In fact, there were as many as 150,000 standing troops in Goryeo, which were divided into two parts: the central army and the local army.

Of course, this number only stays on paper.

In recent decades, even if Goryeo went out to conquer the whole country, there were only tens of thousands of troops, and they were basically controlled within 20,000.

The Goryeo local army, which accounted for the vast majority, had been reduced to the slaves of civilian and military generals, and their ability to eat empty salaries was no worse than that of Song officials.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Goryeo underwent a reform.

Its local administrative divisions adopt a new version of the late Datang.

In terms of bureaucracy, three provinces and six ministries were introduced, and imperial examinations were introduced. The official name is similar to that of the early Tang Dynasty, and the authority is similar to that of the Northern Song Dynasty of the Five Dynasties.

In terms of the land system, it imitated the equalization system of the early Tang Dynasty, and all land was nationalized (nominally).

At the heart of China's land equalization system is the non-recognition of private ownership of land. The military system of the Tang Dynasty must be based on the Juntian system.

The collapse of the Juntian system caused the collapse of the military system of the Tang Dynasty, and the Jiedu envoys divided one side after another.

Goryeo learned from the Tang Dynasty and initially acquiesced (in fact, was forced to acquiesce) in land privatization. As a result, the collapse of the Juntian system in Goryeo not only did not form a secession, but gave birth to a unique civil system of gate valves, which was probably similar to the gate valve politics of the Northern and Southern Dynasties mixed with the imperial examinations.

The entire territory of Goryeo, from the Taedong River to the Yalu River, is divided into Hunse-do, and Pyongyang is the ruling core of Hunseo-do.

The Taoist Imperial History is the chief executive, and the Jiedu envoy is the military governor.

"Li Yushi, those hungry people are here again." Jiedu made Park Chunyi have a constipated expression.

Dao Yushi Li Jiren scolded: "Didn't you say it earlier? Let the local clans provide food for relief, and all those who can't help will be dispersed. Let them go to the Datong River to fish, let them go to the mountains to hunt, the imperial court is exempted from this year's taxes, and they are already very generous! ”

Pu Chunyi wanted to speak and stopped, so he could only promise to say yes and go to the task with a big head.

Let the local clans provide food for relief?

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Don't talk about the big clans, all the wealthy families in Pyongyang have been robbed by the Jin soldiers, where can the big clans get food to help the people?

Faced with the increasing number of hungry people gathering outside the city, Pu Chunyi was afraid of causing civil unrest, so he led his troops out of the city to drive them away.

"Li Yushi has an order, you should leave as soon as possible, you must not gather outside the city, and those who violate the order will be punished as rebellion!" Park Chunyi asked the soldiers to ride around and shout.

Instead of leaving, the hungry people reached out to the soldiers to beg for food.

After shouting for two quarters of an hour, Pu Chunyi's expression became hideous, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Do it!" ”

Soldiers, mainly in swords, guns and leather armor, rushed towards the unarmed hungry people.

At first, it was just beating and scolding, but it was found that the hungry people were moving slowly, and gradually turned into swords, and soon hundreds of casualties appeared.

Eventually, the hungry people became frightened, wailing and fleeing, and soon there was a stampede, and many children who had lost their parents were crying.

Two days later, a young man named Jin Ding rose up with thousands of hungry people.

"Cross the river, cross the river, eat the big clan!"

After crossing the Datong River, continue to walk south, dozens of miles away is the Guannei Road.

Kannai-do Province is the core area of Goryeo, and this time it was not sacked by the Jin soldiers, so the hungry people naturally had to go to places with more food.

More and more hungry people responded to the slogan of "crossing the river", and tens of thousands of people crossed the river in more than a dozen places, helping the old and the young, dragging their families and mouths towards the south.

Li Jiren stood on the tower of Pyongyang City, watched the hungry people cross the river in the distance, and said with a long breath: "I finally left." ”

Pu Chunyi worried: "With so many hungry people crossing the river, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the pass." ”

Li Jiren reminded: "I am the imperial history of the Hunxi Dao, and you are the envoy of the Chunxi Dao Festival." We only care about the affairs of the West Road, and don't worry about the officials of the Kannai Province. ”

"After all, the hungry people passed through here, and the court may blame them if they pursue it." Park Chunyi said.

Li Jiren sneered: "If I can conjure up food, there will still be so many hungry people?" ”

Although Li Jiren is also from the Guannai clan, his family is not in the capital Kaizhou, but in Guangzhou, south of the Han River.

The nobles of Kaizhou collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, poked out such a big basket, but let Li Jiren, a native of Guangzhou, take over. Why?

This was originally a political transaction, and it was the nobles of Kaizhou who were encircling the nobles of Guangzhou.

Li Jiren was very happy at first, but after coming to Pyongyang, he immediately jumped to his feet in anger and wanted to scold his mother. Not only did he have no oil or water to fish, but he also had to face countless displaced people, and this ruined place had been sacked into white land by the Jin soldiers.

But it is said that tens of thousands of hungry people crossed the border like locusts, and they took rudimentary weapons and quickly captured the three counties of Kannai Province.

The Guannai clan hurriedly organized the village soldiers, withdrew to the city to defend the death, and at the same time asked the imperial court to send troops to rescue.

It wasn't until the rebels captured the two states that the Goryeo officers and soldiers finally came and ...... Officers and soldiers were defeated by the rebels.

The Goryeo court is already short of food now, the civilian and military generals are still corrupt and deducted, and the officers and soldiers are already very loyal when they are hungry and do not rebel, counting on them to fight against a group of hungry and crazy rebels?

If you can't suppress it, then stroke it.

The Goryeo court sent officials to recruit An, made official wishes to the leaders of the rebel army, and at the same time forcibly requisitioned food to feed the officers and soldiers.

Under the combined use of suppression, there were four leaders of the rebel army, who accepted Zhao'an as traitors.

Jin Ding, the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, was even booby-trapped by his own generals.

The young and elite of the rebel army were selected to serve as soldiers, and they could bring their families to live in the Guannei. The remaining rebel army was all expelled back to the north of the Datong River, and they were left to fend for themselves without food.

By the time Ming officials and troops arrived in Pyongyang, they were already starving, and dead bodies could be seen just outside the city.

And most of the carcasses were incomplete, either gnawed by wild dogs or cut off by their companions.

Even the most prosperous port in Goryeo, Nampo Port, is deserted and ghostly.

"This, this, this...... What's going on? ”

Choi Huan, the Goryeo envoy who was still making trouble on the boat, was so frightened that he couldn't speak soon after he got off the boat and landed on the shore.

Xu Kangzong looked at the blood-colored skeletons a few steps away, and sighed: "Such a tragic situation, I have also seen it when I was an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, and the prefectures and counties along the northern route are inhumane and the roads are full of bones. ”

Zheng Zhichang seemed to be crazy, running from the dock to the northeast, and he was already in tears as he ran.

This is his hometown, the richest place in the whole of Goryeo, and he once invited friends to go boating on the Daedong River and wrote countless popular poems.

It's gone, it's gone.

I'm afraid that even Wanyan Zonggan wouldn't have expected such an ending. He mainly committed robbery in Pyongyang, and did not carry out large-scale massacres, and as long as the Goryeo court provided a little relief, it would not be the way it is now.

Seeing Zheng Zhichang come back from a lost soul, Xu Kangzong was quite sympathetic and sighed: "Let's go to the city first." ”

Nampo Port is still 90 miles away from Pyongyang City.

All the supplies were transferred to small boats brought by the navy and transported to Pyongyang in batches along the Taedong River, while soldiers escorted officials and baggage along the river.

The civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians in Pyongyang did not dare to leave the city at this time.

It wasn't until Xu Kangzong and his people arrived three or four miles outside the city that the defenders in the city discovered their traces, and one by one they thought that the rebellious people were coming again.

When I got closer, I finally realized that something was wrong.

"Yushi, there are many soldiers and horses outside, and there is a fleet in the Datong River!"

The suburbs were full of bones, but Li Jiren was drinking and having fun in the city, and he got the news and hurriedly went to the city to check.

Pu Chunyi was also looking over, and said to Li Jiren: "It can't be a chaotic people, although they don't wear armor, but they know that they are elite just by looking at the march." Even Kaijing does not have such an elite. ”

"They stopped." Li Jiren said.

I saw the flotilla and the army come to a halt together, hundreds of men with guns in formation, and the rest of the soldiers brought armor from the ship.

Soon, the Ming army put on their armor outside the city and slowly marched towards the city gate. Several groups of soldiers were also sent to escort the boat back to Nampo Port, and it was necessary to continue to transport supplies in batches.

Li Jiren finally saw it clearly, and said in a panic: "The flag has a sun and moon pattern, and the official at the head is holding a scepter, which is the envoy of the Ming Kingdom." Come with me out of town to meet the angels! ”

A crowd of officials swarmed out.

After the Jin soldiers left, the Pyongyang clans who fled into the city for refuge still had some hidden goods and food. When they learned of the arrival of the Ming envoys, they also poured out of the city, wanting to obtain the protection of angels, and by the way, they fought the autumn wind to see if they could get food.

"The little minister Li Jiren (Pu Chunyi, the envoy of the Xixi Festival), meet the envoy of the Great Tomorrow!"

The officials were still visiting, and suddenly a big family member in Pyongyang shouted: "It's Mr. Namho!" ”

Mr. Nanhu is Zheng Zhichang.

Zheng Zhichang had lost his mind, and rushed over to grab Li Jiren: "As an official of one party, why did you govern Pyongyang like this?" ”

Li Jiren said bitterly: "The Jin people are raging, they have robbed all the grain, and the court does not allocate grain for relief, how can I conjure up grain?" ”

The military doctor saw that there were also white bones outside the city, and ran to Zhao Li to whisper.

Zhao Li came to Xu Kangzong's side again: "Xianggong Xu, the military doctor suggested not to enter the city, but to pick a place outside the city to camp. According to the method taught by His Majesty and the crown prince, lime must be widely sprinkled in the barracks, and masks must be made for the whole army to wear. Do not touch debris with your hands, and always boil water when drinking. ”

"Why?" Xu Kangzong asked.

"Prevent the plague." Zhao Lidao.

Xu Kangzong suddenly became serious: "What else do you need to pay attention to?" ”

Zhao Li said: "When the organization of people to search for the corpses in the field, they were piled up in one place and burned with fire. Those who carry the corpses should live in isolation as much as possible to prevent the plague. Let the city take a closer look, there will be no strange symptoms in a month, and it will not be too late for us to enter the city then. ”

Xu Kangzong said: "I'm afraid that no matter how tight the persecution is, the Goryeo court won't be able to get much food, and I have to let Denglai Mansion bring some military rations." ”

Around Zheng Zhichang, a group of Pyongyang clans were still crying.

Cui Huan quietly touched Li Jiren and explained the situation in a low voice: "I was ordered to send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help, but who knew that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom actually sent troops." Under the pretext of guarding against the golden army, they tried in vain to garrison Pyongyang and Baozhou, and asked our country to provide military rations. Please send someone to Kaijing as soon as possible, so that the ministers of the DPRK and China will know about this matter, and find a way to send these Ming troops away. ”

(End of chapter)