The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

Li Jiren's expression was a little stiff, and his knuckles turned white as he gripped the token tightly.

"You just said that those bandits in Pulu Mountain were fugitives from Bashu County?"

"Yes. They were released eight years ago and driven all the way to the vicinity of Mount Pulu, where they robbed and killed passing merchants and ordinary people.

I don’t know why the imperial court allowed them to do evil for so many years.”

Thinking of the piles of bones in front of the mountain stronghold and the tragic fate of Lan Niang and other women, Lu Yanyan's voice trembled slightly.

Han Huaixi also remembered that last year a group of them were surrounded by bandits. One of them injured Uncle Erhu and broke the stick in my grandfather's hand. My father and grandfather almost died at the hands of that man.

Han Qingyun saw his daughter's fear, hugged her, patted her on the back, and whispered, "Don't be afraid, those people are dead now."

Li Jiren opened his mouth but said nothing.

The Pulu Mountain bandits' notoriety spread during the reign of his royal grandfather.

Jincheng County is not far from Luocheng. If you ride fast, you can get there in less than two days.

But those bandits stayed in Pulu Mountain for seven years and committed heinous crimes.

If they hadn't met Han Qingyun and the others last year, they would probably still be doing evil in Pulu Mountain.

Whatever the reason, his royal grandfather was negligent in his supervision.

Looking at Lu Yanyan whose shoulders were slightly shaking, and then at Han Huaixi with tears in the corners of his eyes, a trace of pain appeared on Xie Ning's face.

The bandits in Pulu Mountain are cruel and hard-hearted.

They rarely leave anyone alive. They not only rob but also kill them.

At the beginning, no one knew that the remote Pulu Mountain outside Jincheng County was occupied by a group of vicious bandits.

It was not until later when more and more people went missing and some people escaped from the bandits that the name of the Pulushan bandits became known.

After the incident, Emperor Huiren immediately ordered the prefect of Yunzhou Prefecture and the magistrate of Jincheng County to suppress the bandits as soon as possible.

More than three months later, the prefect of Yunzhou reported to the court that there were a large number of bandits in Jincheng County, and each of them was very skilled.

It took them three months to wipe out most of the bandits, and they will continue to encircle and suppress the remaining bandits.

Sure enough, for a long time after that, there was no news of the evil deeds committed by the bandits in Pulu Mountain.

More than half a year later, Zhao Chengxin, a wealthy businessman from Zhengcheng, returned to Zhengcheng from Yucheng with 300,000 taels of silver and a large amount of goods.

When passing through Jincheng County, all the belongings Zhao Chengxin had were robbed, and he and his guards were all killed.

In Dayu, except for extremely poor places like Jiyang, taxes from other prefectures must be submitted to the imperial court.

The support of the border troops basically depends entirely on the support of the national treasury.

However, the treasury of Dayu State was not well-off, and the military supplies and salaries of the border troops were often not paid in full and on time.

Moreover, Dayu Kingdom has a vast territory, and the distance between the capital Luocheng and various border cities is very far, making it very inconvenient to transport military supplies for the border troops.

Military pay is secondary, but food and medicine cannot be cut off at all.

The imperial court strongly supported the border troops in trading with traveling merchants, who then provided them with the insufficient food, fodder, and medicinal materials.

Such merchants are called munitions dealers.

Zhao Chengxin is the largest military supplier of the Yucheng Border Army.

After Zhao Chengxin was killed, his family waited for his return for a long time and went all the way to Yucheng.

Later they learned that Zhao Chengxin was killed by bandits from Pulu Mountain.

Prince Qing pointed at the nose of the Minister of Personnel in the court and scolded him for not being able to judge people well. He said that the Ministry of Personnel actually rewarded the Yunzhou prefect, who lied about his military achievements.

After scolding the Minister of Personnel, he scolded the Ministry of War. The Pulu Mountain bandits were extremely evil, and the Ministry of War not only failed to eliminate them in time, but also pushed all the things onto the local authorities, giving them the opportunity to falsify information.

Then Prince Qing scolded the Ministry of Revenue for being incompetent, the Ministry of Rites for being hypocritical, the Ministry of Works for being dull, and the Ministry of Justice for being bookish...

Prince Qing, with full firepower, bit whoever he caught, even the most respected Prime Minister Liu was spat at by him.

Emperor Huiren's face flushed red at the insinuation, but for the first time he did not punish Prince Qing for insulting his ministers.

Emperor Huiren ordered the Dali Temple to find out the truth of the matter.

The prefect of Yunzhou Prefecture and the magistrate of Jincheng County cried out that they were innocent.

They did wipe out most of the bandits. Some of the remaining ones fled to the mountains, and some fled to other prefectures. They had done their best.

Upon hearing this, Prince Qing beat the two men on the spot, and Emperor Huiren could no longer protect Prince Qing.

Prince Qing, who assaulted an imperial official, was also given twenty strokes of the cane.

Afterwards, under the guidance of the Yunzhou Prefecture Army, Prince Qing and the Minister of War personally led people to Pulu Mountain.

Unfortunately, the gang of bandits had already fled, and they only rescued the passers-by who were captured on the mountain.

Passersby said that when the bandits learned that they had killed the arms dealer, they ran away with the silver.

Prince Qing also found Zhao Chengxin's goods there, but all the silver was gone.

No one knew where the bandits had escaped to. Prince Qing and his men searched the area for a long time but couldn't find anyone.

It was not until four years ago that Li Jiren encountered the real Pulu Mountain bandits and realized that Prince Qing had been deceived.

The place they went to should be a fake bandit hideout.

Or maybe someone was robbing people under the guise of the Pulu Mountain bandits.

Or, there were originally two gangs of bandits, both of whom set up camp in Pulu Mountain.

Unfortunately, after that, Li Jiren was busy with various things and had no chance to investigate the truth of the matter.

After Prince Qing cleared Pulu Mountain, Jincheng County regained stability for a period of time.

The prefect of Yunzhou Prefecture and the magistrate of Jincheng County had no direct evidence to prove that the two men had lied about their military achievements, so it was difficult to convict them.

However, these two people were indeed ineffective in suppressing the bandits. In the end, the magistrate of Jincheng County was dismissed from his post, and the prefect of Yunzhou District was demoted and transferred to Nan'an County.

A few months later, the bandits in Jincheng County revived. Although the scale of the robbery was not large, there were many victims.

Some of the victims' families filed a complaint in Luocheng, and some even stayed at Prince Lin's mansion, hoping that Prince Lin could make a decision for them.

That was the winter five years ago, and it was also the last time Prince Lin spent with Emperor Huiren and Concubine Qi.

King Lin submitted a petition, expressing his wish to personally lead people to Pulu Mountain to take a look.

However, he was stopped by Ruan Bai, the Duke of Ying who had just inherited the title.

The relationship between Prince Lin and the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion was somewhat awkward. Ruan Bai had originally been promoted to the Minister of Revenue, but was demoted to the Vice Minister of Revenue because of the snow disaster.

It was a rare first-rank official in the Duke's family, but he was demoted to a fifth-rank doctor because of Prince Lin. This was a great shame and humiliation for Ruan Bai.

Also, because of what happened in his early years, Ruan Bai would refute anything Prince Lin raised, regardless of whether it was reasonable or not.

Emperor Huiren and his court officials were no longer surprised.

But what Ruan Bai said about the matter of Pulu Mountain made sense.

As the prince of Jiyang, Prince Lin commanded a million troops and was responsible for the security of the border. It was not appropriate for him to focus on trivial matters such as suppressing bandits.

The newly appointed prefect of Yunzhou Prefecture and the magistrate of Jincheng County have been trying their best to encircle and suppress the bandits.

However, Mount Pulu is too big and the mountain road is difficult to travel, which makes it difficult to suppress the bandits.

If Prince Lin were to go and suppress the bandits, it would be a direct message to the world that the imperial court did not trust the prefects of Yunzhou Prefecture and Jincheng County. How would they then govern the local people?

Ruan Bai rarely spoke with reason and evidence, and Emperor Huiren was also worried that his beloved son was too tired, so he promised Prince Lin that he would assign someone to keep an eye on the bandit suppression.

After the Spring Festival, King Lin returned to Jiyang and soon conquered the Qiang people.

Lu Yanyan and Han Qingyun knew what happened next.

When Princess Lin talked about the awkward relationship between Prince Lin and the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion, her expression looked a little unnatural, which was keenly noticed by Lu Yanyan.