More than 30,000 people gathered here, all relocated from cities and towns, and crowded into temporary tents, like a prison camp.
Not only here, but within a radius of a hundred miles, Beilin set up more than ten resettlement sites, each of which was guarded by 3,000 battalions of soldiers. Tens of thousands of people who did not know the truth were forced to move out of the town.
The resentment is overwhelming.
During this period, Jiang Wenke, the prefect of Yulin, came to check the situation in person.
In his opinion, to go to such great lengths of war and waste money and people based on just a baseless guess, isn’t this nonsense?
As a result, before she could finish two sentences, Beilin scolded her all over her face.
Jiang Wenke was so angry that he returned to Yulin and immediately wrote a memorial to impeach Beilin. He sent Liubaili to rush it out.
As the saying goes, a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse.
Since ancient times, people have rarely been willing to leave their homes easily.
What's more, it's snowing and freezing cold now.
However, Li Yan, the county magistrate, didn't think so, because he would really lose his head.
He couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the murderous aura emanating from those sergeants.
Therefore, seeing the county magistrate risking his life, the servants below him had no choice but to show their vicious side, almost breaking into the house and being extremely rough.
The common people reluctantly walked out of their houses, carried their baggage, and followed the officials out of the city to seek refuge.
Suddenly, tens of thousands of people gathered in the suburbs, crying for their fathers and mothers everywhere, and the soldiers were like bandits.
In particular, some large households will suffer the most.
Ordinary people, it can be said that they have nothing to offer, so they can hide for a while. After all, the government has promised to provide food relief.
But for a big family, after all, they have a large population, so why would they just throw so many mansions and fields here?
God knows if I am gone and this place is empty, will anyone care about me?
In the past, Li Yan, the county magistrate, would have given the local gentry a bit of face, but that is not possible now. Life and face are more important than life!
As a result, the guards became ruthless, breaking down the door and pulling the person away.
Whenever there is resistance, the Three Thousand Battalion will come up.
The gentry were frightened.
I’ve never seen anyone so cruel!
The frightened gentry had to be escorted by the government to a temporary shelter in the suburbs.
In a seemingly spacious tent, dozens of gentry gathered together to whisper and vent their dissatisfaction with the court.
In fact, ordinary natural disasters do not have much impact on them.
After all, they are landlords, and their families have a surplus of food. Even if there is an earthquake, they can definitely cope with it.
Not only that, after major disasters, food prices often rise. Although they have no harvest this year, the price of food in previous years has been several times, even ten times higher.
Ordinary people will go bankrupt in disaster years. In order to survive, they have to borrow money. This is a loan with compound interest. If you lend a dou of rice, your children and grandchildren will pay back a load, but they may not be able to pay it back. In times of disaster, if you have food and money, it will be much easier to annex land.
"Hey, this is the government forcing the people to rebel!"
The man who spoke was named Liu Jiangwu. He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Yongle reign. He was quite prestigious here. Even the magistrate would pay three points of respect when he saw him.
The other gentry looked at each other and nodded secretly.
Liu Jiangwu shook his head and said: "I have lived for most of my life, but I have never heard of earthquakes on the yellow land? What is the government doing by suddenly moving us here? They say that the current emperor is a good emperor.
, how could there be such a decree? We are all ordinary people who abide by the law, but we have suffered such an unreasonable disaster. Hey, how can we live these days? No one is taking care of my house now. God knows what will happen.
The thief is thinking about it, cough cough..."
The more Liu Jiangwu talked, the more excited he became, and he coughed desperately.
"Mr. Liu, that's all. The government has always bullied the people. Now it's the emperor's personal decree. What can we do?"
Everyone was silent.
The man realized that he had made a mistake, shuddered, and did not continue.
It's still noisy outside.
The county sent people to deliver porridge, but the victims scolded them because everything was too urgent and the county couldn't bring in much food.
Liu Jiangwu ate the clear soup and almost stamped his feet: "The county magistrate Li has always been quite respectful to us, but this time, he showed no mercy at all, hum!"
"Yes, I tried to see him several times, but he refused. I don't know what this means."
"This is harmful to the people. I heard that some people refused to leave and were beaten half to death by the police."
Liu Jiang trembled with anger and dropped the bowl with a loud bang, causing the fragments to scatter everywhere.
"I don't believe it anymore. There is no justice in this world. I...I'm going to file a lawsuit!"
"Look at what you said. The imperial edict is what the emperor means. Who are you suing?"
Liu Jiangwu thought for a while and said: "I heard that His Highness King Xi is a rare virtuous king. How about this? I have a nephew who works in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Why don't we write a letter, have everyone sign it, and then send someone to send it quickly?
In the capital, let me ask my nephew to go find King Tan. What do you think?"
Suddenly some people hesitated, no matter how great the king was, he was still not as big as the emperor!
The more Liu Jiangwu thought about it, the angrier he became. He ordered someone to take out pen and paper, and then looked at the other gentry: "What do you say?"
"We...we..."
"This is asking for help from tens of thousands of people. Can you just stand by and watch?"
"Okay, count me in."
"Then... count me in!"
Seeing someone responding, Liu Jiangwu just went ahead and started writing.
Everyone seemed to be inspired and stepped forward one after another, looking down at what was written in the letter.
Suddenly, someone said timidly: "This... this... Mr. Liu, this letter is too explicit. Can you be more tactful?"
Liu Jiangwu shouted angrily: "Is there anything I dare not say? Since we have read the book and understand the truth, we need to fight for justice..."
While cursing, he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away, then took out another one.
Everyone sighed: "Mr. Fang is an upright man!"
After writing, he handed the letter to his servant and ordered him to hurry up and send it to the capital.
Fortunately, although the Three Thousand Battalion is strict, they only prohibit entry into the city and don't care about those who go out.
At night, the shelter is still a mess.
I heard that the county town was deserted, and some bandits took the opportunity to clean up the area.
I don’t know how many people, thinking of home in their hearts, gathered in this terrible place, looking at the white snow with tears in their eyes, choked and speechless.
Liu Jiangwu only stayed here for more than a day before he fell ill.
In addition to feeling depressed, more importantly, I was unable to adapt to such simple conditions.
It was late at night, but he couldn't sleep at all. He leaned on the bed and looked in the direction of the county town. He couldn't help but burst into tears: "I'm afraid I can't bear it anymore. Hey, how could the world become like this?"
It’s sinister..."
As he spoke, he sighed.
"The emperor trusts the traitors around him. Hard times are still to come. He won't give us a way out!"
Many people bowed their heads and cried after being scolded by him.
Seeing the situation, a soldier from the Three Thousand Battalion wanted to come forward, but was stopped by another man.
Because Bei Lin had already given instructions that here, the people would not be blamed for scolding them as much as they liked.
So many people pretended to be deaf and dumb and dispersed.
Liu Jiangwu's curses seemed to have set off a powder keg, and there were all kinds of curses throughout the night.
At dawn, Liu Jiangwu pointed his finger at the dark sky and cursed at the top of his lungs: "I moved the people without saying a word and made people homeless. Is he still a good emperor? I don't have many years to live, so I just want to ask,
God, are you going to let people live?"
Boom!
At this point, the ground suddenly shook!
Everyone was stunned.
Liu Jiangwu's face turned pale with fright.
His body trembled violently, and then the crutch fell to the ground, and his whole body fell to the ground.
Rumble...
There was another muffled sound, as if the sky was falling!
The ground was shaking, and tents collapsed suddenly, but these were temporary buildings, so it wouldn't hurt anyone if they hit them.
All of a sudden, the camp became surprisingly quiet.
"Quick!"
Just listen to Liu Jiangwu shouting like crazy: "Go to someone quickly and get the letter back!"