The Three Kingdoms

"Hope it!"

Sun Quan put down the secret military letter and didn't worry too much. Since it was handed over to them, he had to believe that they could do it, and even if he lost in the end, he accepted it.

In the next few days, Jiujiang County Governor Yan Yan led Sun Quan to inspect the situation of Shouchun City and Jiujiang County both openly and secretly. Wherever he went, the people greeted him, making the city boil.

The time for Jiujiang County to return to Soochow is not short, and the development of these years has been good, both in terms of order and economy.

At least Sun Quan was satisfied.

On the third day, under the eyes of all the people in the city, Sun Quan's guard of honor left Shouchun City swaggeringly, and continued his northward tour. His second stop was of course Runan County.

Because of Guo Fengxiao's deliberate flood last year, Runan County was the most severely affected county in Yuzhou.

This county, once home to millions of people, feels quite lifeless when you walk in.

From the moment he entered Runan, what Sun Quan could see was a rather appalling situation. There were displaced people everywhere, patches of deserted farmland, and wooden sheds built between the roads and fields...

These scenes actually stimulated Sun Quan's sensitive nerves more or less.

"Shocking!"

Sun Quan has not seen this situation for many years.

Since ascending to the throne, no, it should have been since the establishment of the state of Wu. In fact, he has been working hard to change the lives of the people in this era, hoping to live in a stable place and grow old in a different way.

If you don't seek a well-off life, you must at least have a level of food and clothing.

In these years, the land of Jiangdong has been booming. In his heart, he always thought that he had done a good job, but now it seems that what he has done is not enough, and the difference is too far.

"Gu Yong, Xu Shu, you all come and see. I remember that I gritted my teeth and set aside funds for disaster relief, but you see, where did the disaster relief finally go? If I don't come and see it in person, the following How long are you going to keep it from me?"

On this day, Sun Quan's northern tour team stopped on a hillside in Xincai County.

Sun Quan looked down from the hillside. On the small plain, there were rows of thatched huts built on wooden frames. Hundreds of refugees, old and young, women and children, were crowded in these huts. Can't help but feel a little cold.

"Your Majesty, the flood planned by the Wei Army back then was so fierce that it almost overturned the entire Runan. The number of people affected by the disaster was more than one million, and..." Xu Shu stood behind Sun Quan, and he couldn't bear to watch this scene. , but he knew that it wasn't that someone was greedy for the disaster relief money, but that it was really unable to be strengthened. He thought of some reasons, and he was a little hesitant to say anything.

"Besides, when the imperial court sent people down for disaster relief, the cabinet paid more attention to the soldiers of the Central Army Corps who had suffered heavy casualties, so a lot of the funds were allocated to the Central Army Corps, and for the victims of these floods, they could only maintain food and clothing. Can't die of hunger!"

Zhao Yun remained expressionless, and added what Xu Shu said later.

He had personally experienced this flood back then, so he naturally understood the situation here very well.

"Nonsense, the cabinet is the cabinet, and the military aircraft department is the military aircraft department. When did the two get confused!"

Sun Quan frowned.

When did disaster relief money get hooked up with military spending?

"Your Majesty, the situation at that time was different. The soldiers who were submerged in the flood were indistinguishable from ordinary refugees, and in the eyes of many officials in Dawu, the soldiers of the Central Army were more important than the millions of refugees who were against us. There are so many of them, so they turn a blind eye to it!"

Gu Yong smiled wryly.

When Sun Quan went north this time, there were a large number of officials in the guard of honor, including historians, household officials, and Yushitai officials. Of course, the most important thing was that he, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also accompanied him on the northern tour.

The only purpose is to assess the situation of the officials in the four prefectures that have just been brought under the banner of the Great Wu territory.

Although the governor's office of the four states was raised by generals, many of them were officials appointed by the original Wei Dynasty.

In this regard, the Ministry of Officials will naturally take advantage of this opportunity to conduct an assessment in person.

"This is my fault!"

Sun Quan calmed down and knew that the cabinet was not to blame for this matter. He sighed and looked at the refugees in front of him apologetically: "I'm going to meet them!"

"Your Majesty!" The generals followed.

"No one should follow me!"

Sun Quan snorted coldly, then left the hill straight away, walked towards the plain ahead, and walked into several piles of refugees. He looked at these refugees with disheveled shirts and yellow faces, and felt a twist in his heart. feeling.

In his position, he must bear this responsibility.

He is the emperor of the Great Wu Dynasty, these are his people, the responsibility of his Sun Zhongmou.

"My fellow, I'm going to Pingyu, is this the way?" Sun Quan took the initiative to walk up.

"Just go ahead along the official road!"

Several old men sitting on the top of the well cover looked at Sun Quan and nodded.

"Fellow townsman, I see you have hundreds of people, and you have a large population. You squint at the hut with so many people crowded here, can you survive?" Sun Quan looked at an old man in civilian clothes sitting on the manhole cover, and smiled. asked.

"These of us are actually from the submerged small villages in the front. There are three Zhuangzi with nearly a thousand people. Now there are only a few hundred of us left. There are no houses. Crowded here is considered a living. Living a day is a day, it's better than starving to death!"

The old man raised his head and looked at Sun Quan indifferently.

"Does the government and county government ignore you?"

"Tube?"

Hearing the words, the old man smiled bitterly, and said: "The evils done by the Wei people, no matter how you manage them, how much the government can control, and now the government pays more attention to those powerful families. We small people, if we die, we will die. Will care!"

"I heard that Emperor Dongwu is going to make a tour of the north. Why don't you go to the imperial court to stop him? The government doesn't care about your life or death, but His Majesty can't ignore it. You are all citizens of Great Wu"

Sun Quan had a killing intent in his heart.

"Easy to say!"

The old man said bitterly: "But no one is afraid of death. If the holy car is alarmed, all of our heads are not enough to be chopped off. I mean, we were all Wei people before. His Majesty didn't kill us, but also gave us a lot of food. , It’s not bad, life is a bit bitter now, but it’s thanks to Wu Chao that he can survive!”

"The Wu Dynasty treats all people equally. Are there Wu people and Wei people in the territory of Great Wu?" Sun Quan was not afraid of getting dirty, sat on the hand, looked at several people, and asked with a smile.

"Of course there is!"

The old man squinted at Sun Quan, a little surprised why this young passer-by asked so many questions, but he was still idle, so he continued, saying, "Those foreigners from Wu look down on us Wei people!"

"Wu people from outside?"

"In the past few months, many people from Wu have gone north. We have fertile land in Runan. Although many people were drowned to death by the flood, a lot of fields have been vacated!"

"So that's how it is!" Sun Quan understood, and some shrewd people from Jiangdong or Jingzhou felt that Runan, which was waiting to be rebuilt, was a treasure land, so they rushed in.

This is a good result, but there are some conflicts with the locals, it depends on the adjustment between officials.

Sun Quan talked with several old men for more than half an hour, and under the private visit of Weifu, it can be regarded as some gains, and he has an in-depth understanding of the lives of the people in Runan today.

"What is the value of my fellow villagers? These Dawu silver dollars are a souvenir for you. I believe that Dawu will make you live a good life!"