The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty - Chapter 277

Zhao Yunchu rode his horse on the official road. He recalled that when he went out, he pulled Zhao Yundi’s sleeve and thanked him with emotion: “Brother, thank you, I will not forget your kindness…”

Zhao Yundi looked up to the sky and sighed, “Stop talking, I feel that my leg will be broken again this time.”

Zhao Yunchu was kept at home by Zhao Yuanyan and the princess, and could not go out. Thanks to Zhao Yundi’s secret support, he was picked up and the formalities along the way were arranged.

Zhao Yunchu hurried to Yizhou with his horse and whip and rushed to Yizhou. He only took a short break every day. Finally, he arrived at Baiyutang, who was heading to Yizhou with a transfer order, on his back and forth.

Bai Yutang has already proved his identity, and has reconciled with Zhizhou and military officers. He is asking about the local situation and thinking about how to successfully rescue people.

The hills where the laymen are stationed are steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

When Zhao Yun first arrived, he also claimed to be from Tokyo, but there was no transfer order to make people think he was a fake, and he was surrounded at that time. Fortunately, when he was reporting, Bai Yutang was on the sidelines. Hearing something was wrong, he called for a look, only to find that it was Zhao Yunchu.

“Why are you here?” Bai Yutang thought, Zhao Yunchu didn’t make a transfer, and immediately said, “Are you leaving Beijing privately?”

Zhao Yunchu nodded silently.

Zhao Yunchu had to go out of Beijing to Yizhou, not only with the consent of his parents, but also with the approval of the officials, but his escape, wherever he could go to the palace, was naturally completely private.

“I didn’t expect you to have the courage, okay! Let’s come together!” Bai Yutang was originally from a river and lake, but instead felt that Zhao Yunchu did a good job. Yun Yan is in trouble when he comes back, and these friends of them have to come to rescue, not to mention breaking their orders, even if the official is lost, it is worth it.

Bai Yutang concealed it from Zhao Yunchu, and then discussed together how to act.

Because of the orders of the officials, the Zhizhou of Yizhou was also there. Although I didn’t understand, I listened carefully. I was afraid that people would not be able to save them and my official career would be over.

Zhizhou was also exhausted. When the imperial physician came to report, he was a little anxious. At that time, he only knew that Zhou Huilin’s father was a high-ranking official.

Unexpectedly, someone soon came with the emperor’s life, and it was only then that Zhizhou knew that among the abducted people, it was not only Zhou Huilin’s identity that was important. There is another named Yun Yanhui, which is hard to describe by Wang Taiyi, but although this person is just a small official, he is Bao Xianggong’s confidant and official favorite.

This frightened Zhizhou. Such a bad thing happened in his jurisdiction. Rescue the people now, and then severely discipline the staff, it can only be said to be a remedy, I wonder if it will be settled after the autumn.

Zhizhou wished he could come up with a great idea to save people and make up for the past.

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

Be sure to wait for everyone to be safe before attacking, and teach these officials a lesson.

We were discussing it here, and suddenly someone came to report and found that a large number of Tu people appeared outside Yizhou City with weapons, looking like they were about to make a fuss.

Everyone was taken aback, and they were thinking about how to rescue people out of the room, and then taught that they were going to be in trouble?

Ask again, put down half of your heart. Those Tu people are not officials, but Miao from Guizhou.

But Zhizhou still couldn’t help but furious: “What’s the matter with the people in Guizhou, so many Miao people just acted under their noses, and when they reached the boundary of Yizhou, I didn’t know until they were outside the city! What do these people think? What are you doing?!”

It stands to reason that the Miao people have all returned, but due to the year-round instability in Guangnan, Zhizhou has no confidence in this, and is worried that the Miao people will turn back. At this time, it is really worse.

The army was afraid that the Miao would enter the city and harass the people, so they quickly stopped them. When the other party saw that they were aggressive, they also put on a posture…

Just at this moment, the two sides exchanged before the battle, and the misunderstanding was resolved.

It’s an ally!

The news quickly spread to the two sides. Although the language was unsuccessful, because of the same goal, the atmosphere suddenly became harmonious.

Zhao Yunchu couldn’t wait to know why the Miao people knew that Yun Yan was arrested?

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

At the beginning, the Shi family and the Guizhou government were particularly unwilling to deal with them. In a weak situation, they dared to be tough for their lost son. Had it not been for the little tiger to be found later, I would dare to die endlessly.

When Zhizhou learned that Bao Xianggong, who was **** to the mountain, was the same person who had saved Shi Meilan’s son, he was relieved.

No wonder Shi Meilanken worked so hard. Miao people valued love, Yun Yan rescued her son, of course she had to help.

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

After meeting the two countermeasures, Shi Meilan said with a puzzled look: “Zhufeng didn’t try to report to you? Oh yes, it is not easy for officials to go to the government.”

“What? Liren?” Shi Meilan’s words made everyone confused.

“Yes.” Shi Meilan brought the staff member who reported the letter over. This person had already been poisoned by her, and even if he was not tied up, he was honest.

The messenger shivered and told the truth about their situation on the mountain. From the moment Yun Yanhui rubbed off the gag cloth, when he went down the mountain later, Yun Yanhui and Zhou Huilin had already lived in a separate room with grandeur…

Everyone: “…”

They are here to replenish Yun Yan and be tortured miserably by the staff, but they did not expect that they are actually very happy… Can they be called Yan Ge’er? In fact, it should be the kidnappers who should worry about it!

Zhao Yunchu breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, “Also…”

Although Yan Ge’er was fine there, he did not regret that he had escaped from Beijing. Before coming, who can be sure of the situation. Although Yan Ge’er 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 Yan-Yun Yanhui had already negotiated with him!

He asked the Miao for help, and it was really the best choice. If the counterparty of the negotiation is the government, no matter how strong the reason is, the officials will have to doubt it.

Originally, Bai Yutang wanted to find out the terrain, sneaking up the mountain by himself, restraining the leader of the staff, and capturing the thieves first.

…

When Shi Meilan, Zhao Yunchu and his party met and prepared to act, Yun Yanhui had been on the mountain for more than half a month.

In the past half a month, Yun Yanhui has almost become the most popular person in the stockade.

Zhou Huilin’s injury was also healed. Yun Yan would give him some meat to replenish his body from time to time. He had no choice but to exercise, and he didn’t need to work, so he had a ruddy complexion, and he might have gained a few kilos.

And Yun Yan returned, dealing with the staff in the stockade every day, and learning their language, and 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, Yun Yanhui completely regarded the days of living in the mountains as a field trip. In his eyes, these bureaucrats who tied Yun Yan back are just a group of objects and materials for investigation.

Among the Tu nationality in Guangnan, they are very representative. By observing them, one can grasp the living conditions of each Tu nationality in Guangnan.

In fact, Yun Yan reminded Guangnan to implement the chieftain system, and he has always been more concerned about the policies here. The court hopes to Sinicize the Tu people and promote the Han culture, and plans to recruit the Tu people as officials in the future. It is also very important to effectively change their daily lives. At this point, the policy is not complete enough.

Yun Yan walked around in the stockade, chatted with Lao Ren, and got a lot of information about the situation.

The chief originally thought Yun Yan had a bad intention, and wanted to torture him if he was going to do something in the future.

As a result, Yun Yan replied righteously and said: “In the future, our chieftain will take everyone to develop together. I just want to help the brothers. I found that this mountain field is relatively barren and the grain harvest is not high, which causes everyone to always be unable to eat. Go down the mountain and go hunting. However, this situation is not unchangeable. We Miao people grow the fields, and now we will sprinkle grass to make the fields first. This is a natural fertilizer that can increase food production.”

The official name of the grass is Ziyunying, also called safflower grass. It is a good green manure, and it is also cold-resistant. It grows well on the mountain and can grow well on its own without special care. It can also be used to feed livestock, which is particularly convenient.

Not to mention now, even thousands of years later in China, there are still many mountain people using it. Moreover, in that era, it had another use besides fertilizing fields. That is, every time Ziyunying is in full bloom, tourists are attracted to watch it.

What Yun Yan said back was half and half true. He saw Ziyunying in Miao Village. People only knew it could feed cows and horses, and they didn’t specifically plant it.

Because Yun Da had just passed away, Yun Yanhui didn’t talk to Shi Meilan enthusiastically about this, but only slightly mentioned that more grass seeds could be collected and planted in the fields to make the fields more fattened, and he was going to write a letter to discuss in detail in the future.

Shi Meilan should go, but the time is so short, of course, it doesn’t seem to have become a routine as Yun Yan said back.

But information is not developed at this time, who knows what’s going on in other people’s nests. The leader was taken aback, and he was a little convinced. After all, the Miao people are now wealthier than them, but he wondered why Yun Yan would tell him such important things in return.

That grass has grown on many hillsides. For so many years, people and animals have not been poisoned after being touched. Instead, they can be used as medicine. But Feitian, no one has confirmed it. He can’t guarantee that humans and animals won’t die if they eat it, and whether they will increase or decrease production if they are planted in the field.

Yun Yan saw the leader’s suspicion in return, didn’t care, smiled and continued: “I think there are very few cattle in the stockade, and one is thinner than the other…”

“No matter how thin you are, you can’t eat it!” the leader yelled anxiously.

This guy, since he was in the stockade, he doesn’t know how many animals have been killed. At first it was from him to ask for it, but later it is said that he used his name to swindle in the stockade…and it can’t be said to swindle, just claiming to borrow it, and it will be doubled.

There is the example of the leader before, and Yun Yanhui has always boasted about their Miao Village. Everyone knows that Shi Meilan is mixing with the Han people, of course they believe it.

This is not the first time Yun Yan said that he wanted to eat this beef. Now that he mentioned farming cattle, the leader’s first thought was that he missed his own farming cattle. So much said before, it really is just a cover.

Yun Yan replied innocently: “What to eat or not, I mean, there are not enough cattle and everyone can’t finish the farm work. Can you try to buy new farming tools? The Han emperor is currently promoting a new farming tool. We have started using it in our village. It can not only plow the mud, but also open up the mountains. It is called a plow, and you can use your foot to step into the ground. It looks like this…”

Yun Yan gestured back to the leader in the shape of a stepping plow, and was an expert at the doorway. When the leader saw this, he felt that it was more reliable than that of planting grass and was more maneuverable.

Of course, the imperial court has a department that specializes in improving farming tools, but everything that is implemented has gone through countless designs and attempts. Stepping on the plough, I don’t know how many poor people have been benefited.

The leader was moved, “You have already started to use it? What’s the situation?”

This is true. The imperial court promoted new farm tools, and because the Miao village had a good relationship, they had tried it out a long time ago. Other Tu people have a bad relationship with the government, and even if the court asks them to use it, they will not accept it.

The communication between the two parties is not good at all, the level of Sinicization is not high, and the decree cannot be implemented, so it is miserable here. Even if there are good things, they can’t enjoy it.

Yun Yan replied: “With a step plow, one person can deeply plow five or six cents a day, as much as four inches deep!”

Relying on manpower, can you cultivate five or six cents of land in a day? !

“Scared!” The leader rubbed his hands. “Where are these government offices? Can you grab them?”

Yunyan has returned to the black line, so he can grab everything. “You don’t need to grab anything. You can take the plow in advance and return the government food after the harvest. It’s not expensive. Or you can rent it—of course, you still belong to your own family. More cost-effective.”

The leader disagrees with the need to use it for a fee, so he wants to grab it directly.

Yun Yan felt that he had nothing to do with him now, and did not persuade him, anyway, after he got out of trouble, who was the one who was in charge of the staff…

…

When the messenger came back, he also brought two Miao people. They led the horse and brought many supplies to redeem Yun Yanhui and Zhou Huilin.

Knowing that Yun Yan had eaten a lot of food here, and when he wanted to repay it twice, he didn’t even say anything else, so he took the equivalent Han copper coins to repay it.

Because these days, in addition to stepping on the plow and the grass, Yun Yanhui has also given a lot of good ideas to the stockade, many of which can be immediately confirmed to be correct, and everyone has a lot of goodwill towards him.

The leader was also quite moved. He had the idea of ​​being a person and staying on the sidelines so that he could meet each other in the future, so he didn’t take the opportunity to blackmail them again, instead he wanted to personally send Yunyan back to them down the mountain.

“If you were a person in our stockade, it would be great!” The leader said with emotion, “If you hadn’t already married a wife, I would have married your daughter to you. You have never seen a person like you in the cat people, but in the Han people. I can’t find it here!”

The leader doesn’t speak Chinese, otherwise he would praise Yunyan and repay his grievances with virtue.

At the foot of the mountain, the leader and Yun Yan waved back to say goodbye, and decided to contact each other in the future.

When Yun Yanhui and Zhou Huilin walked out for a while, when the leader watched them, he suddenly found that a large number of soldiers suddenly emerged from the surrounding bushes, in the mountains, and in the stone ditch in the distance.

Moreover, there were Han people and Miao people, and they immediately overwhelmed the figures of Yun Yanhui and Zhou Huilin. There were huge numbers of people.

Naturally, the weapons of these people did not turn toward Yunyan and return to the two, but toward the staff.

The leader was frightened and wanted to escape, but felt his body softened and he didn’t listen. At the same time, a familiar woman among those Miao people stood out and sneered at him a few times.

In fact, facing so many people, if the leader wanted to escape, he wouldn’t be able to escape far. What’s more, now that he saw the person in front of him, he knew that he must have been poisoned.

“Shi Meilan…you…” the leader said angrily, “You actually took the opportunity to collude with the Han people, wanting to kill our staff?”

This was the only reason he could think of. Shi Meilan was angry because he had **** the people in their stockade, so she went to Yizhou to kill and cooperated with the officers and soldiers…Who believes?

He was sure that Shi Meilan was either trying to please the Han people, or she wanted to take the opportunity to control her staff, she was really wolfish ambition.

The leader was poisoned by the Miao people, and it was difficult to move. The officials had no leader, and there were traitors. The Han and Miao troops were also large in number. After a while, they quietly killed the mountain, and the officials must be defeated. With the poisonous Gu that Shi Meilan brought, even the other prisoners could be unharmed.

To be honest, with the scale of these people, using so many people is a sledgehammer. Quite a few people in it are still Miao people who are familiar with the mountains and forests…the people in the stockade, I am afraid that they will face such a situation.

Shi Meilan sneered: “People who are poor are even poorer, who cares about you?”

The leader glared at her: “Then the Han people are looking for you to partner, and you can’t get rid of it!”

“Don’t say that, what’s wrong with Shi Tusi, it’s obviously you who did it yourself…” The leader saw that “Shi Shan” stepped out of the Han camp, causing his jaw to almost fall.

Yun Yanhui smiled before the leader’s worse and worse face: “Silly brother, I lied to you before.”

Leader: “…”

Yun Yan returned to Shi Shiran and said, “If you hadn’t tied us these imperial court officials, how could you have caused such a big battle? But, don’t worry, the effects of Step Li and Zi Yunying are true. Yes, there are really such good things. Other methods are also true, and I have to write a letter to promote it throughout Guangnan.”

“But you may not have the chance to experience it. Exile? No, this place is the most remote and the environment is the worst. Well, let’s go directly to the neighboring Guizhou to dig stones and do labor reform…”