nashuaworldcup Chapter 441 Su Dongpo (Lu Yi Version) 6
Chapter 441 Su Dongpo (Lu Yi Version) 6
After seeing the imperial edict, Su Shi couldn't help but say that he had wronged Lord Han, and if he had the chance, he would apologize to him in person.
Then he said to Mr. Chen: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can release all the prisoners in the prison and let them go home to reunite as soon as possible."
The next day, after sending the prisoners back to Guanhu Village, Su Shi announced the good news to everyone. The court was going to try out the conscription law in Fengxiang, and the government would pay money and food to hire them to do labor.
Guanhu Village has many people and little land, and the villagers are naturally happy to have money to earn and work to do. They are also very grateful to the current emperor.
Liao's original name was Chen Feng, and he was born in the same year as Su Shi. However, because his family owed taxes to the government in his early years, he was dismissed according to the law, so he became a monk.
Liao and Zhang Dun came to visit Su Shi at home. Su Shi had no official business today, so he took his family and two friends to visit Fengxiang.
I have been in Fengxiang for two years and so many things have happened. I haven't had the leisure to have fun, so I can relax this time.
Su Shi was in high spirits as he traveled with his friends during these two days, and he put together a collection of poems titled Eight Views of Fengxiang.
In 1063, Emperor Renzong of Song died and Emperor Yingzong of Song succeeded him and changed the reign title to Zhiping.
In the same year, the Western Xia army launched a massive attack on Qinfeng Road and successively conquered Qingzhou, Yan'an, and Weizhou.
Because of the invasion of Western Xia, the imperial edict reached Fengxiang, ordering all prefectures and cities along Qinfeng Road to select one out of every three men to volunteer and prepare money and food to support the defense.
The streets were full of people conscripting men, and it was a mess. Those who could run ran away, and those who couldn't were stabbed.
Once the volunteer warriors were stabbed, they not only had to prepare their own swords and guns, but also their own food and war horses. If they really went to the battlefield, the volunteer warriors would be defeated at the first blow, either dead or injured. Moreover, they had to go to the battlefield without any training.
After Su Shi learned about the situation, he prepared to revise the plan of assassinating Yiyong and went to find the prefect Chen.
Chen Taishou was already used to Su Shi's various changes to the rules. And most importantly, the other party was not in trouble in the end. So he let Su Shi express his thoughts.
Su Shi said: "This time the Xixia invaded, they took advantage of the new emperor's accession to the throne and the people's hearts were unstable, and rushed in to plunder, and had no intention of staying for long. Therefore, the enemy army should attack fiercely and quickly."
"If we can hold the city tightly, delay the enemy, make it difficult for them to break through, dampen their morale, and wait for the Song Dynasty's imperial army to come to our aid, the enemy will surely retreat without a fight."
When asked how to defend the city, Su Shi replied: "The most urgent task is to change the recruitment of volunteers to recruiting volunteers. And issue a notice that if the Xixia army comes, those who wish to enter the city can bring their own food. In this way, fighting for the court will be transformed into defending homeland and property."
"Second, the 3,000 or so able-bodied men of Guanhu Village will be organized into a volunteer army."
"Third, organize all the young and strong monks and Taoist priests in the temples, about a thousand of them, into a volunteer army."
With the original thousand-plus troops, there were more than ten thousand of them. And not only were there more than ten thousand people, but most importantly, this army was easy to lead, easy to train, and good at fighting.
Everyone thought Su Shi’s idea was good, but the question was where would the military pay come from?
Su Shi had already thought about this. "The volunteers organized by the official households and monks can bring some of their own money and food. As for the recruited volunteers, they can use the food handed in by the official households. The government will make up for the shortfall."
"If it is still insufficient, we can either collect grain from the people or ask for donations from you gentlemen."
After hearing this, everyone agreed. After all, it was the Governor Chen who paid the most.
When the refugee village was built, Chen Xuan, the son of Chen Taishou, donated almost all his family's money. For this, the court commended him and returned the money. Su Shi also had his eyes on this money.
Chen Xu did this because the family's money was earned by his previous step-wife who ran a shop privately and was greedy. He also wanted to help his father get rid of his misfortune by spending money.