choke element

Chapter 166 Chapter 166

Since the founding of Dajin, with the desolation of the imperial court becoming more and more day by day, and the turmoil in the local area is almost endless, so many people have been fleeing with their families.Most of the people in the east and west of Shandong ran to the mountains, relying on the precipitous caves to resist the soldiers who were captured by the imperial court.After a long time, he became famous as a group of bandits on Mount Tai in Shandong.

In fact, it is like the people of Hebei prefectures entrenched ponds, deep mountains, and built countless fortresses.The area where the Taishan group of bandits are located is also spread across the east and west roads of Shandong, so there is more than one Taishan?

According to the law of the imperial court, such acts are serious crimes.In the early years, when the Jurchens were tyrannical, they would kill people in Shandong for nothing, causing countless deaths and injuries to the people in Junzhou, and the smell was hundreds of miles away.When the common people fled and resisted the tax, they naturally jumped up, how could there be any reason to let it go?

For decades, the famous ministers and generals stationed in Shandong have all made great contributions to conquering the bandits on Mount Tai, and they have also reported to the court time and time again, saying how many bandits were killed and how many barracks were destroyed.However, if the people's miserable situation remains unchanged, how can the thieves be suppressed?Can the people who can't survive be killed?
During the Taihe period, the Song people in the Southern Dynasties were good at using swords and soldiers, and they instigated civil uprisings in Shandong, Huaibei and other places.Dajin tried his best to gather troops to attack the Song Dynasty. As a result, the local Qianju, Dujun, and patrol troops were all empty, but it was really difficult to deal with the rebellions that occurred one after another in various places.

At that time, the number of thieves hiding in the caves of Mount Tai was particularly large, and the local government was completely helpless. Some officials even suggested that tens of thousands of people should be sent to wipe out the forests of Mount Tai.The mountains are all red, and the thieves have no place to hide and can be suppressed.

The absurdity of this suggestion also truly reflects that the local disease in Shandong is dying. Both the people's livelihood and the economy are on the verge of collapse.But the officials were terrified and helpless, seeking medical treatment in a hurry, wanting to try any prescription, and dared to take any medicine.

Fortunately, Hu Shahu led the troops to the south at that time, and Wanyan Chenghui, who served as the envoy of the Shandong Commander, had a brain.Hearing this suggestion, he objected to the court and wrote a lot of eloquence. The last two sentences are: "There are too many mountains in the world, how can they be all shabby."

The written meaning is, there are so many mountains in the world, can we cut them down?In fact, there is another meaning that most of the mountains in the world are occupied by thieves and bandits, and we are about to be overwhelmed. Lords of the court, please grow up!
Immediately after Wanyan Chenghui tried his best to appease the people, recruit the thieves, and temporarily stopped a series of evil laws including the money-limiting law.

That's why Yang An'er, the well-known traitor at the time, was able to take a breather, and got the position of Deputy Commander of the Tiewa Ganzhan Army, and once went to northern Xinjiang.Because the military strength is very tyrannical, to mobilize him, the emperor had to issue an edict himself.

Taking this as an opportunity, many leaders of bandits and refugees, who received rewards from the imperial court and obtained official positions in the imperial court, came out of the mountains contentedly and returned to their hometowns with their subordinates.

A few years passed in a blink of an eye, and the power of the imperial court became weaker and weaker. On the contrary, these organized wealthy people and powerful families gradually gained strength in the local area.

The situation is the same as Guo Ning, Jing Anmin, Miao Daorun, Zhang Rou and others who are entrenched in Hebei and can easily overtake the state governor.

However, Guo Ning and Jing Anmin were both from northern Xinjiang's defeated army, and they have directly experienced and indeed endured the terrible military pressure from northern Mongolia; Locally supported armies.

However, these powerful people in Shandong rely more on the power of their clans.Sometimes they serve the nobles of the Jurchens, and sometimes they come forward to grab benefits. In just a few years, they have become intertwined and formed a local force that is neither official nor thief nor civilian, and official, thief, and civilian.

Under their rule, or under the rule of the Dajin court, the real poor people were always exploited, but in different ways.

The Xu Ruxian that Guo Ning asked about was the leader of a powerful family on the ground in Laizhou.He has prestige, is supported by the power of the clan, and has close ties with local subordinate officials.

Even in the eyes of many real girls, he is also a powerful figure. At least, for a remote Mouk like Aluhan, meeting Xu Ruxian will only make him suffer.

This time Guo Ning was appointed as the governor of Dinghai, originally Wanyan Sala from Yidu was dissatisfied and wanted to use means to subdue Guo Ning.But the order was secretly spread to Laizhou, and Xu Ruxian helped to mobilize a group of local tyrants to come forward to support it, so there was such a scene.

For this reason, Xu Yu asked many other people besides Aluhan, but she still didn't know why Xu Ruxian had such courage, and it was even more difficult to determine his purpose.

At the same time that Guo Ning was inquiring, the Laizhou government was in the southeast of Ye County.

Cold with the foot of the mountain, the banks of the water.

There is an old city in the Qin and Han Dynasties here, which was replaced by a composing platform.After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the city of Qutai gradually declined and lost its former glory. However, in recent years, a group of powerful landlords who recruited soldiers gathered here to live here.Therefore, in Qutai City, there are continuous houses and courtyards, which are comparable in size to the city of Ye County in the north.

And in the city, there are soldiers patrolling and shouting, and the murderous spirit spreads.As a result, the entire city is like a sleeping beast, which may jump up and hurt people at any time.

To the north of the city, there is a tall pier.On the pier, a courtyard with three front and rear entrances was newly built. In the main hall of the courtyard, more than ten people were sitting in two rows at this time.

One of them, tall and tall, with a shrewd and powerful face, is Xu Ruxian who is the official eighth-rank Shangzhongyong school lieutenant and patrols Xingqutai.

The officials of Laizhou City and the subordinate counties were terrified by Guo Ning yesterday, and this morning they all took up all their possessions and rushed to Haicang Town to flatter them.But Xu Ruxian, the inspector, did not follow him, and none of the more than ten local powerful families who were closely related to him followed him. Instead, they all came to Qutai City to see Xu Ruxian.

Seeing that everyone was here, Xu Ruxian got up, cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "Today, you are all here against the north wind, and you are invited to come here, which shows your kindness. Thank you, Mr. Xu, in advance."

Having said that, he unfurled his robes and saluted everyone in the hall.

Everyone got up to return the salute one after another, and the figures rose and fell one after another for a while, a little messy.

At this time, a rough voice from the crowd said: "Brother Xu, why are you so polite? We all came against the north wind because we know that you invited everyone to come because of the north wind. I heard that the new Guo Ning, the Jiedu envoy, was born as a warrior in northern Xinjiang. He acted unscrupulously and killed people like hemp in Zhongdu, so he earned his official position. To be honest, I was a little scared. If Brother Xu hadn't called me, I would have gone there now Haicang Town knelt down and begged for mercy. But I don't know, what do you think?"

Xu Ruxian laughed loudly: "Brother Gao is blaming me for saying that."

The man with the rough voice strode forward. It turned out to be a short and sturdy man, about forty years old, with a broad chest, a protruding belly, and a violent expression on his face: "The thousands of people under Guo Ning's command are all here. The fierce soldiers who have fought against the Hei Tartars in the northern boundary trench for many years. I am no match for them. I wanted to go to the door early and kneel down, just to be a lackey and share some bones to eat. You Xu Ruxian won’t allow it...then you have to give it to me Just a statement."

Xu Ruxian smiled without answering, his eyes glanced at the person next to him.

Immediately someone got up and said: "Old Gao, what you said is wrong. It is because of Guo Ning's fierceness that we can't easily give in to him. If he underestimates us, we are really like dogs, and we have no bones to eat. Can eat shit!"

That old Gao was furious immediately.

(End of this chapter)