Chapter 501 Tears

He now understands what everyone says about Ma Daotai being "made in good time" and "no leakage". Now Ma Daotai is not only a dog that does not bite people, but also a beautiful snake who is ready to hurt people at any time. He is determined to block himself in Zhaoyuan County and cannot move.

The situation in Qingzhou Prefecture is getting more and more dangerous now. Although the Yang family greeted the Ding family in Zhucheng, the Dadian merchants only dared to transfer some of the elderly, weak, women and children from Juzhou. Zhuang Qian and Zhuang Zhi had already been to Liu Peng's side several times, and every time they came, they would ask him to think of a solution.

But Ma Daotai was waiting for Liu Peng in Zhaoyuan. Liu Peng really didn't know what to do: "Is this Ma Daotai really difficult to deal with?"

"Do you want to shoot him an arrow?" Zhuang Tiaozhi was very brave: "If you spend so much time with him, I'm afraid that all of us Juzhou people will starve to death!"

Since several large clans, including the Dadian Trading House, are all giving porridge and relief in Juzhou, the situation in Juzhou can be said to have improved, but at least a dozen people die of cold and hunger every day. The bigger problem is that the surplus grain of each clan is not much, and at most they can only last until the beginning of next year. They must export grain to Juzhou as soon as possible.

In fact, the situation in Juzhou is relatively good, and the situation in other prefectures and counties is even worse. Now the entire Qingzhou Prefecture is full of thousands of miles of people. Liu Peng immediately said: "Yes, we can't afford it, but if we take action first, the method will naturally fall apart. The people in Zhaoyuan and Dengzhou may all run to Madaotai!"

Of course, there is a saying that Liu Peng did not say, that is, even if Longkou takes action, he cannot scare Ma Daotai away. Although he looks down on the Ming army's servant system, he does not admit that the servants are the only combat-capable force in the Ming army. To solve the nearly 100 servants and other personnel led by Ma Daotai, the patrol team itself has to fight for half a disabled person.

After all, Ma Dugong is a real supervisor, and is a top figure in Shandong Province. Even the prefect Tao is one step lower than him. If he had any accidents in Zhaoyuan, neither himself nor the prefect Song County, he would be in danger.

After hearing what Liu Peng said, Zhuangzhi was anxious: "What should I do? Did the two old gentlemen Wang go over and talk to Ma Daotai?"

This time, Liu Peng tried his best to invite both the old governor Wang Jiguang and the old governor Wang Daoyi. You must know that these are the two top gentry in Huang County now, and only they dare to communicate with Ma Daotai on an equal footing.

A small county magistrate like Liu Peng has no way to communicate normally with a Taoist minister. After all, a Taoist minister is equal to another deputy governor in time and space. Liu Peng is at most a county magistrate. How can he communicate face to face with Ma Dugong?

If they were blushing, both of them would probably be embarrassed and unable to step down. So until now, Liu Peng and Ma Dugong have maintained a tacit understanding of not meeting each other, and can only invite the old prefect of Wang Daoyi and the old governor Wang Jiguang out.

However, the result of the communication disappointed Liu Peng. He told Zhuang Diaozhi and Zhuang Qian: "Ma Daotai is still so fond of things. Until now, we can't do anything to him."

Ma Daotai has always been very beautiful in his work. This time, when Wang Jiguang and Wang Dao came to him, he also gave him enough face to the two well-known gentry in Dengzhou Prefecture. He had the etiquette he deserved, and directly agreed to take care of the children of the Wang family in Huangxian, whether they were the Wang family in Taiyuan or the Wang family in Langya Bang.

In addition, Ma Daotai agreed to all the things that could be done, but Ma Daotai never let go of the key issues: "The East Palace was famine, and I was ordered to patrol Haiyou. How could I allow the good people under my jurisdiction to be hungry and cold, and have no food and clothing. Laizhou urgently needs to transport hundreds of thousands of Liaodong rice and beans. It was precisely because of the need for transportation that the court specially ordered Liu Pengliu to be transferred to the position of the county magistrate of Zhaoyuan because of the need for transportation. However, I was still a little worried, so I came to Zhaoyuan to come and have a trip..."

But Ma Daotai also made a promise: "Governor Wang, Grandmaster Wang, please rest assured that I am in Zhaoyuan for at most 30 or 50 days. As long as the disaster in the East Three Prefectures eases, I will go back to the province immediately and will not stay for a long time. Moreover, I came to Zhaoyuan just to supervise the food and never interfere in local administration. No matter what is invisible in the local area, I think it is impossible to see it!"

However, such a promise has no meaning to Liu Peng and Juzhou. Zhuang Qian said over there: "Thirty or fifty days, probably more than thirty or fifty days. I'm afraid that it will take until the winter wheat is on the market in May, and this Ma Daotai will leave Zhaoyuan!"

Yang Guanguang next to him was an expert in the official struggle, so he immediately explained Ma Daotai's wishful thinking: "In thirty or fifty days, if Ma Daotai sits too bored in Zhaoyuan, he can go to Laizhou and Dengzhou counties for a walk. Anyway, he can go back to Zhaoyuan at any time. As long as there is any disturbance in Zhaoyuan, he will not block our food route and cut off our retreat!"

On the most critical issue, Madugong and Longkou were confronted by tits. Of course, he still made some concessions in other aspects: "Although the Heng Palace blocked the grain roads of the Qinglai two palaces, I was at least divided into the Haiyou Road. Denglai and Qinglai are all my jurisdiction. The Heng Palace should give me some face no matter how much food is. I dare not say it, but two or three thousand stones should be fine!"

But whether it is Zhuang Diaozhi or Zhuang Qian, they think that two or three thousand stones are too small: "Juzhou has hundreds of thousands of people, and two or three thousand stones are not even a drop in the bucket. It seems that Ma Daotai wants us Juzhou people to starve to death!"

"Yes, we people from Juzhou are also humans. Ma Daotai's plan is so vicious!"

Liu Peng also said with great dissatisfaction: "Yes, I thought I would invite the Governor Wang and the Governor Wang to give me some face, but what is the result? Two or three thousand stones, only two or three thousand stones, how many people are there in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture?"

Now it is the Zhuang brothers who are not sure. Although each version of the prefecture records have very detailed statistics on the population of Qingzhou, everyone knows that the total statistics of the registered population by the government are not reliable, at most, only half of the actual population, and maybe only one-third or even less than one-third of the actual population.

This situation is the same no matter where it is, and Qingzhou Prefecture is no exception. Even gentry like the Zhuang brothers do not know how many people there are in Qingzhou Prefecture, and even how many people there are in Juzhou. Therefore, Zhuang Qian could only say: "There are at least two million people living in the world. If you overestimate it, there should be three million people living in the world!"

Qingzhou Prefecture was a big prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. The registered population recorded in the prefectures was 150,600,000, and there were thirteen counties in one prefecture. In terms of the number of prefectures and counties, the total number of prefectures and counties is almost the sum of the two prefectures of Denglai. After all, Dengzhou Prefecture only governs one prefecture and seven counties, while Laizhou Prefecture governs two prefectures and five counties. The combined total of the two prefectures is only three prefectures and twelve counties. The number of one prefecture and thirteen counties also represents that millions of people live in this land.

They were all ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, but this natural disaster brought destruction to these ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty. At least hundreds of thousands or even millions of people either starved to death or became refugees. Countless women and children became tools for human traffickers to make money after their families were destroyed. Countless tragedies continued to happen in this land.

Liu Peng immediately sighed: "There is a prefecture in Qingzhou, and the people are millions of. Ma Daotai only promised us to provide two or three thousand stones of grain. I don't know how he got the Jinshi exam..."

Speaking of this, Liu Peng was so moved that he could not help but burst into tears: "How did he read his articles and how did he get the Jinshi exam!"

This Ma Daotai reads the books of sages and usually speaks moral articles. Now things are done without any leakage, but the more they are, the more they make Liu Peng feel that he is extremely hateful. Now Liu Peng finally knows what is the old society where people cannibalize people!

Liu Peng is not so easily moved. He just thought of everything that happened in Qingzhou Prefecture and the emergency documents he just saw, Liu Peng's tears fell unconsciously. Instead, Zhuang Qian advised him kindly: "Mr. Liu's hard work will never be forgotten. At this point, I will meet this Mr. Ma now and see what he has to say!"

Liu Peng wiped away his tears and said, "Brother Zhuang Qian, don't be too excited. Wait for a day or two when the gentry of Qingzhou Prefecture arrives. Let's go and have a chat with Ma Daotai. He is a patrol of the right path of Haiyou. Denglai Qing's three prefectures are all under his jurisdiction. Since the Qingzhou people are the people under his jurisdiction, he can't watch all the Qingzhou people starve to death!"

Zhuang Qian also understood: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, let's go over and cry together. Even if Ma Daotai is a stern heart, he will turn his mind."

This time, Qingzhou Prefecture came to cry for the Qin court. In addition to Zhong Yuzheng and Zhucheng Ding Family in Yidu County, several gentry came to Rizhao in Yishui under Juzhou. In addition, there were several gentry from other prefectures and counties who rushed over when they heard the wind. As soon as these more than 20 gentry knelt down to Ma Dugong: "Please be kind to Daotai, please be kind to Daotai!"

Ma Dugong knew that there was something wrong, but he was still shocked by the lineup. This young master Liu Peng and Liu were indeed very good at it. He actually invited more than 20 gentry in one go. Moreover, these 20 gentry were all the leading figures in Qingzhou Prefecture. It would be a big problem to offend anyone, let alone more than 20 gentry came in one go.

Although Madugong is now a Taoist minister and can "report and report" or even prove it freely, he is a mortal after all. He is a mortal. Even if he is not ruined, he will be infamous.

At that time, everyone will know that he and the Heng Palace and the De Palace are wearing pairs of pants, and they will watch at least hundreds of thousands of people in Qingzhou starve to death. As soon as this reputation spread, Ma Dugong will be a deputy inspector in his life, and even the deputy inspector can't be promoted. Therefore, he quickly said: "Please ask, elders, please get up quickly. Since you have such good intentions, no matter what happens, I, Ma, can agree!"
Chapter completed!