can't beat with An ** to back you up, the Tartars have been defeated, I don't believe that a few small landlords can still turn the sky! ”

As soon as they heard Gu Zhenhua's words, these old farmers all knelt down and kept kowtowing: "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" ”

Just as he was talking, suddenly a subordinate ran over, came to Xu Fang's side, and whispered a few words with a change of face, and Xu Fang's brows suddenly wrinkled.

"What happened?"

"Grandpa Guo, something happened in Guo Village, and the people we sent to clean up the land were beaten to death!"

"What?" Gu Zhenhua was suddenly furious: "You dare to commit a crime against the wind, who did it, do you want to die?" ”

"I heard that it is a person from 6 families, a big family in Guide, the old lady of 6 families was a political envoy in Jiangxi back then, the whole Guide, in addition to Xu Dingguo, 6 families are also a big landlord, not lost to a few vassal kings, and 6 also have a lot of pawnshops and satin villages, and the business is very big."

Gu Zhenhua sneered: "It's a good job, that is, the meat is fatter, come here, order a battalion of people, follow Benjue to meet 6 families, and those who dare to kill Benjue will have to pay the price of blood!" ”

When Xu Fang saw Gu Zhenhua's murderous appearance, he secretly screamed in his heart, he was afraid that the six families would be more auspicious.

"Grandpa Guo, the gentry are the foundation of the country, and besides, ninety percent of the fields have fallen into our hands, so don't force them too hard. And the 6 families are not without people in the DPRK, grabbing land and killing people, it's not good to say. ”

Gu Zhenhua laughed loudly: "The foundation of the country is the common people, those insatiable officials and gentry are just moths, and they should be resolutely eliminated. ”

While Gu Zhenhua was talking, Kang Dali of the new barracks suddenly rushed over with two soldiers on horseback. As soon as he saw Kang Dali, Gu Zhenhua also temporarily let go of his unhappiness, and said with a smile: "Dali, this battle is good, Xie Bin specifically mentioned that you have killed five or six Tartars, are you injured?" ”

"Thank you Grandpa Guo for your concern, I suffered three knife wounds, but fortunately, they are not serious, and they have already scabbed."

"Well, let your younger brother be the battalion commander, you are lagging behind as an elder brother, you won't complain, right?"

Kang Dali hurriedly smiled and said: "Grandpa Guo, the second child is smart and clever, let him be the battalion commander, I am convinced, they are all my own brothers, there is nothing to fight for." ”

"Hahaha, there are meritorious rewards, there are punishments, this lord knows it in his heart, you first help Kang Lesheng restore the first battalion, and let me come over and be the battalion commander of the guard battalion."

"Thank you, Guogong!" Kang Dali was overjoyed and saluted a standard military salute. Although Kang Dali is a little straightforward, he is not stupid. The guard battalion followed Gu Zhenhua's side, and he could see Guogong every day, this is a position that Jin does not change, and it is not a delusion to soar in the future. Especially in these days of military training, Kang Dali felt that this grandfather knew almost everything, and it was really a good thing to learn more skills from him, and to be successful on the battlefield in the future.

"Don't just smirk, let's talk about it, hurry to find me, is there something wrong?"

"Look at my memory, I almost forgot to get down to business."

Kang Dali said and took out a stack of letters from his backpack and delivered them to Gu Zhenhua.

"Grandpa Guo, the second child asked me to hand it over to you personally, saying that this thing has a heavy relationship and must be handled by you personally."

Gu Zhenhua took it, frowned and flipped through a few letters, and when he saw the content on it, he immediately gritted his teeth and opened his eyes angrily.

"6 families, 6 families again, if this lord doesn't kill your nine clans, I'm sorry for the soldiers who died, and I'm sorry for the people of Henan!"

Gu Zhenhua flew on his horse and said to Kang Dali: "Let's go, follow Benjue to Fucheng." ”

A battalion of men and horses, more than 500 war horses, like a whirlwind, under the leadership of Gu Zhenhua, went straight to Guide City, without stopping for a moment, which shows Gu Zhenhua's anger.

After running wildly for a day, just arrived in Guide, Gu Zhenhua's men and horses rushed directly to the mansion, the prefect Huang An, and the county magistrate Tong Jie of Shangqiu hurriedly came out to greet him.

As soon as they saw Gu Zhenhua, they hurriedly kowtowed.

"Xia Guan has seen Ji Guogong, and asked Guogong to atone for his sins."

"Atonement, what are your sins?"

"Qi Yu Guogong, the poor protection of his humble duties, resulting in the death of two officials who cleared the fields and acres, is really suspected of dereliction of duty."

"It's good to know." Gu Zhenhua sneered: "Do you have any ways to deal with it?" ”

Tong Jie, the magistrate of Shangqiu, hurriedly said: "Qi Yu Guogong, after hearing about it, he immediately dispatched people to arrest the murderer and conduct an investigation. Now that the facts of the case have been clarified, three thugs have been arrested. ”

"Oh?" Gu Zhenhua was also taken aback, didn't he say that the 6 families did it, and arrested the people of the 6 families! Intuition sues Gu Zhenhua is not so simple.

"The two of you are quite efficient, let's talk about it!"

"Returning to the Duke of the Kingdom, the situation is like this, the two officials arrived in Guo Village three days ago, and immediately began to clear the fields, but the people did not know the situation, they only thought that they wanted to forcibly occupy the land, and there was a quarrel, and then they fought, and the two officials were injured, and the treatment was ineffective, and they died on the same day. Three murderers have been caught, including the shipwright Li Da, the merchant Tang Ben, and the blacksmith Zhou Gang, who have confessed and plan to be executed after the autumn! ”

"Execute your big-headed ghost!" Gu Zhenhua suddenly shouted: "Arrest these two dog officials for me!" (To be continued......)