Chapter 567 War Season (Part 1)
In the early morning, Yu Chen came to Bingjing Terrace.
After some inquiries, I learned that Mr. Chen lived in Tongquetai, so he went back.
After arriving at the Tongjue Garden, he stopped for a moment because he saw Lu Zhi.
"Lu Changshi." Yu Chen saluted.
"Captain Yu." Lu Zhi returned the greeting.
Lu Zhi was originally a minister, but now he also holds the position of the right chief historian of the Chariot and Cavalry Shogunate - the original Shogun Pingdong Shogunate had only one chief historian, but after it was reorganized into the Chariot and Cavalry Shogunate, the right and left chief historians were appointed. Pei Kang was the main one and Lu Zhi was the assistant.
Yuchen was still a Sili school captain and a court official, and did not work part-time in the shogunate.
The current north of the river is basically dominated by Yu Chen and Lu Zhi.
Although Yu Chen is Shao Xun's father-in-law, his foundation in Hebei is shallow and limited to a small area on the north bank of the Yellow River. Therefore, Shao Xun gave him the management of the three counties of Wei, Ji and Dunqiu.
Lu Zhi himself was from Hebei. He came from a well-known family and had served in the Sima Ying shogunate for many years. He had a deep foundation. His wife was the daughter of the Cui family in Qinghe. The affairs of the seven counties of Boling.
Guangping, Yangping and Anping counties are handled by two people together.
Yuchen's main task is actually to gather the refugees, resettle the people, check household registrations, and measure the acres. To be honest, these are things that offend people, but they are also things that lay a solid foundation.
The powerful gentry in Ji, Wei and Dunqiu counties have weakened to a considerable extent.
Located on the front line of the war, with repeated seesaws, the local snakes either died or fled, resulting in heavy losses. After Shi Le took control, he cleared a considerable portion of farmland and pasture and designated it as official land. He also "equalized the fields" in Wei County to distribute land and houses to the sergeants who had followed him for many years.
After Shi Le's defeat, Yu Chen took over and used his influence from serving as an official in Ji County for many years to further deepen and consolidate Shi Le's original policies and even clean up some of the people who had colluded with the Huns during the war. The powerful scholars took advantage of them and confiscated their villagers and their fields, turned these people into self-cultivators, and compiled their household registrations.
Lu Zhi’s mission is completely different.
He mainly focused on recruiting surrender and accepting rebels, and did not touch the interests of the local wealthy families. He even tried to appease and grant officials status. As long as you come over, everything is easy to discuss.
This is what he is good at and where his strengths can best be used. He did a very good job, slowly stabilizing the floating people's hearts.
It can be seen from the division of labor between the two that Yu Chen is managing the basics for Shao Xun, while Lu Zhi is trying to win over vassal forces for him.
Yes, the three counties of Wei, Ji, and Dunqiu are managed as the core base, along with Puyang on the other side of the river and Luonan counties in western Henan, Xiangcheng, Runan, Xincai, Nandun, Chen, and Liang It's the same nature - of course, the nature is the same, but the degree of stability is different. After all, this is Hebei.
Guangping, Yangping, and Anping are between the basic forces and the vassal forces.
Shi Le divided land in Guangping, and the number of homesteaders was quite considerable.
Yangping is located at the crossroads between north and south, but the tension is not strong enough.
Anping was the residence of the Jizhou governor of Liu Han. Many Hu people came. The wealthy and Hu people coexisted, making the situation complicated.
To put it simply, the vitality of the local wealthy families in these three counties was severely damaged, but they still had considerable strength, and the situation was relatively complicated. Therefore, Yu and Lu worked together to deal with it, with the ultimate goal of weakening the power of the wealthy families. The Hu people were organized into households and the people were brought under strict control, and they gradually became the basic base.
Shao Xun has had this idea for many years and has persisted to this day.
He just wants to create enough farmers and run a strong basic market.
He divided the family into three stages: the "complete" family in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the military family in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the bureaucratic family in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The bureaucratic family is the ultimate goal and may not be achieved, but if we can get to this point, this life will be worth it - it is impossible to completely eliminate the family.
Military families are acceptable because their land, number of tribes, and influence are far inferior to those of the Wei and Jin families.
To put it bluntly, the economic base determines the superstructure. He aimed at the economic base of the family, that is, land and population.
Isn’t it scary to pull out thousands of soldiers at every turn? Who has the final say locally?
After seeing the ceremony, Yu Chen and Lu Zhi went to the Tongque Terrace in good spirits.
“I heard that Zidao went to the Bohai Sea to collect food, why did he come back?” Yu Chen asked while walking.
"Bohai tribes have already given out 200,000 hu of grain, which is being transported to Nanpi." Lu Zhi said: "The Pingyuan Hua family was willing to give 200,000 hu of dendrobium, but the post of Yangping prefect was never fulfilled. , I came back to Yecheng for this reason."
"That's it." Yu Chen nodded and said, "The Hua family is a famous family, and Mr. Chen has promised to be the governor of Yangping."
Lu Zhi felt relieved.
He couldn't settle Yang Ping's matter with just one word. He had to discuss it with Yu Chen. If he could agree, there would be no problems with Mr. Chen and he would definitely follow the good path.
Of course, the reason why Hua Chang became the governor of Yangping was not at all because of money and food. The most fundamental reason was Pingyuan Hua's influence in the surrounding areas.
With their people serving as officials, the place is stable, they can raise money and food quickly, and they can also provide you with soldiers, slaves, and even some weapons and equipment. If it had been anyone else, not only it wouldn't have been possible, but at least it would have been greatly compromised. This is the most important reason why rulers since the Wei and Jin Dynasties had to pinch their noses and cooperate with aristocratic families.
Pingyuan Fahrenheit is willing to give 200,000 grains of dendrobium, which is far more than the average. To put it bluntly, it is to remind Shao Xun, where is the Yangping prefect you promised? Implement it quickly.
Facing a behemoth like Fahrenheit, Lu Zhi did not dare to neglect. After handling the affairs of Bohai, he returned to Yecheng to urge.
The two walked side by side and soon arrived at the foot of the Tongque Tower and climbed up.
In the early morning, the trees on the stage are lush and green, and the birds are chirping and circling.
Every seven or eight steps, there is a sergeant standing at attention with weapons in hand, not squinting.
Occasionally encounter the servants who go up and down the Tongque Tower.
Some transport grain, meat, fruits, vegetables and daily necessities upwards, and some pull waste garbage from the platform.
With sharp eyes, Yu Chen saw a torn woman holding her belly, and his face suddenly darkened.
But it only took a moment, and it quickly returned to normal, but there was a little more scrutiny in the eyes looking at the Tongque Terrace.
Lu Zhi also saw it, and caught the fleeting expression on Yu Chen's face, and the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up.
This Yu Zimei has placed many Henan officials in Ji, Wei and Dunqiu. What does he want to do?
Lu Zhi smiled, went up first, and quickly boarded the Tongque Terrace.
"Ming Gong is taking a bath?" The words of Liu Ling, who was on duty in front of the palace, made Yu Chen even more worried.
Wang Yifu’s daughter! Every time he thought about this identity, Yu Chen felt a little irritable.
It’s just other people, Wang Yifu is a famous person in the world, but he is burdened with inexplicable pressure.
"Yu Gong, Lu Gong, follow me to the side hall to rest for a while." Liu Ling stretched out his hand, his tone was very good, but his attitude was also very firm.
The two nodded and moved forward.
When passing by an equipment rack, Yu Chen couldn't help but take a second look.
Mr. Chen has the habit of getting up early to practice martial arts, but today he stopped doing so.
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Baths also come in different sizes.
The small bath is served by five or six people, and twelve bouquets of dendrobium are used - one bouquet is about twenty liters.
The big bath was served by eight or nine people, and fifteen cups of soup were used - an extra shampoo.
Shao Xun has finished taking a small bath and is sitting on the bed.
Wang Jingfeng was covered with a piece of gauze, and his beautiful body was vaguely visible.
She took out lipstick and facial medicine to dress up Shao Xun.
“Forget it.” Shao Xun quickly pushed away and said speechlessly.
Bal balm has two meanings, one is an ointment to prevent cracked lips in winter, and the other is pure cosmetics.
At this time, countless noble men were wearing lipstick and makeup, but even Shao Xun would not touch such a thing even if he killed him.
Facial medicine is equivalent to powder applied on the face and is very popular among noble men.
Cao Cao's adopted son He Yan - Meng De took his mother Yin as a concubine and adopted this oil bottle - had a fair complexion. Emperor Wei Ming once suspected that his face was powdered and gave him hot soup noodles in the summer. eat. He Yan wiped his sweat while eating, and finally proved that he was not wearing powder.
Shao Xun doesn’t like this stuff either.
He felt that he was a "mountain gun" and a "local dog" and could not appreciate the "feminine beauty" of scholar men wearing powder and lipstick, so he declined.
Wang Jingfeng sighed, touched Shao Xun's face, and said: "If you don't apply powder, this face will be hopeless."
"The wonderful thing about this face, you were not Have you experienced it?" Shao Xun joked.
Wang Jingfeng sat directly in his arms, blushed and said, "I'm going to die."
Shao Xun hugged her tightly, his hands like snakes, swimming up and down the gauze. go.
Wang Jingfeng is in his thirties, but he has managed his body quite well, and he deceived many elite soldiers last night.
Of course, what satisfied him most about this silly woman was her character.
I even confessed to him last night about my marriage to Jia Mi, Duke of Lu County in my early years.
Jia Mi has been dead for more than ten years. The two were married for a short time and had no children.
Shao Xun is very satisfied. The woman is willing to confess to you. This is because she wants to live a good life with you, and she also likes you very much.
This is a sign of being conquered, he thought with some satisfaction.
Wang Jingfeng was out of breath after being touched, and quickly stood up with a blushing face. He took the scented robe and put it on for Shao Xun himself.
The wonderful fragrance from the Western Regions in the incense burner was brought here by Wang Jingfeng. Shao Xun had only smelled it at Princess Xiangcheng's house, not at Concubine Pei's house. They used second-class spices.
Wang Laodeng’s family is really rich.
More than 10,000 pieces of cloth from his family have been used, which was Wang Jingfeng’s dowry.
When will you make another fortune?
"Life is becoming more and more luxurious." Shao Xun sighed after putting on his clothes, smelling them.
"?" Wang Jingfeng was a little confused.
These are ordinary expenses, used every day, all the time, can they be said to be extravagant?
"Lang Jun." Wang Jingfeng said: "You can save it in other places, but you can't save it here."
"Oh? What's the point?" Shao Xun asked with a smile.
“If you don’t bathe and incense yourself when you go out to meet guests, wouldn’t you be despising and neglecting your guests?” Wang Jingfeng said.
Shao Xun was speechless.
"Hee hee. You don't need to buy it." Wang Jingfeng suddenly thought of something and snickered: "I brought all the incense burners collected by Grandpa. The wonderful fragrance was given by Grandma. Grandpa doesn't have it now. I used Xiyu Miaoxiang.”
After saying that, he started to get silly and happy, maybe he thought this was very interesting and fun.
Shao Xun was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wang Jingfeng with a doting look and said, "You should always be like this and be happy every day."
After that, he left.
Wang Jingfeng hummed a tune happily and was in a good mood. After coming to the window, looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, the smile on his face became brighter.
Well, I have to go find my sister.
She put on an underskirt and headed towards her sister's residence like a light and fluttering butterfly.
On the other side, Shao Xun had just met with Lu Zhi and Yu Chen when he received the news: Liu Han sent Anbei General Zhao Gu out of Baixing and entered Ji County. He seemed to be attacking Chaoge and Gong County. attempt.
In this windy environment, there is really no rest for a moment. The "war season" of the new year will start on time, damn!
(End of this chapter)