Chapter 332: First Arrival at Jinghu
The Jinghu Rebellion was mainly concentrated between Jingzhou Mansion, Changde Mansion and Yuezhou Mansion, especially Yuezhou Mansion was the most serious, and the former minister of Xuanfu Qincha was attacked and killed by thieves in Yuezhou Mansion.
Han Fei stayed in Jinling for three days, and after finalizing the issue of raising grain, he immediately led the original team to go up the river, all the way to Xiaoxing for the night, and quickly rode through Jiangxi Province and entered the northern part of Hunan Province.
Now that he was very close to his destination Yuezhou Mansion, Han Fei was not in a hurry to rush directly to the territory of Yuezhou Mansion, but got in touch with Ling'er and the people who rushed to the Jinghu area first, as well as the people from Jinyi Mansion, and at the same time started an investigation from the peripheral areas.
As we got closer to the core area, what we saw along the way was shocking, the fields were barren, the people were unclothed and displaced, and the corpses of starvation could be seen in the weeds on the roadside.
"It's terrible!" Han Fei looked at the direction of Yuezhou Mansion in the distance, and said sharply: "If you don't sweep away those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, you will not return to Beijing!" ”
At this time, an entourage who was exploring the way ahead urged the horse to return: "Uncle......"
"We are now merchants, don't call us indiscriminately!" Han Fei glared at his entourage and shouted.
"Yes, little one!" The entourage who explored the path said: "Prince Qiyu, there are many victims living in an abandoned temple in front, and it is said that they fled from Yuezhou Mansion!" ”
"Oh? Let's go check it out! ”
There are more than a dozen ragged refugees in the ruined temple, old and young, men and women, who look like a family. When they saw Han Fei and the five people riding over, they were all panicked and couldn't help but gather together, and several children were protected in the middle.
Han Fei jumped off the horse and arched his hand towards one of the old men: "This uncle, you don't have to panic, we are passing merchants, we are very sympathetic to what happened to you, we have some dry food here, let's share it with everyone!" ”
When the old man heard that it was a merchant who gave alms of food, he was overjoyed, and kept thanking him: "Thank you for your great kindness!" ”
This kind of thing has been encountered several times on the road, and every time he arrives in a market town, Han Fei specially ordered him to buy more dry food for backup, although it is a drop in the bucket, it can be regarded as a comfort.
Han Fei personally helped the old man up, beckoned the other refugees to get up, and then instructed his entourage to bring food to everyone, and he himself sat on the ground and ate it with the victims. This move moved the refugees to tears, it is already a grace to be able to enjoy some food, and they do not shy away from eating and drinking with the refugees, which is to take the refugees very seriously.
"Uncle, where did you come from? How's the situation at home? ”
Han Fei had completely won the trust of the old man, and as soon as he finished speaking, the old man hurriedly replied: "Son, the old man's family came from Yuezhou Mansion, and the fields at home have suffered floods for two consecutive years, and there was a locust plague after the beginning of spring this year, and there was no harvest in the fields, so he really couldn't survive, and he was going to rush to Jiangxi Province to ask for food!" ”
"After suffering such a big famine for two years in a row, it is really not easy for the uncle's family to persevere!"
"Alas, Childe, isn't there really no way to live, who wants to leave their homeland? One day he starved to death on the side of the road, and there was not even a corpse collector! ”
"Uncle, I heard that the imperial court has allocated a lot of money and food for disaster relief, have you received it?"
"The imperial court's disaster relief money and grain are stripped layer by layer, where is there how much is in the hands of small people such as me? In the past two years, our family has only received a bucket of relief grain for rice, how can this grain feed the family? ”
When Han Fei heard this, his heart was shocked, the grain allocated by the imperial court can be divided into two taels per person on average, such a large family has twenty loads, but in fact only received a bucket of rice, the gap between them can be said to be worlds apart, the greed of those dog officials is appalling!
"Uncle, some time ago, the imperial court sent the minister of the Qincha to come down to inspect the governor, have any of the people reported the situation in the disaster area to the Lord Qincha?"
"Why not? The small people all count on the minister of the Qincha to call the shots, and they will reflect the actual situation to the Qincha-sama, and the Qincha-sama also sent people to visit the people, who knows that at this time, the Qincha-sama was killed by the thieves, it is really God's eyes! ”
When Han Fei heard this, his heart moved, his predecessor was killed when he was investigating the case, which is suspicious. It is said that there is no direct conflict between the Qincha investigation case and the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect will not do it sooner or later, why did it choose at that time, is there any hidden meaning in it?
"Uncle, I heard that the activities of the White Lotus Sect in the disaster area are rampant, was Qin Cha killed by the White Lotus Sect?"
"Childe, Lord Qincha was killed in the city of Yuezhou Mansion, whether it was done by the people of the White Lotus Sect, I don't know. However, there are indeed many activities of the White Lotus Sect in the disaster area, they preach 'Maitreya is reborn, Our Lady saves the world', and they also sent people to invite my son to participate. To tell the truth, the reason why the old man wanted to leave his hometown was also forced by the White Lotus Sect, and the old man was afraid of causing a disaster, so he hurriedly came out to take refuge. ”
"Uncle is a person who understands, the White Lotus cult is a cult after all, the so-called evil does not suppress the right, since ancient times, how can there be a reason for cultists to obtain the country's social power? Cultists will only give small favors to confuse the people and mess up the good situation, so where is there any good way to save the world and save the people? The new minister of the imperial court has already led a large army to encircle and suppress the cultists, and this is the time to draw a clear line with the cultists, otherwise as soon as Tianwei arrives, the cultists will pat their butts and flee, and it will be the blind obedient people who will suffer! ”
"What Childe said is very true!" The old man hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Childe, many people in the disaster area took refuge in the White Lotus Sect because they had no way to live, and they didn't really want to work for the White Lotus Sect. ”
"You can rest assured at this point, the emperor is a benevolent and righteous king, Lord Qincha adheres to the emperor's will, will only treat them differently, and will implement a policy of appeasement for the people who blindly obey, as long as they no longer do evil, they will not be blamed in the past, but for the extremely vicious White Lotus cultists, as well as some of the stubborn people, they can only be punished by Tianwei. So at this time, everyone must think clearly about their position, and they must be accomplices of the White Lotus Sect, harming others and themselves, and losing the lives of the family! ”
"How will Childe know the mind of Lord Chincha?"
"Uncle, I won't tell you, Xiao is from Jinling, and the new Lord Qincha is also from Jinling's Zhongyi Bo Han Fei, I think that back then, when Zhongyi Bo was still in Jinling, he actively rescued the people, and the name of benevolence and virtue is known all over the world, so he will naturally treat the people in the disaster area well!"
"It turns out that the new Lord Qincha is a loyal and righteous uncle with great mercy and compassion, the emperor blesses, and I will save the small people!"
The old man couldn't help but burst into tears and knelt down in prayer.
Han Fei was very surprised when he saw this, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, why are you so excited when you hear that Uncle Zhongyi is coming?" ”
"Childe, when Zhongyibo was in Jiangnan, he rescued the suffering, who didn't know the people in Jiangnan? Zhongyibo is the six-yuan champion, which is the stars in the sky, and he will naturally restrain those corrupt officials and White Lotus disciples, and give the people of Jinghu a way to live! ”
Han Fei couldn't imagine that the people trusted him so much, and he suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was even heavier.
(End of chapter)