Xin Lingjun came out of the hall to greet him and express his condolences, and Zheng Anping returned the salute at the bottom of the steps. I met all the gentlemen one by one. Everyone shook their heads and said, "Please come to the hall!" Zheng Anping climbed the steps, went up the steps, and greeted everyone again. After seeing the ceremony, both sides entered the hall and returned to their seats. Xinlingjun naturally sat in the middle, and all the guests sat in the east seat in turn, Zheng Anping wanted to sit at the bottom, but was pulled by Mr. Zhongyue, pressed into the west seat, and said: "The gentleman asked, and he answered closely." ”

After a while, Xin Lingjun asked about the matter of Guanyi, and Zheng Anping naturally knew that both Cao Bao and Mr. Zhongyue had a detailed understanding, so he gave a simple and concise reply. Xin Lingjun asked, "What should Guan Lingyi do at this age?" ”

Zheng Anping and Zhang Lu talked for a night, and they had already finalized the draft, and when they saw it, they said: "Last year, Guanyi was plagued by soldiers, and the people were tired and lacking money. Now, although the people have returned to the city, they have not inherited their goods and have not had enough food and clothing. The subordinate intends to buy grain from the beam to help his urgency. Cultivate in the spring, and if the summer harvest is obtained, the people are the first to be determined. Then plant mulberry hemp a little, the tree is peach and plum, and gradually open to business, thinking that it is rich and rich. ”

Xinling Jun said: "I heard that there are many people in the city, and there are many women and children in the city. ”

Zheng Anping said: "Minister's will, a woman and a child and fifty acres, if thirty acres, it may be possible." It's better than nothing, but it's better than nothing. Last year, the ministers have not yet reached the age, and it is rare to have a time. At this age, when he inherits the grace of the king, when he enters the court, he must persuade the peasants with all his heart to obtain their benefits. ”

Xinling Jun said: "You have the intention to be a farmer, Mr. Zhu, who can help?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "The ministers can do their best, but why should they alarm Mr.?" ”

Mr. Zhong Yue said: "I don't know the order, and Yu Nong is very subtle, and it is not vulgar to know. Mr. Tian is quite familiar with agricultural affairs, and if he asks for his help, he will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”

Zheng Anping bowed his head and said yes. Xinlingjun said: "Please ask Mr. to sue Mr. Tian, but when the time comes, I will go to Guanyi to help." "Mr. Zhongyue should respond.

Xinling Junfu asked: "How much money is needed to buy grain in Daliang, and where should it be paid?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "The minister intends to manage 100 households, and the monthly household has 300 stones, and in the period of 3 months, he will get 1,000 stones." Donghongli, the hometown of the minister, there are more than 100 households, it is the sacrifice of the spring and autumn period, the grain has a thousand stones, and it has not yet come out. The minister was in a hurry to buy it, and the stone was thirty-five dollars, and the thousand stones were seven gold. When the government was first established, the public money was empty, and there was no money. The ministers are willing to fill it with private money, and let the public money be enriched later, and they will be rewarded. ”

Mr. Zhongyue said: "Guan Yi's salary is only six gold, how can he pay it." ”

Zheng Anping said: "All the ministers in Guanyi are willing to support them. ”

Xinling Jun said: "However, the genus of mulberry and peach and plum should also be prepared." ”

Zheng Anping said: "The ministers should do their best to achieve success. ”

Xinling Jun said: "The salary of Guan Yi has been prepared for a long time, and it is worth being a soldier and chaos, so you can't do it." Guan Yi is now, and he can return with him. ”

Zheng Anping said: "Respectfully! ”

After a pause, Xin Lingjun asked, "Guan Yi was soldiered, where is the order?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "The people are all in the Great Wall, and Cao Cheng is in charge." The remaining four people guarded the city and did not dare to abolish it. Although the Guanyi was soldiered, the houses were not damaged, and the people were few dead, all of them were the virtues of the king, and the shadow of the King of Wei. ”

Xinling Jun said: "How much do you lose by managing the people? ”

Zheng Anping said: "All the people are in the city, and the people are empty." There are no soldiers among the people. But there was little food in the city, and half of it was given, and it was eaten only once a day. There are more than 10 people who died of hunger and disease, 10 people who committed banditry and rectified the law, and 10 people who died after being punished. Eight or nine out of ten survived, and one or two deceased. ”

Xinling Jun said: "What can Qin Jun do? ”

Zheng Anping said: "The Qin army's mistakes are also, the dead are like hemp, and they are everywhere, and their condition is very miserable. ”

Zhang Yu asked, "How did the Qin people win?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "Looking at it from a minister's point of view, there is no other skill." The Qin people are in strict formation, they must advance when they hear the drums, and they must retreat when they hear the gold. However, our army has few soldiers and many civilian troops, so it is invincible. ”

Zhang Yu said: "Command him to describe the state of his battle in detail." As he spoke, he opened a map and laid it out in front of Xinlingjun's case. Naturally, the gentlemen gathered around.

Zheng Anping was a little nervous at the beginning, but after reading the map, the drawing was extremely realistic, so he used his fingers to draw and objects to besiege the city, and the Qin army went out of the road, and the coalition army went north to meet the enemy, and was attacked by the Qin army from behind one by one. Hearing that Qin Jun appeared behind the coalition army, all the gentlemen's expressions changed, and they asked, "Where did Qin come from, as for the back?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "Naike Huayang, come back to it." ”

Zhang Yu said: "It's clear! Qin sneaked out of my back, and our army went north. ”

Xin Lingjun was puzzled: "Qin Fu has a way from Nanhu? ”

Zheng Anping said: "At the beginning of the coalition siege of Huayang, there were Qin people out of the south, and it was Huyang. ”

Zhang Yu was a little unconvinced: "How do you know? ”

Zheng Anping said: "After the peace conference, the princes once visited the city and visited the old place. The ministers are protective, or summoned by the Wei envoy to answer questions, so they know it. ”

Zhang Yu said: "What did he ask? ”

Zheng Anping said: "He first asked when we would come here, and then asked where the people were now, and when they would enter the city. The ministers answered truthfully one by one. He asked again, do you know that the Qin army has entered the management of the city? The person who asked it was Hu Yangye, who was a guest. The minister replied, yes. He asked, "How do you know?" Ya answered, more than ten days ago, when I heard the army coming at night, I was shocked to see it, so I could see it. It is reported to the doorman. He asked again, it's night, where are you hiding? The minister could not rely on the truth, and replied: The Qin people are in a hurry to search, and there is no fixed place to hide, so they move according to the situation. The minister looked at Hu Yang and asked in detail, and if he wanted to enter the Qin, he would be the leader. ”

Zheng Anping's description shocked everyone present, including Xin Lingjun. They have never been able to understand why the superior Wei army collapsed at the touch of a button and the entire army was annihilated, so that they could not even figure out how the battle was fought to this day. After listening to Zheng Anping's description, they can roughly describe the general course of the battle: one Qin army went out of the road, the other took advantage of the coalition army to fight north, from the other road to the rear of the coalition army, and attacked back and forth, and another army had appeared under Huayang City before this, this army was led by Hu Yang and should undertake a special task. The three forces worked together to create a situation of total annihilation of the coalition forces.

Zheng Anping did not have such a macro vision, but he also added details of what he saw. In the end, everyone felt as if they had completely restored the course of the war, and after a period of sighing, they fell silent. At this time, the sun is sinking in the west, and the sky will be dark.

Zheng An was equal for a long time, no one spoke, and he was anxious to give people money, for fear that the governor would say that he would not keep his word and that the food would be gone, so he said: "If the king has nothing else to do, please take the salary and leave!" ”

Xin Lingjun recalled from the war and said: "The income obtained from the order is very beneficial to the military, and he willingly gives a brocade collar and a brocade belt." ”

Zhang Yu said: "The king's words are very true. The command of the emperor is in a good way, and the ministers of the city are in charge, although they are through the enemy, they insist on not retreating. The management of the city suffered from the military disaster, the people suffered from famine, and the management order was able to provide private funds to help them, and the public forgot the selfishness, which was commendable. ”

Xinlingjun said: "What Mr. said is true. He was given ten gold to the governor, as a source of food for food, and he was ordered to be reluctant. ”

Zheng Anping bowed and thanked him. Finally, Zheng Anping refused Xinlingjun's dinner, rushed to the city gate to close, put on brocade clothes, tied brocade belts, carried a heavy salary, carried ten gold cakes, went out of the city, and came to Donghongli.

Entering the inside, Zheng Anping first took out a piece of gold cake as a deposit, settled the heart, and then hurried home. When the chief saw Zheng Anping's outfit, how could he not understand, this is another meritorious award! Naturally, a bit of flattery. Seeing Zhang Lu, Zheng Anping talked about the process of meeting with Xin Lingjun and others, especially the battle process made up by the doormen's brains, Zhang Lu sighed: "If you attack the crowd with outnumbered, you can still annihilate everything, and the Qin people are difficult to control." Then he showed him his salary and the extra money he had given for food. Zhang Lu gave Zhang Lu all the gold cakes, grabbed two more copper coins and gave them to him, put away the remaining copper coins unceremoniously, and said, "It's my salt and plum assets." ”

The next day, the people of Wumen sent Wuwang back, and Zheng Anping thanked Wumen for the grace of the stewardship of the field, and Wu's father even called "the branch should". Zhang Lu took out a handful of copper coins, claiming that it was the capital of the poppy, but Wu's father resolutely refused to accept it, and said: "Wuwang has the thickness of Zheng's father, and under the heavy army, he will not be in danger, and he will not be slightly injured." This kindness and virtue cannot be repaid. Since the work of dogs and horses. ”

During the night, the convoy returned. came with the car, as well as Brother Su and Wu'er. When I asked, I found out that because there was no festival symbol for Guanyi when I left the city, these three carriages were considered to be merchant travelers, and they were charged a tithe tariff - six stone grain. So this time when he entered the city, Brother Su was afraid that there would be another accident, so he followed, learned from Zheng Anping, and brought Wu'er with him, after all, he hadn't gone home for a year.

Zheng Anping informed Brother Su of the meeting with Xinlingjun and asked him to go to Xinlingjun to receive the money; He also told him that Xinling Jun gave ten gold as a way to buy grain, and the salary could be kept by himself, and there was no need to use it to buy grain. Only about seven gold are used for a thousand stones, and the remaining three gold can be used for other purposes. Brother Su responded one by one. Said: "Our family is in Liangdong, we haven't seen each other for a long time, or we should go back and forth for a few days." Zheng Anping said: "Guan Yi gets food, and he wants to be safe." Brother is back. I should undertake to carry the grain. ”

It was night, and I was still cooking porridge and dinner at Zheng Anping's house. At night, he slept in the church. Zheng Anping talked to Zhang Lu all night, loaded the food the next day, and set out on the return journey with Wuwang. Wuwang only learned from his family how dangerous the situation outside the city was at that time, and although he was hungry and cold in the city, it was better than dying.

On the way, there was a Guanyi festival charm, the convoy went smoothly all the way, and he could also get a meal and grass with the post, and finally rushed out of the Great Wall before the gate. On the way, the city lord reported to Zheng Anping on the disposal of the first batch of grain: three trucks of grain, one car to manage the city, and two cars to manage the city. The rulers of the people shall not take grain without compensation, but shall pay for it. If there is no cash, it should be credited and repaid later. Zheng Anping asked how to repay? The lord of the city replied that the people in charge of many business trips and sent money back. At this age, because of the soldiers, no one returned, so the people had no money; But the world will be quiet, and it will be returned. If you return it, you will pay it off, and there is nothing difficult. and if he is destitute, he may be compensated by servitude for one day, and it shall be worth ten pennies. Zheng Anping felt that this method was good and immediately expressed his appreciation.