Chapter 945 The mentality of Nandu scholars
Du Yi never thought that one day he would be entrusted with important tasks.
Of course, he is Danyang Cheng. In theory, he is the deputy of Danyang Prefect. In fact, he does not care much, but he has suddenly become busy in recent days.
The prefect Liu Kun even told him that he did not need to avoid suspicion and that he should unite sincerely in times of hardship, so he gave him all the prison matters.
Du Yi did not refuse and took over these trivial, boring and extremely energy-consuming political affairs.
It was the ninth day of October. There wasn't much going on today. It was rare for Du Yi to be lazy for a day. He left the office in the afternoon and took an ox cart out of the city.
After leaving the city, he simply abandoned the car and walked.
The autumn harvest was over, and the polders were bare and lifeless, just like Jianye at this time of year.
The only thing that can make people feel a little bit angry is probably what they see along the way. The manor owners are using their leisure time to repair ponds and build fields around the lakes. As a result, there are more and more fields that can be cultivated and they can feed more and more people. .
Du Yi knew very well that the road he was walking on and the farmland on the roadside were originally created from the lake. At the end of the Han Dynasty, this area was still a land of water plants, reeds and silt with a faint odor. After decades of transformation, it gradually became good soil, with farmers living in it.
After another hundred years, it seems that there are crisscrossing roads and connected ponds.
On both sides of the road, there are willows and high-spirited young people laughing and galloping on their horses.
In the river pond, as the boat entered the water, Wu Wa laughed and raised her hands to show off the newly dug lotus roots.
There was even a man from a wealthy family who had drunk wine, standing together by the river, pointing at the girl who had wet her clothes while picking lotus roots, and occasionally let out a burst of malicious laughter.
The girl shyly turned around and gently rowed the boat to avoid the reeds.
The scenery in Jiangnan is so beautiful!
Du Yi gently stroked his beard and watched all this quietly. He felt that his fatigue was gone and his mood was extremely happy.
After walking for a long time, a gray-brown manor appeared in front.
That is the Du family's manor.
His father, Du Xi, worked as a writer for the Prince of Changsha, and later moved south to build Ye, where he worked in the shogunate of Prince Langya.
Because he crossed south early, he was able to live on the outskirts of Jianye and got a small manor with hundreds of villagers - to be honest, it was completely incomparable to his family fortune in the north.
His father has passed away. Du Yi first served as a staff member and then as Danyang Cheng. It has been three years now.
Danyang County is very important. Geyin built Ye in this county. Danyang County, the Yangzhou governor and the shogunate all ruled this city.
Du Xi is the eldest son of Du Yu, and he has three younger brothers.
The second brother Du Jhi, who once served as the prefect of Xinping, now stays in Guanzhong and guards the ancestral home.
Du Jhi will cooperate with whoever takes charge of Guanzhong. Even if I cherish my feathers and don't want to be an official, there will always be people from my clan who come out to serve as officials, and they will also marry into the forces that occupy Guanzhong.
The third brother Du Dan and the fourth brother Du Yin run another family business in Yiquanwu, Yiyang. Both of them are now officials under the rule of King Liang.
Du Dan was appointed as the prefect of Xingyang - if it weren't for a strange combination of circumstances, historically Du Dan could have gone to Liangzhou to serve as military commander.
Du Yin's granddaughter married Shao Shen, the nephew of King Liang and a guerrilla general, and he himself served successively as the prefect of Hongnong and the captain of Sili.
The four brothers, divided into three parties, are also extremely powerful.
After entering the manor, Du Yi first visited his mother, and then asked about things at home. After everything was fine, he came to the study.
Du Bi, his younger brother, was sitting on his knees behind the desk, reading a book with great interest.
Since Du Xi can be the literary scholar of Prince Sima Yi's palace, his knowledge is certainly not bad, and the collection of books in the palace is even more abundant. When crossing south, I would rather take less gold and silver with me, but not leave the book behind.
Since arriving at the manor yesterday, Du Bi has been studying in the mansion and enjoying himself - Du Bi is the second son of Du Yin and the younger brother of Du Yi.
"Yi Zhi." Du Yi took off his shoes at the door, walked in with a chuckle, knelt down opposite Du Bi, and said, "If you don't read serious books, you will read about gods and ghosts."
"It's good to read." Du Bi put down the book and said, "It's a pleasure for me to read miscellaneous books in Yiquanwu when I have nothing to do."
"How is Yiquanwu?" Du Yi asked.
"It's too big, and people are jealous of it." Du Bi shook his head and said: "My family has already let go of a group of people, but now there are still 6,000 households with more than 30,000 people. Last month, my father also said that I would let another group of people be let go. Give it to King Liang wherever he likes.”
"Six thousand families." Du Yi smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "I don't even have six hundred families in this village."
"You can't say that." Du Bi said with a smile: "I came here and had nothing to do, so I went to farm for my brother. Watch the whole way -"
"How?"
"If we clean up the dirt, reeds, and bushes, what's the difficulty in getting hundreds of hectares of land?"
"We are doing all these things, but we don't have enough household registration, and we have to recruit people and grain all year round, but we can't do that much." Du Yi said helplessly: "Actually, it's not just the Du family? Even Wang Maohong is also worried about the lack of customers. Jiangnan There are more than five million people, mostly in the hands of the Tu tribe. The Yixing Zhou clan is little known, and they can send out more than ten thousand troops every time something happens, but these tribes are quite good at fighting, so what?" br>
"Practice diligently," Du Bi said.
Du Yi nodded and said: "Just practice diligently, which shows the family background of the Zhou, Shen, Qian and other Jiangdong Tu clans. They - may not be much worse than the big clans like Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang. Brother Yu's family fortune , There is no comparison with them. No one from Nandu can compare with them.”
"What if we drive the people of Yiquanwu southward?" Du Bi asked.
Du Yi was silent. From a family business perspective, this is not a bad thing. We are all a family, just sit down and discuss and divide their respective shares, nothing complicated.
But Congdi said that this matter was not simple, because there was a premise implicit in it: King Liang occupied the entire south of the Yangtze River and ordered passage to the hometown of Soochow.
"Brother?" Du Bi looked at the silent Du Yi and said with a bad smile: "Are you scared?"
Du Yi glared at him angrily and said, "After so many years of not seeing each other, you have become glib."
Du Bi laughed when he heard this and said: "My brother is in Yiyang and has been dealing with soldiers and soldiers all year round. He has changed without knowing it."
"It's never a good thing to have too much contact with soldiers."
"The atmosphere in the north is different. Even though soldiers are still looked down upon, they are better than those in the south of the Yangtze River."
"That's right. Shao Xun is a soldier and has already accomplished something, alas."
"It's more than just a success." Du Bi said seriously: "His foundation is not frivolous at all. The twenty counties of the Liang Kingdom are the foundation for his establishment, and there are more than ten counties outside the twenty counties. The military people can't wait for him to do it now. The emperor is also surrounded by barbarians. He is different from those grass-headed kings who rise and fall. Even if he rises to power, it is not a big deal. "
Du Yi was silent again.
A family like theirs, with their official positions divided into different parties, would certainly not be closed to the public. Even though I don’t know the Northland particularly thoroughly, I can’t tell the difference in general.
As for Du Yi, he also believed that among the heroes in the North, Shao Xun, who fought to the end and picked up the fruits of victory, had the most stable foundation, even more stable than the pseudo-Han established by Liu Yuan - although the five Xiongnu tribes had There are half a million people, but they are still divided into tribes. The tribes are not separated, and the people are organized into households. Everything depends on the loyalty of the nobles of the tribe. The foundation is really not very stable.
Of course, Shao Xun's situation is inseparable from his twenty years of management.
His disciples spread all over the counties of Liang State and slowly climbed to high positions.
Winning over a large number of wives, they were separated from the gentry as a whole.
The establishment of the Fubing was a stroke of genius, creating a large group that suppressed scholars and barbarians. This group had no distinction between Han, Han, noble or humble. As long as it joined, it would become a self-contained entity with its own will.
The most important thing is that it is difficult for the soldiers to rebel and they are a powerful tool to stabilize the place.
In addition, he often does things to gain popularity, which not only gives benefits but also prestige, so there will be no disadvantages.
Du Bi was right, even if he did kill the king, it would not be a big deal.
"Yizhi." Du Yi opened his mouth with a lonely face and said, "King Langya has been kind to my family, but I can't bear it."
"Brother!" Du Bi's expression changed and he said.
Du Yi waved his hand, signaling him not to say anything yet.
"When Shao soldiers attack, I will serve for King Langya." Du Yi said: "But when things are impossible to do, Brother Yu will not fight to the death."
Du Bi suddenly realized.
This is the attitude of the elder brother, and it is also the attitude of many Nandu scholars, especially those families with official branches.
Their life in Jiangnan was not very comfortable.
It is difficult for them to get maturely developed land into their hands. Even if it does, it is mostly in the hands of powerful people such as Director Wang.
If they want to expand their family business, they can only open up wasteland, and this is not a simple matter.
Spending money is a trivial matter, but dead people are the biggest headache.
Originally, there were only a small number of customers and dealers, and some of them had to be spent on land reclamation, so the operation was stumbling and very slow.
Therefore, the situation in Jiangnan today is like this: the Tu people have the upper hand in population, economy, and military, but are at a political disadvantage, while the Nandu scholars are just the opposite. The two sides constantly fight and compromise, and finally reach a temporary balance.
Du Yi did not completely reject Shao Xun's move south to occupy Jiangdong, and this factor was included.
However, he was unwilling to betray King Langya due to factors such as personal integrity and code of conduct.
In fact, he is just a microcosm, and many Nandu scholars have this mentality.
For Shao Xun, who aspires to unify, this is actually quite good.
I don't want to surrender when I don't want to go up, but I won't resist. To put it bluntly, I just want to be loyal to my duties and personal values, and do my best.
There is a big difference between whether you work hard and whether you resist desperately.
"I have fully understood what my brother means." Du Bi said: "This world has been in chaos for a long time, and it is time to unify it. After peace, I brought my troops to Jiangnan to manage the industry with my brother. King Liang As I said, the fields in the south of the Yangtze River are not cultivated.”
"The King of Liang knows how to manipulate people's hearts." Du Yi sighed: "This is the method of surrounding three towers when attacking a city, so that the wealthy families in the world are lucky and unwilling to resist."
"There should also be people going south from Guanzhong." Du Bi added: "The number of Hu and Han people brought here may be more than that of Yiquanwu."
Du Yi shook his head and laughed, and said: "Come on, come on, everyone. Let the Wu people see who will have a richer family once the wealthy families in the North get serious."
Du Bi also laughed.
After a while, he whispered: "If any of my nephews have outstanding talents and learning, they can follow me back to Yiyang to meet my brothers and sisters in the clan."
Du Yi did not refuse, he was unable to refuse.
(End of chapter)