Almost in one day, the Great Sui Dynasty, which was already at its end, became even more precarious!
Yu Shiji's right eyelid has been twitching since he got up today. As soon as he went to the office early in the morning, his good partner Pei Shiju came out anxiously and said solemnly: "Master Yu, five counties in Henan have already sent urgent reports.
, a large number of refugees rushed into the government office and robbed the county official's warehouse of food!"
Pei Shiju's face suddenly changed. This was a sign that the order of the imperial court was beginning to completely collapse. They heard that although Pei had already put eggs in three baskets: Li Yuan, Wang Junlin, and even Li Mi, he wanted to achieve what he is now in the future.
Such a status in the Sui Dynasty was almost impossible. So if possible, he wanted to keep the Sui Dynasty alive.
"Local officials are all a bunch of trash." Pei Shiju couldn't help but cursed, and his expression gradually returned to normal.
Refugees are nothing. In the past two years, a large number of refugees have appeared in various places in the Sui Dynasty. However, refugees and rebels are still different. Rebels attack cities and beat officers and soldiers all the time, but rebels are smaller than refugees.
After all, the proportion is only a minority. It would be unimaginable if all the refugees turned into rebels.
Before Yu Shiji had time to speak, another official came in with three documents and said: "Two adults, there is a locust plague in Guanzhong!"
When Yu Shiji heard this, he couldn't help but trembled. This simply made matters worse. Could it be that the destruction of the Sui Dynasty was the will of heaven.
Although he no longer had much confidence in the Sui Dynasty, he had already thought about leaving completely at any time and joining Wang Junlin's command. However, he knew very well that after joining Wang Junlin's command, it was not certain whether he could be reused. At present, he and Pei Shiju were almost in charge.
The government is completely incomparable.
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Sui Dynasty, the eleventh year of Daye, May 15th.
Affected by Li Mi's attack on Liyangcang, the Central Plains was completely in chaos, which directly threatened the safety of Luoyang and even caused turmoil in Luoyang. At this time, another locust plague appeared in Guanzhong, covering the sky and the sun, and destroying crops and trees wherever it passed.
As a matter of fact, there was no food left in the people's homes. There had been refugees everywhere before, but at least they were still looking for food in Guanzhong. Now that the locusts are coming, they will definitely be forced to leave their homes, and it is imminent to go to Luoyang, the capital of the Central Plains.
This news was rushed eight hundred miles from Guanzhong to Luoyang, the capital of the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty court became more and more turbulent. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty became so angry that he vomited blood. He killed an eunuch with his own hands that day and strangled another to death.
maid.
Guanzhong asked the court for disaster relief grain, but Yang Guang simply could not produce so much grain. The counties in the Central Plains could not afford to pay the army, so the local officials had no choice but to ask Luoyang for grain.
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The number of refugees in Guanzhong and the counties not far from Luoyang in the Central Plains has increased sharply. They have gathered from villages and towns where they can no longer find any food to nearby counties. The number of refugees is increasing, ranging from a hundred to tens of thousands.
In the Sui Dynasty, there was not much food in Changpingcang, and the court did not send any food. Even if there were food officials, they indifferently ordered the city to be closed to prevent refugees from entering the city.
The refugees could not find a way to survive, so they could only continue to gather at the nearest county town. As a result, the county towns and county towns also had their city gates closed. In some counties and counties, the refugees even clashed with the gate soldiers because they did not close the city gates in time.
There were bloody incidents and even riots, killing and injuring many refugees.
There are conscientious and kind officials who will let people set up a stall outside the city, but the porridge in the pot is not much better than water.
The local counties and counties were not allowed to enter, and their parents and officials could not give them a way to survive. Most of the refugees began to gather in Chang'an, Luoyang and other big cities. But there were also people who were close to Fanyang County, Shanggu County, and Donglai County, because they heard that these three counties were famously destroyed.
Qin'an was under the control of Wang Junlin, and it was relatively wealthy. There were no rampant thieves or government oppression. Especially after hearing about the wealth of Fanyang County, these refugees gathered in these three counties.
Under the arrangement of Wang Junlin, the county offices of Fanyang County, Shanggu County, and Donglai County and their respective county government offices had already made preparations to receive refugees.
Dongyang County, Donglai County, was already prosperous. In the past year since it was occupied by Wang Junlin, with the continuous implementation of high-yielding grain varieties and various advanced agricultural tools and facilities, labor efficiency and output have been greatly improved, and the appearance of officials has improved.
After the new year, Dongyang County developed very rapidly in all aspects. Not only was it well-known within the Wangjunlin system, but even the people in other neighboring counties had heard about it, so many nearby refugees went to Dongyang County in unison.
The magistrate of Dongyang County had just taken office for more than a month, and it was none other than Wei Zheng who took the initiative to serve Wang Junlin.
Although Wang Junlin knew Wei Zheng's abilities, in the original history, after all, he experienced various experiences in the troubled times of the late Sui Dynasty and various trainings at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It was not until the middle and late period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that he gradually showed his talents and integrity.
Manifest.
Wang Junlin was worried that by giving him a high position all at once, he would ruin the piece of jade, but he could not let his official position be too low. After careful consideration, he handed over the relatively prosperous Dongyang County to him and gave him an important task, which can be regarded as an important task.
A test.
Therefore, Wei Zheng attached great importance to Wang Junlin's personal order to arrange for the reception of the refugees. He even deployed county soldiers on the border. As soon as the refugees entered the country, they would report to him on horseback and then lead people to the border in person.
Come.
Dongyang County is the westernmost part of Donglai County. After Wei Zheng came here, he saw a group of refugees who had left their hometowns. They were carrying large and small bags on their backs, and some were pushing wheelbarrows. The children were not sitting in baskets.
, just sitting in the car.
Seeing a group of men and horses approaching, many of them officers and soldiers with bows and swords, the refugees were frightened and fled in all directions.
Fortunately, there was a soldier with a loud voice next to Wei Zheng who shouted loudly at the right time: "Fellow folks, don't be afraid, we won't drive you away. Now our Lord Wei, the magistrate of Dongyang County, is here to visit you."
As the words spread, the refugees who had no strength to run quickly stood still again tremblingly.
Wei Zheng first dismounted from a distance, and then slowly walked forward. Several guards held knives and tried to walk in front of him, but he pushed them away.
The refugees are all disheveled and dressed in rags. The adults are so thin that they are out of shape, and the children's legs and feet are so thin that the bones can be seen.
The poorest families in Dongyang County are much better off than these refugees. Although the poorest families in Dongyang County are poor, they can at least have enough to eat. But the current group of refugees are all sallow and thin.
It wouldn't be surprising if he fell down at any time.
Seeing this tragic scene, even though Wei Zheng had seen it a lot over the years, he still found it extremely shocking.