Chapter VIII Gaoyi County Affair
Soon, Wen Chou and his group had arrived at the Taolin Pass, and Jiang Xuan, Yan Liang and others had already led the Taolin Pass soldiers and waited outside the Taolin Pass, waiting for Wen Chou.
Of course, it was another greeting and farewell. Jiang Zhe and Jiang Xuan brothers also talked and cherished each other. Then they headed west and rushed to Gaoyi County to take up their posts. This group of people was the ruling class of Gaoyi County in the next few years and controlled the lifeline of Gaoyi County.
Gaoyi County is not too far away. Since it has decided to handle the affairs of Gaoyi County first and then go to other counties to visit all the famous scholars, Wen Chou is not a drag. He led a team of six or seven hundred people and dozens of large chariots of supplies to set off in a vast manner.
That night, Wen Chou and other major aides and officials quickly arrived at Gaoyi County. The soldiers and some of their relatives drove the chariot behind because of transporting food, grass, finance and other items. I am afraid that it will take another day or two to arrive at Gaoyi County.
The next morning, Wen Chou sent people to invite the officials from Gaoyi County to the Guanshi Parliament, including the current officials, staff, former officials and staff, and the lords of Wen Chou. This was a parliament that had set up a new ruling class in Gaoyi County. No matter how busy these people were, they all stopped their work and rushed to the parliament.
Because the news that Wen Chou was appointed as the new Gaoyi County Lord has spread! And it was the magistrate of Gaoyi County, which made the officials of Gaoyi County quite puzzled and puzzled. Gaoyi County was robbed by enemies, with fewer people, but the regulations have become larger! What is the rule?
Soon, the Guan Temple listening hall was filled with people, and most of them were doubtful in their words. Of course, most of these people were local people in Gaoyi County, and the people brought by Wen Chou were much calmer than them. First, most of them had already been promised by Wen Chou to manage their military positions, and second, they also knew Wen Chou better.
Wen Chou saw that the people had arrived almost, and said, "You must know that you are lucky enough to be summoned by the Prime Minister Feng this time and asked for the position of Gaoyi County Magistrate. From now on, we will be colleagues! I hope we can work together to make our county stronger together! There is no shame of falling into the city!"
"I wish Wenjun to enter the county. I hope that this county will become strong under the leadership of Wenjun." Lu Liang first praised and congratulated him.
"Congratulations to Wenjun!"
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"Mr. I have a question. Don't you know if you should ask?" County Magistrate Cheng Qi said.
"Jun Cheng has come, and I know everything." Wen Chou was not arrogant, and said.
"Our county has few people, and it is a small county. Now that we have been attacked by this bandit, the number of people and households has been reduced sharply. Why did you take the post of county magistrate?" Cheng Qi asked directly.
"This is nothing, I'm just fortunate to be appreciated by Prime Minister Feng Gong and asked our county to recruit refugees to serve as a householder." Wen Chou explained.
"What the county lord said about refugees are the old and weak who are driven out of the mountains by bandits?" Cheng Qi thought for a moment and said in surprise. The bandits are coming out of the mountains, which is a hot topic. Cheng Qizi also knew about the county magistrate of Gaoyi County, who is backing.
"That is, you all know that these bandits who entered the mountains were also neighboring villager Guizhou. They had to be the bandits, and most of them were taken away by bandits! They were not willing to do so, so we can give them the opportunity. I think they are still very willing to serve the people of Qi again." Wen Chou explained.
A few years ago, the three prefectures were in conflict with each other. First, Zhang Chun, the former prime minister of Zhongshan, joined forces with Zhang Ju, a powerful clan of Yuyang, and Qiu Liju, the Wuhuan master, plundered the Youzhou Guangyang and Yuyang counties. When attacking Ji County, he killed the Wuhuan commander Gong Qi Chou who came to support after hearing the news, Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping, Yang Zhong, the prefect of Liaodong, and others. More than 100,000 people gathered to station troops in Feiru County, Liaoxi County.
The Wuhuan Lord Qiu Liju relied on his power and sent thousands of troops to plunder the Youji Prefectures. Didn’t he fight against Wen Chou, Zhao Yun and others in Changshan?!
In addition, Bingzhou massacres various tribes rebelled against the Han Dynasty and conquered the Xihe County of Bingzhou, Taiyuan County and other counties. These two wars that affected the three states caused many households, families, and people to die, exile in foreign lands in order to survive. At this time, the number of refugees had not yet attracted the attention of the government.
However, before the wheat in the fields was harvested, affected by this year's severe drought, large-scale refugees began to appear in Hebei and the two states. Most of them were households with full grain. If there was any harvest this season, they had to go into exile and beg for a living. This attracted the attention of the government.
Because of the benefits of the four-season canals that were already connected before the New Year, Shahe Township has not been affected by the severe drought. The harvest is not only not much higher than in previous years, but has increased a lot. However, Gaoyi County is not so lucky. Although it is also close to Jihe River, it does not have the benefits of ditches. It has also been a large-scale reduction in production, but it is not too serious.
This is also the reason why Wen Chou people have always seen the good weather, but when they entered the county this time, they saw a large area of barren land and large areas of wheat fields with only straw but no ears. They realized the serious drought and the number of refugees in other places.
Compared with the number of refugees in counties around Taihang Mountain, some of them are smaller than those in the big witches. Because most of the refugees around Taihang Mountain are old and weak driven out by various tribes in the Black Mountain.
Because of the severe drought, it spread across the Hebei and Hebei states. Even if the Black Mountain bandits want to go out to plunder, they will have no robbery! In addition, there is very little land that can be cultivated in the mountains, and some fields are also inferior fields. In addition, such severe drought, they are more difficult than ordinary Bai's surname and have more food and grass. Therefore, they can only shrink their troops and drive the old and weak out of the mountains.
This is something that the various tribes in Heishan often do. Whenever the green and yellow are not accepted and there is insufficient food, the various tribes in the Montenegro will drive the useless old and weak in the team out of Taihang. It's just that this year's harvest is bleak, and they can still be accommodated there.
If he let it go, there would probably be another disaster for the two prefectures of Jibing. At this time, as the former governor of Jizhou and the former pillar of the country, the emperor has now taken back his seal and ribbon of the Left Cavalry General, snatched 6,000 households, and changed it to the Marquis of Duxiang, and 2,000 households. Huangfu Song, who finally couldn't help but take action.
In addition to Sili, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Xiliang area, which suffered severe drought this year, caused rebellion, and the left Xiongnu in Ji and merged with the two prefectures, slaughtered various tribes, and the Black Mountain bandits were in trouble. There were Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju, and Qiu Liju rebelled in Youzhou, while the Yellow Turban Remnants were everywhere in Qingzhou. Huangfu Song, the mainstay of the Han Dynasty, wanted to use his own strength to abide the Jizhou rebellion.
Chapter completed!