A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

Daming Mansion was an important town in the north of the Song Dynasty and an important line of defense.

Once the Song Dynasty launched a decisive battle with the Liao people in the north, Daming Mansion would be the general command station and core of the Song Dynasty.

"... Daming Prefecture is an important town in the north. It controls important areas in the north and is in charge of offense and defense. This place is less than four hundred miles away from Bianliang. It can be reached in a few days by fast horse... In the past, the prefect of Daming Prefecture could handle such an important place. Comfort envoy...Now that the situation in Song and Liao is gradually reversed, the Daming Mansion has been neglected a lot...but we cannot slack off due to the great trust of the officials!"

In the Yamen of Daming Prefecture, the prefect Liu Xian sat at the head of the office. Jiang Wei, the official below, listened with a stupefied face. The judge Wang Tong had thin cheeks and dark skin, like an old farmer. He said in a deep voice: "Prefect, since the snow disaster hit Daming Prefecture, , you have been on patrol many times to appease the people, and most of the rice and food at home have been sent to the streets... You are worthy of it."

Liu Xian sighed: "Hey! It's just that in my heart... I feel like my heart is twisting when I think of the people suffering! But Daming Mansion doesn't have much food in stock, what can I do?"

Jiang Wei suddenly said with a dull face: "Prefect, it is said that most of the 150,000 guan of money and food sent by the Central Government has been embezzled."

There was silence in the main hall for a moment, and Liu Xian shook his head and said: "The money was used to buy food, and the victims ate it, bought medicinal materials, and built houses... But the people are not enough! What can I do..."

Wang Tong looked indignant, "Governor, the so-called unruly people are this kind of people. They eat the food and refuse to admit it, and then some people falsely accuse them... Hey! It's hard to be an official these days!"

"It's very difficult." Liu Xian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "As an official, I naturally have to do my best. This matter..."

His body suddenly leaned forward slightly, and the bodies of Jiang Wei and Wang Tong below them leaned over in unison.

"Bianliang knows about this. Someone will come down. We must cooperate well and prepare the account books... Wang Tongpan... prepare the account books."

"Yes." Wang Tong nodded, "Everything is ready. Don't worry, prefect."

Liu Xian smiled and nodded, looked at Jiang Wei and said, "In extraordinary times, those who do evil...are all in jail?"

"Yes." Jiang Wei nodded with a wooden face.

Liu Xian smiled and said: "These people... dare to take advantage of the situation in extraordinary times. I wish I could kill them all with one knife. But the country has national laws and the family has family rules. I can only wait for the people from Bianliang..."

Jiang Wei glanced at him and asked, "Who does the prefect think will come to Bianliang?"

Liu Xian thought for a moment, "Han Xiang has just made great achievements in the north, but it's hard to come out. Prime Minister Bao... Prime Minister Bao is old, and it's cold today... He can't come, I guess it's Prime Minister Zeng."

Jiang Wei praised: "Zeng Xiangmin once asked for help in person, which is very elder-like."

Liu Xian said with a smile: "Let's just cooperate. We have cooperated so well that we have properly resettled the victims."

"A batch of food has arrived!" Wang Tong suddenly said: "It has just been put into storage."

Liu Xian glanced at him, shook his head and said: "Someone from Bianliang is coming soon, put it in the warehouse and wait for someone from Bianliang to deal with it."

"yes."

The three of them picked up their teacups, and then fell silent.

The snow stopped.

The entire Daming Mansion looks white.

It's not just the snow that's white, but also the hungry people.

The hungry people found a place to sit down in the city, leaning against each other to keep warm. Some kindhearted people brought hot water. They drank it greedily, and then their faces became more rosy and they looked at the city gate expectantly.

"They say there's no food."

"Um."

"But what should we do? If we don't have food, will we starve to death?"

"Isn't it porridge every day?"

"The porridge is almost like water, and it's gone after a splash of urine."

"In the morning, there were dozens more who didn't get up and were just dragged away to death."

"Why……"

Everyone gradually fell silent, not because they had nothing to say, but because they were desperate and lacked the energy to speak.

"There is movement at the top of the city!"

Someone pointed at the top of the city. When everyone looked, they saw the soldiers on the top of the city who had been eyeing them eagerly turned around and looked outside the city.

"There's the sound of horse hooves!"

The sound of horse hooves went from sparse to as heavy as drum beating.

"Go and report to the government that the cavalry is coming!"

"More than three hundred people!"

A group of sergeants rushed down and ran toward the city.

"It's Hei Jia! It's Hei Jia!"

Someone was shouting at the top of the city. Immediately, the general who had stopped his horse outside the city gate shouted: "It's the Mangshan Army. Oh my god, it's him."

"Who? Military leader, who is it?"

"Heijia... Shen An is here."

In an instant, the momentum of the sergeants stagnated. The victims heard something, and the atmosphere became heated.

A woman holding a baby in her arms was desperate because there was no milk. The baby was crying weakly. She wished she could cut her wrists and feed him blood. His eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked his official, "Then Shen An...isn't he County Duke Shen? Yelu Hongji was defeated by him."

Her official name was Chen Wu, and he nodded and said, "Yes! County Duke Shen also built a Jingguan... Liao people are afraid of him."

There was a look of fear on the woman's dark face, "Could it be that he is fierce, speaks like thunder, and is nine feet tall..."

Chen Wu shook his head, "I haven't seen it before."

"Get out of the way!"

A sharp shout came from outside the city gate, "Why are you blocking me after your identity has been verified?"

The general said: "This... I have met County Duke Shen, but the prefect and others are coming to welcome him... you see..."

Shen An dismounted and looked at the general with sharp eyes, "Are you a warrior?"

The general stood up straight involuntarily, "Yes."

Shen An said coldly: "Warriors don't think about how to defeat the enemy, but they are quite concerned about the red tape of welcoming and sending off... Get out!"

The general trembled, turned around and shouted: "Move away, move away!"

After the horse was removed, Shen An handed the reins to Wen Xiaozhong and led the Mangshan army into the city on foot.

The soldiers of the Daming Mansion were standing outside, and someone murmured: "What a powerful Duke Shen. He just glanced at the Marquis, and the Marquis lowered his head, and his body was still trembling."

"This is the God of Death! He kills people from Jiaozhi, Xixia, and Liao wherever he goes. This murderous aura shoots straight into the sky. Who dares to face it?"

"Tsk tsk! It would be great if someone could join the Mangshan Army."

"Stop dreaming."

When Shen An entered the city, he saw victims of the disaster everywhere he looked.

The door of the shop was full of victims with withered faces. After seeing Shen An, several old people slowly helped the younger man stand up, with a brighter look in their eyes.

Gradually the victims stood up.

Shen An stopped, he knew what this meant.

From ancient times to the present, the Chinese people have a deep attachment to imperial envoys. Whenever they encounter suffering and injustice, they are particularly eager for an imperial envoy to descend from the sky and relieve themselves of their difficulties and grievances.

This is a kind of self-comfort, because most people have not waited for the imperial envoy.

But now Shen An is here.

He has a great reputation and is known as a famous general of the Song Dynasty.

His literary talent is outstanding, and his miscellaneous knowledge is of his own.

What would such a man with both civil and military skills look like?

He is slightly taller than ordinary people, and not burly. As for his appearance, he is just ordinary, and there are even some cracks on his face due to the rush.

This is an ordinary person.

"how many people?"

Shen An spoke, and the clerk beside him said with a bitter face: "More than 10,000 people."

"More than ten thousand people!"

Shen An looked at these hopeful faces and heard the children's cries, which were very subtle.

He walked straight over, and the crowd silently parted ways.

The woman held the child in her arms and looked at Shen An coming at a loss. She was trembling, ready to kneel down without any guidance.

People at the bottom are afraid of officials because they know that officials can control their own life, death, honor and disgrace.

In front of officials, the dignity of the people is gone.

"Stand still!"

Shen An shouted low, and the woman stood up subconsciously, but her officer Chen Wu knelt down.

Shen An came over, looked down at the infant child, stretched out his hand, "Show it to someone."

The woman subconsciously handed over the swaddling clothes, and then became a little worried.

Shen An held the baby in his arms very skillfully. Looking at the baby's weak appearance, he asked the woman, "But is there no milk?"

Being a mother means being strong. At this moment, the woman forgot her shyness and nodded: "Well, the child is very hungry."

Shen An shook the child and asked, "Why don't you go find the official?"

The officials here refer to the government and officials.

The woman glanced at the clerk next to Shen An and said with a panicked expression: "Slave...slave..."

Shen An looked sideways at the clerk and asked, "Why is no one helping her?"

The clerk smiled dryly. He was the person in charge of the victims in this area. When being questioned by Shen An, he was inevitably a little disapproving.

"Adults can survive, but how can children survive?" Shen An said calmly: "Parents are willing to die for their children, what about you?"

The clerk looked up, a little surprised by Shen An's statement, and smiled and said: "Of course villains are like this too."

"That's good."

Shen An smiled and suddenly took off with a flying kick.

Boom!

The clerk was kicked out and fell four or five steps away, clutching his stomach and screaming.

Shen An strode over with her child in her arms. The victims were frightened and avoided them one after another.

This is an official!

Who dares to beat an official?

Shen An kicked him away, causing the clerk to roll on the ground, and his screams were particularly loud.

"You look fat and shiny, but look at these people..."

Shen An pointed at the victims and said, "Look at them, then look at you. Damn it, you beasts are the ones who forced the people to rebel. The government is forcing the people to rebel!"

The victims suddenly fell silent, and gradually they heard choking sounds.

yes!

Who would rebel if they were not desperate?

"Mr. Shen County understands us!"

An old man wiped away his tears and said, "Who would rebel if they were not about to die? That's a lunatic!"

"ah……"

"Mr. Shen, please spare my life..."

Shen An kicked him away, and the clerk's screams became extremely sharp.

At this moment, Liu Xian came with officials and shouted from a distance: "Mr. Shen, please stop, you have something to say, you have something to say..."

Daming Mansion is Beijing among the four capitals of the Song Dynasty. To be the chief official here, Liu Xian's qualifications are naturally not weak. So he felt that Shen An would give him this face.

It's so outrageous to take action as soon as you arrive!

His face was as heavy as water and he walked quickly.

The clerk looked sideways at him on the ground and shouted: "Prefect, help me..."

Shen An raised his head and glanced at them indifferently, then raised his right leg and stepped down hard.

Click!

"ah……"

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