Chapter 929: Sparks Everywhere
"The tail of the hand in Ningyang County has been taken care of by Yu Jing, Meng Xianhan committed suicide in prison, and there is no one involved alive, and he also said hello to the local government in Ningyang, and in a few days he reported to the rebels that they gathered and dispersed after killing and injuring officials." Xie Mingxian said to Xu Hongru in a deep voice.
Xu Hongru has moved from Yuncheng County to Zengjiazhuang, which is now busy and noisy, with thousands of people crowding here.
The first earthquake and the second earthquake, the victims and refugees in Shandong were still the same as usual, thinking that they would be gathered here in Yuncheng County, and Xu Zhenren here would be merciful, but after coming here, the strong men were left behind, the young women and young boys and girls were taken away and sold, and the rest of the people could only get a little food, and then they were told that there were people in Jining Prefecture who gave relief, and they had no way to go, so they could only go there.
At this time, the people in Yuncheng County also had the illusion that Xu Zhenren had started to help the people and relieve the refugees again, but after rushing over, they didn't realize that the people gathered in Zengjiazhuang were not refugees at all, but groups of strong men, and even hundreds of horses, strong cattle and donkeys were also a lot.
Such a famine, so difficult, the livestock have long been slaughtered to eat meat, there is no feed, the livestock can't survive, how can there be so many people here, so many people, so many big animals, where is so much food, where is so much forage, there are already people in Yuncheng County who are about to starve to death, how can they still feed the livestock here.
But no one paid attention to their questions, no one cared about their questions, and there was no need to worry about these questions spreading, and the people in Yuncheng County would starve to death on the way if they couldn't even go too far.
"The price code has been issued in Fucheng, and the case file is 3,000 taels for 10 days, 8,000 taels for 20 days, and 14,000 taels for 30 days." After saying one thing, Xie Mingxian said the second one.
Xu Hongru was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "No matter how much money we have, we can afford it, can we not report it over there?" ”
"It's difficult, these silvers are the two masters around the prefect, the two clerks in the torture room and the military room, and the post station side to collect them together, and they have to be counted up and down, but this is a big case involving rebellion, and it can't be reported, no matter how much prevarication, it has to be sent to the provincial capital within a month and a half and there is a reply back, and they can only press it until this time." Xie Mingxian replied in a deep voice.
Before serving as magistrates, the scribes only knew how to study the scriptures hard, and there was no practical government affairs at all, and the local government affairs had to rely on the master and the officials below.
However, everyone has been doing it for so many years, and we also know that there are a few lines that cannot be touched, which can be slowed down and delayed, but it cannot be done, and everyone understands this.
"One and a half months," Xu Hongru said with a deep groan.
"Sect Honor, for the sake of perfection, let's still do it as if it were twenty days, those people dare to ask for silver now, if it's really a thing, not only will they not be able to do things, but they will also sell us to the net." Xie Mingxian said earnestly.
said it earnestly, but Xie Mingxian knew that Xu Hongru had already made a plan, otherwise at such a critical time, Xu Hongju, Xia Zhongjin and Hou Wu, a few cronies in charge of the armed forces, were nowhere to be found, wouldn't it be ridiculous.
The city government of Xu Hongru, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, couldn't hide his change of expression at this moment, and Xie Mingxian stood aside respectfully and waited.
It didn't take long for Xu Hongru to pat on the coffee table in front of him, and said in a muffled voice: "Yes, the conference said that it was August, and the news that Meng Xianhan leaked out was also August, if there are still traitors who were killed with a thousand knives, it is also August to the outside world, let's do it at this time, and all parties will definitely be caught off guard."
"Sect Zun Gao Jian, these May and June are the critical time of the green and yellow, the official treasury and the people are nervous, and they can't resist it at this time," Xie Mingxian echoed.
Xu Hongru stood up from his seat and said, "Now send a message to all parties and move according to the discussion."
Xie Mingxian bowed down to listen to the order, got up and walked out quickly, he knew that the news to all parties was not just from his side, Shen Zhi's side, Zhang Cambodia's side, each had many connections.
In this earthquake, Juye County, the capital of Yanzhou, Shandong Province, was extremely damaged, and the collapse of houses in the city was a trivial matter, and even the city wall collapsed on both sides and suppressed the moat.
This side was already harsh taxes and salaries forced the people to make a living, and then there were two earthquakes, and they were on the verge of despair, even the small and medium-sized landlords could not hold on, and they made trouble with the people.
Who would have thought that seven days after the earthquake, when the refugees had just gathered and were not ready for anything, the granges of the Lu Wangfu and the Yansheng Mansion suddenly caught fire, no one went to put out the fire, everyone scattered and fled, and even the farmers of these two families themselves became displaced refugees, and there was no food to eat.
Two temples, a Taoist temple, and even a nunnery have been broken, and the only grain stored in it is simply a drop in the bucket, not enough for everyone to share the profits, but the roads are cut off everywhere, and there is nowhere to go if they want to escape from the famine
At this time, the only thing that still has some food relief is the people who burn incense, as long as they join the church and burn incense, they can eat a little bit every day, don't think about being full, barely starve to death, but this is a way to live, and the number of pious people has suddenly increased.
Every day, I used to listen to the lecture on burning incense, and listened to the Dharma master who preached the scriptures talk about the end of the Dharma, and what catastrophe was coming, not to mention that those who originally believed in religion were fascinated by the listen, and the newcomers were also very convinced, this day is coming to an end, and it is about to reach a desperate situation, what catastrophe is coming, and this drought and locust plague again and again, isn't it a great catastrophe? Aren't these two earthquakes a catastrophe? Isn't the transit of the displaced people a catastrophe? This is the end times
Think about the endless taxes and miscellaneous taxes, think about the fields with no irrigation and no harvest, think about the earthquake, and then think about the family members who died of hunger and illness around them, many people suddenly appeared, from the time of their birth to the present, it seems that they have never lived any comfortable and peaceful days, every day of the year, every month, every day, they are suffering, all thinking about how to live, the drought in the past few years, how many people died, how many people went into exile, went to the south and never came back, occasionally ran back a few, but soon disappeared, after the drought, If you want to take a breath, thinking that the year is right, and you can always live by farming honestly, who would have thought that there will be another cramping and skinning liao, and the scourge of this liaoning will even pass the drought and locust plague, which not only makes people starve to death, but also makes people sell their sons and daughters and sell their land, and they are saddled with usury that has not been clean for several lifetimes
This kind of world is not what the last days are, not what the great calamity is, the more you listen to it, the more you feel right, and the more you listen to it, the more devout you become
Suddenly someone said that as long as you burn incense and believe in it, worship Maitreya Buddha, have no birth mother, and worship Xu Hongru, the real person in this world, you can be saved, you can enter the Bliss Hometown after death, you can be a rich and noble person in the next life, etc., you don't have to be tortured by such suffering, and it is even possible to be saved in this life.
Desperate people are like drowning and dying, at this time, even if a straw is thrown down, they have to grab it, not to mention that this smelling incense sect does have food to give, and the government does not have a single grain to take out, at this time, who do not believe them?
The literati worship ghosts and gods and stay away, not to say no, but to pay attention to respect and do not talk, but openly and secretly, burn incense and worship Buddha, worship gods and seek immortals, everyone has done such things, they still have knowledge and insight, those ordinary people, busy for their own livelihood every day, where there is any ability to discern, being persuaded by others, and the people around them are encouraged, they immediately believe, in such a time of suffering and despair, they must find sustenance, or they think they have found a way out.
Every morning, the people flock to the place where the incense is burned and the scriptures are preached, which was originally a drying field, but after the earthquake, this place has become a rare and spacious place, and after listening to the lectures and worships here, they will receive a little food according to the head of the person.
Originally, everyone came to listen to the lecture, just for the food, but slowly, everyone came to listen to the lecture just to listen to people tell about the suffering of this life, the place of vacuum bliss, and the enjoyment in the Western Heavenly Immortal Kingdom, in the atmosphere of everyone chanting and chanting, you can temporarily forget the despair and suffering.
Before dawn, this side is already crowded with people, eat so much a day, go to bed early will be hungry and wake up very early, everyone has nothing to cover, it is better to come early, everyone squeezes each other and warms.
And the master of the incense said that now there is no grain in the warehouse, and he will find someone to sweep and make up tomorrow, add more bran and grass into it, so that everyone can eat a little, since there are not many, you may be able to get it early, with this thought, everyone came earlier this time.
Whose food is not endless, the food given by this incense is getting less and less day by day, everyone is getting more and more hungry day by day, and some people vaguely think of the day after eating, and they are more and more desperate.
Seeing that the sky is faintly bright, at this time in the past, the preacher should have appeared with food, and when the disaster began, who still had the heart to listen to what preaching, it was directly a hard robbery, but there were more than a dozen strong men around the preaching and incense, and they also moved the iron tools on the first day, and they were not afraid of killing people.
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