"Understood, understood!"

The officials nodded their heads one after another, and Dayong's sentence "Apostasy is not terrible, I am afraid that I will not repent" really said that their hearts were up, if it weren't for the knife and neck, who would do this shameful thing that damaged the reputation? The matter has already been done, and it will not help to cut off their heads, so it is better to give them a chance to make meritorious contributions, so that is the most appropriate solution.

"The general's words are better than waiting for me to study for ten years! Although the general can rest assured, we will do our best to live up to the general's trust. ”

"I will go to the countryside to recruit displaced people, and within half a month, I will definitely move all the people in this prefecture and county to the capital city."

"The general is sympathetic to the situation, knowing that we have difficulties, and a sentence of merit and demerit suddenly makes the lowly position suddenly open, there is a general, and the lowly dare not do the work of dogs and horses?"

"From now on, every word the general says must be kept in mind and never forgotten."

"If he is pardoned by the imperial court, the general will be the reborn parent of the lower official!" Speaking of excitement, Song Cheng, the county magistrate, fell to his knees with a "plop" sound, his eyes were red and he was about to kowtow to Dayong.

His kneeling not only frightened Dayong, but even those officials were also startled, but the shock was only a momentary thing, and then he kneeled more than half of it, and claimed that Dayong was not only their reborn parents, but also the reborn parents of the people of Dengzhou, they had nothing to repay, they could only worship each other with father and son, so as to express their gratitude in their hearts.

Of the more than 20 people who came with them, only Song Guanglan of Denglai Dao and Wang Hui of Jianjun Dao were still standing there stupidly, and the ugliness of their colleagues made these two people very ashamed, but no one dared to ridicule them, on the contrary, after a short hesitation, the two still hesitated and knelt down.

When the rebels forced to surrender that day, for the sake of running Denglai, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde were somewhat courteous to the officials, so although they surrendered, Song Guanglan still did not recognize the thief as his father, and he still had a bit of civil official integrity in his bones, and he was not a flattery to the rebel generals, let alone kneeling and kowtowing in front of them. Now it's good that he didn't die in front of the rebels, but he did this in front of the generals of the imperial court, and the feeling of humiliation in his heart came to his heart, which really made him uncomfortable.

Just a year ago, the generals in the Dengzhou military camp saw him Song Guanglan still shouted as an "adult", and now, alas! What is this called!

Wang Hui can see it, he can't complain about others if his life is not good, the so-called law does not blame the public, and his colleagues are shameless, why does he want this face. Besides, do they still have faces? If you can save your head, don't care about the face that is long gone.

The sycophancy kept ringing in his ears, Da Yong couldn't smile bitterly, and he was a little disgusted with the ugliness of everyone groveling, and he knew the reason why they were so flattering to him, and it was not for his own family to save their lives.

If it were in the past, none of these officials thought very highly of themselves, but the words "noble, noble, and lowly" were firmly imprinted in their hearts. Not to mention a Jinzhou general, even if the general army is here, I am afraid that these officials will not sell their faces like this.

Civil officials are not greedy for money, military generals are not afraid of death, just greedy for money, what I am afraid of is that this civil official is also afraid of death. What can't they do in order to survive, and what will happen in the future?

In a word, this is no longer the case.

After sending the officials away, Guo Yi asked Dayong: "Does the general really want to keep these people?" ”

"Dengzhou can't do without them right now." Dayong answered the question.

Guo Yi reminded Dayong: "General, these people are Ming officials, but they don't want to serve the country but surrender to the thieves, I'm afraid that the court won't be able to tolerate them." ”

Dayong nodded and said, "You are right, but the husband will do what he says, and since I have promised them that their lives are not in danger, I should protect their heads, otherwise how can I be trustworthy?" ”

"What if the imperial court has to kill these people?" Guo Yixin said, the imperial court will not take into account the general's thoughts.

"Hmm" This question really gave Dayong a headache, thought about it, and said casually: "Then let's hide it, the court is far away after all." ”

The convoy of grain from Laizhou is constantly entering and exiting the city gate of Dengzhou every day, and the truckload of grain not only reassures the people, but also reassures the Jinzhou army. After the first batch of more than 100 fat pigs arrived, Dayong immediately ordered all of them to be slaughtered to treat his subordinates, and by the way, let the victims who had not eaten meat for a long time also have a dozen tooth sacrifices. The soldiers of Jinzhou ate meat, and the tens of thousands of rebels who were newly attached naturally had to gnaw on some bones. After a full meal, Jinzhou said in unison that this pork was delicious, and that person's meat was sour, and it was not delicious.

The grain bought with real money also gave Song Guanglan and other officials confidence, and they were worried that they would go to great lengths to move people here but not have food for them to eat, but they did not starve to death in their hometown, but starved to death in the city, which was no different from creating evil. Fortunately, Shi Dayong brought the food from nowhere, so they didn't have to worry about it.

With food, the work of resettlement and relief must be accelerated, and there are now more than 10 large and small grain supply points in the city, and every day the government sends people to sound gongs along the streets to remind the people to go to the grain supply points to receive food. The payout is once in the morning and once in the afternoon, if you miss the point, you can only wait until the next day.

The standard is that children under the age of 10 can receive four or two meters (noodles) at a time, over 10 years old, under 50 years old, regardless of men and women, can receive half a catty of rice (noodles) at a time, and those over 50 years old can be issued with reference to children. For example, there are four men and women in such a family, and the food they receive in a day can reach about four catties, which these victims dare not imagine, and they have never eaten so much food every day in the peaceful years before the military disaster.

Some officials have advised Dayong not to distribute so much food to the victims, and the family can only give one pound a day, and it is Dayong's kindness to ensure that they do not starve to death, so what to do with so much? Dayong did not listen to persuasion, and insisted on distributing it according to this high standard, saying that the people were suffering, and he could give a little more, so why bother. He also warned the officials engaged in the distribution of food not to stretch out their hands from it, let alone withhold it, otherwise they would be chopped up and fed to the dogs.

After the warning, Dayong was not at ease, for fear that these greedy officials would not be able to resist the temptation of reaching out, so he specially arranged for officers from Songshan in Jinzhou to supervise each distribution point, and he had to personally check the daily account books. Fortunately, there has been no demotion and corruption, and these people are now in the hands of Dayong, and they are no longer the officials of the imperial court, where do they still have the courage to do that corrupt thing.

The standard was set, whether it was the families of the more than 10,000 rebels, the refugees brought by Dayong, or the victims who had relocated from neighboring prefectures, the daily rations were the same, and there was no discrimination.

At the beginning, because there were too many people, there was chaos among the few soldiers who maintained order at the supply point, and there were several cases of people looting, but after Dayong sent another 1,000 soldiers for the Dengzhou prefect to dispatch, such looting and chaos disappeared completely.

Most of the remaining people are old, weak, women and children, young and strong have been taken away by the rebels, and the scoundrels and ruffians have not been spared, and the people have no money left in their hands, so the government has no public security cases to try at all, and has devoted itself to the major affairs of resettlement and resettlement relief from top to bottom.

At the same time, the resumption of the production of fields near Fucheng has been put on the agenda, and Song Guanglan and others reported a shortage of 40,000 young and strong people, saying that without so many young and strong, the fertile fields near Fucheng will not be able to guarantee that all the fertile fields near Fucheng will be planted with autumn wheat in time, and the matter of Tuntian in Dengzhou will become a mirror moon in the water.

The gap is so large that disarmament has become a top priority for Dayong.