Chapter 531: Inferior
"Governor, is Pingzhou preparing to attack the Xianbei?" Guo Chong suddenly said.
Lu Songli was surprised.
Lu Desheng and Xue Xu also looked at each other.
This matter is considered confidential, and even among the top leaders in Pingzhou, not many people know this secret.
"How did you know?" Lu Songli asked.
Lu Desheng didn't think too much about it. After all, it seemed that everyone present was smarter than him. He just needed to listen and didn't need to use his brain.
And Xue Xu was already thinking about the most likely link for leaks.
Guo Chong: "I guessed it. I took a walk around the city yesterday."
Lu Desheng: He just arrived in Pingzhou yesterday, right? Such keen insight, wow.
Now that he was one of them, Lu Songli didn't hide it from him, "You guessed right, we in Pingzhou are indeed preparing to use military force against the Xianbei, but this has a prerequisite..."
Guo Chong understood immediately, "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. If the enemy moves, it will be like the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
Lu Songli nodded slightly. The advantage of talking to smart people is that you can understand everything at once.
At this time, Lu Songli's attendant came to remind her, "Governor, it's getting late. You have a meeting at 2:15 pm. Also, the Seventh Institute of Technology said there will be heavy snow this morning."
What I mean is, go back quickly before it rains.
Guo Chong exclaimed, "Even the weather can be predicted?" Pingzhou is truly full of talented people.
Lu Desheng even breathed softly, afraid of being noticed. His daughter was so pitiful; her schedule was already packed.
Lu Songli was indeed very busy, and since the servant reminded her, she stood up and said goodbye to Guo Chong.
Before leaving, Lu Songli said to Guo Chong, "Military Advisor, this place is too cramped. There's a house on Chongwen Road that would suit you well. Why don't you move there first?"
Guo Chong knew that Chongwen Road was located on the main street to the left of the present-day Pingzhou government office. The houses there were very nice. It could be said that those who lived on Chongwen Street today were all the new rich of the Pingzhou government office.
The governor's arrangement was good, and he had no objection. "Okay."
"You pack up for a while, and someone will come to help you move later. You report to the government office at noon tomorrow, is there any problem?" Lu Songli felt that since he had already joined the team, he should start working as soon as possible.
Is it so fast? Guo Chong now felt what Pingzhou speed was.
Lu Desheng looked at him sympathetically.
When Lu Songli and his group returned to the government office, it started snowing.
Lu Desheng said hello to his daughter and slipped back home. This kind of weather is perfect for staying home, sitting by the stove and making tea. Mmm, roasting some sweet potatoes or beans would be delicious.
After returning to the Pingzhou government office, Lü Songli ordered all the important officials in Pingzhou to be summoned. Tomorrow, she would solemnly welcome Guo Chong to join the government. This was basic etiquette; one should not look down on someone just because they came to join her on their own initiative.
Northern Border, Jinyang
After the northern border and Liangzhou were occupied by the Xianbei, the royal tent was set up in Jinyang.
Previously, the northern border had always been guarded by the Qin family, and these foreign barbarians had never set foot there. Now that they have set up their royal tent in Jinyang, they inexplicably feel a sense of accomplishment.
But for the people in the northern border and Liangzhou, it was extremely painful.
When the Dali Dynasty and the Xianbei royal court exchanged the Northern Border and Liang Province, they were in a hurry and were unable to evacuate and resettle the people of the two provinces. Of course, the Xianbei royal court did not allow them to evacuate the people of the two provinces. What the Xianbei barbarians lacked was not land, but people to support them.
Because when the Xianbei royal court took over the northern border and Liangzhou, it told the people of the two states that whatever happened to Dali in the past, it would be the same for them in the future, and the taxes would be the same.
As a result, only a small number of people decisively left during the initial period of chaos, while most of the people stayed.
Firstly, it is hard to leave one’s hometown.
Liangzhou in the north is not Pingzhou. With the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce as a guarantee, the common people can sell their fields and houses when they leave.
Many ordinary people were very poor. If they left, they could not take their houses or land with them. There was very little they could take with them: some food, a few clothes, and not much money.
In the cold winter, without a house to shelter them from the wind and rain, they might not survive.
Secondly, I'm just hoping for luck.
If they left, they would become poor overnight and might not even survive the winter; if they stayed, if what the Xianbei had said before was true, then it was not impossible for them to stay.
Unfortunately, their dreams were shattered in the end.
Half a month after the Xianbei royal court took over the two states, it sent people to collect taxes, saying it was a protection tax.
Almost every household had to pay a tax of about one or two taels of silver. For families without money, the Xianbei barbarians would take away valuables from their homes or their livestock.
Moreover, the Xianbei could bully the Han people at will without being punished. If someone died, they would just pay a few taels of silver as compensation and everything would be fine.
The common people of the two states are actually inferior to others.
The people of the two states dare not speak out but are angry.
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After returning from Pingzhou, Yuchi Xun galloped on the street with a group of people.
When he was about to return to the king's tent, he took a shortcut, which led to a market.
Because it was not a market day, there were not many people at the market, but because it was a sunny day, there were still some people.
Back when it was under the control of Dali, horses were not allowed to ride on this stretch of road. But Yuchi Xun was anxious to return and didn't care.
Seeing this, Yuchi Xun's subordinates hurriedly shouted, "The royal officials are doing their job, the people should stay away!"
"The royal officials are doing their job, and the people are avoiding them!"
"The royal officials are doing their job, and the people are avoiding them!"
Suddenly, screams were heard everywhere in the street, and people quickly hid to the side.
But there were still some Han people who were unable to dodge in time, especially some elderly people, women and children, whose reactions were not quick enough.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Yuchi Xun did not slow down his horse. When he faced those who blocked his way and failed to dodge in time, he whipped them with the whip in his hand, as if he was taking out all the anger he had suffered in Pingzhou on these Han people.
At this moment, a child about five or six years old staggered and fell on his butt in the middle of the road.
"Xiu'er!" The mother, who had poor legs and feet, shouted when she saw this.
“Get out of the way!”
The child was so frightened that he didn't react. Then, with a whoosh, he was whipped by Yuchi Xun and rolled to the side.
I don’t know where I hit the back of my head, but it was broken and bleeding.
The child died on the spot with his eyes open.
In just a short while, one person died and countless others were injured.
The child's mother knelt beside him, crying heartbreakingly, "Oh, child, my child!"
At this time, Yuchi Xun's subordinates saw that someone had died, and secretly said it was troublesome. They took out five taels of silver from their arms and threw it down, saying arrogantly, "This was an accident, no one wanted it to happen. Use this silver to bury him properly." Then they rode away.
The mother ignored him completely. She held her child's head and burst into tears, "Xiu'er, I regret so much. Why did I bring you out to the streets?"
Everyone else came to help silently, and the silver was placed next to the mother by the kind-hearted people.
There were also a dozen injured people, who were either helped to the side by themselves or by others.
"Why? Why is this happening? You're only five years old, Xiu'er!"
Everyone's heart trembled, and they also asked, Oh my God, why? They just want to live, just want to survive, why let them go through this?
When General Qin and his men were around, they had never been bullied like this.
They didn't understand why the court would punish the Qin family, who were good at fighting, and then send those who couldn't fight to the northern border? Why did they abandon them in the end? Weren't they the people of Dali?
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