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Habayashi washed, ate, rectified and continued on the road.

Such a high-spirited knight passing by, the horses are handsome, the knights are in armor, and the sharp weapons are in hand, which is very attractive.

Yan Zhaoge took the lead, picking up some places that were not so muddy, and this slowed down his speed.

In Changxiu County, the common people were very curious about the sudden arrival of the cavalry team.To the common people, local soldiers are no different from bandits, and the more well-equipped soldiers and horses revealing their extraordinary status, the more they can trust them.There were even more courageous people who stepped on the muddy ground to watch, whispering in low voices, guessing where this group of soldiers came from.

Yan Zhaoge looked all the way over, and found that the bodies of these common people were very thin, their exposed hands were almost skinny, their complexions were yellow, and even the clothes that barely covered their bodies were covered with patches. Broken places.

Zhao Guohou's son's complexion was extremely pale, he was holding the rein tightly, almost unable to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Cousin, stay safe and don't be impatient." Yan Zhaoge said in a low voice.

Prince Zhao Guohou had no choice but to keep a straight face, but anger also burst out from his eyes.

It is said that crows are like people in the world, and some people say that being an official for thousands of miles is only for money.Yan Zhaoge is very clear about the virtues of officials. Chang'an has limited control over local areas, especially in some remote counties such as Hejian and Guangling. Taxes are collected three times a year, and even 20 years later It's not unusual to go, what kind of life the people at the bottom are living, Yan Zhaoge's previous life has been clear on the way to escape all the way north.

If the peasants in Guanzhong can still eat enough, even a bite of meat, with the help of the emperor's inspection from time to time and the last time, many places outside Guanzhong can barely maintain food and clothing. They can only pick up wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger in summer.

But where is this Changxiu?

Changxiu is the county of Hedong!

It takes up to two days to ride a horse from Chang'an!

This group of Shuo Shuo dared to treat the people so harshly, so what if it was done in other places?

Yan Zhaoge clenched her lips, she clenched her teeth, and walked past the hungry people without saying a word.

There is no way, Habayashi Guard only brought three days of dry food for this trip, even if such a small amount is distributed, it is not enough for these people to eat. If they have to look at Shu, they will be in big trouble.

"Wing Yue."

Yan Zhaoge looked at Zhao Guohou's son.

"In any case, the governor of Hedong must die." Zhao Guohou's son said in a deep voice: "It's not enough for the people to be angry if he doesn't die."

Yan Zhaoge nodded.She didn't intend to let go of this person who refused to even open the warehouse to release the grain. The grain stored in the root warehouse and the wet warehouse itself was just in case. There was a flood in the east of the river, and the governor of Hedong had the right to open the warehouse to release the grain. , This is his job, but he didn't do his job well, there are only three ways, to pay the crime and make meritorious service, to atone for the crime with money, and to apologize with death.If no one died of starvation in Hedong, Yan Zhaoge could ask him to pay a ransom to go back to his hometown to farm. If some people died of starvation, this fellow would just hang his head on the city wall and light a sky lantern!

Yan Zhaoge felt a little strange when he thought of this, each county used to have a dual system, the prefect and county magistrate were in charge of the people's livelihood, and the county lieutenants and county lieutenants were in charge of the military, checking and balancing each other.The governor of Hedong is doing this, why didn't the lieutenant of Hedong report it?No matter how bad he is, if he can't check and balance the governor of Hedong, he can use military rations to help the people and report it afterwards. This kind of behavior is also allowed, and there have been such precedents in the past.

Either the lieutenant of Hedong was emptied, or...he wanted to use the current situation to watch the governor of Hedong die.

If the prince's son caused death, he had to be fined to pay for his life, so how could the eunuch be an exception?Emperor Shizu was not stingy with awarding rewards, but he didn't cherish his own butcher's knife. Naturally, the emperors behind him were educated and well-mannered. When they met the sons of noble families who broke the law, they would kill them first. It didn't matter which noble family was behind you.

The governor of Hedong must die, and the lieutenant of Hedong must also go to the underworld with him as a companion.

"Yongyue, I guess, after the flood, the governor of Hedong didn't open a granary to release grain, and the officials under him colluded with the powerful landlords to hoard grain, which caused the price of grain to soar. They are devouring people's lives." Zhao Guohou's son said in a low voice.

Yan Zhaoge sneered, and said, "Cousin, what you're seeing is a bit superficial. It's not the officials below who colluded with the powerful landlords, but the eunuchs and county lieutenants of Hedong!"

Zhao Guohou's son was taken aback, and asked, "Why did the officials of the frontier do this for a little money for food?"

He couldn't figure out that the status of the prefect of a county was full of merchants rushing to give money to the prefect, not to mention the wealth, but it was enough to enjoy himself, why would he risk his life to earn such a small amount of money.

Yan Zhaoge shook his head, and said: "I don't understand it either, but it must have been the collusion between the governor of Hedong and the county lieutenant to make it to this point, otherwise it wouldn't be the case that even the counties below wouldn't release food, and even the rich households wouldn't dare The porridge is enough to explain. I have a hunch that not only Changxiu, but the whole of Hedong may have become like this."

Prince Zhao Guohou thought for a while, then shook his head again.Zhao Guohou's mansion is not short of money, although the first days were indeed a little tense, after the daughter of the Zhao family married into the palace, she became a lot richer. There is no feudal country, but he is richer than Wan Huhou, so naturally he can't use this method to make money.

"Everyone listen to the order, the whole army hastened!" Yan Zhaoge shouted holding up the tiger amulet.

No matter what kind of tricks he is hiding, everything will be fine if he holds the soldiers of Hedong County, and these rats don't have the guts to attack the barracks.

"No!" The Habayashi riders raised their weapons and shouted.

Anyi in Hedong, in the prefect's mansion.

The governor of Hedong found himself suddenly flustered, his eyelids twitched, and his heart palpitations were severe.

He drank a few sips of calming tea, and walked slowly around the yard a few times, but he still felt very flustered, as if something big was about to happen.

As the prefect of Hedong, he certainly knows the current situation of Hedong, and no one knows better than him. This is entirely caused by him.

He is a native of Shu, and his rank in the imperial examination was not high. Later, he was recommended by the Duke of Shu, and was able to serve as a local official. After several transfers, he went to Hedong as the prefect.With the support of the Duke of Shu, he naturally wanted to reciprocate. He often sent some news to the Duke of Shu who did not know whether it was useful or not, and the Duke of Shu accepted it all.He and the original Hedong County Captain were not at odds. The former Hedong County Captain had a bad temper, and he felt disgusted even seeing him.Three years ago, the county lieutenant died of illness while in office, and Chang'an sent another county lieutenant, which was much easier to talk about.

Once when they were drinking together, he suffered from a small salary and did not dare to accept money recklessly. After every ten-day entertainment, the rest was only enough for his wife and children to eat cabbage and tofu at home.The captain of Hedong County proposed to resell the grain in the root warehouse and the wet warehouse.

He was obviously timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but he complied in a strange way.

In the past few years, there has been a bumper harvest in Hedong, and a large amount of grain has been stored in each granary. Often, the grain from last year is not finished, and this year's grain is stored again.Hundreds of thousands of grains become moldy every year, and in the end they can only be taken to feed pigs.

In this case, why can't you sell some money?

So, he teamed up with Hedong Junwei and began to resell the grain in the granary.At the beginning, I only dared to resell it for a few thousand shi. After I sold it, I first looked out for the wind. If there was any disturbance, I would fidget and sleep day and night. When the weather calmed down, I couldn't restrain my desire, and I stretched out my hand to the granary.

The merchant who bought the grain was contacted by the governor of Hedong. The prefect of Hedong didn't know who it was. As long as the copper coins were earned in his pocket, everything would be fine. As for who bought it, what does it matter?Even if it was bought by the Huns, it must be able to break through the northern defense line, not to mention that the governor of Hedong patted his chest and told him that it was definitely not sold to a foreign race, not to mention the Huns, even the semi-naturalized Qiang people in the west would eat it. Less than a grain of rice.

He was also relieved because of the guarantee from the Captain of Hedong. If something happened, the Captain of Hedong would not benefit from it.

Relying on selling grain, the officials from all over the river were full of food, and saw that the belt on the waist was loosened a lot.

The officials from the imperial court who came to inspect the granary did not find it once, and his courage gradually grew, from a few thousand shi to tens of thousands of shi, and even bought 20 to [-] shi in one go.

If it wasn't for the fact that the military rations were really immovable, he even wanted to buy the military rations together.As for the problem of insufficient food and pay, they are just a bunch of mud legs, even if they become soldiers, they are still mud legs, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

As a result, there was a sudden heavy rain a few days ago, and the river east was severely flooded. When he was about to open the warehouse to release grain, he found that the root warehouse and wet warehouse were empty, not even the usual [-]% of them.At that moment, the clothes on his back were soaked.

Once the granary is opened to release grain, the imperial court will know that there is a giant mouse that can swallow the sky and the earth in the Hedong granary. It swallowed nearly 200 million shi of grain in Hedong with one mouth, and his whole family will die at that time.

As a last resort, he forcibly ransacked the homes of several landlords who had no influence behind them, barely made up 100 million shi of grain in the granary, and packed a pile of inedible rice husks in sacks and pressed them under the granary to fill up. In autumn, everything will be fine as soon as the new grain enters the warehouse.

But the Hedong County Lieutenant actually told him that the grain for the past few years was bought by the Duke of Shu, and the Duke of Shu had been executed not long ago for his intention to rebel.

The governor of Hedong felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and there was a rumbling sound in his ears.

The Duke of Shu has not raised his troops yet. Ninety-eight out of ten the grain is stored in the land of Shu. Once the court finds it, the court suspects the source of the grain and will conduct a thorough investigation of the granaries in various places. At that time, Hedong will definitely be exposed.

In desperation, he sent people to dig half of the Hukou dam.

It just so happened that the recent heavy rains and floods flooded the entire river east, so it would be normal for the granary to lose some of it. He forged some accounts and lied that he had provided part of the disaster relief. As long as no one thoroughly checked the granary, no one would find out that he was reselling grain. .

As long as no one thoroughly checks the granary.

The author has something to say: Those who feel that the Jinyiwei violated peace may not know that there was a secret army called the Embroidered Clothes Envoy when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in power.

In this book, Hukou’s embankment burst is based on two natural disasters in the history of the Han Dynasty, including the locust plague in Hedong County in the second year of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and the Yellow River’s embankment burst in Huzikou in Dongjun in the second year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. There are fictitious elements, don't take it seriously.If friends who are familiar with the history of the Han Dynasty find this plot familiar, don't be surprised.

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