Wu Zong, the censor, is having a headache.
Oh my god, my head hurts!
Thirty thousand bandit family members are now crowded into the small Hequ County town.
Although he knew that he shouldn't say this, he still cursed in his heart: Wang Jiayin, you are such a bitch. You didn't take your family members away when you broke out. What are you doing here? Shall I raise the wife of a rogue bandit on your behalf?
At this moment, even he, a civil servant, had the same thought as the military attaché: It would be great to kill them all!
However, for the literati who read the "Book of Sages", they should not think about it. After killing his dark side, he returned to the bright side and frowned: These people must placement.
Moreover, these people cannot be resettled in Shanxi.
These people are all from Shaanxi. If he opens his mouth to relocate in Shanxi, Shanxi Governor Song Tongyin will definitely not be happy. If he is not happy, he will not cooperate well. When the chaos comes, these 30,000 people will just find a valley and throw them away. If they are given food and no land to farm, and are left to fend for themselves, within a few days, this group of people will rebel again.
Although they are not young and strong, they are all old, weak, women and children, but if a group of old people and women rebelled with hoes, wouldn't it make the court more unethical? Come to kill again then? Rivers of blood flowed from the killings, and the heads of 30,000 old, weak, women and children were sent to the emperor. The emperor was angry, and the first one chopped off the head of his censor Wu Di.
I have no choice but to move back to Shaanxi!
When he thought of moving back to Shaanxi, he thought of Monk Jigong and Chengcheng County.
"Well, I don't know if Chengcheng County is willing to accept these 30,000 old, weak, women and children."
"Report!"
One of his subordinates came in and reported loudly: "Sir, Shaanxi official Shi Kefa wants to see you."
Wu Di was overjoyed: "Is Shi Kefa here? That's great. Please come."
Soon, Shi Kefa strode in.
Shi Kefa is twenty-nine years old this year, at the age when he is ambitious and embarks on a career. His current official position is as a promotion official in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. The so-called promotion official mainly is in charge of criminal names and praise plans.
However, after he took office, he did not do the serious work of promoting officials for a few days. Instead, he has been responsible for providing relief to the people.
There is no other way but to help the people!
If we do not provide relief to the people, they will commit crimes, and then the work of recommending officials will be overwhelming.
Therefore, we should help the people before they commit crimes and nip them in the bud, so that there is no need to do the work of promoting officials. This is called true promotion of officials, just like a real master of swordsmanship who does not have a sword in his hand.
When Wu Zong saw Shi Kefa, he burst into tears as if he were seeing his relatives: "Brother Shi came at the right time. These family members of the bandits who came from Shaanxi to Shanxi need to be sent back to Shaanxi for resettlement, and a lot of money will be spent along the way. And if the person responsible for this matter becomes greedy and puts this money into his own pocket, these 30,000 people will rebel again. Only by entrusting this task to you can I feel at ease."
Shi Kefa looked confident and calm, with firmness in his eyes: "Don't worry, Mr. Wu, if I am greedy for a copper coin of disaster relief money, I will be reborn as a paving stone in my next life and be trampled by all the people."
Wu Di: "I can only believe you."
He waved his hand and his men brought out a silver box: "Use this silver to send these 30,000 old, weak, women and children back to Shaanxi, and hand them over to Chengcheng County Magistrate Liang Shixian."
Shi Kefa looked into the box and took a breath of cold air in his heart: "Master Wu, if I read correctly, there are only three thousand taels of silver here at most. How can I use this little money to house 30,000 people?" .”
Wu Di: "This is just travel expenses, spent on the road."
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Shi Kefa: "It's just travel expenses? After arriving in Chengcheng County, won't the lower officials have to worry about it?"
Wu Di nodded: "Don't worry about it, I can't control it anymore, alas."
He looked sad: "I brought one hundred thousand taels of silver into Shaanxi. As soon as I arrived in Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou asked for 20,000 taels to pay the arrears of military pay. I only had 80,000 taels left in my hands. I rescued in the east and in the west. Now I have There is already less than 50,000 taels of silver in it, so I can only squeeze out these 3,000 taels for you after gritting my teeth."
Shi Kefa: "!!!"
Wu Di walked up quickly and held Shi Kefa's hand: "Except for you, I can't trust anyone else. They are all greedy for money. Only you are trustworthy."
Shi Kefa perked up and said, "I understand, Sir Wu, please feel free to leave it to me. Even if your ability is weak, you will definitely work hard."
Soon, Shi Kefa took a thousand officers and soldiers, 30,000 old, weak, women and children on the long road to Chengcheng County.
The fastest way to get to Chengcheng County from Hequ is by boat.
However, the current in the upper reaches of the Yellow River was turbulent and it was not easy to sail. The imperial court lacked transportation capacity here and could not mobilize a large number of river boats to transport 30,000 people. Shi Kefa had no choice but to take the land route, first to Taiyuan, then from Taiyuan to Pingyang Prefecture, and then from Taiyuan to Pingyang Prefecture. From Pingyang Prefecture to Hejin Prefecture, cross the Yellow River via Longmen Ancient Ferry, and then enter Chengcheng via Hancheng County and Heyang County.
The total length of this road is a thousand miles!
Shi Kefa knew it was difficult, but he was not afraid. Although he was weak, he never flinched.
A few days later, he led the crowd to Taiyuan Mansion.
The food we had brought with us when we set out was all gone. The old, weak, women and children were so hungry that they cried loudly. Many of them could no longer walk and were very depressed. If we didn’t give them food, they would start a riot again.
Shi Kefa had no choice but to go to Taiyuan Mansion to buy grain.
When I entered the city, I asked at the government grain store. The price of grain was 800 cents per dou of grain.
Shi Kefa's forehead suddenly felt a blue pain.
Calculating it this way, three thousand taels of silver is only enough to buy about 50,000 jins of grain. How can this be enough for 30,000 people to travel a thousand miles?
There is no other way, just bite the bullet and do it.
Shi Kefa first negotiated with the grain store and used his official power to lower the price of grain to 700 yuan per bucket. Then he spent 1,500 taels of silver and bought more than 20,000 kilograms of grain. First, he gave the old, weak, women and children They had a half-full meal, suppressed his restless emotions, calmed the people's hearts, and then led them to continue southward.
Along the way, they dug grass roots, dug wild vegetables, and peeled bark from trees. They mixed these things with food and cooked them. They tried their best to save money and made a difficult trek, covering hundreds of miles.
The more than 20,000 kilograms of grain have been consumed.
A subordinate came to report: "Sir, our food supply has bottomed out, and we have to find a place to buy food again."
Shi Kefa frowned deeply: "Which city is we going to pass ahead?"
A subordinate reported: "Pingyang Mansion."
"Pingyang Mansion?" Shi Kefa immediately remembered that he had seen a military intelligence report not long ago, saying that Pingyang Mansion was attacked by 10,000 thieves led by the Eight Kings of Nanying. General Li Huai was defeated and almost broke the city. Later, he got It was only with the reinforcements of General Shi Bai under the command of Shaanxi General Soldier that he could barely hold on, and General Shi Bai was promoted to General Commander.
Shi Kefa let out a long sigh: "Pingyang Mansion was attacked by thieves not long ago. I'm afraid the price of food will not be cheap. Alas... what can we do about this?"
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