Three Kingdoms King of the North

After listening to Han Zhan's explanation, all the warriors nodded and said in unison: "What Jizhou Mu said is very true."

Seeing that everyone agreed to move the capital, Han Zhan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He asked Yang Biao, Zhu Jun, Ma Rixun and others to continue discussing the details of moving the capital, and he took a group of guards to the street to check the situation of relief for the victims.

Some time ago, Li and Guo fought outside the city for more than a month, and the people outside the city fled into the capital one after another in order to avoid their persecution.Many of them died on the street because of lack of food and clothing. In addition, Li Jue captured strong men to help defend the city in the past two days, and another group died.

The porridge field that Han Zhan opened for the victims was set up on the open land in the east of the city. There was a long queue of victims in front of more than a dozen porridge sheds, waiting for the soldiers in the sheds to give porridge.Shi Tao, who was in charge of the porridge, saw Han Zhan bringing people to the porridge field, and hurried to greet him.

Han Zhan asked, "How many disaster victims are there today?"

Shi Tao replied bitterly: "If you go back to the Lord, there will be at least 5000 people."

"5000 people?" When Han Zhan heard this number, he was also taken aback. According to his thinking, these victims who fled into the city from outside the city had suffered from hunger and wind and rain for a month. It's not bad to have a thousand people left, but I didn't expect there to be so many.He asked inexplicably, "Guangyuan, why are there so many disaster victims?"

"My lord doesn't know something." Shi Tao explained to Han Zhan: "Except for the disaster victims outside the city, there are many people in the city who have long been unable to open the pot. Hearing that we donate porridge here, he helped the old and the young to come here to receive porridge The subordinate originally wanted to disperse them, but saw that these people were pale and emaciated, as if they hadn't had enough to eat for a long time. If they were driven away, they might just freeze and starve to death. Get the porridge."

Regarding Shi Tao's move, Han Zhan nodded, raised his hand and patted the other person's shoulder, and said, "Guangyuan, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Your kind deeds today will surely benefit the people in the future." Will appreciate it."

"Saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda?" Shi Tao repeated Han Zhan's words, and asked puzzledly, "My lord, I don't know what this means?"

Hearing Shi Tao ask himself this question, Han Zhan suddenly remembered that this sentence first appeared in Zeng Guangxian in the Ming Dynasty, how could people in this era understand it.He laughed and didn't explain, just said: "You will know sooner or later."

At this moment, Han Zhan suddenly heard a heart-piercing cry of a child coming from in front of him. He didn't know what happened, so he walked quickly in that direction.Chen Dao and others were worried that Han Zhan was in danger, so they followed closely behind.

Han Zhan soon came to the place where the child was crying, and saw a woman in her twenties with ragged clothes and unkempt hair, sitting by a wall, drinking porridge with a broken bowl. The little girl, about five or six years old, with shofar braids, who was clamped between her legs, desperately tried to grab the porridge bowl in her hand, but she pushed her away mercilessly again and again.The victims queuing up next to her were all pointing at the woman with their hands, discussing something in a low voice.

Seeing this situation, Shi Tao was immediately furious. He said angrily, "I have never seen such a cruel mother. The child is so hungry, and she only cares about eating by herself." After finishing speaking, Shi Tao was about to rush over He stopped the woman, but Han Zhan stretched out his hand and grabbed her. The other party even shook his head at him, signaling him not to act rashly.

Shi Tao asked puzzledly: "My lord, why didn't you let the subordinates go down and stop that woman?"

"She did it right." Han Zhan looked at the woman not far away, sighed softly, and said, "If she doesn't fill her stomach first, if she starves to death, then who will take care of this little girl? What do you think?" In today's chaotic world, does an ignorant child have the ability to survive alone?"

Han Zhan's words made Shi Tao stunned, because this point of view was too shocking to him.According to his thinking, in such a difficult situation, after parents find something to eat, they must let their children eat first, and after the children are full, they will eat two bites of leftover food; Endure, anyway, the ability of adults to endure hunger is much better than children.

Hearing what Han Zhan said at this moment, he thought about it carefully, and it was really the case.If this woman is starved to death, then the crying little girl will definitely become an orphan. In today's chaotic world, the fate waiting for her is either starved to death or eaten by people with red eyes.He clearly remembered that during his travels, he had seen many places and called people who could eat "two-legged sheep".

Han Zhan didn't think about what Shi Tao was thinking, but ordered a soldier to go to the porridge shed to bring a bowl of porridge.After the porridge bowl was brought, Han Zhan took the porridge bowl from the soldiers and walked towards the woman holding it.Seeing this, Shi Tao quickly dissuaded him: "Master, you are a body of gold, how can you do such a lowly thing, let your subordinates go."

Han Zhan turned his head to look at Shi Tao and said, "Guangyuan, now that we have occupied the capital, the people in the city are under our command, so helping them with something, how can it be called lowly?" Paying attention to Shi Tao, he walked up to the woman with the porridge bowl in his hand, leaned down and said, "This eldest sister drinks the porridge slowly, and there is still here after she finishes."

When drinking porridge, he heard someone talking to him, so he stopped drinking porridge, raised his hand and looked at the person standing in front of him vigilantly.She saw a gorgeously dressed young man standing in front of her holding a bowl of porridge, followed by a group of menacing soldiers, she was frightened immediately, and quickly hugged the girl who was clamped by her legs into her arms .The little girl, who had been starved for a long time, finally had a chance to get close to the porridge bowl, and regardless of the porridge water in it scalding her mouth, she went to the broken porridge bowl and drank it.

Seeing this scene, Han Zhan's nose couldn't help sore. Seeing that the woman was always on guard against him, he put the porridge bowl on the woman's footsteps, raised his hand to touch the little girl's head, and then stood up. Take a step back.Han Zhan turned to Shi Tao and said, "Guangyuan, the Marquis has entrusted you with a mission. Since we have opened this porridge shop, we must not let a disaster victim starve to death. Can you do it?"

"Please rest assured, my lord, as long as there is enough food, no one will starve to death." After Shi Tao glanced at the woman sitting at the foot of the wall, he assured Han Zhan: "If one person dies, Shi is willing Apologize to death."

"There's no need to apologize with death, as long as you manage this porridge well, and when you return to Yecheng, the Marquis will definitely reward you for your merits." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he turned around and ordered Chen Dao: "Uncle Zhi, send someone immediately Go to the military camp outside the city and pass on my general order to ask Mr. Feng Xiao to transfer another thousand hu of grain into the city, and there must be no mistakes."

After Han Zhan explained all this, when he was about to turn around and leave, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the woman not touching the porridge bowl at his feet, and knew that she was afraid in her heart, and she would definitely not dare to touch the porridge bowl before he left.But if I leave now, maybe the nearby victims will come forward to snatch the woman's porridge bowl. As a weak woman, she will definitely not be able to deal with those hungry and red-eyed victims.Thinking of this, he called a soldier and told him, "You stay here and leave after this woman finishes her porridge. Do you understand?"

The soldier glanced at the woman, then nodded, and said, "Please rest assured, my lord, the little one will definitely fulfill his mission."

After Han Zhan left, the woman carefully picked up the porridge bowl, and glanced at the soldier standing in front of her with a guilty conscience. Seeing that he hadn't moved at all, she bravely took the bowl to her mouth and drank carefully.But this time, instead of patronizing herself to drink the porridge, she blew the porridge cold and fed it to her daughter.

Seeing the woman finish the porridge, the soldier squatted down and took the porridge bowl from her hand, and asked with a smile, "Are you full? Do you need another bowl?"

The woman couldn't figure out the reality of the other party, how could she dare to ask for another bowl, she quickly shook her head like a rattle drum, and said: "I'm full, I'm full, thank you, Mr. Jun, thank you, Mr. Jun!" The porridge bowl was about to leave, she quickly asked, "Dare to ask Jun Ye, who was that son just now?"

"That son?" After repeating the woman's words, the soldiers immediately guessed that it must be Han Zhan who she asked, and quickly said: "The man just now is my master, the current Jizhou Mu, Zhangshuiting Marquis Han Zhan and Han Houye. "

After the woman heard Han Zhan's name, she nodded vigorously, and firmly remembered the name in her heart. When she planned to have a chance in the future, she must repay this great benefactor who gave her porridge.

Chapter 285 Moving the Capital

The decision to move the capital to Yecheng took less than half an hour for Man Chaowu to make the final decision.But it is not so easy to implement. After all, officials have big families and big businesses. It is not an easy task to move. Moreover, there are farms outside the city and shops in the city. It is not overnight to deal with these things. can be done.

It is not easy for officials to relocate, nor is it for ordinary people.It is thousands of miles from Chang'an to Yecheng. Except for those who are wealthy and have horse-drawn carts or ox carts, the rest of the people can only rely on their own legs.This journey will take at least one month. Even with the assistance of Jizhou soldiers and horses, many old and weak women and children will not be able to make it to the destination.

The last time the capital was moved from Luoyang to Chang'an, it was Dong Zhuo's soldiers who coerced and lured anyone who refused to leave.In addition, Dong Zhuojun also set fires everywhere, making the entire Luoyang City ablaze.If they stay, they will either be killed or burned to death, and follow Dong Zhuojun to Chang'an, and there is still some vitality.It is for this reason that hundreds of thousands of officials and civilians followed Dong Zhuo to leave Luoyang and came to Chang'an.But even so, at least [-]% of the people died on the road.

Now the distance from Chang'an to Yecheng is even longer, so after the military officials of the imperial court made the decision to move the capital and announced it on the list, very few people in the city responded.

Faced with this situation, even Guo Jia was helpless.He looked at Han Zhan and asked, "My lord, Jizhou's soldiers and horses are no better than Dong Zhuo's army, and they cannot use swords and guns to force the people to move to Yecheng. It seems that we have to find other ways!"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, Xun You next to him immediately asked, "Feng Xiao, do you have any good ideas?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "No. Jia also has nothing to do."

Han Zhan's eyes swept over everyone one by one, and finally stopped on Xu Shu. He asked, "Yuan Zhi, what do you want to say?"

"My lord!" Xu Shu walked out of the queue, came to Han Zhan, bowed deeply to him and said, "I have a way, but I can persuade the people to leave Chang'an and go to Yecheng."

Hearing that Xu Shu had a good idea, Han Zhan's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly urged, "Yuan Zhi, what good idea do you have, let's hear it."

"My lord proposed to divide the Yongye land for the Jizhou army at the beginning, and this move won the hearts of the army." Han Zhan thought that Xu Shu was the specific implementer of the land distribution. He suddenly mentioned this matter today, and it must be related to the strategy he wanted to talk about, so he motioned He continued: "The people in the capital are unwilling to move because they don't want to part with their one-acre land and the road is far away. If we help them solve this problem, will all problems be solved soon?"

"Be specific."

"We set up farms outside the counties and counties of Jizhou to accommodate the people who went from Chang'an. Each of them will be allocated a certain amount of land and exempted from tax for three years. The subordinates feel that if the people hear the news, they will definitely go there enthusiastically."

"Yuan Zhi." As soon as Xu Shu finished speaking, Xun You expressed his own doubts: "Even if we distribute the land to the people, where do they get the seeds and cattle they need? Also, even if there are these things, at least It will take a few months before they can harvest, so what will they eat and drink in these few months?"

Xu Shu waited for Xun You to finish speaking, smiled at him, and then said: "Xu has already considered what Gongda is worried about. The government can lend grain to these farmers. After the autumn harvest, they will reap the harvest. The grain will be returned to the government in the same amount."

"Yuan Zhi's plan is very clever." Hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't help nodding his head in praise and said, "In this way, my lord not only saved countless people, but also let them sing praises to you. This plan is really wonderful."

"The resettlement of the people can be done according to what Yuanzhi said." Xun You continued: "But it is thousands of miles away from here to Yecheng, except for a few wealthy people who can use horse-drawn carts or ox carts instead of walking, the rest Most of the people can only rely on their own two legs to walk slowly to Yecheng. Even if resettlement can be carried out gradually along the way, I still worry that many people will die on the way.”

"Do everything according to fate," Han Zhan interjected when he heard this, "The army can provide food for the people along the way; the old, weak, sick and disabled can also be transported by horse-drawn carriage; in addition, a doctor will be sent to treat the weak. In this way, the Marquis thinks that most of the common people can enter Jizhou safely." Seeing that Han Zhan has already set the tone, it is not easy for the soldiers to object, so they can only focus on some details and conduct some research.

Seeing that posting the list had no effect, Han Zhan ordered Dianwei, Xia Houlan and others to lead a group of soldiers with loud voices to preach along the street the benefits of going to Jizhou.

After a day of clamoring, their propaganda finally had some effect.People who were willing to go to Yecheng all went to the registration point located in the east of the city to register.Looking at the endless registration teams in front of each registration point, Han Zhan's heart suddenly became more at ease.He thought to himself: "In this troubled world, it is unrealistic to save everyone. I can only do my best and save as many as I can."

Han Zhan, in casual clothes, brought Chen Dao and two guards to a registration point to check.He heard a small official sitting behind a small table ask an old man standing in front of him: "What's your name? How many people are there in your family? Do you have any relatives in Jizhou? To Yecheng, or to accept resettlement along the way?"

The old man's ears might not work well, so he turned his face sideways and tried his best to put his ears forward so that he could hear what the little official said clearly.The little official's attitude was very good, he was afraid that the old man could not hear clearly, so he slowed down his speech and repeated what he just said.Seeing that the little official was not arrogant, but treated an elderly man so politely, Han Zhan couldn't help but smiled and nodded, and walked towards another registration point.

After returning to the mansion after the inspection, Han Zhan called Xu Shu over and asked, "Yuan Zhi, did you give them the questions that the little officials asked?"

"Returning to the lord, that's right, it was my subordinate who gave it to them." Hearing Han Zhan's question, Xu Shu quickly replied respectfully: "Based on my estimation, even if there are many people who refuse to leave Chang'an, There will be [-] people who want to enter Jizhou. If so many people rush into Jizhou together, it will inevitably cause unnecessary chaos, so we must take precautions. Therefore, I asked the small officials to find out the people who signed up first. , Is there any relatives in Jizhou, so that they can go to visit relatives and friends after entering Jizhou, so as to reduce our pressure."

"That's true." Han Zhan thought to himself, whoever said that ancient people are stupid than modern people, people like Xu Shu are much better than modern people. "If the people can go to Jizhou to seek refuge with relatives and friends, it will be a good way out."

"My lord," Xu Shu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and then continued: "The number of people who signed up today is about 2000. My subordinates suggest that it is better to send a soldier to escort them away. When the second group of people set off, the first group of people had almost arrived at the resettlement site."

Han Zhan didn't think about completing the migration of tens of thousands of people at once. He just thought about sending a group of people away after reaching a certain number.Sending away the people in Chang'an City in batches will greatly reduce the pressure on your own army.Therefore, he expressed his support for Xu Shu's proposal. After thinking for a while, he said to Xu Shu: "Yuanzhi, since you said so, the first batch of migrating people will set off at noon tomorrow. Send two thousand soldiers and horses to escort them, and Shi Tao and Wei Xu led the team."

When Xu Shu heard the name Wei Xu, Xu Shu was taken aback for a moment, then remembered that he was a general under Zhang Liao, and asked Han Zhan with some hesitation: "My lord, Wei Xu just joined our army not long ago, and he was asked to carry out such an important mission." Is the task too risky?"