Chapter 135: Good Man

Whether it is the distribution of the various guards, the combat strength of the troops, or the geographical and hydrological environment, Fang Ge is very familiar with the situation in northern Sichuan. But after all, he is only a thousand households, not only does he know nothing about Chengdu Mansion, but he also has a kind of awe for the provincial capital. Therefore, Fang Ge's advice to Zhang Hu was to go south: first knock down Langzhong, the capital city of Baoning Mansion, and then talk about it - in this way, from north to south, Guangyuan, Zhaohua, Jianzhou, Cangxi, and Langzhong...... All the strongholds were connected into a line, and the upper reaches of the Jialing River were firmly controlled. When the time comes, depending on the situation, you can continue to attack Shunqing Mansion and then Chongqing Mansion along the river to the south, and if the war is unfavorable, you can also run north along the river and run back to Hanzhong Mansion in Shaanxi again.

Guan Shengyun also started an incident in Shaanxi Province, but the movement of the Guan army to the south itself had a strong purpose, and it marched in full accordance with the strategic plan of "separating Huguang" formulated by Luo Yonghao's military division for him. Along the way, everywhere he went, he would collect maps of the government and look for guides to prepare for the next step of the army. Zhang Hu, on the other hand, was completely different: when he was an official soldier, his original garrison was Ningxiawei (now Yinchuan), and to the east, north, and west were the vast Gobi and Mongolian compatriots who sharpened their knives. was able to live to northern Sichuan, relying entirely on luck and prevarication from officials from all over the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after listening to Fang Ge's suggestion, he agreed without saying a word.

It wasn't until Jianzhou was captured by thieves that Duan Yuanji, the prefect of Boryeong, knew from the fugitives that there was a big trouble under his rule. But except for asking for help everywhere, there is no way, except to go to the Huanhou Temple* to pray every day, that is, to sit in the palace and sigh.

Boryeong Mansion is connected to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and it has always been an important place for soldiers, and theoretically speaking, there are many garrisons around. Moreover, even if the Jianmen Pass in the north is lost, there are still two passes along the river, Tieshan Pass and Liangshan Pass. To the south of the city are Nanjin Pass and Hexi Pass, and Ben is not afraid of being attacked. However, these are just theories - otherwise, Duan Yuanji would never be sitting on pins and needles like this.

The reason has to start with the flood two years ago.

After more than 40 days of torrential rain, the roaring Jialing River swallowed everything in its path: crops, houses, people...... The county, state, and capital city are better, after all, they are protected by city walls; But a few hundred miles outside the city, at first it was a flooded country, and when the flood waters receded, it was a hellish sight: swollen corpses of people and animals, many even hanging from trees, the stench of decay in the air, the displacement of hungry people with nothing like ghosts, and the occasional rumor of cannibalism.

Sichuan is known as the land of abundance, the rich Chengdu Plain has a lot of grain production, and the official warehouses of each prefecture have a lot of reserves; if the warehouses were opened in time for relief, the displaced people could have been quickly relieved, but in time, after proper resettlement, it will not be long before the restoration of social order will be carried out.

The government did the same. It's a pity that a good guy came at this time......

Supervising the imperial history Tu Jichun (the word Yongnian) is really a good person: with clean sleeves, an iron face and selflessness, not afraid of the powerful, and caring for the people...... Tu Yushi's nickname: Tu Guanren. Of course, there is a reason why his surname is Tu, as the name suggests, there are not a few corrupt officials and corrupt officials who have been taken down by him - everywhere he goes, there are as few as three or five people, and more than ten people, and all the officials are frightened.

But Tu Yushi has two drawbacks.

One is unconditional favoritism towards the poor. As long as there is an entanglement, whether it is a civil lawsuit or a civil lawsuit, as long as the case is known by Tu Yushi, no matter whether it is justified or not, the old and poor one will definitely win. In this regard, Tu Yu Shi Zhenzhen has a word: Even if he doesn't take any reason, but you see that he is poor like that, a rich man, if he suffers a loss, it will not damage the general situation, so he will be relieved, what's wrong? The sage's book "I am old, right and young" you can't read it in the dog's belly!

Another disadvantage is that we read the book of the dead, admit the truth of the dead, and all the standards of behavior are according to the books of the sages.

When he heard the news of the flooding of the Jialing River, Tu Yushi, who was about to take office in Sichuan, had just sailed to Chongqing Mansion, and when he heard the news, he did not go to Chengdu, the provincial capital, and was about to go north without saying a word. The soaring Fujiang River could not stop Tu Yushi's determination to save the people from fire and water, so he abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, and the donkey was whipped...... Well, it is a fast donkey and a whip, supervising the high status of the imperial history, and the grade is low, so you can only ride a donkey and go all the way to the north. In the vicinity of Qingju Mountain, on the outskirts of Shunqing Mansion (now Nanchong), Tu Yushi saw a scene that he would never forget: an old woman set up a fire, and the body of a baby was roasted on the fire, and the old woman cried and ate while roasting!

Of course, the almost collapsed Tu Yushi immediately asked the old woman to take it, and was about to order the rectification of the law on the spot, but the old woman's call made him change his mind: "This is my grandson, my lord!" My son and daughter-in-law are dead, and my grandson has just starved to death! If I don't eat it, I'm going to be gouged out and eaten by others......"

"Why don't you give it away? Is the magistrate a femme fatale? The angry Tu Yu Shi Donkey kept galloping north in the starry night, and when the sky was bright, he finally saw the southern city wall of Shunqing Mansion from afar.

In the distance, a large crowd of people was crowded, and they didn't know what they were grabbing.

Despite the hunger, the crisp sound of the opening gong represented the majesty of the imperial court and the government, and the crowd hulala knelt respectfully. Tu Yushi saw clearly, a row of more than a dozen cauldrons were steaming, and next to him was a group of soldiers with knives to maintain order.

"Well, it's giving away. It seems that the official of Shunqing Mansion should be okay, but what I saw yesterday may be too far away and beyond the reach of the whip. Alas, that's it. Tu Yushi felt a little comforted in his heart just now, but when he came to the front to take a closer look, he couldn't help but be furious again: the hungry people were kneeling beside the road, and the sand and gravel were visible to the naked eye in the broken bowl of rice and bean porridge beside him! Tu Yushi came to the cauldron, stirred it a few times with a wooden spoon, and scooped up a spoonful: That's right! The porridge is indeed mixed with a lot of sand and soil grains!

Hum! You give a symbolic donation, but you put soil in the rice beans - and then you can report it for write-off to fill your pockets! The angry Tu Yu Shi Tie waved his hand with a blue face, whipped into the city, and went straight to the official warehouse. As soon as I entered the door, I saw a guy in a big red official uniform directing the soap officials to pour the whole bag of rice to the ground, and someone next to him was using a wooden shovel to throw sand into the rice pile! Next to the red official uniform is a guy in a blue official uniform - yes! A prefect, a general judgment, you dog officials are complicit! This official is entrusted by the Son of Heaven, and it is you corrupt officials who are investigating!

"Come on, take it for me!"

Before they could understand, the two unconscionable dog officials were pressed down at Tu Yushi's feet.

"Patrol the ...... of the Adult"

"Hmph, still want to quibble? What the official has seen with his own eyes, how can it be false? Give me a cheek! Pump hard! ”

The attendant took off his shoes and used the soles of his shoes to whip the two dog officers into pigs' heads that could only whine in their mouths, full of teeth. Then Tu Yushi instructed the soap officials who were kneeling on the ground to say a few words of "every day is clear", and turned around and went to the palace. The prefect who was supervising the relief in the north of the city rushed to hear the news, and Tu Yushi also knew that if all the officials were wiped out at this moment, the people would starve to death, so he scared him a few words, and then continued to go north.

In the end, Master Tu personally sat in Baoning Mansion for more than a month, forcibly suppressed the high price of rice, and saw that it was in order, so he went to Chengdu with satisfaction.

It's a pity that Master Tu didn't know that Baoning Mansion and Shunqing Mansion were already rotten almost out of control.

Cheng Xi is a native of Xichong Fengle. During the flood, he finally escaped with his strength, and later got together with some guys who survived the disaster, a total of 100 people. After the flood, there were no wild vegetables, snakes and rats, etc., and the big guys ate leaves, gnawed tree bark, and even ate dead people, and when they saw that they were going to starve to death, they finally went to the government to give them relief. There's a lot of sand in the porridge, but who cares about it when they're hungry? Porridge twice a day, morning and evening, his life was finally saved. Tu Yushi saw the hungry people receiving porridge outside the south gate of Langzhong, and Cheng Xi was among them.

The day after the donkey rider left, the porridge he received was obviously much better, there was not a grain of sand, and there was salt in it, and the slightest salty taste could be washed all the way to the heart along the tip of the tongue, not to mention how wonderful the taste was! However, Cheng Xi was not happy at all.

Because he knew that his gang might really starve to death this time!

Unlike Tu Daren, who always lives in the sun, Cheng Xi has lived at the bottom of society since he was a child. Therefore, he knows that no matter how dazzling it is, there will never be a corner where the sun will not shine. What happens there will determine the life and death of a little person like him. There is sand in the porridge, this is the kindness of the prefect, and only the parents and officials who are really down-to-earth and start from the grassroots level and really care about the life and death of the people will do so-because from the prefect Tongzhi, the general judge, the judge, the county master, the county cheng, the chief bookkeeper, the squad leader, the soap officer, and the people's strong...... Along the way, each level has absolute authority and power over the next level. The white rice and the yellow beans are an irresistible temptation in themselves! If it is mixed with sand, those old men who have great power may not be able to look at it, and those who want to be greedy below have limited ability and can't take much, no matter what, about half of it will always fall into the stomachs of the hungry.

That's enough to keep people alive!

When Cheng Xi tasted the full deliciousness, he knew that at this moment, there was indeed sunlight shining on this corner where he lived - but at the same time, Cheng Xi also knew that it would not be long before the sunlight would be removed, and he would die quietly and tragically if he could not wait to enjoy the sunshine again.

Sure enough, the delicious salty porridge was only served for four or five days, and then it went from twice in the morning and evening to once a day. At this time, Cheng Xi heard that the adult had gone to Boryeong Mansion.

Once a day, it comes and goes, and the porridge no longer has a salty taste, and the clear soup can illuminate the figure. The porridge shack in the south of the city was the last to run out of food, and the hungry people in other places had spread the word of mouth, and all ran over, and a small 2,000 people had gathered. For three consecutive days, I didn't see the grain releasers, and I don't know who shouted "Go into the city to eat", Cheng Xi was carried by the crowd and rushed into Nanchong City.

The frenzied crowd stormed all the houses and robbed everything they could see.

The officers and soldiers came, and there was a scuffle, and there were dead people everywhere.

When Cheng Xi led everyone to escape from the north gate, the fire in Nanchong City burned for five days and five nights. Nanchong became a white ground.

"Let's go to Pengzhou (now Peng'an). You can only find food in the city! Cheng Xi took the remaining few hundred men to kill Pengzhou in the north.

A sky-high fire also broke out in Pengzhou. However, this fire was not set by Cheng Xi and them, but the chaos caused by the people in the city themselves: Tu Yushi was angry when he saw that the price of grain in the rice shop in the city was so high that it was three taels and five dollars a stone!

Caught the profiteers who raised prices and made it difficult for the country to make money, and forcibly limited the price of rice to less than one tael...... Then, seeing that it was unprofitable, there were no more grain merchants selling rice to Peng'an, and the rich families who had a lot of grain in the city were no longer willing to take out their money and sell it cheaply...... And then the city began to starve!

The order in Tu Yushi's eyes was orderly, but Duan Yuanji, who had witnessed the overthrow of the prefect of Nanchong, used all the power at hand to barely maintain it under the nose of Lord Yushi, and the places that Lord Tu couldn't see had already been eroded to the point where they couldn't be cleaned up. Soon after Lord Tu left Boryeong for Chengdu Mansion with high spirits and pride, Chengxi's group of hungry people had already built a sloppy camp in Fenghuang Mountain in the south of Peng'an City, and it gradually became a climate for more than a year, and from time to time crossed the border to the south of Boryeong Mansion ("Nanfang" refers to the south of Boryeong Mansion and is also the name of the place, so it is called Nanfang County) to grab a handful, and the personnel have also expanded to more than 3,000 people......

To prevent these people from crossing the border and robbing Duan Yuanji, his head is already as big as a fight, Zhang Hu pounced again, how can he deal with it?

* Zhang Fei was killed by his subordinates Zhang Da and Fan Qiang in Langzhong, and his head was coerced by the two to defect to Soochow. On the way, he heard that Wu Shu had already negotiated peace, but abandoned his head in Jiang. Later, it was caught by fishermen, buried in Yunyang, and the body was buried in the tomb of Zhang Fei in Langzhong, and an ancestral hall was built to commemorate it. Ming Yongle between the iron casting Zhang Feiwu statue stands in the tomb pavilion, Chenghua year and build "ten thousand enemies" building, call its martial arts. Duan Yuanji came here to pray.

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