When Peng Shouan was assigned to Yangshan, others thought it was a shortage, but he didn't care. Although there are many mountains and little land, and there are Yao people causing trouble, it is a remote place after all, and the Kun thieves who travel all over the world will never
He went to Yangshan, a remote place, to find his own trouble.
His expectations were not high, and he would earn whatever he could. After serving for three years, he resigned and returned to his hometown.
This wishful thinking almost came true. Just when his peaceful term had expired and he was waiting to meet the county magistrate who came to take over, the news came that Guangzhou had fallen and the thieves were setting up officials to govern the place.
Since Guangzhou has fallen, and the thieves have to set up officials to govern it, it is obvious what will happen next - Peng Shou'an has also read a few local gazetteers and knows a thing or two about the geography of mountains and rivers. Since the Australians have long-term plans to manage Guangzhou, then
Then I won’t live in one place. I will definitely go north to Wuling - this remote Yangshan County is not a paradise.
In this way, he was eagerly waiting for the arrival of his successor Zhou Liangchen. Finally, when Zhou Liangchen arrived, someone sent another document. Although this document was sent by a hundred households in Guangzhou Wei, it was signed by the Song Dynasty and Guangdong Province.
Wen Desi, the envoy of Xuanfu,
The content of the letter was nothing more than asking him to present the city and surrender. The Song Dynasty would never "embarrass" him. He would also ask him to "stay and go as he pleases." Peng Shou'an originally wanted to throw this hot potato to Zhou Liangchen, but Zhou Liangchen read it.
But this letter had other plans. He refused to let Peng Shou'an leave his post, insisting that he "join us in times of difficulty." He said that the situation was critical and it was the time to hire someone. He had just come to Guixian and he didn't know the local people's sentiments. He was needed.
The former magistrate of the county offered a lot of help. Peng Shou'an tried to run away several times, but was intercepted by his servants. Later, the county magistrate simply put him under house arrest this week.
Peng Shou'an naturally knew what this kid was planning. If the thief Kun really came, he could just walk away and leave himself as a former county magistrate to be the scapegoat. If the thief Kun didn't come, his county magistrate could take over as his scapegoat.
So Peng Shouan spent time with Zhou Liangchen. After a few days, another news came. Qingyuan and Yingde counties were successively captured by Kun thieves. Yingde County did not even hold out for more than a day, and was captured in less than an hour.
Broken.
Yingde is only one day away from Yangshan by water, and those Kun thieves will attack the city at any time. There are not many soldiers in Yangshan, there are no suitable generals, and there is not enough food and grass. Everyone knows that Yangshan County does not have the capital to fight against the Kun thieves. So they arranged
There are only two choices left in front of Peng Shou'an. One is to fight, and then die in battle or commit suicide. Peng Shou'an doesn't want to die, and neither does Zhou Liangchen. Originally, the two of them faced each other without speaking, but now they have to get together due to the current situation.
Let’s discuss this issue together.
According to Zhou Liangchen's calculation, he was planning to run away when the Kun thieves really came, and lied that he would "submit the enemy" without taking over Yangshan County. However, in the current situation, "going first" cannot be achieved, and Yang
Counties around the mountain have successively surrendered to the Song Dynasty - this is not only second, but what is terrible is that the scoundrels in various places have taken advantage of this chaos to become bandits. Not only the "foreign people" in the mountains came out to plunder, but also the valleys.
The common people in the village also changed their lives, intercepting business travelers on the road, killing and looting passers-by. The two county magistrates wanted to escape from the city, but if they could not escape from Yangshan County, they would have to become "fat sheep".
Peng Shou'an couldn't run away, Zhou Liangchen couldn't run away, and all the officials in the county, big and small, had nowhere to go - many of them brought their families with them. Without the official authority of the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult to move out of Yangshan County.
The two of them discussed with other officials in the city. After talking coyly and hypocritically about "difficulty of life", lamenting the "difficulty of the current situation", and lamenting "how difficult people's livelihood is", they started to "share the worries of the people".
From the perspective of "Song Dynasty", he decided to "submit to the Song Dynasty and keep the people safe".
Immediately, a letter of surrender was drafted, stating that the Yangshan County government officials "all admire Song Tianen and hope that the Senate will be like the rain after a long drought" and are willing to "do the hard work of dogs and horses" for the Senate.
Finally, from Zhou Liangchen on down, all civil and military officials in Yangshan, big or small, were all signed. Peng Shou'an's hands were shaking when he wrote his name, which seemed to be "forced to become a thief". A group of people waited for the signatures to be completed, and Zhou Liangchen
He ordered three reliable servants to take this letter of surrender and rush back to Guangzhou with the envoys at night to deliver this letter of surrender to the high-ranking official of Kun Thief.
When the servant went out, an old man in the government office, who didn't know whether it was an edict or a classic, began to cry. Then many people followed him, and Peng Shou'an also cried for a long time.
Crying and crying, surrendering is like selling yourself for fun. Before selling, I felt a lot of torture and worries. If I really sold, that would be the case. Without the Ming Dynasty, there is still the Song Dynasty, at least I have a backbone -
It was this thought that allowed them to unite under the siege and attack of the Yao people and support them until Huang Chao came to rescue them.
After recovering Yangshan, Huang Chao did not feel too happy. Once the mountains were severely damaged, he expected that the plan to replenish food here would be completely ruined. Not only would it be difficult for the troops to replenish food here, but they would also have to transport food from other places.
To support the local population. Secondly, there is no "mass base" here. Because this is a remote and remote area, both transportation and commerce are extremely underdeveloped. The Foreign Intelligence Service does not station intelligence personnel locally, and businessmen from all over the world rarely come here. "
The word "Australian" is not well-known in the local area. This means that they have no trustworthy people in the local area and can only rely on retained personnel from the county government. And the elders have never trusted the retained personnel.
"Let's go inspect the county seat. This place is also an important support point for us." Huang Chao really couldn't understand that such a big Yangshan City was actually occupied by a few hundred Yao people who had no decent weapons. But when we walked to Yangshan
In the southeast corner of the county seat, he saw that manpower was being concentrated to repair the city wall that had been damaged by the flood, and he immediately understood. Peng Shou'an, who accompanied him, said that after the city wall collapsed due to floods a few years ago, although he quickly raised money and food to repair it, it has not been possible.
It has not been repaired and the construction progress is slow.
"...for the repair of the city wall, I also donated 30 taels of silver. However, the city wall collapsed over a hundred feet, and a few hundred taels of silver were simply not enough..." Peng Shou'an was full of complaints when he talked about this matter. In order to repair the city wall, he worked hard all the time.
After running for several months, I finally got more than 200 taels of silver from the local wealthy gentry and merchants, but it took more than a year to build the city. After Zhou Liangchen came, he kept waiting to see the situation and had no intention of building the city.
.The gap in the city wall remained open until the Yao people rushed in.
Huang Chao sighed and shook his head repeatedly: The efficiency of the ancient government was really low.
He ordered an immediate inventory of the material losses in Yangshan County. Although the Yao people did not set fire to the city after they invaded, they were completely destitute. Not to mention the soft property, even tables, chairs, benches, and baskets were robbed.
Light - you can imagine how poor their daily life is.
"It seems that the Yao chaos cannot be quelled unless the economic problem is solved."
Huang Chao called over the captured Tianchang Gongs of several Yao villages. The Yao people in Yonghua Township often interacted with the Han people in Yangshan County, so they knew Chinese and could communicate with each other without the need for an interpreter.
"As far as I know, the Yao people in Yonghua Township have always been law-abiding. Why did they suddenly rebel with the Bapai Yao?"
"It was Ma Jianpai who threatened us. If we don't agree, they will go down the mountain and rob our village." Pan Tianshun took the lead and said.
"You're coercing you into rebellion? Are you four villages still afraid of a horse and arrow platoon?"
"Our four villages have few people. We have all the children and the elderly. The men are only over 400. The horse and arrow platoon joins the other seven platoons. There are only two to three thousand young and strong people. Our four villages are no match. In addition..." Pan Tianshun
That said, I stopped here.
"What else?" Huang Chao pressed.
"Sun Dabiao of Daxunwei won't let others sell salt to us, so we can only buy his salt. Recently he has raised the price of salt. If we buy salt, we don't have enough money to buy grain. The economy has been bad in recent years.
It's a time of drought. If you don't have salt, you will die, and if you don't have food, you will die. The county magistrate dare not take care of him, so..." Pan Tianshun hesitated to speak.
"So what, tell me quickly!" Huang Chao was impatient.
"So we had no choice but to follow the others and kill Sun Dabiao's whole family first - just let him run away."
Huang Chao knew about Sun Dabiao. Through the Yangshan data compilation of the Intelligence Bureau, he knew that Sun Dabiao was a businessman who opened a shop in Daxunwei and sold salt, but in fact he was a bandit leader with hundreds of followers under his command.
There were three to four hundred household bandits under his command. No wonder the Yao people in Yonghua Township hated and feared them.
It was understandable that the Yao people in Yonghua Township revolted, but Huang Chao was dissatisfied with Pan Tianshun's pretense of pity. He asked again: "Don't talk about burning and looting Sun Dabiao's house - he deserves it. But in this county
The people in Yangshan County have no grudges against you, right? On weekdays, you would go to the county town to attend the market. Now look at how this county town has been ruined by you! You have robbed many people in Yangshan County, right? The people you kidnapped
Where? Where are the things?"
The four Tianchang Gongs looked at each other, and then the three Tianchang Gongs rested their eyes on the Tianchang Gong of Baimang Village.
Pan Tianshun immediately added insult to injury: "The people who looted the city were all people from Baimang Village. Many of the people in their village were bandits under Sun Dabiao, and they were always in contact with Badai Yao. They came to the city this time purely for their purpose.
Stealing things."
Tian Changgong of Baimang Village turned pale with fright. He hurriedly knelt down and defended: "Sir, it's not just the people from Baimang Village who are robbing things, it's not just Baimang Village that comes to Bapaiyao! Everyone has it.
share!"
Huang Chao didn't want to delve into the truth of Baimangzhai's words. There must be a scapegoat for the Yao people's robbery of Yangshan County, and it was unrealistic to massacre the entire Yao people in Yonghua Township, so Baimangzhai could only take the blame.
This is the pot.
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