The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 271
"Focus on these big tents! It would be best for these old thieves to die." After leaving the big tent, Wei Zheng ordered angrily.

Wei Zheng is the same kind of person as Liu Zhenghui, the stern imperial minister. They are born with a clear distinction between love and hate. They will wholeheartedly protect the good people, and hate the bad people, regardless of men, women, or children.

"Here!" Yin Hongzhi, Gu Yan, the young people who had been aggrieved for a long time, felt extremely happy, and for a while, they felt that this old love, 'Old Wei', was cute with their braids.

"There are indeed many problems. I will watch them here before the allocation is completed." Accompanied by everyone, Wei Zheng inspected many large tents and found that there are indeed many problems here, but he is stern and selfless. He also has an enlightened side. He can see that these young people have tried their best, and the pressure on their shoulders is also great, because there are more than 40 people here. It is really rare and difficult for Yin Hongzhi and Gu Yan to achieve this step. Did not accuse anything.

"Thank you Wei Shangshu!"

Yin Hongzhi and Gu Yan were naturally overjoyed, as if they had a backbone.

Wei Zheng nodded and said to everyone: "Nearly half of the land in Jizhou and Youzhou has not been allocated, and is usually leased to families with sufficient labor for cultivation. These fields are mainly prepared for the increasing new population, not for military and special needs. Crowds of people will not be accepted. As for the disaster victims in front of us, the imperial court will resettle them to Baitan, Shuangliao, Xiangping, and Lushun. The four counties are also ready to accept the victims, but such a major event needs to be approved by His Royal Highness before it can be implemented. So everyone has to work hard during this period, and you must work together to overcome difficulties. And you will be in charge of one party in the future, so these difficulties are a rare opportunity for you to sharpen. The experience of disputes has laid a solid foundation for the future benefit of the people of one side."

"Here!" Yin Hongzhi, Gu Yan and others were in awe.

Gao Yaxian said: "Now young and old people in all parts of the Bohai Sea are saving themselves, and Yangxin is the place where the disaster is the worst, so there is no militia. Nanpi County, which is adjacent to Yongji Canal, is relatively better. I have sent people to mobilize [-] militiamen , it will arrive this evening, and tomorrow we will be able to assist in the evacuation of the victims."

Shen Guang, who followed just in case, said: "Prefect Gao dispatched the militiamen, will it hurt the local farmland? Should we call in [-] city patrol troops?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "During the extraordinary period of drought in the whole country, it is inevitable that some princes will take risks, and the concubine's birth is imminent, so not only can't patrol the city, General Shen has to go back to sit in the town immediately. As for the victims, if there are really insufficient manpower , the big deal is to use Yangxin’s militia, and then the court will compensate for the losses.”

Shen Guang nodded and said: "Then let's go back here."

"En!" Wei Zheng nodded.

After Shen Guang left, Gao Yaxian asked, "When will Your Highness come back?"

Wei Zheng said uncertainly, "It should be soon."

Gao Yaxian asked a little worriedly: "I don't know what the result of your Highness's battle is?"

Wei Zheng laughed and said: "In less than a day, His Highness captured Pyongyang City, Rongliu King Gao Jianwu ceded four-fifths of the country, His Highness resettled Xuantu County on the new site, and is currently dealing with post-war matters. "

Gao Yaxian and the others became excited after hearing this.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was not uncommon to cede land for peace.It is not a strange thing for the princes to exchange cities. In order to reconcile the clan, King Qin was even willing to cede fifteen cities to Zhao.

However, since the Qin Dynasty ruled the world, less and less land was ceded.Up to now, there is no talk of cede ground.Countries that want to expand their territories can only rely on their strength to fight.Therefore, everyone did not expect Goguryeo to cede land and beg for mercy.

"This is the glory of the Sui Dynasty. As a general, it is a pity that I can't participate in it." Gao Yaxian sighed regretfully.

Wei Zhengdao: "I have such a hero in the Sui Dynasty, and General Gao is in his prime. Are you afraid that there will be no chance to make meritorious service?"

Gao Yaxian said with a sneer: "Wei Shangshu, I really don't want to be a prefect. As long as I can return to the army, I would even be a school lieutenant."

As soon as he finished speaking, a scout rushed over and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness is back, our navy fleet is back!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, Wei Zheng asked anxiously, "Where is the navy?"

The scout said: "The boats have all entered the river mouth, and they will arrive in less than a moment!"

Everyone ran towards a mound by the river at the same time, only to see a group of dense black spots appeared in the east, and the black spots were getting closer, and a mighty fleet swept towards it with a brilliant atmosphere.

The crowd couldn't help cheering together.Some students jumped up excitedly.

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In Linyi County, Qi County, three hundred personal guards surrounded Dou Jiande to the south bank of the Yellow River, looking at the fleet of ships covering the sky, with complicated eyes and infinite melancholy.After a long time, he let out a long sigh.

Natural disasters do not distinguish between enemy and friend, and are fair to all forces. Although it has brought heavy disasters to the people of the world, it is often the standard for measuring the national strength, potential, and centripetal force of the princes.

In troubled times, if you can make the people live a good life, the people will support you wholeheartedly.Otherwise, you cannot.Today, the overall strength of the Great Sui Dynasty is booming, which has caused hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in Qingzhou to run to seek refuge, and he, Dou Jiande, has no surplus food for disaster relief, so naturally he can only watch the disaster victims leave.

The appearance of this mighty fleet in front of him shocked Dou Jiande even more. Before this general situation, he felt how small and weak he was. At this time, Dou Jiande felt infinitely desolate and anxious.

If the powerful Sui army attacked Qingzhou at this time, there would be no suspense about the outcome. Without the Sui army attacking, the defenders of the counties and counties would open the city to welcome them immediately, because in the eyes of the people of Qingzhou, the Great Sui represented vitality and harmony. Justice, if the Sui army really came to fight, what should he do with Dou Jiande?
"My lord!" A cavalryman rushed over: "We have captured a group of refugees trying to escape to the north, the number of them is as high as 6000, please go and dispose of them!"

"So many people?" Dou Jiande was taken aback, and frowned, "Where are all these people?"

"There is a forest five miles to the west. They are all hiding there. The children were crying too loudly, so they were discovered by the brothers." The cavalry said quickly.

"Go! Take a look." Dou Jiande's face suddenly darkened,
The group of people swept away to the west immediately, and within a moment, Dou Jiande and others came to this forest.

Lin Qian!

A large group of hungry people trying to flee north were forced to kneel on the ground. The skinny old men were trembling with fear. The women hugged their frightened and crying children tightly. He stared fiercely at Dou Jiande and his party.

They were waiting for the Sui boats to pick them up by the river. Unexpectedly, Dou Jiande ran to the river to watch the Sui navy. Although they were scared and hid in the woods, it was a pity that they were discovered by Xia Jun's scouts.But these men are bare-handed, but for their own relatives, even if they know they must die, they will fight desperately.

Dou Jiande looked at the group of victims who betrayed him, and there was neither anger nor hatred in his eyes.There is just a sense of helplessness and sadness.

After a long silence, Dou Jiande got off his horse and walked up to a man. He saw that this man was the leader of the group, and he looked familiar.

At this time, two personal guards rushed forward knowingly, lifted the man up, and forced him to look up.

The man who appeared in Dou Jiande's eyes was about forty years old, tall and thin, with a handsome, dark and thin face revealing indescribable weariness. He was wearing a patched cloth, looking very shabby.

Beside him is a little girl about ten years old. Although she is young, she is pretty and cute. Her big eyes are watery like a deep pool, revealing a distressing and heartbreaking color. She should be this man's wife. The daughter, like her father, was dressed only in burlap skirts, but the father and daughter were clean and tidy, which was endearing.

"It's you?"

Dou Jiande glanced at the little girl, and stared at this man. His name was Zheng Renji, the son of the late Hussar General Zheng Quan. Because he had no political resources, he was a member of the sixth rank during the Yang Guang period. After Wang Shichong seized the power of Yang Tan, he didn't want to be with the bandits, so he took his family to Qi County to help Dou Jiande's soldiers of the Xia army write letters for a living, so he came into Dou Jiande's sight, and then appointed In order to wish the magistrate of A County, Zheng Renji is upright, upright and selfless, and Dou Jiande plans to promote him to be the prefect of Qi County. Who would have expected this to happen....

"I, Dou Jiande, did not treat any official badly, nor did I treat you Zheng Renji badly. I even wanted to entrust Qi County to you...but you betrayed me at a critical moment!"

Although Dou Jiande knew that many officials had escaped, it was the first time he saw an escaped official. At this time, besides being angry, he was humiliated more deeply, as if he had been slapped in the face, and his face was burning with pain.

"The prince's kindness, I dare not forget it at all times... I dare not say that I don't sleep, but I can say 'I have a clear conscience'. And I never thought of betraying the prince!" Zheng Renji looked from the angry Dou Jiande Throwing at the skinny hungry people behind him, he smiled miserably: "But I have been waiting for the prince's life-saving food since the twelfth lunar month last year, but I haven't waited for a grain of rice for more than four months. In the past four months, Ah! The number of people in Zhu County has dropped from 118768 to these people. The rest of the people either starved to death or froze to death, or fled. I have done my best, and I don’t want to see the people starve to death and freeze to death again! So I took everyone to find a live."

Dou Jiande glanced at these victims, and said coldly to Zheng Renji: "You are an official, you have food to eat, you just use these hungry people to accumulate reputation for yourself, so that you can continue to be your official after the Sui Dynasty. Did I say yes or no?"

Zheng Renji sighed, and said with a wry smile: "You have nothing to say about a humble job! King Xia, if you want to kill him, just kill him."

"You bastard!" Dou Jiande kicked Zheng Renji over in a rage, drew his knife and slashed at him viciously.

"If King Xia wants to kill my father, he will kill me first." Out of panic, the pretty and cute little girl was trembling slightly, but at this moment, she had the courage she didn't know where to come from, and she forgot her fear, and stepped forward, blocking in front of his father.

Dou Jiande's angry blade made a strange sound like the roar of dragons and tigers, which expanded infinitely in her eyes. Although the blade had not yet reached, the aura made her face extremely painful.

"Little girl, are you not afraid of death?"

Dou Jiande is a fierce general, he has already reached the point where he can send and receive freely, and the sharp blade stopped in front of the little girl's eyes.

The little girl was holding back her fear, looked at Dou Jiande without blinking, and said crisply: "My father is a good man, why should King Xia want to kill my father?"

The little girl's stubbornness made Dou Jiande think of his daughter Dou Xianniang, his heart softened suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Your father betrayed me, how can you be a good person?"

"My father is a good man and a good official. He didn't embezzle any food. My mother, elder brother, and second elder brother all died of starvation." Speaking of the deceased relatives, tears as big as beans were like pearls with broken strings. It rolled down on the pretty little face of the little girl.

Dou Jiande's face suddenly turned pale, and the little girl's words were like a heavy hammer, which smashed the pride in his heart to pieces and scattered it into pieces.His chest heaved violently, and finally put the knife back into its sheath. He got on his horse and said loudly, "Let's go."

The soldiers were stunned, and one of them stammered and asked, "Then what should they do?"

"It's me, Dou Jiande, who can't bring a good life to the people, and I'm sorry for them, let them go!" Dou Jiande whipped his horse and galloped to the east, and the soldiers got on their horses and chased after them.

The hungry people seemed to be dreaming, so King Xia just let them go?

Zheng Renji hugged the last relative he almost lost, and cherished it very much!Only now did the little girl know she was afraid after the enthusiasm had passed, and shivered in her father's arms.

"King Xia treats people generously. In fact, he is really a good man." Several old people walked up to Zheng Renji and helped their father up.

"King Xia had a chance to dominate the north, but unfortunately he met the stronger King Qin." Zheng Renji sighed, and continued: "There are many strong people in the Central Plains. It is as difficult as climbing the sky for him to achieve great things in the cracks."

At this time, someone shouted: "Boat! There is a boat coming."

Everyone turned their heads and looked towards the Yellow River, only to see five civilian boats sailing slowly towards the south bank. Tens of thousands of people saw the hope of life and cheered and ran towards the river.

"The trend of the times! What can we do?" Zheng Renji looked back at the land of Henan, and sighed: "Wan'er, let's go too."

Before he finished speaking, he took his daughter's little hand and walked quickly towards the river, gradually disappearing under the vast and gloomy sunset.

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