Wei and Jin cooks

People's hearts can't be seen or touched, but they can be felt. After Zhao Jiajun crossed the river, Zhou Qi felt the tolerance, even welcome and love of the people in Jiangnan for them.

This was something that King Langya and his party did not have when they arrived in Jiangnan.

After Sima Rui went south for two years, most of the local noble families accepted him, but ordinary people were generally indifferent, and many even felt conflicted and disgusted.

Zhou Qi knew why. These northerners moved south in large numbers, and many southerners' businesses had improved, so they welcomed them; but more southerners found that since the northerners moved south, their land was getting smaller, and their work was becoming more difficult. It increased, but the income did not increase.

Moreover, Wang Dun and Sima Rui recruited a large number of soldiers in Jiangnan this year in order to prepare to resist the forces in Jiangbei.

In some places, those who cannot be recruited are directly sent to military service.

Although the public dissatisfaction has not yet reached the point of boiling, there are still many complaints among the people. Moreover, since the unification of Qin and Han Dynasties, the Chinese people have an obsession with unification and peace engraved in their blood.

Although many people are illiterate, they firmly believe that if there is peace and stability on both sides of the Yangtze River, they must be unified.

When Sima Rui arrived, Zhou Qi did not feel the urgency of the people. Director Wang acted mildly and was willing to give up more benefits to the southern nobles. He also did not feel the support for Sima Rui from the nobles.

Such as him.

So when he felt the urgency of the people after the Zhao family's army crossed the river, as well as the obedience of the heads of various clans to Zu Ti and the yearning for Zhao Hanzhang of Luoyang, he made a decision in his heart.

The Zhou family is the leader of the Jiangnan gentry. He controls the largest number of troops and the greatest military power among the Jiangnan gentry.

His choice directly affected various noble families in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhou Qi followed King Langya on board the ship, and the heads of the Jiang, Lu and other families in Houji also packed up their things and crossed the river, trailing far behind their team to Luoyang.

As for the northern nobles who fled to the south of the Yangtze River, as long as they still had the energy to spare, they all paid to keep up. Because they didn't know the way forward, they temporarily left their families in the south of the Yangtze River.

There were also some nobles who had fled the war and were down and out. They also took this opportunity to sneak into the team and shamelessly asked some old families for support to help them return to Luoyang.

Everyone knew that Zhao Hanzhang was thirsty for talents, and there was a talent recruitment exam in Luoyang, so even if the scholars were down and out, they were still full of confidence. They felt that as long as they arrived in Luoyang and let Zhao Hanzhang see their talents, they could stand out.

Therefore, after King Langya and Director Wang crossed the river, they found that the team following them was getting longer and larger.

Sima Rui couldn't help but lift the curtain and look back. The official road was long, with lush trees on both sides. At a glance, the pedestrians following behind were occasionally mixed with carriages, mule carts, donkey carts and ox carts, and from time to time there were people riding on them. The horse galloped across the grassland under the official road, kicking up dust all over the sky, and he couldn't see farther away.

This was the second time Sima Rui had seen such a large-scale migration. The first time was when he was fleeing south. At that time, a large number of nobles and common people followed him.

But at that time, everyone's face was filled with uneasiness and fear of the unknown. Even he repeatedly questioned his choice and seemed hesitant.

But now, the people following him had yearning expressions on their faces, their eyes were staring brightly ahead, and they were walking forward unswervingly.

Even though there was a guard of Zhao's army between them, he could still feel the hope and high spirits radiating from them.

Sima Rui's eyes turned red and he was so shocked that he lowered the curtain and sat up straight in his seat, but his shoulders and back still couldn't help but slump, and he leaned gently against the car wall.

Sima Shao, who was holding a book and reading it carefully, felt his father's depression, so he put down the book, raised the curtain and looked outside.

He understood with just one glance, put down the curtain and said to his father: "Father should be happy. Our ability is not enough to make them peaceful and happy. Now that the burden is lifted, the pressure is gone."

Sima Rui thought about it and felt much better, "That's true, but the prosperity of the family will depend on you in the future."

Sima Shao nodded, "Father, don't worry, I will do my best."

Sima Shao's calmness gave Sima Rui great confidence. He exhaled and looked at him with a look of relief and trust. Well, now his pressure was completely gone.

Zhao Jiajun, who was guarding Sima Rui and his party, did not stop those following the team. Occasionally, when an accident occurred, a part of the troops would be allocated to maintain order.

Seeing this, some scholars with tough bones or no old friends who were willing to help simply came to ask Zhao Jiajun for help.

Pingyi, a member of the escort army, thought for a while and asked them to eat with the escort army, two meals a day. They would eat whatever the soldiers ate. If they were camping at night, they would be given some bedding and allowed to stay beside the army.

More and more scholars are coming to seek refuge, but Pingyi doesn't accept everyone. If he can't tell his family's origins, can't recite a few pages of genealogy, or looks good in his clothes, he will Not helpful.

Even so, more and more scholars were taken in by him.

Then when approaching Luoyang, one night, screams suddenly came out from the quiet camping area, and then there was a burst of noise, but the noise soon dissipated, and eight more corpses appeared on the ground.

Torches were lit one after another in the dark night, and the heads of various aristocratic families who were camping not far away sent people over to inquire about the situation.

Ping Yi wiped the blood from the knife on the corpse in front of the visitors, and smiled with them: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the traitor Wang Dun sent an assassin to murder King Langya, and we captured him."

"Go back and tell your family master that all the traitors have been killed. Let them sleep peacefully." After that, he said to the frightened scholars: "Don't worry, everyone, I have received news of the assassin's treasonous trip before. , Don’t worry, our general will definitely not be involved in anything that you have not participated in.”

A scholar looked ugly and asked, "Did you know before that they were trying to rebel among us?"

Ping Yi glanced at him and said, "This is a military secret. Are you sure you want to find out?"

The scholar fell silent.

Ping Yi waved his hand and asked people to drag the bodies down, and then said to everyone: "It's getting late, everyone, please rest."

As soon as Pingyi left, someone immediately asked to leave.

The soldiers didn't stop him. Except for the eight fake soldiers who were holding knives and wanted to assassinate Sima Rui and were killed, they really didn't implicate anyone and didn't even check. They seemed to be very confident that there was no assassin among them.

But they believed it, but the scholars didn't.

Yes, they felt that there were assassins among them. Even if Zhao Jiajun was not involved, they would inevitably hurt innocent people when they fought and killed. An accident happened tonight, and two people were injured on their side.

One saw the assassin and the soldier fighting each other, and when he ran away in a hurry, he fell down and cracked his head. The other was frightened and stretched out his foot to kick the assassin, and was then surrounded and chopped by the two assassins.

Although the scholars all practice the six arts and the scholars present know some martial arts, the other party has weapons, and they...

Except for a few who still kept their own swords, the swords of the other scholars had been mortgaged for food as early as in Jiangnan.

So the soldier who kicked the assassin was seriously injured and was slashed twice.

Ping Yi was very sympathetic and grateful to them. Instead of leaving them alone, he carried them to the camp for treatment.

The commotion here did not affect the ordinary people following the queue, and most of them ended without hearing anything.

The nobles closest to the camp knew about it and were as quiet as a chicken. They waited in fear. When dawn came, the team set off as usual.

Zhao Jiajun did not take the opportunity to arrest the assassins, nor did he blackmail them.

The following nobles were silent for a moment, and seeing the escort in front walking away, they quickly packed their luggage and took their families and entourage to follow.

The people behind them had already stepped on the grass and passed them. They turned their heads and looked at them with disdain. "Students are so squeamish. The guard camp has left, and they have just woken up."

"It's just that if you can't afford it, you still block the road and delay our walk."

Scholars:...

These people have fled to Jiangnan one after another in recent years, but they have not been able to run a family business in Jiangnan for many years.

Most of them work as tenants or long-term laborers for the wealthy nobles, earning a small salary to survive, and their lives are very difficult.

I heard that in Jiangbei, as long as you go back and settle down, you can get land and seeds, and you can also rent farm tools from the county government. The interest is extremely cheap, and even those who are a little brave want to go back.

I didn't have the opportunity before, but now that the opportunity has come, I just pack up my baggage and leave.

Some people move back with their families. Because they are poor and have little luggage, they make dry food from home and carry it on their backs;

Some people have one or two children, and several fellow villagers gather together to go north together.

They didn't think as much as these nobles and nobles. They just thought this was an opportunity to live better, so they did it.

The people at the bottom are never short of enterprising spirit. They are like weeds. Even if they are about to dry up, as long as there is a drop of rain and dew, they can become green again and work hard.

In the past, ordinary people would not dare to walk in front of these nobles, but during this time, Zhao Jiajun's tolerance towards them made them feel that they could.

So when they saw the nobles in front of them were reluctant to move, they couldn't bear it and overtook them directly, then quickened their pace and followed closely behind Zhao Jiajun.

Ping Yi did not seal the news of the assassination, so not only the nobles who lived nearby knew about it, but Sima Rui, the person involved, also knew about it. Soon, even the ordinary people in the team knew about it.

Sima Rui specially came to Ping Yi to ask about this matter, and Ping Yi comforted him and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have received the news early and have made arrangements. As long as they take action, we can kill them immediately and we will never hurt them." To the king."

Sima Rui: "...Have you received the news earlier?"

Ping Yi raised his chin slightly and said proudly: "Our General Yuan is awake. He is well-informed. I received the news before departure. Wang Dun sent assassins to assassinate the king and the governor Wang in order to frame our general."

Sima Rui believed it, this was something Wang Dun could do.

He was a little angry, so he ran to Director Wang to scold Wang Dun together.

Director Wang was also very angry when he learned about this. Even the gentle man couldn't help but cursed with King Langya.

This matter was not a secret, and soon there were rumors among ordinary people. They followed Wang Dun and scolded him as if he was their father-killing enemy.

Framing Zhao Hanzhang to kill King Langya and destroying stability and unity is like cutting off their livelihood in their hearts. Isn't it like killing their father and his enemy?

There was a lot of curses in the team, and King Langya also heard it. He had a complicated look on his face.

Because of the assassination, so many people scolded Wang Dun, and many people consciously started to investigate the people around them. There were even righteous men who organized manpower to patrol among the mixed teams. If there is another assassin, they can kill the assassin without the soldiers taking action. posture.

It was the first time that King Langya faced such love and care. To be honest, he was very touched. It was a pity that they loved him so much because of Zhao Hanzhang.

"Young man Wang Dun, how dare you frame General Zhao!"

This was the most curse King Langya had heard in the past two days.

Therefore, it is impossible to say in my heart that it is not complicated.

The team cursed all the way to the outside of Luoyang City. Officials had been waiting outside the city gate. After receiving Sima Rui, Director Wang and Zhou Qi, they were about to enter the palace. "The general and your majesty have been waiting in the palace early in the morning."

Sima Rui keenly discovered that "General" was still ranked before "Your Majesty".

Director Wang and Zhou Qi looked at the open spaces on both sides of the city gate with ten tables on each side, and a steaming porridge shed not far away.

The two couldn't help but ask the messenger who came to greet them.

Zhao Xin smiled slightly and explained: "The general knows that many survivors will follow the king back to their hometown this time, so he asked the Luoyang County Government to make preparations in advance to ensure that every returning survivor can be properly resettled."

Pingyi sent back a letter and found that there were about 20,000 survivors who came back with their team. It was considered a great migration, and as time went by, more and more people caught up from behind.

The letter was divided into two parts, one was sent back to Jiangnan and transmitted by radio; the other was sent to Beijing by horse.

Zhao Hanzhang received the telegram first, and immediately sent a telegram to Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou on their way, asking them to do a good job in the return of the survivors and make sure to arrange good people.

Those who are not survivors but are originally from Jiangnan or Jiangdong but want to settle in Jiangbei must be treated equally.

On the way, people originally from Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou chose to return to their hometowns to allocate their fields after feeling the friendliness of local officials.

Those in the Three Prefectures who were far away from their hometown, or those who had escaped from the Sizhou area, chose to continue to follow.

The news spread back to the south of the Yangtze River, and more and more survivors decided to return to their hometowns. They had fewer people and faster feet, so many people caught up with the large army. So when they arrived in Luoyang, the number of ordinary people in the team increased instead of decreasing.

Zhao Zheng held an iron trumpet to avoid the ranks of nobles and walked in front of the ordinary people. Two government servants cleverly carried a table and helped him stand on the table.

Standing on a table more than one meter high, he was finally seen by everyone.

He raised a loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "Fellow folks, I am Zhao Zheng, the magistrate of Luoyang County, and I am here to settle you down under the orders of the general!"

The sound reached half a mile away, and the originally noisy and restless crowd became quiet, and their hearts became calmer, staring at Zhao Zheng eagerly.

Two chapters combined into one, see you tomorrow