Chapter 114: The War to Defend Food

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Outside the east gate of Juzhou, on more than 200 acres of open land, tens of thousands of hungry people in rags are working in full swing. Just a few days ago, they were still thinking about chickens and ducks, being driven away at random, enduring the looting of soldiers and bandits.

But it seemed that overnight, their fate changed, and a Jiguo Duke fell from the sky, divided by two by three, and solved Xu Dingguo. Subsequently, two major policies were announced: the work for relief and the Tuntian to save the people.

It's not that everyone has never seen good slogans in the past, but those who are officials still keep peeling their skins. But this time it's really different, and the first change is in the disaster relief food of An**.

Soup porridge is a disaster relief tradition that has continued for many years, and in a year of famine, it is already the greatest luxury of the common people to be able to drink a bowl of porridge and save their lives.

However, An** disaster relief, what he brought out was baskets of steamed buns, fist-sized flowering steamed buns, and you could smell the aroma from afar. Floating into the noses of the hungry people, it was like a royal banquet in the Yao Pond with dragon liver and phoenix marrow, and everyone's mouth was watery, and their eyes were red.

Some young men got up frantically and wanted to grab the steamed buns first. As a result, these people, without exception, were all knocked to the ground by the guards with wooden sticks, wailing incessantly.

"Tell you, it's okay to eat steamed buns, first, go to the river and wash your face; Second, line up honestly, whoever dares to be disobedient will never want to eat! ”

Faced with carrots and sticks, these hungry people quickly learned to obey, and after cleaning, they formed a long line, and no one dared to crowd or cut in line. Anyone who does that. All of them were kicked out, and if they wanted to eat steamed buns, they waited for the next meal.

A steamed bun, a piece of pickle gnocchi. A bowl of cabbage soup became the beginning of these hungry people's integration into the security system and learning to abide by discipline.

"Grandpa Guo, for thousands of years, soup porridge has been regarded as the best way to relieve the victims, why waste flour and give them steamed buns to eat. What a waste! ”

Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "Mr. Xu, something that has been around for thousands of years is not necessarily correct. Soup kitchens are not about saving people, but about harming people. ”

"Oh? May I hear the high opinions! ”

"The most important thing for the people affected by the disaster is to eliminate the disaster and resume production. Rebuild your home. None of them require labor. Can you just rely on gruel that can illuminate people's faces? It's just a life, which is also the cunning of the rulers in the past, they are unwilling to do their best to relieve the disaster for the people, and they are afraid that the people will rebel, so they have come up with such a trick as soup kitchen. Give the people a little hope, let them stop making trouble, and then use a long period of months. Starve to death those who are weak. When the number of people decreased, the disaster was overcome. Poor survivors, but also grateful for the favor of the imperial court. ”

Xu Fang was dumbfounded by Gu Zhenhua's words, how many years of views have been completely subverted, he wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a reason, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Gu Zhenhua said was reasonable.

"Grandpa Guo, since the soup soup is not right, then why do you give up steamed buns?"

"We need to organize these hungry people to reclaim the land, build canals, dig wells, and build houses, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment again."

Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Different measures, to put it bluntly, are just the point of view of the problem, Mr. Xu, I hope you can really think about the problem and do things from their standpoint." Some people say that being an official is a herdsman for the Son of Heaven, that is, putting himself in the position of a person, and treating the common people as cattle and sheep, giving what they want. The Huanghuang Ming Dynasty fell to today's field because of the excessive demand, and it can be said that all dynasties have perished in this way. If future generations can't get rid of this problem, they will have to repeat the same mistakes! ”

After Gu Zhenhua finished speaking, regardless of Xu Fang, who was standing on the spot, he strode in front of the victims and said to the victims who had just eaten: "Listen, everyone is going to announce the most important discipline, and you all keep in mind that if you don't work, you can't eat!" Everyone, young and old, must do what they can. Repair the city, repair the river, build the house, and in the future, you have to serve in the military, everything must be done well! ”

There is really no free lunch in the world, and the people who have just eaten enough finally showed trembling looks, not knowing how this national guild would summon them.

At this time, there were already soldiers rushing over, grouping the hungry people, and some of the lazy ones moved a little slower, and what was waiting for them was fists, feet, and clubs, and there was no politeness at all.

The food is so good, and the beating is so ruthless!

The common people put two labels on Ann ** in their hearts, but they will soon have a third label.

Gu Zhenhua looked at the hungry people who had been divided into groups, and said with a smile: "Big guy, listen, Benjue has already asked people to clean up the acres of land and divide the land. Thirty acres for one person, it all depends on how you behave, do a good job, distribute it early, work hard, there will be a reward, thirty acres is just a benchmark, you may get more, that may take less. In addition, there are a large number of iron farming tools, and the best ones will get free farming tools, and even ploughing cattle! ”

Before Gu Zhenhua finished speaking, these hungry people were all boiling. Some of them also heard about the policy of tuntian, and most of them thought that they would continue to be tenant farmers and military households.

As for what ten years later, they couldn't believe it. But after hearing what Gu Zhenhua said in person, they finally understood that this was a real game! And what surprised them even more was that they didn't work for An**, they were clearly working for themselves.

What is the strength, it's nothing more than sweating, and now the food is good, if you really work hard for a few years, earn more family business for your children and grandchildren, it's worth it to be tired!

The people who were still listless finally showed brilliance in their eyes, and they were all motivated in an instant. The young people were even more screaming and full of enthusiasm.

At this time, Xu Fang also came to Gu Zhenhua's side, and couldn't help but say: "Grandpa Guo, you have taught two lessons to your humble position!" ”

"Hahaha, Mr. Xu, incentives are better than punishments, but how to implement them, the detailed rules and regulations, it's all up to you. The rewards should not be too much for the time being, and only when they are raised little by little will they be attractive. ”

"Understand, Grandpa Guo, don't worry, within three months. Guide Mansion, together with Kaifeng Mansion, has a total of 1.3 million acres of land. The lowly posts must be arranged, and by next year, An**'s military rations will be self-sufficient! ”

In the vicinity of Juzhou alone, tens of thousands of hungry people have thrown themselves into the labor army, and the scene is particularly spectacular, and people are also enthusiastic to watch.

As long as they can give these ordinary people a way to live, they can follow them. Tartar. Don't want to occupy China for 300 years!

Just when Gu Zhenhua was thinking about how to organize more people, suddenly a few horsemen hurried to the front of Gu Zhenhua. Gu Zhenhua saw that it was Li Xu and Luan Hu who came. Both of them were dusty and dusty, and their armor was full of dust and yellow sand.

"Hahaha, it turns out that you are a pioneer officer, why did you run behind me. Delay military aircraft. But he who will be judged by sin! ”

Gu Zhenhua said that he was about crime, but in fact, he didn't mean to blame. At first, Li Xu was arranged to save people, but it turned out that Xu Dingguo had assigned some of the coolies to Zhecheng, which was one hundred and twenty miles away. It is located in the same coal-producing belt as Juzhou, and has more than 7,000 coolies in Zhecheng.

"Qi Guogong, we seized Zhecheng and captured 3,400 of Xu Dingguo's subordinates. The original more than 7,000 coolies have been released, and Xu Dingguo's subordinates are used as coolies. Digging day and night. ”

Let the captives dig coal, which is a good option. Gu Zhenhua was also eye-catching. Xu Dingguo's subordinates also did a lot of evil, and there were too many ruffians and soldiers. Blind co-optation will only corrupt military discipline, raise and waste food, and let them dig coal is just right.

"This method is good, there are more prisoners on my side, and they are all sent to the mine to dig coal, what they do to the people, we will use them to death."

Li Xu said with a smile: "It stands to reason that after dealing with Zhecheng, we should have come back three days ago, but a group of robbers appeared halfway through and chased them until we reached Maozhou, and then we caught the leader." ”

"Aren't there robbers everywhere, is it worth the effort?"

"Guogong, look at this!"

Gu Zhenhua took the letter and looked at it, and his brows immediately furrowed.

"This is Fan Yongdou's letter?"

"That's right, it's written to a friend of Hui Shang." Li Xu said: "We are suspicious of this gang of robbers because many of them are bald, and Huzi also told me that this is a monk rebellion!" ”

Luan Hu also scratched his head and smiled: "Grandpa Guo, we fought with them and cut down a few, but when we checked it, we realized that they were Tartars, but they cut off the pig's tail and pretended to be bandits." ”

As soon as Gu Zhenhua heard this, he looked at the letter carefully, and frowned: "Look at the meaning of the letter, the lack of food in the Tartars is very strict, so I had to send someone to make up and change my clothes, and I went to Jianghuai to buy food." Not only took the door of Xu Dingguo, but also took the door of Hui merchants, it is really everything! ”

"That's right, Grandpa Guo, it is precisely because we have seen that there is a problem with this group of people, so we desperately pursued, killed more than 70 people, captured 15, we have obtained their correspondence with merchants, some from Henan, some from Anhui, this is conclusive evidence. Just wait for the prince to say a word, and get rid of all these profiteers! ”

At this time, Yue Poyu also rushed over, and as soon as he heard what they said, he gritted his teeth and said: "Guogong is magnanimous, and he also burned the account book between them and Xu Dingguo, and let them go, I didn't expect that there were still people who colluded with the Tartars without permission, and they could not be killed, so I will do it!" ”

"Wait!" Gu Zhenhua grabbed him.

"Guogong, do you still want to release them?"

"Fart!" Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but burst into foul language: "This gang of miscellaneous items is not a problem, you two will immediately lead the troops and go to Yucheng to pick up the grain ship." The Tartars are so short of food, it's hard to know that the dog will jump off the wall in a hurry! ”

Li Xu and Yue Poyu also came to their senses at this time, and indeed food is the most important thing.

"Don't worry, we'll go right away!"

Seeing the two of them leaving, Gu Zhenhua's heart also kept drawing question marks, is the food of the Manchu Qing Dynasty really so embarrassing?

Gu Zhenhua is still unclear, the effect of his toss has come out, the grain in Shanhaiguan and the grain in Tianjin are all gone. And after Li Zicheng raised his vigilance, the grain was also transported away early. The Manchus occupied Jingshi for nothing, but they could not get food supplies.

For this reason, many Manchu princes even quarreled and looted, and then went back to the gates. However, Dolgon was put down, and he also gave orders to get food by all means.

It is no exaggeration to say that the food issue is already related to the question of life and death whether the Manchu Qing can gain a foothold in the Guannei!

Because of this, the Qing army in Shandong got the information that the 200,000 loads of grain that Xu Dingguo had sold to them were to be transported back to Germany, which simply made them mad. Immediately, Haoge sent two Niu Lu's Qing troops, plus 3,000 Han army banners, to the south, and it was necessary to seize the grain.

Xie Bin didn't know anything about the movements of the Qing army, he took two infantry battalions, one each for the new army and one for the veterans, to protect the fleet and was heading upstream.

The slender men showed their dark backs, jagged bones, and powerful muscles, pulling the big boat, constantly advancing their foreheads. The loud trumpet floated in the air, and the sweat of the bean fell into the river.

Seeing noon, Xie Bin ordered the soldiers to bury the pot and cook, Kang Dali, these recruits were extremely excited, this was their first official action, although it was just a start, but everyone studied carefully, they knew very well that it would not be long before they would be on their own!

"Dali, do you see if it's a whirlwind over there, why is there such a big yellow sand?" Zhao Tian said while picking up firewood.

Kang Dali's eyes also paid attention to the past, and after looking at it for a long time, his face suddenly changed color: "Little butcher, it's not good, that's a cavalry!" (To be continued......)