Chapter 291 sucks!
Yingyin is the city of Xuchang in later generations. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was Yingyin County, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou. In the Tang Dynasty, it was Changshe County, Xuzhou, Henan Province. In the Song Dynasty, it was Changshe County, Yingchang Prefecture, North Beijing Road.
Less than thirty miles east of Yingyin is Xuchang, the capital of Yuzhou.
From a military and transportation perspective, Yingyin County's status far exceeds that of Xuchang, because several east-west and north-south post roads intersect in this county.
From here to the northwest, you can reach Luoyang via Yangzhai, Yangcheng and Shenyuan Pass.
Go west from here to Xiangcheng.
From here, you can go south through Runan to Jiangxia.
From here, you can go north to Xingyang.
Go east from here, passing through Xuchang, to the hinterland of Yuzhou.
There is no doubt that this is a well-connected place.
During the Taiping years, business travel flourished and a large amount of wealth could be accumulated.
In the war years, all parties came to mess with you. Who allowed you to build better roads and more roads?
Yingyang Pavilion, as you can tell from its name, is located on the north bank of Yingshui River.
It is difficult to say how many food towns Tinghou has.
As few as a few hundred households, as many as more than 2,000 or 3,000 households, which is almost the same as a county official.
Xun Xian, the Yingyang Tinghou, was granted the title after Jin destroyed Wu.
At that time, Xun Xu and Jia Chong thought that the attack on Wu was not feasible. Emperor Sima Yan did not listen to them and ordered the attack on Wu, which was successful.
After the war, Xun Xu was rewarded for his merits. Because he was in charge of imperial edicts, he made one of his sons the Marquis of Ting.
Not counting this, he also granted his grandson Xunxian the title of Marquis of Yingyang Pavilion, with a settlement of 1,000 households.
In other words, Xun Xian has been the Marquis of Yingyang Ting for almost thirty years. With the power of the Xun family, Xun Xian actually controls more land and household registration than he did at the beginning.
In fact, Xun Xian's family is surrounded by vast stretches of land, and the manor's acres have long since left Yingyin County and penetrated into Linying County next door, totaling more than 160 hectares. Although he is not a big landowner, he should not be underestimated.
"Hao Chang!" Shao Xun stood on a small slope, looking at the fields full of wheat, and ordered.
"The end will be here." Hao Chang responded as he came out of the queue.
"You lead a thousand people to farm here. Go to the fields when you are busy, and practice when you are free." After Shao Xun finished the first half of the sentence, he pointed his riding whip and said: "We also occupy the field at the bend of the river. From now on. From now on, this will be the headquarters of Yingyin's field army."
"Chen Liangfu will send people the money, grain, bricks, and wood needed to renovate the manor," Shao Xun continued.
“How to change it?” Hao Chang asked.
"Change it to Cangcheng, with a limit of 3,000 troops, 300,000 dendrobium grain stores, and 100,000 bundles of hay."
"Yes." Hao Chang agreed.
His family is still in Luyang, and someone will be sent to pick them up in a while.
There is nothing dissatisfied. The living conditions in Yingchuan are better than those in Luyang, although the safety is not as good as those in Luyang.
"Let's take over the fields and manor now." Shao Xun waved his hand and said.
"No." Hao Chang immediately ordered 500 old people from Hebei and 500 captives from the garrison, and took over the Xun Xian family's manor.
He has already seen that the huge manor is empty. Except for a few people sent by the Xun family to handle the handover, there are almost no villagers, tribes, or servants. There is only one reason. People are gone.
A large group of people came from a distance.
Xunxuan, the Marquis of Jibei County, rode a tall horse, surrounded by more than a hundred horsemen in front and behind, holding halberds and horseshoes.
There are more than a thousand troops behind them, some holding guns, some holding shields, some holding bows, and escorting hundreds of vehicles.
The car was loaded with goods and food, and there were thousands of pigs and sheep behind the convoy - it looked like he was bleeding, but it wasn't a massive hemorrhage.
The Xun family's troops stopped three hundred paces away.
Xun Zhen continued to move forward with a few tribesmen, stopped twenty steps away, and said loudly: "The Marquis of Chen is here, and I missed the welcome from afar. I hope you will forgive me."
< br>After Xun Zhen finished speaking, the faces of the tribesmen behind him varied.
How to put it, considering the Xun family's family status and the power in the court, this can be said to be quite soft, even "humiliating".
The young people are studying and practicing martial arts at home, and are not sensitive enough to the changes in the outside world. In addition, they are young and energetic, and they are somewhat dissatisfied with the clan's peaceful attitude.
Of course, the Xun family elders would not think like them.
The Xun family has become extremely wealthy, and what we should do now is to preserve the wealth accumulated by the sages of the past generations. Therefore, stability is the priority in everything, and don't break up with others easily and consume the strength of the family.
The troubled times are coming. If Buqu’s family soldiers are too exhausted, they will not be able to protect their family.
"Your Majesty is polite." Shao Xun bowed on his horse and looked very arrogant. He asked, "It's really sad that the Marquis of Yingyang Ting died of illness. But I don't know his family. Where are they?”
“My nieces and nephews are so sad that they have moved south with them,” Xun Zhen replied expressionlessly.
Shao Xun didn't speak, just sat on the horse and looked at him quietly.
The south wind suddenly blew, making the military flags whistle.
Under the banner, thousands of soldiers of the Silver Spear Army stood with weapons in hand, also watching the Xun family quietly.
The atmosphere gradually became a little subtle.
Xun Zhen felt nervous, a little worried that Shao Xun would suddenly attack and make things impossible to deal with.
"Xi Lv Lv..." The war horse under Yi Congdu Manyu's crotch neighed.
The Yi Cong knights behind them comforted their horses, because their horses were also snorting uneasily or pawing the ground with their hooves.
Xun Zhen's expression changed, but he was still calm and did not lose his composure. The performance of the young disciples of the Xun family behind him was uneven.
Someone is very calm and expressionless.
Some people were extremely panicked and looked pale.
There are even people who can't stand the pressure and subconsciously take a step or two back.
Shao Xun suddenly smiled, got off his horse lightly, and walked towards Xun Zhen, saying: "It's good to cross to the south. The world is in chaos, and there are indeed many people who go south to Wu. It may be possible to preserve the family and continue the legacy of the children. ”
As he spoke, he had already walked to Xun Zhen, held his arm familiarly, and said with a smile: "The Marquis of Ji Bei came to work for the army. I am very grateful. It is better to choose a day than to hit it. Why don't you have a drink, and it will be better for you?" Xun's Junyi?"
"I couldn't ask for it." , and immediately agreed.
Shao Xun smiled slightly, and immediately ordered the sheep to be cooked and the cattle to be slaughtered. The whole army of the big army - the whole audience consumed the food. Naturally, Mr. Xun paid the bill.
He knew that Xun was still dissatisfied and felt quite humiliated.
Xun Zhen brought more than a hundred cavalry and more than a thousand infantry, and they all looked decent. Even though they were not as good at fighting as the veterans of the Silver Spear Army, they were not too bad.
This is the old foundation of the Xun family.
After all, it is an old family with a long history. After many generations of management, it can always pull out some elite troops.
But the upper echelons of these families are too decadent, sluggish, and timid.
My style of running the family business is extremely conservative and I don’t dare to take a gamble.
This state reminded him of the historical vassal towns of the late Tang Dynasty.
The once prosperous towns such as Weibo and Chengde obviously had many household registrations, abundant money and food, a large number of troops, and sophisticated armor. However, the entire feudal town was sluggish and had many internal conflicts. In the end, it was violently beaten by the emerging Xuanwu and Hedong towns. , became its vassal, paid tribute of money and grain, and sent troops to assist in the war.
Perhaps, this is the difference between emerging groups and established families.
Old money families like Yingchuan look down on upstarts like Shao Xun, but at the same time they have to admit their growing strength and have to succumb.
If you keep doing this, don’t be schizophrenic!
During the banquet, the Silver Spear Army and the Yi Cong Army selected some elite soldiers to perform various skills in public.
Later, the whole army even performed a formation.
The smooth, fast, and precise movements were full of rhythmic beauty. Even Xun Zhen, a person who didn't like military affairs very much, couldn't take his eyes off it.
After reading it, I sighed even more.
The Xun family has been running the business for several generations, and they have only managed to raise more than 2,000 elite soldiers who are truly capable of fighting. They are still reluctant to waste them, and they have always been the treasure at the bottom of the box.
But in troubled times, there are always some people who take advantage of the situation and, through just a few years of hard work, suddenly surpass the management of aristocratic families for more than a hundred years. Do you think it is outrageous or not?
Let's not talk about Shao Xun. Shi Le, a slave who was originally farming in Chiping Manor, has far more elites who dare to fight and fight under him than the Xun family. If they come with a large number of people, they can be completely destroyed if they don't care about casualties. Xun family.
Is there something wrong with this world?
Why the accumulation of more than a hundred or even hundreds of years by aristocratic families is not as good as that of these self-made slaves (Shi Le), military households (Shao Xun), county officials (Zhang Chang), Wubaoshuai (Zhao Gu), People from poor families (Wang Mi) or even messy people like Tianshi Dao followers?
Which of the above-mentioned people has a higher starting point than the gentry?
Wang Mi, who has the best family background, was a prefect in his grandfather's generation, and his father was unknown. By his generation, he was no different from a country tycoon.
Shi Le, who came from the poorest family, was beaten down to eighteen horses, but he seized the opportunity, pulled Liu Yuan's tiger skin, and persuaded the Jie people who were not in the same tribe before to join him with a few words, but failed repeatedly. Repeatedly.
Shao Xun was just a serf-military household, but he could also seize the opportunity and soar into the sky.
The strength of these people in just a few years has exceeded the accumulation of more than a hundred years by aristocratic families, which makes people sigh.
Perhaps times have really changed.
It is true that the wealthy families have rich clothes, good food, high officials and generous salaries, but these are also a cage, which firmly restrains their hands and feet, making them dull and clumsy. When the great era comes, they will do nothing and be ignored by others. Overtake quickly.
But what’s the use of understanding it?
Can it be changed? It doesn't seem to work.
Xun Zhen even pessimistically guessed that even at the critical moment of life and death, they would not be able to make any fundamental changes.
In the end, relying on the emerging rulers and continuing to maintain certain privileges and status is the best outcome.
It sucks!
On February 29th, Shao Xun ended his show of force in Yingyin and sent his troops to Xuchang. He also gathered the Yingchuan nobles here to discuss strategies for protecting Sangzi.
Xun Zhen also came over.
This is a political attitude, and the signal is very clear.
In addition, the news that Xunxian, the Marquis of Yingyangting, died of a sudden illness quickly spread, and everyone knew what to do.
But this is not a bad thing.
When Wang Mi came over, there were more than 100,000 people in attendance, and the momentum was extremely huge.
To be honest, if the Yingchuan gentry can unite, each family will not hide their personal interests, contribute their most capable elite troops, pay generous rewards, replenish their equipment, money and food, and form a coalition army to fight with Wang Mi fights to the death, but it is still unclear who will win.
But can they do it? Dogs don’t believe it!
Since we cannot unite and protect our own safety, we can only rely on outsiders.
The conference in Xuchang was a conference of unity and victory...
Shao Xun not only collected a lot of money and food, but also "borrowed" a total of three hundred elite soldiers from various noble families. Send it back to Yangcheng County and set up a defense force.
Three hundred people, if we divide it among everyone, each family will only have a few dozen people. It’s a bit painful, but it’s still acceptable.
I wonder if they have heard the story of boiling a frog in warm water.
In Shao Xun's view, the unorganized and scattered aristocratic families are just cash machines.
Don't hurt them all at once, otherwise they will resist.
Just play slowly...
(End of this chapter)