Enter the Room

Yuan Yunzhong asked again: "If there are 50,000 refugees, even if each person only drinks a bowl of water and porridge every day, they will still need eight stones of rice a day, right?"

No one in the chamber spoke.

It is precisely because everyone has calculated that if these refugees do not have food, the so-called 50,000 people will be nothing more than silver pewter gun heads. They will not last for a few days before they start to chaos, and they can easily catch all these refugees. , the Ministry of War will advocate strong suppression.

Although Yuan Yunzhong is young, he has a good family background. He has been with Mr. Jinghu since he was a child, and he is familiar with these matters in officialdom.

He couldn't help but get angry and sneered: "Could it be that these 50,000 lives are nothing but lives in the eyes of you?"

Many people lowered their heads.

Only Mr. Bai sneered disdainfully and said: "Of course we can't compare to Mr. Yuan, who is compassionate, selfless, and able to abandon his compatriots and ignore others." He said, and said to the counselor: "Go and save those refugees who have been trapped in the past few days. Show Master Yuan the list of the school captains who were injured and killed. Since Master Yuan has come to supervise our government affairs on the order of the emperor, please ask Master Yuan to first distribute the pension money to these school captains. Don’t think that only Those refugees died, and we just idle around and watched the fun all day long."

He also sarcastically said: "No wonder some officials, watching the lawsuits between the poor and the squires, must decide that the squires are rich and unkind and bully the countryside."

The counselor was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do.

Fortunately, Yuan Yunzhong did not embarrass him, but looked around at the people in the meeting hall with a cold expression: "Fellow compatriots, that is to say, do you think the same as Mr. Bai?"

Most people in the meeting hall felt that Mr. Bai was right.

The death of 50,000 refugees can achieve their great achievements, maybe even for the only time in their lives.

But they dare not admit it.

Once they admit it, they are tied to Master Bai. And Yuan Yunzhong clearly disagrees with Lord Bai, and the emperor is still standing behind Yuan Yunzhong... If Yuan Yunzhong gains the upper hand, won't they suffer the same fate as Lord Bai?

Someone immediately whispered: "Master Yuan, I don't mean this. Why don't we take fifty thousand lives seriously? It's just that those refugees refused to obey the discipline, and many of the captains who followed us were injured. Everyone is a little anxious.”

He also advised: "Sir Bai also loves soldiers as much as his sons, and is afraid of chilling the hearts of those captains."

Someone stood up, and naturally someone else echoed: "Yes! Yes! We definitely don't mean to treat human life as trivial."

Master Bai was so angry that he fell back.

After hearing this, Yuan Yunzhong seemed to have lost a lot of his anger, and his tone softened, and he said: "Those refugees neither pay taxes nor serve in the military, and they are still disturbing the countryside. Rather than letting them wander, it is better to find ways to discipline them. Since we have been encircling a period of Time will be in chaos due to lack of food, so why do we have to kill and suppress them? Isn’t it good to turn refugees into good citizens by paying taxes and serving people?”

Everyone looked at each other.

Everyone knows the truth. But in this way, not only their military achievements were lost, but also how to deal with so many refugees became a big problem.

No one dared to speak.

Yuan Yunzhong took the opportunity and began to issue orders: "Master Xiang, when you were in the Shuji Shiguan, you once watched the politics of the Ministry of War, and later served as an official in the Ministry of War. You are familiar with the military system, and I would like to ask you to take charge of the matter of dispatching troops and generals.

"Commander Chen, you have served thousands of households in the Wanping Guard, and you should know the military affairs of Wanping County best. You and your colleagues will mark the Wanping County Fortress on the map.

"Commander Wang, take your scouts and try to find out who the leaders of these three groups are? Why are they divided into three groups?"

He came in an orderly manner, one by one, and focused on every key point, so that everyone could act according to the orders at first, and then slowly put away their carelessness, listen carefully to the orders, and dare not disobey.

Lord Bai laughed in anger and said: "Sir Yuan is really versatile in both civil and military affairs. He mounts his horse to attack Kuang Hu, and dismounts his horse to draw up military documents. I don't know when Lord Yuan also learned to form troops and formations? Not to mention Field Chang Ping. Just fight."

Satirizing Yuan Yunzhong is just talking on paper.

The air in the chamber was choked.

Yuan Yunzhong had indeed never been exposed to military affairs.

Everyone's expressions couldn't help but reveal a little hesitation.

When Yuan Yunzhong heard this, he glanced sideways at him and said calmly: "How many refugees are there in Bixia Temple?"

Master Bai was stunned.

Everyone in the meeting hall was even more puzzled.

Yuan Yunzhong said indifferently: "There is a Bixia Temple on Shijing Mountain. There are more than 300 monks in Bixia Temple. There are more than 500 acres of fertile land. The temple stores more than 4,000 shi of food every autumn. Don't worry if Mr. Bai is free. After all, what would happen to Wanping County if the leader of the refugees who gathered at Shijingshan found out the food stored in Bixia Temple? Or let me put it more clearly. If the refugees at the foot of Shijingshan were an eyesore, the purpose of the refugees was for Bixia What are Master Bai going to do with the temple's food reserves?"

Master Bai was stunned.

Yuan Yunzhong suddenly smiled and said aggressively: "Master Bai, are you still prepared to starve the refugees for a while, and then work with the Ministry of War, colleagues here, and the Twelve Guards to suppress the bandits?"

The Twelve Guards are the emperor's personal guards. They appear to be majestic, but in fact they are more responsible for the defense of the capital. In terms of real guns and swords, they are far inferior to the captains of the Nine Border Guards, and even inferior to the nearby guards. Of course, they would not have the opportunity to make military merits as captains, which is why the Ministry of War had the confidence to advocate the extermination of these refugees.

As for the captains of the Twelve Guards, most of them came from aristocratic families, and even had hereditary military positions. They want military glory, but they are not prepared to pay for it with their lives.

Several commanders listened and immediately exchanged glances with each other calmly.

Some people even quietly gestured to their confidants to inquire quickly.

After a while, someone crept into the meeting hall. Seeing that most of the people in the meeting hall were focused on the quarrelsome Yuan Yunzhong and Mr. Bai, they cautiously approached Shangfeng and whispered: "Check it out. Yes, there is indeed a Bixia Temple on Shijing Mountain. The Bixia Temple is built as an ascetic. The monks in the temple do not require incense money and only accept grain, rice, flour and oil. Therefore, there will be a large amount of grain, rice, flour and oil every year. When the rice is ready the next year If they have received alms, they will give alms to the surrounding believers. Not to mention Wanping County, there are many people in the capital who know that every time they go to Bixia Temple to give alms, they will come to ask for rice and noodles. There is no need to inquire about this matter, just casually Get someone from Wanping County and ask them for sure."

"Damn it!" The commander gritted his teeth and cursed, and said to his colleagues beside him, "I think the guy surnamed Bai is stupid at reading and didn't even understand such an obvious thing. If we really After listening to him, I am afraid that I will be unable to retreat even if I want to retreat."

Colleagues looked at Mr. Bai coldly: "Anyway, he is a civil servant. Even if we die, his contribution will not be less. He may not be stupid because of his studies. It is us who are greedy. Believe that he is true."

The commander stamped his feet: "Go and beg! Instead of following him, it's better to follow Yuan Yunzhong. After all, Yuan Yunzhong is in the emperor's heart, and his back is supported by the cabinet. Why should we serve as a gunman for that surnamed Bai?"