Jin'an County is the southernmost territory of the former Minyue Kingdom, which first belonged to Yangzhou and then Jiangzhou in terms of administrative division, but was classified as Lingnan in terms of geographical location.

Jin'an County is a county under the jurisdiction of Jin'an County, because the name is the same, many people will mistakenly think that Jin'an County is the seat of Jin'an County.

In fact, this is not the case, and the seat of governance of Jin'an County is in Houguan County, which is later known as Fuzhou City, Fujian. Jin'an County is more than 300 miles to the south, in the Quanzhou area of later generations.

More than 300 miles is about the same as the doorstep in modern terms, and it takes two hours to drive. In ancient times, it was a foreign land, especially in a wild area like Lingnan.

The people of the two places may not interact with each other when they are old and dead, even if it is the county order of Jin'an County, they may only go to the county guard once a year during the New Year.

Today is neither a New Year nor a festival, but Wu Shuru, the commander of Jin'an County, appeared in the county guard's mansion, except for him, the other seven county commanders of the eight counties of Jin'an County are also there.

"Wu Shuru visits the prince."

"Wu Mingting doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat." (Ming Court is an honorific title for the prefectural order)

"Xie Fujun."

After sitting down, Wu Shuru asked, "I don't know what the king of the palace has sent?" ”

Pan Ang said with a solemn expression: "The displaced people mentioned in the letter of the Gu family have arrived at the boundary of Jin'an, and now they will stop ten miles outside the city to rest. ”

Uncle Wu said happily: "This is a good thing, Jin'an County is vast and sparsely populated, and there are still few Han people, and with these 3,000 people, it can also fill the local population vacancy a little." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly noticed that Pan Ang and the other seven county commanders had heavy faces, and said suspiciously: "Why are the princes and colleagues so worried...... Could it be that they have lost too much damage on the way? ”

Pan Ang shook his head, took out a letter and handed it to him: "Fei Ye, you will know it after reading it." ”

Wu Shuru took the letter suspiciously, and was shocked when he read the content on it: "How is this possible, they are just homeless people, how can they cause so many troubles?" ”

Pan Ang said: "I couldn't believe it at first, but after repeated verification, it was confirmed that the disappearance was true. ”

"They have captured seven dock forts along the way, plundered food and property and carried a large number of people, and now the number has exceeded 5,000, the number of soldiers has exceeded 1,000, and there are a large number of young people."

Wu Shuru said angrily: "What are the officials along the way doing? Are they just left to do whatever they want? ”

Pan Ang said helplessly: "They have the secret letter of the Gu family in their hands, and no one wants to offend the Gu family easily, and they are all attacking big families who are rich and unkind and do not get along with the local yamen."

"They also know how to be a human being, and after they lay down the dock fort, they first collect evidence of violations of law and discipline and hand them over to the yamen, and most of the gold, silver and jewelry they grabbed are also handed over to the yamen, and they only need grain, cattle, horses, and farm tools......

Wu Shuru was dumbfounded when he heard this, isn't this just a partnership with the local yamen to rob the local Haoqiang?

Because of the turmoil, the local tycoons built fortifications with families and clans as units for self-protection, which is the source of the dock fort.

This is most common in the border areas.

After the Yongjia Rebellion, a large number of Han people in the north fled south, and in order to deal with the harassment of the slang people, they would also build dock forts to protect themselves.

The owner of the dock fort is often the emperor of the earth, and his words are more effective than the government. Some powerful dock forts simply do not take the local yamen seriously, and they have become local cancers.

There was no public rebellion, and the imperial court had no way to send troops to attack.

When the Dock Fort is widespread, attacking one can lead to a rebellion by thousands of families.

Moreover, the Wubao did play a positive role in resisting the slang bureaucrats and stabilizing the place, so the imperial court turned a blind eye.

Now that someone is helping to remove the tumor, the local yamen is naturally very happy, not to mention that they can also get a lot of money.

No wonder the government along the way didn't care about this, and even colluded with them.

For those local yamen, this group of homeless people is not afraid that they will become stronger even if they pass by, anyway, they will leave in a few days.

But for Jin'an County, this is a big deal.

A month and a half ago, they received a letter from the Gu family, saying that a group of displaced people were going to migrate here, and they hoped that they would be properly resettled and taken care of.

At that time, they were called happy, and the three thousand Han people were a great addition to the Jin'an County government, and they even made a plan to carve up in advance.

Who knew that it was not a group of homeless people who came, but more than 5,000 hungry wolves.

The county guard can't get together so many Han people, and this group of homeless people is the number one force in Jin'an County, and even the county guard will have to look at people's faces in the future.

Split? Thank God if they didn't tear down the county guard's mansion.

The key is that behind this group of homeless people is the Gu family, which is likely to be the Gu family's backhand, and they must consider the Gu family's reaction if they want to split up.

The prince of the mansion called us over to probably negotiate how to deal with this matter, Wu Shuru thought.

Of the eight counties in Jin'an County, he was the last county magistrate to arrive, and he didn't realize what this meant, and took the initiative to show his loyalty:

"Fujun, you are the backbone of Jin'an County, what do you say about what to do with them, we all listen to you, are you right?"

The other seven county commanders looked at him with strange expressions, and echoed one after another: "Yes, yes, yes, we all listen to the king." Fu Jun, since Wu Mingting has said so, you can tell him the decision. ”

Wait, what decides? Wu Shuru finally realized that something was wrong.

But before he could speak, Pan Ang said with relief: "It is still Wu Mingting who can best understand the difficulties of the old man and share the worries of the old man." ”

"No...... No, what do you mean by this, I don't understand it. Wu Shuru stammered.

Pan Ang said with a smile: "Jin'an County is located in the southernmost part of our county, and the Han people are the most scarce, and we have decided to place these 5,000 people in your Jin'an County after discussion." ”

"Huh?" Wu Shuru was shocked and hurriedly said, "Mansion ...... Please think twice. Isn't it a strategy that has been discussed a long time ago that these displaced people will become a local disaster if they gather together and become a local disaster, and it is better to disperse and resettle them in various places. ”

Houguan County Commander Gao Qi said: "At that time, it was just a joke, Wu Mingting should not take it seriously, Gu Dalang personally wrote a letter to explain that he wanted to settle these displaced people in Jin'an County." ”

"If we split the resettlement in private, I'm afraid that the news will reach his ears, and I'm afraid we will all be killed, so you don't want to harm everyone."

Several other prefectural orders also said:

"That's it, you were so against everyone when we joked about the split, why do you forget it now."

"That is, it was a letter written by the Gu family Lang himself, and you were the only one who received it except for the prince...... You can't miss the great opportunity to have a relationship with the Gu family. ”

"Alas, I don't have such a good life."

"Jin'an County has the least Han people, and the Yamen is powerless to govern other places except the county seat. With these 5,000 homeless people supplemented, you will be able to harden yourself in front of the slang people in the future. ”

Wu Shuru was anxious and angry: "You ...... You guys...... If you want me, I will give you all the people, and even my position as the county commander can be given to you. ”

"Bang." Pan Ang slapped the table and scolded: "Nonsense, how can the official body be ordered by the imperial court to be privately taught and accepted, and there is still no royal law in your eyes." ”

Wu Shuru hurriedly apologized and said: "The lower official lost his words, please punish the prince." ”

Pan Anwen said: "Forget it, don't worry too much about being an official in the same place." Since Gu Dalang said that these homeless people should be placed in your Jin'an County, you don't have to push back. ”

Wu Shuru hurriedly said: "Fujun, Gu Dalang is talking about 3,000 displaced people, and now it is obviously 5,000 jackals, how can he ......?"

Pan Ang interrupted: "Okay, it's just a group of homeless people, don't care if it's three thousand or five thousand, or do you dare to disobey Gu Dalang's order?" ”

"No...... Don't dare, but ......"

"Don't be, since you don't dare to disobey, put these people in place. The people are outside the city, so you can go and take them away later. ”

"Yes." Wu Shuru cried with a sad face, and said weakly.