Chapter 490: Arrangements for the Aftermath
On the first day of March, Liang Fen and his child servants, escorted by five hundred soldiers, drove out of the city in large and small cars and lived in a villa outside the city.
That afternoon, Shao Xun entered the city and moved directly into the Governor's Office.
It is said to be a government office, but in fact it is also a residence. There are offices in the front and people living in the back.
The Liang Mansion is actually empty, and there are hanging coupons. Even the unharvested fruits, vegetables, livestock, medicinal materials, etc. inside the house are priced at 500,000 yuan, which can be said to be sold at a low price.
It can also be seen from this that Lao Liang is a very straightforward person. He leaves as soon as he says it, without any sloppiness or leaving anything behind. With such methods, no wonder he managed to survive during the Eight Kings Rebellion and was promoted step by step.
You know, many officials are dead.
Not only were high-ranking officials such as Shangshu Ling Yue Guang and Zuopu Sheyang Xuanzhi, but also many lesser-known officials and officials, and their casualties were even more severe - well, Shi Yuchen, the imperial censor They also survived, these are all talents.
After nightfall, Shao Xun held a banquet in his mansion and entertained several people: Nanyang Neishi Lekai, Nanyang Palace Farmer Wei Fu, Lieutenant Liang Chen, and a man named Huangfuchang.
Needless to say, Lucai was hardly the number one family in Nanyang before, but now it is firmly established. Whether it is fame, financial resources or connections, it is the well-deserved number one in Nanyang.
When she saw Shao Xun now, she was talking happily and kept asking why she didn't bring her nephew over. The old lady missed her daughter as well as her grandson.
Liang Chen is a little reserved. But after drinking a few glasses of wine, we slowly became warmer.
Shao Xun once received a secret report from someone that Liang Chen had been in contact with Liang Fen. They told each other of their seniority, and their relationship was unusual.
But he just kept it in mind and ignored it.
Liang Chen and Liang Fen's relationship and friendship may be for clinging to each other, or for self-protection.
It's good that someone has made a whistleblower, but as a superior, you need to take good care of it. You can't take measures against someone just because of a piece of gossipy information, just make a secret investigation.
Now it seems that the relationship between Liang Chen and Liang Fen is not very close, only the superficial clan connection.
The Liang family is a big family. It would be a big mistake to think that everyone in the family is of the same mind.
In fact, sometimes they are even enemies.
Shao Xun thought of the person sent by the imperial court to take over the defense of Chang'an after the retreat from Chang'an: Liang Liu.
This man was the son of Huangfu Mi Conggu, who served as the governor of Yangping and Chengyang. He was later killed by the remnants of Sima Yong. At that time, among the remnant troops of Sima Yong, there was Liang Mai, the prefect of Shiping.
It is not surprising that the children of the big family are divided into different parties.
Liang Chen has no problem with this matter, his problem lies in other aspects.
When talking about the Liang family, we have to mention the Huangfu family.
The prefectures of the two clans are stable, and they have many marriages with each other. For example, Liang Liu's mother is Huang Fumi's aunt.
Huangfuchang is the son of Huangfuzhong, the former governor of Qinzhou.
Shao Xun has heard of this name.
When the two kings of Hejian and Chengdu attacked Luoyang, Sima Yue was still in the camp of the King of Changsha, and the brothers Huangfu Shang and Huangfu Zhong were also attached to the King of Changsha.
After the war began, Huangfu was besieged by troops sent by the King of Hejian.
Huangfu entered Guanzhong on the Shangjian Road and marched westward with the imperial edict, intending to make several prefects who were besieging Huangfu Zhong stop their troops. Halfway through the journey, he was informed by his nephew and died.
Huangfu was isolated and helpless, so he later sent his adopted son Huangfuchang to break out and go to Luoyang to ask for help, but to no avail.
At that time, Shao Xun was still in Jinyong City, but he was not able to meet this man. He only vaguely heard that he had persuaded several officials to do something, but in the end nothing happened.
Huangfuchang obviously thought about this too. He glanced at Shao Xun sheepishly and raised his wine glass.
Shao Xun is a little strange. Did you plan some conspiracy to kill me?
But this is all old news.
At that time, the position was chaotic. Today we are allies, tomorrow we are enemies. Backstabbing was common. Nothing was surprising.
After he put down his wine glass, he pondered for a moment, successfully attracted the attention of several people, and then said: "The ancients taught 'Mighty virtue and prudent attack'. Today, the Nanyang soldiers have returned home. It can be said that this is a good thing." It's so good."
As he spoke, he stood up gently, put his hands behind his back, walked slowly in the hall, and said, "There is a difficult thing today."
Speaking of this. , he turned around and looked at the people present.
But Le Kai was more flattering than Liang Laodeng, and immediately asked: "What difficulties does Mr. Ming have? You might as well tell him, and we can look into the details later, and we may share your worries."
Shao Xun nodded slightly and said: "Yesterday in the camp, I heard about the dispute between the Nanyang natives. The scene and scene were pitiful. There was no temporary peace while sleeping and eating."
After that, he sighed. He took a breath and said: "The natives and refugees are all common people. I also know that there are twists and turns in the process, which is difficult to explain. Now I just hope that the natives and the common people can live in peace and rest, so that the farming industry will not be abandoned and the storage will be sustainable. "Why do you teach me?"
The other three people all turned their attention to Lucai.
Lucky actually thought about it beforehand.
We are all smart people. After seeing that Shao Xun had no intention of repatriating the Kansai refugees, we knew what to do.
Before coming to the banquet, he even had a brief consultation with representatives of each family. Now these people have sent servants and letters to their families to report the news.
Lekai doesn’t mind giving up some more land. Anyway, their family has made a lot of money in the past few years. The number of land, bankers, and tribes has increased sharply. Yongraoye, south of Wancheng, has also been taken over by their family. It penetrated deeply and dumped a lot of fine military equipment.
Lejia Buqu was released, and it looked pretty good.
There are more than a hundred cavalry troops. There are more than a thousand elite troops wearing iron armor and holding large spears.
There are also equipment such as crossbows that are hard to see outside.
They were all saved in recent years, among which Yongrao Ye, who has more than 5,000 craftsmen and servants, has made great contributions.
My two younger brothers, one is the internal history of Xincai, the other is the internal history of the court, and he himself is the internal history of Nanyang.
Although the Le family is not a first-class aristocratic family, it is the kind of local wealthy family whose strength exceeds their fame.
The benefits of catching up with Mr. Chen are too great. If you lose some blood temporarily, you will definitely get back the money doubled in the future. He doesn't mind at all.
But others may not be of the same mind as him.
Your sister will marry the King of Chengdu first, and the Le family will reap the benefits.
Just now she was in a bit of a decline, but her sister transformed again and became Mrs. Le in Mr. Chen's house. She also gave birth to his eldest son, and the Le family continued to reap benefits.
Co-author You Lejia always win, right? What are the benefits to us?
So, this matter is actually quite difficult to handle.
The conflict between natives and guests is not just talk. The dispute between natives and guests in Nanyang is not just a day or two.
The Wang Mi thieves who were left behind in Henan can sort out the conflicts between the locals and foreigners in just one or two years, let alone the long-standing abuses in Nanyang that have lasted for more than ten or twenty years.
But Chen Gong asked, and he had to express his position actively, so he said: "Ming Gong led the army south and eliminated a great chaos. This is called achievement without fighting. For the people of Nanyang, this is It is said that there is no greater good in settling down. In this rough autumn, I should bear with my country. I thought that I could measure the land and give it to the refugees to calm their minds."
"What? A measurement method?" Shao Xun asked.
"With Wang Ru's Rebellion as the boundary, all the fields occupied behind the boundary will be taken away. Those already occupied by the Kansai refugees are not subject to this limit." Le Kai said.
For Nanyang, Xiangyang and other counties, Wang Ru's rebellion was a major event, which greatly destroyed the local order.
A large number of homesteaders, some local powerful people and even a small number of nobles just disappeared.
After the chaos, many people crossed south and took boats to settle in Jiangzhou and Yangzhou.
As a result, there were actually a lot of vacant fields, which were successively occupied by the powerful Nanyang nobles.
However, due to the sharp decline in population, they actually could not cultivate so many fields, so a lot of wasteland was picked up and cultivated by the Kansai refugees.
What Le Kai meant was that it was a concession to let the powerful Nanyang nobles vomit out the land they had annexed after Wang Ru's rebellion and distribute it to the Kansai refugees.
After hearing this, Shao Xun felt that it was quite feasible, so he nodded in agreement: "Hongxu can negotiate with the various tribes on my behalf and wait for the good news."
"Please follow the instructions. Duke's order." Le Kai responded.
After negotiating with the Nanyang representatives, Shao Xun looked at the three Guanxi people and said, "How many Wubao have you visited recently?"
The three looked at each other and finally decided Wei Fu said: "There are more than twenty in total."
"How many household registrations are there?"
"More than fourteen thousand families."
"Can the family have enough food? "
"It's just a hand-to-mouth existence."
Shao Xun nodded, this is to be expected.
Even with Liang Fen helping to take care of it, when faced with the strong backlash from the Nanyang natives, the Kansai people would definitely start farming from the corners of the land that the natives had abandoned.
Why are these lands abandoned?
Nanyang has experienced many wars, which can be traced back to the Zhao Wanglun period. Later, it was affected by Zhang Chang's Rebellion. After being barely pacified, it ushered in Wang Ru's Rebellion.
This land is not peaceful.
After the sharp reduction in household registration, there were fewer people and more land. The Nanyang natives naturally picked up the best and most fertile fields for cultivation, while the Kansai people could only pick up what they had left. Coupled with the factors of abandonment, but As you can imagine, the harvest is not high.
Hungry is normal.
"I want to recruit a group of Guanxi people to farm in the counties of Runan, and they will be governed by national laws and military disciplines." Shao Xun said: "First recruit five thousand households, and then recruit 10,000 households. Can you do this for me later?”
There are too many Kansai refugees in the Mianbei counties. Over the past ten or twenty years, there are more than 60,000 families, and many of them have even been born since childhood. A "Kansai native" in Nanyang.
He plans to dilute it a bit, on the one hand to alleviate the conflict between natives and guests, and on the other hand, he can build a base in Runan and strengthen his control over the local area.
Runan is the last fortress in western Henan that has not yet been cleared on a large scale. This large county must be turned into a de facto directly governed territory. Moreover, there are more wastelands in Runan than in Nanyang. Many places were primitive landforms until the Tang Dynasty and had never been developed, making them suitable for resettling refugees.
In the final analysis, farmers are the fundamentals.
He wants to rule directly, not indirectly, let alone unification.
The fifteen thousand households are just the first batch. He will recruit the second and third batches later depending on the situation.
But he will not get rid of all the Kansai people in Nanyang. That would be unrealistic and unreasonable. Those who understand the truth will naturally understand.
"If Duke Ming gives orders, you must obey them." Wei Fu, Liang Chen, and Huangfuchang said in unison.
(End of this chapter)