"These dog squires really deserve to be killed. Tens of thousands of people in Yanggu are waiting to die in the river berth, but their food is piled up like a mountain!"

Cang Huotou looked at the bags of rice and grain transported to the county government warehouse, and felt an uncontrollable anger in his heart.

This scene reminded him of the past he had experienced in Fujian. The government, gentry, and landlords were consuming a lot, but they kept exploiting and increasing taxes on miners. His young sister was starved to death!

“This is a world where people cannibalism are.’

Chen Yichen said lightly, then patted Cang Huotou's shoulder without saying much.

This is the way of the world. No one cares about anger or complaints, he can only change it!

Looking at Chen Yichen's back as he left, Han Yong came to Cang Huotou and replied in a mixed manner: "At least there is Chen Qianxian in this world, and he cares about the lives of the people."

After hearing this, Cang Huotou nodded solemnly: "Yes, this is why I chose to follow Mr. Chen. He has taken the world as his mission and no longer allowed the people to be displaced."

"Canghuotou, then I'll ask, what is your identity?"

Han Yong took this chat opportunity and asked a question that he had endured for a long time.

He once thought Cang Huotou and others were guards of the Duke Mansion, but the subsequent smell of decisive and bloody killing made Han Yong feel that Cang Huotou and others were like bloody border troops.

However, Canghuo Tou has always called Chen Yichen Young Master Chen, and it is obvious that he has no military status. After contacting him for a long time, he still feels a sense of a world of martial arts. It is really complicated.

Hearing Han Yong's inquiry, Cang Huotou smiled and replied, "You have not become a rebel, but I was once a real thief." After saying this, Cang Huotou quickly followed Chen Yichen, leaving Han Yong with a shocked face.

Rebel?

I would never have thought that Han Yong would be the son of the Duke of Chengguo, the top scholar who was ranked three years old, was a group of thieves. Is Cang Huoto true? Or is he kidding him?

Han Yong had a vague premonition in his heart. What Cang Huotou said was probably true, because Chen Yichen and the Ming Dynasty officialdom were so incompatible.

The crisis of food shortage was temporarily alleviated, so on the second day, Chen Yichen issued a censorship through the post station, and widely advised that the victims of the four disaster-stricken governments in Shandong, Hebei and one Henan, could go to Yanggu County to obtain relief.

However, the relief location was not in the county town, but Zhangqiu Town, Yanggu County where the Yellow River broke its dam!

The effect of simply relieving disasters and releasing food is not good. People gather together for a long time and are prone to chaos when they are idle. And it will also make some people with ulterior motives want to help food.

Water control requires a lot of manual labor. Instead of recruiting and placing labor in addition to labor, it is better to adopt a labor-for-relief method to allow disaster-stricken people in several provinces to exchange for food.

At the same time, Chen Yichen is preparing to pay wages on the basis of having a full meal to allow the victims to accumulate funds for "post-disaster reconstruction" to the greatest extent. In a sense, it can be called "three goals in one fell swoop!"

"The owner, the people who were affected by the disaster in the three provinces have reached one million. It is predicted that the rescue will not be less than hundreds of thousands of people coming to Zhangqiu Town. Such a big fan may not be enough."

The advantages of labor-for-relief are obvious, and the disadvantages are the same.

The government needs to have strong control over the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims to rescue them, otherwise a little spark could start a prairie fire and cause a large-scale riot.

In addition, the reputation of large-scale engineering corvee in ancient times was really bad. Poor people were too scared to avoid it. They were afraid that they would not starve to death, so they died of exhaustion on the construction site.

How to eliminate their resistance and gain trust requires certain comforting methods and extremely powerful personal charm.

In the end, hundreds of thousands of refugees gather, and you can't guarantee that everyone is a good citizen. Bidders, bandits, Xiangmaqu heads, and even cultists and traitors may get involved in causing trouble.

The only people who are truly available in Chen Yichen are left with a dozen Fujian miners’ personal guards.

Most of the people in the transportation army were also assigned to the canal to purchase and transport grain. It was a dream to rely on hundreds of people to manage and coordinate hundreds of thousands of people.

Bian He understood that Chen Yichen's idea was good, but he was worried that the direction of things would go beyond control in the end, and he had to take measures in advance.

Listening to Bian He's warning, Chen Yichen nodded in agreement with a deep thought, "What Mr. Bian said is reasonable, we are indeed not enough at present. Yanggu County officials and servants can probably raise hundreds of people, and the rest of the vacancies can only continue to recruit soldiers from Shandong garrisons." "It is difficult for the boss to recruit soldiers from other garrisons in Shandong to ensure their loyalty."

“That’s exactly what I’m in a dilemma.”

Chen Yichen had not thought about recruiting personnel, but he knew very well that he could not obey his methods of doing things without absolute loyalty.

It's like confronting the King of Lu. If this army was not the Dongchang Weiyun Army led by Han Yong, any other prefecture-guard in Shandong might not have the courage to offend King of Lu.

If you don’t obey orders at critical moments, it will be more harmful than lack of people, so Chen Yichen has been hesitating.

"President, why not ask Mr. Han Qian, maybe he has someone to recommend."

Bian He's words made Chen Yichen suddenly realize that he was really dark under the light. Han Yong knew more about the soldiers of Shandong Guards and asked him if he would have to?

"Mr. Bian, please let me inform Mr. Han Qian to come here."

“Yes, the owner.”

Not long after, Han Yong was taken to the second hall of the county government by Bian He. Chen Yichen asked straight to the point: "General Han Qian, I plan to use the method of labor-for-relief to get disaster victims from the three provinces to gather in Daxing Water Conservancy in Zhangqiu Town."

"Once the disaster victims gather on a large scale, I'm afraid there is not enough staff at present. I wonder if Mr. Han Qian has recommended people in the Shandong garrison?" Hearing Chen Yichen's inquiry made Han Yong recall the previous conversation with Cang Huotou.

Chen Qianxian specifically asked him to recommend it instead of directly recruiting soldiers from Shandong Guards. It was obvious that he used extraordinary means to require absolute loyalty.

After thinking for a while, Han Yong had a recommended candidate and bowed his hand and replied, "Report to Qianxian, the garrison of Tai'an Prefecture is a low-ranking brother, and you can trust it."

Tai'an Prefecture garrison?

"What is the official rank of the brother of the Han Qian clan? How many people can he lead?'

The orthodox dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was in a chaotic period of military officer system. Unlike the late Ming Dynasty, which had fully turned to the garrison system, the ranks of generals and generals were clear and clear.

Chen Yichen is not a member of the Shandong Military Office's military system. I don't know how many people the garrison can lead without asking.

"Return to the military Xian, the brothers of the low-ranking clan are appointed as the commander of the guards. Tai'an Guard should be able to recruit up to 3,000 people."

"Okay, I will send a letter to the commander of Shandong Province and ask him to send Tai'an Guard to support him."

Without any hesitation, Chen Yichen immediately wrote a seal on the table.

In fact, even if there is no publicity for the disaster victims in the three provinces, the news spread through the canal in the past few days, and the number of refugees coming to Yanggu County has increased significantly, so we must seize the time to mobilize troops.

After writing a letter to the commander of the Shandong Metropolitan Commander, the postman sent the letter and just walked to the door, he collided with Jiang Pei, the county magistrate who hurried into the second hall.

This scared the postman and was about to kneel down and beg for mercy, but Jiang Pei didn't care at all, but strode past him to meet Chen Yichen.

"Qianxian, the subordinate officials have important matters to report."

“What’s the matter?’

Seeing Jiang Pei's nervous look, Chen Yichen became serious.

You should know that the literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty care about their own image and pay attention to being graceful and moderate. Without major events, they would not lose their composure.

What Chen Yichen is most worried about at the moment is that tens of thousands of victims in Hewan have a problem with the Fu family and Wang Wei, the latter is always a hidden danger. "Reported to Qianxian, Futai led all the officials of the Shandong Provincial Administration Office, and they have arrived at the Yanggu County post station. The officials did not know how to arrange a ceremony to greet them."

The reason why Jiang Pei was so nervous was that the problem of the ceremonial guards was facing him again.

At that time, the county magistrate Meng Anwei flattered the horse's leg and fell on the ceremonial guard. Now the coffin board that has learned from the past has not been buried yet, how can we not learn from it?

Go to welcome Futai with great fanfare, afraid that Chen Yichen will be unhappy. Take a low-key move, and also afraid that he will offend Zhang Ji with Futai. It is simply a dilemma!

By the heart, Jiang Pei now prefers Chen Yichen. After all, whether it is the double salary of Yu private or the public's disaster relief and the people, Chen Yichen has done impeccable things, winning the unanimous recognition of officials from Yanggu County.

But the problem is that the Censor of the Chief Censor was airborne official, and after the flood control, he patted his butt and left. However, he was transferred to Futai in some time and in the past, and he would be sad for offending him.

“Just welcome the normal ceremonial guard.

Chen Yichen had no good impression of Shandong officials due to disaster relief, but he did not want to get along with him. After all, many follow-up matters in disaster relief and water control still require the cooperation of local governments.

With the current situation in Yanggu County, it is impossible to use Minfei Paste to receive this group of people over the specifications. Low-standard reception is equivalent to offending people, so it is better to follow normal standards.

"Yes, the lower official understands."

Jiang Pei breathed a sigh of relief at this time. He had actually never thought about anything that could be received at a super standard, but was afraid that Chen Yichen would be tough in reducing the standards and saving expenses. At least he would not have to offend people in the normal ceremonial specifications.

"Mr. Jiang, do you think Futai comes to Yanggu County and has something to do with Mengxianzun's letters?"

Chen Yichen experienced the unspoken rules of "the king does not see the king" in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty at the imperial examination. At that time, Yang Pu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, chose not to attend the In-Rong Banquet in order to avoid suspicion of Wang Zhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Logically speaking, the scope of his own purging of historical affairs only includes the Shandong Provincial Administration and has no right to correct the province to reconcile the Taiwan Strait. Under normal logic, Zhang Ji could not come to Yanggu County to meet him. After thinking about it, he could only have something to do with Meng Anwei's letters.

"The officials think it's very likely."

Not only Chen Yichen was confused, Jiang Pei had already guessed the reason after learning that the governor had arrived at the Yanggu County post station. Meng Anwei often had letters with the governor and King Lu during his lifetime, and this close relationship obviously exceeded the status of the magistrate. Now that the governor is unreasonable, he cannot think of any other possibility except for Meng Anwei.

"I know, County Chief Jiang will welcome you."

Knowing the other party's intentions, Chen Yichen has a clear idea, and it is likely that the person who came is not kind.

"The official said goodbye."

Chen Yichen discussed with the Chief of Jiang County to welcome the ceremony. On the other hand, the governor Zhang Ji was not idle at the Yanggu County post station. He was meeting Fu Feng, the head of the Fu family, and Jian Ning, the head of the royal family.

"I also asked Futai to take charge of my husband. Chen Yichen covered the sky with his hands in Yanggu County and seized the rice and grain of the royal family and the ancestral property of the Fu family. Our local famous families suffered a lot!"

Facing Fu Feng's wailing, Zhang Ji's face was ashen. The reason why he was so angry was not just because of the rice and grain of the royal family, but on the way to Yanggu County, he received news that Meng Anwei was killed by a stick.

The imperial court ordered an official, Chen Yichen, who had not been questioned by the Shandong Provincial Administration, and did not report the court to the court for punishment, and directly used lynching and executed him.

What's even more outrageous is that Chen Yichen even carried a coffin to ask for food and insulted him wantonly. Where did this place the entire Shandong officialdom and the face of the Prince Lu's Mansion? "Jian Changshi, what did the prince say?"

Zhang Ji did not make a promise to Fu Feng directly, but instead asked Jian Ning, intending to get along with King Lu first.

"The officials of the Fu family have sent someone to notify the prince overnight, and have not received a reply yet."

"If the prince replied, he would inform the official as soon as possible.

"Yes, the lower officials obey the order."

Jian Ning immediately bowed and said yes. He knew that Zhang Ji had a bad relationship with King Lu, otherwise he would not have been transferred to the position of governor of Shandong after inspecting Shandong.

There are only many things, and King Lu cannot tell him the chief of the royal palace in everything. After all, in a sense, the chief of the royal palace should sit on the court, and serve as a surveillance and correction of the vassal kings.

Just like Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, raised an army during the reign of King Yan, and the first thing he did was to kill the head of the royal palace, Ge Cheng. Of course, with the changes of the times, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty basically had no ability to rebel, and the court gradually became arbitrary to the appointment of the head of the royal palace. Like Jian Ning, it was not assigned to airborne, but promoted the old man of the royal palace, so naturally his butt was inclined to King Lu.
To be continued...