At the morning meeting, Zhao Jiaren looked at a group of senior officials with tired faces, and felt a little sympathy for these people in his heart. Because Zhao Jiaren also felt very tired. Then Zhao Guanjia first briefly introduced the situation in Hebei after the locust plague, and then informed a group of high-ranking officials about his thoughts on Hebei, "We will inform the people of Shandong." If they are willing to guarantee, they can take their relatives north of the Yellow River to take refuge in our side and survive the disaster year. ”

The three people who participated in yesterday's small meeting basically felt that Zhao Guan's decision was more reasonable, and other senior officials who did not participate failed to straighten out their thoughts for the time being. Xiong Shang said: "Official, if we do this, will we be considered by Hebei and Shandong as the city's favor." ”

"Be good to them, of course, and make the reasons clear. This is not called Shien, this is based on our recognition of the Han people in the Great Song Dynasty, and we feel that the Han people in the world are one family, so we must be good to the Han people. If the Mongols in Hebei were to be affected, we would not be so worried about it anyway. We not only have to explain this most basic event ourselves, but also to the Han people in Hebei! ”

Zhao Jiaren said it rightly. After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but remember that his daughter tried to give Zhao Jiaren advice yesterday, but was reprimanded by Zhao Jiaren. The reason is simple, national politics is not a joke. Zhao Min made the suggestion in the wrong way.

was trained by his father like this, and Zhao Min cried aggrievedly. Zhao Jiaren was also very uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense about such things. In the end, Zhao Jiaren said to Zhao Min firmly: "If you want to speak on such a thing, no problem." But you have to tell me very formally, not just come out and say it on the whims. ”

Then, Zhao Min ran away crying. It's not okay to make Zhao Guan's family feel distressed.

Early the next morning, just when Zhao Jiaren felt that it was time to ease the tension with his daughter, Zhao Min ran to Zhao Jiaren a little timidly to tell Zhao Jiaren her opinion. The core content is that since Zhao Jiaren wants to receive benefits through actions, he should collect benefits through the people in Shandong. After all, it is the most recent thing that the people on both sides of the Yellow River have now been divided into two countries. Let the people of Shandong understand the goodwill of the Zhao official family, which is of the greatest benefit to the Great Song Dynasty.

For Zhao Jiaren, all he needs is an idea. Once you have a clear idea, it is very easy to solve specific problems.

After listening to Zhao Guan's explanation, everyone nodded. In fact, these people don't care about the life and death of the people of Hebei, just like the three people who attended the meeting yesterday. These people's perception of the Great Song Dynasty is the boundaries of the Southern Song Dynasty. Hebei and Shandong were not their original concept of the Great Song Dynasty. It is in my mind that I know that it belongs to China theoretically, but emotionally I still can't immediately arouse the feelings of these people.

Then the Minister of Agriculture said: "Official, Shandong has no output." If hundreds of thousands of Hebei victims arrive in Shandong, they are afraid that they will not be able to afford it. ”

"I've already thought about organizing them to work on the canal site, and they also need people to dig locusts in the Yellow River." Zhao Jiaren replied very briskly. It is not difficult to use this manpower, the key is to find a reason that is acceptable to both parties.

"What if they don't do a good job?"

"They are here to escape the famine, and the key lies in our work arrangements and the remuneration we give."

"What if there be lawbreakers among them who stir up the people."

"The lawbreakers stir up the people, and the lawbreakers are always in the minority. As for the only reason why the people were instigated, it was that these people felt that they would not be punished if they grabbed a handful in the Great Song Dynasty and had great benefits. As long as we don't make mistakes ourselves, this is impossible. For those few outlaws, after being caught, it is enough to be punished. Let everyone know that we are sincere in maintaining the hard-won stability and that no one can destroy the stability that everyone can survive in a disaster year. ”

After saying this, Zhao Jiaren felt that he had borrowed too much from the so-called official articles. But when you think about it, there's nothing wrong with this kind of borrowing. The so-called official style article is originally an effort to tell the correct article. The reason why people hate official articles is not because they hate being correct, but because they hate those people who use correct rhetoric to fulfill their incorrect wishes.

"Official, since Shandong has already talked about this, what about Henan?"

"Well, the conditions in Henan are not as good as in Shandong. So I asked the prefect of Kaifeng to see if Henan was willing. ”

Shandong and Henan received orders almost simultaneously. After reading it, Wen Tianxiang said very happily to the responsible officials in Henan who participated in the meeting: "I think we in Henan should be able to do this." ”

"I don't think so." Li Yun, commander of the Henan Theater, immediately said.

On the Shandong side, the commander of the theater said in a deep voice: "The cavalry troops are in place, and they will wipe out the bandits who are besieging Huimin Town." ”

Looking at the expressions of those guys, the commander felt that his attitude might be too solemn, so he squeezed out a smile, "We have sent eight cavalry battalions on the south bank of the Yellow River, and those bandits can't make waves at all. ”

Those officials and cadres who have experience in the military are very calm about this. Everyone has experienced the war and knows the strength of the regular army of the Great Song Dynasty. The only tricky thing about the enemy is that they can't hit it head-on and then run away. For those who have not experienced war, the feeling is very different, and they all reveal all kinds of unconfidence.

In the past, the Song army was a thief army, and the soldiers had a low status in front of civilian officials. Under the new bureaucratic system, the local chief officer from the academy automatically became the deputy of the academy in the army during the war. The head of the academy in the military directly became the deputy of the academy in the magistrate system. Such a position can directly participate in the core discussions of military and civil affairs. Discuss civil affairs, mainly at the local level. Discuss military politics, with the army at the head. So the commander looked at Li Jie, the governor of Jinan, and hoped that this young governor who had experience in the army could appease the civilian officials who had no war experience in such a situation.

Seeing the commander's expression, Zhizhou Li Jie nodded, then turned his head and said to the officials: "Do you think that since the bandits dare to come, they must have something extraordinary." At least fight us, can they win? ”

A few of the guys who wanted to say that the enemy couldn't win wanted to speak, but they didn't think the situation was right. Zhizhou Li Jie obviously didn't speak to them, so he held back his words. The others were silent.

Li Jie was very dissatisfied in his heart, but he only knew what the war was about and what the battle was like after he became a soldier. A large part of the group of people who are now attending the meeting have neither war experience nor combat experience. In the meeting of the society, it was told that these people were brave in private fights and timid in public wars.

"Have you ever had a group fight?" Li Jie tried to use his own personal fighting experience to make the gang understand, "When we fight in a group, we are actually reluctant to bring a few stunned youths. Originally, everyone was just beating, and they didn't really want to hurt people. But a few stunned people came out, and they didn't know how to start. So many people are afraid of such people. Because the government was too lazy to pay attention to them, there was no reason to kill them. If the people below kill them, they will have to suffer a lawsuit. If you don't beat this group of people to death, these people will not go away. Now this group of bandits is like that. ”

There was a murderous atmosphere in these words, and those who had experience in the army had solemn faces, and everyone knew that this time the bandits were to be completely annihilated. Those who have no experience in the military also feel that things don't seem right. The words of this Jinan prefect are all about killing, and they sound terrible.

"We are the government, they are thieves. If our government is serious, it will be a hundred times better than a thief. If someone still thinks that the thief can outperform the government, I advise him not to be an official. What's the point of being like this! Li Jie's Henan tone already contains strong anger.

Henan is different from the southern dialect, and it has the same origin as the Hakka dialect, which was brought to the south by several Henan immigrants when they moved south. The influence of the Henan accent in the official dialect of the Southern Song Dynasty is very great. Li Jie is not from Hangzhou, but a genuine Henan. Even so, his Henan dialect can be easily understood by officials.

Everyone knew that Li Zhizhou was really angry. So the guys, who were still a little afraid of bandits at first, immediately responded: "The bandits are definitely not opponents of the official army!" ”

"The officers and soldiers will definitely be able to beat the bandits to the ground!"

Li Jie rolled his eyes and said angrily, "What are you all talking nonsense. I want you not to be afraid of bandits, but I don't want you to shout empty slogans here. The officers and soldiers could have beaten the bandits to the ground, but the specific method of fighting was not something we came up with here. Therefore, what everyone needs to do is to build up their own confidence, not to use others as shields. I ask again, are you afraid of bandits! ”

Whether they mean it or not, the officials should say: "Don't be afraid! ”

"It's good if you're not afraid." Li Jie didn't bother to say more. He has already made up his mind that for those guys who say they are not afraid of their mouths and are afraid of death in their hearts, he must write this matter into their evaluation. Li Jie then asked: "When will the personnel of the Intelligence Department in Dongying arrive in Jinan?" ”

"They want to come with the captives. The captives are now wounded and need to recuperate. The Chief of Intelligence replied.

"Then you don't have to take the captives, let them come back to work. They did a good job this time. Li Jie made a compliment.

Liu Chong, who was praised by Zhizhou, was sitting in the hospital in the summer at this time, watching the doctor treat the wounds of the captured bandits. These people all ate the guns, the guys who fought head-on were knocked down six, two were killed on the spot, and among the four people who were captured, the leader was killed by Liu Pet to show the public, and the remaining three people were shot in the upper body and injured their internal organs. Bumpy along the way, only one has survived now.

In addition, those who were injured in the pursuit were all injured in the legs or buttocks, and they are still alive. It's just that after the bullet is removed, the wound suppurates. At this point, the doctor treated the purulent wound with the maggot method.

Just feeling disgusting, Liu Pet still observed these little things with white flowers and flowers, and soon completely covered the large mottled wounds that looked slimy. After a while, the doctor used a small brush to sweep away all the small things that were white and flowery, and Liu Pet saw that the rest of the place was bright red raw meat, although it looked scary, but there was no such rot. The most amazing thing is that the blood vessels on those living human bodies look very obvious, but even the slightest blood vessels have not been bitten. Now Liu Pet has full confidence in this technology.

"That's true." Liu Pet nodded. Now he is more confident in the maggot method.

He was about to go to the doctor to ask what the difference was between the maggots that spread the germs and the sterile maggots that came out of the laboratory, when the squad leader who came with Liu Pet stopped him, "Section Chief Liu, the comrades from the Dongying Trade Station invite you over." ”

Before, the squad leader was not so respectful to Liu Pet. After counterattacking the bandits with Liu Pet, the squad leader's attitude was very different. Especially after seeing Liu Pet's neat throat cut.

Liu Pet followed the squad leader to the trading post in Dongying. The establishment of a trading post here was proposed by Liu Pet. The Yellow River is flowing into the sea on the Dongying side, and Liu Pet feels that he can make full use of the convenience of water transportation here to carry out intelligence warfare and trade war against Dayuan. If Dayuan's agricultural products and animal husbandry products were transported to the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty exported industrial products to the Great Yuan, which could have a certain impact on the Great Yuan.

After seeing the locust plague, Liu Pet began to feel that his initial idea might be too taken for granted. What Da Song can do here, Da Yuan may not be able to do. The Great Song side has been able to fight natural disasters very well, but the Great Yuan side is obviously not good. And after any natural disaster, all normal trade will become abnormal in a year or two. Disaster years naturally have the normality of disaster years, for example, in fact, the trading point that did not accumulate many materials became a fat sheep in the eyes of many lawbreakers.

With such a self-denial emotion, Liu Pet arrived at the trading point. The person who prepared this trading point was a small cadre of the Dongying State-owned Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and Liu Pet had met this person several times. This little cadre stood next to another person Liu Pet had never seen, and when he saw Liu Pet, the little cadre hurriedly introduced: "This is Director Lu of our tax bureau here." ”

In the Great Song Dynasty, there were many directors. The director of the Dongying Taxation Bureau is called the director, and the director of the General Intelligence Bureau of the Great Song Dynasty is also called the director. However, the treatment of the two sides is really very different. This director of the tax department is probably at the rank of a senior officer, or a deputy director. The director of the General Intelligence Directorate is at the level of the main department. So Liu Pet simply said hello and waited for the other party to speak first.

Director Lu looked like he was in his thirties, and he said with a smile: "Section Chief Liu, there is a saying on the other side now that he wants to exchange Dayuan's ingots for our food." And the price is high. It's useless for us to pay the money ourselves, but we don't know if the intelligence services find it useful. ”

Liu Pet never expected that he would be asked such a question. Da Yuan's ingots are paper money, Liu Pet is very confident in the banknotes of the Great Song Dynasty, and he has no confidence in the banknotes of Da Yuan. Because Da Yuan's banknotes are attached to Da Yuan, and Liu Chong's job is to destroy Da Yuan by all means.

"I think they'd better take the gold and silver." Liu Pet replied.