The 139th chapter of the people's livelihood who will calculate (1)
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As a rule, Xiangyong prohibits strong bows, crossbows and swords. One of the benefits of the Inspectorate is to monitor local armaments. Gu Wuchen, as the Deputy Inspectorate, went to Dongyang Prefecture to command the territory and quell the rebellion with two hundred Xiangyong as escorts.
In the matter of suppressing bandits, many things can be done according to the authority.
When Gu Wuchen set out from the northern border of Beitang County to Dongyang at noon the next day, the villagers led by Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan brought ten crossbows, twenty arm crossbows, sixty walking bows, and twenty Mo knives from the arsenal.
, 60 pieces of armor, and 20 mules and carriages, which immediately gave the village's military equipment a brand-new look. In addition, Lin Fu gave Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan each brought 500 taels of official silver to Dongyang Mansion in case of emergency.
Only Shiliang County in Dongyang fell into enemy hands, and most of the territory was relatively peaceful. In addition to two hundred local warriors, Yang Pu and Ma Chao also led two hundred cavalry to escort Gu Wuchen, so there was no need to worry about the harassment of small groups of bandits within the territory.
Admiral Zuo Shangrong set off for Haozhou Prefecture last night; Gu Wuchen set off from the camp in the north of Gutang County after lunch. Lin Fu did not stop at the camp. After sending Gu Wuchen and others on the westbound road, he and Zhou
Pu Zhuwuwei also rode horses from the dirt road on the west bank of the Shiliang River to Chaotian Station and took a boat back to the mouth of the river.
It was already early summer. There were ancient willows hanging down along the bank. The weeds were already knee-high. The river was clear. It had just rained. The road was muddy. Lin Fu and Zhou Pu were riding slowly.
"Master Lin..."
Hearing Gao Zongting's voice calling him from behind, Lin Fu reined in his horse and looked back, and saw a dozen cavalrymen approaching in a carriage with open walls and pillars. Gao Zongting was sitting in the carriage calling him.
"Mr. Gao is also going back to Jiangning?" Lin Fu reined in his horse and waited for Gao Zongting to approach in a carriage. He wanted to keep a distance from Li Zhuo and his family, and there was no need to keep silent when they met on the road.
"I went to Chaotianyi, but I didn't expect to be able to go with Mr. Lin. The north bank of Chaotiandang shelters the largest number of refugees. The commander-in-chief was always worried and was afraid of trouble, so he asked me to go over and have a look." Gao Zongting said.
"Oh." Lin Fu responded coldly. Between Li Zhuo and Gu Wuchen, he could only choose Gu Wuchen.
"Master Lin, what do you think of Hongzepu's suppression of the rebellion?" Gao Zongting turned a blind eye to Lin Fu's indifference.
"Lin is humble, it doesn't matter what Lin's opinion is, what matters is the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief and all of you," Lin Fu said.
"Master Lin also thinks that allowing the situation to drag on will be beneficial to the country and the more than two million people along the coast of Hongzepo?" Gao Zongting refused to let Lin Fu go easily.
Lin Fu sighed softly, looked at the clear river in the distance, and said: "My Lin tribe's land has been invaded by water pirates. I really hope to regain the lost land as soon as possible, but now the Holy Lord and the Lord of the court have their own plans. I
Talking about the country and people's livelihood, the last time I passed by Chaotiandang North Bank was seven or eight days ago. I saw that most of the refugees were still stranded in the river beach area before the water level during the summer flood season. Since the water rose in spring, these refugees have spontaneously moved out.
Building embankments outside the river beach is a very dangerous thing. I think the commander and Mr. Gao are aware of it, but Lin Fu is just saying something here..."
"Oh!" Gao Zongting suddenly sat upright and asked subconsciously, "What's so dangerous?"
"That's because Lin Fu is worrying too much..." Lin Fu refused to say any more and just looked at Gao Zongting.
Gao Zongting was not a fool. He suddenly thought that Lin Fu was reminding him of some danger, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
The refugees stranded on the river beach spontaneously built embankments, which were of course extremely crude mud embankments.
When the water rises in spring, the water in Chaotiandang rises inch by inch. The water is gentle and the mud embankments can keep the water out of the river embankments. However, once the Yangtze River forms a flood peak and hits it or the water level rises to the limit, the mud embankments become like paper.
Seems fragile.
At this time, the hundreds of thousands of refugees stranded in the riverbank are as dangerous as sitting on the crater of a volcano.
Gao Zongting had been keeping an eye on the situation in Jiangning City for Li Zhuo. Within ten days after Li Zhuo entered Jiangning, he took over many tasks of the Jiangning garrison, which was enough to keep them busy. When they encountered the chaos in Hongzepu, they immediately restrained the Jiangning garrison and marched to
It has only been three days since I was stationed in the northern border of Gutang County, and I have not noticed the danger in the river beach at all.
"All officials in Gutang should be killed!" Gao Zongting cursed bitterly.
Lin Fu looked at the thin blue sky and said nothing. Gao Zongting was not worried at all.
The Yangtze River has floods every year. In order to protect Jiangning City on the south bank from the threat of floods, it has been strictly forbidden to build stone embankments on the north bank of Chaotiandang since the founding of the dynasty. That is, Chaotiandang is regarded as a flood storage area, and the north bank of Chaotiandang is regarded as a flood discharge area.
For more than two hundred years, the people on the north bank of Chaotiandang have also figured out a rule. Based on the flood storage capacity of Chaotiandang Lake, building mud embankments from Chaotianyi to the southern foot of Lingyan Mountain can basically withstand the flood that pours into Chaotiandang in summer and autumn.
During the flood season, the government built a post road west to Tuzhou along the river embankment, which further strengthened the river embankment. The ancient Tu Post Road became an obvious dividing line. On the north side of the ancient Tu Post Road were fertile fields and manors, and on the south side of the post road was a large river beach.
Although hundreds of thousands of acres of land are exposed during the dry season in winter, in fact, together with Chaotiandang, it is the flood storage period.
It’s not surprising that ordinary people don’t know hydrology and don’t see the dangers in it. At that time, craftsmen and craftsmen were not valued. If it were a scholar who saw the refugees building mud embankments outside the river beach, they would probably praise it for being able to circle the river.
There are hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land to support the people, but it is impossible for local officials not to know the details.
From around the Chinese New Year to now, there are tens of thousands of refugees stranded on the river beach, with shacks one after another, like a forest of graves under the moonlit night. However, for several months, Tangxian County officials pretended to be deaf and mute, turning a blind eye and saying nothing about it.
The warning is certainly worthy of death.
Gao Zongting straightened his back, bowed to Lin Fu and said: "Zong Ting has a request. I hope Master Lin will not shirk it for the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people. I will rush to Chaotianyi first and ask Master Lin to stay in Chaotianyi overnight..." Chu Dang
The situation was so strong that Lin Fu relied on Gu Wuchen to rise in Jiangning. It was impossible to break away from Gu Wuchen at this time. He knew that Lin Fu was definitely not willing to openly go to the north bank of Chaotiandang with him to inspect the situation on the river beach. However, Lin Fu paid attention to this issue and had his own opinions.
, Gao Zongting hoped to discuss ideas with him by then,
Lin Fu sighed softly in his heart and said: "I want to go to Chaotianyi to have a drink with Mr. Zuo Sikou Zhang. I probably won't be able to cross the river tonight." There is still nearly a hundred miles to Chaotianyi from here, and it will be almost 100 miles before they get to Chaotianyi.
it's dark.
Gao Zongting didn't waste any more time. He immediately abandoned the carriage, mounted his horse and rushed to Chaotianyi.
The flood season will begin in a month. If the riverbank is really dangerous, it will not be easy to relocate 200,000 refugees within a month without causing any trouble.
This matter is originally the responsibility of Jiangning Prefecture and County, but until the overall situation is understood clearly, there is no way to showdown with the local government.
Regardless of the muddy road, Gao Zongting and the others rode away without hesitation. Lin Fu's chest was always filled with a feeling of depression that could not be expelled. He and Zhou Pu also speeded up and rushed towards Chaotianyi. To Lin Fu's surprise
Yes, after they had gone twenty miles, they saw several merchant ships from Qingfeng Line slowly heading south in the Shiliang River.
Looking at the Qingfeng trade flag hanging on the main mast of the merchant ship, Lin Fu reined in his horse on the river embankment and looked at Zhou Pu.
Calculating the time, the merchant ships of Qingfengxing should have passed through the pontoon checkpoint in the north of Gutang County before noon. Lin Fu and others retreated all the way south from Luoyang Lake, and they can be sure that there are no large merchant ships stranded in Shiliang River. Qingfengxing's
These merchant ships were either in other rivers in Shiliang County, or they came out of Luoyang Lake after them.
It is not unbelievable that the She family secretly supported Liu An'er and other Hongze Pu Shui Village forces to rebel. The She family's secret participation can also explain why the refugees south of Shanglinli became chaotic so quickly.
Lin Fu whipped the horse's buttocks in anger and galloped south.
When they passed the Qingfengxing merchant ship, they saw several people standing on the bow of the ship. The distance between the two sides was only more than ten feet. One of them was a young man in a green shirt. Lin Fu had seen him several times beside She Feihu. He should be She Feihu.
Feihu brought Jiangning's important advisers.
Lin Fu also became more and more certain that the She family was inseparable from the chaos in Hongzepu.
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On the bow of the merchant ship, the young man in green shirt watched Lin Fu and the military guards gallop away. He frowned slightly and followed the middle-aged man beside him and said, "He is Lin Fu. He has a well-established advance and retreat in Luoyang Lake without any panic.
It seems that we came prepared, and there is news that someone is hiding trophies in Hongzepu Water Village, so he may be the one causing trouble inside."
"I saw him in Baisha County. His demeanor there was very different from what he is now. It's best to kill such a person with one knife to avoid becoming a big problem in the future," the middle-aged man said, "I heard that the young lady wants to win over him?"
"Young Madam, don't worry about that," the young man in green shirt said, "The eleven men around him are well-armed, all of them are mediocre, and the horses they ride are also good. How many people can you give me to get rid of him without leaving any traces with certainty?
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The middle-aged man looked at the Shiliang River and saw that the boats were all heading for Jiangning to seek refuge. On the river embankment, messengers and cavalry were constantly coming and going. It would be very difficult to pretend to be a bandit and kill Lin Fu in the wilderness without leaving any trace;
Of course, for the actual execution order to be issued, the Young Marquis and the Young Madam must nod.
The middle-aged man changed the topic and asked the young man in green shirt: "At this time, we are secretly supporting Liu An'er and sending people to help him train soldiers. If he becomes a climate, wouldn't it be a disaster?"
"So what if he becomes a climate?" The young man in green shirt said with a smile, "If the imperial court can be overthrown so easily, you and I and the East Fujian men who have died in the past ten years will just accept our fate..."
The middle-aged man also smiled relievedly. He really thought too much. They say that although the centipede is dead, the basic order of the government and the public is still there, and the central government's restraint on local governments is still strong. When it comes to gathering people to rebel, in the past ten years,
How had Zhongzhou, Huaishang, Jinzhong, and other places in the Western Qin Dynasty ever been cut off? At its peak, there were as many poles as ox hair, and there were always those who captured the counties. Didn’t tens of thousands of elites from Eastern Fujian pass through the border to clear out bandits? Didn’t they all stop and hide in the mountains?
The young man in green shirt smiled again and said: "The most important thing now is to dig out the foundation of the Yuan family bit by bit to make it float, so that all the heroes in the world can have a chance to compete." He was not sure that the She family had much chance, but
The imperial court has calmed down and will probably not allow the She family to become a separate entity in Jin'an, but with all the heroes coming together, the She family can still protect themselves no matter how bad things happen.