The news he heard from the people in Jing'an City made Liang Shanbo extremely frustrated.
Once upon a time, Liang Shanbo believed that only Wen Taishi's lineage in the Chen court was the last hope to save the country and the people.
At this moment, Liang Shanbo's faith in the Qingliu of Wen Taishi and the others collapsed.
My wife, Zhu Yingtai, also noticed this situation of her husband, and quickly comforted her: "Husband, you just saw a scum in the Qingliu lineage of Master Wen! You cannot compare him with other real Qingliu officials."
Liang Shanbo just nodded lightly without saying anything.
It can be seen at a glance that there are so many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Jing'an City, the capital of Yongzhou, so other counties and districts in Yongzhou must not imitate the same!
From small to large, if Qingliu is so corrupt, then how corrupt will the entire Chen country be!
"Husband, how about we go to Pingliang County and Pingjiang County to have a look? Didn't my husband say that many people have fled to Pingjiang County and Pingliang County? Maybe that is also the place where Qingliu of the Wen Taishi lineage ruled. Woolen cloth!"
Hearing this, Liang Shanbo's eyes once again had a glimmer of hope.
"Madam, you are right, let's go to Pingliang County and Pingjiang County to have a look!"
"The reason why Pingjiang County and Pingliang County can attract people to seek refuge is probably because the officials who govern them are clean and honest. Let's go there and see how the county magistrates in these two places govern!"
At this time, a servant behind the couple said: "The magistrate of Pingjiang County is Zhou Yi, who was a prostitute in the past few years. He has no doubt that he can manage the people of the county in an orderly manner, but the magistrate of Pingliang County..."
When Pingliang County was mentioned, the old servant Liang Zhi paused.
And it was Liang Zhi's meal that aroused the curiosity of Liang Shanbo and his wife.
Zhu Yingtai asked quickly: "Uncle Liang, what do you think happened to the magistrate of Pingliang County?"
The old servant Liang Zhi quickly explained: "I once heard the master say that the magistrate of Pingliang County, Li Feiyu, was a bandit."
"If you want to say that a Tanhualang can manage a county well, I won't be surprised at all, but if you want to say that a bandit can manage a county well, I don't believe it from the bottom of my heart!"
Liang Shanbo also nodded slightly and said: "I have also heard about visiting flowers that week. The three poems "Yongzhou Nostalgia on the Hillside", "Pingliang County Sends Wang Hao Back to the Capital" and "Essays of the Mighty Old General in the Forest" are all from Its hands!”
Zhu Yingtai was also surprised when he heard this: "Could it be Zhou Xingjian, who wrote the Book of Changes about everything about everything? I never thought that he would be working in this remote Pingjiang County."
Liang Shanbo nodded heavily again and said: "Well, I also like the poem you mentioned very much, but what I like most is the memorial poem he wrote for Old General Lin - I'm going to Quantai to recruit old troops. , Kill Yama with a hundred thousand banners!"
Liangshan Boyue said he was excited, thinking that he would soon meet the author of such heroic and emotional poems as "Here I go to Quantai to recruit old troops, and I will kill Yama with a hundred thousand banners." The couple were like star-chasers who were about to meet their idols. Same.
"Okay, let's go to Pingliang County first, and then go to Pingjiang County to get to know the talented Zhou Tanhua."
The old servant Liang Zhi quickly admonished: "Master, Pingliang County and Pingjiang County are still in the northernmost part of Yongzhou, and the two places are invaded by foreign tribes from time to time. The master often says that a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. Master, you and the young lady do this." Aren’t you just putting yourself in danger?”
Liang Shanbo, however, was not afraid at all and said: "Now that the old general Lin Lin of Wuwei Pass has led the mighty guards to take it back, the Xiongnu in the north and the Qiang and Di tribes in the west are blocked from Wuwei Pass."
"With only the Khitan clan, what do I have to fear from my two hundred thousand mighty army of guards?"
After all, Liang Shanbo was still a bit scholarly and too idealistic. What he didn't know was that the soldiers of Wuwei Guard had been corrupted and degraded over the years under the leadership of Zhang Biao, and they did not have much fighting power.
The reason why there have been no major battles in these years is entirely because the Zhouyi provided food to many Khitan tribes through trade.
Those tribes that had traded with Zhou Yi could obtain food through peaceful means. Who would want to fight to the death again?
As for those Khitan tribes who blindly wanted to obtain food by robbing the people of Pingliang and Pingjiang counties, without exception, they were taught by Zhou Yi's sharp arrows and high walls. They found nothing but corpses on the ground.
Seeing that the young master and his wife could not be persuaded, the old servant Liang Zhi had no choice but to agree.
Now that they had made up their mind, the master and servant headed to Pingliang County from Jing'an City.
During this period, Liang Shanbo and his wife also passed through several other counties ruled by Qingliu officials of Wen Taishi's lineage.
Without exception, the people's livelihood in each of these counties is in dire straits.
And the people in these counties also want to flee to Pingjiang County and Pingliang County.
According to the people fleeing the famine, the taxes collected by those Qingliu officials were indeed small, but they could not support the wide variety of products!
In this regard, Liang Shanbo and his wife couldn't help but have deep doubts about the Qingliu officials from Wen Taishi's lineage.
"Is this the official I once trusted to save the building from collapse and support the country from collapse?"
"They officials are not as good as Tanhua Lang Zhou Yi! Why can't they even be as good as a bandit who was recruited!"
In addition to being disappointed with the officials of Grand Master Wen's lineage, Liang Shanbo couldn't help but also developed a strong interest in the bandit leader "Li Feiyu".
He wanted to know how this bandit leader managed Pingliang County into the "paradise on earth" that everyone in Yongzhou aspired to.
However, Zhu Yingtai reminded her husband that Tanhualang Zhouyi also served as the magistrate of Pingliang County, so Pingliang County was probably managed according to the order designed by Tanhualang Zhouyi.
This has also led to the two county towns becoming "paradise on earth" in the eyes of the people of Yongzhou.
Liang Shanbo and his wife discovered that the closer they were to Pingliang County and Pingjiang County, the more people were fleeing famine.
Just when Liang Shanbo and his wife walked to the junction of Shicheng County and Pingliang County, they discovered a strange incident.
There were more than a dozen yamen agents armed with killing sticks blocking the road, preventing the fleeing people from going to Pingliang County.
Liang Shanbo noticed that one of the leaders was still wearing the clothes of a county magistrate, and he was earnestly admonishing these people who were fleeing the famine.
"You must not go to Pingliang County. The county magistrate there is a bandit. Life in Pingliang County is not as good as you think! They probably want to trick you into selling you to Khitan, Xiongnu and other foreign races as slaves!"
As soon as the magistrate of Qingying County said these horrifying words, a sharp arrow shot through the air.
This arrow directly hit the head of Qingying County Magistrate Hu Wentao's mount.
With a bang, the horse that the Qingying County Magistrate was sitting on rolled over to the ground, and half of the Shicheng County Magistrate's body was pinned down by the dead horse.
If the horse hadn't been relatively short, I'm afraid the Shicheng County magistrate would have been crushed to death, but he was still badly injured.
