The sun was scorching hot on the zenith, and even if he was nestled in the gate of the city, he would be sweating all over his body. However, if this is the case, Li Luer did not dare to leave his post without permission. As the city gatekeeper of Xudu, if he dared to steal and play tricks, he would be slapped with a military stick, and he might even lose his head. Now that there are endless wars in Yuzhou, this is the front line, how can we ignore it
What's more, there are so many fugitive slaves outside the city.
After all, he was also a soldier guarding the city, and Li Lu'er was very well informed. Since the new emperor ascended the throne in Luoyang last year, the territory of Yuzhou has changed. Not to mention fighting several battles with the remnants of the previous dynasty in the south, there have been rumors recently, encouraging those who were kidnapped by the thieves to flee to the state of Zhao.
A few years ago, there was great chaos in the Central Plains. First, the Xiongnu plundered, and then the rebels crossed the border. Whether it is Sizhou or Yuzhou, it is the same as ploughing. The people have been displaced, and they have suffered from military disasters. How can they still have the capital to survive? Either they were kidnapped, or they were cast into a large household and attached to them as slaves.
In troubled times, there are many such poor people. Even Li Lu'er himself has changed the mountain several times. First the King of the East Sea, and then the Great General Gou. Flying Leopard Wang Mi attacked, and the commanders hurriedly surrendered, and after a while, they turned to the Stone Bandit. To this day, the officers above have changed a few rounds, but he survived and arrived at the new dynasty safely. This is how I saw such a sight.
As long as the people returned to Zhao State, they could settle down in Sizhou, and even in the neighboring Yuzhou and Yanzhou. An adult male can get 40 acres of land, and a woman can get half of it. The tax paid is only half of the previous dynasty! If you are poor and have no possessions, you can also enter the military colony, and the state government will provide food and farming tools. The harvest obtained is divided into four or six with the government. As long as you farm in Juntun for five years, you can get 20 acres of Yongye Field! This Yongyetian can be passed on to future generations!
An Anmin order came down, and there was an immediate crowd of people near Xudu. After several battles back and forth, Da Zhao drove the troops of Jin State to Runan. Maybe after a while, the north of Huai River will be pure land! Da Zhao's Son of Heaven, but known as the Son of Buddha, always loved the people, and was destined to return. Wouldn't it be far superior to the previous dynasty to be attached to the state of Zhao
If nothing else, at least this gave Tian Jianfu, far better than the countless officials and bandits who ravaged before!
In the early years, Li Luer was also a mud leg that was eaten in the soil. How could he not know the meaning of this order? Seeing the swaying heads, I don't know how many people were trapped and how many were hidden households who escaped from Yuzhou Gaomen. If you can live in peace, you might be able to reproduce the scene of Taikang back then... No, now it's time to be enlightened!
Seeing the officials not far away, they placed the people without stopping. This hot sun is not so difficult to endure. Li Luer wiped the sweat from his forehead, leaning on a wooden gun, standing in front of the city without moving.
Such a scene is not limited to Xuchang. From Yanzhou, where half of the wall was smashed, to Yongzhou, which was still in the hands of thieves, the flow of people began to reverse. The Central Plains, which has been withered by war, finally has life and people. Among them, the most dynamic is naturally the capital of Zhao State, Luoyang.
Since ancient times, only Chang'an and Luoyang have been able to carry the word "king city". Chang'an is bordered by the Wei River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south. As long as you occupy this place, you will seize the main road, and you can overlook the world. And Luoyang, despite the danger of the Yellow River and the capital of the Eight Passes, the Central Plains was the site of four battles, the chaos in Sizhou and Yuzhou was difficult to stop, and the population was sparse. In a chaotic world, securing Luoyang as the capital seems more like an expedient measure that has to be done.
Many people with ulterior motives longed for the defeat of the thief who claimed to be the emperor. Unexpectedly, in just one year, the former capital city will regain its brilliance.
Mengjin Ferry, the masts are densely packed, and the lines and lines are one after the other. Boats, big and small, came in groups along the river. The hard work of tens of thousands of refugees finally allowed the backbone of the northern land to penetrate. From Jizhou Xingang all the way west, you can take a boat to Luoyang!
On the daughter-in-law, several huge water puddles are driven by the river day and night. Not only pounding rice and grinding noodles, but also making pulp and smelting iron. On both sides of the river, there are many workshops. The flow of water is also like output, so that all the caravans that come to Luoyang can return with a full load.
The smoothness of trade routes brought money and popularity. But the lifeblood of the dynasty is not in business.
"...Since the first lunar month, there have been more than 87,000 newly attached Dingkou in Henan and Yanzhou. Among them, there are no less than 30,000 fugitive slaves from Yongzhou. If there are more internal attachments, there will be thousands of acres of new fields next year!"
Next to the Shigan Hall, a new hall was built, named "Changing Arch". The place where the new emperor handles government affairs on weekdays and summons his ministers. In the Hall of Hanging Arches, Duan Qin, the newly-appointed minister of the dynasty, spoke eloquently.
This number is quite staggering. You must know that Yanzhou is only a preliminary decision, and the war in Yuzhou has not stopped. Such a "dangerous place" is not a place that the common people of Qianshou want to go. But a slogan changed the stretched situation.
The new emperor has an decree, decree to bring peace to the people!
Tax reduction, equalization of land and mu, and reform of the colony system. For a country, the most important thing is always people. After several massacres in the Central Plains, the people were displaced. The once fertile fields are barren and the villages are dead. If you want to restore the foundation of the country, you can only restore the arable land, so that the state tax can be recovered. And this requires a population, a large population!
As a result, the decree of pacifying the people and equalizing the land became the first political matter to be established after the new emperor ascended the throne. Although the land allocated to the common people seems to be less than that of the previous dynasties. However, the tax to be paid has also been cut by more than half, which has reduced the pressure. In addition, now more labor is used for refugees and prisoners, and there are fewer corvés. If so, wouldn't it be what people want
Not to mention the common people who were coerced by the Jin army or the Xiongnu back then, even in the surviving aristocratic families in Henan and Yanzhou, there were also many reclusive servants who fled, reorganized households, and became citizens.
As long as the government doesn't scold the people, who doesn't want to be honest and be a good family member? And this also solved the emptiness of the Central Plains. A large number of unowned and barren fields have been redistributed, and those families who have fled south have lost countless acres of land.
However, such good news was not appreciated. Above the throne, the Emperor's eyebrows wrinkled slightly: "Are the castles in Yuzhou still occupying land?"
The Son of Heaven is now in his thirties, but he has not grown his beard. His chin was smooth and his eyebrows were handsome, making him look extremely young. But when he spoke, no one dared to ignore it. Those pair of dark eyes, sharp and deep, penetrating people's hearts. Heaven is mighty and mighty, it cannot be stared at, but it makes people forget his appearance.
Duan Qin's voice paused: "Back to Your Majesty, someone secretly invaded the fields. It's just that Yuzhou's canine teeth are crossed, and it will take time to cure it..."
Yongzhou is still a rival, so there can be 30,000 fugitive slaves. In comparison, the newly added population in Yuzhou is too small. And the fundamental reason is that there are countless Wubao in the territory. Those aristocratic families who live together in a castle can withstand more than ten years of turmoil, relying on being able to fight! Almost every family has thousands of soldiers, and many are tens of thousands, enough to form an army! Those big clans, at least there are four or five Wubao, tens of thousands of customers. The soldiers are strong and strong, and they are cunning. Even the stalwarts such as Shilena can only be surrendered and cannot be captured.
Now that Zhao State occupied several counties in Yuzhou, those Wu Forts became their own troubles. Because of their great deeds in suppressing bandits, many people were rewarded with official positions, which made the territory of Yuzhou a mud pit with nowhere to go.
Now that a large number of people are attached, how can these tyrants in troubled times be indifferent. Yuzhou is not like Bingzhou, which was pulled and beaten by Liang Feng and sifted through again. It is also for this reason that after the founding of the country, Henan Yin Zuti was promoted to the prefect of Yuzhou, and followed the army to clean up the situation.
Liang Feng naturally knew the trick. Wrestling with the big family is also one of the major problems he has to face.
Beginning in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the rise of aristocratic families, the powers of the imperial court were broken down one by one and swallowed by others. Until the Yuan clan of the fourth generation and the third prince raised an army to rebel and completely smashed the world. "Guoheng is destroyed by the weak, and Han alone is destroyed by the strong." This is a nice saying, but in essence, it is nothing more than the erosion of the central government, and the local separatism has reached its peak and finally collapsed.
This mess, Cao Wei failed to clean up, and Sima's indulgence again, to this day, it is basically a mess. If the behemoth of the aristocratic family is not handled properly, it will immediately cause civil strife and it will be difficult to clean up. Not to mention conquest by force, even a slight damage to the interests may lead to a rebound.
Juntian Ling is one of them. It is not so easy to get those noble families to swallow them obediently.
Just do it no matter how easy it is.
"They've swallowed enough, but they're still not satisfied?" With a cold snort, Liang Feng said, "Let Zu Shizhi add more manpower and spread the decree. Without the villagers, even occupying more land is useless. Check if they have anything to do with the Xiongnu or the Sima clan."
Even if there is commercial trade, to feed such a population, what is still needed is an extremely abundant food production. If the population of the Central Plains cannot be restored as soon as possible, in the event of a natural disaster, the consequences will be disastrous. Just after the establishment of the country, many aristocratic families are still huddled in the south. If they don't take this opportunity to speed up the progress, it will be more troublesome in a few years.
The last sentence is simply murderous.
Xi Jian immediately said: "Yuzhou has been in chaos for several years, and there are no longer a few people at both ends of the rat's head. Now that the army is outside, rashly attacking, I am afraid of unexpected events."
Although Yuzhou fought several battles, it was not a strategic point. Youzhou, thousands of miles away, is the key. Duan Bu had no intention of surrendering at all, and Cui Yu of Pingzhou also insisted on accepting the Southern Dynasty as Zhengshuo. Cui Yuke has a lot to do with the Cui Clan of Qinghe. If a wealthy family like Qinghe Cui has a bad heart, Jizhou will also be in trouble. Therefore, after the summer harvest, the 40,000-strong army moved together, and the Tuoba and Murong troops attacked Youzhou together. The purpose is to wipe out the remaining evil in one fell swoop and pacify the northern border.
This battle is particularly critical, even the cavalry general Yi Yan led his troops to the expedition. If the Yuzhou family took the opportunity to make trouble, it would cause big trouble.
Before Xi Jian could finish his words, Zhang Bin also took a step forward: "Xi Shizhong's words are not bad. There are many things in Yuzhou, and you should take care of them. The ancestral governor is loyal to the king and never slack off. You might as well order him to make a copy and do it again. Intend."
This advance statement is not so much an endorsement as it is a guarantee for Xi Jian's words. Xi Jian also came from a noble family, so how could Zhang Bin not be clear about the emperor's attitude towards Gaomen? The pressure of the Northern Expedition was not small, and someone went abroad again. If the emperor is stubborn when he is angry, he will be in trouble.
Liang Feng glanced at Zhang Bin, and finally nodded: "It's okay. Yuzhou should focus on helping the people for the time being."
Zu Ti was a good strategist, and with the help of Xin Ling, he could temporarily boil a frog in warm water. Wait until Youzhou is attached, and then free up your hands to clean up the mess.
Seeing that the remonstrance was effective, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and continued to report other matters. After another hour of work, it was finally over.
The ministers resigned, and Liang Feng left Zhang Bin alone. Today, among the three provinces, the Zhongshu Province is most relied upon by the emperor. Zhang Bin, this Chinese book order, is also a holy family. However, Zhang Mengsun was His Majesty's confidant when he hid himself in the mansion, so although others were envious, they did not dare to say much.
In the huge hanging arch hall, only the two rulers and ministers were left. Lightly tapping his finger on the desk twice, Liang Feng suddenly said, "How many people in the Ming Dynasty have hooked up with the Yuzhou clan?"