Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 241 Population Migration
After receiving Li Jing's promise, Governor Wu and other officials immediately began to help Li Jing recruit victims.

Li Jingyuan came all the way to relieve the disaster, and the victims' gratitude to Li Jing can be imagined. Now that these officials have given the green light to allow them to go to Shanxi, the victims are naturally enthusiastic.

However, it is impossible for Li Jing to move all the victims to Shanxi. Firstly, Pingyang Prefecture cannot accommodate so many people for the time being, and secondly, there are not so many jobs for so many people.

Li Jing plans to move 10 households first, that is, about [-] people. Li Jing has requirements for the [-] households. First, there must be a strong laborer in the family, and a young and middle-aged woman.

Li Jing sent these people there because he wanted them to work. If he sent a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, wouldn't he be able to support the old man?
However, this family-based migration is far from being as simple as Li Jing imagined.

There was no family planning at that time, a couple had only one child, and a family had only five or six members.

At that time, a family contained many people.

Take a young man as an example. He lives with his parents, brother and his children. This big family is collectively called a household.

At the same time, there is a large family on the wife's side, and these two families probably live in the same village.

You can't just throw away the in-laws' household if you move one household, they may even say that this is the same household.

In other words, there are likely to be more than ten people in this household, or even more.

In addition, many of these victims were single men, and many women were unmarried or widowed. These people unexpectedly married and formed new families at this time.

There are also some families who have not been selected, kneeling and begging at the recruitment office all day long. The hearts of the recruiting office softened, and this family is not bad, so let's bring them together.

So after counting the number of 30 households, Li Jing was a little dumbfounded. My good guy, there are more than [-] people.

Knowing that there is a problem here, Li Jing can only bite the bullet and admit it now, he can't let the people under the check at the stalls do things ineffectively, right?

And speaking from his heart, Li Jing still agrees with the officials below. In Li Jing's mind, if an official does not have a heart of loving the people, he will definitely not be a good official.

But it can only stop here, no matter how much, Pingyang Mansion will definitely not be able to accommodate them.At the same time, Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion cannot let Li Jing take all the people away.

It is impossible to cover all aspects of the mass migration of more than 30 people, and these people did not start from one place, but were scattered in various states and counties.

Li Jing sent out almost all of his troops to maintain order.

In addition, Li Jing should also thank Governor Wu, the Chief Envoy and the officials of the two governments.

You must know that with so many people migrating, it is impossible for no one to get sick. These officials took a large number of doctors from various prefectures and counties below to follow the victims.

In order to express his gratitude, Li Jing ordered people to set up more than ten tables of banquets, invited these people to eat, and at the same time took out 1 taels of silver to reward these officials.

Seeing Li Jing taking money out of his own pocket again, Governor Wu sighed and said, "Master Li, these officials should use the imperial salary to do things for the people, but I didn't expect Master Li to pay these officials with their own money."

Li Jing smiled and said: "These officials also have to support their families, and their salaries are not very much. Everyone has put in so much effort, and there is no credit but hard work. Li's giving some money is just doing his best. .”

Governor Wu sighed, raised his wine glass and toasted Li Jing.

After Li Jing finished drinking, Governor Wu said: "Master Li, the disaster victims in Luoyang made trouble the day before yesterday, King Fu sent someone to ask for help, why didn't your lord send troops?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Master Wu, this matter is not under the jurisdiction of Li, but the responsibility of the adults. Don't drag this matter on me."

Governor Wu shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Li, the emperor appointed you as the disaster relief inspector, and clearly ordered that all matters related to the victims should be decided by the adults. It is the authority of the adults to calm the victims and cause troubles. Why do you push it to Wu? ? Could it be that there is another reason for it?"

Li Jing laughed and said: "Hahaha! Master Wu was joking, what reason can the victims have to make trouble, isn't it just that they were forced to rush by King Fu? Besides, you and I have already reported this matter to the emperor, the right and wrong are up to the emperor to decide. "

Governor Wu shook his head, pointed at Li Jing and said with a smile: "My lord, Mr. Wu is entirely up to Mr. Li on this matter. He will play the report as the lord tells Wu to do so. This matter is worthy of your lord, right? Why are you still hiding it from me now?"

Li Jing waved his hand, raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Master Wu, you and I understand what's going on here, why do you need to say it so clearly? Come! Li respects the Lord."

Governor Wu raised his glass with a smile and drank it down, and then said: "The emperor's order will arrive soon, I think it will only reprimand Fu Wang Qiantui, my lord should make a good plan for the next step."

Li Jingjing nodded and said: "I have received news that the emperor did not punish King Fu. However, after this incident, King Fu should be vigilant. If he really drives the victims back, there will be no good fruit for him."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Think about it, my lord. Now Kong Youde, the two prefectures of Denglai, Shandong, is making trouble there. In Shanxi, King Zijin Liang uses it for himself, King Chuang Gao Yingxiang and others occupy Zezhou, and general Li Zicheng, the general of Shaanxi, is not in the mud." Yang Liuer and other rogue bandits are entrenched in the mountains, looting everywhere from time to time, Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king of Hebei, Cao Cao, Luo Rucai and others are also not resting, the emperor is now in a state of desperation, if King Fu forces the victims back again, I think the emperor will never Will easily spare King Fu."

Hearing that Li Jing had received the news, Governor Wu was immediately taken aback, and when he heard that Li Jing knew the names of the rogues and knew where they were going, Governor Wu was even more shocked.

This Li Jing is by no means an ordinary businessman, let alone a small general.

Seeing Governor Wu looking at him suspiciously, Li Jing knew what Governor Wu was thinking of, and immediately smiled and said: "Master Wu, there is no need to be suspicious. Li has fought with rogues a lot in Shanxi. If you don't know the details of rogues, you will How can the battle be fought? As for other news, Li’s business names are all over the country, so how can we not tell Li about what happened?”

Governor Wu smiled and said in his heart, even if your business name spreads all over the country, how can you know the news in the palace?I'm afraid they specially arranged spies in the capital, right?It is even possible that the spies are by the emperor's side.

But Governor Wu only dared to guess about this matter after all. If he asked, Li Jing would not answer, let alone tell the truth. Li Jing could even know the news in the palace in advance. If he told the news, how could he hide it from Li Jing?How did Li Jing let him go when he found out?
And from the bottom of my heart, although Governor Wu has some concerns about some of Li Jing's actions, he admires Li Jing's style of doing things very much.

As a scholar, Governor Wu was also full of ambitions when he was young, hoping to do something for the country and the people one day, but after becoming an official, Governor Wu discovered that some things were not as simple as he thought when he was young.

Some things are actually known to be wrong by everyone, but no one talks about them, no one does them, because what is said is said in vain, and what is done is also in vain.I said that I would offend a lot of people if I did it, and then I couldn't even keep my official position. If I don't have an official position, what are my ideals and ambitions?
So governor Wu thought, wait until his official position is bigger.But as he got older and his official position got higher and higher, Governor Wu had long since lost his ambition. The young man full of ambition had already been discolored by the big dye vat of officialdom.

But after getting in touch with Li Jing, Li Jing's courage, Li Jing's demeanor, and Li Jing's style of doing things all stimulated him.

Li Jing's actions can be described as daring but thoughtful. You know that he did these things, but you can't grasp any clues, or he did something that should be beheaded, but his reasons make you There is no way to take him.

For example, the last time that those officials were investigated, Li Jing called all the big officials in Henan province together, and then showed them the evidence of these officials' greed for ink, and finally told them that some victims of the disaster had already started to rebel, and if they didn't kill these people, they would be killed. Unable to calm down the riots of the victims, these officials in frontiers were forced to agree to Li Jing's killing.

Although Li Jing himself said that he was responsible for it all, everyone knew that they would not be able to escape if Li Jing was not kept. After all, when Li Jing killed someone, they were all present, and no one stopped him.

It can be said that everyone is sitting in the same boat, and once the boat capsizes, no one can get away.

For example, this population migration, without the permission of the emperor and the approval of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is also a crime of beheading. However, Li Jing tied all the officials in Henan to his boat and asked everyone to agree to his migration of the victims.

King Fu asked for relief food, and Li Jing's subordinates encouraged the victims to make troubles and surround Luoyang City. King Fu sent people to ask for help, but Li Jing ignored them.

Governor Wu couldn't help but admire him for being so bold and reckless, yet he was safe and sound.

At the same time, Governor Wu had never experienced this kind of exciting and comfortable behavior style before.

After doing these few hearty things, Governor Wu's ambition in the past seemed to be suddenly activated.

Moreover, Governor Wu discovered that Li Jing had done so many lawless things, but none of them were done for himself, all of them were done for the people, or for the great Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Governor Wu found that Li Jing dared to do it so confidently because Li Jing had a strong backing, that is, his subordinates.

The governor is in charge of military affairs, and Governor Wu also has soldiers under his command, but compared with Li Jing's subordinates, those soldiers under him cannot be called soldiers at all.

Li Jing's subordinates worshiped Li Jing extremely enthusiastically. Judging by the way those subordinates looked at Li Jing, it is estimated that even if Li Jing asked them to die, they would not hesitate.

And the soldiers under him were underpaid, lacked training, lacked ordnance, and lacked morale. It seemed that soldiers had nothing they should have, and they had all the problems they shouldn't have.

Comparing the two, it is a sky and a ground. If the two armies face each other, I am afraid that before the fight starts, his soldiers will have to disperse and flee.

Governor Wu is also a person who has seen the world. He knows that not to mention his soldiers, even the elite frontier soldiers in Liaodong are not as energetic as Li Jing's men.

(End of this chapter)