Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2191 Two County Magistrates
Only when Huang Chao entered the county seat did he realize that the so-called information that Yangshan County had not fallen was discounted. To be precise, the Yao people's armed forces had broken through the city, and the officials, soldiers and some people in the city withdrew to the city of Baihusuo to continue to resist. The loss was small, but the property in the city was basically lost.After the Yao people's armed forces rushed into the county, they didn't let go of even a single basket, and snatched them all.

At this time, the official in the county, Jinshen, no longer had the shame of "following the thief" when he was forced to surrender. He just hugged Huang Chao's thigh and called him "benefactor".Especially Zhou Liangchen, the county magistrate who just took office, had tears in his eyes—at last his speculation did not fail!
There is not a single naturalized citizen in Yangshan County. Although the "Great Song Dynasty" has been surrendered here, in fact, Wen Desi has not had time to send cadres here. Officials who fill in their names are deemed to be on duty.

Although the name has been changed, everything in the county is still the same, the case is promoted to the court, and the department is urged to collect food. The county magistrate and officials don’t know the specific uniform system of the Song Dynasty, but only know that Australians are all short-haired. ——But no one in the county has this skill.He continued to do business with the round-necked gauze hat, but to show the difference between the old and the new, the patches on the front and back of the official robe were removed.

Looking at the county magistrate who had removed the patch, Huang Chao felt absurd.But seeing that his robe was covered with scorching marks and dust, and was torn in several places, it seems that this period of time may not be easy.

Regardless of his status as an official or a person, at least he has held Yangshan County and restrained the power of the Yao people, which is still a great achievement for the Senate.At the moment, he warmly comforted a group of people and praised them a lot.

"The chief is over-reputed, and the subordinates are just loyal to their duties." Zhou Liangchen's bent head was about to touch the square brick, "The Heavenly Soldiers of the Song Dynasty were swift, the thunder swept away the holes, and wiped away the ugliness, which saved the people of the city. ..."

He said the words of gratitude from the bottom of his heart, because if the Australians didn't come, he, Zhou Liangchen, would probably be devoted to this Song Dynasty who didn't know where he came from.

"I don't need to say more to be polite," Huang Chao said, "How is the situation in the city now?"

Zhou Liangchen didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly introduced the current situation in the city.There are currently about 1000 officials, soldiers, Ding, Jinshen and common people in the city, many of whom fled from neighboring villages.There are about 400 young and strong people.

"Where's the food?"

"There is not much money and food left, all of which were looted by the Yao Man, only a little food is left in the city..." As he spoke, he gave a middle-aged man next to him a hard look, and said in his heart, "It's cheap for you!"

Huang Chao wondered secretly, thinking which one is this?
Among the demoted officials and soldiers in the county, except for a few people who fled before the outbreak of the Yao Rebellion, there were almost no officials in the county—most of the small officials were locals and had nowhere to escape;Therefore, the team of Yangshan County is very neat, even the former county magistrate Peng Shouan is also there.

After his introduction, Huang Chao knew that the middle-aged literati he had stared at was Peng Shouan.I thought to myself that it was no wonder that he had a disheveled look on his face—he had landed safely, but now he was "following a thief".It looked like he was unwilling.

Finally, there are a few officers from the local guards. Although the guards are abolished, there is "Yaoqing" in the local area, so the officers in the guards are relatively decent, and there are quite a dozen soldiers who can fight.In fact, Yangshan's ability to persevere depends on the core of so few officers and dozens of their personal soldiers.

"All of you have worked hard on the defense, and you have to go back to your house to rest these few days - if you need to explain things, just talk to my cadres. If you have difficulties, don't be afraid of anything, just say it, it can be solved, I will definitely help." He glanced at the officials below, "I also have a few ugly words here. Right now the city is full of chaos and people, and we all live in the same city, we can only have the idea of ​​helping each other, and don't have other thoughts. I have always been in the Song Dynasty. All things are voluntary. If you don’t want to be an official and a citizen under the rule of the Song Dynasty, you will naturally be sent out of the country when the Yao chaos subsides and the roads are clear. But if anyone is secretly playing tricks in the middle, don’t blame me for being impolite. "

At present, the next group of people hastened to express their loyalty, saying that they would never do anything that would be outrageous.

In order to show his "special loyalty", Zhou Liangchen came out from Gong and said: "The lower officials have surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and please ask the upper officials to give us robes, so we can shave our hair and wear them easily."

The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became awkward, everyone secretly scolded Zhou Liangchen as "shameless", but no one dared to say anything under the eaves.

Huang Chao said: "This matter is not urgent. First, I came in a hurry, so I don't have so many uniforms; second, Yao's situation is urgent, and it's not the time to do these things. You can wear casual clothes for now-the black gauze round collar doesn't need to be worn. gone."

"Yes, yes, thank you for your understanding." Zhou Liangchen originally wanted to show his sincerity, and it doesn't matter to him whether the elder agrees or not—after all, with a bun, there is still some room for change in times of crisis.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Huang Chao then announced the personnel order. He called a few men and women in short clothes and short hair recently.When Zhou Liangchen saw this appearance, he knew it must be a "fake Kun" - a rioter who had taken refuge in the Kun bandit before.

"This is Wang Chuyi. The Senate has appointed him as the magistrate of Xinde Yangshan County." He introduced.

Wang Chuyi bowed slightly, and introduced himself in not-so-standard Mandarin: "My name is Wang Chuyi, and thanks to the trust of the Senate, I am serving as the local county magistrate. I hope that I can cooperate happily with you in the future work !"

The people below quickly flattered.Zhou Liangchen was quite disappointed. He thought that he had volunteered himself and had the credit for maintaining the county seat. The magistrate of the county under the Song Dynasty should be done by himself, but he didn't expect to be pawned by a mud leg—— Listen Know the name.But there was no expression on his face, and he was extremely flattering.

Peng Shouan secretly ironed the post in his heart - he was able to get out early, but he was trapped by Zhou's Liangchen, and he was trapped here, and he became a thief!

Wang Chuyi then read a letter of appointment in very non-standard Mandarin.Zhou Liangchen was unfamiliar with county affairs because he had just arrived in Yangshan, but he was appointed as the director of the county office of Yangshan County because of his meritorious deeds to protect the city.Zhou Liangchen was very upset. Although he didn't know what this office meant, he vaguely knew that this official meant to assist the county magistrate, so he was suddenly demoted from the county magistrate to the county magistrate.

The rest of the officials who surrendered also held positions, but they were all officials with names they had never heard of.Local officials in Guangdong who surrendered should theoretically be sent to Guangzhou for screening and "re-education" instead of being assigned to serve on the spot.But now the situation is special, so Yangshan is a special case.

Finally, it was Peng Shouan's turn - appointed as the "Chief Advisor" of Yangshan County Government.

Peng Shouan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he had left his post long ago, if it wasn't for Zhou Liangchen, he might already be on his way back home.It's good now, it's impossible to advance or retreat, and it's absolutely impossible not to accept this "fake job"-he didn't intend to die in the job; accept it, the charge of "surrender" is serious.After thinking about it, it is more important to save my life first, to keep the green hills, even if there is no firewood to burn, I said that I "better to obey my life than to be respectful".Fortunately, he has handed in the seal, and he has not received the document from the Ministry of Officials. In theory, he is no longer an official. The biggest crime of "an official who guards the land and surrenders to the enemy" is that he does not have to wear it.

Don't look at Wang Chuyi as a "mud-legged man" who was looked down upon by the demoted officials, but he did things very well. He arranged for people to accept the warehouse and city defense, and at the same time recruited young men to repair the city wall.He also asked the gentry and common people who had fled to the city to tell everyone that the heavenly soldiers of the Song Dynasty had arrived in the county, and they were about to subdue the Yao chaos in the near future, and all villages were required to "keep their guard".At the same time, "reasonable burdens" were imposed on the big households and gentry... A group of demoted officials were surprised, but also secretly disappointed.This way of governance, how can this mud leg learn it!However, everyone didn't dare to show such emotions, so they had to cheer up and deal with errands-and no matter what fallacies and heresies this Song Dynasty was practicing, it was important to suppress Yao's chaos first and save their lives and property.

In contrast, Peng Shouan was much freer.He was very depressed.He originally thought that he would be able to finish this job in peace, and then return to his hometown of Putian County, Fujian Province with the gold and silver he collected over the years, and be a gentleman in the countryside in peace.Yangshan is a poor county, there are not many flat and fertile fields, and there are mountains on all sides. Peng Shouan worked desperately to scrape the oil and water, and after a few years, he only saved less than 2000 taels of silver.Peng Shouan has a principle, ask for money but don't kill, as long as no one is killed, those local tyrants and evil gentry will definitely respond to their requests, as long as they pay filial piety.

Moreover, Peng Shouan thought he was more conscientious, and he had donated money to repair the city wall that had been flooded before, and donated to the regiment training in the county.Claiming to be a "good official", he originally had the intention to go to the camp to see if he could be transferred to a good position.However, the situation in recent years has been bad, and even Guangdong, which has always been calm, is no exception.

A few years ago, the Kun bandits occupied Qiongzhou as bandits, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Wang Zunde launched a crusade, but the whole army was wiped out. The Kun bandits' warships sailed directly to the city of Guangzhou.Later, the news from his hometown surprised him even more. Zheng Zhilong, the all-powerful sea lord along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, was defeated overnight by these gangsters, and Zheng Zhilong also ended up decapitated.

The Kun bandits not only occupied Qiongzhou, but also repeatedly invaded Guangzhou. They must have plots against Guangdong in the future.This made his enthusiasm for becoming an official much lower. It is impossible for him to choose a comfortable place like Jiangnan. If it is other places, whether it is Lianghu, Jiangxi, or Shandong, Guanzhong, Heluo... There are bandits everywhere, natural disasters and man-made disasters are endless.Going to be a county magistrate, the two errands of food collection and appeasement are extremely difficult.Then he thought of resigning and returning to his hometown.Anyway, after more than ten years of official travel, he has accumulated tens of thousands of taels of silver, so it's okay to go back and become a rich man.

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