Yi County, Hejian County, is the northernmost county in Hejian County, close to Fanyang County, Youzhou. During the battle of Cao Cao's attack on Wuhuan last year, Yi County was the rear of Cao's army, and a large amount of military equipment was stored.

Although Cao's army prepared for Jingzhou and transported most of the food, grass, weapons, and other materials to Nanyang County, there were still a large number of food, grass, and weapons in hundreds of warehouses in Yi County. It is precisely because of this that Yi County is very important. Among the Hebei counties where the troops are generally stationed, only Yi County has stationed 3,000 troops.

At this time, Yi County has entered a turbulent period. In the past two months, Yi County and nearby Gaoyang County and Mo County have been hit by severe locust plagues.

The overwhelming locust plague swept everything. Wherever they passed, the soon-to-be-ripe crops were gnawed away. The beans, corn and other grains grown in Yi County were almost out of stock. The people in Yi County were in extreme panic.

As time goes by, the famine becomes more and more serious, and the food stored is gradually over, and most people begin to lose food.

At this moment, Yedu's approval finally came, allowing Hejian County to open a warehouse to provide disaster relief, and Yi County Government also began to smash relief porridge in the county town. News came out that people in Yi County gathered like ants and rushed from all directions to the county town.

The small Yixian county town actually gathered more than 30,000 people from all towns and miles away, and 30,000 were hungry. However, several county officials colluded with powerful people to resell grain from the official warehouse to make huge profits, and less than 30% of the relief grain could flow into the hands of the people.

Hunger gradually intensified various contradictions, which showed that the county town was very chaotic, robbery, murder, forced good people to become prostitutes, bandits outside the city were rampant, merchants disappeared, and tens of thousands of people in the city struggled in hunger, and the final resistance was about to break out.

At noon that day, three yamen runners quickly walked into a narrow alley in the south of the city. The reason why they were three yamen runners was because no yamen runner dared to go out alone.

As long as they walked on the street, countless pairs of hungry and hatred eyes would stare at them. Five yamen runners had been killed, and the county yamen was panicked.

Three yamen runners walked into the alley, and at the end was a small yard, with the dark gates closed. One of the tall yamen runners stepped forward and rhythmically slapped the door knocker three times. After a moment, the door opened a crack and the three yamen runners flashed into the yard.

"Sir, are you?" asked the leader's yamen runner.

"In the inner hall, I'm waiting for you."

Three yamen runners walked quickly towards the inner hall. The yamen runners mentioned was Xun Chen, the leader of Xing Yuan Bajun. The locust plague in the north of Hejian County made Xun Chen see the opportunity. He discussed and decided to place the uprising in Yi County.

On the one hand, Yi County was the worst hit, and on the other hand, Yi County has extremely important food and weapons and other materials. Once successfully seized, it will play an extremely important role in promoting their troubles.

In the room, Xun Chen and Li Fu were discussing the next move. Seizing Yi County was only the first step. The key was that if they wanted to gain a foothold in Hebei, they had to defeat the future strangulation of Cao's army against them.

Xun Chen trusted Li Fu very much. Not only was Li Fu resourceful and had a good understanding, but more importantly, he was the representative of Liu Jing. If they wanted to succeed, they had to get the full support of Liu Jing, so Xun Chen had to tell Li Fu his ideas and then get his support.

"The reason why I advocate the first step to seize Yi County is not just for the food and supplies of Yi County, but more importantly, I plan to seize Youzhou as our foundation for revival."

Li Fu did not respond immediately to Xun Chen's words. He stared at Jicheng. Youzhou was indeed a good place for separatist rule. He could compete with Hebei in the back of Yanshan.

Even if the troops are defeated, you can retreat to Liaodong. With the good relationship between the Yuan family and the Wuhuan, it is easy to gain a foothold in Liaodong. It can be said that you can attack and retreat to defend.

Li Fu pondered for a long time and asked, "There are 10,000 Cao troops stationed in Youzhou. Does Mr. Xun have any solutions to deal with it?"

Xun Chen smiled slightly, "Did you forget? The general holding the military power of Youzhou is Yan Rou. Although he was valued by Cao Cao and served as the captain of the Wuhuan, his lord was also kind to him at that time. I hope he could convince him to support his new lord?"

"Is it possible?" Li Fu asked in confusion.

"It should be possible. In fact, he knew that we were Xing Yuanhui and where the young master lived? But he remained silent. I had visited him before and hoped that he could support us in the uprising."

“What’s the result?”

Xun Chen couldn't hide his excitement and said, "He did not express his opinion, but he said that we were alone and we could not succeed. But if it were now, with Jiang Xia supporting us, and Cao Cao suffered a heavy blow in the south, it would probably be different."

Li Fu nodded. If this is the case, more than 10,000 regular troops could surrender, then there would be much more confidence in success.

At this time, the entourage came up with three yamen runners, "Sir, they are here!"

The three yamen runners were all Guo Song's subordinates. Guo Song had a wide connection. He spent money to buy a thief Cao in Yi County and was in charge of some yamen runners. He used his power to arrange more than a dozen capable subordinates to be yamen runners.

Three yamen runners stepped forward and said, "See Mr. Xun!"

Xun Chen immediately asked: "What's the situation in the county government?"

"Report to the sir, tens of thousands of hungry people gathered outside the county government office and begged for disaster relief and grain release. They were very excited, but the granary was empty and all the official grain was resold by the county magistrate. Now the county government office is very anxious, and the county magistrate is ready to ask the warehouse garrison for help."

Xun Chen and Li Fu looked at each other. The time was ripe. Xun Chen immediately ordered the three yamen runners and said, "You go back and tell Mr. Guo quickly and take action in one hour!"

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There were crowds of people in the square in front of Yixian County, and tens of thousands of hungry people were kneeling. From the morning, hundreds of elders from families came to beg the county government to release grain to provide disaster relief, but the county government never replied and no one paid any attention to them.

In the afternoon, more and more hungry people rushed over when they heard the news, carrying empty rice bags and shabby pots, and knelt on the county government to release grain and relief porridge. The square was filled with people, and the pleading sounds were rising higher and higher.

"Please let the county master give food!"

"We have been hungry for two days after we have cut off our food."

At this time, several big men stood up in the crowd, and they shouted loudly: "We planted all these foods, why don't we give them to us? We want our own food!"

Someone took the lead in agitation, and the hungry people were gradually mobilized. They stopped begging and began to shout, "Return our grain! Open the warehouse and release the grain!"

Some people kept shouting in the crowd: "That is our food, and we asked the government to open warehouses and release grain!"

"Give grain!" More than 10,000 people roared loudly, roaring loudly. The granary was on the east side of the county government, and tens of thousands of hungry pairs of eyes stared at the high spire of the granary next to the county government government.

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In the lobby of the county government, several officials were worried and looked at the county magistrate helplessly. The county magistrate was Zhou. He was a county magistrate in his fifties. He was a local from Yi County. He started as a minor official and worked hard in the officialdom for thirty years. He was very good at observing words and expressions, and was good at changing the situation. Last year, Cao Cao was stationed in Yi County, and he was the chief clerk at that time.

But he seized the opportunity to show his wisdom in front of Cao Cao and took good care of Guo Jia. After Guo Jia died of illness, he buried Guo Jia in a beautiful place. The tomb was well built, which made Cao Cao feel deeply comforted and promoted him to the county magistrate.

County Magistrate Zhou was already fifty-six years old, and his career was cut off. Therefore, he was devoted to his pension. This time, the locust plague Yedu did not send supervisory officials to come down, so he seized the opportunity.

He colluded with the powerful Yi County, embezzled 7,000 stones of grain from the official warehouse, and transported them to other places for high prices to sell them, making huge profits. However, the people of Yi County only used 1,000 stone to provide disaster relief, but the 8,000 stones left in the tent, which made him rich overnight and solved the problem of pension.

But now he encountered a problem. The official warehouse was empty, but the hungry people refused to disperse, which made him feel a little panicked. On the one hand, he urgently asked the county government for the allocation of food, and on the other hand, he asked the troops in Cangcheng for assistance.

At this time, the new thief Cao Guosong rushed over and said loudly: "Mr. Zhou County, the hungry people outside are starting to make trouble. Go and comfort them!"

"The granary has no food anymore, how can you please me?"

County Magistrate Zhou was walking back and forth anxiously with his hands behind his back. The county Magistrate whispered to him, "County Magistrate, there are still 50 million yuan in the warehouse now. It's better to give some money to comfort the victims. I'm worried that they will attack the county government soon."

"Are you crazy?"

County Magistrate Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "That is the tax money from the court. The account has been reported. If the tax money is released, how can we explain to the Prime Minister?"

The county magistrate couldn't help but persuade: "The court doesn't know our current situation. Once the hungry people break out, not only will it snatch all the tax money, but none of us will survive. Instead of being killed by the hungry people, it's better to put a little less, three million or five million, and calm their emotions first, so as to gain time and wait for the arrival of Cangcheng army."

The magistrate Zhou was also very conflicted. The only thing he was looking for now was the army in Cangcheng, but he was also afraid that time would not be enough, and his wife, children and parents were in the back house. Once the hungry people rushed in, the family would not be able to save them.

He finally made up his mind and whispered to several officials: "We are now all to save our lives, so we will give up three million taxes. Once the Prime Minister sends someone to ask, you have to prove it for me!"

Several officials nodded together, "Don't worry, the county magistrate, everyone is trying to save their lives."

The Zhou County Magistrate suddenly changed his mind and said to the county magistrate: "The account should be written to allocate 30 million yuan in relief."

The county magistrate suddenly understood and smiled meaningfully, "The county magistrate is very smart, and there is countless hungry people anyway, and there is nowhere to be investigated if the relief is released."

The county magistrate next to him suggested: "Since that's the case, I'll just find some people to pretend to be robbers and burn the warehouse. Even if we come to investigate, we can say that the hungry people and the robbers were robbed."

County Magistrate Zhou narrowed his eyes. He understood the meaning of the county magistrate and county magistrate. Tens of millions of dollars in the treasury were a good opportunity to make a fortune.

"Then make a 30 million account and give three million to the hungry people. The remaining money is just a few of us..."

Guo Song stood behind and cursed, "This group of corrupt officials really deserves to be killed!"

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Chapter completed!