Chang Lin changed his color and stood up, wanting to resign to Yan Xing. How could Yan Xing not understand the tempers of these famous scholars? He quickly grabbed the other party's arm and said more earnestly:

"The country is in danger, and Hanoi is at peace. If you need the help of such a great talent as Mr., how can you leave easily? What Yan said is worrying about national affairs, and how can you doubt your heart? I have submitted a letter to the court and requested to be the prefect of Hanoi and the land of the hometown of the pastor. Who can you get? What you worry about today is all national affairs. Mr. should know me!"

After hearing Yan Xing's words, Chang Lin also soothed his color, followed the stairs, bowed to Yan Xing and said:

"The general's concern for the country and the people is really a blessing for the common people in Hanoi!"

Yan Xing smiled. He understood what Chang Lin meant, and bowed to Chang Lin solemnly and said:

"Then Yan will thank Mr. Li Shu for Hanoi!"

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Yan Xing was preparing to entrust political affairs to Chang Lin in Hanoi to reward the soldiers who made meritorious service, and left behind Xu Huang and Ma Lin's 10,000 troops stationed in various cities in Hanoi, and then withdrew 15,000 troops from Ganling. He continued to go to Henan with food, grass and supplies to meet Pei Qian, Zhai Hao, Wei Xuan and other civil and military officials who were left behind in Henan.

Pei Qian is Yan Xing's inner brother, and Yan Xing is also preparing to submit a memorial to the court to refer Pei Qian as the Henan Yin. The two have a close relationship, so when they meet, they don't need to abide by etiquette like Chang Lin, and they can also discuss more military and political affairs that cannot be announced outside.

Luoyang City, Guan Temple Lobby.

This official temple was originally the residence of Zhao Zhong, the Central Constable. Since Dong Zhuo moved the capital, Luoyang City has been burned down. The prosperous palace in the past has turned into ruins with wild grass. Pei Qian's Luoyang Lingguan Temple was naturally destroyed by the war. He could only choose the residence of Zhao Zhong, which occupied a large area and was not completely burned, as the official temple.

Dong Zhuo's capital movement and Lu Bu's prison sentence turned Henan into a land of thousands of miles, with the common people scattered everywhere, and the surviving people in the mountains and fields were also in danger of death. Later, Zhu Jun and Li Jue, Guo Si and others fought here, which made it even worse for the recovery of the people's livelihood in Henan.

When Pei Qian first arrived in Henan, he couldn't believe that the ruins in front of him were the former towering Luoyang City. The white bones were scattered along the road, and the sound of mourning can be heard vaguely.

When you enter the city, the city that destroyed the city walls is empty and deserted. Not only are there thorns everywhere, but also jackals for food appear. If it weren't for Zhai Hao's soldiers, I'm afraid that the jackals and beasts that are common as humans will pounce on them and intercept Pei Qian's convoy.

When Pei Qian brought the civil servants and entourages, they all changed their colors when they saw such ghosts on earth. However, Pei Qian was in a position to face difficulties and was not afraid of difficulties. He inspired the followers to look at the long term and rebuild the paradise on the broken walls.

That night, Pei Qian and Zhai Hao and other soldiers hunted jackals and wolves. The bonfire was clearly distinguished, and they sang at night on the ruins, singing loudly, making fun of their suffering, and singing for a long time.

After that night, Pei Qian set an example, personally eliminated thorns, buried bones, and led officials and soldiers to clear out the mansion of the Central Constable Zhao Zhong as a temporary official temple. Then he built a shed outside the city and sent people to recruit refugees who fled in the mountains and fields. He announced the exemption from land tax calculations, and sent people to continuously repair the houses in the city, rebuild warehouses and municipal prisons, and made three rules with the returning refugees to restore production.

Zhai Hao was ordered to build a camp outside the city and lead his soldiers to guard the city of Luoyang that has been restored to life. The soldiers need to recruit refugees during the day and eliminate bandits. They must return to the camp at night to resist the harassment of wolves, beasts and bandits at night.

How hard and difficult this kind of life is, it cannot be expressed clearly in just a few words.

Later, Henan was affected by the war between Hongnong and Hedong. Pei Qian and Wei Xuan led the people who had just settled down to flee to Yanshi, Gongxian and other places. It was not until Zhai Hao returned to Henan that he regained Luoyang City and surrendered many Hongnong soldiers who were headless and desperate.

Although Hedong has not cut off the supply of grain, fodder and supplies to Henan, Yan Xing was still moved when he saw Pei Qian, who had lost a lot of weight and had dark skin, and held Pei Qian's hand and said:

"My brother Mu guarded Henan, personally eliminated thorns, did not avoid difficulties, and rebuilt the land of peace and prosperity on the broken wall, and made great contributions. Yan can eliminate Zhang Yang and Zhang Ji's disciples today. Brother Wang made an indispensable contribution. He also needs to take care of his health for state affairs and family affairs!"

Although Pei Qian lost a lot of weight, his eyes were still bright and vivid. He remembered what he saw and heard when he arrived in Luoyang at the beginning, and was filled with emotion. However, the Pei family is now closely related to Yan Xing, sharing honor and disgrace. After seeing Yan Xing defeating powerful enemies such as Zhang Yang and Zhang Ji and holding the land of the Three Rivers, Pei Qian was also very happy for his sister-in-law.

He looked at Yan's action and said:

"Henan was originally a fertile land and rich towns, but Dong Zhuo and Li Guo were violent and unruly, destroying the reputation of the country. Now, we can see the fertile land of the famous city in the past, and restore it bit by bit from the hands of our officials and soldiers. No matter how hard or tired they are, they are honored. What's more, this is also the contribution of the Hedong County Government's plan and the joint efforts of the officials and soldiers. How dare I take the credit alone?"

"The fields and people's livelihood in Henan are still barely restored, and they cannot be far away from the transportation and support of food, grass and supplies in Hedong. The general still needs to understand this."

Pei Qian was not willing to take credit for himself, but slowly explained the actual situation in Henan to Yan Xing. Yan Xing nodded. He knew that the recovery of Henan was not as good as he wished. After all, it may only take several days to destroy a famous city, but it takes much more than three or four years to rebuild a new city.

What's more, both sides of the river are still suffering from severe droughts. If Henan can recover to its former vitality in the next two years, and be self-sufficient, there is no need for Hedong to continue to transport food and grass, it will be a huge effort.

Yan Xing nodded and promised Pei Qian's request, and stated that he would soon submit a statement with Duan Wei, asking Pei Qian to the court to give him the position of Henan Yin. Pei Qian did not refuse this title.

If he had the title of Henan Yin, he could handle more things, eliminate those talented scholars like Zheng Hun and Pan Xu who had fled, appointed officials to govern other surrounding cities and to recruit the powerful men who fled into the mountains to build forts and defend themselves...

The adjacent Henoi area has been captured by the dangers of the Luoyang area, and Duan Wei of Hongnong has also become an ally of Yan Xing. After Yan Xing rewarded Pei Qian, Zhai Hao and other civil and military officials in Luoyang, he continued to set off and went to Shan County of Hongnong to meet Duan Wei.

The fourth thing Duan Wei planned was also related to Yan Xing. The two of them would jointly submit a letter and request the Chang'an court to grant Duan Wei the position of Hongnong prefect, Chang Lin the position of Henoi prefect, and Pei Qian the position of Henan Yin.

This is actually a procedural etiquette issue. Hongnong, Henan, and Hanoi counties have all fallen into the hands of Duan Wei and Yan Xing. What they lack is only legal dominance in the general sense. In fact, whether there are or not, these areas have been included in their pockets.

What's deeper about this move is to test the attitudes of Li Jue and Guo Si. Although the two of them have been in trouble in Chang'an and the soldiers below have had several small-scale armed fights, the large-scale confrontation between the two has not yet broken out.

At this time, a sudden change occurred in Hongnong, Hedong and other places. Zhang Ji, one of their former three lieutenants, lost his troops and lost his territory. Only a few hundred defeated soldiers fled to Chang'an and defected to Li Jue and Guo Si. This has definitely aroused their vigilance and attention.

Will Li Jue and Guo Si turn the troops around and aim at Hongnong and Hedong because of this matter, and follow the principle of "brothers fight against the wall and defend against their insults" and turn the troops around and aim at Hongnong and Hedong. Therefore, this is necessary to have such a test and be prepared early.

In addition to the joint statement, Yan Xing and Duan Wei also agreed to form an alliance to jointly prevent Li Jue and Guo Si from Guanzhong. If one side meets the attack of Li and Guo's army, the other side needs to summon troops to rescue in time. Do not sit idly by and watch the fire from the other side.

After staying in Shan County for two days and accepting Duan Wei's banquet, Yan Xing crossed the river and returned to Hedong. As soon as he entered the country, Yan Xing received an urgent report from the county government.

The locust plague is coming!

Ancient China did not know the root cause of locust plague, but based on the experience of locust plague outbreaks in previous dynasties, it also summarized a valuable experience of "locustard at extreme drought".

If it is time for peace, Yan Shi, Wei Ji and others may have prepared for the future, preventing the outbreak of locust plague in time. However, in the past few months, wars have continued. When Zhang Ji led his army to invade Hedong, the city of Anyi was even more shocked for a day. Ding Zhuang in the city was organized to train and prepared for a critical moment, he also had to go to the city to defend.

All counties are also busy mobilizing soldiers, recruiting civil servants, and transporting food and grass. Few people pay attention to the gradual changes in the land during this drought.

So much so that after the locust plague began to break out, the officials in various cities felt a little helpless and sent quick horses to the county government to inquire.

When Yan Xing heard the news, he rushed to Anyi. After returning to the county government, he didn't bother to rest. After changing his clothes, he quickly summoned the officials from the mansion to urgently discuss how to deal with the locust plague that had begun to rise.

People at that time lacked their understanding of locust plagues. Some believed that it was "divine locust", while others believed that it was "locusts turned into fish and shrimp when they entered the sea." If the Confucianism "resonance of heaven and man" was combined, it would become a punishment for the violent and unrestrained persons, and this caused a disaster from heaven.

If the measures to eliminate locusts are not promptly and if the public opinion is not guided, there will inevitably be some people who attribute these locust plagues to the recent tyranny of "suppressing big families and launching big weapons" in Hedong. They even gather public opinion and force the county government to dismiss the turbid officials, and pray to the gods to calm the people's hearts.

Fortunately, Yan Xing's eyes were farther and wider than those of the times. Yan Su, Jia Kui, Wei Ji, Sun Zi, Pei Hui, Pei Ji and others in the county government were not corrupt scholars who only knew the scriptures and did not know the practice. They agreed to Yan Xing's decision to summon the military and civilians to eliminate locusts to varying degrees.

During discussions with the official history in the mansion, Yan Xing also knew that although the ancients did not understand the outbreak of locust plague, the divine locust judgment of "God's will" was popular, but this does not mean that predecessors without outstanding vision and practiced their own actions to make bold practices in locust prevention and control.

During the period of Emperor Ping of Han, a large-scale locust plague broke out in Qingzhou. The court once "sent envoys to catch locusts, and the people caught locusts to the officials, and used stones to receive money." Special locust snatchers were sent from the court to the disaster area to command the government affairs of extinguishing locusts, and encouraged the people to voluntarily and actively eliminate locusts, handing over the captured locusts to officials, and receiving rewards according to the standards of stones and fighting.

Wang Chong, the current dynasty, also recorded in his "Lunheng: Shungu Pian", which recorded the method of "locusts born in time, flying or gathering, where they gather, the grain and grass are left withered. The officials led their ministries to make troughs, and drove them into troughs, and locusts accumulated in a thousand hu, which was attacking the bodies of locusts."

Although the recorded method of driving away and burying deep ditches and burying methods are not efficient in Yan Xing's opinion, it has proved that the officials and people of the Han Dynasty did not wait to die for the outbreak of locust plague, but boldly sought strategies to capture and eliminate these locusts that harmed the people.

Measures to eliminate locusts were followed in the past dynasties, which made the whole county in Anyi and decided to use manpower to eliminate the locust plague.

In Hedong, the locust plagues in Qu and Puzi north of Hedong broke out first, and there was a tendency to spread to Pingyang, Linfen and other places in the north, while the locust plagues in Dayang, Hebei and other cities in the south were relatively mild and had not caused large-scale disasters.

Yan Xing immediately ordered Jia Kui as the envoy of the south and Wei Ji as the envoy of the north, leading officials and soldiers to the south and north of the river to preside over the matter of destroying locusts.

During the day, we use the method of driving away the gold, burying the deep ditch, and the method of plundering the equipment when locust wings are wet and wet, and the method of plundering the equipment when locust wings are wet and difficult to fly. At night, we use the method of luring and trapping and burning to prevent the problem from getting worse. In areas with severe locust plagues, we use the method of digging the seed method to prevent the recurrence of the locust plague in the next year.

And they teach these methods to the people, and encourage the Guizhou people to automatically and spontaneously extinguish locusts, and use the corpses of the locusts to go to the official temple to calculate the stones and receive the rewards.

The manifesto of the Anyi County Government will soon be quickly transferred to the entire county through the rebuilt pavilion and post house. At the same time, Yan Xing will also write a letter to Hongnong, Hanoi, Henan Duan Wei, Chang Lin and Pei Qian to explain the situation.

The locust plague caused by drought is not only Hedong. I believe that Henan, Hanoi, Hongnong and other places will also erupt one after another. Each county has mountains, rivers, terrain, counties and boundaries, but locusts do not pay attention to these regional boundaries. Wherever they pass, no grass will grow, and neighboring counties and states will suffer, and Hedong will also be unable to survive alone.

After the meeting was completed, the officials in the mansion returned to the various cadres to do their business. Yan Xing walked out of the hall, looking at the white clouds and gauze in the clear sky, and said nothing for a long time.
Chapter completed!