The Huai Army founded by Wang Jing single-handedly has a reputation that crushes everyone. Now that he has made a decision, no one can disobey his will.
He passed his order to the central Ministry of Government Affairs, and asked Shen Yi and Wang Guangyang of the Ministry of Government Affairs to send officials to cooperate with the local prefecture and county guards and inspections.
After the manpower was in place, we began to seriously clean the areas north of the Huaihe River.
December 20, the third year of Taichu.
In the evening, the sky was already a little dark.
Baize County is relatively close to Sihong. This county was originally the east of the canal where the Huai army attacked, and Wang Jing also stopped here when attacking Hou Jing and Pang Shigu's frontline base.
In order to accommodate the garrison of more than 100,000 troops, a large number of craftsmen worked to build barracks and walls around the county.
After the army withdrew, the walls of these barracks were slightly modified and turned into a place for Baize County to collect refugees from the north.
To the north of Baize are places such as Suqian.
This place is adjacent to Xuzhou and Pizhou. The princes in the north are attacking each other, and a large number of refugees go south in order to survive.
The county, which originally had only tens of thousands of people, now has nearly 100,000 people after continuously accepting refugees.
There are so many refugees. Because the central government has not yet issued an edict to allocate land, and has not delegated the authority to allocate land to the county level, the 50,000 to 60,000 men and women who went south have been temporarily arranged as military camps.
There were also many young men and women who were recruited to work and worked in exchange for rice.
Of course, among these people, there are also those who are brave and unwilling to farm. They either work on the docks or join some wealthy families in the county.
It is impossible for all of the 50,000 to 60,000 people to be good. Many of them are aggressive and aggressive and do not take the law seriously.
The wealthy families in the county have many things that are inconvenient to do and cannot be done openly, so they have been handed over to these people, which is like having an extra pair of gloves.
The two sides hit it off immediately, and Baize County was still under the jurisdiction of the Huai Army.
But secretly there are already many tentacles of wealthy families. I want to slowly muddy the water.
The original Baize County, not only did not pick up leftovers on the road and did not close the house at night, but under the supervision of the guards and horses, it can also be called simple folk customs.
But with the addition of these foreign refugees, there is especially the need for manipulation by people with serious intentions.
The villages and towns near Baize County are all a bit chaotic. They are calm on the surface, but secretly there is an undercurrent.
A lantern hangs under the entrance road to the town.
Zhao Zheng was huddled in the room, waiting for the night watch. It was late at night and the cold air hit him. He moved his legs and feet a little, and there were still some bruises on his legs.
"I don't know when the king will divide the land again. If I can have twenty acres of land, I can still use it to work in the town. If I don't get what I want, I will be bullied by the mayor and those beasts.
Zhao Zheng was holding a wooden stick and fiddling with the fire in front of him, his expression constantly changing, sometimes with hope in his face, sometimes with resentment in his eyes.
He joined the Huai Army not too long ago.
In the past, he was struggling to survive in Pizhou. He heard that the King of Huai in the south distributed farmland to each household and was kind to the people, so he gritted his teeth and followed the refugee brigade to Sihong, and then settled in Baize.
The King of Huai in Sihong was indeed kind to the people, and there were no wars or bandits nearby, so even the old and the weak could survive here.
I just heard that King Huai led the army to go south. Without King Huai's order, no one in the government would dare to divide the fields without authorization to win popularity.
However, as soon as King Huai comes back, he will definitely divide the fields.
Zhao Zheng is full of hope for this.
However, as more and more refugees came from outside, some of them were gangsters who did not dare to bully the military households in the county and town, so they focused on the refugees who had been resettled first.
It ranges from petty theft to home invasion and robbery.
Refugees like Zhao Zheng have not yet been formally registered as registered residents. In addition, they do not dare to go to the government to cause trouble or offend those green-skinned gangsters, so they have been enduring.
Sometimes, the more you tolerate what others do, the more they go too far.
Zhao Zheng rarely found a night watchman and could get some extra rice every day, but this rice was also targeted by others. He wanted to go to the mayor, but he heard that the mayor had connections with these gangsters. People who went to complain disappeared inexplicably. So he could only endure it again.
While he was staring at the brazier.
Suddenly there was a choking sound outside. Zhao Zheng's ears twitched, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately picked up a wooden stick next to him. On his way south to escape, he experienced many dangers, including life and death crises several times.
In a life-or-death crisis, his eyes and ears became very sensitive.
At this time, he heard relatively subtle footsteps coming from outside. There is definitely something fishy about someone approaching quietly at night and trying to enter the town.
He was about to ring the gong next to him.
But he saw a figure already appearing in the room.
"My ears are very sensitive!"
Zhao Zheng trembled when he saw the man in front of him wearing leather armor with a long knife hanging on his waist. He also wore a military uniform outside the leather armor. His eyes were alert, and his gaze swept over him while holding the knife.
Awe-inspiring.
This is a typical warrior in the army. Judging from his appearance, he is at least a member of the military.
The door opens.
A man standing tall in official clothes appeared outside. This man had a short beard and eyes as bright as stars. He also scanned Zhao Zheng, and Zhao Zheng felt as if all the secrets in his body had been seen through by the other party.
"I am the magistrate of Baize County. Who are you?"
The person coming was none other than Hu Weiyong.
He had outstanding political achievements in Baize. He gradually climbed up the ranks from a lowly official in the county, and later served as a county magistrate in another county, and then was transferred to Baize to become a county magistrate.
Once an official reaches this level, he can become a prefect, a prefect or a central officer if he goes up further.
This time, the king personally ordered to clean up the filth in various prefectures and counties, and to clean up the urban foxes and rats in the cities and towns.
Hu Weiyong knew the importance, so he did not take any arrogance. As a county magistrate, he personally led a team of soldiers and horses, and combined with several hundred households from nearby guard posts, began to clean up the county one by one.
"The little watchman Zhao Zheng, pays homage to the county magistrate!"
Zhao Zheng showed a look of panic and hurriedly bowed down.
Hu Weiyong nodded slightly and said: "Since you are a watchman, do you know the situation in the town very well? The mayor of this town is doing lawlessness and recruiting people to escape, and I have been ordered to come and arrest him.
"You go and lead the way. If you take down the mayor and those desperadoes, I will reward you!"
Zhao Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this.
"The villain takes orders, the villain will lead the way!"
In the evening, there were no pedestrians on the streets in the town. Zhao Zheng knew the situation in the town very well, especially the residences of the desperadoes and gangsters recruited by the mayor.
He knew it all.
With him leading the way, elite soldiers wearing leather armor and holding long knives quietly surrounded the two houses.
At this time, the sound of drums suddenly sounded in the silent night.
Shattered the night.
"Listen to the people inside. Open the door quickly and surrender. If not, we will kill without mercy!"
The knife-wielding team was shouting in a deep voice.
In the government, one must do things upright and upright. Even if one wants to capture and exterminate thieves, one must first report their names. Especially in the territory under one's own rule, one must pay attention to their names and words.
There was an uproar and panic in the house, but no one took the initiative to open the door.
Team Zheng glanced at Hu Weiyong.
Hu Weiyong waved his hand, and there was a hint of ferocity on the corner of Du Zheng's mouth. He immediately broke through the door and entered, whoosh whoosh whoosh! Bows and arrows roared in, directly shooting through the dozen or so strong men who escaped.
Blood splattered and screams spread throughout the town.
"good!
Zhao Zheng, who was leading the way, watched with great pleasure. Seeing those gangsters who used their physical strength to do evil and fell to the ground desperately, he felt as if he had drank a bowl of hot soup, which was extremely refreshing.
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