When the county magistrate saw him menacing, his face changed instantly, and he replied in a panic: "The citizens of this county are really rare......

"How can there be such a reason!" How could the people of Hunan believe his perfunctory statement, "Kaocheng is not a small place, how can the city be empty?" If there is a disaster, talk about the disaster, and if you still try to cover it up, the official should ask you for a big crime! ”

The county commander was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "This is a helpless plan at the moment...... The lower officials did not dare to deceive the good marquis. ”

"What's going on?" The Hunan people then questioned.

The county magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead, gritted his teeth, and had to explain to him truthfully: "My Kaocheng is located on the border of this province, and many displaced people are reluctant to leave the country, so many of them flee and gather here, and the situation cannot be cleaned up for a while. The higher authorities also repeatedly sent people to reprimand me, asking me to take care of the displaced people within a time limit, and not to miss a single person to cross the line, otherwise I would have stripped off my official uniform and taken the official seal...... But if you can't do it, it's really hard to help. Lest outsiders see it, they sent all the people to the village to avoid their ears and eyes and to provide relief as much as they could. With that, he whimpered with his face down.

"It seems that the county magistrate is not easy," the Hunan people naturally couldn't scold when they heard him say this, "I don't demand anything from you." Please take someone to the village to have a look. ”

"Yes......" The county commander gestured, signaling the Hunan people to go first, and when they were a little farther away, they whispered to the officials: "What is the name of this person?" ”

The official replied: "The surname is over, the name is Hunan, and the marquis is personally appointed by the emperor." ”

"This official seems to have heard of ......," the prefectural magistrate's gaze fell on his back.

The county then prepared horses for the Hunan people, and the two rode side by side, with three or four bureaucrats behind them, and went out of the city with a ditch and went to the village.

A few people gradually walked to a flat dirt road, and the Hunan people restrained the horses, and from a distance they saw that countless grass huts were erected everywhere, and some even collapsed in half, and there was still no repair; And when he jumped off the horse, he stopped to watch, but saw a crowd of people gathered in the low walls on both sides, most of them unclothed and skinny, dragging their families to receive porridge in front of the broken houses.

"Here...... How many displaced people coexist? "The Hunan people smelled the fishy smell in the air, and their stomachs were very uncomfortable.

"With the back, there are more than 20,000 people, all of whom are extremely poor and have nowhere to live." The prefectural commander bowed his head heavily.

Walking further on, we came to an open field, in front of which were endless fields, the arid land was full of people, and the porridge shacks were built next to each other for seven or eight miles, and the dense procession was like dozens of long snakes, and the surging heads almost obscured the sky.

The Hunan people had never seen such a miserable scene, and he could not imagine that yesterday he was still looking up at the gorgeous palace, passing through the lively Taiping Street, and today he was in the midst of the poor and homeless people all over the mountains and wilderness—the prosperity and prosperity of the prosperous era in his memory were all erased.

"Lianghou," the county magistrate noticed that his face turned white, "these are all the people of my county." ”

The shock of the Hunan people was not over, he did not say a word, and slowly walked up the ridges, wanting to visit the porridge shed.

Suddenly, a shriveled peasant rushed madly and struck the Hunan man with his swarthy shoulder, almost knocking him to the ground.

The Hunan man stood up straight, patted his clothes, and saw that the man had arrived in front of a bare tree, holding the wood and gnawing and biting indiscriminately.

"What the are you doing!" Several soldiers rushed over, pressed his shoulders, and dragged him away, "Dare to rush into Lianghou!" ”

The peasant would not let go, so he broke two yellow teeth, blood was still dripping from the corners of his mouth, snot and tears flowed endlessly, and he whimpered, and he couldn't speak clearly.

"Stop!" The county commander shouted, "You explain first, he ...... What's wrong? ”

"Alas," a soldier stomped his foot, "he came from Kaifeng Mansion, and at first he took his daughter-in-law and three children, and he stayed here for a few days, but the three children were all broken, and his daughter-in-law was also dying." When one of the lieutenants saw that he could not be saved, he told us not to take care of him. So his daughter-in-law died, and he ate the bark of the tree and barely survived for two days. ”

"The lieutenant? Find out and ask for sin! The county order suddenly jumped like thunder, "You are really fighting for the tiger!" Why starve the people to death in vain and not give alms! ”

"There are too many displaced people who have fled here, and it is in vain to save these half-dead people, it is better to keep the porridge and rice to help others, and it is helpless to take care of one and lose the other. Besides......"

"And what?"

"Besides, you said before, 'If you can't live, let yourself fend for yourself'......"

The county commander was full of shame, and hurriedly sent all the soldiers, ignoring the heart-rending cries of the homeless people.

"Let's keep walking." The Hunan people said this in a low voice.

"Is there a matter of dispersion of displaced people in Kaocheng?" He watched the people who were being driven from the edge of the porridge shed.

"The governor's death order, the lower officials dare not be negligent in the slightest, so that they can be kept in the local area, and cannot be sent to other states, which will only increase the disaster."

The Hunan people listened to his report, and there were many soldiers carrying corpses in front of them, and some even had only white bones left.

"So, are you going to let them all die here?" He asked coldly.

"You...... I ......" the county commander panicked, and his tongue couldn't be smoothed, "how can I disobey the superiors." ”

The Hunan people shook their heads, but they could only ignore this and ask about something else: "Are there any displaced people from Henan in the rest of the prefectures and counties?" ”

"I only know about the Weihui Mansion," the county magistrate said, "and it is true that some of the victims fled to the north, and the prefect said that many fled to the north." ”

"North, that's where the Jingshi is located......" Hunan people secretly wrote down. But he knows that this can be pushed back for the time being, and the first thing to do is to stabilize the situation in Kaocheng, otherwise if this parent official continues, sooner or later there will be chaos.

"Find an empty room!" The Hunan people immediately got up, walked through the crowd of porridge leaders, and beckoned to the soldiers, "Call all the village guards and lieutenant chiefs over, and we will agree on a relief plan together!" ”

"Yes!" A few soldiers then took the order.

"Wait," the county magistrate hurriedly walked over and grabbed the Hunan man's arm, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"I'm going to change course." The Hunan people glanced at him and walked in front of him.

In a short time, the officers and men made room for the adults, and moved out three benches, and ordered them to sit down.

"Let me introduce, this is Chief Hongli, and over there is Chief Daili," the county magistrate pointed to the chiefs and said their names one by one.

"I found that your relief is really a step by step, and there is no plan," the Hunan people began to speak, and they said with a stomach full of complaints, "Do you know where these displaced people come from?" ”

"Actually, I don't know." Hong Li said with a smile.

"Then the villages will re-examine the households," the Hunan people patted the table and decided, "Let your chief make a book in the village, and let the displaced people fill it out one by one, and complete it within three days without delay!" ”