Jinyi Night Walk

The next day, sure enough, several guards' capital officers did not return to their guards in time, but ran to Xia Xun to intercede for Shen Yong.

There are different methods of pleading, some go straight, some turn around, the core meaning is actually only one, please Governor Yang release Shen Dusi, the person who is talking now is Wei Chunbing, the capital of Shenyang Zhongwei, Wei Dusi is very skillful in speaking, He talked nonsense for a long time, but he never pleaded for Shen Yong directly, but he pleaded for Shen Yong every word.

Wei Dusi only cares about how complicated the situation in Liaodong is; the Jurchen tribes sometimes tame and sometimes make troubles" how difficult it is to deal with such unruly people: He also said that Shen Yong has been in charge of the military affairs of Liaodong for many years, and he is still diligent in ruling the guards. , the Duke of the Kingdom wants to end the Liaodong matter as soon as possible, and return to Jinling, the prosperous place of the Six Dynasties, to enjoy the happiness of life. With his help, we can get twice the result with half the effort.

Finally, he said that the people in Kaiyuan City are mainly composed of Han Chinese who were criminally exiled and the Jurchen and Menggu tribes who belonged to Ming Dynasty. It is understandable for Shen Dusi not to send troops.Xia Xun just listened with a smile, and never said a word. Wei Dusi said that he felt bored afterward, so he stopped in embarrassment, and said goodbye and left.

"Wei Chunbing, Shenyang Zhongwei."

Xia Xun opened a booklet and wrote down the name of Wei Dusi and the guardhouse where he was located. Anyone who is Shen Yongjingqing has a different relationship with Shen Yong. He has to investigate these people carefully" and then decide what to do. disposal.

As soon as the booklet was closed, the guards came in and reported: "Report to the Lord of the Ministry, the Commander of the [-] Guards, Pei Yiste Moore, and the Commander of the Tieling Guards, Qing Geertai, are asking for an audience.

"Oh, please come in!" After a while, two big men walked in from the outside. After seeing Xia Xun, he immediately crossed his hands to salute, and said in a thunderous voice: "The low-ranking Pei Yishitmuer (Qing Geertai) pays his respects to Mr. Butang! "

Xia Xun stood up, smiled and said, "Both of you are here." Do you have anything to say to me? "

Pei Shitmoore clasped his fists at him, and said in a deep voice: "Ministry, I don't know which lord spoke uprightly and impeached Shen Yong's crimes to the emperor. The humble official also wanted to sue."

It’s just that I have been unable to find a way. Now that the master of the Ministry is here, it’s good. I’m willing to be a witness. I also ask the Ministry to enforce the law impartially and punish Shen Yong severely!

To tell you the truth, the people of the humble tribe are about to fall out because of this matter. They all said that since the imperial court accepts us as the people of the Ming Dynasty, "why only ask for mink fur, ginseng and all kinds of taxes?" Invasion, killing my parents, killing my sisters, but the court soldiers and horses turned a deaf ear?The humble position has been suppressing the people in the clan, but if this continues, the humble position may not be able to suppress it anymore! "

Xia Xun smiled faintly, and said: "Military discipline is strict, and military law is strict! First enlightenment, then strictness. The Bendu who should be dealt with will naturally be dealt with. This time I personally went to Kaiyuandu to get the most direct evidence. All the evidence is complete. , Shen Yong will subdue the law. If the evidence is not complete, "but you will not kill the minister just because your people are angry.The governor's sword can defend against foreign captives and kill courtiers, but can't cut down bandits? "

Xia Xun also sympathizes with what happened to Temur, and admires him for his military exploits in sticking to Kaiyuan." Xia Xun can also understand what he said in today's meeting. But all of this does not mean that Without principled tolerance, he is here to represent the imperial court, so how can he allow his subordinates to threaten him. Temur concealed a knife in his words, and Xia Xun immediately returned his face, and Temur's face swelled red from what he said , but dare not break out.

Seeing this, Qing Getai hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "My lord is enjoined by the imperial decree to govern Liaodong and the governor of military affairs. Since he knows about this matter", he must always deal with it.Temuer, I know that your son-in-law was killed and your eldest daughter was taken away, and I feel very resentful and anxious, but the court's rules and regulations cannot be messed up.In this matter, you just have to wait patiently, the Lord Ministry will always give you justice.

Qing Geertai was an ancient Mongolian man. After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, "his father led his tribe to defect to Ming Dynasty" and was placed near Tieling by Zhu Yuanzhang. He set up the Tieling Guard and appointed his father as the commander of the guard.

Now the son takes over his father's position and is the current commander of Tieling Guard.As sympathetic to Moore, he was also squeezed out by other guard generals, so he and Temuer share the same illness and have a very good friendship.

Qing Getai comforted Temur, then cupped his fists at Xia Xun, and said respectfully: "Temuer was worried and angry, and his tone was a bit aggressive, please don't blame the minister. The master of the minister is going to Kaiyuan, and the last general and Temuer is on the same journey with the Master of the Ministry, and I came to see you today because I want to escort the Ministry and go to Kaiyuan together."

Xia Xun smiled and said, "Okay," then let's go together! "

There is no civil office in Liaodong, and the military, political and legal departments in Liaodong are all in charge of the army.” This is a large and vast military area, and Shen Yong is the general of Liaodong, the actual emperor here.

Liaodong 25 Guards" has an army of 15, so many generals, [-] guards were attacked, Shen Yong did not move when he saw the flames of fire, and Temur refused to come out after several times. It can be seen that the Liaodong area cannot be said to be corrupted by the protection of officials and officials, at least it is covered by Shen Yong.

Under such an environment, can only dealing with one Shen Yong be safe and secure for a long time?Therefore, the handling of Shen Yong cannot be as hasty as Guan Haiwei's commander Chang Xiwen.Every official has a faction." Xia Xun wants to use Shen Yong as a bait, to know who belongs to his faction, and then focus on investigating these officials, and those who are worthy of use will try their best to win over the "corrupt or stubborn" , you have to have a nest.

Xia Xun and many people who want to make a big business use the same method. If you want to plan a big business, you should first rectify the officials.Because you are high above, even if you are at a loss, if you want to implement your ideas, you have to rely on the officials below you. If they are not strong enough, you will not be able to display your great abilities. Xia Xun will not stay with Shen Yong for the time being. To kill him is to regard him as a magic mirror to thoroughly investigate all kinds of corruption and maladministration, and a touchstone to show the interests and needs of all parties.

Now, his basic goal has been achieved.

Since Xia Xun wants to move to Kaiyuan, he must be accompanied by a large number of officials stationed in Liaoyang. A guard horse of Ding Yu, the left guard of the Liao Dynasty, together with [-] officers and soldiers brought by Xia Xun from the pass, rushed to Kaiyuan in great numbers.

Xia Xun didn't ride in a carriage." He rode on a horse and went forward with the generals. Because there were still a large number of infantry, the team did not move fast. Fortunately, the two places were not too far away, and they would definitely be able to arrive before night fell. After marching for more than two hours, Xia Xun ordered the whole army to rest for a while." He led the generals up the high slope and had a look." He couldn't help but sighed: "On the way, it's rare to see a town, and it's rare to see a few Pedestrians! "

When Xia Xun was in later generations, the biggest headache was that no matter where he went, there were always bustling crowds, shoulder to shoulder, waving their sleeves like clouds, but now that they have been walking for more than two hours, people feel panicked, it is all barren mountains and fields Ah, how can there be a little smoke.

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Zhang Jun said: "The population of Liaodong has always been sparse. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty," the entire population of Liaodong was only about 50." Later, the Red Scarf Army marched northward to Liaodong, where they fought against the Yuan army for four years." He fled to North Korea with his family. "After the defeat of the Yuan army, many people were plundered and forced to flee north with them." The population here is even smaller.When I, Ming Dynasty, took over Liaodong, the total number of people from all ethnic groups in Liaodong was less than 10! "

Xia Xun felt a little cold when he heard this. He wanted to do a lot in Liaodong. He could lack everything except people. In this era, people are the primary productive force." If there are no people here, then there is nothing to talk about. , can’t do anything anymore.” He asked with a glimmer of hope: “That’s all?

Hmm... Now that the country has been established for more than 30 years, Liaodong has been recuperating for [-] years, so it should have grown a lot? "

Zhang Jun smiled dryly: "Almost... or a hundred thousand..."

Xia Xun almost fell off the horse, and he cried out: "Why is it still a hundred thousand? In more than 30 years, the people of Liaodong are enough to reproduce for two generations! Didn't they have children 30 years ago?"

Zhang Jundao: "There is something unknown in the department hall." At the beginning of the founding of our Ming Dynasty, the emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, was difficult to manage because of the mixture of those who belonged to and those who did not. It is because all the residents of the area behind the mountain (from Xuanfu to Liaoyang) moved south to Shanhaiguan.

Three times before and after, a total of [-] households were relocated. Fortunately, the people of Liaodong have multiplied and given birth to more people over the years, otherwise, there would be no common people here.Even so, taking Liaoyang as an example, Liaoyang is the administrative seat of our Liaodong capital, "an important place to set up troops and garrison". In the wild, there are few residents in Kaiyuan and Tieling, and Fengcheng and Caorun are even more mountainous and wild, with few pedestrians on the road. "

Xia Xun's heart went cold when he heard it.

Zhang Jun went on to say: "Nowadays, there are about 10 people in Liaodong, and four-fifths of them are Han Chinese." Prisoner officers, and most of the rest are family members of soldiers. "However, life outside the Great Wall is difficult." The weather is cold in winter, and soldiers and their families are often uneasy.

Furthermore, [-]% of the troops stationed outside the Great Wall are responsible for guarding the border, and [-]% are responsible for farming and growing food.

The garrison fields are all official fields owned by the imperial court. He Ge, the soldier in the garrison field, worked hard with the hoe, and the harvest, except for the payment of grains, was very little. Therefore, the soldiers in charge of the garrison fields were actually more miserable than the tenants of the landlord’s family. Therefore, they I have no intention of farming the land at all." Even though the imperial household registration is strict, there are still soldiers fleeing with their families.

Even if they can't go back to their hometown, they would rather escape from the barracks, find a valley and wild land, and choose a place to live than suffer in the army. Some people even simply fled to the tribes of Jurchen and Meng ancients. There have long been in the army, " It is better to live in Hu than to be born in Liao".Alas, the original intention of Emperor Taizu Gao to farm the fields to raise soldiers was not to disturb the people, but who would have thought that such a result would happen! "

"Such a place, there is no one in the hell, and there is no one who can keep it! No one, what else can you do?" Xia Xun was heartbroken when he heard it. He imagined it was even more serious. This seriousness did not come from the outside, but from the inside.

Among the materials he has come into contact with, the part about the people is the least. From this, it can be seen how little Liaodong pays attention to the people.

Externally, there is the problem of shoe targets. Internally, there are conflicts between the Han people and the Mongols and Jurchens. There are different factions within the Han people. There are irreconcilable contradictions between the people and the court. I want to do something.

Things are still limited by manpower and material resources, which is really terrible. Who can manage such a mess?

Xia Xun can't wait to get on the horse and leave, hastily settle the matter of Liaodong, and then go back to accompany his wife and hug his baby "The world in a few hundred years... My bones are rotten, let him be flooded?

However, he still didn't move in the end." He just rode his horse and stood on the high slope for a long time without saying a word. @.