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Chapter 214 The Life-Saving Food Has Arrived 【Order】

Seeing Yue Buqun suddenly so furious, Fei Wenyao, standing aside, couldn't help being surprised. What happened could make Yue Buqun, who has always been calm, react so violently.

"grown ups!"

Fei Wenyao looked at Yue Buqun and spoke in a low voice.

Taking a deep breath, Yue Buqun glanced at Fei Wenyao and said, "How about what I told you to do earlier?"

Hearing Yue Buqun's words, Fei Wenyao said almost instinctively: "My lord, my subordinates have selected a group of elites from the Shanxi Jinyiwei system according to your instructions, and now these people have been ordered to come here .”

Yue Buqun said slowly: "Go, let them gather in the school grounds, I want to see them."

Fei Wenyao nodded quickly when he heard the words, "Your subordinate will go now."

These days, although Yue Buqun has been staying in the Jinyiwei Thousand-Household Office, he has done a lot of things. Among them, Fei Wenyao was selected from the staff of the Jinyiwei Thousand-Household Office in Shanxi Jinyiwei. A batch of elites came out to listen to them.

The staff of Jinyiwei can be described as complicated. Although there are not many people on the surface, in fact, there are at least 10,000+ people belonging to Jinyiwei, and there are hundreds of thousands of people at their peak.

If there were not so many personnel, how could Jin Yiwei be able to control the intelligence of all parts of Ming Dynasty and monitor the world.

It's true that Jin Yiwei only has tens of thousands of people on the surface. If you really rely on so few people, let alone monitoring the world, I'm afraid even monitoring hundreds of officials is a problem.

Just like the Shanxi Jinyiwei Thousand Households Office, there are hundreds of Jinyiwei registered on the surface, but they have worked for Jinyiwei for generations, or the number of spies and other spies developed by Jinyiwei can add up to tens of thousands.

Most of these people are non-staff members of Jinyiwei, but if necessary, these people can be transferred to Jinyiwei at any time.

Because Jin Yiwei knows the basics of these people, and these people are actually the people who really work for Jin Yiwei, who are capable and capable. Compared with the real Jin Yiwei, the difference is actually the identity of a Jin Yiwei.

Don't look at Yue Buqun's sudden parachute into Shanxi Jinyiwei Thousand Households, there are not many trustworthy people around him, but this is not a problem at all.

As the head of the Shanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu Office, as long as Yue Buqun is willing, he can easily select a group of loyal and trustworthy people from the Jinyiwei system.

Fei Wenyao has been busy with this matter for the past few days.

Not long after, hundreds of strong and strong men appeared on the small school ground of Jinyiwei Qianhu Institute. Among these people, many of them were full of evil spirits, and they were not easy to provoke at first glance.

There are also some people who seem quite lonely, but the aura exuded by them is not bad at all, at least it is at the second-rate level.

It is conceivable that these hundreds of people can be selected and appear here, regardless of their wealth or ability, they must be credible, otherwise, they would not have the opportunity to appear here.

Excitement and anticipation flashed in some people's eyes.

To be selected here is definitely a great opportunity for these people.

Some of them have worked for Jinyiwei for generations, and they are almost a part of Jinyiwei, but they don't have the official status of Jinyiwei.

For them, being able to have an official Jinyiwei status is something that most people dream of.

Now is their chance, because when Fei Wenyao pulled them out from so many people, he had already said that among them, the hundred with the strongest ability and strength would directly become Jinyiwei, and as Jinyiweiqian Yue Buqun of Huhu will incorporate them into the Jinyiwei and become a real Jinyiwei school lieutenant.

Even if he fails to make it into the top [-], he will have a chance to become a Jinyiwei in the future, so everyone present is full of expectations.

When Yue Buqun walked into the small school grounds, all eyes were on Yue Buqun.

While these people were looking at Yue Buqun, Yue Buqun couldn't help but also look at the hundreds of people present, although he said he had read the list Fei Wenyao gave him and the information about these people in advance.

But when Yue Buqun really saw such a group of people, his heart was still full of sighs.

It can only be said that the power and background of the imperial court are really not comparable to the so-called Jianghu sects.

In the heyday of Huashan School, there were as many as [-] or [-] first-rate masters, and there were two or three top masters. As for the second-rate masters, there were almost a hundred. Looking at the Jianghu, only the Sun Moon God Sect, Shaolin, and Wudang can compare.

However, even the Huashan faction in its heyday could not compare with a mere Jinyiwei under the imperial court.

Just like today's Huashan sect, apart from him and Ning Zhongze, the few disciples under his sect are only second-rate cultivation bases, plus dozens of third-rate or even non-rate disciples, among the five mountains, their strength is no longer enough. Worse.

But look at the backup forces of the Jinyiwei in front of you.

According to the information Fei Wenyao gave him, among the hundreds of carefully selected candidates, there is only one first-rate player, a dozen second-rate players, and dozens of other third-rate players. , just these people in front of them are enough to overwhelm their Huashan faction.

More importantly, these people are actually just a part of the troops under the Shaanxi Jinyiwei Thousand Households. If Yue Buqun is willing, it will not be difficult to double this basis.

It's no wonder Yue Buqun is so emotional. He has worked hard, worked hard, and spent decades, but he has only restored the Huashan School to its current level. Asking himself, the Huashan School has some strength above the Jianghu.

But compared with Jin Yiwei's background, Yue Buqun really realized what the power of the imperial court is.

Just when Yue Buqun's mind was flying, suddenly, a loud voice sounded.

"Subordinates, pay homage to Lord Qianhu."

In the small school grounds, hundreds of people worshiped Yue Buqun together.

Such a big momentum directly woke up Yue Buqun.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at the hundreds of people prostrating in front of him, especially first-rate players and second-rate players among them. These people all looked at him with fiery eyes, which filled Yue Buqun's heart. With a strange excitement.

Having stabilized his mind, Yue Buqun said in a solemn voice, "Get up without courtesy."

With a swish, hundreds of people stood up together, and then all looked at Yue Buqun with burning eyes.

Yue Buqun glanced across the crowd, and when his eyes fell on a man in his thirties, he said, "Gu Yuzhang!"

Immediately, the man's spirit lifted, he took a step forward, bowed to Yue Buqun and said, "My subordinate, Gu Yuzhang, pays homage to Lord Qianhu."

Yue Buqun looked at Gu Yuzhang with admiration. This Gu Yuzhang was the only top-notch player among these people, and he was naturally valued by Yue Buqun.

"I appoint you as the chief banner officer of Jinyiwei, and from now on you will be the chief banner officer of our Jinyiwei Thousand Households Office."

Gu Yuzhang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the words. His Gu family is the spy of Jinyiwei, and his father even has the title of Jinyiwei General Banner, but his father's identity is obviously secret, not suitable for exposure, and he has no real power.

Obviously, a son like Gu Yuzhang has no status in the Jinyiwei, because Gu Yuzhang's father offended the officials of the Jinyiwei Qianhu Office, so that Gu Yuzhang has the strength of a first-class player, so he has no chance to officially enter the Jinyiwei.

Until Yuan Ming was arrested not long ago, the Jinyiwei officials of Yuan Ming's family were purged from top to bottom, and the enemy of the Gu family, the officials of the Jinyiwei Thousand Households Office, were also taken down during the purge.

Fei Wenyao selected good players in the Jinyiwei system. Under no one's pressure, Gu Yuzhang naturally stood out by virtue of his own strength.

Now being appointed by Yue Buqun as the Chief Banner Officer of Jinyiwei, Gu Yuzhang is very excited, although he said that the status of Chief Banner Officer is not worthy of his first-class strength.

But Gu Yuzhang is extremely satisfied, as long as he is given the opportunity to become an official member of Jinyiwei, he thinks that with his own strength, he will be able to reach a high position one day.

Gu Yuzhang was extremely grateful for Yue Buqun who gave him the opportunity and directly appointed him as the Chief Banner Officer of Jinyiwei.

And it was obvious that these people were pulled up by Yue Buqun, so no matter what they thought, they would naturally have Yue Buqun's brand on them, and they would be regarded as Yue Buqun's party.

Yue Buqun laughed loudly, took a step forward and helped Gu Yuzhang up, and said, "From now on, I will work with you, as long as you make meritorious service, I will definitely reward you."

Gu Yuzhang responded happily.

At the same time, Yue Buqun called out the names of a dozen more people, all of whom were second-rate existences among the people present.

As for these people, Yue Buqun did not hesitate to reward them, directly appointing these people as Jinyiwei small banner officials, which naturally attracted these people's gratitude.

Soon Yue Buqun included those among the top [-] people in the Jinyiwei Thousand Households Office system, officially becoming members of the Jinyiwei.

Although the remaining people were not able to formally become members of the Jinyiwei, they also received Yue Buqun's promise that as long as they could make meritorious service in the future, they would have the opportunity to become members of the Jinyiwei, which also inspired these people, at least Yue Buqun The promise made them see hope, didn't they?

For these people, whenever there is a chance to become a member of Jinyiwei, they will fight for it with all their lives.

Others don't know, but those who belong to the peripheral personnel of Jinyiwei know best what it means to them once they become official members of Jinyiwei.

Even if it's just an ordinary Jinyiwei captain, although Jinyiwei's reputation is not very good, compared with the so-called reputation, interests are the most important.In terms of locality, few people would dare to provoke Jin Yiwei.

Gathering a group of subordinates, Yue Buqun, who was in a very bad mood because of the urgent letter from Huayin County, was now in a much better mood.

Glancing at Fei Wenyao, Yue Buqun said, "Fei Wenyao, immediately take someone to help them complete the formalities. After an hour, take Gu Yuzhang and others with me to Huayin County."

Hearing this, Fei Wenyao cupped his hands solemnly and said, "This subordinate takes orders."

Shaanxi chief envoy's yamen

Several officials from the chief envoy's yamen were sitting there respectfully at the moment, looking at the inspector censor who came down from the capital a few days ago, Feng Qin, sitting in the middle.

Feng Qin sat at the head, looked at the officials and said: "Everyone, I will inspect the civil affairs of Shaanxi and urge all parties in Shaanxi to help the victims according to His Majesty's will. It’s just following in the footsteps of those few.”

After hearing Feng Qin's words, everyone felt tense when they thought of the chief envoy and others who were taken down not long ago.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Feng Qin said lightly: "The first batch of money and food needed to relieve the victims has arrived in Shaanxi, and now the victims are waiting for food, hovering on the verge of life and death. The local magistrates and county magistrates must distribute the money and food allocated by the imperial court in place."

All the officials heard the words and said in unison: "Don't worry, my lord. As a parent and official, we will certainly not disappoint Your Majesty's expectations. We will definitely do our best to help the victims and save all people from suffering."

Feng Qin calmed down, glanced at everyone and said: "Everyone, the disaster in Shaanxi is so serious that His Majesty is furious. I hope that you will not stretch out your hands when you are helping the victims, and don't do what you can't do. Otherwise, once Jin Yiwei or officials sent by the court catch him, it will be a capital offense of ransacking the family and killing the family." ""

"I don't dare to wait."

Feng Qin then nodded and said: "Okay, disaster relief is like firefighting. This is what I want to say. Now, each of you adults is responsible for one piece. Bring the money and food allocated by the court and rush to various places to help the victims."

Speaking of which, Feng Qin got up, bowed to the officials and said, "I leave everything to you."

Seeing this, all the officials hurriedly got up to return the salute, and said to Feng Qin with a serious face: "Your Excellency has worked hard, and I will never disappoint Your Majesty."

Watching the officials leave, a few figures stood beside Feng Qin, they were the officials from the third department dispatched by the imperial court this time.

One of them said to Feng Qin: "My lord, with so much money and food in the hands of these people, it's true that no one will enrich their own pockets and use the money and food?"

Feng Qin heard the words and sighed: "If you want to relieve the victims, you can only use these officials for the current plan, because only they are more familiar with the disaster situation in various places. As for whether anyone has the idea of ​​​​making these money and food, I can do it." The only thing we can do is to step up inspections and take precautions."

Lantian County, Xi'an Prefecture
As Lantian County is adjacent to Xi'an Prefecture, because it is not far from Xi'an Prefecture, tens of thousands of grains of grain were transported to Lantian County at the fastest speed.

To the delight of Lantian county magistrate Jiao Guang, director Jiangling, inspector Niu Wu, and other officials in Lantian County, tens of thousands of grains of grain were transported into the granary under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The general of the guard who was in charge of delivering the relief food immediately left with his subordinates after receiving the signed document from Jiao Guang, the magistrate of Lantian County.

Lantian County is one of the worst-hit counties in Xi'an Prefecture. Because of the severe disaster, there has even been a situation of changing children and eating.

The food provided by the court to relieve the victims arrived in Lantian County, and the news that the government was about to give porridge to the victims spread rapidly around Lantian County as if it had wings.

Many ordinary people, who were like the living dead, dragged their breath and tried their best to support them. When they heard the news, their empty and desperate eyes showed a desire for life, and they all gathered towards Lantian County with great difficulty.

On the scorched yellow ground that is full of cracks, you can't see a bit of green at a glance. In the howling autumn wind, groups of people are like walking corpses.

On both sides of the road, you can see emaciated bodies everywhere, starved to death there.

There are even white bones scattered on both sides of the road. Just by looking at the shaved bones, one can guess what is going on.

This is not a tragedy in a drama, but a tragic scene that is actually staged in this land of Shaanxi.

The hungry and crazy people can do anything. In order to survive, it is not impossible to eat even if they change their children.

Now that the imperial court is helping the victims, even the food has been transported to Lantian County, and the long line of food trucks is in the eyes of many people.

Especially when they learned that the food was provided by the imperial court to help the victims, the eyes of these people showed hope.

"Go to the county seat, the imperial court has finally sent food, and we are saved."

There was a skinny man who tried his best to support his wife who was also thin, and said very excitedly.

There was also a woman who held a five or six-year-old child in her arms tightly and couldn't help crying: "My child, we don't have to starve to death at last, woo woo woo..."

Countless people suppressed the sadness and excitement in their hearts, and gathered towards Lantian County in a dark mass.

The same situation also occurred in many prefectures and counties in Shaanxi. With the arrival of a large amount of grain, the imperial court's relief operation finally began.

In the Lantian county government office, the county magistrate Jiao Guang, chief secretary Jiang Ling, inspector Niu Wu and others were sitting there with smiles on their faces.

On the opposite side of them are several people dressed in brocade clothes and beautiful jade hanging from their waists.

These people are full of philistine spirit, if anyone from Lantian County sees these people, they will recognize them at a glance. These people are the most famous gentry and several major grain merchants in Lantian County.

On the table in front of a few people, dozens of dishes with delicious flavors and flavors make people unable to bear the appetite. In this year of catastrophe, such a table of delicious food and wine may make hundreds of people feel hungry. The surname survived for a day or two.

But now it was placed there, and almost no one moved their chopsticks a few times.

One of the triangular-eyed grain merchants looked greedily at Jiao Guang and the others and said, "My lords, has the grain distributed by the imperial court arrived yet?"

Wei Changfu is the largest grain merchant in Lantian County. He dare not say that he monopolizes the grain business of the entire Lantian County, but he also accounts for almost half of the grain market in Lantian County.

If you were just an ordinary businessman, you might not be able to keep so much wealth long ago, but Wei Changfu has a son under his knees, who is said to be a member of the Hanlin Academy, with a bright future, even the magistrate of Lantian County has to be polite to Wei Changfu .

It is rumored that the Wei family’s granary alone has as much as 10,000+ shi of grain in storage. Following the severe drought in Shaanxi, the Wei family joined hands with several other grain merchants in Lantian County to raise prices crazily. It has increased three to five times.

Even in order to raise the price of grain, the Wei family and several grain merchants even resorted to the trick of limiting the grain output, which directly raised the grain price several times. With the price of food being raised, the money that could have bought food for life has shrunk several times at once, and it is impossible to get it even if it is panic buying.

In front of the grain store where the Wei family hoarded a large amount of grain, people starved to death there almost every day these days, which is a great irony.

The county magistrate Jiao Guang smiled slightly when he heard the words: "Mr. Wei, you are right. The [-] shi grains sent by the imperial court have already entered the warehouse. They are all grains transported from Huguang this year. They are all refined grains."

Excitement and greed flashed in the eyes of several grain merchants who couldn't help but hear the words.

Wei Changfu even swallowed with a grunt, and said with a bit of greed: "That's really great."

[I'm delayed because of something, I dare not say anything, just cry! 】

(End of this chapter)