The current King Of Jin was no longer the powerful King Of Jin of the Nine Great King Of Jin during Zhu Yuanzhang's era. Compared to the first King Of Jin, the current King Of Jin was just a political mascot.
However, the King Of Jin was important. He was a member of the royal family, a relative of the Emperor. If a foreign official destroyed the royal family, how was that any different from rebellion?
Therefore, during the Ningxia incident, the officials who caused the King Of Qing's death because they did not fulfill their duties were all beheaded.
It was obvious that Wang Shiyang had a lingering fear after witnessing such an outcome. That was why he invited the King Of Jin's family to seek refuge in Qi County before the martial law was imposed in Taiyuan. They would return after the war.
It was also thanks to Wang Shiyang's idea. Otherwise, the King Of Jin's family would have been dead. Wang Shiyang's head would have been gone as well. Even Xiao Ruxun would have been implicated. However, it was Wang Shiyang who led the war previously. Xiao Ruxun did not even show up and did not bear any responsibility. However, it was different now.
Wang Shiyang vomited blood and fainted. He temporarily entrusted the governorship to Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun taking over the governorship was equivalent to taking over Wang Shiyang's responsibilities. If the King Of Jin was killed by the Northern Barbarians before Wang Shiyang regained consciousness, then Xiao Ruxun would have been beheaded. Even if he did not lose his head, he would have been demoted from his position.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun anxiously ordered Li Rusong to immediately reorganize the troops. However, there were not many troops under him at the moment. He could not leave too many people to guard Taiyuan and maintain order. Xiao Ruxun was also worried that Taiyuan would fall into chaos again after he left. At this moment, Wang Hui arrived with the infantry.
Xiao Ruxun let out a long sigh. He handed over the defense and reconstruction of Taiyuan to Wang Hui for the time being, and then he gave him the grain storage map, telling him that if there was a shortage of grain, he was to mobilize the people of Taiyuan to transport grain, so that they would be safe for the time being.
Before leaving, Xiao Ruxun looked at the people of Taiyuan Sect coming and going, and suddenly thought of something. He hurriedly called Wang Hui over and carefully told him some things that he was concerned about.
"This amount of food is more than enough for the fifty to sixty thousand refugees who are helping to rebuild Taiyuan City. However, you have to remember that you have to carefully observe the number of refugees who come to eat the porridge. Also, have someone calculate the daily consumption of food. If there is a large increase in the number of refugees coming to eat the porridge, then you have to be careful.
You have to find some sand on the ground and wash away the dust, leaving behind some sand that can be seen with the naked eye. Then mix the sand with the grains to make porridge, and then put the porridge in. No matter how much they complain, just do this. This way, these grains can last until the end of the war. "
Wang Hui didn't understand and asked Xiao Ruxun why he had to do this.
"I have already sent people to start counting the number of refugees who are helping to do the work, record their names, and then put the porridge according to the number of people. However, I am worried that there will be some lazy people who see the government giving out porridge. They clearly have grain, but they will take advantage of the chaos to get a bowl of porridge to eat, and then leave after eating, not helping to do the work.
"If that is the case, these precious grains will be wasted for nothing. However, if you add some sand, the situation will be very different. Although the refugees who come to help will complain, they will still eat it, because they have nothing to eat and must eat. If they don't eat, they will starve to death, so they will pick out the sand and eat the porridge.
"As for those lazy people who have their own grain but also want to get a bowl of rice to eat, after eating the sand once, they will not come a second time.
This way, we can guarantee that the people who come to eat the porridge are all people who have nothing to eat and need this porridge to eat. This way, we can help the refugees who need help to the greatest extent. After all, the grain in our hands is also very precious, and we can't abuse it just because we have it now. "
Wang Hui suddenly understood.
"No wonder in the past years when a place encountered a famine, the relief grain provided by the court was not enough. In the past, I thought that it was the officials at all levels who exploited the people, but now I think that it is not only that!"
Xiao Ruxun nodded.
"There are many people in China, most of them are hardworking, but there are also people who like to take advantage of small advantages. When a famine occurs in a place, the court sends relief grain, and there are also people who set up porridge stalls. Although there are refugees who have no food to eat, there are also many despicable people who pretend to be refugees and come to eat and drink, eating the life-saving grain of the victims.
What is more hateful is that most of these people are organized, and they are gangsters and lazy people who are organized by some bad traders. They just want to eat the relief grain as soon as possible, so that the refugees have no food to eat, and can only buy their high-priced food to eat. The officials above are exploiting, and there are people like this who fish in troubled waters, so the disaster becomes more and more serious. "
Wang Hui nodded seriously and said, "I understand. I will definitely follow the Admiral's orders and do my best."
Xiao Ruxun nodded, and then said with some worry, "The sand can't be too small, or else you won't feel anything when you eat it, and the sand will stay in your stomach and can't be digested, which is very dangerous. It can't be too big, or else they will be picked out, and those scoundrels and lazy people will still come to eat it.
"You want those of medium size, not too big, not too small, and there are a lot of them, but they can be picked out with some effort. This is the most appropriate, but remember to wash the dust and mud with water, or else they will have diarrhea after eating the porridge. One or two won't matter, but one or two hundred or three or four hundred, and you will be in big trouble.
"Naturally, if there are people who deliberately cause trouble, have ill intentions, and try to incite the people to steal the food, kill them on the spot, and do not tolerate them. This batch of food is the life-saving food for the people of Taiyuan City. Only with food can the people's hearts be stabilized. We cannot let one or two lazy people spoil the plan. It is necessary to kill one to warn a hundred."
Wang Hui noted down each of these words and carefully repeated them. Only then did Xiao Ruxun feel at ease. He handed over Taiyuan City and the hundreds of thousands of people to Wang Hui and the three thousand soldiers. He himself led Li Rusong and the main force of cavalry south at top speed, and the heavily armed infantry followed closely behind, also hurrying towards Qi County.
In Xiao Ruxun's imagination, the Northern Barbarians had traveled west for quite a distance before suddenly turning south. Regardless of whether their target was Qi County or not, if they rushed over now, they should still be able to make it in time. As long as they reached Qi County, Xiao Ruxun, Li Rusong, and the rest's heads would be saved, and they would be safe.
As for whether the Northern Barbarians's target was Qi County, Xiao Ruxun expressed his doubts. He also expressed his doubts about the Northern Barbarians' purpose in heading south. He had his own guesses, so he planned to observe the Northern Barbarians' movements and verify his guesses.
He wanted to know if these Northern Barbarians were heading towards the settlement of the Jin merchants.
This was because Qi County was also one of the settlements of the Jin merchants. If the Northern Barbarians' purpose in heading south was the settlement of the Jin merchants, then the movements of these Northern Barbarians could be controlled.
Ping Yao, Pu County, Ping Yang, these settlements of the Jin merchants could all become their targets.
They could not let them continue to wreak havoc. Although Xiao Ruxun also hoped that these Jin merchants would be destroyed, the people were innocent. The Northern Barbarians had burned, killed, and looted along the way, and the people who suffered the greatest losses were the people. If the whole of Shanxi was destroyed, then the price of destroying the Jin merchants would be too high.
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