When Peng Shouan was assigned to Yangshan, others thought it was a disadvantage, but he didn't care. Although there are many mountains and little land here, and there are Yao people who are causing trouble, it is a remote place after all. Kun thieves from all over the world will never go to Yangshan, a remote place to find trouble for themselves.
His expectations were not high, and he would earn whatever he could. After three years in office, he resigned and returned to his hometown.
This wishful thinking almost came true. Just as his peaceful term had expired and he was waiting to meet with the county magistrate's office who came to take over, news came that Guangzhou had fallen and the thieves were setting up officials to govern the place.
Since Guangzhou has fallen, and the thieves have to set up officials to govern it, it is obvious what will happen next - Peng Shou'an has also read several local gazetteers and knows a little about the geography of mountains and rivers. Since the Australians have long-term plans to manage Guangzhou, then You won't live in one place. It is bound to go north to Wuling - this remote Yangshan County is not a paradise.
In this way, he was eagerly waiting for the arrival of his successor Zhou Liangchen. Finally, when Zhou Liangchen arrived, someone sent another document. Although this document was sent by a hundred households in Guangzhou Wei, it was signed by the Song Dynasty and Guangdong Province. Wen Desi, the envoy of Xuanfu,
The content of the letter was nothing more than asking him to surrender the city, and the Song Dynasty would never "embarrass" him. It will also let you "stay and go as you please." Peng Shou'an originally wanted to throw this hot potato to Zhou Liangchen, but Zhou Liangchen had other plans after reading the letter. He was stunned and refused to let Peng Shou'an leave his post, insisting that he "jointly support each other in times of difficulty." He said that the situation was critical, and it was exactly When employing people, he came to Guixian for the first time and did not know the local people's conditions, so he needed more help from his former county magistrate. Peng Shou'an tried to run away several times, but was intercepted by his servants. Later, the county magistrate simply put him under house arrest this week.
Peng Shou'an naturally knew what this kid was planning. If the thief Kun really came, he could just walk away and leave himself as the scapegoat as a former county magistrate. If the thief Kun didn't come, his county magistrate could take over. So Peng Shouan was wasting his time with Zhou Liangchen. After a few days, another news came. Qingyuan and Yingde counties were successively captured by Kun thieves. Yingde County did not even hold out for more than a day, and was captured in less than an hour. Breached.
Yingde is only one day away from Yangshan by water, and those Kun thieves will attack the city at any time. There are not many soldiers in Yangshan, there are no suitable generals, and there is not enough food and grass. Everyone knows that Yangshan County does not have the capital to fight against the Kun thieves. So there were only two choices left before Peng Shou'an. One was to fight, and then die in battle or commit suicide. Peng Shou'an didn't want to die, and neither did Zhou Liangchen. Originally, the two of them faced each other without speaking, but the current situation forced them to do so. Got together to discuss this issue.
According to Zhou Liangchen's calculation, he was prepared to run away when the Kun thieves really came, and lied that he would "submit the enemy" without taking over Yangshan County. However, the current situation cannot be achieved by "going first". The counties around Yangshan have successively surrendered to the Song Dynasty - this is not the second best thing. What is terrible is that the scoundrels everywhere have taken advantage of this chaos and become bandits. , not only the "foreign people" in the mountains came out to plunder, but also the people in the valleys who were organized into households, intercepted business travelers on the road, and killed and robbed passers-by. The two county magistrates want to run away from the city. If they can't escape Yangshan County, they will become "fat sheep".
Peng Shou'an couldn't run away, and Zhou Liangchen couldn't run away either. All the officials in the county, big and small, had nowhere to go - many of them brought their families with them. Without the official authority of the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult to move out of Yangshan County.
The two discussed with other officials in the city. After everyone talked coyly and hypocritically about "difficulty of life", lamented the "difficulty of the current situation", and lamented "how difficult people's livelihood is", they stopped "sharing the worries of the people". From the perspective of "Song Dynasty", he decided to "submit to the Song Dynasty and keep the people safe".
Immediately, a letter of surrender was drafted, stating that the Yangshan County government officials "all admired Song Tian'en and hoped that the Senate would be like the rain after a long drought" and were willing to "do the hard work of dogs and horses" for the Senate.
Finally, from Zhou Liangchen on down, all civil and military officials in Yangshan, big or small, were all assigned names. Peng Shou'an's hands were shaking when he wrote his name, which meant that he was "forced to become a thief". After the signatures were completed, Zhou Liangchen ordered three reliable servants to take this letter of surrender and rush back with the envoys at night. Guangzhou, send this letter of surrender to the high official of Kun Thief.
When the servant went out, an old man in the back office who didn't know whether it was an edict or a classic began to cry. Then many people followed him, and Peng Shou'an also cried for a long time.
Crying means crying. Surrendering is like selling yourself for fun. Before you sell, your heart is full of torment and worries. That's all it really has to be sold. Without the Ming Dynasty, there was still the Song Dynasty, but they finally had a backbone - it was this thought that allowed them to unite under the siege and attack of the Yao people and support them until Huang Chao came to rescue them.
Huang Chao didn't feel too happy after regaining Yangshan. Once the mountains were severely damaged, his plan to replenish food here was completely ruined. Not only would it be difficult for the troops to replenish food here, but they would also have to transport food from other places to feed the local population. Second, there is no "mass base" here. Because this is a remote and remote area, both transportation and commerce are extremely underdeveloped. The Foreign Intelligence Service does not station intelligence personnel locally, and businessmen from the five mountains and five elements rarely come here. The word "Australian" is not well known locally. This means that they have no one they can trust locally and can only rely on retained personnel from the county government. The elders have always been distrustful of retained personnel.
"Let's go inspect the county seat. This place is also an important support point for us." Huang Chao really couldn't understand that such a huge Yangshan City was actually occupied by a few hundred Yao people who had no decent weapons. But when he walked to the southeast corner of Yangshan County and saw that manpower was being concentrated on repairing the city walls that had collapsed due to floods, he immediately understood. Peng Shouan, who accompanied him, said that after the city wall collapsed due to floods a few years ago, although money and food were quickly raised to repair it, it was never completed and the construction progress was slow.
"...for the repair of the city wall, I also donated thirty taels of silver. However, the city wall collapsed more than a hundred feet, and a few hundred taels of silver were simply not enough..." Peng Shou'an was full of complaints when he talked about this matter. In order to repair the city wall, he worked hard all the time. After working hard for several months, I finally got more than 200 taels of silver from the local wealthy gentry and merchants, but it took more than a year to complete the repair. After Zhou Liangchen arrived, he kept waiting to see the situation and had no intention of building the city. The gap in the city wall remained open until the Yao people rushed in.
Huang Chao sighed and shook his head: the efficiency of the ancient government was really low.
He ordered an immediate inventory of the material losses in Yangshan County. Although the Yao people did not set fire to the city after they invaded, they were very poor. Not to mention the soft property, even tables, chairs, benches, baskets and baskets were robbed. Light - you can imagine how poor their daily life is.
"It seems that the Yao chaos cannot be quelled unless the economic problem is solved."
Huang Chao called over the captured Tianchang Gongs of several Yao villages. The Yao people in Yonghua Township often interacted with the Han people in Yangshan County, so they knew Chinese and could communicate with each other without an interpreter.
"As far as I know, the Yao people in Yonghua Township have always been law-abiding. Why did they suddenly rebel with the Bapai Yao?"
"It was Ma Jianpai who threatened us. If we don't agree, they will go down the mountain and rob our village." Pan Tianshun took the lead and said.
"You're coercing you into rebellion? Are you four villages still afraid of a horse and arrow platoon?"
"Our four villages have few people. We have all the children and the elderly. The men are only in their early 400s. The horse arrow platoon and the other seven platoons have only two to three thousand young men. Our four villages are no match. In addition..." Pan Tianshun I stopped here.
"What else?" Huang Chao pressed.
"Sun Dabiao from Daxunwei doesn't let others sell salt to us. We can only buy his salt. Recently he has raised the price of salt. If we buy salt, we don't have enough money to buy grain. The economy has been bad in recent years. It's a time of drought. If you don't have salt, you will die, and if you don't have food, you will die. The county magistrate dare not take care of him, so..." Pan Tianshun hesitated to speak.
"So what, tell me quickly!" Huang Chao was impatient.
"So we had no choice but to follow the others and kill Sun Dabiao's whole family first - just let him run away."
Huang Chao knew about Sun Dabiao. Through the Yangshan data compilation of the Intelligence Bureau, he knew that Sun Dabiao was a businessman who opened a shop in Daxunwei and sold salt, but in fact he was a bandit leader with hundreds of followers under his command. There were three to four hundred household bandits under his command. No wonder the Yao people in Yonghua Township hated and feared them.
The Yao people in Yonghua Township were reluctant to rebel, but Huang Chao was very dissatisfied with Pan Tianshun's pretense of pity. He asked again: "Don't talk about burning and looting Sun Dabiao's house - he deserves it. But in this county The people in Yangshan County have no grudges against you, right? On weekdays, you would go to the county town to attend the market. Now look at how this county town has been ruined by you! You have robbed many people in Yangshan County, right? The people you kidnapped Where's the stuff?"
The four Tianchang Gongs looked at each other, and then the three Tianchang Gongs rested their eyes on the Tianchang Gong of Baimang Village.
Pan Tianshun immediately added insult to injury: "The people who looted the city were all people from Baimang Village. Many of the people in their village were bandits under Sun Dabiao, and they were always in contact with Badai Yao. They came to the city this time purely for their purpose. Stealing things.”
Tian Changgong of Baimang Village turned pale with fright. He hurriedly knelt down and defended: "Sir, it's not just the people from Baimang Village who are robbing things, it's not just Baimang Village that is going to and fro with Badai Yao! Everyone has it. share!"
Huang Chao didn't want to get into the truth of what Tian Changgong said in Baimang Village. There must be a scapegoat for the Yao people's robbery of Yangshan County, and it was unrealistic to massacre the entire Yao people in Yonghua Township, so Baimang Village could only take the blame. This is the pot.
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