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Chapter 346 Shi Kefa's Expectations
A new day has arrived. According to the news, today is the end of summer, the day when the rebels raise their flags. In Fugu County, the gates of the city were not opened at all, in order to prevent the disaster victims from rebelling.

Shi Kefa is no longer the fair and clean scholar he was back then, but now he is also tanned and runs to the victims of disasters every day. At dawn on the 23rd, just before dawn, Shi Kefa prepared to go outside the city as usual. Outside the city, there were disaster victims, and only a few victims, such as women and children, would be released into the city.Therefore, every day, Shi Kefa left the city before dawn and returned to the city at sunset.

"What, Mr. Ma didn't open the city gate? The disaster victims are going to rebel, so can't they open the city gate?... I think this is fart. If the disaster victims are not settled properly, the disaster victims will definitely rebel..." Shi Kefa cursed casually, originally he was quite polite He, who was changed by this Fugu immigrant's errand, has been with the victims for a long time, and some catchphrases come out of his mouth.

"...Forget it, don't bother Mr. Ma, follow me to the city gate..." After thinking for a while, Shi Kefa knew that it was useless to persuade Mr. Ma. He thought of an idea and was about to implement it immediately.

Holding torches, the entourage followed Shi Kefa towards the city gate of Fugu County.

The sky is not yet bright, and the dawn has just dawned on the horizon. There are only a few red clouds, and through these red clouds, things can be discerned barely.

Shi Kefa went straight up the city wall, regardless of the soldiers' obstruction.Then he stuck his head out and looked at the pitch-black city, although he was quite courageous enough to be scared back by the pitch-black wall, but Shi Kefa was stubborn, since he wanted to go out of the city, he definitely wouldn't care about this little fear.

"Zhijie, find a few people, set up a frame, and put me down..." Shi Kefa's stubborn temper came, and when he saw that the magistrate refused to open the city gate, he didn't explain the situation to the magistrate, and he didn't argue with him. Hanging himself from the city wall.

"Ah... my lord, this can't be done... my lord, how can I get involved in such a dangerous place? My lord should tell lord Ma about the situation, please open the door to lord Ma." The one named Zhijie was assigned to Shi Kefa. His assistant, who is also from a Juren background, is a member of the Guozijian's calendar staff.He complained a lot about assigning him to Fugu County, a place where no shit like a bird, but fortunately, he met a noble person, that is Shi Kefa, who is Shi Kefa?The ancestor is also very famous, of course, I won't talk about the matter of the ancestor, the key is that Master Shi Ke studied under Zuo Guangdou, who is Zuo Guangdou?Now the Donglin Party in the imperial court is the most popular and the most useful in speaking. This student of Zuo Guangdou is also looked after by many big bosses in the court. Therefore, following Shi Kefa, it can be said that he has climbed a line In the future, it is almost a certainty that this nobleman will go to court. Therefore, if the relationship with this nobleman is established, as long as this nobleman supports him a little bit, it will be enough for him. Fugu County, a place that doesn't shit like a bird, is still working hard.Now, Shi Kefa wants to find a basket to hang himself to support himself. Out of consideration for Shi Kefa's safety, he absolutely refuses.Something happened to Shi Kefa, and he couldn't bear the responsibility.

Shi Kefa belongs to those who study and read "Going in". What he thinks in his heart is to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, to be worthy of the emperor above, and to be worthy of the people below. Therefore, he is very confident. Confidently put yourself down.

The assistant named Zhijie was so anxious that his head was sweating, but he refused to do anything. He looked under the dark city wall, as if there was a hell of evil spirits hidden under the city wall. clean. .

Shi Kefa was also stubborn, he never let go of what he decided on, and said: "Hongji, do it, find a frame, and put me down." Seeing that his assistant hadn't moved, Shi Kefa immediately ordered the other one beside him. People do it, and this person is Li Hongji, who was recruited by Shi Kefa to patrol the river. It is difficult and inefficient to sail in Fugu, so Shi Kefa recruited someone who can ride a horse to patrol the river quickly. This is Li Hongji. .

Li Hongji is a powerful man, following the noble man Shi Kefa, he did a great job, not for anything else, he had horses to ride, meat to eat, money to take, following the noble man, and some status, others would look at him differently, that's enough Yes, in this hellish Shaanxi, he is living a life of brilliance.

"Yes, my lord, I'll go now..." Li Hongji didn't care about that, since his lord had spoken, he would listen to his lord, so he immediately summoned his younger brothers and prepared to put Shi Kefa under the city wall .

The soldiers on the city wall had already noticed that this big man in the city who was as big as Mr. Ma actually wanted to put himself down, and immediately rushed to report to his master. This master is also a great master, even his master They were all polite to him. If something happened to him, it might not be as simple as being unflattering.

Li Hongji was very agile in his work, and quickly made a frame, tied it with ropes, and began to hang Shi Kefa down.It was pitch black below, and it didn't matter if there were any accidents or not.One tendon met someone who was stunned and didn't want to do anything, so Shi Kefa's idea was immediately implemented.

The Juren named Zhijie was so anxious that his head was sweating, and he walked around on the city wall anxiously, not knowing what to do.go on?What if something goes wrong?Not following?This Shi Kefa will definitely have a grudge against him, and if he wants to support him in the future, I'm afraid it will be impossible, and the previous efforts will be in vain.

"...Slow down, slow down..., ok, ok, slow down, ok, it seems like we're almost on the ground... ok, slow down..." Shi Kefa's single-mindedness directed Li Hongji, a stunned young man, to quickly He hung himself to the ground.

"...Okay, okay,...here we are..." After Shi Kefa finished speaking, he jumped out.After all, this city wall can't stop his heart of serving the people wholeheartedly, after all, it can't stop his heart of serving the emperor, the victims are still waiting for him.

The man named Zhijie sees that things are done, whether to follow Shi Kefa or not, he has to make a quick decision, think about decades of rushing for exams, think about the future, think about the difficulty of studying for many years, this is called Zhijie Yes, he gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and suddenly shouted: "My lord, wait a moment, I will come down too, Hongji, hurry up, put me down too..." This person who knows the history of the festival no longer cares whether the following is There was a place where evil spirits from hell wanted to eat people, but Shi Kefa could go down. His "bad life" was risked, and Li Hongji immediately asked Li Hongji to put him down.

Without further ado, Li Hongji lifted up the frame a few times, put the second master in again, and began to let people go.

Following Shi Kefa's several book offices, local scholars, students and so on, seeing that these two masters have gone down, the hesitation just now is gone, the masters can go down, so can we.

So, a group of people began to ask Li Hongji to put himself down.

Although Li Hongji is a strong and powerful man, but there are too many people going down. After a few strokes, he started to complain profusely. Going out of the frame to get out of the city is not a good job!

In the city, a fire dragon rushed out, coming from the direction of the county government.

When the county magistrate heard that Shi Kefa had hanged himself, he didn't even care about putting on his clothes, so he immediately got up from the bed and went straight to persuade Shi Kefa.

It doesn't matter who Shi Kefa is, at most he is a seventh-rank official who is on the same level as him, but others have a good master, his master is Zuo Guangdou, who is Zuo Guangdou?It is one of the "Six Gentlemen" of the Donglin Party, and it is the signboard of the Donglin Party. Now, in the imperial court, it is the Donglin Party that has turned over and occupied most of the seats. This Shi Kefa is the reserve army of the Donglin Party, a seedling of the Donglin Party. In the future, he will definitely go to court. Now, there are many bigwigs in the court who want to take care of him. A few days ago, many bigwigs in the court Write to him, ask him to follow Shi Kefa a little bit, make some achievements, etc., and then he feels that Shi Kefa is unusual, so he treats Shi Kefa, a single-minded "scholar", with a different eye, so he cooperates with all his strength Speaking of Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa will give what he wants, and he can do whatever he wants.Now, I heard that Shi Kefa is going to use a frame to hang himself out of the city, can he still sit still?If any trouble or accident happened to Shi Kefa, the members of the Donglin Party would probably not let him go, and losing his official position would be easy, so he would find some excuse and be exiled for thousands of miles.

So, when I heard the news, I was so scared that I immediately jumped out of bed, I didn't even care about putting on my clothes, so I came to chase Shi Kefa. Shi Kefa had an accident, and he was finished.

From a distance, the county magistrate saw a few figures moving slightly on the city wall, and it was already twilight, and some could already be seen.Ma County Magistrate immediately shouted: "Brother Shi,...Brother Shi, wait a moment, Brother Shi..."

Rushed to a closer look, there was no sign of Shi Kefa on the city wall, only a few Kong Wu's powerful guys were panting heavily, Ma Zhixian gave Li Hongji a hard look, and immediately lay down on the top of the city wall , Looking down, the sky is already twilight, and you can already see the movement below the city. Seeing Shi Kefa standing below intact, the hanging heart is relieved.

"Brother Shi, Brother Shi, why didn't you tell Brother Wei, and just left the city like this? Alas, I was scared to death." Mazhi County ran wildly. Although it was cool in the morning, he was still sweating.

"Hehe, Master Ma, the city gate is closed, there is no other way but to leave the city like this." Shi Kefa said with a smile.

"Brother Shi, there is no other way. Now there is news that some disaster victims are about to rebel, so we have to guard against it! Fugu is also a place where disaster victims gather, and the gates of the city dare not be opened casually. Brother Shi, listen to me, brother!" In a word, let’s go back to the city as soon as possible, it’s not safe outside, you can’t stay here!” Knowing that Fugu was the starting point of the rebellion, Mazhi County was so frightened that he quickly closed the city gate and dared not open it again. Seeing that Shi Kefa had left the city, I was even more anxious, Shi Kefa had an accident, and his skin would peel off if he didn't die.

"Hehe, Lord Ma, although some people want to rebel, do the victims need to be resettled? Should the immigrants be sent? If the city gates are not opened? How will I resettle the immigrants? How can I explain to His Majesty when something goes wrong? If the city gates are not opened, how will those women and children enter the city? If women and children are not allowed to enter the city, I am afraid that rebellion is imminent. As an immigration officer, I should focus on immigrants, and I will resettle them. Today, there are still a large number of The immigrants are waiting for me, how can I not go out?" Shi Kefa said with a single muscle, he was wholeheartedly for the emperor, and for the people wholeheartedly.

Ma Zhixian's head was covered with sweat, usually he ran out, half of them were in a hurry, and shouted quickly: "Brother Shi, wait a moment, brother Shi, wait a moment, I have something to discuss with Brother Shi, brother Shi, don't rush away... ..." Seeing that Shi Kefa was about to leave, Mazhi County immediately ran down to the city and asked someone to open the city gate.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the situation outside the city was clear at a glance, and no one was planning to take the opportunity to seize the city. Mazhi County didn't care about anything, and immediately opened the city gate to persuade Shi Kefa to go back.

The gate of the city was opened soon, and Mazhi County immediately left the city, and when he reached Shi Kefa, he complained, "Brother Shi, why didn't you listen to Brother Wei's advice? It's dangerous outside the city now, unlike before, the son of a daughter, don't sit down Tang, Brother Shi is such a precious person, why doesn't he cherish himself?"

Shi Kefa is stubborn, he only thinks about the victims and the emperor, he said with a smile: "Master Ma is wrong, although there is news that the victims are going to rebel, but this official believes that the victims still have to be resettled. And resettlement has to be stepped up. Only when the disaster victims have been resettled and emigrated away, the rebellion of the people is the source of nothing. If you want to rebel, how can you rebel without anyone? Therefore, His Majesty has a long-term vision and asked me to wait for the immigrant as soon as possible. It is precisely for this reason that at this time, immigration should be stepped up, resettlement is the right way..." Shi Kefa said righteously.

Ma Zhixian looked ashamed, and said: "Brother Shi is worthy of being a famous teacher. Gao Yi, Gao Yi, I admire, admire... But, this immigration, can Brother Shi be entrusted to others? Brother Shi sits in charge The county government, so, is the same." Mazhi County does not let Shi Kefa wander outside, and if something bad happens, he will follow. A few days ago, a stack of letters from the big bosses in Beijing was still at his home Woolen cloth.

Ma Zhixian said so, the history happened next to him, and the person named Zhijie gave Ma Zhixian a glance, and the fate of the emotional history is fate, and his Song Zhijie's life is not fate?
"Lord Ma, why don't you just listen to what I said, this immigration was ordered by His Majesty, it must be done well, it involves millions of people, it is related to the community, it is related to the fate of the country, and the matter of immigration must not be stopped , At this time, we have to find a way to stabilize those victims. Thinking about it, if there is a way out, those victims will not follow the rebellion... I have an idea. If we do well, we can quickly solve the victims If Mr. Ma can fully support this matter, I will definitely go to the memorial to ask for credit for Mr. Ma." Although Shi Kefa is stubborn, he is not stupid. Seeing that Ma Zhixian cares about him so much, he also put his ideas on him.

Mazhi County heard that Shi Kefa had given him credit for his memorial, and his heart was hot. When he thought of the letters from a dozen big men in Beijing at home, his heart beat wildly. If Shi Kefa, a noble man, could give him a word in front of those big men , is better than anything else, he, the county magistrate, reckons, he can make a move, he can be promoted to the state, which is much better than guarding such a broken county. At least, the state is safer than the county. In January, safety was more important than anything else, so Mazhi County's mind became active.

"Well..., here, Brother Shi, is there any good way to deal with these victims?" Ma Zhixian asked enthusiastically.

"It's like this... I am going to take all the women and children of the victims into the city. If the women and children of the victims enter the city, they will naturally not rebel. They have relatives in our hands, don't they? So, we have to find a way To separate the young and old of the victims from the women and children, the women and children must be transported away quickly. In this way, the rebellion of the victims can be eliminated invisibly. If this is done, His Majesty will be happy, and you must reward the adults... "Although Shi Kefa is stubborn, it is his stubbornness that makes him the most urgent to complete his mission. He thinks about this aspect all day long, so he has figured out a lot of things.

"This...Brother Shi, seems to make sense, but how to separate the women and children among the victims from the young and old? It is a good thing for women and children to go to the city. With women and children in their hands, those victims of the disaster have to think about it if they want to rebel. My officer Agree, but with so many women and children, as well as young adults, how many people will be needed to transport them? Also, how much food will it cost? There is not much food in this county! There are too many people, and this county simply cannot take care of them However, I have heard that there are not a few disaster victims in the upper reaches of Fugu!" Although Mazhi County is not enthusiastic about immigration, he is more enthusiastic about how to get promoted. After analyzing what Shi Kefa said, he thinks it makes sense. If more women and children enter the city, the victims will definitely not rebel. With the hostages in hand, there is nothing to be afraid of.The only problem is still the old problem, there is no food, there are too many people, and the food has ruined his Fugu County.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about this. I'm free to make a plan. Does Madam Ma know about sheepskin rafts?" Although Shi Kefa was stubborn, at this time, for the sake of immigration, he began to fool people.

"Sheepskin raft? Of course this official knows that it is a boat on the Yellow River." Ma Zhixian said.

"Yes, this is the sheepskin raft that can carry people down the river from the upper reaches of our Fugu County to Fugu County. But in a very short period of time, the people were transported away, so it only took a few days. Fugu County wouldn't be able to hold on for a few days, right? When these victims went to the downstream, they naturally didn't have to worry about Is there any food in Gu County? Isn’t it? I have already written a letter to inform Mr. Xu, the imperial envoy of immigration, that Mr. Xu will meet you along the way. In fact, if all goes well, it will take a few days to get down to the Yellow River from our Fugu County. You can pass through Tongguan, and after passing through Tongguan, the food will be easily transported, so naturally there will be no shortage of food. Therefore, the official said that not only can the victims not give up, but they have to be transported away quickly, which is what happened in the past few days... ..." Shi Kefa began to fool the magistrate.

The "Immigration Textbook" talks about transporting the disaster victims by boat, but Shi Kefa found out only when he arrived in Fugu that it is really difficult to sail here, and it is quite difficult to go up the river. Sheepskin rafts can be used as boats. Therefore, according to the "immigration plan", sheepskin rafts were used as a tool for transporting victims, and a decision was made to transport people in batches to separate the women, children and young adults of the victims so that the victims would not dare to rebel.

Mazhi County is not interested in relocating the victims, so it is a mess, but after listening to Shi Kefa's words, it becomes clear, and I think it makes sense. It is quite difficult to go up the river, but it is quite easy to go down the river. The key is to have enough boats, that is to say, as long as there are enough sheepskin rafts, all the victims in Fugu County can be transported out of the country in just a few days. Thinking of this, Ma Zhixian's mind became active, and he felt that this stubborn nobleman sometimes has a good mind, and he thinks things faster than him.

"That's right, that's right. What Brother Shi said makes sense. So, that is to say, as long as there are enough sheepskin rafts, all the tens of thousands of disaster victims in this county can be transported out of the country in just a few days?" Interested.

"That's right, Mr. Ma, as long as you have enough sheepskin rafts, you can go down the river from our Fugu County to Xing County or even Jia County in just one day. The ancients said that you can travel thousands of miles a day by boat. In a few days, I left Shaanxi, so naturally I don’t have to worry about the rebellion of the victims, right? After sending the victims away, you don’t have to worry about food? Isn’t it? This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone! This is what His Majesty taught me to wait... "Shi Kefa continued to fool around.

"That's right, that's right. What Brother Shi said makes sense, so how many sheepskin rafts do we need?" Ma Zhixian asked.

"Master Ma, naturally the more the better, if there are [-] sheepskins to make a raft, one sheepskin can be used to transport one person at a time, and two thousand people can be transported at a time. The [-] victims are half women and children. It takes about three or four times to transport all the immigrants, and it takes less than ten times to transport all the immigrants. Mr. Ma, the more sheepskin rafts, the better, and the shorter the time, the better. Only in this way can we save food Yes, otherwise the victims will eat up Fugu County, and the victims will not rebel if they have no food to eat?" Shi Kefa said his ideal number.

"Two thousand sheep?" Ma Zhixian choked up after a little calculation. Two thousand sheep, how much money would this cost?Is it worth it to spend so much money just to curry favor with this noble man?

"Yes, Mr. Ma, at least two thousand. If there are more, it is better. Before I came, Mr. Xu allocated some silver taels to me. However, it is still short. If Mr. Ma can find a way to get them all I am willing to share half of the credit for these two thousand sheep skin rafts to your lord, and when the time comes, I will write another report to the imperial court, asking Your Majesty for credit..." Shi Kefa has been in Fugu County for so long, After thinking about many ways, I finally decided that this is the most perfect way, kill [-] sheep, make a leather raft, and then carry the victims down the river at the fastest speed, and try to cross Tongguan within a few days. Only in this way can the transfer of victims along the river be completed smoothly. This is his conclusion that sheep can not only be made into leather rafts, but also eat meat, which can solve part of the food shortage problem. A single-minded person, but to do things, you need a person with such a single-mindedness to be so persistent.

Mazhi County has calculated it. On the one hand, it is the recommendation, support, and good relationship with the nobleman. On the other hand, it may be a lot of money, or even tens of thousands of taels. By the way, if the disaster victims They were all transported away, and there was no way to talk about the rebellion. The rest were bandits, mountain bandits and so on. My family and life are much safer.

(End of this chapter)