Outlaws of the Marsh

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After Zhang Shuye and his son asked Han Bolong to sit down, Zhang Zhongxiong couldn't help but said: "This little brother has such a temper, he doesn't want any money."

Han Bolong sighed, and said: "Hey, everyone knows that the Liangshan bandits... the Liangshan gang, especially the leader Li Yan, have been regarded as gods by the local poor people. If they openly call them bandits, they will be punished. attack them in groups."

Zhang Shuye frowned and said, "God? Why are you so absurd?"

Han Bolong said: "Everyone knows about the severe drought this year, right?"

Zhang Shuye said: "Naturally, we have walked all the way from Haizhou, and there are burnt gold and flowing stones everywhere. The sky does not live with the farmers, hey!"

Zhang Zhongxiong answered: "The Great Song Dynasty is not bad, but the states along the Liaodong Road are in chaos, to the point of plundering people for food."

Zhang Bofen glared at the unruly Zhang Zhongxiong!
Zhang Zhongxiong didn't seem to see Zhang Bofen's eyes, and continued: "This is the case everywhere, just find a way to overcome it. I heard that the new governor of Jeju has already asked for disaster relief food for Jeju, and there will be news in a few days."

Han Bolong glanced at Zhang Zhongxiong, then continued the previous topic and said, "There are three things that are different."

Zhang Shuye asked: "Which three places?"

Han Bolong said: "Dongping Mansion, Dongchang Mansion, and our Jeju Mansion."

Zhang Shuye's heart tightened, he had a very bad idea!
It was useless for Zhang Shuye and his son to ask, Han Bolong said: "Didn't you ask if the Jeju government has been looted by the gang from Liangshan? I can tell you, yes, but the only people who were looted were those officials and big families. Big family.

Those poor people, not only did not suffer any harm during that looting, on the contrary, they each received two shi of life-saving food, and they no longer had to bear the heavy debts they had been carrying since birth. Liang Shan's group even avenged them, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief after being bullied all their lives.

Take that guy just now as an example.

The seven members of his family got fourteen shi of food from the Liangshan group, which was enough for all his family to survive in this disaster year. Compared with those fleeing famine and starvation, do you think his family is happy?

Moreover, happiness is not the only thing.

When his grandfather was young, he borrowed two taels of silver from Niu Dahu's family to cross the river. As a result, their grandfather and grandson paid back three generations. Daughter, but even so, his family still owed Niu Dahu's family 13 taels of silver, and his father didn't realize it until he died. Their family has worked for Niu Dahu's family for two lifetimes, and they even got three women. Not only didn't pay it back, but also owed more and more?

After the Liangshan group came, they pushed Niu Dahu to the public trial stand and beheaded everyone who had bullied the poor in Niu Dahu's house, and burned the IOUs found in Niu Dahu's house. , The land deed was taken away, and the land of the big Niu family was given to the people in their village rent-free.

Since then, their family has had hope in life, and he, who has been a little clever since he was a child, came to our Xiaoyao Building as a waiter.

By the way, his two aunts and sister have also returned home. I heard that the family is looking for a home for them. It seems that one of his aunts has already found a home.

Besides, there are strong people and bandits everywhere nowadays, and people dare not go in and out, but because Liangshan is parked in our Jeju Prefecture, no bandit dares to run wild in Jeju Prefecture. People will also be removed.

In addition, I heard that there are hundreds of relief stations set up around Liangshan Po, where they can have a full meal, and the Liangshan group even arranged for them to survive.

Nowadays, our Jeju Prefecture seems to have become a paradise for the poor.

You said, can those poor people allow others to call the Liangshan group thieves? "

Hearing Han Bolong's words, Zhang Shuye broke into a cold sweat, "Li Yan is trying to dig the roots of Song Dynasty!"

Zhang Shuye never expected that the situation here was a hundred times worse than he had imagined before!
Da Song has lost most of the popular support here, and the small group of people who should have supported Da Song have already been killed by Li Yan. Li Yan has the heart of being an enemy, and there is no need to be an enemy of Li Yan, because Li Yan has never done anything to them!

No matter how powerful Zhang Shuye is, he can't change the situation.

This is not because Zhang Shuye is not capable, but because he has a different standpoint. No matter how much he loves the people like a son, he must uphold the fundamental national policy of the Song Dynasty. The fundamental national policy is to protect the interests of the rich and powerful, so he has to be the enemy of the poor and suppress the poor.

Under such circumstances, how can Zhang Shuye restore the hearts of the poor who have already tasted the sweetness?
Zhang Shuye made up his mind immediately, and will give a memorial to the officials in a short while, telling them to stop encircling Tian Hu and Wang Qing, and first to destroy Li Yan with all their strength, "Those two are just ordinary rebels. Insufficient trouble, if Li Yan doesn't suppress it, it will become a serious trouble in the future!"

After making this decision, Zhang Shuye looked at Han Bolong and asked, "The manager doesn't seem to take Liangshan's group seriously?"

Han Bolong smiled and said, "How could that be? I also received two shi of grain from Liangshan's group, and our whole family received nearly [-] shi of grain in total. How could we not be fond of Liangshan's group?"

Zhang Shuye said with a smile: "The shopkeeper is not telling the truth. If the shopkeeper regards the people in Liangshan as gods like your buddy, he will not call them that group of people, but call them like your buddy." For a hero... our father and son are foreigners, so there is no need for the shopkeeper to tell us lies."

Han Bolong hesitated for a moment, then looked left and right, and then said: "For the sake of you being outsiders, let me tell you the truth, the food that those gangsters distributed is nothing to me. Can I miss their small favors? They hacked and killed more than half of the regular customers of our restaurant. Now our restaurant’s business is not as good as one-third of the original. I have shares in the restaurant, you say Can I have a good impression of those thieves?"

Only then did Zhang Shuye believe Han Bolong's words, and then said: "It's not easy for the shopkeeper."

Han Bolong poured out his bitterness, and said: "Isn't it? I dare not tell others, but I have to praise the gang of thieves like everyone else."

Zhang Shuye smiled, and then asked: "After the gang of bandits in Liangshan have withdrawn, who will be in charge?"

Han Bolong said: "He Taohe observes."

Zhang Shuye asked: "But this government's arrest envoy?"

Han Bolong said: "Exactly."

Zhang Shuye asked again: "Why did you let the arresting envoys come to govern?"

Han Bolong said: "You don't know, the gang of thieves came into the city, no one dared to resist, only He Guan shot at the thieves, unfortunately outnumbered and arrested, and later He Guan was pushed to the public trial platform for public trial, It's clear and innocent, the bandits didn't dare to break their promises, so they let him go, and when the gangsters left, He Jianjian became the highest-ranking official again, and his courage and character convinced others, so he was released. The election is to take charge of the Jeju government... Thanks to the observation, otherwise, after the gang of thieves leave, there will be chaos in the Jeju government."

Zhang Shuye secretly said: "This He Tao seems to be good, observe for a while, if there is no problem, you can reuse it..."

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(End of this chapter)