The gunshots came very abruptly, and Zhao was very strange. According to the military discipline, there is no enemy situation and it is a serious crime. In the war, it is even more imprisoned. Even if the soldiers accidentally fire, they will only have a gunshot, but they will not be a sound. However, if there is an enemy situation and the army is traveling wildly, small groups of enemies will not dare to take action. Moreover, there are whistle cavalry released in front, back, left and right of the marching team. After searching for the surrounding thirty miles, the brigade of enemy troops will be discovered early. Moreover, there are troops stationed along the way, and if an enemy crosses the defense line, it will not be discovered.

In addition, Zhao also knew that the natural environment in this era was still well maintained, and the population was much smaller. A hundred thousand people could be rated as a county. Compared with modern times, it is very appropriate to describe it as a large land and sparsely populated people. It is not surprising that there are no people after walking dozens of miles. Therefore, wolf, insect, tiger and leopard are very common. Even in the fully developed Jiangnan, there are often reports of tiger attacking villages. They are standard beasts, unlike modern times, which have become protected animals. However, wild beasts dare not attack the marching brigades, and they have already heard of the news and fled far away to avoid them.

Just when Zhao was unable to resolve the situation, the sound of lifting the alert sounded, and the safety flag was raised in the camp. The situation was quickly found that a patrol team found someone in the woods next to the camp, so they wanted to go in and check it, but before they could get close, a group of people suddenly rushed out and fled in scattered. They were driving nearby, how dare the patrol officers and soldiers beg for a warning after the drink was invalid.

Then a large number of people arrived, surrounded the escaped crowd, and conducted a strict search of the woods, and captured more than 200 people. After a brief inquiry, it was learned that these people were all fugitives. They had arrived here yesterday and planned to cross the front line and escape to the controlled area of ​​the Mongol Yuan after dark. Unexpectedly, the Song army suddenly strengthened the patrol of the main road, so they did not dare to act rashly. Some people could not bear the thirst and wanted to find water, but were found.

"Can you find out where they are from?" Zhao asked after hearing the briefing.

Zhao Qing strictly controlled the movement of ordinary households in ancient times, because in ancient times when productivity was low, manpower was much rarer than land and was the object of competition among all parties. Since Qin Xiangong implemented the policy of "partnership for household registration", the state began to directly control the people. Under the previous feudal system, the state could not control each family, and there were multiple levels in the middle. The role of household registration was multifaceted, and the most fundamental point was that registering on official household registration means accepting official rule, obtaining the identity of "civilian", and land, and fulfilling its obligations for the country.

The refugees flee and escape from their ancestry are common means of movement. The court, on the one hand, encourages the people to return home, fake land, recruits immigrants, checks the ancestry, and includes households to deal with it. Second, they use severe punishments to prohibit the people from moving, and they will be punished if they are arrested; Third, except for officials and the army, others must have road guides issued by the government and make reasons, otherwise they will be punished if they are seized. The court will also use the population as an important indicator for evaluating local officials to prevent officials from slack off.

In normal times, the movement of ordinary people must be strictly managed, and it will only be stricter in wartime. The army will not only set up checkpoints on the road for inspection, but also make it difficult for you to move forward without corresponding proof. Local governments will also re-enter the civilians and implement the Baojia joint seat system. In addition, there are some methods that cannot be put on the table. They will control the Tings and Braves in various ways, because the male children are the pillars of the family and control the men. It is difficult for the remaining orphans and widows to have the opportunity to escape.

Although it seems that there are not many fugitives with more than 200 people now, it shows that there are problems in the local government's population control, and this happened to be caught, and the problem may be even more serious. In the Lianghuai area, due to decades of war, the population is already small. If a large-scale escape occurs again, it will have a great negative impact on the economic recovery and even the development strategy of the Lianghuai area, so Zhao is also eager to find out the situation.

"Your Majesty, these fugitives come from several places, but most of them are the people of Haozhou!" Ma Duanlin, who went to investigate the situation, replied.

"Why did you ask me if you escape from your hometown?" Zhao asked again.

"Your Majesty, time is in a hurry, and why hasn't been found yet!" Ma Duanlin replied again.

"Yeah!" Zhao nodded and said, "I'll go and have a look."

"Your Majesty, those people have not yet been identified, and what they said is just a one-sided statement. It is very likely that the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty were hidden in it. Your Majesty should not go, so your subordinates should go and ask for it!" Ma Duanlin hurriedly persuaded.

"I still want to ask for it myself!" Zhao thought about it and felt that he was asking for help. After all, it was difficult to understand the real situation based on various memorials alone.

"Your Majesty, the subordinate immediately ordered people to bring the escaped people!" Ma Duanlin knew the temper of the young emperor and knew that it was difficult to persuade him, so he retreated and said second.

"There is no need to mobilize the troops, I will just go there." Zhao waved his hand.

"Your Majesty..." Seeing that the little emperor was leaving, Ma Duanlin hurriedly called a team of guards to catch up with him.

Zhao went to the camp of the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Regiment stationed outside the camp, and the fugitives he caught were temporarily detained there. From a distance, the fugitives were locked in a corner of the camp. It was already dark and it was lit around him. It was bright and the lights were bright. You could clearly see the mixed feelings of old and young men and women. They were ragged, standing or sitting, some sighed, some sobbed, and some children kept crying, which was very pitiful.

"Your Majesty, why did you come here?" After receiving the report of Your Majesty's sudden visit, a brigade commander Tian Zhong rushed over and stood attentively and saluted.

"Have those escaped people eaten?" Zhao asked.

"Not yet, my subordinates are going to interrogate and then hand it over to the local area for disposal!" Tian Zhong replied.

"Prepare some food and hot water, I'll send it to them." Zhao nodded and said.

"This... this is not allowed!" Tian Zhong was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Ma Duanlin and said vaguely.

"Just ask a few fire troops to go with me, don't follow me. You will scare them if you go by these high-ranking officials!" Zhao didn't say anything more and directly ordered.

"Can……"

"But what? Even if they want to kill me, they don't know me, so don't worry!" Zhao smiled when he saw that he was nervous and wanted to persuade him.

"..." The two of them looked at each other and stopped talking. The little emperor usually wears old military uniforms, and they are all white when they wash. They are not old. No one who doesn't know will think that he is the emperor, but will only treat him as an ordinary soldier.

The kung fu was not big, everything was ready. Seven or eight fire soldiers carried two big baskets of cooked cakes and several buckets of water. Zhao Ze carried a basin of pickles to the private camp where he was imprisoned. Of course, everyone did not dare to take the safety of the young emperor lightly. Tian Zhong and Ma Duanlin both changed into old clothes and followed two guards behind. Tian Zhong was nearly fifty years old and came from the bottom of the house. In addition, he was leading troops outside for many years, and he looked like an old fire soldiers like a fire soldiers. No matter how he dressed up, Ma Duanlin could not hide his scholar's anger. He walked with one step and three steps. No matter how he looked, he looked like a clerk in charge of the account, which made him laugh.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat..." Zhao Dang first walked into the camp, found an open space to put down the vegetable basin, and shouted while yelling. The other people also put the water on, and the rice was set off and shouted.

However, the crowd did not move forward, but instead shrank back. Only a few children wanted to go forward, but were pulled back and hugged them tightly in their arms. However, Zhao saw people licking their lips constantly, and the sound of swallowing saliva was even more clearly audible. Obviously, they were not not hungry, but were afraid, and they didn't know what would happen if they continued to eat.

"A group of escaped people should be punished heavily. It is a great grace to give you food, and you are still slow to be ungrateful!" Seeing that everyone was not moving, Zhao was not anxious, but Tian Zhong was anxious. He knew that although the food was not good, it could be regarded as an emperor's "feeding for a banquet". He was anxious and shouted loudly.

"Have you walked a long way? I've been hiding around on the road, so I must have been hungry. Come and eat, otherwise the officials will withdraw if they are angry!" Zhao pointed at Tian Zhong and persuaded everyone.

"..." Looking at the fugitives again, although they had not moved, they were already moved, but they still didn't dare to step forward. A half-old child could not resist the temptation, and rushed out while the adults were not paying attention, grabbed two pancakes in one hand and stuffed them into their mouths.

"Slow down, slow down, don't choke. After eating, you'll have enough to eat!" Seeing that the child was choking and rolled his eyes, Zhao quickly bit the water and sent it to his mouth. The child was extremely hungry, so he drank a few big mouthfuls of the cooked cake in his mouth and started eating it in large mouthfuls.

Seeing that the child was eating and drinking, it was nothing else, and the others could not help it. Then someone came forward. With one and two, everyone finally couldn't hold it back. They rushed up and grabbed it. In a blink of an eye, the pancakes and water were all seen. Zhao quickly winked and asked someone to get some more food, but people ate and took it, and they put it in their arms, and they looked like they were hungry.

"Brother-in-law, eat some!" Zhao saw that an old man was squeezed out several times, so he quickly snatched two pancakes, scooped up aside and pulled him down, and handed him to him and said with a smile.

"Thank you guys!" The old man was stunned for a moment and took it in disbelief, bowed and thanked him.

"Where did the father-in-law come from?" After the old man Zhao found himself half full, he sat down next to him and said.

"I was originally from Hebei, but was later captured by the Tartars and went to Haozhou to farm for many years!" The old man replied.

"If the army recovered the two Huai Rivers today and distributed land and exempted taxes, why did they still have to escape?" Zhao asked again.
Chapter completed!