Acacia, don't be negative

Chapter 376 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

The sky was gray in the afternoon, and the army left the city.Sure enough, there were many refugees wandering around the gate of the city. They were ragged and unkempt, and even Baozi said, "It's so pitiful, even more pitiful than us real beggars."

Because too many refugees gathered at the gate of the city, some of them died of starvation, and the abandoned ones were left unattended, so within a few days there would be plague spread among the refugees.It's just that they also have more than enough heart but not enough energy, and they are almost too hungry to have any strength.

Maybe I also heard that Beixia's army would pass by here. Anyway, if it continues like this, it will be a dead end sooner or later. It's better to muster up the courage to face it bravely, so that all the gates of the city are blocked to prevent Beixia's army from passing by. The general seeks justice for them.

Ye Song rode a horse and walked in front of the army, standing at the city gate, watching countless refugees knelt outside the city gate and kowtowed to her, begging her to uphold justice for them.Ye Song first ordered that the refugees who died of starvation be piled up on the side of the road, cremated and burned to prevent any diseases from spreading later.Afterwards, the prefect of the county in Chuanzhou City made the matter too big to end. He also expected that there were refugees blocking the way at the gate of the city, so he insisted on sending the army to the gate of the city. Yan Qingyu accompanied Xinxin and said: "General, it is inevitable for these refugees to flee to the north due to the great war in the South. Now they are so courageous that they dare to gather here to hinder the general's progress! General, please wait a moment, wait for the next official to come here." So I went to expel these troublemakers to make way for the general."

The prefect of the county is ordering the officers and soldiers he brought to go forward and do something to the poor people, and there are many men among the people. Although the people are poor and famine, they are starved to the point where they are almost skinny. , but at least the big guy is still there.They were also forced to the point of no choice. Seeing that the prefect was unkind and wanted to be tough, they had no choice but to stand up and resist, otherwise they would only die.

Once a man stood up, many men would stand up one after another. If they really wanted to do something, it would be a riot.

Seeing this, the eunuch immediately felt a little guilty, but under such circumstances, he could only grit his teeth and let the officers and soldiers go.

At the right time, Ye Song suddenly said, "Master Taishou, don't bother, just open the city gate now and let them in."

"Ah?" The prefect didn't realize it, and looked back at Ye Song with a stiff smile on his face, "What did the general say? The general must be joking with the lower officials, how can you let this..."

In the middle of the sentence, Ye Song suddenly yelled at the prefect in a concentrated voice: "I want you to open the city gate now and let them all go in!"

The refugees outside were all in an uproar, forgetting to cry for help, and looked up at Ye Song who was on the horse, as if they were looking at a god, with great hope of life burning in their eyes.

The eunuch was so frightened by Ye Song's sudden yelling that his knees almost went limp, but he managed to calm down and listened to Ye Song say again: "Nowadays, the Northern Xia is in a war, and the soldiers lead the way, but it is the people of the Northern Xia who are suffering. The people are the foundation of the country, and now they are displaced, watching their loved ones die. As Beixia's parents and officials, you disregard their lives and deaths. Who gave you such courage! Besides, the emperor has already issued a decree. The counties and counties took good care of the refugees who came to seek refuge, opened warehouses to provide food, and reissued cold clothes, but what did you do to let them fend for themselves? Aren’t you blatantly disobeying the imperial edict!”

Ye Song's question made the eunuch speechless for a moment, but the key point was that Ye Song charged him with a crime he couldn't bear at all.But he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has prepared a set of arguments long before the arrival of Ye Song or the imperial envoy. Moreover, he is full of contempt and disdain for Ye Song, a female class, and thinks that she is in the marmoset. It was just a fluke that Di won the battle. She must have the help of General Wei to be able to win. Most of the reason why she was able to sit in this position was because of the halo of the Great General and General Wei.In fact, she doesn't have any talent herself, so why should she dictate.

So the eunuch bowed his head, pretended to bow respectfully, and said earnestly: "The general misunderstood the lower officials. The reason why the lower officials did this was because of the consideration of the people? The reason why the lower officials did not let them enter the city was because the city of Chuanzhou There are also tens of thousands of people. Once these refugees enter the city, everything in the city will be messed up. How can this not be a disaster for the people in the city? There is not enough food to eat, not enough clothes to wear, Those refugees who don’t have enough to eat and don’t wear warm clothes can’t guarantee that they won’t be robbed on the street, or even robbed in their homes... Under such circumstances, the officials have to be on guard. The lower officials just want to protect the people in the city, so they dare to do this... ..."

He spoke in a cadence, and every sentence seemed to come from the heart.It almost makes people think that he is such a good parent official who cares about the people.

But Ye Song scolded: "Fuck your mother! Can you put it more nicely? Don't tell me they are dirtier and smellier in your eyes, so they are not the people of Beixia? They are soldiers of the enemy country Are they more terrifying, are they murderers and robbers who do all kinds of crimes! They just need a roof to shelter from the wind and rain, and some food and clothes to eat and wear warm!"

"But... there is not so much food and clothes in the city..."

"Then take it from those wealthy businessmen in the city who usually oppress the common people! From the hands of corrupt officials like you who secretly made money from the common people!"

"General, calm down..." the prefect panicked, "Your official has worked hard for the people of Chuanzhou. How have you ever taken advantage of the people's money? This official is a good official with a clean sleeve. Please check it out!"

"Oh, is that so?" Ye Song sneered, "Then how is it that there are so many other villas in the city where the golden house hides and raises the beautiful girl, and they get very close to the rich businessman in private? What's going on with those unscrupulous profiteers driving up prices?!" The prefect turned pale when asked, and realized that he had underestimated Ye Song.He originally thought that Ye Song was just leading troops through Chuanzhou, and had no intention of interfering in the affairs of the refugees in Chuanzhou. As long as he disperses the refugees with a few good words and allows the army to leave the city smoothly, it will be over.Unexpectedly, Ye Song actually investigated him in private, obviously preparing to make trouble and make trouble with him.

In fact, as soon as Chen Mingguang passed on Su Ruoqing's oral instructions, Ye Song sent someone to investigate the prefect, just to prevent him from refusing to accept his account.

Without waiting for the prefect to say anything more, Ye Song ordered one of the generals: "Come here, take someone to copy the house of the prefect immediately, and distribute all the money to help these refugees!"

As soon as these words came out, the military general immediately took the order and left, while the outside of the city cheered and cheered.The prefect didn't expect Ye Song to be so straightforward, and his small county officers and soldiers were no match for Ye Song's tens of thousands of troops. Even if Ye Song wanted to smash him, he couldn't do anything.His face turned pale with fright, and he fell to the ground.

Facing the cheers of countless refugees outside the city, Ye Song drew out his black iron whip, and swept it against the city wall with a loud "slap", sweeping up gray stones, bursts.Ye Song said to the refugees: "Today we open the gates of the city to let you enter the city, and it's easy to open warehouses to donate food and clothes, but if you dare to disrupt order in the city and do things that don't follow the rules, you will be treated like this wall." The stone on the top is whipped twice!"

The refugees knelt down in unison, repeatedly promising that as long as they had food and clothing, they would live in peace.

Ye Song ordered: "Come here, open the city gate!"

The prefect of Chuanzhou cried and said again and again: "General, absolutely not, this is tantamount to attracting a flood of beasts into the city..."

Ye Song looked down at the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground, with the same eyebrows, and said again: "Arrest him, remove him from his post as eunuch, and put him in a prison to await the emperor's punishment."

When the eunuch heard this, his eyes widened, and he looked at Ye Song in disbelief. Two soldiers had already stepped forward to arrest him.He said: "Although you are a general, you don't have the authority to dismiss me! You are overstepping your position and abusing your authority!" As he spoke, he struggled.

Ye Song turned sideways, took out a roll of bright yellow imperial decree, and said without changing expression: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, the emperor has sent an imperial decree to me, ordering me to handle this matter with full authority. Take him down!"

In the end, the prefect had nothing to say and was taken down by the soldiers.

Previously, the imperial court sent those imperial ministers to deal with this matter, but the results were not good.Never once did it act as a deterrent like Ye Song.That's because the officials in the imperial court protect each other, and most of the local officials have their own backers in the court, and they have already passed the gas in advance before the imperial envoys came.Or if there is no communication in advance, the imperial envoy will discuss the matter with the local prefect in a friendly manner. If you tear your face, it will not be easy to find a way out in the future. Who knows whether the other party's official career will be prosperous in the future.As a result, the local prefects were respectful and obedient on the surface, but secretly became more rampant.

It was unlucky for the prefect of Chuanzhou to meet Ye Song.Ye Song was also the first to use him as an example, to make an example of others, so that things would go much smoother.Ye Song also doesn't follow the officialdom at all, she only achieves the desired goal in her own way.

Ye Song drove his horse to a stop by the city gate, and the soldiers also spread out on both sides of the street to make way for the refugees to enter the city.While watching these refugees pour in in an orderly manner, she slowly rolled up the imperial decree and put it in her arms.Seeing this, Liu Jie at the side twitched his mouth wildly, and said in a low voice: "Second Miss, please don't casually show the imperial decree to everyone, so you won't be afraid of being discovered by someone with a heart, and report Second Miss as falsely preaching the imperial decree? "

Ye Song smiled lightly, and said, "This decree is true."

(End of this chapter)