So in this way, after nearly half a year of preparation, the time has turned to the early summer of the 13th year of Chongzhen... Yang Shanlu is about to officially enter Shanxi.
Of course, originally he and Chongzhen agreed to officially settle in Shanxi after the summer harvest, but Yang Shanlu later found out that it was wrong, so after greeted the Emperor Chongzhen, it was one month in advance (it took half a month on the road). Month), settled in Shanxi ahead of schedule.
Of course, this time I am going to fight a'big battle', so Yang Shanlu is very large this time... There are five hundred guards, three thousand Xuanjia army, and 1,000 graduates with him alone. Students from the academy, travel together.
As for the various supplies, grains and rice, they all carry three or four hundred carts... and this is no way. Shanxi is too poor, so you should bring as many supplies as you can to prepare for it. .
As for the confidants he brought to Shanxi this time, there were only three people. One was Zuo Maodi, who served as his deputy after he asked Chongzhen to agree. (Zuo Maodi has been taken by Yang Shanlu for the past two years since he came to East Road. He was impressed by his talents, so apart from having a Donglin Party hat on his head, everything else was the same as his confidant).
The other is the iron-faced Yan Wang Hai Jilian who is in charge of supervision, and there is also Sun Changming from the Civil Affairs Department (in charge of people's livelihood). In addition, he didn't bring anyone, just let them stick to the nest.
The destination of Yang Shanlu's trip is the governing office of Shanxi Province... Taiyuan Prefecture.
And the reason for choosing this place is that the geographical location of Taiyuan Prefecture can be regarded as the center of Shanxi, and after taking the town, it can be remotely controlled. Secondly, Taiyuan Prefecture is also the seat of the government of Shanxi Province (similar to the capital city of a province), so as his Sitting in the center of the town is very suitable.
Of course, Shanxi has a vast territory. Taiyuan Mansion is six hundred miles away from Yanghe Daodong Road (it is expected to walk for half a month). Therefore, Yang Shanlu, a pedestrian, walks quite hard, and the more it goes along. As he went deep into the boundary of Shanxi, Yang Shanlu felt more shocking!
Because what did he see? The severe drought that began in Chongzhen ten years ago has become worse and worse now! Apart from other things, the famous big river in Shanxi... Fenshui has stopped flowing! Fenshui, which hasn't dried up for hundreds of years, has stopped flowing! Even the riverbed is exposed, this kind of drought...
Not only that, but according to the incidental information from the Intelligence Department, even a super river like Haihe has been cut off! (The Haihe River Basin covers most of Tianjin, Beijing, Hebei, as well as the super large rivers in Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other regions. But now
Even seeing such a severe disaster, Yang Shanlu recalled it. According to historical records, the so-called Chongzhen drought (refers to an extraordinary drought from the tenth year of Chongzhen to the sixteenth year of Chongzhen! It happened for six consecutive years! It was the worst drought in the past 500 years! The peasant uprisings continued during the Chongzhen reign, which is not unrelated to this)
In this Chongzhen drought, Shanxi is still the unfortunate core dry area! So such a natural disaster makes his governance difficult...
(Even Yang Shanlu came along the road, and when he was approaching the core area of Shanxi, he also tasted the taste of the'unstoppable haze', which is the so-called sandstorm! Do you know that it is early summer now, and there will be sandstorms? Visible. The seriousness of this disaster)
Corresponding to this, you can see all kinds of refugees continuously along the way! That's really dragging the family around, and it's endless! (There are thousands of people) And the direction these refugees fled, they all went to Yanghe Daodong Road! (I fled to the capital before) As the reputation of Yanghe Daodong Road is getting louder and louder now, in the minds of these refugees, they can only survive by fleeing there!
Just looking at these ghostly refugees (because many people no longer see the human form, but a team of skeletons are advancing), Yang Shanlu's tears can't help but shed!
It is one or two hundred miles away from Yanghe Daodong Road. With the physique of these refugees, even if they can finally get there, how many people can survive! Even the bones that fell down on this road... are the best proof!
Even if I think about it again, even if these refugees are so miserable, there is finally a glimmer of hope, but how big is the whole of Shanxi, and those refugees from other places have the ability to walk for a month or two to reach their holy land?
(Even a bad one is rogues all over again)
Even seeing this situation and this scene, everyone around Yang Shanlu... Zuo Maodi and Hai Jilian were all in tears. Have my Ming people actually suffered to such an extent
"According to me, I will order, immediately choose a suitable location here to help the victims!" Yang Shanlu said immediately.
"Yes!" Next, a team of guards led the order, opened more than a dozen carts from the materials they carried, selected a suitable place on the nearby official road, and began to'open the warehouse and put the grain'.
And this work is estimated to last more than ten days, or even longer, so Yang Shanlu still left 50 Xuanjia army responsible for maintaining the order, otherwise, if they are not supervised, I am afraid that the food used for disaster relief , Will soon be left with nothing left by the local corrupt officials, right
After waiting for such an order to be carried out, Yang Shanlu's brows were still frowned as he watched the countless refugees thank you very much... Because he knew very well that what he saw before his eyes was only a drop in the ocean. In the whole Shanxi, it was definitely There are countless such scenes being staged! So what should he do
And even if he is willing to provide relief, it is estimated that all the supplies he carries will not last for ten days, so what should he do
It's not Yang Shanlu's style to see death and not save him, so after thinking about it for a while, he came up with an idea. Then Yang Shanlu asked Zuo Maodi next to him: "Brother Zhong Ji (Zuo Maodi Zi Zhongji), order all officials at county magistrate and above in Shanxi. Has Keqi come to report for the official document?"
"Yes, they were all sent to their respective locations half a month ago. I believe they will have already arrived after we arrived at Taiyuan Mansion." Zuo Maodi quickly replied.
"Very good!" Yang Shanlu nodded, and then he turned his head and asked Hai Jilian on the left side: "Anping (Hai Jilian's word Anping), all kinds of information from officials that need to be collected this time in Shanxi, Have you sorted everything out yet?"
"Master Hui, the Intelligence Department has already handed over all the information of these officials to the Supervision Department a month ago, so everything is under control." Hai Jilian said with confidence.
"Very good!" Yang Shanlu nodded in satisfaction. If this is the case, he must beg for the people by then!
Seven days later, Yang Shanlu arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture. As the provincial capital of Shanxi, Taiyuan Prefecture had a population of hundreds of thousands. It was also a famous city through the ages, but in such a catastrophe year, it also showed an apocalyptic atmosphere!
But when Yang Shanlu arrived, the scene I saw was completely different... It was really a loess road, and water was poured on the street! Even on both sides of the official road near the gate of the city, there are gongs and drums, colorful flags noisy, what a prosperous and festive atmosphere!
Including at the gate of Taiyuan Prefecture, there are already more than a dozen "clothed beasts" waiting (because the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty are embroidered with various birds and beasts, so they are referred to as "clothed beasts"), that is, Taiyuan All officials of the seventh rank and above in the mansion came to greet Yang Shanlu's driver.
After all, they had already received the court’s writing and knew the identity of Yangshan’s Lushan West Chengxuan’s special envoy (the so-called Shanxi Chengxuan’s special envoy, whose powers are similar to the original Chengxuan’s political envoy, but compared to the civil affairs of a province. The financial and official appraisal has announced that Yang Shanlu has greater power and restrains hundreds of officials.
Moreover, Yang Shanlu, the newly released special envoy of Chengxuan, is different from the past inspections of yushi and supervision yushi (usually they will return after a few months of inspection), but Yang Shanlu’s time is so Calculated over the years! No one can even tell how long he will stay! So they couldn't help receiving it carelessly.
It's just that Yang Shanlu felt even more angry after seeing this pomp... These bastards! If the disaster is severe today, refugees have been displaced, but they have turned a blind eye! But I have the intention to decorate the peace! It should be killed! It’s just that it’s not settled right now, it’s not the time to attack, Yang Shanlu just suppressed the anger in his heart, and then waited until the prefect of Taiyuan prefecture led a group of civil servants and generals to greet him, Yang Shanlu just said indifferently. : "The officer is exhausted. I'll talk about other things tomorrow. Let's find a place for the officer first."
"Yes!" They all prepared a good reception banquet for Yang Shanlu, all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, as well as the beauties (local prostitutes), but now they see that Yang Shanlu does not play the card according to common sense. Although he was slanderous, he didn't dare to disobey, so he nodded and said yes.
After all, the majesty and prestige of this envoy is really not small... Not to mention the other five hundred sturdy personal guards, the three thousand profound armor troops that shook the world, it is just the personal guard commander next to him, and the one behind him is dressed in yellow. The Shangfang sword in the satin-embroidered dragon sleeve (the right to cut first and then play) is full of style... So faced with such prestige, these officials naturally dare not let go!
Of course, they knew that Yang Shanlu, a special envoy, was coming to Taiyuan Mansion (also posted a written article in advance), so they had already prepared the residence or something. They still found a very special place on a street where senior officials gathered in Taiyuan Mansion. A magnificent mansion!
This is the original luxury house purchased by Zhizhou, invested thousands of taels of silver to repair, and covers an area of several acres (thousands of square meters, a property worth nearly 10,000 taels), but now, of course, it is a word of "righteousness". , Let it out without letting it go, and re-repaired, completely new.
Including the front entrance of the mansion, the plaque of'Chengxuan Special Envoy's Mansion' has been hung up high, which can be regarded as a great gift to Yang Shanlu by these officials of Taiyuan Mansion.
Only after Yang Shanlu arrived, he sneered when he saw the mansion... I don’t know how these bastards manage the people’s livelihood, but when it comes to their flattering skills, they are already perfect... He is ready! However, Yang Shanlu knew that these were just the people's anointing they had collected, so it was reasonable to live there.
After Yang Shanlu moved in, because there was also a military camp in Taiyuan's mansion, Yang Shanlu first set up the three thousand Xuanjia army nearby, so that in case of any emergencies, they could be mobilized at any time.
In addition, Yang Shanlu brought a guard team of 500 people this time. How many people want to kill him, so I have to guard against it!) But this mansion is big enough, so these five hundred people can be accommodated.
Then after a night of rest, because saving the people is like fighting a fire! So Yang Shanlu started office the next day.
Then the prefect of Taiyuan Mansion came very diligently, and came to meet again, of course, he was also'forced', because now in Taiyuan Mansion, officials of Grade 7 and above in Shanxi have gathered here! Yang Shanlu issued an order half a month ago, asking them to report within a deadline, so now so many high-ranking officials have come, waiting for the formal summoning!
So after the prefect of Taiyuan Prefecture said his intentions euphemistically, Yang Shanlu nodded and agreed, and he said to the guard leader Liu Dabangma next to the attendant: "Take my warrant and let all these officials arrive. Come and see you here."
"Ah!" The prefect of Taiyuan Mansion was surprised after hearing this... Because Taiyuan Mansion was the governing office of Shanxi, so it should be announced that the minister of political envoys, and the punishment should be promoted by the minister of prosecutors (that is, the three highest-ranking government offices in Shanxi One), but all of them are in Taiyuan Mansion.
Then according to his idea, as Yang Shan Lu Chengxuan's special envoy, shouldn't he choose one of the two offices? That's how the majesty of a special envoy appears!
And Yang Shanlu screamed out when he heard him, but just glanced at him faintly... You idiot, you came here as the magistrate, did you come to the scene like the other people to show off the prestige? The officer is here to do real things! In this case, do I still need to use those yamen to show off its prestige? And even if he goes to work, it is not convenient to drive all the original people away, so it is not as convenient to come here.
So just like this, after Liu Dabangmao took his warrant to go, the street outside soon began to lively, one or four big sedan chair, or eight big sedan chair, all flocked to this place. A freshly-baked special envoy mansion is here!
After a while, there was a black press at the door... The scene was magnificent.
After these officials arrived, a group of guards led them to the porter. To be honest, the porter of this house is not too small, with a size of forty square meters, but now the entire 168 officials have arrived together. , It still couldn't be squeezed, so at least half of the people stayed outside.
But even so, all these more than 100 people follow the rules and are very orderly... After all, this is very obvious. The first place to come here is the county magistrate (including county magistrates), so they all know the rules of the officialdom. Who dares to make a loud noise!
Even including this, the two most authoritative people in Shanxi's officialdom... the governor of Shanxi and the governor of Shanxi, all arrived!
No way, when it comes to Yang Shanlu's current grade, even though it is also the second grade, but because it is a military attache and worthless, they can completely ignore him!
But the problem is that Yang Shanlu came as Cheng Xuan's special envoy this time, and he was a senior official! Including the writing of the officials they received is very clear... Nowadays, a special envoy came with Tianxian, and officials at all levels in Shanxi listened to his temperance! And this one is awesome! So now the dignified governor of Shanxi and the chief ambassador of Shanxi (usually the second product or from the second product), they also have to come in person!
(As for one of the troikas in the officialdom of Shanxi, that is, one of the three divisions, the commanders of Shanxi are all commanders. Because that belongs to the military system, Yang Shanlu will have another arrangement in the future, so this time it is not in the scope of the summoning.)
So after all these Shanxi officials arrived, a summon that would make them unforgettable in their lives began!
ps haha, bow and thank my old friend Qiao Yang 123 for the reward! Originally, the white horse was pinching the days to calculate, and to see if there would be a few days without rewards, it suddenly came! I didn't say, winter is here, Baima can't afford the air conditioner, and the fingers are cold and cold, but for this kind of support, four horseshoes must be madly typing on the keyboard! (End of this chapter)