The seventh year of Chongzhen came in an unquiet situation.

Just after the first month, there was an abnormal situation in various parts of Yansui.

The sudden increase in the number of displaced people pouring into Yan'an, Qingyang, and even the border towns of Yulin made Zheng Xunrui, Liu Zeqing, Wen Zhenheng, Dong Gongming and others feel the pressure instantly. In fact, during the lunar month, there were displaced people in various places, but the number of people was not very large at that time, after all, the Spring Festival was about to be celebrated.

According to the information obtained by Zheng Xunrui, the drought in Shaanxi and Shanxi is very severe, and the Xi'an, Pingliang, Gongchang, Fengxiang, and Hanzhong Prefectures in Shaanxi, and Pingyang Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi, have not fallen from August last year to the present, and the land has dried up, and the grain harvest in these places has basically been wiped out.

All parts of Yansui will not refuse the influx of displaced people, but other places are different, especially Shanxi.

The focus of the imperial court's extermination of the Liukou has shifted to Shanxi and Henan and other places, Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou's alliance has made the life of the Liukou slowly difficult, they used to be able to wander around, taking advantage of the jurisdictional loopholes between regions, and now these loopholes are slowly being filled, and Chen Qiyu and Hong Chengchou have good means in terms of exterminating the Liukou.

The imperial court has a reward for exterminating the rogues, which is understandable, but such a reward makes some people blush and take advantage of it, in order to be able to obtain the rewards of the imperial court, unscrupulous means, killing good and risky things, which have repeatedly appeared, and the most suffering is the homeless, many homeless people are killed as rogues, and even some people have suffered, these people's families have been killed, property and food have been robbed, and the common people can't bear it, and are even willing to support the liukou against the official army.

In such a situation, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places are all zài.

Such a situation would never occur in Yansui, which led to a significant increase in the number of displaced people pouring into Yan'an, Qingyang, and Yulin border towns.

On the table are the emergency documents of Fuzhou County, and there are even emergency documents of the General Military Office.

Zheng Xunrui looked at these documents and fell into deep thought, Xu Wanghua sat on the chair, gently brushing his beard.

"Mr. Xu, look at this situation, how should you deal with it."

"My lord, my subordinates think that it is absolutely impossible to kill the good and take the merit, but it is also necessary to prevent the rogues from mixing into the ranks of the homeless people, and after entering the various places in Yansui, they will kill and loot on a large scale."

"I know that if we can't stop the influx of displaced people, the grain will definitely be urgent, and the governor's yamen cannot afford to buy a large amount of grain again, and the influx of displaced people from all over Shaanxi and Shanxi, even if there is more food, it will not be enough for relief."

"My lord, the court should know about these situations, and the subordinates believe that the court must be relieved, otherwise a large number of displaced people will enter the ranks of the rogues, and the court will suffer even greater losses."

Zheng Xunrui shook his head slightly.

He also knew that Xu Wanghua couldn't come up with a good solution, even he, a traverser, was helpless in the face of such a situation, the place controlled by the governor's yamen was limited, and they all suffered from famine, so they couldn't take care of themselves, where could they deal with the swarming refugees, besides, most of these refugees came from all over Shaanxi, and there were very few refugees in Shanxi.

"I am thinking of writing a letter to Lord Wu Fu, the governor of Shaanxi, the number of displaced people in Xi'an Mansion, Pingliang Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion is too large for all parts of Yansui to bear, and everyone will not have a good life if this continues, and Lord Wu still has to implore the imperial court for relief."

"The subordinates think that the letter of the lord, the effect may not be very large, presumably Lord Wu has already written to the imperial court, the subordinates feel that the lord must make a decision immediately, that is, to limit the number of displaced people, can not accept the displaced people unlimitedly, just after the first month, this year's spring ploughing is obviously hopeless, from August last year to now, half a year has passed, the drought in various places is still intensifying, delaying this season's spring ploughing, next year will also be affected, Yansui all over the country can not bear the large-scale displaced people."

Xu Wanghua's mention is undoubtedly the most correct, it can only limit the influx of displaced people, otherwise everyone will be finished together, and the people in Yansui will run out of food, I am afraid that the rebellion will be even stronger.

"It can only be like this, Mr. Xu, this document, please draw it up, pay attention to the tone, warn all prefectures and counties, the situation of killing people must not occur, the sergeants of the inspection departments in various places are responsible for blocking the continued influx of displaced people, and the yamen of Fuzhou County will see how many displaced people can be accommodated according to the actual local situation, and the displaced people who have been accepted are not allowed to disperse at will, and they can help as much as they can."

Xu Wanghua nodded, in fact, he had already thought about it, it was nothing to draw up such a document, and after he became Zheng Xunrui's staff, most of the documents were directly drawn up by him, it should be said that Xu Wanghua did not expect this, he originally thought that Zheng Xunrui, who was the governor, must have a lot of staff around him, who knew that he was the first.

"My lord, my subordinates will come up today, but my subordinates still have a plan, that is, how to deal with the affairs of the displaced people, and ask Fuzhou County to deal with it according to the actual situation, and the governor yamen should not interfere too much, after all, the governor yamen does not fully understand the situation in Fuzhou County, and if it is too much intervention, it will make them at a loss."

"It's okay, this construction is also written into the paperwork, and the governor's yamen can't manage so many things."

By this time, Zheng Xunrui had already understood that small compassion could not solve big problems, and all parts of Yansui did not have such a great ability to bear it, even if they could, they could not allow the influx of displaced people, otherwise there would be huge contradictions in management, the climate had not yet warmed up, and the displaced people who died of freezing and starvation, and the corpses were not disposed of in time, would inevitably cause a plague, and this small compassion would continue to the back and may lead to a large-scale collapse.

There are some things that the imperial court should worry about, not him, the governor of Yansui.

At the beginning of February, all parts of Yansui began to stop the influx of displaced people, and the urgent documents in various places were basically gone, after all, the governor Yamen had been prepared a few years ago, and the grain stock in Fuzhou County was sufficient, at least the local people could ensure that they had food to eat.

In mid-February, Zheng Xunrui received a letter from Wen Zhenmeng.

After becoming the deputy assistant of the cabinet, Wen Zhenmeng's letters became more numerous, and the content was basically the same, all of which asked Zheng Xunrui to do things well, serve the court, and be loyal to the emperor.

Wen Zhenmeng's letter, focused on one thing, that is, Sichuan and Huguang Liukou, large-scale into Shanxi and Henan, the pressure of the two places to exterminate the Liukou suddenly increased, from last year's Layue, until the first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others entered Shanxi one after another, and gradually began to unite, so that the imperial court will exterminate the focus of the Liukou, to Shanxi and Henan and other places.

In Wen Zhenmeng's letter, when he talked about this matter, he said with a happy tone, it was precisely because of the lack of a fixed place and wandering around that it was difficult for the imperial court to completely exterminate it, and this time it was able to unite so that the imperial court could invest heavily in troops.

Wen Zhenmeng meant that the time for the imperial court to completely exterminate the Liukou was not far off.

However, the unfavorable situation also exists, that is, Shanxi has suffered a large-scale famine, and the number of displaced people has increased significantly, and the guide zhì Liukou can recruit a large number of people, which has brought certain difficulties to the eradication of the Liukou, but these homeless people basically have no combat effectiveness, and can only be regarded as a rabble.

After carefully reading Wen Zhenmeng's letter, combined with some information provided by Yang Tingshu, Zheng Xunrui could only sigh at the sky.

It has been seven years since he traveled, and history is still moving forward in the footsteps of the past, Wen Zhenmeng's prediction is good, this time is the best opportunity for the imperial court to exterminate the Liukou, but unfortunately Chen Qiyu was not able to seize this opportunity.

If it were according to the previous practice, Zheng Xunrui would probably write a letter directly to Chen Qiyu to warn him of the matters that need attention, but now he will not do these things, because what he does will have no effect, but may add trouble to himself, after all, the rogue is still in the process of gathering, how can he expect the next qiē, and even if the prediction is correct, Chen Qiyu's mistake is still possible, and at that time, he will be even more unclear.

The best way to deal with it is to strengthen yourself, and don't care about other things.

Although Shanxi and Shaanxi suffered from large-scale famines, the places in Yansui were not affected much, after all, there were sufficient food reserves, so these places were also very stable, and those displaced people who entered the places could have food to eat and not starve to death, even if God blessed, they would not find something to do.

Zheng Jiajun's training was more rigorous, and there had been no fighting for a long time, but the training requirements were higher, not only the enhancement of individual combat ability, but also the proficiency of large-scale cooperation in battle.

Of course, the training of firearms operation has also begun, although the Shenji Battalion has not yet been established, but in Zheng Xunrui's mind, the composition of the Zheng Family Army is basically clear, that is, the cavalry and the Shenji Battalion, and all the foot soldiers will be incorporated into the Shenji Battalion in the future.

Xu Wanghua also mentioned Tang Ruowang, saying that before the old man passed away, he specially found Tang Ruowang and put forward some requirements, and Tang Ruowang readily agreed.

The timing is not yet right, Zheng Xunrui is in the position of governor of Yansui, and he can't ask Tang Ruowang to come to his side, and it doesn't have much effect if he comes at this time, only when his official position is higher and his power is greater, then he can let Tang Ruowang come to his side, and Tang Ruowang's responsibility is to set up an arsenal and make real cannons