Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 519 Recovering Hedong, a thousand wastes await

Jia Kui, courtesy name Liang Dao, was born in Xiangling, Hedong.

Jia's surname was originally a common surname in Hedong, and Jia Kui's ancestors were once a wealthy family, but unfortunately, their family was in decline. In Jia Kui's generation, their family is almost impoverished.

Speaking of poverty, how poor is Jia Kui's family?
There is such a saying, "There is no hakama in winter, and when his wife and brother Liu Fu lived there, there is nothing to see, so go with Fu hakama." When it gets cold in winter, he doesn't even wear pants, which shows how poor Jia Kui's family is.
However, just like the protagonists in many inspirational stories, although Jia Kui's family was poor, he had great ambitions since he was a child, and wanted to join the army and conquer the world.When he was a child, other children were playing with mud, but Jia Kui often used other children as soldiers to form an army.
Jia Kui's grandfather saw Jia Kui's behavior by chance, and was very optimistic about him, predicting that he would become a general.

Although the Jia family was in decline and poverty, their knowledge was still passed down.

Jia Kui's grandfather was even able to dictate tens of thousands of words on the art of war to Jia Kui, which shows the profound origin of Jia's family learning.

After Jia Kui grew up, he first served as a county official in Hedong County by virtue of his extraordinary ability, and later he was promoted to be the county magistrate of Jiangyi because of his outstanding work.

Later, the coalition forces of Gao Gan, Guo Yuan and the Huns attacked Hedong County.

Jiang County was jointly attacked by Guo Yuan and the Huns. Jia Kui knew he was powerless to resist, so he had to open the city and surrender to protect the people in the county.

Because he refused Guo Yuan's offer to surrender, Jia Kui was imprisoned by Guo Yuan and Gao Gan in an earthen kiln in Huguan County.

Until Guo Yuan died in battle, Jia Kui's earthen kiln was closed and left unattended.Jia Kui was also released by a righteous man who broke the gate of the kiln.

Because Jia Kui missed his hometown in Hedong, Jia Kui went back to Hedong County on foot, and planned to return to Jiangxian County to continue to serve as his county magistrate.

It's a pity that not long after he came back, he encountered a rebellion from the native family of Hedong.

Jia Kui saw that these rebels would have to stretch their hips sooner or later, so he led hundreds of county soldiers and fled out of the county in advance before the rebels sent people to recruit him.

Later, Du Ji issued a convening order, calling on people with lofty ideals to come to help him fight against the rebels. Jia Kui rushed over as soon as he received the news.

Du Ji was able to lead the army to deal with the rebels in the wild for so long, at least half of the credit for this must be attributed to Jia Kui.

Whether it is training the militia or making suggestions, or even leading the battle, Jia Kui did it himself.

It is precisely because of this series of hard experiences that he has honed a great talent with both civil and military skills.

Lu Yan was recalling historical information related to Jia Kui in his mind, when Huang Zhong came back.

After Huang Zhong came back, he bowed his hands to Lu Yan and asked, "Sir, the rebel army still has more than ten thousand prisoners. What should they do with them? There is not so much food in Yishi County, we can't afford them."

"Don't worry, I have sent a letter to Cao Gong, and I believe that a large amount of grain will be shipped to Hedong soon." Lu Yan came back to his senses and replied.

Huang Zhong grinned when he heard this and said, "Sir, you have your own rules and regulations for handling affairs, so the general will not worry too much."

"It's not a bad thing to think more. At least until the food arrives, we still need to take care of these captives and not let them cause chaos."

"Here!" After Huang Zhong agreed, he clasped his fists and retreated.

Lu Yan's words undoubtedly made Du Ji and Jia Kui feel relieved.

To be honest, neither the Yi family nor the nearby Yuncheng had much food left.

If it weren't for the fact that the rebel camp had seized some food and grass, it would have been very difficult to support Lu Yan's army, and it would have cost Du Ji his life to support this group of captives.

But so many captives can't be kept for nothing, no matter what, there are more than 1 people.

Therefore, Lu Yan said to Du Ji: "At the beginning, the Central Plains implemented work-for-relief to feed countless refugees and improved many infrastructures. Therefore, these captives can't be kept for nothing. We give them a bite of food, and they have to Use your own labor in exchange for a chance to survive."

As soon as Du Ji heard this, he immediately felt sorry, and he cupped his hands and said, "Lu Hussar is wise! Before the rebellion, the lower officials actually wanted to recruit people to reclaim wasteland and build canals. This is good, there are enough people!"

"Very good!" Lu Yan thought for a while, and added: "There are a group of engineering students graduating from Taiyuan College, and it is just right for them to come here to show what they have learned. These people are all valuable talents, you can't let them What happened to them."

Du Ji had long heard that the Tai Academy had cultivated a group of great talents, and when he heard that Lu Yan was willing to send some people to Hedong for training, he was overjoyed and clapped his hands repeatedly: "

Hedong County has experienced two major turmoil, and there is a huge gap in grassroots officials.It is really great to have them come to lead the people to do things!
Don't worry, Lu Huanqi, even if I, Du, are hacked, I will never let the precious lump of the Tai Academy get hurt! "

Du Ji's words reminded Lu Yan, "Not only the experienced students, but also many more officials from the imperial court. The Hedong family must complete a batch of cleansing. Although the local area can supplement some, the key positions still have to be filled. Use your own talents." However, Lu Yan didn't say this, but secretly remembered it in his heart.

Lu Yan shook his head and replied: "There is no need to overcorrect. What we want to cultivate is talents who can really do things. We must let them suffer the hardships that should be endured. After making mistakes, we must also be punished accordingly. We must not just because it is Taiyuan Academy The students will be given special preferential treatment. Remember, you only need to ensure their personal safety, and let them fight for the rest according to their ability, so as to achieve the purpose of training talents."

After Du Ji heard Lu Yan's words, his face became serious, and he replied respectfully: "What Lu Huqi said is the way to seek the country, I have been educated."

After the recovery of the Yi family, Lu Yan and Zhong Yao split up into two groups and headed south without stopping.

Five days later, Lu Yan and Huang Zhong recovered Dayang; Zhong Yao, Pang De and Zhang Xiu recovered Hebei County.

When Lu Yan's army came, the rebels in Hongnong County saw that Zhang Baiqi was killed in battle and the senior officials were missing. They felt that the situation was over, so they finally chose to surrender to the court.So far, the rebels in Hedong County have been completely wiped out, and Hedong County has once again ushered in a rare peace and tranquility.

After the road to Hongnong County was opened, Hedong also got some grain and grass as a supplement.

But the food and grass are still far from enough, and life is still tight.

Fortunately, after another ten days, the first batch of grain and grass transported from Yin and Hanoi counties in Henan finally arrived in Anyi County.

The visitor also brought letters from Sima Lang, governor of Henan Yin, and Wei Zhong, governor of Hanoi County.

They said that 10,000+ shi grains and grasses are being prepared one after another, but only [-] shi grains were sent first because there were not enough ships.

In the county guard's mansion, Lu Yan finally let out a long sigh of relief after reading the letters between Sima Lang and Wei Zhong.

Say that you have food in your hands, don't panic in your heart. With this 10,000+ stone grain, the people of Anyi County can at least survive this winter safely.Moreover, Yanchi near Yuncheng has been taken over by Lu Yan and has been nationalized.In the future, when the Chamber of Commerce expands, there will be no problem with the livelihood of Hedong County.

(End of this chapter)