Chapter 257: Feng Xiang’s Change (Central)

Changhua County, Hedong was called Shizhou before the first year of Tianbao. It is located near the Yellow River to the west and has always been a major transportation route to the west. According to the agreement between Cui and Pei and others to divide Hedong, Changhua County belonged to the Cui family. However, two years ago, Pei Jun saw the time was ripe, so he ordered a large army to go south and occupy most of the land in Hedong, leaving only Shangdang and Gaoping counties to the Cui family. Changhua County was naturally controlled by the Pei family.

According to the principle of recommendation of aristocratic families, the current governor of Changhua County was recommended and appointed by Pei Jun. The governor was named Wang Dongyang. He was about 40 years old. He was a Jinshi in the seventh year of Qingzhi. He was originally the magistrate of Anyang County, Ye County, Hebei. He was appreciated by Pei Jun a year ago and was promoted to the governor. The appreciation of the prime minister made him so grateful that he worked diligently since then and did not dare to be careless at all.

At this moment, the governor was sitting in a carriage and hurried to Dinghu County, located by the Yellow River. He just returned from his hometown yesterday, but received a bad news. These days, many families have traveled across the Hexi River, with unknown numbers. Although the Tang Dynasty's laws stipulate that the people are not allowed to migrate without authorization, in fact, the major families are poaching each other, and the laws and regulations that are not allowed to migrate have become a waste of paper. Especially in the years of great disasters, many local officials only think that there are too many people eating on their own.

In June this year, many counties and counties in Hedong suffered locust plagues, and Changhua County was no exception. Many families have already escaped the Yellow River to make a living in June and July, but the disaster has long subsided. Now it is November, and the weather is the coldest. Why do anyone still cross the river?

Wang Dongyang was puzzled and the county Sima who reported the matter was unwilling to tell the truth. He had no choice but to brave the cold wind and go to the Yellow River to inspect it himself.

Needless to say, the move to the west was done by the people from Longyou. In the complete Fengxiang strategy, bringing Fengxiang army's family from Changhua County to Longyou is an important link. For this reason, Longyou has brought extremely preferential conditions. Not only can each household rent ten acres of government land, but it can be owned in five years, and it is also exempt from taxes within three years. There is also the most important one. From the day you set foot on the land of Longyou, each household can get a subsidy of 20 cents a day until the wheat harvest is harvested next year. These conditions are undoubtedly fatal to the people of Hedong who have been struggling to survive after the disaster.

Of course, receiving Fengxiang's family was just a subtext. Longyou official said it was to help the people of Hedong to overcome the disaster. Thinking that Longyou Jiedushi Zhang Huan was a native of Hedong, the only doubts that the people had disappeared.

Landless farmers wanted to get their own land and went west without hesitation. Many people missed their hometowns, thinking of avoiding the disaster first and then returning next year. In this way, everyone flocked to them. In just ten days, more than 6,000 households crossed Hexi. This incident caused a sensation. Not only Changhua County, but also Pingyao and Fenyang were also coming, and the news even reached Taiyuan.

In the afternoon, Governor Wang led more than 100 yamen runners into Dinghu County. Along the way, he saw a steady stream of people rushing towards Dinghu County, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

Dinghu County is close to the Yellow River. A hundred steps away from the city gate, you can see that the Yellow River is like a jade belt, lying across the vast land. The river water has frozen, making it very easy to cross the river. You can walk directly from the ice to the other side.

At this moment, there are still crowds of people at the Yellow River Ferry. More than 3,000 farmers who came from all over the country were waiting for the final confirmation. After confirmation, they received the food and street signs and could get on the road.

Hundreds of large tents have been set up at the ferry, and nearly a thousand soldiers are maintaining order. There are long rows of tables in front of the tent, and more than 30 officials from Longyou are verifying the identity of the applicants. There are more than a dozen long queues in front of the table. According to whether there are family members joining the army, dozens of soldiers are leading the endless stream of people, shouting to them from time to time: "There are people from the army coming here at home."

The person in charge of this immigration operation was Pei Mingyuan. At this moment, an official brought a family of Fengxiang Army to him.

"I am from Fangshan County. My son is in the army in Fengxiang's army and is called Zhai Silang." The old farmer smiled simplely. There was only so much information he knew.

However, it is not easy to find the three words "Zhai Silang" from the thick list. Maybe this Silang is just a nickname. After his son joined the army, he changed his name and could not find out correctly.

"Do you have a letter from his home?" Pei Mingyuan still had a smile on his face, trying to narrow the scope of searching, reminding the old farmer in one sentence. He hurriedly took out a wrinkled letter from his arms, handed it on, and smiled honestly: "The only one letter was sent by him last year."

Pei Mingyuan took the letter, looked roughly, and found the clue. The fifth battalion and the third team were in charge. He immediately turned to the corresponding page on the roster. It was indeed the team leader Zhai Dabiao, from Fangshan County, Changhua County, Hexi Province. His father Zhai Kuogu: I don’t know.

Pei Mingyuan glanced at the honest old man. He was following his wife, daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter, etc., and also had a simple smile. He picked up his pen and hooked up Zhai Dabiao's name, closed the roster, took out an iron plate from another box and handed it to him. He pointed to the tent behind and said, "Take this iron plate and go to the tent. Someone will register for you, and then take you to dinner, and finally set off with a group of other people."

The old man took the iron plate and took his family away thankfully. Pei Mingyuan breathed a light tone and had already sent away three thousand Fengxiangmen's families, far exceeding the quota set by the governor for 2,000 families.

At this time, a soldier ran up to report, "Pei Envoy, the governor of Changhua County, has arrived, and asked him to see the Envoy."

Pei Mingyuan had been waiting for this person for a long time. He asked another official to take over him, stood up and smiled and said, "Take him here."

After a moment, the aggressive governor Wang strode up. He had already asked the real reason for the people's journey west. He couldn't help but be shocked and angry. His first reaction was to report to the prime minister, but before the report, he decided to negotiate with the people in Longyou first to explain to the prime minister.

"I am the governor Wang of Changhua County. I would like to ask you for your surname and any position?" Seeing that Pei Mingyuan was quite young, he couldn't help but look arrogant on his face.

Pei Mingyuan smiled and bowed, "Sima, under the Xialongyou Jiedushi, is surnamed Pei, and is named Pei Mingyuan."

"Pei Mingyuan", governor Wang was a county magistrate in Yejun, the Pei family's territory, and was very familiar with the Pei family. He suddenly thought of Pei Jun's sons. After thinking about it, wasn't Pei Mingyuan the fifth son of Pei Jun who traveled thousands of miles and read thousands of books? He seemed to be an official in Longyou.

The face of Governor Wang seemed to be at noon after the rainstorm had stopped. The clouds suddenly disappeared and a bright smile appeared, "It turns out to be Mr. Pei, I'll be lucky! I'll be lucky!" The waist, which was originally straight, was slightly bent.

"You're welcome!" Pei Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "Governor Wang, please go to the big tent to talk."

"No need." Governor Wang looked back at the crowded scene and couldn't help but cry, "Young Master Pei, how can I explain to Pei Xiangguo on such a large-scale migration of people?"

Pei Mingyuan smiled slightly, "We are reducing the post-disaster pressure for Hedong. It should be a good thing for Hedong. What are the difficulties? Although Governor Wang went to report to the Prime Minister, Besides, Pei was probably already aware of this."

"Pei Prime Minister knows?" Governor Wang's eyes showed a look of surprise. He suddenly woke up. How could Pei Jun not know that there was such a big noise? No army came to intervene until now, which means that the Prime Minister had already agreed. However, ten days passed, but he did not write a report to the court. Maybe in the end, the Prime Minister was going to attack him. Thinking of this, Governor Wang's back was sweating profusely. He hurriedly bowed to Pei Mingyuan, and ran away in panic without saying a word.

Pei Mingyuan looked at his back and smiled disdainfully, then turned around and walked to the team. A woman pushed forward with sweat and shouted to him, "Official, my husband is also joining the army in Fengxiang."

Pei Mingyuan smiled gently, comforted her excited emotions and said, "Don't worry, tell me what your husband's name is?"

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Just as the people in Hedong were relocating on a large scale, a major event broke out in Fengxiang's army. The marching Sima Han Qing impeached the court to the court for the deceased Li Mo two years ago and deceived the court and abused the people to take credit for credit. The news came out and caused a sensation in the court. Fengxiang was the last force of the Cui family in Guanzhong. If it was even lost, the Cui family would be defeated.

Just as the ministers in the court were talking, Cui Yu, who had been silent about the situation in Hanzhong, finally jumped out. He denied Li Mo's deceiving the court and accused Han Qing of impeaching the matter two years later. It was obviously another intention. At the same time, Li Mo also wrote to the court, claiming that he was in Fengxiang's army at that time and did not go to arrest him personally. He also expressed his desire to thoroughly investigate the matter. If there were indeed subordinates who concealed the truth, he would be severely punished.

Things seemed to be moving towards turning big things into small things, and small things into small things. Unexpectedly, Pei Jun and Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu made an appointment together that this matter was related to serious military discipline and was not tolerated. They decided to send the Chief Censor Liao Hui to Fengxiang to investigate the matter.

The storm was strange for a moment, and hundreds of cavalry guarded the investigation and made the phoenix fly away like lightning. An unknown omen quietly enveloped the sky above Fengxiang County.

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Chapter completed!