Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, as the imperial government became more neglected and the local turmoil became almost endless, people continued to flee with their families. Most of the people on the east and west roads of Shandong ran to the mountains, relying on the steep caves to fight against the imperial soldiers. Over time, he developed a reputation as a gang of thieves in Taishan, Shandong.
In fact, it is just like the people in various states in Hebei who have settled in ponds and mountains and built countless fortresses and cities. The area where the Taishan bandits are located is also spread across the east and west roads of Shandong. There is more than just one Mount Tai?
According to imperial law, such behavior is a serious crime. In the early years, when the Jurchens were ruthless, they would kill people like rags for no reason in Shandong. They often caused countless casualties to the people of Junzhou and caused a bad smell for hundreds of miles. When encountering people fleeing and resisting taxes, they will naturally become furious. How can there be any reason to let them go?
For decades, the famous officials and generals stationed in Shandong all took credit for conquering the bandits in Mount Tai, and reported to the court time and time again how many bandits they had killed and how many camps they had destroyed. However, if the people's desperate situation does not change, how can the thieves be suppressed? Can you kill all the people who can't survive?
During the Taihe period, the Song people in the Southern Dynasty were good at developing weapons and instigated civil uprisings in Shandong, Huaibei and other places. The Jin Dynasty tried its best to gather troops to attack the Song Dynasty. As a result, the local governors, capital troops, and patrol officers were all empty. It was really difficult to deal with the rebellions that were coming one after another in various places.
At that time, there were so many thieves hiding in the caves of Mount Tai that the local government was completely helpless. Some officials actually suggested that tens of thousands of people be sent to clear out the forests on Mount Tai. If the mountains are covered with ocher, thieves will have no place to hide and can be wiped out.
The absurdity of this suggestion truly reflects the endemic endemic disease in Shandong, where both the people's livelihood and the economy are on the verge of collapse. But the officials were frightened and had no choice but to seek medical treatment urgently. They wanted to try any prescription and dared to take any medicine.
Fortunately, Hu Shahu led his troops southward at that time, and Wanyan Chenghui, who subsequently became the commander-in-chief of the Shandong Army, was a wise man. After hearing this suggestion, he objected to it in a petition to the court and wrote a lot. The last two sentences were: "There are many mountains in the world, how can they be all ocher?"
The literal meaning is that there are so many mountains in the world, can we cut them down? In fact, another meaning is that most of the mountains in the world are occupied by bandits and bandits, and we are almost unable to cope with them. Lords of the court, please be more careful!
Immediately, Wanyan Chenghui advocated pacifying the people, recruiting thieves, and temporarily suspended a series of evil laws including the money limit law.
Therefore, Yang An'er, the famous rebel thief at that time, was able to take a breather and got the position of deputy commander of the Tiewagan War Army, and went to northern Xinjiang for a time. Because the military strength was very strong, the emperor had to personally issue an edict to mobilize him.
Taking this as an opportunity, many leaders of bandits and refugees received rewards from the imperial court and obtained official positions from the imperial court. Then they came out of the mountains with their subordinates with satisfaction and returned to their hometowns.
Several years passed in the blink of an eye, and the power of the imperial court became increasingly weaker. On the contrary, these organized wealthy people and powerful families gradually gained strength in the local area.
The situation is similar to that of Guo Ning, Jing Anmin, Miao Daorun, Zhang Rou and others who were entrenched in Hebei and could easily oust the governor of the state.
However, Guo Ning and Jing'an Min both came from the defeated army in northern Xinjiang. They had directly experienced and indeed endured the terrible military pressure from northern Mongolia. Therefore, they used military orders to restrain their subordinates, and strictly speaking, they formed a powerful force. Locally supported armies.
However, these tycoons in Shandong rely more on the power of their clans and old traditions. Sometimes they worked for the Jurchen nobles, and sometimes they came forward to seize their own interests. In just a few years, they became entangled and formed a local force that was neither officials nor thieves nor people, but also officials, thieves and people.
Under their rule, or under the rule of the Dajin court, the real poor people were always exploited, but the methods were different.
The Xu Ruxian Guo Ning asked about was the leader of a powerful family in Laizhou. He has prestige, the support of his clan, and close ties with local subordinates.
Even in the eyes of many real girls, he is still a powerful figure. At least, a man like Aruhan who lives in a remote place will only feel defeated when he meets Xu Ruxian.
This time Guo Ning was appointed as the military commander of the Dinghai Navy. Originally, Wanyan Sala from Yidu was dissatisfied and wanted to use means to persuade Guo Ning. However, the order was secretly transmitted to Laizhou, and Xu Ruxian added fuel to the flames by mobilizing a group of local powerful people to come forward to support, which is why such a scene occurred.
For this reason, Xu Jin also found many other people outside Aruhan to inquire, but he still didn't know why Xu Ruxian had such courage, and it was even harder to determine what his purpose was.
At the same time as Guo Ning was asking, Laizhou was in the southeast of Ye County.
At the foot of Hantong Mountain, beside the Ye River.
Here there is an old city from the Qin and Han Dynasties, which was replaced by a music platform. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Qutai City gradually declined and lost its former glory. However, in recent years, a group of powerful landowners with military support gathered here to live together. As a result, Qutai City has continuous houses and courtyards, which are comparable in size to Ye County in the north.
In the city, there were soldiers patrolling back and forth, shouting with authority, and a murderous atmosphere spread. As a result, the entire city is like a sleeping beast, which may jump up and hurt people at any time.
To the north of the city, there is a tall pier. A new courtyard with three front and three entrances was built on the pier. At this time, more than ten people were sitting in two rows in the main hall of the courtyard.
One of them, with a tall stature and a shrewd and powerful look on his face, was Xu Ruxian, who was serving as the Eighth Grade Zhongyong Colonel Lieutenant and was patrolling the marching stage.
The officials in Laizhou City and its subordinate counties were all frightened out of their wits by Guo Ning yesterday. They all spent their money early this morning and rushed to Haicang Town to flatter him. However, Xu Ruxian did not follow the inspection, and none of the more than ten local powerful families who were closely related to him followed him. Instead, they all came to Qutai City to pay their respects to Xu Ruxian.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xu Ruxian stood up, cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "You have braved the north wind to come here at the invitation today, which shows your kindness. Mr. Xu would like to thank you in advance."
Having said this, he showed off his robes and bowed to everyone in the hall.
Everyone stood up one after another to return the courtesy. For a while, figures appeared one after another, making it a bit chaotic.
At this time, there was a rough voice in the crowd: "Brother Xu, why are you so polite? Everyone came against the north wind because they knew that you invited everyone to come because of the north wind. I heard that the new appointment Guo Ning, the governor of Jiedu, was born as a warrior in Northern Xinjiang. He acted unscrupulously and killed many people in Zhongdu to earn his official position. To be honest, I was a little scared. If Brother Xu hadn't summoned me, I would have gone there by now. Haicang Town knelt down and begged for mercy. But I don’t know, what do you think?”
Xu Ruxian laughed loudly: "Brother Gao said that because he is blaming me."
The man with a rough voice strode out. He turned out to be a short and stocky man, about forty years old, with a broad chest and a protruding belly. His face was full of violence: "The thousands of people under Guo Ning's command are all here. I am no match for the fierce soldiers who have been fighting with the Black Tartars for many years in the northern border trench. I wanted to go to the door early and kneel down, just to be a lackey and share some bones to eat. If you, Xu Ruxian, don't allow it... then you have to give it to me. Just an explanation."
Xu Ruxian smiled but did not answer, and glanced at the person next to him.
Someone immediately stood up and said: "Lao Gao, what you said is wrong. It is precisely because Guo Ning is so fierce that we cannot surrender to him easily. If he despises us, we will really become dogs and have no bones to eat. Can eat shit!”
The old man was furious.
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