Chapter 807 Taiyuan
On the bank of Taiyize, a huge map was spread out.
The sun shines on the ground, and the mottled tree shadows sway among the mountains and rivers.
"Yangqu" are the two words mentioned most by Shao Xun.
Among the eight counties in Taiyuan, Jinyang has the highest household registration, followed by Yangqu, but this is not because of how safe it is or how fertile the land is, but mainly because of the large number of newly moved people—— There are currently more than 19,000 households and more than 74,000 people in the eight counties of Taiyuan County.
Of course, another reason that cannot be ignored when talking about Yangqu is the military.
Xinxing County has existed in name only. Jiuyuan, Dingxiang, Jinchang and Yunzhong counties north of Shiling Pass are almost uninhabited. Guangmu County south of Shiling Pass has been repeatedly abolished and replaced. It was reestablished during the Liu Han period, but was abandoned a while ago because there was no one around.
Liu Qia, the emerging prefect, still stayed in Jiuyuan County. Only a thousand families were cultivating in the city, and their safety could not be guaranteed.
If Xianbei goes south again, Xinxing County will not have any blocking effect, and they will go straight to Shiling Pass. In this case, Yangqu is very important.
"Wen Ji, I see you hesitate to speak, it seems you have something to say." After the conversation came to an end, Shao Xun sat cross-legged on the blanket, looked at Sun Jue, and said with a smile.
Shao Guang, the prefect, seemed to have expected this and showed no expression.
Jinyang Ling Hao Feng was not very happy. After all, he was the immediate boss of the county prime minister Sun Jue. King Liang went over him and asked directly, which made him feel uncomfortable - Hao Feng's father, Hao Chang, is currently in Chen County The prefect was one of the generals from Hebei whom Lu Zhi recruited in his early years.
"Your Majesty." Sun Jue knelt down on the carpet, bowed first, and then said: "I heard that there are 300,000 dendrobiums of grain in the Jinyang warehouse and more than 100,000 grains in the sheep intestine warehouse. After the autumn harvest, more than one million grains of dendrobium will be transferred to Jinyang, so there is a lot to be done! Please move 50,000 people from Bianliang to Taiyuan to confirm their household registration."
" It’s not easy to raise.” Shao Xun said: “We still need to pay for seeds, farm tools, and maybe raise some cattle. To be honest, I promised to rest in Henan this year, and that’s all. The food is gone, you want me to spend it all?”
“Your Majesty.” Sun Jue bowed again and said, “I heard that in the past when the King of Donghai went to Chang’an, he hired oxen carts from Luoyang to transport military rations, and only one cart was allowed. There were more than three bolts of silk, but there were private people who hired oxcarts from Tongguan to Luoyang, and needed sixty bolts of silk, but no one was willing to do it. The gap was so huge, and the fierceness of the defeat was evident. For this reason, many people lost their families and died. "Thousands of plans."
"If the king moves the people to Taiyuan and cultivates wasteland for grazing, then the barns and pavilions will be full. This will save the people from the pain of being transferred, and it will make it easier for the generals. Send them to the nearest place to praise the king's great achievements."
"This is quite reasonable." Shao Xun praised: "Taiyuan is like this, what should Xinxing do?"
Sun Jue was stunned. I was stunned for a moment. He is just the magistrate of Jinyang County. Are you asking about the county next door?
However, he knew that this was an opportunity to show off, and immediately said: "The people of Zhongxia are more important than the farmland, and there are urgent matters, so it is difficult to move. It is better to mobilize the Zhenghu and Zahu in all tribes and move out of Shiling in the north. , choose a place that is convenient for grazing, and raise six livestock. After the flooding, the water and grass will be abundant, and the cattle and sheep will be happy to eat. In time, there will be great profits. The grassland tribes are like this and have not changed for thousands of years. They have their own ways of dealing with it. After this tribe moved north and emerged, many things depended on Taiyuan, and there was no possibility of rebellion. It could be the main city of the country. "< br>
"Well, that's a good point." Shao Xun nodded slightly and asked: "What would Wenji think if Heqing and Liuquan were moved to Xinxing?"
Oops! Sun Jue was shocked, why did it involve his own family?
He reacted quickly and said immediately: "General Liu's troops only have more than 10,000 people, which is a little less."
"There are still more than 2,000 Jie people in Bianliang. Give it to him together. Such five thousand households are almost enough to support him for a while. Suotou should not have the intention to go south now, so he can only plunder. "Shao Xun said, "That's it."
Sun Jue's mouth was bitter and she felt as if she had cheated her uncle.
His mind was sharp, and he suddenly thought that his uncle should not trick him in the future.
Liu Zhao Town Kelan, Liu Quan Town Xinxing, and Liu Hezhu Town Changshan. The three uncles and nephews are all border generals. If one day they rebel, wouldn't they be the ones who married the Liu family's daughter? So trapped that there is no room for recovery?
"Do you have any suggestions for all matters in Bingzhou?" Shao Xun continued to ask.
Sun Jue thought for a while and said: "Taiyuan has been alone behind enemy lines for many years, and there are many thieves. After the king's division regained Jinyang, many people fled to the mountains and rivers. Last year, during the battle with Xianbei, all the tribes were barbaric. The crowd is in a state of turmoil, and there are those who are afraid of committing crimes. The king should order the chief officials to recruit them and order them to go home without asking." Choose. Even if you have the talent, it is rare to get in. The king can do special things and appoint officials according to the talent. This will make the people happy and there is no need for this person to incite rebellion and corrupt the place."
"Taiyuan has been fighting for many years, and the officials are careless. There are countless unjust imprisonments and lawsuits. Your Majesty can send people to find the victims, handle the cases honestly, and clear the people's grievances. This does not cost much, but it will bring many people."
"The country is based on filial piety. Respecting the elderly and caring for relatives is the way of human relations. Your Majesty may order those in the counties who are over seventy years old or who have disabilities in their families to be exempted from the service of a single person so that they can be supported."
"In successive years of war, many people have died. Your Majesty should order the county chiefs to inspect their respective territories. If any bones are exposed, please bury them and send officials to offer sacrifices."
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< br>Shao Xun originally just asked casually, but Sun Jue said a lot, and his thinking was clear and very organized.
He could see that after all, he had been reduced to farming the land himself and suffered hardships. Sun Wenji was not that kind of ungrounded scholar. He had two brushes and could continue to cultivate.
"Good." He patted his thigh and praised: "Your plan is feasible."
The most important thing is that it does not cost much, but it brings many benefits. It can be done with a small amount of money. Big deal, this is talent.
The county magistrate Hao Feng turned green when he heard this.
My subordinates are so outstanding, so I feel a lot of pressure.
"This year is a prosperous year, and the people are happy, so according to the policy of Wen Ji, we will build three additional Longxiang mansions in Taiyuan: Taidi, Guangmu, and Dongwo." Shao Xun stood up and said: "The soldiers and generals needed will come from Xuchang and Yanzhou 2,400 soldiers were selected from the world, and another 1,200 strong men were selected from the Luoyang Central Army. They came with their families, and the tribe was sent to Bianliang to serve as servants. "
As soon as this statement came out. , Sun Jue was fine, but other Taiyuan gentry officials looked sad. Tai Ni is where they are now, located ten miles south of Jinyang City - this lake has been destroyed in later generations.
Guangmu should be the former site of the abandoned Xinxing County Guangmu County. According to King Liang, that land belongs to Taiyuan County.
Dongwo is another name for Dongguoshui, which should be located between Jinyang and Yuci counties.
If you include Sanjiao Longxiang Mansion in the north of Jinyang and Shiling Longxiang Mansion in Yangqu County, Taiyuan County actually has five Longxiang Mansion and a total of 6,000 soldiers. It became an important military town comparable to Gaoping and Chenliu.
These soldiers took advantage of the desolate Taiyuan to take root, but they could not be driven away.
Compared with them, the power of the Taiyuan nobles was so shabby that it was almost not worth mentioning.
Bingzhou, Liang Wang has the final say.
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"Is something going to happen to Yu Miao and Su Shuyan? No news has been sent back yet?" At the end of September and the beginning of October, the winter wheat had been planted in various counties in Taiyuan, and Shao Xun had already arrived in Loufan County, west of Jinyang. I still haven't received any news from the mission, so I can't help but feel a little worried.
Sinong Qing Yin Xian had just finished inspecting the sheep intestine warehouse, and he glanced at his niece Yin who accompanied Shao Xun, and then came to a newly built school.
It is wrong to say that it is a new building, because this school was rebuilt from an abandoned courtyard. At this time, there were seven or eight children and teenagers sitting there, attending classes in a confused manner.
Liang Wang was standing outside the courtyard, quietly looking at the group of children studying.
Yin Xian knew that these were the nephews of chieftains from the mountain tribes in Loufan County, and he was ordered to be sent to the county to study.
Loufan County has a teaching edict, which is not an official, but is the county magistrate's sergeant. Its main task is to teach the children of tribal nobles. As for whether it is useful or not, God knows. Anyway, King Liang felt that it would be better to do this than nothing.
"Hong Qiao." Shao Xun walked away from the courtyard and said, "How about the sheep intestine warehouse?"
"There are more than 161,000 hu of grains and beans, and there are 20 hays. Ten thousand bundles, the test is correct," Yin Xian reported.
Shao Xun nodded, then pointed to the farmland opened near the county seat, and said: "It's October, and the herdsmen have returned to the foot of the mountain one after another. Loufan County has been established for only a year, but it has been organized There are more than 1,200 households and more than 6,000 people, which is really astonishing."
Yin Xian looked around and saw simple shacks extending out from the root of the city wall, very messy.
Unkempt shepherds came in and out, busy.
Instead of planting winter wheat, they planted the fields full of turnips, apparently to prepare their livestock for the winter.
It can be seen that they still instinctively tend to raise livestock rather than accumulate food.
Among the shacks, you can occasionally see a few large houses that look pretty good, which should be where the nobles of the tribe live.
The courtyard walls are made of rammed earth, and the houses in the courtyard are also adobe houses, mixed with beams. In fact, some of the houses were actually made of tree branches and yellow mud. It is not known who lived there, maybe they were slaves.
All in all, the "mansion" of the nobles is still very shabby, not even as good as the toilets of the Central Plains nobles, but it is already a huge improvement.
"The fact that they are willing to live down the mountain is a good start. Everything is difficult at the beginning." Shao Xun said with satisfaction: "Loufan County will slowly gather businessmen, musicians, and workers, and it will gradually It becomes lively. You can buy things in the county that are not available in the mountains, and you can enjoy things that are not available in the mountains. Over time, these tribal nobles will increasingly like to live under the mountains and near the county. This is settlement. "< br>
"After settling for a long time, they will find ways to build better houses, wear better clothes, eat better food and wine, and use better supplies. If they become a sergeant in the county, or After serving in battles and becoming officials, they would also interact with Han scholars and officials to increase their knowledge. They would imitate the daily life of the wealthy Han people to make themselves look superior."
"But living these good lives requires negotiation. What should I do if I need money to sell all kinds of exquisite items? Then sell cattle, sheep and horses, or let the Muzi herdsmen farm the land for them and sell grain, meat, fruits and vegetables to support their daily expenses. Tribal nobles, the tribe will become loose and gradually disintegrate, and they will become the local tyrants of the county."
"This process will be long and may take several generations, and it cannot be interrupted midway. Qiao, do you really think that I am trying too hard? Without pushing the front line outward, how can places like Xihe, Kelan, and Taiyuan be stabilized? Even Pingyang, Hedong, Shangdang, and Leping cannot be stabilized. , Luoyang is in danger ”
Shao Xun's words touched Yin Xian slightly.
Wherever the Later Han Dynasty gave up step by step and became barbaric step by step, the King of Liang tried to regain it step by step and convert it into Chinese step by step.
This kind of ambition did make him a little impressed - well, a little moved, but not much.
“Not many people understand me.” Shao Xun shook his head and sighed.
Yin Xian felt a little ashamed subconsciously. Just when he was about to say something, he saw the post envoy galloping towards him and reported: "There is a letter from Daijun."
Huang Zheng, the military governor He reached out to take it, carefully inspected the seal, and handed it to Shao Xun.
Shao Xun took it casually and still said to Yin Xian: "Tuoba Yulu's wife is from the Wang family in Guangning. This surname is already a local tycoon, not to mention a tribal leader. They and Suotou It's different."
"That's it," Yin Xian joked.
Of course, he really doesn’t understand. It’s not that you have poor learning ability, but that you are too lazy to understand and disdain to understand.
The barbarians come and leave as soon as they are summoned. Since ancient times, no barbarians have become emperors. How strong can they be? Is it worth my effort to understand?
After Shao Xun carefully read the letter, he closed his eyes and thought for a long time.
(End of this chapter)