Who could have expected that the so-called sharing of life and death would come so quickly and so urgently.
That night, Jian Chuan and others were sleeping in Taiyuan Prefecture's yamen. They were sleeping soundly when they suddenly heard the noise outside the door. When they opened the door, they suddenly saw the fires rising into the sky and shouting for killing.
Just now, Wei Fei came to report quickly: "Sir, it's not good, the government office is surrounded by the unruly people."
Real luck is true innocence. Jian Chuan cursed in his heart, but Gu Jing Wubo was on his face. While tidying up his clothes, he walked outside and said, "Go and take a look."
When they arrived in front of the government office, they saw the people in front of them all covered with torches, illuminating the faces and muscles of the people in ragged clothes. Even if they were shouting with all their might, they still seemed so weak and like evil spirits.
This place is only five hundred miles away from Bianjing City, but it seems like two worlds.
The Taiyuan prefect Huo Ran's face turned pale and sighed. When Jian Chuan came, he heard his voice hoarse. However, the cake he drew for the refugees could not solve the real problem of hunger among the people, so it did not work at all. The refugees were lush and lush.
His eyes seemed to eat him.
Jian Chuan sighed and approached Huo Ran, saying, "Mr. Huo, the most urgent task is to let the people see rice and grain."
Huo Ran was naturally irritated, so he was not so polite to speak: "Don't I know? However, if there is still rice and grain in the warehouse, why would I be like this?"
Knowing that Huo Ran was in a state of turmoil at the moment, Jian Chuan was not angry because of Huo Ran's bad tone, but still calmly advised Huo Ran: "There is no grain in the official warehouse, and there should be some food and grass in the official warehouse."
Huo Ran looked at Jian Chuan, nodded slightly, but shook his head suddenly: "Taiyuan is located at the intersection of the Three Kingdoms, and it is common to have a lot of soldiers. How can the soldiers deal with the fleeting battle? No,
Military rations must not be moved."
This statement is obviously reasonable, but Jian Chuan doesn't think so. He said: "There is priority for the matter. If you let it go like this, you will definitely get up. But in the future, will the soldiers who have sufficient strength turn the guns?
Position your head at the people of the Song Dynasty?”
Upon hearing this, Huo Ran's face became even more ugly. Obviously, he thought of this, but he still couldn't make up his mind and said, "Although I am the head of a government, I have the power to call military rations and call them without authorization, which is a serious crime."
Yes, although it is better to go home to sell sweet potatoes than to become an official, but to take the risk of losing your head to make decisions is a different matter.
He heard Huo Ran continue, "Even if military rations are called, so many refugees will be able to last for at most half a month, and it will be a drop in the bucket."
Half a month? Jian Chuan estimated it for a while and asked again: "What about the big private merchants? Can you tell me how many stocks are there?"
Hearing this, he suddenly said, "There are many rich households in the city, which should be enough for one month." After a pause, he said, "But it is a huge challenge to ask these rich households to take out their food.
Furthermore, it is also incompatible with the law.”
Jian Chuan narrowed his eyes and continued to ask, "If Taiyuan Prefecture comes forward to use military rations as collateral and borrow grain from those big households for half a month or eight cents, no one dares to disagree."
"What?" Huo Ran was shocked when he heard this, and then his eyes lit up as if he had thought of something, and asked with a little joy: "My brother just came from the capital. Have you received the news? The court's disaster relief food has been around for half a month
Is it internal?”
Hearing this, Jian Chuan smiled bitterly, knowing that Huo Ran would have made a mistake, and he wanted to make a mistake just because he was wrong, but he still felt that the risk was too great, so he said to the truth: "No, it's not the case, the current emptiness of the treasury is a matter, I think it's unlikely to raise it in a short time.
Enough food and grass.”
Hearing Jian Chuan say this, Huo Ran's face was deformed and his naked eyes were decaying. His eyes looked at Jian Chuan also became angry: "Are you kidding me? The disaster relief food is less than half a month, but
What can I pay for my brother? And I still have eight miles of profits.”
Although he was angry, Jian Chuan was still calm and said, "Brother, you should know, you don't know the truth of the treasury. How can those wealthy businessmen know? According to convention, at least half a month, the court
The disaster relief grain will arrive. At that time, the food in their hands will be a burden to them. I think they are also a dilemma now. They want to sell it locally, but the people have no money to buy it and they dare not transport it outside. They are afraid that
They were robbed by the White Lotus Sect, so the food they had was just a waste of money to them. As long as they spoke up for profit, they would definitely borrow food. After all, no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat."
However, Jian Chuan said a lot, but still didn't talk about the most fundamental questions. So he asked again: "Even if you can borrow it, what should I do in half a month?"
Hearing this, Jian Chuan cursed in his heart that Huo Ran was really a elm head, but he still said patiently: "So, adults have two choices. One is to let the people starve to death and even appear **, the other is
Half a month later, the wealthy businessmen blocked the door to collect debts. When they were in a hurry, they asked them to go to the military warehouse to ask for grain. I think they shouldn't have that courage."
Huo Ran finally figured it out, but hesitated for a long time. It was only after confirming that there was no third way to achieve both sides. He made up his mind and sincerely thanked Jian Chuan: "Thank you, Brother Yu, I know."
Jian Chuan returned the gift and then said, "Then it's not too late. Brother Huo should open a porridge shed. I think there will be no food in the warehouse."
"Some, some, always have to let the people have a full meal." Huo Ran nodded hurriedly, and then ordered the yamen runners to start building a porridge shed.
It was not until Mi Xiang that the refugees settled down slightly. Jian Chuan suddenly raised his eyes and suddenly pointed out the people and ordered, "Come on, arrest me."
Lu Wei Changma and thirty-three others were a little stunned, and then rushed over without any ambiguity to catch the people Jian Chuan pointed out one by one, escorted them to Jian Chuan, kicking the bend of his legs, and more than ten people were all
Kneel on the ground.
Seeing this, the refugees were silent, and suddenly became shocked and said in surprise: "What are you doing with your brother?"
Jian Chuan smiled and said, "Sir, the unruly people gathered to cause trouble. Can you just forget it? Even if the law does not blame the public, this evil must be punished. Otherwise, how can the national laws be established? At present, these people will
He took the lead in provoking trouble, so he naturally had to arrest him."
Hearing this, although he felt polite, he felt that it was understandable and there was no need to mobilize others. After hearing Jian Chuan leaned over and said something, he immediately changed his attitude.
Jian Chuan said to him: "Brother Huo, there are more than a thousand refugees at present, and there will only be more and more. If you do not establish your authority, how can you intimidate them to queue up? If there are trampling and casualties due to the struggle,
It’s really your fault.”
Upon hearing this, Ran suddenly woke up immediately and couldn't help but praise Jian Chuan for preparing for the future. Then he made a big fuss and ordered directly: "People who came tied them up and showed them to the public in front of the porridge shed to serve as a warning to others."
Then, he looked at Jian Chuan, meaning to seek advice. Jian Chuan thought about it, but although he couldn't bear it, he still said: "Is this punishment too light?
Officials see, each person will be at least twenty whipped, so that he can convince the public."
Hearing this, the corners of his eyes suddenly pounded, surprised at Jian Chuan's cruelty, but he had to admire him.
This is a good person who is not afraid of being a villain. Huo Ran thought simply and accepted Jian Chuan's suggestion and then executed him.
Suddenly, three or five women and children rushed out. The man who wanted to protect his family was ruthlessly pulled away and continued to be whipped. It quickly dispelled all the refugees' luck mentality, and then understood a profound truth, obedient,
If you have food to eat and are disobedient, you may even have to give your life here, and you are still a starving ghost.
However, no one saw that Jian Chuan's eyes lit up under the dim light, staring at the refugees who were tied up and were whipped. Oh, no, now Jian Chuan has confirmed that these are all the White Lotus Sect
Many.
It can be said that he was unintentionally planting willows and willows. Jian Chuan thought to himself, why did some of these more than ten people bring their families with their families, but some came alone? One person had no relatives and no reason, maybe it was a coincidence, but he was arrested in total.
However, there were seven people alone and no one who pleaded for them. This was obviously unreasonable, so there was only one explanation: they were not real refugees.
Then which force will be unpredictable and create trouble? Jian Chuan couldn't think of a second one.
However, although he was convinced that among the seven people, there must be a White Lotus Sect, Jian Chuan did not intend to take it away and ask questions right now. If things are urgent, the most important thing is to maintain public order.
Moreover, Jian Chuan concluded that there must be fish that missed the net in the crowd. If he acted rashly, he would only alert the enemy.
Besides, Jian Chuan didn't plan to interrogate them. Those who were sent to play forward must be small characters. I think they couldn't find any valuable news, so Jian Chuan planned to use a long line to catch big fish. Hehe, use it first.
They stabilize the public order, then release them and secretly follow their lairs. This is the best way.