The second hall of the government office.

Tongzhi Ma Zhukui, Tongju Sun Qimeng, Liu Shijie, the magistrate of Fushi County, and others sat down and looked at Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui has not had time to buy official uniforms, so he is wearing plain clothes, and the official uniforms left by the former prefect Ma Mao, he will not wear them, not to mention whether the size is appropriate, from the perspective that Ming officials rarely clean official uniforms, he can't wear the official uniforms that look dirty, which must be done by himself.

The work and rest time of the government is the same as that of the county government, the first day of the month to the fifth day of the first month, the spring break is a month of time, from the twentieth day of the first year to the twentieth day of the first month of the next year, this time is called the time of the seal, the time of the daily work and rest is also fixed, the time of the prefect is divided into the morning office, the afternoon office and the evening office, the time of the morning office is from the hour to the hour, mainly to listen to the report of the officials, arrange the day's affairs, the noon government from the time to the time, the court to ask questions, the prison lawsuit, the evening government to clean up the lawsuit, Compare money and food, officials report the official business that they have to deal with in a day, and so on.

Such a schedule of work and rest means that the prefect and the prefect must be inside the yamen and must not leave.

This is also the imperial court's regulations on the chief official of Fuzhou County, the Yamen of Fuzhou County means where the power is, and the chief official must wait here, and he cannot leave, leaving means the loss of power.

It is impossible for Zheng Xunrui to act as an agent according to such rules, if he guards the prefect's yamen every day, then he doesn't want to do anything, but Ma Zhukui and others can't know his thoughts, but everyone has heard the holy decree and knows the meaning of the holy decree.

Yan'an Mansion is in such a situation, if there is no special means to govern, there is no hope, let this situation continue, this place will soon become the real base camp of the Liukou, the government can not play any role, and in the end the people support the Liukou, oppose the government, and the power of the Liukou is getting bigger and bigger.

"Lord Ma, Lord Sun, Lord Liu, the official has just taken office, I have no clue, but along the road, I saw some scenes, and I don't know if it's true or not, the situation of Yan'an Mansion that the official learned about in the capital, there are 370,000 households, and the population is 1.04 million, but after several years of famine and harassment by the rogue, the population must have been greatly reduced, and at present, there can be one-tenth of the households and population, I am afraid it is good."

"The situation of the famine is still continuing, the people are struggling on the line of death, the day is precarious, starting from June, those who have surrendered to the imperial court have rebelled one after another, and Yan'an Mansion has fallen into turmoil again, and the people are even more difficult to survive, Fuzhou County is already poor, and the imperial court will send a large army to encircle and suppress the Liukou, the grain and grass of this army must be supplied by Fuzhou County, and now where can I get the grain, such a vicious circle continues, and the Fuzhou County under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture is afraid that there is no hope."

"You have all seen the holy decree, before the official left the capital, he specially reported to the emperor and exempted Yan'an Mansion from taxes for three years, but this is not a palliative solution, the people have no food to eat, and they are facing the situation of starvation, you are exempt from his taxes for a lifetime, and it is not of much use, according to the understanding of the official, the important thing now is the relief matter, the autumn harvest has passed three months, the climate has changed a lot, and the people are afraid that some will not survive."

"When it comes to relief alone, it is not enough, Fuzhou County is full of rogues, traffic is cut off, and those rogues directly attack the state and county seats, at this time, if the officials are asked to go to the villages and towns to help, it is tantamount to asking for their lives. It is now the beginning of September, and the winter wheat will be sown soon, and at most in early October, the winter wheat must be sown. ”……

Ma Zhukui, Sun Qimeng, Liu Shijie and others listened very carefully, and did not speak, they would never have imagined that such a young prefect actually knew about farming, and knew it in such detail, but at present, it seems that these are not of much use, and the rogues in various places are crazy and wanton, and Shen Yikui and Bu Mu have openly attacked Ansai County, Mizhi County and Jiazhou City, in this case, considering the sowing of winter wheat, it seems to be out of place.

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Ma Zhukui finally spoke.

"Your Excellency has just arrived today, regardless of the fatigue of the saddle horse, the lower officials admire it, since the Lord said that the matter of the government office, the lower officials will report two things, one is not to touch the mud after the rebellion, is attacking Mizhi County and Jiazhou Prefecture, the other is that after Shen Yikui rebelled again, is attacking Ansai County, Ansai County is only sixty miles away from the capital city, if Shen Yikui takes the Ansai county seat, and gets supplemented, the next attack on the capital city will definitely cause a huge panic, The government has already written a memo to the imperial court and the governor of the three sides, Lord Hong Chengchou, presumably the army led by Lord Hong must have rushed to the county seat of Ansai. ”

Zheng Xunrui frowned slightly.

"The imperial army is stationed in Ningzhou, Qingyang Prefecture, Ningzhou is more than 700 miles away from Ansai County, and 630 miles away from Yan'an Fucheng, it will take at least two days for the army to receive the folds, and it will take at least four days for the army to get ready, and it will take at least four days to rush to Ansai County, and the time before and after this will take at least seven days, and when the imperial army arrives, Ansai County will not have been taken by Shen Yikui, and they will come to exterminate the Liukou, what is the point."

Ma Zhukui was dumbfounded, looked at Zheng Xunrui, speechless, this extermination of the Liukou was originally the responsibility of the imperial army, although Fuzhou County has a garrison yamen, but the number of sergeants under his command is limited, and the combat effectiveness is not very strong, so he can't confront the Liukou at all, and it is very difficult to defend the city.

"This official has one thing, I am very curious, this imperial army is all here to exterminate the Liukou, whether all the grain and grass are directly responsible for Fuzhou County."

"It's always been like this, my lord."

"Fuzhou County is already short of food, and it is impossible to help the people, where is the food supply army."

"This, my lord doesn't know, since the first year of Chongzhen, the rogue everywhere has been plundered, and the imperial army has been encircled and suppressed several times, so the household department and the military department have edicts, requiring Fuzhou County to have grain stocks to meet the needs of the army, and over the years, many yamen have done it in accordance with this requirement."

"That is to say, no matter whether the people harvest the grain or not, the taxes still have to be collected, and the grain must be saved, and the needs of the army must be met."

"That's true."

The cold look on Zheng Xunrui's face appeared again, such a thing is too ridiculous, where is this considered to exterminate the rogues, it is equivalent to constantly creating the rogues, the people can't live anymore, and they have to collect taxes, on the one hand, the people have no food to eat, so they take risks to join the rogue team, so that the power of the rogues continues to grow, on the other hand, the food supply saved to exterminate the army of the rogues, and exterminate the increasing number of rogues, such a vicious circle continues, unless there are no living people in Yan'an Mansion, it will really stop.

No wonder you can have so much grain without mud, no wonder all the rogues have to attack the county and county cities in no more than a qiē, it turns out that taking the city means getting a lot of food.

"How long has it been for Lord Hong's recital?"

"Lord Yu, it's been three days, and Shen Yikui's attack on Ansai County started the day before yesterday."

"Okay, the official knows, the official has a few questions, Master Ma, you can answer them in a real way, and you must not hide them in the slightest."

Zheng Xunrui stood up, walked slowly a few steps, and quickly spoke.

"The first question is, how many rogues are there under the command of Shen Yikui, how many sergeants are there in the garrison yamen in Ansai County, and how long can they hold out."

"Returning to my lordship, there are a total of two hundred and forty sergeants guarding the yamen in Ansai County, because of the famine for many years, there are less than two hundred people at present, Shen Yikui turned out to be the garrison of the yamen in Qingjian County, and the sergeants under his command are mostly the original rogues, the number should be about two thousand, and its combat effectiveness should be relatively strong.

"The official replied for Lord Ma, the day before yesterday, Shen Yikui arrived in Ansai County, it takes time to prepare, it is impossible to attack immediately, at the latest, it is expected that the attack will be launched today, as for the sergeant who guards the Yamen in Ansai County, it can hold out for a day, even if it is very good, tomorrow Ansai County is very likely to be taken by Shen Yikui."

Ma Zhukui and the others lowered their heads and stopped talking.

"The second question, after Shen Yikui returned to the imperial court, it was originally the garrison of Qingjian County, why didn't he directly attack the nearby Yanchuan County and Suidezhou City, but chose to attack Ansai County, I am afraid that the distance between Ansai County and Fucheng is very tight, if he can take Ansai County and get more supplies, he will be able to attack Fucheng next, and furthermore, Shenyi Kui must have plundered Qingjian County, and there is enough grain and grass, so the preparation this time is sufficient."

Ma Zhukui and the others looked up at Zheng Xunrui, not hiding their shocked expressions, they didn't expect that the prefect would be able to make such a quintessential analysis.

"Okay, the officials know the situation, Lord Liu, how many sergeants are there in the garrison yamen of Fushi County."

"Your Excellency, there are six hundred sergeants."

"Shen Yikui attacked Ansai County, the danger is close at hand, if it can't be quickly exterminated, wait until the imperial army comes, I'm afraid that the heavy losses have been formed, and the government will also provide the army of grain and grass, so the loss formed, the official doesn't want to say, the government can't bear it at all, just now Master Ma said that he is attacking the Mizhi county town of Bu Mu, on the way to take office, he has exterminated more than 2,000 Liukou under the command of Mu Mu, and personally killed Mu Mu, the situation in Mi Zhi and Jiazhou has temporarily stabilized, The next main thing is the problem of Ansai County, this official led the army, and set off tonight to completely exterminate the gods. ”