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Chapter 329 Prelude to the Storm

August is midsummer in later generations, but it is already autumn tigers during the small ice age of the Song Dynasty. The last heat from the earth is emitting, and the weather will soon turn cold.

Especially for the northern regions, both rich and poor people must be like ants. Now we are preparing to welcome the "winter is coming", which will really freeze to death.

It’s okay in the city. As long as you still have some ability, even corrupt officials will try their best to allocate some charcoal to help the poor and prevent them from freezing to death. There is nothing wrong with corrupt officials, but if there are too many dead people, there will be no political achievements. These officials will be criticized by Zhang Shuye. This is the role of a good prime minister. Officials really have no good things, but many times, the prime minister decides the concepts and actions of officials in the world.

For example, people in the Song Dynasty are cowardly, and Hanwa will not fight, but that is nonsense. Once Yue Fei becomes the main general, Hanwa will be shaped in cowardly. No one can question the combat power of the Yue family army throughout history. Therefore, "leadership" is really important. He can determine the soul of a unit like an army.

It's been too far.

It is said that the autumn harvest is coming to an end. Gao Lian is busy directing all matters and takes the thug to help the emperor collect protection fees. Gao Tang is not considered a big bounty this year, but the grain output is slightly better than last year, so Gao Lian is very happy. Seeing that trucks of grain moved into the county government treasury, he felt more at ease than ever.

The so-called "the east side is not bright, the west side is bright, but in fact, people who walk in the world will not be stabbed, and there should be any troubles at any time. This is the norm. However, the situation in Gaotang seems to be very good now, everyone is happy, and the Chai family is extremely low-key, and they are almost no news from them in the street market. All this makes Gao Fangping, a treacherous conspiracy theorist, very uncomfortable, and always feels that this is the tranquility before the storm.

As a shark, Gao Fangping uses the heart of a villain to judge people. He does not believe that there are too many good people in the world. Under such an attitude, he has a hornet mentality that flaws will be reported. Gao Fangping refused to return to Yuncheng to preside over the autumn harvest and autumn tax.

"I want to wait here like a poisonous snake for the Chai family to make trouble, and then bit them to death. This Gao Tang wouldn't come. Since he came, seeing the Gao family full of dangers and Gao Lian didn't know anything, I just didn't understand the idea." Gao Fangping murmured to himself in the room.

Liang Hongying sighed, touched his head, and advised him not to be so hostile and not to be so sinister.

Gao Xiuqing's eyes were red when she heard this, and she felt that this grandson was a very affectionate and good man who was protecting the shortcomings of the Gu family. Her aunt wishfully believed that Xiao Gao was speaking out for her own affairs and then retaliated against the Chai family by using her power.

Gao Xiuqing held Gao Fangping's hand and placed it on her heart. He said with emotion: "The only one who knows my heart is his eldest grandson. My aunt will remember what you do in your heart for the rest of her life."

"Grandma, don't make trouble, go and rest. Abu's child is still young, she can't sleep if you don't have it." Gao Fangping pulled his hand back embarrassedly.

Then she was driven away by Sister Liang...

Almost Gao Fangping also took a shower and went to bed. Liang Hongying always sat in the room, with the light on, and continued until late at night.

This process was constantly reported by casual soldiers from Hutou Camp: Everything was as usual.

These people were all separated from each other in the city to collect information and monitor the Chai family.

Everything made Liang Hongying frown. After following Xiao Gao for a long time, she also became a conspiracy theorist. She stubbornly believed that Xiao Gao’s husband said there was a problem, so there must be a problem, but he couldn’t find the problem for the moment, which inevitably made people anxious...

The door of the room was knocked late at night, and Han Shizhong's voice said outside: "If you have something important, wake up Xiao Gao's husband."

Liang Hongying said in the room: "Lower your voice, come in and tell me, let him sleep more."

Han Shizhong outside looked dark and thought: It’s enough for women to have children full-time. What big thing is involved? I won’t tell you if you are a girl.

So Xiao Han didn't say it in a very vulgar way, and always asked to wake up Gao Fangping.

"Grandma after returning to Yuncheng will beat your master to death. Be careful." Liang Hongying woke up Gao Fangping after threatening with a strong hostility.

"Last general Han Shizhong, please meet your husband." Han Shizhong is the most vulgar person in Yongle Army and the one who does the most superficial work. His master Lin Chong is really opposite to him everywhere. For the sake of this kid, experts like Lin Chong have been beaten by fierce girls a lot.

Gao Fangping straightened his hat and said, "You'd better have some useful things. If you dare to talk nonsense in the middle of the night, I will teach you how to be a human being, get up, sit down and talk."

Han Shizhong stood up and sat down and went straight to the topic: "I pretended to be a fugitive and mixed into their group and found some unusual things. The fugitives were very unstable, and there were calls for cursing the government and the emperor everywhere, and there were rumors that Yanyun was a land of Han people, and the Liao Dynasty treated Han people with preferential treatment, and the government was honest, etc."

Gao Fangping narrowed his eyes, and stood up with his hands on his back, murmured: "It seems something is going to happen. But I can't find the problem. It's not surprising that I scolded the government and the emperor. There are all dynasties and generations, and the people in the city who live better than them also scolded them, so this seems to be a problem, but it is normal."

Han Shizhong said: "In order not to alert the enemy, there is no excessive interference and inquiries in the mark. Because of my Guanzhong accent, it is difficult to explain why I came here to be a fugitive. So I just kept observing. At some point I found something wrong. There are some people like me in the fugitive?"

Gao Fangping said: "What do you mean?"

Han Shizhong nodded and said, "Yes, it is obvious that those who are interested are not fleeing households, but pretend to be fleeing households. Judging from their walking posture and sitting posture, they are also placed in the most convenient position to pick up at the first time when they are lying down. They are people with martial arts foundation, and such people are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who

Gao Fangping narrowed his eyes and said, "How many of these people are there?"

Han Shizhong shook his head and said, "It is unknown now that there should be many. In addition, Gaotang's fugitives are different from Yuncheng, and the concentration is not large. There are groups in the east and west. Judging from the news about the brothers scattered out of Hutou Camp, the number of fugitives is initially estimated to be more than a thousand. The group I investigated is the largest group, with a population of about six or seven hundred."

Gao Fangping's fingers beat on the table rhythmically, murmured: "Three people become tigers, and winter is coming. Gao Lian dares to do porcelain work without diamonds? At any time, people who have no food to eat are unreasonable, and it's okay to disperse. But when they gather together, Gao Lian does not have the ability to strictly control them and allow him to gather around the county town. This is a way of death. Once someone is deliberately guided and brought up the rhythm, people who don't need to incite them to be too brainy can cause a big disaster!"

As he said that, Gao Fangping stood up with a blue face!

Liang Hongying was stunned when she heard this. Thinking it made sense, she understood why Gao Fangping was so crazy when he was in Yuncheng, when nearly 4,000 fugitives gathered outside the city. Even if the little girl said a wrong word, she would be whipped, especially those who stole and killed theft. Once the act of subverting order appeared, she would be executed.

Now that I think about it, Liang Hongying feels cold. It is really unreasonable to say that there were no Liangshan spies among the thousands of escaped households at that time. Once the rhythm and order cannot be controlled, it will be a catastrophe. Once the thousands of escaped households have no awe of the imperial power and law, they are guided to attack the county town, which is the rhythm of tens of thousands of people dying.

At this point, Han Shizhong said in surprise: "I said Gao Lian was inaction, but my husband misunderstood. In fact, your brother Gao Lian was also trying to disperse the fugitives and sent a police officer to chase them. I saw with my own eyes that a police officer was whipping them and trying to disperse the fugitives. Then, during the friction, he used a knife to kill one of the fugitives and injured more than ten people."

Gao Fangping's face changed: "Is this really the case?"

"There is really a reason for them to gather illegally and despise the imperial power." Han Shizhong said.

Gao Fangping suddenly stood up and said, "Oh no, something really happens. Come with me and confront Gao Lian. I don't believe he will do this, but he requires a clear verification."

So Liang Hongying and Han Shizhong followed.

"Gao Lian, come out for me!"

In the middle of the night, Gao Fangping was outside slamming the door, and his sister-in-law was frightened and panicked, as if she was complaining to her husband: "Look at the good things you did, I told you not to offend my uncle. He is very resentful and I am now asking for guilt."

Not long after, the door opened and came out. Gao Lian said with a dark face: "Have you got into your mind?"

Gao Fangping shook his head and said, "Have you sent someone to clear out the fugitives outside the city?"

Gao Lian couldn't help but be stunned and shook his head and said, "I don't know, is there such a thing?"

"It's true. Han Shizhong, under my Yongle Army, saw it with his own eyes and even killed someone." Gao Fangping said.

Gao Lian frowned and then said, "Come with me, sit down and talk slowly."

Fortunately, he is quite diligent and is not in a hurry to go to bed.

When he went to the study, Gao Lian said, "Your brother knows that you have always been worried about escaping your household. This kind of good deed is first from Yuncheng. You are imitating you. I have never given the order, but the settlement of escaping is the national law. A county magistrate has not understood the policies of this official for a while and it is not wrong to implement it. It is enough to eliminate it in the future. So Fang Ping, you don't have to blame me for this late at night."

Gao Fangping shook his head and said, "Brother's fallacy, it is of course the national law to clear the fugitives, but there are skills that can only be banned and driven away in normal times, because at that time they were timid, scattered, inconsistent, and easy to deter. In fact, the national law and regulations should be banned and fugitives, one of the purposes is to prevent them from gathering together and forming a torrent. This is the bottom line. Therefore, it is possible to clear the fugitives in normal times, but the rule is not constant. Once the fugitives have gathered for some objective reasons, they are not suitable for it.
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