"A small chaos avoids the city, a big chaos avoids the countryside." is a common saying.
It is filled with the wisdom of the people.
It means that if you encounter a small chaos, you can hide in the city, but if you encounter a big chaos, you have to escape from the city to the countryside.
There is some truth to this. The arrival of bandits, horse thieves, and bandits can be regarded as a minor disaster.
This kind of chaos does not last long, and it is difficult to break through the city, so the people can temporarily avoid the city and wait for the chaos to end before returning to their hometowns.
Changes in dynasties, large-scale peasant uprisings, and the movement of foreign tribes southward are classified as major chaos.
In this case, the city will be repeatedly fought between the attacking and defending sides, and it will face the threat of massacre from time to time. In comparison, the countryside is safer.
After all, the focus of the competition between all parties is the city. Although the countryside will be plundered, the territory is vast and there will always be people left. Once the city is destroyed, it will be destroyed.
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, knowing that this Li Xizhu was indeed a talent, at least someone who knew the military, so he smiled and said: "Li Zhuangshi, now is the time for me to employ people. I want to recruit you into my unit. Are you willing to serve me?" ?”
Li Xizhu clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to accept this humble position. From now on, I will obey my husband's orders."
Seeing this, Zhao Tai couldn't help but smile and said, "Why don't you ask me what kind of treatment I will give you?"
Li Xizhu said solemnly: "The Mongols invaded the south and destroyed all life. This time they massacred tens of thousands in Suzhou. Bei Shi was lucky to get away with it, but what about next time? Bei Shi believes that now is the time when the world is in danger, and no one in the Central Plains can survive alone. Mr. Xianggong fights. Mongolia, to protect the country and the people, I am willing to do my part in this humble position without asking for any treatment!"
When Zhao Tai heard this, he couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and praised: "Good! What a hero! From now on, if you follow me, I will not treat you badly!"
At that moment, Zhao Tai talked with Li Xizhu for a while, got to know his situation, and then asked him to go back and bring all the clan soldiers to Suining for reorganization.
At this time, Zhao Tai looked at Wang Wentong, "Li Xizhu from Suzhou is here. Is there any news about Wang Bin who went to Sizhou to avoid trouble?"
Wang Wentong shook his head, "Replying to your husband, Wang Bin has not replied yet!"
Zhao Tai narrowed his eyes and thought that recovering a scholar would be much more troublesome than a martial artist.
In Sizhou City, the former Minister of the Jin Kingdom, the Provincial Lingshi, was lying on a chair, listening to the student Yang Chengye read a letter written by Wang Wentong.
Scholars have looked down on each other since ancient times, but Wang Wentong tried his best to recommend talents to Zhao Tai.
After all, this is the entrepreneurial stage, and only by helping Zhao Tai develop can they gain profits.
Therefore, the letter written by Wang Wentong was very sincere, trying his best to beautify Zhao Tai, hoping to persuade Wang Bin.
"Teacher, Mr. Zhao wrote a letter, hoping that you can come out of the mountain. What do you think about it?" Yang Chengye couldn't help but ask after he finished reading.
Wang Bin stroked his beard and shook his head, "Now the Central Plains has become a place for the Jin, Mongolia and Song Dynasties to compete. Zhao Guorui has probably surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and I still don't know the attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty. Do they want to regain the Central Plains, or do they just want to use the people of the Central Plains to consume Mongolia, so I need to think about it."
Yang Chengye said: "Teacher, Sizhou is under the rule of Zhao Tai now, so how should we respond?"
Wang Bin muttered: "Take a piece of letter paper and put it in an envelope and return it to them."
Yang Chengye said in surprise: "My mentor wants to give Mr. Zhao a blank piece of paper in return?"
Wang Bin knew what Yang Chengye was worried about and said with a smile: "If Zhao Guorui doesn't even have this kind of courage, then he is not worthy of our trust!"
Yang Chengye seemed to understand that Wang Bin was observing Zhao Tai and at the same time waiting for a price.
After all, those who are easy to get will not be cherished. It is impossible for a famous person like his teacher to just write a letter and pass by.
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In Chuzhou, in the Yamen of the Lianghuai Envoy Office, Qiu Yue read Zhao Tai's letter with an unhappy look on his face.
After Qiu Yue succeeded Zhao Fan and became the envoy of the Lianghuai system, he began to rectify the military and political affairs of the two Huaihe areas.
After this rectification, it was discovered that there were many officers in the army who had received salaries from the court, but they were no longer in the Huaihe River. Instead, they went to the Kingdom of Jin to help Zhao Tai train the army.
Although this was the intention of his old officer Zhao Fan, Qiu Yue was still a little dissatisfied.
In his opinion, Zhao Tai is a northerner, and the court should not trust Zhao Tai so much.
After the uprising in Shandong, Li Quan also surrendered to the Song Dynasty. However, after relying on the support of the Song Dynasty, Li Quan turned to Mongolia and invaded the Huaihe River and Huaihe River.
Therefore, Qiu Yue was wary of Zhao Tai, so he sent a letter to Zhao Tai asking him to return the seconded officers.
Not long ago, the seconded officers returned to Chuzhou. There were only three hundred of them, and less than a hundred returned.
Although Qiu Yue did not reuse these returning officers, and many of them were not even dispatched, the fact that more than 200 officers did not return still made Qiu Yue feel a little uncomfortable.
Now Zhao Tai wrote again, saying that the Mongolian army was attacking eastern Henan, and a large number of people began to flee south to avoid the Mongolian army.
Tens of thousands of people among them wanted to flee into the Southern Song Dynasty, but they were temporarily blocked by Zhao Tai in Suzhou and Sizhou.
If the Southern Song Dynasty was ready to accept the refugees, Zhao Tai would directly let them go. If the Southern Song Dynasty was not ready to accept the refugees, Zhao Tai would ask the Southern Song Dynasty court to allocate him a batch of money and food to evacuate the refugees and prevent them from entering the Song Dynasty.
After reading the letter, Qiu Yue felt annoyed, "This Zhao Tai detained two hundred of my officers, and now he wants to ask me for money. If this person is allowed to develop, he might be another Li Quan."
"Mr. Sir, we have a large population and limited land, so we cannot resettle refugees at all. If refugees from the Jin Kingdom are allowed to enter Huainan, it will definitely cause us trouble." said an official.
As an old empire that was nearly three hundred years old, the Song Dynasty had experienced domestic land annexation and conflicts between man and land, which were actually quite acute.
Nowadays, most of the land in the Southern Song Dynasty is in the hands of officials, gentry and large clans. Countless people have lost their land and moved to towns to make a living, but the jobs that towns can provide are also very limited.
Therefore, the influx of more than 100,000 refugees must have been a huge impact on the Song Dynasty.
Qiu Yue frowned and said in a deep voice: "Immediately send an order to Zhao Tai. He is not allowed to let a refugee go south. I must block those Jin refugees for me. They are not welcome in Lianghuai."
"Ms. sir, do you want to send some money and food to Zhao Tai?" the subordinate asked.
Qiu Yue shook his head, "The imperial court has given him enough money, food and supplies. It just asks him to block the refugees. There is no need to give him money or food."
Although Qiu Yue belonged to the Zheng Qing faction, he was also a civil servant and was wary of the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, let alone Zhao Tai, a northerner.
"My lord, both Prime Minister Zheng and Taiwei admire Zhao Tai very much. What should we do? Is there anything wrong?" the subordinate officials worried.
Qiu Yue said: "If you give Zhao Tai money and food to resettle refugees, you will undoubtedly use Song Dynasty's money and food to win people's hearts. Zheng Xiang and Taiwei don't understand the situation. As a subordinate, I must consider them. What if this Zhao If Tai rebels in the future, he will definitely attack Prime Minister Zheng and Taiwei. I have to take precautions before they happen!"
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