Chapter 450 History

Liu Peng's eyes were firm. He first realized that Changyi was his territory from now on. He had to manage and use this fertile land well, so that the tragedy that had happened once could not be repeated!

For some reason, Liu Peng inexplicably felt that in the history that happened, many tragedies would fall to Changyi, a very painful land. He didn't know why he felt this way, but he felt that he had to work harder to prevent these tragedies from happening again. This is his mission in this earth and sky.

Although Liu Peng's feeling was a bit strange, it was not without reason. Although the drought in the 43rd and 4th year of Wanli had already been "people eat each other, and women traded in the south in tens of millions, called "strikers, killing and wounding in the road, never seen before", and the disaster was "unseen", but for Changyi County in another time and space, the huge disaster was just beginning.

In the 45th year of Wanli, Changyi County "big locusts, they pursued the 300 stones of locusts, and were suitable for students." In the first year of Tianqi, there was another "earthquake sound". In the third year of Chongzhen, "locusts entered the city, and the momentum was like water surging". In the same year, the Kong Youde Rebellion was "a great killing". In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Wei River broke out on the fifth day of the seventh month, and the water hit the east gate of the beach under the city."

However, for Changyi County, the real disaster was still behind. In November of the 15th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army broke through the pass and marched southward in northern Zhili and Shandong. Changyi encountered a killing comparable to that of the 43rd year of Wanli.

The Changyi County Chronicle in the 11th year of the Kangxi edition was not yet extremely strict at that time, and said a few truths to the Changyi Massacre that occurred in October of the 15th year of Chongzhen, "In December of this year, tens of thousands of Qing soldiers surrounded Chang. By the 16th, the city was destroyed, and the officials and civilians were killed and the corpses were piled up. More than 20 steps per street, those who liked righteousness gathered corpses into piles, added houses and wood to drive fire on the top, the flames rose up, and the fishy wind caught the ground, which was tragic."

In the seventh year of Qianlong, in order to conceal the massacre of the Qing army, all the necessary chapters of the county annals, such as "auspiciousness" and "army atmosphere", were deliberately deleted. In the chapter on the loyalty and wise, the "gentlemen and gentlemen died, and the names of 74 were listed.

In fact, these 74 dead were just officials and gentry who died in the battle of Changyi. Tens of thousands of Changyi officials and civilians who died under the Qing army's butcher knife were deliberately omitted.

However, even after experiencing so many natural disasters over the past few decades and facing the offensive of the Qing army, Changyi City still showed extreme loyalty and courage. Under the siege of the Qing army, from the eighth day of December 15th year of Chongzhen to the 16th day of the "city is preserved", the five incumbent officials, including Li Cuixiu, were all killed in battle, and the gentry in Changyi County was also vacant.

Those who died for the treasury included two Juren, four tributes, one tribute, two martial arts Jinshi, one juren, forty-six athletes, seven supervisors, and six martial arts. It can be said that the middle class of Changyi who had fame and honor died for the country, and they were not commanding the military soldiers, but only the local military force and armed civilians in Changyi held until the last moment of the city's destruction.

Five officials and sixty-nine gentry all died in the feudal life, and tens of thousands of Changyi soldiers and civilians died in battle, but this was only the number of people who died in the feudal life in Changyi County.

The Changyi County Chronicles also record many stories of loyalty and righteousness of gentry outside the city, and even many chaste women who died under the butcher knife of the Qing army.

However, in addition to the little records that had to be recorded in the county annals, the specific details of the massacre were deliberately omitted, and countless civilians in Changyi who died under the Qing sword and butcher sword were also missed. However, from the records of the Qing Dynasty county annals, we can imagine how much the Qing army killed in Changyi reached.

Not allowing such history to repeat itself is Liu Peng’s mission in this time and space!

Although Liu Peng did not understand what happened in Changyi County in the history that had happened, there was only a sense of responsibility called mission in his mind. He told Situ Nongyu: "Situ, don't worry, just leave it to me no matter what kind of natural disasters there are. I can only use my hand to win the sky!"

Situ Nongyu didn't know what kind of excitement and turmoil was in Liu Peng's heart. He just said happily: "It's best for Mr. Liu to say this. There are many problems in our Changyi now that cannot be solved. Mr. Liu must nodded!"

Situ Nongyu quickly repeated the preferential conditions proposed by Liu Peng in Dongliang and Laiyang County and Zhuqiao Town: "If we can give Changyi more three or four months next year, I guarantee that Changyi will definitely overcome the difficulties. I dare not say that no one will starve to death, but I may say responsibly that our county magistrate Bu is a good official!"

He didn't continue to say it, but Liu Peng understood what Situ Nongyu meant without further ado.

The magistrate Bu in Changyi County is indeed a real good official. The 11th edition of the Changyi County Chronicle once recorded that "the Weihe River broke out on the fourth day of June 19, 38th year of Wanli, flooding the city walls and fields. The magistrate Bu Youzhi applied for donation of money, grain and relief to the grain, and the people still praised it." During this flood, magistrate Bu performed outstandingly, so that the people of Changyi during the Kangxi period still praised his political achievements.

In the ancient Chinese political tradition, applying for donating money and grain to provide relief to the valley stone was a great stain on the political achievements of officials, and it means that the rice and beans transported must be insufficient. Therefore, although Magistrate Bu performed outstandingly in the two natural disasters in the 38th and 41st year of Wanli, his political achievements were several unqualified. Even in the 43rd year of Wanli, he still stayed in the position of Magistrate Changyi and was not further promoted.

But no matter how much neglected he was, he did not defeat the county magistrate Bu. Now he found that neither his own power nor Changyi nor the power of the provincial government could find a way out. Therefore, he accused the gentry such as Situ Nongyu to contact Liu Peng, and even led the power of Longkou into Longkou.

Now Situ Nongyu conveyed the meaning of Magistrate Bu: "Magistrate Bu means that as long as Mr. Liu can really help Changyi overcome the difficulties this time, he will not only be willing to hand over the county warehouse to the agent of Donglai Money Village, but also be willing to hand over the position of the six-household Jingcheng in the county."

Magistrate Bu really made up his mind. The powers of several officials in the county are in the Ministry of Personnel. The personnel powers of the magistrate are limited to dozens of officials in the county, and the most important of the dozens of officials is the position of the Sixth House Jingcheng.

Liu Peng laughed: "Situ Nongyu, I am very grateful to County Magistrate Bu for his enlightened actions in this matter, but this matter does not have to be like this. I have always respected Shangguan very much and cooperated well with all Shangguans. I only have one condition for coming to Changyi this time..."

Situ Nongyu immediately asked, "What are the conditions?"

Liu Peng laughed loudly and said, "I'll be planning a strong team leader for this brother Li Xiuwei and Li. If the county is inconvenient, it's okay to give him a horse-fast team leader. Apart from this, I have no extra requirements for Changyi, I won't take a penny, and I don't want a single one!"

The group of Changyi gentry who followed Situ Nongyu to greet Liu Peng suddenly had a smile on their faces. They originally thought that even if Liu Peng came to Changyi this time, he would make a lot of requests to make Changyi County embarrassed.

But now Liu Peng only has the position of a sturdy team leader or a sturdy team leader, so things will naturally be easy to deal with. Moreover, Li Xiuwei is the small banner of Laizhou Guard. It is natural to come to Changyi to train the patrol team and let him serve as the sturdy team leader.

Situ Nongyu was a little unbelievable that Liu Peng would be so generous: "Mr. Liu, what you said? As long as a strong team leader, we in Changyi can wait until autumn before paying off the debt, and the grain price will be high or low, you agree in person!"

Liu Peng laughed: "Situ, you are the owner of Donglai Money House after all, so you are a little confident, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" Situ Nongyu laughed loudly: "I thanked Mr. Liu on behalf of the officials and civilians of Changyi. By the way, Mr. Liu, it is not convenient for the county magistrate Bu to see you, but Mr. Shi Zaixun Shi saw you. Is it not convenient for you?"

"Shi Zaixun? Is that Juren?"

Situ Nongyu replied: "It's Mr. Shi!"

Changyi County has a poor cultural heritage, unlike Huangxian Jinshi who are poor and poor, and there are a lot of Juren. There are only two Jinshi and a few Juren in Changyi County in the Wanli Dynasty. Among these famous gentry, the two Juren were the ones with the highest prestige in Changyi.

One of them is Song Zizhi, the current governor of Dingzhou. It was with his support that Situ Nongyu had the courage to contact Liu Peng and introduce Longkou's power to Changyi, while the other juren was a historical record of the 19th year of Wanli.

However, unlike Song Zizhi, who had been in the officialdom for decades, Shi Zaixun had the style of a hermit. After passing the imperial examination, he never took office. Instead, he stayed in a closed door to study in the Tax Immortal Museum for more than 20 years. This experience of seclusion made Shi Zaixun's reputation soar and he had long become the natural leader of Changyi Shilin.

Moreover, although this historical record of the emperor Shi has never served in office, he has a comprehensive understanding of classics and history. He has written several great books such as "The Twenty-One Histories", "Changyi Gang Ji Zhi", and "Xun'er Jing". It can be said that he is a work and has an extremely transcendent identity among the gentry of Changyi.

Just when he mentioned this Juren Shi, Liu Peng felt a little bit grateful to him: "I heard that Mr. Shi is very energetic?"

Situ Nongyu understood what Liu Peng said immediately: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu is that Mr. Shi is usually a scholar and is not easy to explain, but this time he personally wanted to meet Liu Shao and have to explain some things to Mr. Liu."

Liu Peng immediately understood: "That's the best. I don't know where to go to see Mr. Shi?"

Someone next to him immediately said, "Mr. Liu, don't worry, Mr. Shi is already waiting in front. Don't worry, Mr. Shi is not easy to talk to, but today it must be very easy to talk to!"
Chapter completed!