Chapter 577 The Real Capital
On May 24, the ninth year of Yongjia in the Jin Dynasty (315), it was sunny.
There is a field army near Kaocheng, with a total of 5,000 people. They are from prisoners who were farming in Guangchengze. They were later pardoned and sent to Kaocheng, at the junction of Jiyang, Jiyin and Liangguo. Farming.
When we first came here, there were five thousand bachelors, but now there are more than two thousand married people. The main candidates for intermarriage were refugees, beggar soldiers, and Wubao widows whose men had been killed in the war. This was originally difficult, but the soldiers in the field married in private, and the Wubao master did not dare to come and take the people back.
When you have a family, your mind is set. Originally we were just living in troubled times, having a piece of land, a home, and a family were better than anything else.
Today is the day of winter wheat harvest.
In the farmland near the Tuntian military camp, Liu Ling held a sickle, like a human harvester, harvesting the bundles of wheat, sorting them and laying them aside.
Yang Qin followed him and tied up the wheat, while other soldiers were responsible for delivering it to the roadside.
Shao Xun stood beside the carriage and placed bundles of wheat in the carriage of the donkey carriage.
This is a piece of fragmented land located at a river bend, only about a dozen acres.
Both sides of the river are covered with reeds. Opposite the reeds, you can vaguely see another piece of farmland. The terrain is relatively higher, about less than 20 acres, and has been harvested in advance.
These thirty acres of land belong to a soldier named Zhang Zhong.
He married a widow from Enju County, Jiyin County. The widow's husband was killed by the Huns in the year of the Battle of Gaoping. He later married Zhang Zhong and gave birth to a son.
Last year, Zhang Zhong also died in the battle in Hebei. It was very hard for the widow to take care of three children by herself, and her life was almost unbearable.
Before leaving, Shao Xunlin inspected the Kaocheng field army garrison. After hearing about this, he brought his soldiers over to help and quickly harvested the widow's land.
"Husband." Yu Wenjun held up the hem of his skirt and walked carefully to Shao Xun's side while stepping on the farmland full of stubble roots.
Shao Xun stopped what he was doing and walked over to greet him.
He found himself "cheap".
On the day he first arrived, Yu Wenjun's expression, demeanor and low mood made him very melancholy.
After a few days, the clingy spirit slowly came back, and Shao Xun felt a sense of joy that he had regained it. Now he accompanied his wife every day. Seeing the smile on Wenjun's face growing more, he also followed suit Become happy.
Obviously, Shao Thief, who is well versed in pulling and pulling, was pulled by the woman this time.
"Sir, I asked someone to buy a few iron farm tools, and also bought a cattle to deliver to this house." Yu Wenjun looked like he was taking credit.
Shao Xun looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he kissed his wife and said, "If I didn't have a good wife, I would have almost forgotten."
The corners of Yu Wenjun's mouth raised His crooked eyes were squinted habitually, and he was obviously in a good mood.
Shao Xun took her hand and went to a cool place to rest.
Yu Wenjun opened the cowhide water bag and handed the cold boiled water to her husband.
Shao Xun took it casually, took a sip, looked at the sweat on his wife's forehead, wiped it with his sleeve, and then handed the water bag over.
Yu Wenjun took the water bag, took a sip with a blushing face, and then gently rested his head on her husband's shoulder.
“These are my foundation.” Shao Xun pointed at a golden wheat field near the military camp and said.
The days of bargaining with the Henan nobles made him very tired, very tired!
Comparatively speaking, he was even more pleased with his own villagers, field troops, and homesteaders.
The food and silk in his own manor are at his own disposal.
The garrison army runs the army according to military laws. They grow and harvest their own food. From time to time, they can also provide some surplus food, which is also convenient to collect.
It is not as convenient as the field army to collect grain and silk from farmers, but it is not that difficult.
These are his true strengths.
The money, food, and population controlled by the tycoon are just the strength lent to him, and they can take them back at any time.
Looking at this idea, the current territory of Henan is very strange.
Nine counties around Luoyang, including Yiyang, Luhun, Xincheng, Liangxian, Yangzhai, Yangcheng, Luyang, Ye and Duyang, plus Guangchengze, have been under his control and rectification for many years. Control is very strong, which is his foundation.
From this area to the east, it extends to the seven counties of Xiangcheng, which is also his basic territory, and then interrupted by Yingchuan.
Go south from Xiangcheng and enter Runan. In this area, the territory controlled by Shao Xun and the territory controlled by powerful nobles are intertwined. You have me among you, and you have among me.
To the east of Runan, Nanton and Xincai counties also have very deep control, and most of them are homesteaders.
Further east, in addition to the five counties of Chenjun, other areas are the territory of powerful nobles.
To the east of Chen County, apart from Liang County (Liang State), which is still undergoing transformation and trying its best to integrate households into the people, the vast areas of Ruyin, Qiao, Pei, and Lu are not only the strongholds of the gentry, but also the officials. , the army are all their people, and they have been local snakes since the end of Han Dynasty.
They can rebel at any time, and after the rebellion, there won't be much noise in the local area.
For these people, Shao Xun has always been trying to win over them - mainly the Yang family.
As for Chen County, Yiyang County and Anfeng County south of Runan, they are also completely mandated.
To the north of Chen County, Chenliu, Jiyin, and Jiyang are places where nobles gather together. There are a lot of bastards, big and small. Although it is not a complete entrustment of rule, it still needs to be discussed. .
Puyang to the north of these three counties is completely cut off and is isolated on the bank of the Yellow River. However, the five counties of Puyang are the territory that Shao Xun has directly taken in recent years, and he has placed three thousand soldiers. , the local government also carried out a round of household registration and resettlement of the people - in fact, there were not many ordinary people left.
To the east of Jiyin are the four counties of Gaoping, Dongping, Jibei and Taishan. Basically, they have nothing to do with Shaoxun and are vassal.
Among these four counties, Gaoping County, where Yu Zhi served as the prefect, had 6,000 soldiers. It was considered a place with more in-depth control, but it was not comparable to that in western Henan.
Dongping is one of the focuses of recent operations, with 3,000 soldiers stationed there. The counties have been repeatedly invaded and are in dilapidated condition. Shao Xun took the opportunity to clean up his household registration and measure the acres of land, but progress was slow.
I won’t mention Jibei and Taishan. One is a feudal state of the Xun family, and the other is similar to the feudal state of the Yang family.
Judging from the map, the core ruling area has been cut into pieces - to put it mildly, it is called "blooming everywhere".
Actually, it is quite difficult to achieve this level in ten years, and it also benefited from the assistance of the Huns. Now that the Xiongnu can't attack Henan, the local power structure will not change significantly in a short period of time, so it will take a lot of energy and hard work to do it bit by bit.
But if the Xiongnu were to attack, not only would they lose prestige, the place would be in turmoil and disunity, it would also cause the population to drop sharply, and it was not worth it. You must know that the military units of Puyang and Dongping counties have not yet been fully prepared.
It is not easy to add more soldiers, and the conditions are not yet mature.
He is destined to love and kill each other for the rest of his life with the powerful nobles.
"Husband, do you have any opinions on scholars?" Yu Wenjun suddenly asked.
"How could it be?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "If I didn't like scholars, how could I marry you?"
"It's different..." Yu Wenjun whispered.
"Actually, I am just disappointed with many people." Shao Xun said: "I have done so much for them, and I even went to the battle myself to kill the bandits and expel the Huns. They just enjoyed the results, but they still secretly fought with me. They argued with each other and told strange stories. What's even more outrageous is that some people even laughed at my background in private. "
"Husband..." Yu Wenjun looked at him and said.
“That’s all, just a bunch of rats.” Shao Xun said with emotion.
Liu Yu, who has swallowed up thousands of miles like a tiger and defeated almost all the invincible opponents in the world, has always been criticized for his background.
Liu Yu's grandfather was a prefect, and his father was a county meritorious official. However, his generation fell into decline, but he still came from a noble family in a broad sense, but he was from a poor family. Even this was looked down upon, and the high-ranking nobles were very resistant to joining him. Their overt and covert contempt made Liu Yu very unconfident.
Even though he had gained great power, the scholars were still rude to him. When he was free to talk about the mountains, they often chased and beat him, which made Liu Yu "at a loss for excuses". In the end, he could only laugh at himself, "I have no skills at all." Learning, the meaning of words is especially shallow." When he said this, he was somewhat angry.
For a military genius and a powerful official who actually held the power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is obvious that the scholars were so rude to him and despised his culture and origin.
Fortunately, this is the north, and the scholars are more realistic and not as exaggerated as those in the Southern Dynasties. But throughout Shaoxun's life, he will definitely be ridiculed and despised repeatedly in private because of his family background.
This is no small matter.
If the scholars despise you, it means that the centripetal force is not strong. They are just temporarily attached to you out of helplessness, and they will cause trouble whenever they have the opportunity.
He and Liu Yu faced the same problems in this regard.
Shao Xun was born lower than Liu Yu, but his cultural level was better than Liu Yu's, much better. At least he had good calligraphy and could write some decent poems.
In addition, he can speak Luoyang dialect, which is one of the signs of a "superior person".
I also understand metaphysics and music theory, but I am not proficient in them.
In fact, he already has what lower-level scholars understand, but his background is not good.
Liu Yu didn't even understand what a poor scholar needed to master, but he was from a good background.
Shao Xun knew very well that he and the scholars were not on the same page after all.
So——
He took Yu Wenjun's hand, stood up, looked at the vast fields, and the field soldiers who were full of joy after the harvest, and said: "This is It is my real foundation and the real capital that will help me stand up straight in the future.”
Having said this, he leaned into Yu Wenjun's ear and whispered: "It is also our child's real asset."
Yu Wenjun's face was blushing, but his heart was extremely sweet.
The two walked along the country dirt road.
I met some army soldiers along the way and stopped to salute.
Men are harvesting, conveying, and threshing.
The women were raising wheat and drying it in the downwind.
Children rushed into the fields, laughing and playing while picking up wheat ears.
The old man was carrying a bamboo basket filled with picked mulberry leaves, ready to go back to feed the silkworms.
The cattle and sheep stood in the stable, sometimes lowering their heads to chew, sometimes looking outside.
Lotus flowers flourish in the small river beside the field.
In the pond dug by the farmer, the water chestnut leaves are bright and green.
From time to time, fish jump out of the water, their light yellow scales shining brightly in the sun.
The couple stopped unconsciously.
The wind blows quietly, passing through this pure land in troubled times.
“These troops stationed in the fields can gradually be classified as civilian households.” Shao Xun said.
Most of the boredom caused by dealing with scholars has dissipated at this time.
As Shao Xun looked at it, he felt that everything he did was not meaningless.
Perhaps, every time he is bored, he will patrol his "kingdom". When a sense of satisfaction arises spontaneously, he will be full of motivation again.
Otherwise, he is afraid that he will not be able to help but kill people.
"Now, I need an heir for these foundations that are not restricted by the nobility." Shao Xun looked at his wife and said softly.
Yu Wenjun buried his face in his arms.
She was so happy that she felt dizzy again. At the same time, she secretly encouraged herself to help her husband take care of the family business.
It’s also difficult for husbands. There are some things, forget it...
Shao Xun gently hugged Yu Wenjun with a smile on his lips.
Everything is under control.
(End of this chapter)