Taiyuan City is large and there are many open spaces, mainly distributed in the northwest area. These open spaces were temporarily designated as a landing place for refugees.
It's just that the weather is freezing at this time, and it's impossible to use the sky and the ground as a bed. Countless people can freeze to death overnight. Fortunately, Chang Yu has previously ordered Cai Maode and other officials to find a way, such as asking people to donate and use waste materials to build
Build a shack, set up a porridge shed, provide some charcoal, etc.
But after all, time is short and there are too many people at one time. Most of the refugees are still not properly resettled. They are looking for shelter at night, which adds a lot of pressure to public security.
At the same time, it also brought huge challenges to the work of Cai Maode, Sun Kangzhou and others. The entire civil servant group in Taiyuan Prefecture was dispatched to divide work and responsibilities, and implemented it down to the individual. So at this time, if you go to the Yamen to find a certain adult, you will be in vain because everyone is outside.
Busy work.
It is extremely rare for the entire government system to act like this. On the one hand, some responsible officials such as Cai Maode and Sun Kangzhou stick to their duties. On the other hand, everyone knows that the two big demons of Dongchang and Jinyiwei have come to Taiyuan. Who dares to neglect?
The whole city of Taiyuan is full of fans of Jinyiwei and Dongchang. If someone is caught with pigtails, wouldn't he be thrown to the sword and killed like a chicken to the monkeys?
After leaving the military camp, Chang Yu walked a few steps westward along the city wall when he suddenly thought of something and turned around to look at a temple to the east: "Is that Baoen Temple?"
"Returning to the factory, Mr. Bao'en Temple," a guard in gilded clothes accompanying him hurriedly replied.
Chang Yu nodded slightly, squinted at the temple for a while, and suddenly said: "Go and inform all the monks in the temples in the city, let them open the temple doors, set up porridge tents, and stay overnight for the refugees. At this time of national crisis, isn't it the Bodhisattva's salvation?"
time for all sentient beings”.
"It's the factory owner"
The Jin Yiwei followed the order and frowned: "Mr. Factory Master, it is okay to set up a porridge shed in the temple, but if they are allowed to open the temple to accommodate refugees, they will probably disturb the purity of Buddhism..."
Chang Yu sneered, which of these temples is not grand and luxurious, full of extravagance, and which Buddha statue does not wear gold and silver, and has a golden body? Those bald donkeys in the temple do not produce or pay taxes, but if their interests are affected, they will say
Three ways and four, no longer all four are empty
"Why don't believers disturb their peace when they go into the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha? ...Huh, they are just a nest of moths. At this time, the national crisis is looming. How can we allow them to bargain under our noses? You go over and pass the order. Those
If the bald donkey dares not to say a word, all of them will be arrested."
"It's the factory owner, but..."
"What's wrong?" Chang Yu raised his eyebrows.
"Governor Cai is a devout believer, and he is also a layman of Baoen Temple..."
Moreover, Chang Yu rolled his eyes: "The biggest person in Taiyuan Mansion at this time is me."
Jin Yiwei stopped talking and ran away.
Chang Yu was still angry and yelled and cursed a few more times before turning around and leaving.
"Brother, I guess Governor Cai will nag you later," Chunxiang said with a smile.
Chang Yu snorted coldly. There are several temples in Taiyuan City, including Baoen Temple in the northeast, Wenshu Temple in the northwest, Dazhong Temple, Tutu Temple, Chongshan Temple in the southeast of the city, Chunyang Palace, Yuantong Temple in the south, Kaihua Temple, and Amitabha Temple in the southwest.
There are more than ten temples, Dazhong Temple, etc., so many houses are unused, and the refugees are allowed to sleep on the streets at night, just to provide those few yellow clay statues? It is really ridiculous. Even though Cai Maode is a devout believer, but in the face of big rights and wrongs
It's still clear to carry.
"Lord Factory Supervisor"
Just as Chang Yu and his group were hurriedly walking towards the westward refugee camp, they were suddenly stopped by someone. They immediately called out, but they were Yang Zhenwei and He Chengxin near the northwest gate.
The two men each had dozens of followers. Apparently they met by chance while patrolling and were chatting. Unexpectedly, they met Chang Yu again.
"Why are you two here?" After the ceremony, Chang Yu was puzzled by Wen Dao. He thought that the two of them should have gone south to the front line of Jiaocheng.
"Beizhi and General He, one is in charge of the northwest gate and the other is in charge of the northeast gate. They patrol the area's streets and city defenses during the day and sleep in the city tower at night. They just met and chatted for a few words, but unexpectedly they met the factory owner again. What are you doing?
Where to?"
"Just take a walk:
Chang Yu responded: "We thought you all went to Jiaocheng in the south."
"Hey, General Zhou ordered the soldiers and generals, but he didn't point to us. Maybe he thought we were guests from afar." There is something in He Chengxin's words.
Chang Yu nodded slightly and touched his chin thoughtfully.
"You two, I've never heard of people who can make meritorious deeds by looking at gates."
"Sir, Lord Factory, I don't want to be in a low-level position, but Commander-in-Chief Zhou is in charge of military affairs. If he doesn't transfer us, there's nothing we can do about it. Lord Factory, can you tell me?"
Yang Zhenwei was once hinted by Chang Yu that the position of Datong General Soldier was vacant. This hint had sprouted in his heart, took root, and was growing gratifyingly. He had long been upset when he heard that Zhou Yuji had been sent to the front line but the two men were left idle.
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Chang Yu didn't know why Zhou Yuji left the two of them idle. Maybe it was because they were guests from afar and they hadn't fully recovered after traveling thousands of miles. Maybe he was using his direct descendants and didn't want others to take credit for them.
"General Zhou is in charge of Taiyuan's military affairs. This is what our family has let go of before. It's really hard to go back on our word and interfere with him at this time."
Chang Yu thought for a moment: "But our family can help mediate a little bit later. After all, everyone can eat the meat and share the merits, especially those brothers under my command. Why are they born and killed? Loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and defending Taiyuan are one of them. Everyone has to support the family."
Who doesn’t want to make contributions and make a living? This is a great opportunity to kill a thief, reward ten taels of silver, and behead the thief to advance to the next level. Everyone should have a fair competition.”
If you kill a thief, you will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. If you kill the leader of the thief, you will be promoted to a higher level!
Yang Zhenwei, He Chengxin and their subordinates' eyes immediately lit up, they looked at each other, and then they clasped their fists at Chang Yu: "Please also ask the factory supervisor to mediate. I am willing to charge and kill the enemy in return for the emperor's favor."
"We all have a share, we all have a share." Chang Yu smiled slightly and waved goodbye to the two of them.
There are many temporary settlements in the open space in the city, and the refugees are busy dividing the land to build shacks. There are many people and noises, including children crying, adults scolding, quarreling, and shouting.
Several officials and government officials were walking around, pointing and saying something from time to time.
Chang Yu stood in the distance and watched for a while, then slowly walked to the street. Many refugees were begging along the street. Almost all of them were weak and young. The strong and hard-working people were either digging moats or logging in the Western Mountains. After all, it was a high-paying job.
Work.
"Master, please give me something to eat."
Chang Yu was soon surrounded by a group of begging children, but because he had an entourage, these children had fear on their faces.
"There are porridge shacks outside and inside the city. Even though you are full, you are not hungry. Why do you still need to eat?" Chang Yu asked with a slight smile.
"I'm not hungry, but I'm not full either. How about you give me some money, young master..." said a bold child.
Chang Yu smiled bitterly, these days the food is pretty good, but if you want to have enough to eat, tens of thousands of refugees will flood in to feed them all, and Taiyuan City will be completely empty in a few days.
In fact, these refugees who poured into Taiyuan City were expelled in advance and had plenty of time. Most of them brought their belongings, including food stored at home. Large families even drove several carriages into Taiyuan City to live directly.
Go to an inn or visit relatives and friends.
Only the kind of farmers who live outside the city are truly impoverished and have fled with no money.
But when there is free food, who wants to eat their own stored grain? Who knows when the government will suddenly close the porridge shed.
"You can beg in the city, but you are not allowed to steal. Otherwise, you will be beheaded if you are caught. Don't think that you will not pursue the case at a young age." Chang Yu did not give a penny to these children, but also said a harsh word, which scared them.
The child's face turned blue.
After walking a few more streets, a few refugees came face to face. Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, then walked to a teahouse on the street and asked for a private room to sit down.
After a while, a refugee knocked on the door and walked in: "I've met the factory boss in my humble job."
"Okay, tell me what you have discovered in the past two days." Looking at Zheng Xingguo in front of him, Chang Yu was still a little impressed. People who engage in intelligence are pretending to be whatever they are.
"Back to the factory, Mr., the city has been relatively safe these past two days. Apart from a few local gangsters who were taught a lesson, no thieves or spies have been found yet."
Zheng Xingguo said.
Chang Yu motioned for him to sit down, and then poured him a cup of tea. Zheng Xingguo stood up quickly without even daring to say anything, but was glared at and sat down quickly.
"The fact that the spies have not been found yet means two things. The first bandit army is still in Fenzhou Prefecture, and we have set up defenses in Jiaocheng. Those spies cannot come in, or too few have come in. The second bandit army has not yet reached the city, and those lurking spies dare not come in."
If they act rashly or act particularly low-key and secretly, they are waiting for the army to arrive," Chang Yu analyzed.
"The humble job thinks so too"
Zheng Xingguo nodded: "In a few days, I'm afraid none of them will be able to sit still."
"So, you should weave a good net first, and then you can catch them all when they can't sit still."
Chang Yu sneered: "Not to mention Taiyuan City, even Jiaocheng has already issued an order at this time, only allowed to come in but not allowed to go out. These spies are always falling into the trap themselves."
The two chatted some more, and Zheng Xingguo suddenly said: "Factory Master, I just saw Qin Xing come back, but I didn't say hello to him."
"Yes, he came back before noon." Chang Yu nodded slightly, but shouldn't this guy be taking a nap? Yes, he just got a hundred taels of silver reward, so he probably couldn't sleep anymore and wanted to go out to have fun.
"He brought a young man to accompany Governor Cai... Mr. Cai seemed to like the young man very much," Zheng Xingguo continued.
Young man? Chang Yu frowned and suddenly remembered that he had asked Qin Xing to take Yu Chenglong to visit Cai Maode later in the evening and then attend the palace dinner together.
Now it seems that the two nouveau riche were too excited to sleep, so they went for a walk together on the street. One wanted to spend money, and the other wanted to meet the governor quickly.
As the saying goes, people flock together and things flock together. Zheng Xingguo said that Cai Maode and Yu Chenglong had a very happy conversation, which shows that there was a spark between two upright and capable people.
A tribute student quickly climbed up to become a governor. Isn’t the starting point a bit high? Chang Yu held his chin and couldn’t help laughing. Although Yu Chenglong’s college entrance examination was bumpy in history, his official career was smooth all the way. From a poor family with only five households
The county magistrate was promoted to a first-class official step by step.
It's just that his starting point has become a bit higher due to his arrival, but considering that his starting point is not low, he has become the powerful factory director of the East Factory after entering the palace for more than a month, although he also knows that this is just a variety of things.
By coincidence, Chongzhen Mountain made a desperate move.
Chang Yu then asked the store owner to get pen and paper and wrote a letter of recommendation for Jackie Chan, but it was written to Zhu Cihong.
He knew very well that he was just a knife for Chongzhen. Apart from doing some shady and dirty work for him, Chongzhen didn't have much other interests. Recommending a sheepherder casually would not attract any attention at all.
But it is different when the prince comes to recommend him, because the prince has a "prophet's dream" and is extremely favored by Chongzhen. If the person he recommends uses the excuse of "dream", it will be very different.
The letter of recommendation was very short. In addition to the suffix of recommending talents in an eclectic way, there was also a sentence: "This person has been an honest official through the ages. With a little polishing and good use, he can extend the Ming Dynasty's foundation for a hundred years."
Although Ming Dynasty's foundation may collapse at any time, Chang Yu still pretends to be full of pride for Yu Chenglong, because he will use Yu Chenglong no matter what. As the saying goes, martial arts conquers the country, and the arts governs the country.
"You should keep this letter first. In the evening, Governor Cai will write a letter of recommendation to the emperor and send it to the capital together."
Chang Yu explained some matters to Zheng Xingguo before leaving the teahouse.
Not long after leaving, Jin Yiwei came to report that Zhou Yuji had left the city for Jiaocheng.
This old boy didn't even wait for him. Chang Yu smiled bitterly. He didn't know whether it was because the matter was urgent or because he was deliberately neglecting him.
Well, I can still live without him. Chang Yu snorted arrogantly, turned around and walked towards the military camp, just in time to deal with an important matter first.
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