The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Zhao Yunchu rode his horse on the official road, and recalled that when he went out, he pulled Zhao Yundi's sleeve and thanked him emotionally: "Third brother, thank you, I will never forget your kindness..."

Zhao Yundi looked up to the sky and sighed: "Stop talking, I feel like my leg will be broken again this time."

Zhao Yunchu was locked at home by Zhao Yuanyan and the princess, unable to go out. Thanks to Zhao Yundi's secret support, he was picked up and the procedures along the way were arranged.

Zhao Yunchu hurried to Yizhou, resting only for a short time every day, and finally arrived with Bai Yutang who was carrying the transfer order to Yizhou.

Bai Yutang had already proved his identity and made peace with the prefect and the military officer. He was asking about the local situation and thinking about how to rescue him smoothly.

The terrain on the mountain where the Liao people were stationed was steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they were afraid that one would be bad, and the Liao people would be killed.

When Zhao Yun first arrived, he also claimed to be from Tokyo, but there was no transfer order, so people thought he was a fake, so they surrounded him at that time.Fortunately, when the report was made, Bai Yutang was by the side. He heard that something was wrong, so he called to have a look, only to find out that it was Zhao Yunchu.

"Why are you here?" Bai Yutang thought about it, Zhao Yunchu didn't have a transfer order, and immediately said, "You left Beijing privately?"

Zhao Yunchu nodded silently.

Zhao Yunchu wanted to go out of Beijing to Yizhou, not only he had to have the consent of his parents, but also the approval of the officials, but when he fled, he didn't even care about entering the palace, so he did it completely privately.

"I didn't expect you to have such guts, okay! Then let's come together!" Bai Yutang was originally from the Jianghu, but he felt that Zhao Yunchu did a good job.It's difficult for Yunyan to come back, and these friends want to come to rescue, not to mention disobedience, even if the official is lost, it's worth it.

Bai Yutang kept it a secret from Zhao Yunchu, and then discussed how to act together.

Because of the official order, the magistrate of Yizhou was also present. Although he didn't understand, he listened carefully, fearing that he would not be rescued and his official career would be over.

Zhizhou was also tired. When the imperial physician came to report, he was a little impatient. At that time, he only knew that Zhou Huilin's father was a high-ranking official, but it seemed that there were not enough people in their official government. He was just worried.

Unexpectedly, someone came with the emperor's order soon, and Zhizhou knew at this time that among the kidnapped people, not only Zhou Huilin's identity was important.There is also one named Yun Yanhui, Wang Taiyi is hard to describe, but although this person is only a small official, he is Bao Xianggong's confidant and the official's favorite minister.

This frightened Zhizhou, because such a bad thing happened in his jurisdiction.Rescuing people now, and punishing Liao people severely, can only be said to be a remedy, I don't know if it will be settled later.

Zhizhou wished he could come up with a brilliant idea to save the man and make up for his mistakes.

So with everyone's sincere cooperation, a consensus was reached.It is best to send people to contact them first, and replace them all with money, and make up a better excuse. Don't let these people know the identities of Zhou Huilin and Yun Yanhui. .

Be sure to wait until everyone is safe before attacking, and teach these Liao people a lesson.

We are discussing here, and suddenly someone came to report that a large number of Tu people with weapons appeared outside the city of Yizhou, looking like they were about to make trouble.

Everyone was taken aback, this side was thinking about how to calmly rescue the person, and then teach him a lesson, but there is actually something going on there?

Ask again, let go of half of your heart.Those Tu people are not Liao people, but Miao people from Guizhou.

But Zhizhou still couldn't help being furious: "What's the matter with the people in Guizhou? So many Miao people are acting under their noses. I didn't know until they reached the border of Yizhou and they were all outside the city! What do these people want?" What are you doing?!"

It stands to reason that all the Miao people have surrendered, but due to the perennial instability in Guangnan, Zhizhou has no confidence in this, and is worried that the Miao people will turn against them again.At this time, it is really worse.

The army was afraid that the Miao people would enter the city and harass the people, so they stopped them immediately.Seeing their aggressiveness, the other party put up their postures one after another...

Just when the trigger was on the verge of breaking out, the two sides communicated before the battle, and the misunderstanding was resolved.

Allies!

The news quickly spread to both sides. Although the language was barrier, but because they had the same goal, the atmosphere suddenly became harmonious.

Zhao Yunchu couldn't wait to know why the Miao people knew that Yun Yanhui had been arrested?

Zhizhou was also very surprised. You know, with the tough temper of the Miao people, this is really not easy.

At the beginning, the Shi family and the Guizhou government were particularly hostile. When they were weak, they dared to fight hard for their lost son.If he hadn't found the little tiger later, he would have never died.

When Zhizhou knew that Bao Xianggong's confidant who was tied up to the mountain was the same person who saved Shi Meilan's son, he was relieved.

No wonder, Shi Meilan is willing to work so hard.Miao people value affection, and Yun Yanhui rescued her son, so of course she wanted to help.

But the question goes back to the original point, how did Shi Meilan know?

When the two sides met, Shi Meilan said with a puzzled face: "Zhufeng didn't try to report to you? Oh yes, it's not easy for Liaoren to go to the government."

"What? Liaoren?" Shi Meilan's words made everyone confused.

"That's right." Shi Meilan brought over the messenger who reported the letter. He had been bewitched by her, and even if he wasn't tied up, he was honest.

The messenger trembled and told the truth about their situation on the mountain.From the moment Yun Yan Hui wiped off the gag cloth, to the time when he went down the mountain, Yun Yan Hui and Zhou Huilin had lived in a separate room in a stately manner...

Everyone: "..."

They are here to make up their minds that Yunyan was tortured miserably by the Liao people, but they didn't expect that he was actually very happy... Can you say that he is indeed Brother Yan?In fact, it should be the kidnappers who should be worried!

Zhao Yunchu breathed a sigh of relief, and murmured: "That's okay..."

Although Brother Yan is fine, he doesn't regret that he escaped from Beijing.Before coming, who can be sure of the situation.Although Brother Yan was stable enough, he couldn't help but worry.

Shi Meilan's arrival and the news she brought solved the biggest problem.First of all, it was confirmed that Yun Yanhui was in a good situation, and secondly, they didn't have to worry about how to redeem Yun Yanhui——Yun Yanhui himself had already negotiated it!

It was really the best choice for him to ask the Miao people for help.If the counterparty of the negotiation is the government, no matter how good the reason is, the bureaucrats will be suspicious.

Originally, Bai Yutang also wanted to explore the terrain, sneak up the mountain by himself, restrain the leader of the bureaucrats, and capture the king first.

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When Shi Meilan, Zhao Yunchu and their group reconciled and were ready to act, Yun Yanhui had already been on the mountain for more than half a month.

During the past half month, Yun Yanhui almost became the most popular person in the village.

Zhou Huilin's injury was also healed, and Yunyan made him some meat to replenish his body from time to time. He had no choice but to exercise, and he didn't have to work. It made his complexion rosy, and he probably gained a few catties.

And Yunyan returned, dealing with the Liao people in the village every day, and learning their language, he was very busy.

He taught the people in the village how to cook and eat, and he also cared about the agricultural life here.

Gradually, Yunyan completely regarded the days of living on the mountain as a field trip.In his eyes, these Liao people who kidnapped Yun Yan are just a group of research objects and materials.

Among the Tu people in Guangnan, they are very representative. By observing them, we can grasp the living conditions of the Tu people in Guangnan.

In fact, it was Yun Yanhui who reminded Guangnan to implement the chieftain system, and he has been more concerned about the policy here since then.The imperial court hopes to Sinicize the Tu people and promote Han culture, and plans to recruit Tu people as officials in the future.It is also important to actually change their daily lives.At this point, the policy is not complete enough.

Yunyan wandered back in the stockade, chatting with the Liao people, and learned about the situation.

The leader originally thought that Yun Yanhui had bad intentions and wanted to torture him if he was going to do something wrong in the future.

In the end, Yunyan replied righteously and said: "In the future, our chieftain will lead everyone to prosper together. I just want to help my brothers. I found that the mountain fields are relatively barren, and the grain harvest is not high, so everyone is always hungry. , go down the mountain to 'hunt'. However, this situation is not impossible to change. We Miao people farm, and now we will first sprinkle grass to fertilize the field, which is a natural fertilizer and can increase food production."

The official name of grass seed is zi vetch, also called safflower grass. It is a kind of good green manure, and it is also resistant to cold.It can also be used to feed livestock, which is very convenient.

Not to mention now, even in China thousands of years later, there are still many mountain people using it.Moreover, in those days, it had another use besides fertile fields.That is to attract tourists to watch when the Chinese vetch is in full bloom.

What Yun Yan said was actually half and half true. He saw milk vetch in Miao Village, and saw that people only knew that it could feed cows and horses, and they didn't breed it specially.

Because Yun Da had just passed away, Yun Yan didn't talk about it with Shi Meilan enthusiastically when she came back, but only slightly mentioned that she could collect more grass seeds and sprinkle them in the field to fertilize the field, and she planned to write a letter to discuss in detail in the future.

Shi Meilan agreed, but the time was so short, of course it was not like what Yunyan said back, it seemed to have become a routine.

But at this time, the information is not developed, who knows what is going on in other people's lairs.The leader was taken aback, and a little convinced that the Miao people were richer than them now, but he wondered why Yun Yanhui would tell him such an important matter.

That grass grows on many hillsides, and there have been no incidents of people and animals being poisoned after touching it for so many years. Instead, it can be used as medicine.But Feitian, but no one has confirmed it.He can't guarantee that people and animals will not die if they eat them, and whether they will increase or decrease production if they are planted in the ground.

Yun Yanhui saw the leader's suspicion and didn't care, smiled and continued: "I see that there are very few cattle in the village, and each one is thinner than the other..."

"No matter how thin you are, you can't eat it!" The leader shouted anxiously.

This guy has killed countless livestock since he was in the stockade.At first, I asked for it from him, but later it is said that he used his name to bluff in the stockade... You can't say bluffing, just claiming to borrow it, and you will pay it back double.

With the example of the leader above, and Yun Yanhui always boasting about their Miao Village, everyone knows that Shi Meilan hangs out with the Han people, so of course they believe it.

It was not the first time that Yun Yanhui said he wanted to eat this beef. Now that he mentioned the farm cattle, the leader's first thought was that he missed his own farm cattle.What I said earlier is really just a cover.

Yunyan returned innocently and said: "Is there anything to eat or not? I mean, there are not enough cattle for farming, and everyone can't finish the farm work. Can you try to buy new farm tools. The emperor of Han recently promoted a new farm tool. We have already started to use it in our village. It can not only plow muddy land, but also open mountainous land. It is called a stepping plow, and you can use your feet to step on the plowshare into the ground. It looks like this..."

Yun Yan gestured to the leader the shape of the plow, an expert looking at the doorway, the leader saw this appearance, and felt that it was more reliable than that kind of grass, and it was very maneuverable.

This is of course, the imperial court has a department that specializes in researching and improving agricultural tools, but everything that is implemented has gone through countless designs and trials.Stepping on the plow has benefited many poor people.

The leader was moved, "You have already started using it? How is the situation?"

This is true. The imperial court promoted new farm tools, and because the Miao Village has a good relationship, they have already tried them out.The relationship between other Tu people and the government is not good, even if the court asks them to use it, they will not accept it.

The communication between the two sides is not good at all. The degree of Sinicization is not high, and the government orders cannot be implemented. This is the tragedy. Even if there are good things, they cannot enjoy them.

Yun Yan replied, "Using a plow, one person can plow five or six cents of land a day, more than four inches deep!"

Relying on manpower, can five or six points of land be plowed in a day? !

"Scared!" The leader rubbed his hands, "Where is this government house, do you think it can be snatched?"

Yunyan has returned to the black line, why do you need to rob everything, "You don't need to rob, you can take the plow in advance, and return the government's grain after the harvest, it is not expensive. Or you can rent it-of course, it still belongs to your own family. Relatively cost-effective."

The leader disagreed with the fact that it should be used for a fee, so he wanted to grab it directly.

Yun Yanhui felt that he couldn't make sense with him now, so she didn't try to persuade him anymore. Anyway, after he escaped from the predicament, who would call the shots among the bureaucrats...

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When the reporter came back, he also brought two Miao people with him. They led horses and brought a lot of supplies to redeem Yun Yanhui and Zhou Huilin.

Knowing that Yunyan ate a lot of food back here, when he wanted to double the repayment, he didn't say anything, so he took the equivalent Han copper coins to repay.

Because these days, in addition to stepping on the plow and grass, Yun Yanhui also came up with a lot of good ideas for the village, and many of them could be immediately confirmed to be correct, and everyone's favor for him increased greatly.

The leader was also quite moved, and he had the idea of ​​staying on the front line so that we could meet each other in the future, so he didn't take the opportunity to blackmail him, but he wanted to personally send Yunyan back to them down the mountain.

"It would be great if you were a member of our village!" The leader sighed, "If you hadn't married a wife, I would have married my daughter to you. I have never seen a person like you in the cat people, but in the Han people. I can't find it anywhere!"

The leader can't speak Chinese, otherwise he would praise Yunyan to repay his grievances with virtue.

At the foot of the mountain, the leader and Yun Yanhui waved goodbye and made an agreement to keep in touch in the future.

Yun Yanhui and Zhou Huilin went out for a while. When the leader watched them off, he suddenly noticed that a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared from the surrounding bushes, in the forest, and from the stone ditch in the distance.

Moreover, there were Han people and Miao people, and they overwhelmed Yun Yanhui and Zhou Huilin at once.

Naturally, the weapons of these people were not directed towards Yun Yanhui and the two of them, but towards Liao Ren.

The leader was frightened and wanted to run away, but felt his body go limp, unable to obey.At the same time, among those Miao people, a familiar woman stood out and sneered at him a few times.

In fact, facing so many people, the leader might not be able to escape far if he wanted to, let alone now, after seeing this person in front of him, he knew that he must have been poisoned by Gu.

"Shi Meilan...you..." the leader said angrily, "You actually took the opportunity to collude with the Han people and want to drive us all to death?"

This was the only reason he could think of. If Shi Meilan was angry because he kidnapped the people in their village, she worked hard to come to Yizhou and cooperated with the officers and soldiers...Who would believe it?

He was sure that Shi Meilan was either trying to curry favor with the Han people, or she just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to control the Liao people. She was really ambitious.

The leader was poisoned by the Miao people, and it was difficult to move. The Liao people were leaderless, and there were traitors. The Han and Miao troops were large in number. After a while, they would kill them silently up the mountain, and the Liao people would definitely be defeated.Cooperating with the poisonous Gu brought by Shi Meilan, even the other captives can remain unharmed.

To be honest, with their scale, mobilizing so many people is like killing chickens with a bull's knife.Quite a few people inside are Miao people who are familiar with the mountains... The people in the village probably would never have imagined that they would face such a situation.

Shi Meilan sneered: "Poor people are even poorer, who cares about you?"

The leader glared at her: "That's why the Han people are looking for your partner, and you can't get away with it!"

"Don't say that, what's wrong with Chieftain Shi, you obviously did it yourself..." The leader saw that "Shi Shan" had actually walked out of the Han camp, and his jaw almost dropped.

Yun Yanhui showed a smile in front of the leader's deteriorating expression: "Silly brother, I lied to you before."

leader:"…………"

Yunyan returned to Shi Shiran and said, "If you hadn't tied up us court officials who are entrusted with the emperor's order, how could there be such a big battle? But don't worry, the functions of Tali and Ziyunying are real. Yes, there is such a good thing. Other methods are also true, and I have to write a letter to implement it in the whole of Guangnan."

"But what about you, maybe you won't have the chance to experience it. Exile? No, this place is the most remote and has the worst environment. Well, let's just go to Guizhou next door to dig stones and do labor reform..."