Chapter 406: The Outcast
Etu received the order and immediately ordered the relocation of the population from all provinces, and the plague-stricken people in Shanxi, Hedo, and Shandong were all expelled to Tongzhou, Taixing, and other prefectures.
The governors of Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces were relieved at first when they received the order, and then they made a difficulty, and the reason why they were relieved was because the imperial court did not blame them, and the official position was retained, but no matter which province, the poor households and epidemic people were hundreds of thousands, even if they sent the township regiment officials to expel them, this was also an extremely huge project, and the difficulty of sending people to northern Jiangsu within a month could be imagined.
Shandong governor Yang Wencheng came up with a way, he recruited Ding Gong to start posting proclamations in various cities, counties, and villages, which was nothing more than saying that the imperial court had set up porridge sheds in Tongzhou and Taixing, hoarding a large number of herbs, and those who could not eat, and those who were infected with diseases wanted to live, all went to Tongzhou and Taixing, and so on. Among them, most of the people are infected, coughing one after another from Shandong to northern Jiangsu, many people simply can't stick to the destination, the corpse on the side of the road, no one wants to take care of it, when a person dies, maybe someone will be amazed, some people are sad, but when the people around you fall one by one, what is left, except numbness?
Seeing this, the governor of Shanxi and Henan immediately followed suit, anyway, in addition to the rich and rich peasants in the two provinces, there is still some food, and the rest of the people have nothing to eat, so they can only follow the people to flee the famine, especially the governor of Shanxi Yandaojing, this person was originally a top three jinshi during the Chongzhen period, after the Qing army entered the customs, he immediately surrendered, because he was good at sneaking whiskers and horses, first got the trust of the regent Dolgon, after Dolgon's death, he also knew what the reason was, and he stammered with Shunzhi, and released a Shanxi governor, in order to cater to the wishes, He was afraid that there were poor people in Shanxi who were unwilling to migrate, so he even informed Shanxi Luying to go to the countryside to burn the village, and for a while, Shanxi Province became a hell on earth.
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Jiangsu is divided into two regions in southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu, divided by the Yangtze River, after the recovery of the south of the Ming Dynasty, the same Jiangsu three divisions were also set up, governing the prefectures and counties in southern Jiangsu, in addition, the Suzhou Military Region Mu Tianbo Military Region Yamen is also placed in Changshu Mansion, 50,000 soldiers are arranged in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, at this time Mu Jianming constantly listened to the war report from Jiangbei, and couldn't help but worry, the emperor's northern tour of the car was about to enter the city of Nanjing, according to the rules, Mu Tianbo as the governor of the three provinces, should go to Nanjing to meet, but the changes in Jiangbei are frequent, According to the intelligence of the spies, millions of people were moved to Tongzhou and Taizhou in Jiangbei, and a large number of green battalion soldiers were also frequently mobilized, Mu Jianming was really incomprehensible, if the Qing army was going to launch an offensive, what did so many people do on the north bank? Is it to drive the people to be the vanguard?
Mu Jianming didn't dare to be careless, he could only inspect the riverbank every day, thinking about Jiangbei's every move, as for going to Nanjing to see the local affairs, he could only slow down and say, after a few days, there were more and more people in the north of the bank, Mu Jianming stood on the south bank and could hear the noisy sound on the other side, at this time, the Nanzhen Fusi Changshu Qianhu official suddenly came to see him, the Nanzhen Fusi has sent a lot of spies to Jiangbei recently, Mu Jianming thought that the Zhenfu Division got some information, so he hurriedly let the Qianhu official in.
"Your Excellency the Governor, there is a great drought in Shanxi and Henan provinces, and the plague is raging in Shandong, and nearly a million people from Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong have gathered in Jiangbei to be expelled to the south bank." Qianhu didn't wait to be courteous, and hurriedly told him that he was from a source of intelligence spying, but he also knew how serious the consequences would be if millions of hungry people and plague-infected people arrived in Jiangnan, and the holy car had already inspected Nanjing, and if there was a plague in Jiangnan, it would not be fun.
Mu Jianming was stunned for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and shouted despicable, this is an extremely serious matter, and if it is not good, the consequences will be serious.
Mu Jianming hurriedly raised the account, invited all the generals of Changshu Mansion, and asked the Zhenfu Si Qianhu to explain the situation, and the generals under the account couldn't help but look at each other.
A guerrilla general said humbly: "It is better to lay a defensive line on the south bank." Block the river. Manchurian people may not be able to do anything. Said to be ............" guerrilla did not go on again. Because there were already a few murderous eyes on him. I'm afraid I won't want to get out of the threshold after I finish speaking.
"No, you can't. If the Manchurians forcibly expelled the people down the river. How many souls will there be on this river? Your Excellency the Governor. Let's accept it. The Ming Dynasty established the country with the revival of the Han Dynasty. If you ignore the Hermes-Epitek. What face do we have to say, what anti-Qing and regain sight? ”
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Nodding thoughtfully. But a bigger problem is across everyone< ~ a million people is not a trivial matter. And these people are all sick and hungry people.
Mu Jianming gritted his teeth. He made up his mind: "Ladies and gentlemen. If the Manchus drive out the people. We must not sit idly by. Now the situation is urgent. The people of the northern shore can come across the river at any time. I'm afraid the food rations in Changshu Prefecture are not enough. Let's get the rations out and make some preparations. From now on. All soldiers were allowed to eat only one meal a day. Pick up the people of Jinan at any time.
Furthermore. The doctors of Changshu Mansion should be requisitioned all. Let them be on standby in the barracks. Anytime you can be treated. Furthermore. It is important to inform that the Yamen of the Prefecture of Chang is familiar with the government and sends a submission to all prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. There is food for food. All the doctors were invited. ”
Mu Jianming gave orders one after another, asking the generals to retreat, and then called a staff member and began to write a note, Changshu Mansion is a small place, and it can barely cope with the temporary resettlement of displaced people, but this is a protracted problem, and the emperor needs to take the idea.
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Suo Etu's Qincha Xingyuan has arrived in Tongzhou, and now the entire Tongzhou Mansion is full of devastation, full of crowds, empty stomachs of displaced people, this period is the most sensitive matter, many hopeful homeless people have realized that they have been deceived, there is no food here, nothing, all the four gates of the city are closed, the green battalion soldiers on the female wall bend their bows and arrows, the homeless people knock on the city gate, and the response is a sharp arrow that pierces the heart, in the field, there are some green battalion soldiers ready to go, In this tense atmosphere, Suo Etu did not dare to slack off, and these homeless people were in danger of being in Tongzhou for a day.
The prefect of Tongzhou is surnamed Yuan, named Nanshan, and he is also anxious at this time, the entire Tongzhou city is full of hungry people, and he feels frightened when he thinks about it, the most important thing is that the green camp inside the city and outside the city has lost contact, and now he can only count on this Lord Qincha.
"Master Suo, when did you start driving people across the river? Now the people outside the city are very dissatisfied, and if there are ill-intentioned people who incite it, this Tongzhou may ............."
Suo Etu seemed extremely calm, but there was inevitably a hint of anxiety between his eyebrows: "How many homeless people are there outside the city now?" ”
Yuan Nanshan spread his hands and said embarrassedly: "The black pressure is everywhere, how do you know how many lowly positions, there are at least 400,000, in addition, Taixing Mansion is also full of displaced people, and there should be a total of one million people." When Yuan Nanshan said a million people, his face changed, what is the concept of a million people gathered in the land of the two provinces? And it's all hungry and crazy people.
"Almost, General Ertai's cavalry hasn't arrived yet?" Suo Rantu asked slowly.
This time to drive out the hungry people, the imperial court sent the elite Manmeng Eight Banners stationed in Gyeonggi, which was also Suo Etu's biggest reliance.
"No, I haven't seen anyone on the north gate building for a long time." Yuan Nanshan looked aggrieved, he was an official in Jiangsu, and the catastrophes in Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan had nothing to do with him, and he never thought that the imperial court would expel all the victims here, what is this?
"Then just wait." Suo Etu calmly crossed Erlang's legs, slowly blew the end of the tea, waved his hand firmly, and said: "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of, don't worry, Ben Qincha is very well planned, you have done a good job, and you have a merit." ”
"A favor from Lord Xie Suo." Yuan Nanshan felt a little more comfortable, so he got up and said goodbye: "Then the humble post will go to the four gates to inspect, and the adults will sit in peace." ”
Suo Etu nodded and let Yuan Nanshan go.
Yuan Nanshan out of the palace, with dozens of soap Li straight to the north gate, along the street everywhere patrol green battalion soldiers, the whole city is under martial law, so that a common people on the street can not see, the shops are also closed, Yuan Nanshan hurried to the north gate tower, climbed the city wall, only to see the north gate outside the black pressure everywhere people, has squeezed to the root of the wall, there are crying, shouting, scolding, whimpering, really miserable, Yuan Nanshan turned around, his heart is even more worried, the guard of the north gate came to give him a salute, he was unconscious, I just feel like I'm wandering between hells.
Yuan Nanshan settled down, only then did he find that the north gate guard was standing beside him, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Why don't you release arrows?" What if the gates of the city are crushed down, let the arrows be fired, and no one is allowed to stick to the base of the wall. ”
"My lord, no, if you release arrows, I'm afraid that the hungry people in the city will make trouble, so bear with it, the humble post has transferred a shed of people to guard the city gate, even if the city gate is lost, not a single homeless person will be allowed to come in." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to idianm, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )