In the familiar backyard of the county government office, Chen Mengji had the illusion that things were right and people were different.
A general sat in the place that should have belonged to him.
A majestic voice sounded: "You are actually still alive!"
"I..., I originally wanted to live and die with Nao County, but I was unwilling to do so. I wanted to keep a useful body to put down the bandits and regain the lost territory!"
"Rogue bandits? Are you sure they are rogue bandits?"
"The people of Guo County are simple and honest. Of course, it was the gangsters who fanned the people and led them to lose their nature and engage in rebellion, robbing homes and killing officials."
"It's useless for you to characterize the cause of the civil uprising as a disturbance caused by rogue bandits. If the court pursues it, you will inevitably be stabbed at Caishikou!"
At this time, Chen Mengji, who was born in the second rank of Jinshi, no longer had the reserve of a scholar when he met a military man, nor the superiority of a civilian official when he met a military officer. "Plop!" he knelt down.
He said with a cry in his voice: "General, help!"
"Why should I save your life? Who deserve the tens of thousands of people who died in civil unrest because of your incompetence?"
"Only you, general, can save me. I originally offered fifty thousand. No, no, I am willing to offer all my savings for a total of eighty-three thousand taels of silver as salary!"
Originally, Chen Mengji wanted to offer 50,000 taels of silver to get rid of the crime. Who would have thought that Huang Yi would not talk about it at all, and the implication was that he was going to arrest him and transport him to the capital.
The county magistrate was immediately frightened and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy. Of course he knew how much gold and silver treasures were buried in the small courtyard.
As long as Qiu Ba knows where they are buried, those things will definitely not belong to them.
So Chen Mengji was so cruel that he gave up everything and used it all to buy his life.
How many tens of thousands of taels of silver are there?
Huang Yi suddenly became energetic. It was not that he was greedy for money, but that he needed money to buy food. Taking advantage of the great opportunity to enter the Shanxi and Shaanxi joint areas to suppress the bandits, he gained tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.
How many people can be raised depends entirely on whether you have enough food to support these people for a year.
As long as these people can be fed for a year, the harvest from the land cultivated and sown in that year will definitely be able to feed double the population.
In ancient times, it was basically possible for farmers to do this. The fertilizer factories in Xinghe City and Dongshanbao were brewing soil fertilizers.
With this kind of high-efficiency fertilizer, one acre of field can produce at least 200 kilograms of wheat, which is more than 1.5 times the average yield per mu in the north in the late Ming Dynasty.
"Eighty-three thousand taels of silver? You, an official, deserve to have two sleeves of gold!"
Chen Mengji didn't mind Huang Yi's sarcasm at all, and said cautiously: "The atmosphere in officialdom is like this, but the lower officials are actually not greedy."
"The county magistrate who can make two to thirty thousand taels of silver a year has the nerve to say he is not greedy!"
"I'm ashamed of myself, but I'm really not a person who knocks bones and sucks marrow!"
Could it be that in the late Ming Dynasty, there were really no officials and no corruption? Huang Yi couldn't figure it out and didn't want to figure it out. He said:
"Since you promised to spend a lot of money to help you, I will reluctantly give you a hand. You can discuss it with the supervisor later."
ah? Chen Mengji suddenly sweated profusely. All his money was used to bribe Huang Yi. How could he still have money to honor the eunuch who was supervising the army? Isn't this still a dead end?
"General, I have already spent everything I have, but I can't impress the supervisor. Please give me some advice, General!"
"It would be a perfect match for you to cooperate with the eunuch in this matter of concealing the truth from superiors and bullying inferiors. I will not participate in it."
"General, I really don't have any money left!"
Only then did Huang Yi understand Chen Mengji's concerns, and he suddenly said with disdain:
"Don't worry. Wang Kun, the eunuch of the Xuan Grand Supervisory Army, is a good eunuch who refuses to be corrupted and will never get involved. He will enthusiastically help you get rid of the crime. You don't need to give any favors!"
"This, this, this is absolutely impossible!"
"You'll find out later, anything is possible!"
Chen Mengji was frightened and dizzy.
He thought it was an illusion because he actually saw Huang Yi ordering two royal guards to take him to see Wang Kun, the eunuch of the Supervisory Army.
The two Jinyi guards were respectful and looked like ordinary soldiers.
Feeling dizzy, Chen Mengji came to the courtyard where Wang Kun stayed and was immediately in awe.
Because the furnishings here are too simple, worse than a scribe's office.
The aloof eunuch of the Supervisory Army was actually approachable. He did not put on airs in front of Chen Mengji, a seventh-grade county magistrate. Instead, he asked in a friendly manner what his purpose was.
Next, he not only agreed to cooperate, but also took the initiative to discuss the wording of the victory report with Chen Mengji.
The capital, the officials of various ministries, the palms of various eunuchs, in short, all the officials and eunuchs in power received the ice respect.
Only the eunuch of the Xuan Grand Supervisor Army spared no effort and only sent one piece of good news!
However, none of the chief eunuchs dared to intercept Wang Kun's memorial and submitted it to the emperor that day.
Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood after seeing it, and immediately commented, encouraging Huang Yi, the counselor of Xinghe, to make new contributions. He praised Wang Kun for his courage in taking on the task, and agreed that the magistrate of Guo County, Chen Mengji, who had made great contributions, should stay in his post. He urged the people to pacify the victims as quickly as possible and resume production as quickly as possible. .
However, the most important food relief was not followed up.
The Xinghe Army received a temporary mission to exterminate the rebels in the three counties. The main mission was to fight against the bandits in southwestern Shanxi and regain Xizhou and Puzhou...
Huang Yi's idea was to publicize the Xinghe Army and try to let the common people in Xuanda and Shanxi know that in this chaotic world, there is still an army that has no offense and an invincible leader.
Along the way, the governors of the Xinghe Army helped the poor, the doctors accompanying the army treated illnesses and saved people, and never harassed the local area, which won some people's hearts.
When the three counties were pacified, one or two thousand wounded people were treated. These people were basically young adults and were the main labor force of a family.
If treatment is not available, the survival rate may be only 20 to 30%.
The doctors accompanying the Xinghe Army have the most scientific wound treatment methods in the world today. With the help of military doctors, the survival rate is as high as 80%.
Except for Chen Mengji, the other two county magistrates of the three counties are missing. It is unknown whether they are dead or have escaped.
The rioters not only hated the rich, robbing big households and killing landlords and their old wealth, but also extremely hated government servants and subordinate officials.
There's a reason for that!
Apportionment and fire consumption are all controlled by government servants and petty officials who pretend to be powerful. These people are best at bullying good people. The day when farmers pay taxes is when these people get rich.
It's not that the time has not come yet for not reporting. During the more than ten days of civil unrest in the three counties, almost all the government servants and subordinate officials were killed.
Many government officials were caught by hateful mobs and tortured until they could neither survive nor die.
In the Ming Dynasty, those who really governed and ruled a county were the subordinate officials and government officials. These people were all sitting on the ground.
After the civil unrest, the rule and clan power in the three counties were completely destroyed. It was time to take the opportunity to establish a new order.
Therefore, Huang Yi enclosed the land and distributed the unowned land to the common people to establish large farms.
In order to better control the three counties including Guoxian, each county left three elected governors, six musketeers and thirty auxiliary soldiers.
Their task is to manage six rooms and three classes to serve as government servants. The most important task during this month is to organize young adults to strengthen public security.
