Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 182 Immigration Department
Yongle four years.

July 22.

Annan.

Thang Long City.

The commander of Jiaozhidu is in charge of the office.

"Push it out, cut it off!"

Licheng Hou Shengyong was sitting in the lobby of the office, looking at the grain keeper kneeling under the hall, waving his hand and saying sternly.

"General, please be kind! General, please be kind!"

The grain officer said hurriedly.

"What nonsense, let's go!"

Two of Sheng Yong's soldiers immediately stepped forward, one on the left and the other on the right, and grabbed the grain officer's shoulders. One of the soldiers shouted.

"The General Rong Rong!"

The grain officer kowtows like he is pounding garlic.

"slow!"

Sheng Yong raised his hand and said.

When the two soldiers heard this, they immediately released their big hands holding the grain officer's shoulders.

The grain officer felt his shoulders relax, subconsciously raised his arm and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Sheng Yong asked loudly: "What else do you have to say? The deadline for delivering food has passed for 23 days. As a result, our army camp was without food for seven days. The morale of the army was unstable and rumors spread. Should you kill him?"

"General, it has been raining continuously for the past month. On the roads from Guangxi to Annan, the water is more than five feet deep in low-lying places. The water on ordinary roads is knee-deep, and the mountain roads are rugged and muddy. I am helpless. ah!"

The grain officer burst into tears and said while crying.

"What a weak-minded person! If you don't bring food from Guangxi, what will the 1 immigrants from Guangdong and the more than [-] officers and soldiers under the Pontus Department eat?"

Sheng Yong frowned and asked.

The grain escort begged: "General, haven't all the [-] immigrants arrived at Thang Long City yet? General, please——"

"Even if the immigrants haven't arrived yet, what you escorted also included military rations. We, the officers and soldiers, don't have food to eat. Do we have to go hungry to fight against the disobedient forces in Annan? Push them out and kill them!"

Sheng Yong didn't want to listen to the grain officer's nonsense anymore. He needed to use this person's head to appease the officers and soldiers in the entire city and the Guangdong immigrants who were arriving in Annan one after another.

"General, spare your life, there is food, there is food!"

the grain officer shouted hurriedly.

Sheng Yong asked in surprise: "What do you mean, there is food?"

The grain escort said respectfully: "Back to the general, the chief envoy of Guangxi, Wang Gong, sent people to urgently adjust the grain half a month ago and transport it by sea. The grain will definitely arrive within two or three days."

"Okay, I'll spare your life first. If we don't have food within three days, I will lend you your head to calm the morale of the army."

Sheng Yong was not a murderer. After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, General! Thank you, General!"

The grain officer thanked him profusely, got up from the ground and retreated.

"Report to the general, General Li asks for an audience."

When the soldiers on duty outside the lobby saw the grain officer retreating, they immediately entered the lobby and reported with clasped fists.

"pass."

Sheng Yong stroked his beard and said.

The soldiers shouted: "Pass to General Li."

After a while, a burly man wearing armor walked in.

He knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted, "The last general, Li Bin, has met the great general."

Sheng Yong frowned and asked, "Where are the [-] immigrants from Guangdong?"

Li Bin replied: "The general has placed them in a village sixty miles east of the city."

"But you are a full ten days late. You used to be the left-hand general of the Southern Expedition Army, and now you are the commanding officer of the Cochin Dusi, but military law is ruthless!"

Sheng Yong pondered for a moment, then said with a serious expression.

"The general can't!"

"General Li is late today. There must be a reason!"

For a time, all the generals in the hall spoke out to persuade him.

Of course Sheng Yong knew that Li Bin could not be killed, but he was currently serving as the temporary commander of Jiaozhi Dusi, and he had not yet resigned from his position as the general of the Southern Expedition, so he had to carry out military orders to save face.

Li Bin succeeded his father in the Hongwu period and made many military exploits. When Zhu Di was guarding Peiping, he heard of his bravery and specially summoned him.

During the Southern Expedition, he not only abided by the law, but also took the lead in climbing Thang Long City first. This time, he would be rewarded for his merits, and a marquis was indispensable to him.

"Li Bin?"

Sheng Yong asked loudly.

"In the end, the general is willing to submit to the law."

Li Bin lowered his head and cupped his fists.

"Why?" Sheng Yong asked puzzled.

Li Bin answered truthfully: "The general's poor supervision delayed the trip. As soon as the Guangdong immigrants entered Annan, more than 5000 people fled in all directions on the rainy night."

"How could something like this happen?" Sheng Yong asked curiously.

Li Bin continued: "The last general led his troops to pursue for several days, and only more than 4000 people were recovered, and hundreds of people are still on the run."

"General, General Li is not to blame for the immigrants' riot and flight. General Li has done his duty well, and his merits outweigh his faults!"

The generals in the hall hurriedly advised him.

"Despite this, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. The punishment will be fifty military sticks."

Sheng Yong said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, General! The leaders of the instigation to flee this time were all captured by the general. I hope the general will punish them."

Li Bin cupped his fists and said.

"This time we immigrated from Guangdong to Annan. We all did it under the emperor's order. To escape is to resist the order. The leader will be beheaded in public as a deterrent. If there are more escapees, the whole family will be punished with death."

Sheng Yong thought for a while and finally issued a military order.

After half an hour.

In a small town three miles east of Thanglong City.

"Search for me!"

Twelve officers and soldiers rushed into the most luxurious inn in the town.

"What are you doing?"

Wang Sanwang immediately opened his arms, blocked the way of the officers and soldiers, and spoke to stop them.

"go away!"

The leading officer and soldier waved their hands and gave Wang Sanwang a slap in the face.

"Snapped!"

Wang Sanwang held his face and said in disbelief: "You dare to hit me?"

At this moment, another officer and soldier found a farmer wearing coarse linen clothes in the closet in the room.

"Found it, there's a person hiding here."

"Tie someone up for me."

The leading officers and soldiers shouted immediately.

Two officers and soldiers went up and tied up Wang Sanwang and the farmer.

"What are you doing, let me go!"

Wang Sanwang struggled.

"If you dare to speak harshly even when you are about to die, and if you yell again, I will cut out your tongue!"

The officers and soldiers cursed.

Another officer said: "Just because you speak Cantonese, you should be arrested! Do you dare to say that you are not Cantonese?"

"Should he be arrested if he is from Cantonese?"

At this moment, Uncle Cheng Liu Jing came in from outside and asked loudly: "If I am from Cantonese, will I also be arrested?"

"Looking at you, you don't look like the Guangdong immigrants who fled in riots."

When the leading officers and soldiers saw that Liu Jing had an extraordinary bearing and was over fifty years old, like someone who had seen big events, they became a little weak.

Liu Jing asked: "In that case, why did you break into my house?"

"I was ordered to do something, not to mention this small inn, even the county government, I also want to search! I searched your room today, what's the matter? If you dare to be verbose, I will arrest you too, just to make up for it!"

An officer and soldier without a wink came forward and shouted: "I see that your old man is well-dressed and can afford to live in this fine inn. He must have gold coins or silver coins with him. If you are wise, please hand over the money quickly. Maybe I can let you go." A way out, otherwise, hum!" "Otherwise what?" Liu Jing said steadily.

The officer and soldier said: "Otherwise, I will arrest you as a fugitive and behead you if you are convicted!"

Wang Sanwang shouted: "Let me go! Let go of Daqing! Do you know that my master——"

Liu Jing quickly winked at Wang Sanwang.

Wang Sanwang was Liu Jing's attendant when he passed through Guangdong. The attendant he brought from Chengyi's house in the capital got sick, so Wang Sanwang, who was in his early twenties and had a flexible mind, took care of his daily life.

"You still dare to shout, do you really think that I don't dare to kill you? If you scream again, I will give you a knife first and send you to the west!"

The officers and soldiers threatened.

The tied farmer said at the same time: "Sanwang, you can't reason with them. If you want to arrest me, arrest me, don't harm innocent people!"

"How can you still act like a hero when you are about to die?"

The officers and soldiers said disdainfully to the farmer.

"It's here!"

On the other side, an officer and soldier found a heavy package from the cabinet.

"Open."

The eyes of the leading officers and soldiers shone brightly.

"Are you soldiers or bandits?"

Wang Sanwang shouted.

The officer and soldier opened the package and found that inside was a set of official uniforms for a fourth-grade officer.

"It is really a sin for me to offend the superior!"

The leading officers and soldiers quickly bowed and saluted.

Liu Jing stroked his beard and said, "If I were to immigrate, I'm afraid I would die in your hands today."

The officers and soldiers apologized: "I don't dare, I don't dare, I hope your superior will forgive me!"

On the other side, several officers and soldiers untied Wang Sanwang.

Wang Sanwang puffed up his chest and looked proud.

Liu Jing asked: "Immigration is under the order of the emperor, not criminals. They have left their homes, separated their flesh and blood, and endured untold hardships. Yet you have harmed them like this. You also have parents, wives, and children. Don't you look like a human being? ?”

The leading officer and soldier bent down and said: "This villain knows his crime, leave now, leave now!"

Having said this, he quickly gestured to the officers and soldiers behind him and said: "Go quickly! Go quickly!"

"Thank you, sir, for saving your life!"

After the officers and soldiers left, the peasants walked up to Liu Jing, knelt down and kowtowed.

Liu Jing said: "Get up quickly, I have something to ask you."

When he saw the farmer getting up, he said, "I heard Sanwang calling you Daqing just now. What's your surname?"

"The civilian's surname is Chen." Chen Daqing bowed.

Wang Sanwang answered: "Sir, Chen Daqing is my cousin, and his father is my uncle."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "I heard everything you just said."

Chen Daqing said with a tearful tone: "My lord, the immigrants are worse than pigs and dogs. They are tied up, no matter how old or young they are. The officers and soldiers can beat them and scold them whenever they want. Every time they walk sixty miles, the official family will I was only given four taels of food per person, and many people died on the road due to hunger and fatigue. But in order to hurry, the officers and soldiers were not even allowed to bury the dead, so they threw them on the road."

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Jing said in shock.

Chen Daqing said: "The common people dare not deceive the officials. What the common people tell is the truth. Right now, the immigrants are in a village dozens of miles away."

"Let's go, follow me to Shenglong City to see the Chief of the Department."

Liu Jing turned around and walked out, saying at the same time.

"My lord, please forgive the common people. The common people cannot go and do not dare to go."

Chen Daqing cried and said: "The officers and soldiers said that escaping immigrants is a capital crime. My brother has been caught and sentenced to death. The grassroots family has been sentenced to death even if they sit here. If I are caught by them, I will not escape death."

"Master, I beg you, please save my cousin's family!"

Wang Sanwang knelt down and said.

"As long as I'm here, no one will dare to hurt your lives. Come with me to Thang Long City."

Liu Jing said expressionlessly.

After half an hour.

Outside Thang Long City.

Liu Jing walked at the front, Wang Sanwang followed behind with a package on his back, and Chen Daqing walked at the end.

"Master Jun, can you relieve me?"

The three of them saw a large number of immigrants gathered outside the city. At a glance, they thought there were thousands of them.

Wang Sanwang asked in confusion: "Daqing, what does relieving yourself mean?"

Chen Daqing whispered: "Cousin, relieving yourself means going to the toilet. Because the immigrants' hands are tied with ropes, if they want to use the toilet, they have to ask the officers and soldiers to untie their hands."

Liu Jing was silent when he heard this.

He vaguely remembered that during the Hongwu period, the immigrants from Shanxi also had a similar scene.

"Master Jun, please give me some relief. I really can't hold it in any longer."

Among the immigrants, some farmers begged.

"You have to hold it in even if you can't hold it in. How can a living person die from holding in his urine?"

One of the patrolling officers and soldiers cursed.

The farmer retorted: "Are you talking human language?"

"You bastard, how dare you contradict me!"

The officers and soldiers raised their whips and struck the peasants, saying: "I'll give you two whips to help you remember. Who has the final say here!"

On the other side, a woman with a muddy face walked up to a thin officer and begged: "Master, my father is dying. Please give him hot soup and rice to save his life."

"Fuck you!" The thin officer kicked the woman away and said, "You still have hot soup and hot rice, but I can't even eat it. What are you dreaming about? If you yell any more, I'll skin you! You want to drink hot food?" Soup, bring me the money and I will buy it for you."

At this time, a burly man next to him said angrily: "You have taken all the money away, where is the money left?"

"Don't have money? Just drink urine!" the thin officer and soldier cursed.

The strong man said angrily: "Are you still not human?"

"You stupid thing, dare to contradict me! See if I don't beat you to death!"

The officers and soldiers raised their whips to beat the strong men.

The strong man with his hands tied roared angrily and crashed directly into the officer and soldier.

Because he suddenly burst out and went too fast, the thin officer and soldier didn't react for a moment and was knocked down by the big man.

"Reverse, reverse!"

Upon seeing this, all the officers and soldiers immediately drew their swords and rushed forward, intending to kill the strong man on the spot.

"stop!"

Liu Jing shouted loudly.

"Old man, who are you, and what authority do you have to prevent us from executing this mob?"

Seeing Liu Jing's extraordinary bearing, the thin officer and soldier asked weakly.

Liu Jing said: "I am Liu Jing, the sincere uncle of Zhan Shifu of the East Palace!"

"I didn't know Shangguan was coming, little one——"

The thin officer and soldier immediately knelt on one knee and said.

Liu Jing said quickly: "The woman's old father is dying. A bowl of hot noodle soup can save his life. You don't save him, but bully him at will. Do you still have the law?"

After the thin officer and soldier stood up, he hunched over and said, "Shangguan Rongzhen, our army has been without food for seven days. Not to mention these immigrants, even I have not had water or rice for several days, so I am so irritable."

Liu Jing ordered: "It's important to save people. Send someone quickly to get a bowl of hot noodle soup."

Wang Sanwang said loudly: "Why are you so stunned? Go quickly!"

"Yes!" said the thin officer and soldier, cupping his fists.

After a while.

Chen Daqing looked at his old father in the crowd and shouted: "Dad!"

The old man cursed: "Daqing, why are you back? You don't know how to live or die! Run, run!"

"Arrest him."

The flag officer responsible for guarding the families of the fleeing immigrants gave orders to the officers and soldiers behind him.

"Let him go!" Liu Jing shouted.

(End of this chapter)