These days, Li Yan has traveled on Gao Huan's territory, and what he saw and heard made him quite excited.

Now Gao Huan has proposed the invitation again. Li Yan did not hesitate this time and bowed and said, "Li is willing to serve the general."

Gao Huan smiled on his face, glad that Li Yan could make this wise choice, otherwise he would have to climb the mountain again.

"Haha~" Gao Huan laughed and said, "With the help of a gentleman, I will feel like I'm going to be able to get it!"

...

Dengfeng, General's Mansion.

After Gao Huan accepted a group of literati such as Li Yan, Wang Dushan, Chen Debiao, Sun Sike, and others, with their help, he quickly improved the system of the Red Army.

Now Gao Huan occupies four counties, Dengfeng, Yuzhou, Xinzheng and Mi counties, with a population of nearly 800,000. It turns out that Gao Laozhuang’s set is naturally not enough.

At the suggestion of Li Yan and others, Gao Huan was in the feudal system in December.

The Chibei Army established the Henan Central Military Government, and Gao Huan served as the governor and became the supreme ruler of the Chibei Army.

Under the military commander, there were shogunate government officials, and there were six secretarys of the Cao, which were central institutions. The local government followed the Ming Dynasty's official system, absorbed the Ming Dynasty's system, and established a ruling system over the local area.

After the governance system was improved, the affairs of the four counties gradually got on track, enhancing Gao Huan's governance capabilities.

The 13th year of Chongzhen was a year of great suffering for most people in Henan.

However, it was another lucky year for the people of Dengfeng.

At this time, as the New Year approaches, a fierce battle is taking place under Luoyang City. The people in Kaifeng, Nanyang and other places are suffering from famine, but only the people in Dengfeng are laughing and preparing for the New Year.

At the end of December, the atmosphere of the New Year became stronger and stronger. Every household was busy preparing sacrifices, cleaning the houses, and posting door talismans. The general's mansion was also decorated with lights, while the children were looking forward to new clothes and waiting for New Year's money.

At this time, the daily necessities of the people in Dengfeng were mainly distributed by the military government.

Early in the morning, soldiers in the military camp lined up in a long queue to receive New Year's supplies issued by the military government.

"Qi Dazhu! The commander of the hierarchy, half a sheep, thirty kilograms of rice." The clerk Chen Hu sat in front of the table, flipping through the booklet and shouting.

Qi Dazhu smiled silly on his face, "I am Qi Dazhu!"

The soldiers brought him half of the sheep and thirty kilograms of rice.

The sheep came from Dengfeng's own farm, and the rice was smuggled from the south. Qi Dazhu pressed his handprints, received supplies, and went home happily.

Chen Hu shouted: "Next!"

A soldier from Red Preparation stepped forward with an excited look on his face.

There was a military officer who distributed supplies on the side and said aloud: "Remember, these are all rewarded by the governor, and everyone eats the governor's meal!"

The soldiers' legs were together and saluted like conditioned reflexes, "I will die for the supervisor!"

It seems that I have been influenced a lot and become accustomed to it.

Although in the 13th year of Chongzhen, all parts of Henan suffered unprecedented disasters, locust plagues, droughts, and bandits caused starvation in all parts of Henan, the military and civilians could barely have a good New Year under the rule of the central Henan military government.

Qi Dazhu received the mutton and rice and returned to the house in the city.

Now his family no longer farms. Forty acres of Yongye land will be handed over to the villagers to cultivate. At that time, he will be given 30% of the rent, 10% will be used to pay taxes, and 20% will belong to him.

When villagers planted the military government's entrusted land, they also paid 30% of the tax. Just like renting the military households, the villagers were willing to farm.

At this time, Qi Dazhu returned to his yard and shouted happily: "Wife, the general has sent New Year's goods to my house."

In the yard, Qi Dazhu's wife stood up with her big belly and saw Qi Dazhu coming in with her sheep and rice.

It was originally a happy thing, but when she saw the meat and food, she couldn't help but shed tears.

When Qi Dazhu saw this, he hurriedly said, "Wife, don't move!"

The wife of Qi's family wiped her tears, "I'll go cook for you!"

Qi Dazhu put the meat and food in the kitchen, looked at his wife's busy back, and sighed softly. He was fine now, but the only thing that was upset was that the child in his wife's belly was not sure if it was his own.

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While the people under the central Henan military government were preparing for the New Year, Xingyang, Gongxian, Yanshi, Mengjin, Wenxian, Wushe and other people who were robbed by the rebel army were all facing desperate situations.

People in many prefectures and counties in Henan have eaten up all the food stored, but the new wheat seeds have not sprouted, and the people cannot stand it. Now they have been looted by the rebel army and have no way to survive.

In the face of despair, millions of victims who were robbed by the rebels began to survive and escape.

There are four main directions for the victims to escape. The victims of Huaiqing and Weihui prefectures north of Luoyang fled north into Shanxi; the hungry people from several counties fled to the wealthy Kaifeng; the hungry people from Ruzhou fled south into Nanyang and Runing, which were not destroyed by the bandits.

However, because the Ming Dynasty's finances had already gone bankrupt, the government had to meet the needs of the official army first, and the relief was entirely conscious of the large households, so the relief was not effective, resulting in the hungry people in the east of Luoyang and the looting of the people of Ruzhou, all rushed to Gao Huan's control of the four counties.

The central Henan military government became the fourth direction for the victims to go.

At present, the four counties in central Henan have become one of the relatively peaceful areas in Henan. All hungry people have heard that when they arrive in Dengfeng, they can get land, eat and wear food, and eat pigs, sheep, chickens and duck meat, bringing fatal temptations to hungry people. Whether they are true or false, they are rushing towards Dengfeng.

Kaifeng, Governor Ding Qirui, gathered troops for several months, and finally gathered an army of more than 30,000 people, and at the urging of the court, he went to lift the siege of Luoyang.

At this time, a group of official troops marched westward across the wilderness, and replaced Li Xianfeng and became the governor of Henan. Gao Mingheng, with a group of officials, gave Ding Qirui farewell.

"The Governor led a large army to Luoyang. The soldiers and civilians of Luoyang will definitely eat pots of slurry to welcome the king's army. The lower officials led many colleagues in Henan to wish the Governor that the horse will succeed, the flag will be successful, and the thieves will be defeated!" Gao Mingheng picked up the wine glass and said.

Ding Qirui took the wine glass and drank it, but there was no excitement on his face. Li Zicheng gathered millions of people. Most of his 30,000 people were in danger. I don’t know how many people could come back safely.

Although Ding Qirui knew that most of the time he could not save Luoyang, he could not help him. This is politics and his sorrow.

Ding Qirui sighed and said, "High School Chief, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

Gao Mingheng also sighed and bowed: "Governor General, now hundreds of thousands of hungry people are gathered under Kaifeng City, and half of them are in the hands of the bandit army in Henan. It is difficult for the subordinates to collect 200,000 shi of military rations. I would like to ask the Governor General to reduce some of them."

Ding Qirui exhaled a breath of turbid air, his eyes deep, and he looked at the official army heading west, "High School Chief, Henan has a severe drought, and there is another locust plague. It is a thousand miles naked, and hunger is floating all over the world. The people are in water and fire. How could these officials not know? They are from Henan!"

Gao Mingheng and the officials were in a heavy heart. As they listened carefully, Ding Qirui pointed to the advancing official army and continued: "But I have no choice. Unless I do not save Luoyang and do not destroy the thieves, can you let the soldiers go to the front line hungry? The hungry people were starved to death, the Ming Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, and the official army was starved to death. It was the thieves who rescued them.

After saying that, Ding Qirui turned over and the horse, Gao Mingheng hurried behind him and shouted: "Governor, the year of disaster is no longer as good as in previous years!"

Ding Qirui did not look back and walked away with his generals.

...

Xinzheng County was ruled by the central Henan military government.

In just one month, the hungry people came from Xingyang, and there were 200,000 people. All the roads leading to the four counties in Henan were filled with endless streams of hungry people. They supported the elderly and the young, carried the loads and crutches, and walked hard.

After the hungry people arrived at the boundaries of the four counties, one porridge shed after another began to appear along the way. The people organized by the military government in the greenhouse were busy giving porridge and relief, which finally made the hungry people see a glimmer of hope for survival.

At this time, Gao Huan stood by the road riding a horse, looking at the hungry people coming, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Mr. Sun, I hope you go to Kaifeng and try to lift the blockade of us. So many hungry people consume a huge amount of food. If the blockade cannot be broken and the price of grain is reduced, millions of silver will not be enough to spend."

Sun Sike knew that the situation was serious and the responsibility was heavy, so he immediately bowed and said, "I am willing to take the risk to Kaifeng to accomplish this for the military commander."
Chapter completed!