All the officials nodded. Dayong's words "Betrayal is not terrible, fear is not repentant" really spoke to their hearts. If it weren't for a knife to the neck, who would do such a shameful thing that damages one's reputation? What happened?
It has already been done, and chopping off their heads will not make up for it. It is better to give them a chance to redeem themselves and make meritorious deeds. This is the most appropriate solution.
"One word from the general is better than ten years of studying for us! Don't worry, general, we will do our best and live up to the general's trust."
"I will go to the countryside to recruit refugees. I will move all the people in this county to the city within half a month."
"The general is considerate of his subordinates and knows that we are in trouble. A comment about merits and demerits immediately enlightens me. With the general here, how dare I not do my best?" [
"From now on, every word spoken by the general must be kept in mind and never forgotten."
"If he is pardoned by the imperial court, the general will be the reborn parent of the lower official!" Speaking of excitement, the county magistrate Song Cheng fell to his knees with a "plop", his eyes were red and he was about to kowtow to Dayong.
His kneeling not only shocked Dayong, but also the officials, but the shock only lasted for a moment, and then he knelt down again, claiming in unison that Dayong was not only their reborn parent.
, are the reborn parents of the people in Dengzhou. They thought they could repay each other, so they could only worship each other as father and son, so as to express their gratitude.
Of the more than twenty people who came with them, only Denglai Dao Song Guanglan and Supervisor Dao Wang Hui were still standing there stupidly. The ugly behavior of their colleagues made these two people feel very shameful, but no one dared to ridicule them.
On the contrary, after a brief hesitation, the two of them still hesitated and knelt down.
When the rebels forced to surrender that day, Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde were somewhat polite to the officials because of their business in Denglai. Therefore, even though they surrendered, Song Guanglan still did not go so far as to recognize the traitor as his father, and she still retained some integrity as a civil servant.
, it’s not like you are flattering a group of rebel generals, let alone kneeling and kowtowing in front of them. It’s better now that you don’t flatter yourself in front of the rebels, but you behave like this in front of the imperial generals. This feels humiliating in your heart.
The feeling surged into his heart, which really made him feel uncomfortable in every possible way.
Just a year ago, the generals in the Dengzhou military camp were still calling Song Guanglan "Sir" when they saw him. Now, alas! What is this! What a thing!
Wang Hui is open-minded. He can't blame others for his bad fate. As the saying goes, the law does not blame everyone, and his colleagues are all shameless. Why does he still need this face? Besides, do they still have face now? Just leave it alone if they can save their heads.
That face has long since disappeared.
The flattering words kept ringing in his ears, and Dayong couldn't help but smile. He was a little disgusted with the ugly way that everyone was groveling. He knew the reason why they were so flattering to him, and it was not to save their lives for his own family.
If it were in the past, none of these officials would think highly of themselves, and the words "gentlemen, nobles, but military inferiors" would be firmly imprinted in their hearts. Not to mention a mere Jinzhou general, it was the general who came to Zhentai.
, I'm afraid these officials won't show their faces like this.
Civil servants are not greedy for money, and generals are not afraid of death, but greed for money is enough. What they are afraid of is that the civil servants are also afraid of death. There is nothing they can do to survive. If they are like this now, what will happen in the future?
In a word, things are different now.
After sending the officials away, Guo Yi asked Dayong: "Does the general really want to keep these people?"
"We can't live without them in Dengzhou now." Dayong answered the question incorrectly.
Guo Yi reminded Dayong: "General, these people are officials of the Ming Dynasty, but they do not want to serve the country but surrender to the thieves. They are afraid that the court will not tolerate them."
Dayong nodded and said: "You are right, but a man must keep his word. Since I have promised that their lives will not be in danger, I will save their heads. Otherwise, how can I keep my word?"
"What if the court insists on killing these people?" Guo Yi thought to himself, the court would not care about the general's thoughts.
"Well" this question really gave Dayong a headache. After thinking about it, he said casually: "Then let's hide it. After all, the court is far away."
Convoys transporting grain from Laizhou come in and out of the city gate of Dengzhou in an endless stream every day. The trucks of grain not only make the people feel at ease, but also make the Jinzhou army feel at ease. In the first batch of more than 100 pigs
After the pigs arrived, Dayong immediately ordered them all to be slaughtered and rewarded his men. By the way, he also gave a dozen teeth to the victims who had not eaten meat for a long time. The Jinzhou soldiers ate meat, and the tens of thousands of newly joined rebels naturally had to give some bones to chew.
Nibbling. After a full meal, everyone in Jinzhou unanimously agreed that this pork was delicious, and that the human meat was sour and unpalatable.[
The food bought with real money also emboldened Song Guanglan and other officials. Originally, they were worried that they would not starve to death in their hometown but would starve to death in the city after all their efforts to move people here.
That was no different from committing a crime. Fortunately, Shi Dayong brought food from nowhere, so they didn't have to worry about it.
With food available, resettlement and relief work must be accelerated. There are now more than ten food supply points in the city. Every day, the government sends people along the streets to sound gongs to remind people to go to the food supply points to receive food. Food is distributed in the morning
Once, once in the afternoon. If you are late, you can only wait until the next day.
The standard is that children under ten years old can receive four or two meters of rice (noodles) at a time. Children over ten years old and under fifty years old, regardless of gender, can receive half a kilogram of rice (noodles) at a time. Those over fifty years old are distributed according to the standards of young children.
For example, a family of four people, a man and a woman, could receive about four kilograms of food a day. This was something these victims could not even imagine. They had never eaten so much food every day in the peaceful years before the war.
Some officials advised Dayong not to distribute so much food to the victims. Just give one pound to each family a day. It is Dayong's kindness to ensure that they do not starve to death. What is the purpose of giving so much? But Dayong did not listen to the advice and insisted on this high amount.
The standard distribution means that the people are suffering. If you can give more, you can give it. Why bother worrying about it? It also warns the officials who are engaged in food distribution not to stretch their hands, let alone withhold, otherwise they will be chopped up and fed to the dogs.
After the warning, Dayong was worried, fearing that these greedy officials would not be able to resist the temptation, so he specially arranged for officers from Jinzhou Songshan to supervise each grain distribution point, and he also asked for the daily account books.
I have personally seen it. Fortunately, no corruption or demotion has occurred. Also, these people's lives are now in Dayong's hands, and they have not been official officials of the court for a long time. How can they have the courage to do such corruption?
The standards were set so that no matter whether they were the families of the more than 10,000 rebels, the refugees brought by Dayong, or the victims moved from neighboring prefectures and counties, the daily rations would be the same and there would be no discrimination.
At first, because there were too many people and there were few soldiers to maintain order at the supply point, chaos broke out, and there were a few cases of looting by the people. However, after Dayong sent another thousand soldiers to be dispatched by the Dengzhou prefect, such looting and chaos stopped.
Completely disappear.
Most of the remaining people are old, weak, women and children, and all the young and middle-aged have been kidnapped by the rebels. The local ruffians are also not immune. In addition, the people have no money left in their hands, so the government has no public security cases to try, from top to bottom.
Fully devoted to the major issues of immigration and resettlement relief.
At the same time, the restoration of production in the fields around Fucheng has been put on the agenda. Song Guanglan and others reported a shortage of 40,000 young adults, saying that there are not so many young adults, and the fertile fields around Fucheng cannot be guaranteed to be planted in time.
The matter of harvesting autumn wheat and farming in Dengzhou has become a mirror in the water.
The gap was so large that disarmament became Dayong's top priority.