Chapter 786 Complaints and Collapse
When Shao Xun's class returned to Jinyang, Yu Liang had already returned to Bianliang to organize the transfer of the first batch of grain and grass collected.
The summer harvest in Henan ended in late May. After Yangshai was put into the warehouse, officials immediately collected the grains from Wubao and manor, and then transported them to Dige located at various transportation nodes as soon as possible.
After the delivery was completed, all procedures were simplified and shipment began in mid-June to meet in Bianliang.
In late June, grain and grass were transferred to Hanoi.
Yu Liang had tens of thousands of workers scattered throughout Bianliang, Xingyang, Hanoi, and Shangdang, transporting supplies day and night.
The first people who need relief are the Hu tribes in Shangdang, Taiyuan and Kelan counties.
During the campaign, they ate a large number of their cattle and sheep, and requisitioned many horses and draft animals.
Forget about horses, but cattle and sheep are important means of production. If there are fewer cattle and sheep, less milk will be produced. Life will be difficult in the second half of the year and next year. Without relief, famine will inevitably occur, and another rebellion may not be impossible. .
In addition, the troops returning to Jinyang will rest for ten days before going to clean up the once-rebellious tribes in Taiyuan and Kelan counties.
Many tribesmen were afraid because they didn't have their hands free before, so they fled westward and crossed the Yellow River, losing many people. But there are still some people who are lucky and think that they will not be dealt with, so they still stay in the same place and continue to graze like no one is doing anything.
They are the ones who move.
Not only the Silver Spear Army and the Yellow Head Army will be dispatched, but various tribes will also be ordered to dispatch to carve up the traitors' wealth.
Of course, all this needs to wait until the first batch of food arrives.
And such a high-intensity battle also caused complaints from all over Henan.
On the 25th, Yu Liang and Bian Dun sat opposite each other in the house.
"Is this written by your Majesty?" Bian Dun, the military counselor's sacrificial wine, said with a bitter smile.
The King of Liang wrote him a letter, mentioning the tragic situation when drought and locusts came one after another many years ago.
Father and son ran into the rivers and lakes, and brothers went into the mountains by fate, looking for food everywhere.
Flowers and fruits are everywhere. Grass roots and leaves were swept away. Even so, it is just a "fake life for a moment" and "a death in the mountains and rivers".
Last year, Hebei was hit by floods and famines returned. The number of displaced people became larger and larger, crying out for food.
There are those who are unwilling to leave their hometown, or who cannot find food within hundreds of miles, thinking to themselves that they simply wait to die at home, including many wealthy people.
They had been hungry for a long time, "with bird-like faces and swan-shaped faces, prostrate themselves on the bed curtains" - this means they were so hungry that they were out of shape.
The King of Liang also saw with his own eyes that the servants of a noble family were all gone. The whole family put on beautiful clothes, closed the doors and windows, embraced books, gold and jade, pillowed together, and finally starved to death together.
So "there are few traces of people, and the bones gather together like a long hill".
The main purpose of saying this is to arouse the sympathy of the Henan nobles and ask them to provide more food. While relieving Bingzhou, they are also ready to relieve Hebei.
In the past ten years or so, God has not forgiven the people of Henan and Hebei, especially the disaster in Hebei.
But——
Bian Dun sighed and said: "In recent years, there has been a flood in Bingzhou, and three counties have been affected. Hebei has been hit by a flood and a storm, and ten counties have been affected. Yu County. There was also a locust plague in Qingxu County, and no less than twenty counties were affected. Every time, Yu and Yanzhou came to rescue. No amount of money and food could fill this bottomless pit. "
Yu. Liang was a little anxious, but couldn't find the right words to retort for a while.
When other places were hit by disasters, Henan and Yanzhou sent out food relief. Isn't this a "disaster"?
It’s just once in a while, but this is obviously not once or twice, and Henan’s family fortune has also been emptied.
The King of Liang also knew about this, so instead of giving a strong order, he wrote a letter first.
The Bian family is the number one wealthy family in Jiyin County, and Bian Dun is also the military counselor of Wang Yan, the commander of the Zuo Army. King Liang hopes that the Bian family will set an example.
Just - setting an example?
Bian Dun smiled bitterly. He was really not crying for poverty. They were also in great difficulty. If it hadn’t been for the harvest of summer wheat, they would have been unable to survive these days.
But King Liang is so sincere, is it not suitable at all? Obviously not suitable either.
The counties such as Chen and Xiangcheng, which were under the deep control of King Liang, all produced large quantities of grain, and the first batch of wheat shipped came from these places. Nowadays, large households distribute donations one by one, and no one can escape. They have to contribute more or less.
If you really think about it, there is indeed no normal tax system now, but their burden is actually much heavier than normal tax payment. It is really amazing.
After looking up at Yu Liang's earnest expression, Bian Dun asked: "The king is in Jinyang? He hasn't returned to Pingyang yet?"
"Still in Jinyang." Yu Liang said: "I heard that I am going east to Hebei to appease the officials and people of Jizhou."
Bian Dun nodded and said, "Will the king go to war next year?"
"It won't happen anymore." Yu Liang said: "Bingzhou is in ruins, and now we have to find a way to restore the six counties."
"Stop fighting, let the people take a breath." Bian Dun sighed. Said: "Pei Jingsheng wrote "Five Elements Chronicles" and recorded 60 disasters in the 60 years of the Three Kingdoms, and more than 220 disasters in the 50 years of the Dynasty. If this is the case, why fight?"
< br>Yu Liang was speechless.
Compared to the sixty years since the Three Kingdoms were established, the various disasters in the country were three to four times that of the Three Kingdoms period.
Such a serious disaster has never happened before. Can the Jin Dynasty survive?
"Zhongren, please go back to Jiyin first." At the end, Yu Liang could only advise: "Try to raise as much food as possible. The people of Henan have more food, just to make them hungry, but not As for starving to death, the food from this province can be transported to Bingzhou and Jizhou, but countless people can live."
Bian Dun felt a surge of blood after hearing this.
Why are people in Henan hungry? What does it have to do with me if people in Hebei starve to death?
It's just that I can't say this out loud, I can only slander him.
"Zhong Ren, you have to be conscientious, right?" Yu Liang looked at Bian Dun's troubled face and couldn't help but said: "Yuzhou was hit by a disaster, the rivers stopped flowing, and locusts spread all over the counties. The hungry people eat each other, bones cover the fields, and the refugees besiege the fortresses just for a bite of food. Who stabilized the order in Henan at that time? Moreover, the Xiongnu invaded repeatedly, and Yanzhou was trampled by the iron hoofs of the Hu barbarians. Jiyin warned several times, People are panicking, who defeated the Xiongnu? Without King Liang, Jiyin would be like Changshan, Zhongshan, and Taiyuan. Can the Bian family survive alone? "
Bian Dun was speechless.
It was not that he was convinced, but that he was annoyed.
When I heard this ten years ago, I burst into tears of gratitude.
After hearing this five years ago, I nodded slightly.
Now that I hear this, I just feel tired.
Don’t you know that people are forgetful? It's been more than ten years, and you still use this rhetoric to talk to me. Doesn't it bother you?
If you really want to show sincerity, it is better to stop Dutian first. This was not his idea alone, but the common aspiration of many Henan nobles.
If we are asked to provide money, food, and people, but no benefits are given, who can bear it?
Now that some people are calling for an end to the census of land and the compilation of households, shouldn’t King Liang listen to the calls of the “fathers”?
If you fight all day long, will you die if you don’t unify the world?
With places as big as Henan and Hebei, isn’t it enough for your family to dominate the world?
Of course, he would not say the above words either, but just because he didn't say them, it didn't mean that no one would say them.
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Outside Pujin Pass, Pu Hong led thousands of soldiers and horses to slowly withdraw.
Beyond Tongguan, Zhao Gu also withdrew into the pass with a small amount of plundered supplies and people.
Hedong and Hongnong regained their composure.
On the other side of the Yellow River, Liu Can looked at the majestic Zhongtiao Mountain and silently gave the order to withdraw his troops.
Such a good opportunity ended up with less than 10,000 troops dispatched on both sides.
With such a small scale, it is naturally impossible to achieve much results, so we can only withdraw our troops.
Of course, the biggest reason for the withdrawal was the Chang'an earthquake.
This is the second earthquake in Chang'an in six years. More than a thousand houses in the city collapsed, the ground cracked and water poured out, and rumors spread everywhere.
It took Liu Can a month to roughly stabilize the situation.
Originally I wanted to calm down, but I was really unwilling, so I ran to Feng Yi and sent out two troops to try to attack Jin.
As a result, Pu Hong on the North Road retreated after a slight setback.
South Road Zhao Gu was pretty good and plundered two counties until he was forced to retreat by the Zhongwu Army.
Seeing that there was nothing to gain, he finally reluctantly gave the order to withdraw his troops and then——
hurriedly returned to Chang'an.
On June 28, Liu Can, who returned in a hurry, entered Jianzhang Palace.
Liu Cong is on his deathbed.
Looking at his father who couldn't eat anything, was swollen all over and had difficulty breathing, no matter what he thought in the past, at least at this moment, Liu Can shed a few tears.
"Zhongnan Mountain collapsed, and I should collapse too." Seeing his son coming in, Liu Cong wanted to smile, but the expression on his face was uglier than crying.
Liu Can sat aside, not knowing how to comfort his father.
"Is Thief Shao dead?" Liu Cong asked softly.
"Probably not." Liu Can replied.
Liu Cong was a little disappointed and said: "Then I can't intercept him on the road."
The room fell into a long silence again.
Liu Cong's eyes moved slightly and he looked out the window at the bright sky.
The sky is blue and cloudless.
The birds landed on the branches, chirping and full of energy.
The flowers in the corner are blooming very brightly, full of vitality.
The palace people were walking around, and the guards held their heads high. They were all in the prime of life and still had a long way to go in the future.
But his road has come to an end.
"In this life..." Liu Cong took a breath and said, "I only had a serious fight with Shao Thief once. I didn't know him at that time, but he might know me. It's a pity, it's a pity..."
Liu Can remained silent.
"After I leave, you have to win over all the noble people." After breathing for a long time, Liu Congfang said: "You can make friends with the Tuoba family. Now we are weak if we are divided, but strong if we are together. Xianbei is not without power. People with outstanding intelligence will understand the pros and cons."
"Bei Yishan (Helan Mountain) has no owner. Since you have sent people to manage it, you should persevere."
"Shi Le has talent. , but it cannot be reused. He manages Shuofang, so you have to keep an eye on it.”
"The ministers of Qinzhou should make friends with each other through kindness and marriage."
"Don't try too much in Liangzhou. Just give up if you are unable to do it."
After saying this, During the call, Liu Cong seemed to have exhausted all his energy, his body was overwhelmed, and he slowly closed his eyes.
He is only in his forties, and he is really unwilling to leave at this time.
But it was definitely time to go.
He did not want to see the vibrant world outside, because it was a mockery of him, a dying man.
So he closed his eyes.
Having been tortured by the disease for so long, he has exhausted all his energy, and death is no longer so terrible.
Drowning in a daze, Liu Cong suddenly dreamed of several of his queens and Mr. Liu.
Shao thief made them and the princesses of Liu Han who were trapped in Pingyang one by one, and then caressed their swollen bellies, as if they were admiring his trophies.
"Poof!" Liu Cong suddenly woke up and spit out a mouthful of blood.
A few days later, Liu Cong died in Jianzhang Palace in Chang'an.
Liu Canling ascended the throne, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Hanchang, and granted amnesty to the world.
(End of this chapter)