Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 154 Death of the Second Minister of the Cabinet
  The thoughts and vision of the people at the bottom have never been very far-sighted. They have always looked at the situation of the past few days. When they temporarily master weapons and violent machines, they will inevitably be confused and confused about sudden wealth.

Under the slogan of White Lotus burning the city and Maitreya coming to the world, when Jizhou Prefecture was captured, the entire White Lotus Sect was filled with excitement and madness. Everyone looted the city, indulged in killings, and vented their selfish desires, except for the top Among the few people, almost no one thought about how to consolidate the results of the war, how to win over people's hearts, how to gather the scattered refugees from Liaodong, and sweep the capital with greater power and storm, hoping to echo Henan and Jiaodong.

But this is not the reason for Xu Hongru's failure, and he does not intend to blame himself.

"It's really because Wang Qi is too powerful!" When Xu Hongru and his guards fled from Jizhou Mansion in a hurry, he looked back and saw that Wang Qi and his army had begun to enter Jizhou Mansion, and tens of thousands of The refugees from Liaodong, as well as the lucky people who survived in Jizhou Prefecture, all came out to greet them. The entire outer city and the main roads were packed to the brim.

Almost everyone was cheering Wang Qi's name.

The refugees in Liaodong cheered Wang Qi, because in the eyes of the people in Liaodong, Wang Qi was the savior of Liaodong. Now that the people of Liaodong are suffering, how can hundreds of officials stand by and watch?
  The people of Jizhou Prefecture respectfully welcomed Wang Qi because he was rescued in a desperate situation. The people were agitated. Han Xu, the second minister of the cabinet, came with troops. They could not hold on for almost a day. The city gates were opened wide, causing the people to suffer. . Later, Wang Qi rushed to Jizhou Mansion and saved the people from being bullied by the thieves.

After all, if Wang Qi had arrived one day later, the situation would have been completely different. Jizhou Mansion would have been filled with corpses and blood.

"On behalf of the people of the city, the old man Li Guangzhen would like to thank Duke Lang for saving his life!" At the gate of Jizhou City, an old man was supported by someone and came to Wang Qi and bowed deeply. Li Guangzhen, a native of Jizhou Prefecture, was a Jinshi in the 11th year of Wanli. He served as a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He became an official in the 43rd year of Wanli. He taught in a cottage and benefited the countryside. He has a high prestige in Jizhou.

Behind him were the magistrates and magistrates of Jizhou Prefecture, as well as officials from thousands of households in the guard station. The war in Jizhou Prefecture was in ruins, and the officials could not escape punishment. Therefore, when they saw Wang Qi, they were like a mouse seeing a cat, hiding behind him. , dare not step forward.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Mr. Li, but the court ordered me to come here to relieve the difficulties in Jizhou Prefecture. I can't say it's hard work." Wang Qi sat on the horse and answered Li Guangzhen's words, and then glanced at the officials behind Li Guangzhen. : "The rebels have just withdrawn, and the city is not stable. Where is the prefect of Jizhou? Ask him to come over and see me!"

When several fellow magistrates and officials heard Wang Qi's questioning voice, they all knelt on the ground: "I don't know where the magistrate has gone. I have been fighting to the death to protect the people in the past few days." , please be careful, sir!"

Wang Qi sneered: "Fight the enemy to the death? I see that you are neatly dressed and have a white jade hair crown. There is no trace of fighting the enemy to the death!"

"Come here!" Wang Qi immediately called his men over.

"The general is here!" Wang Shouxin stepped forward.

"First take off these people's clothes and throw them into prison, and wait for deliberation later!"

"As ordered!"

Wang Shouxin gave an order, and several soldiers stepped forward, stripped off the clothes of several officials of Jizhou Prefecture, and dragged them away in front of tens of thousands of people, regardless of their begging for mercy and cursing.

Before entering the city, you must first establish your authority to intimidate Xiao Xiao.

"Master Baihuguan!" At this moment, the refugees from Liaodong also appeared at the city gate, squeezing forward, wanting to talk to Wang Qi: "We are all refugees. I heard that you, Master Baihuguan, are leading the troops. Here we are, we are really happy. This time the army fought back against the White Lotus Sect, we also made great efforts. Please be aware of this!!"

Hearing the voices of the refugees from Liaodong, the people of Jizhou Prefecture, who had been quiet at first, became angry and immediately replied: "You helped? Didn't you burn, kill and loot with those rioters?! Didn't you take the opportunity to rob? Yuanwai Sun and his family Did more than thirty people die at the hands of the White Lotus Sect?"

"We are all going to starve to death. That big family is reluctant to give even a grain of grain to them. If he doesn't die, who will! Can you wait for me to get grain for them?"

As soon as the refugees from Liaodong appeared, they clashed with the people of Jizhou Prefecture.

"Quiet!" Wang Qi sat on the horse and frowned when he saw the chaos.

The entire city gate immediately fell silent.

"What's your name?" Wang Qi looked at the leading Liaodong refugee and asked.

"Caomin Qiu Tong," Qiu Tong heard Wang Qi talking to him, and immediately bowed to Wang Qi with respect on his face: "Greetings to Duke Lang!"

"Can you gather all the refugees from Liaodong?" Wang Qi saw Xiong Mang in this life, but behind him was a large group of people from Liaodong, all headed by him. It seemed that this person was a leader among the refugees.

"Sir, if we just gather together, the common people are all familiar with the people from Liaodong. One day is enough," Qiu Tong didn't know what Wang Qi wanted to do, but it didn't matter, so he just answered!

"Okay, I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the outer city of Jizhou Prefecture. First gather all the refugees outside the city. I will send people to camp for you and stay there first." Wang Qi tapped Qiu Tong with the long whip in his hand: "Remember If you stay with me, please stay calm these days and let the people of Liaodong not make trouble! When the trouble here is over, I will take you back to Liaodong."

"Sir!" He replied to Liaodong, making Qiu Tong and others' eyes moisten instantly.

Who doesn’t want to return home early?
  Who wants to be bullied in a foreign land?
  It's all forced by facts and done as a last resort!
  Now Wang Qi said "I will take you back to Liaodong", allowing everyone to break through the defense instantly.

"People of Liaodong, thank you for your great kindness! Even if you die, you will never be able to repay it!"

"Thank you, Mr. Baihuguan!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Master Baihu!"

For a time, the entire outer city of Jizhou Prefecture was filled with mournful cries because of Wang Qi's words.

"Okay, get ready! Don't let people gather here," Wang Qi waved his hand and asked Qiu Tong to take the people away and call the refugees to gather.

"Caomin, go now, go now!" Qiu Tong kowtowed three times, then stood up and bowed again before leading the people to retreat.

"Mr. Li," Wang Qi looked at Li Guangzhen again.

"Master Lang, please speak." Hearing Wang Qi call his name, Li Daru quickly answered. Wang Qi's operation had already made everyone feel what it means to be kind and powerful at the same time, and what it means to be powerful and authoritative.

"Is there food in the city?" Wang Qi asked.

"These days, all the food in the treasury has been looted, but when the rebels retreated just now, they probably didn't have time to take it all away, and there is still some left. In addition, the big households in the city should also have some food in stock, which should be kept intact," Li Guangzhen did not dare to tell the king When Qi told a lie, his eyes burned like fire, as if there was one word of deception, which was the fury of thunder!
  "I will give you one day to collect all the grain, and then open warehouses inside and outside the city to release grain. This will temporarily relieve the food and living expenses of tens of thousands of people in Jizhou Prefecture and Liaodong. As for the money and compensation, you can write a letter How about I sign the memorial copy for you when the time comes?" Wang Qi asked.

"Lang Guogong has thought carefully and this is what we should do. I will summon the people in the city and the countryside to do what you say!"

Li Guangzhen was confused and did not dare to discount Wang Qi's instructions at all. He had already planned to take out all the food in his family and summon all the local officials to stock up on food to alleviate the difficulties in the city.

After all, if Wang Qi is satisfied this time, it will be equivalent to climbing into the lap of a prince!
  Do you need to worry about being prosperous and wealthy in the future?
  After receiving Li Guangzhen's reply, Wang Qi felt more at ease. With food, he would not be afraid of anyone making trouble!

"Tao Zhenxiong, Qu Lu, Wei Liangyan!" Wang Qi named the three commanders.

"The general is here!" The three commanders immediately stepped forward. If they didn't show off at this time, they would have no chance.

"From now on, the military control in the city will act according to my order. Everyone is not allowed to go to the streets at will. We will wait for the court's follow-up orders before dealing with it!"

"General, I will obey your orders!"

For more than half an hour, Wang Qi did three things outside Jizhou City.

First of all: deal with the officials of Jizhou Prefecture and imprison them in the name of being unfavorable in combat, so as to establish their authority. Secondly: Only by appeasing the emotions of the people and refugees and stabilizing their emotions can the situation be somewhat calmer!
  Then: open warehouses to put food in, and win people's hearts.

After the three events, the entire Jizhou Mansion was already under Wang Qi's complete control.

Not long after, the Yamen of the prefect of Jizhou Prefecture had become Wang Qi's temporary Yamen.

"After the war, the prefect Cai Huaiguo disappeared. However, after the defeat of the army and the city, Master Xu and Master Han were captured and thrown into the dungeon and could not escape! Master Han was interrogated and also disappeared. Got it!"

In the front hall, Wang Shouxin was reporting the news in the city to Wang Qi.

"Go and send someone to settle Xu Guangqi, and find a doctor to treat him first." Wang Qi was looking down at the food accounts and population situation of the entire Jizhou Prefecture for consecutive years: "Send someone to find Han Xu, the dignified minister of the cabinet, he cannot die. it's here!"

"Subordinate, I understand!" Wang Shouxin lowered his head and then slowly withdrew.

Wang Qi frowned at this moment, looking through the fish scale book and the grain depot account book. There were only more than a thousand households in Jizhou Prefecture, which is close to the capital, which really surprised Wang Qi.

"It is an important military town, three hundred miles east of the core of Gyeonggi Province, with Shanhaiguan in the north, Tianjin Wei in the east, Jiaodong and Henan in the south, with less than 20,000 people."

This discovery gave Wang Qi a bad feeling.

The population is decreasing day by day, partly because of war, and partly because of years of famine, and it seems to be increasing.

"I hope that the legendary Little Ice Age that destroyed the Ming Dynasty will come later." Wang Qi clicked on the album with his fingers and said silently in his heart.

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At this moment, apart from the patrolling soldiers, no one could be seen on the streets of Jizhou Mansion.

However, the ruins of the walls and the unburned wood silently indicate that a disaster has occurred here.

"Hey!!" Wang Shouxin was wearing armor and was looking for traces of Han Xu along the street with his soldiers.

Someone once saw Han Xu being dragged up to the South City Gate by Bai Lianjiao Ren, but the place had been searched, but he could not be found. Wang Shouxin could only lead his men to search along the main street, and sent another man to personally The guards patrolled the neighborhoods inside the city wall.

"Sir!" Just when Wang Shouxin was about to despair, a guard came out of the alley: "South City Gate, there is news about Master Han."

Not long after, Wang Shouxin led a group of people to appear in a neighborhood next to the city wall in Jizhou Prefecture.

"Did you save this man?" Wang Shouxin looked at Han Xu who was covered in blood in the back room, then walked out of the room and stood in the courtyard.

The old woman who lives here alone has never seen so many officers and soldiers. She thought she had committed some serious crime. At this moment, she was panicking and said tremblingly: "I saw this man was pitiful and he was bleeding all over his body. I couldn't bear it, so I killed him." He was carried back to the house and bandaged a little to stop the bleeding."

"Do you know who he is?" Wang Shouxin stared at the old woman's face.

"I just see him pitifully and don't know him." The old woman shook her head and said with some fear, "Isn't he a rebel?"

do not know?
  Whispering. The wind whistled, and the courtyard was quiet.

Pressing his fingers on the handle of the knife, Wang Shouxin wanted to pull it out several times but held back.

"Okay, mother-in-law." In the end, Wang Shouxin pursed his lips and couldn't bear to do anything. Instead, he took out a piece of gold from his arms and put it in the old woman's hand: "We want to take this person away."

"Master Jun?" The old woman looked at the heavy gold in her hand and seemed to understand something. She nodded: "I don't know anything."

Not long after, in the dark night, the unconscious Han Xu was carried out of the small courtyard and slowly headed towards the magistrate's office.

Han Xu felt that he had slept for a long time, and his whole body was in unbearable pain, especially that half of his face, which had been slapped directly with a scabbard, and his whole brain was groggy.

Puff.

Like the sound of a candle being lit, Han Xu, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

"Huh?" At first, he was a little uncomfortable with the light in front of him. After seeing the surrounding environment clearly, Han Xu instinctively felt that he was not out of danger.

Although these people in front of me are all wearing Ming army clothes.

"Who are you?" Han Xu struggled to open his eyes and made a hoarse voice.

Wang Shouxin, who was sitting in the darkness, did not speak.

"I am Han Xu, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet! Who are you? Where is Wang Qi? Let him come to see me!" On the bed, Han Xu seemed to feel a sense of danger and wanted to scream, but he was weak and could only shout. Waves of sobs.

The two guards looked back at Wang Shouxin, waiting for his order.

Wang Shouxin stood up from the chair, approached the bed, looked at Han Xu who was unable to move, and said warmly: "Maybe my master didn't want to kill you, but as servants, we must take the initiative to share the worries of our master. Master Han, You can go on your way with peace of mind!”

"Wang Qi wants to kill me?" Han Xu glared angrily: "How dare you, Zi Zi! How dare you, Zi Zi!"

Wang Shouxin frowned when he heard this and motioned his two men to take action quickly with his eyes.

Whoooo! ! ! !

His mouth and nose were tightly covered by a palm-sized velvet head. Han Xu wanted to scream, but he could only make a whining sound. Due to the strong sense of suffocation, Han Xu's chest was heaving violently and his whole body was shaking. ,struggle.

His eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes, and Han Xu's mind kept replaying Zuo Guangdou's words about Wang Qi: This son has a big plan. If we can't stop it in time, the world will be in danger of overthrowing.
  Risk of overturning?
  Han Xu's consciousness was blurred. He seemed to see someone taking the throne, and then seemed to be overthrown. He kept repeating four words: Zhu family? Han family!

woohoo
  Woo.
  Han Xu's eyes disappeared, there was a snap, his hands dropped weakly, and his breathing finally stopped.

Wang Shouxin lowered his gaze and looked at Han Xu with complete indifference in his eyes.

"Bury it!"

(End of this chapter)