Chapter 531: Inferior

"Governor, is Pingzhou preparing to attack Xianbei?" Guo Chong said suddenly.

Lu Songli was surprised.

Lu Desheng and Xue Xu also looked at each other.

This matter is considered a secret, even among the top leaders of Pingzhou, not many people know this secret.

"How did you know?" Lu Songli asked.

Lu Desheng didn't think too much, but everyone present seemed smarter than him? He can just listen and don't have to use his brain.

And Xue Xu is already considering the most likely link to leak the secret.

Guo Chong: "I guessed it. I walked around after entering the city yesterday."

Lu Desheng: He just arrived in Pingzhou yesterday, right? Such keen insight, tsk.

Now that he is one of his own, Lu Songli did not hide anything from him, "You guessed it right, we in Pingzhou are indeed preparing to use troops against Xianbei, but there are preconditions for this..."

Guo Chong understood immediately, "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. If the enemy moves, the mantis stalks the cicada, with the oriole behind."

Lu Songli nodded slightly. The advantage of talking to smart people is that they can reveal everything at once.

At this time, Lu Songli's attendant reminded her, "Governor, it's getting late. You have to see someone at 2:30. In addition, Qigongyuan said there will be heavy snow this morning."

What I mean is, go back as soon as possible before it rains.

Guo Chong sighed, does anyone even predict the weather? Pingzhou is really full of talents.

Lu Desheng breathed softly for fear of being noticed. My daughter is so pitiful. Look at this time, it is already fully scheduled.

Lu Songli was indeed very busy. Since the attendant 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 is a house on Chongwen Road that is suitable for you. Why don't you move there first?"

Guo Chong knew that on Chongwen Road, on the main street to the left of the current Pingzhou government office, there were nice houses there. It can be said that those who live in Chongwen Street today are all the new rich from Pingzhou Prefecture.

The governor's arrangement was very good, and he had no objection, "Okay."

"You clean up later, and someone will come to help you move later. You will report to the government office tomorrow at 12 o'clock. Is there any problem?" Lu Songli felt that since she has joined the team, she should start working as soon as possible. .

So fast? Guo Chong now felt what Pingzhou speed was.

Lu Desheng glanced at him sympathetically.

When Lu Songli and his party returned to the government office, snow began to fall in the sky.

Lu Desheng said hello to his daughter and slipped home. This kind of weather is perfect for staying at home and making tea by the fire. Hmm, bake some sweet potato beans or something, it's delicious.

After returning to the Pingzhou government office, Lu Songli ordered that all the heavyweight executives in Pingzhou be summoned back. Tomorrow, she would ceremoniously welcome Guo Chong to join. This is the most basic etiquette. You cannot look down on others just because they come to you.

Northern Territory, Jinyang

After the northern border and Liangzhou were occupied by Xianbei, the royal tent was set up in Jinyang.

The Qin family had been guarding the northern border before, and they, the foreign barbarians, had never set foot there. Now that they had set up their royal tent in Jinyang, they felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

For the people in the northern border and Liangzhou, it is extremely painful.

When the Dali Dynasty and the Xianbei Royal Court handed over the northern border and Liangzhou, they were in a hurry and had no ability to evacuate and resettle the people in the two states. Of course, the Xianbei royal court would not allow them to evacuate the people from the two states. What they Xianbei Hulu lacked was not land, but the 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 what happened to Dali in the past would be the same to Xianbei in the future, and the taxes would be the same.

As a result, only some people left decisively during the initial chaotic period, while most people stayed.

First, it’s hard to leave your homeland.

Liangzhou in the north is not Pingzhou. With the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce taking care of the situation, the people can still sell their fields and houses when they leave.

Many people are very poor. If they leave, they will not be able to take their houses or their fields with them. They will only be able to take away very few things, some food, a few clothes, and not much money.

In the middle of winter, without a roof to protect them from wind and rain, they may not be able to survive.

Secondly, it’s probably just a matter of luck.

If they leave, they will return to poverty overnight and may not even survive this winter; if they stay, if what Xianbei said before remains true, then it is not impossible to stay.

Unfortunately, their dream was shattered after all.

Half a month after the Xianbei Royal Court took over the two states, they sent someone to collect a tax, saying it was some kind of protection tax.

Almost every household has to pay a tax of about one tael of silver. If a family has no money, the Xianbei barbarians will take away the valuable things from the home or take away the livestock.

Moreover, the Xianbei people can bully the Han people at will without being punished. If someone loses his life, he only needs to pay a few taels of silver and everything will be fine.

The common people of the two states are livingly inferior to others.

The common people in the two states dare to be angry but dare not speak out.

…

After returning from Pingzhou, Yuchixun led a group of people and galloped on the street.

When he was about to return to the king's tent, he took a shortcut, which was a section of the market.

Because it was not a market day, there were not many people in the market, and because it was a sunny day, there were still some people.

In the past, when it was still under the control of Dali, horses were not allowed to ride on this section of the road. But Yu Chixun was anxious to go back and didn't care about this.

Seeing this, Yu Chixun's subordinates quickly shouted, "Officials of the royal court are doing things, and the people should stay away!"

"Officials of the royal court are doing things, but people are avoiding them!"

"Officials of the royal court are doing things, but people are avoiding them!"

Screams suddenly broke out on the street, and people quickly hid to the side.

But there were still Han people who couldn't dodge in time, especially some old people, women and children, whose reactions were not quick enough.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

Yuchi Xun didn't slow down his horse. Facing those who didn't dodge in time and blocked the road, he whipped them with the whip in his hand, as if he was venting all the anger he had suffered in Pingzhou on these Han people.

At this time, a five or six-year-old child staggered and fell down in the middle of the road.

"Xiu'er!" The mother with bad legs and feet shouted when she saw this.

"Get out of the way!"

The child was so scared that he didn't react. With a whoosh! He was whipped by Yuchi Xun and rolled to the side.

I don't know where the back of his head hit, it was broken and bleeding.

The child died on the spot, his eyes were open.

In just a short time, one person died and countless people were injured.

The child's mother knelt beside him, crying heartbreakingly, "Ah, child, my child!"

At this time, Yuchi Xun's subordinates saw the dead person, secretly said troublesome, took out five taels of silver from their arms and threw it down, and said arrogantly, "This is an accident, no one wants it, take this silver to bury him properly." Then he rode away.

The mother ignored him at all, she hugged the child's head and cried, "Xiu'er, mother is so sorry, why did I take you to the street?"

Others came to help silently, and the silver was placed next to the mother by kind 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 are only five years old, Xiu'er!"

Everyone's heart trembled, and they were also asking, God, why? They just want to live, just want to live? Why let them suffer this?

When General Qin was there before, 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 were not good at fighting to the northern border? Why did they abandon them in the end? Aren't they the people of Dali?