Thinking back, it was his soft-heartedness that caused the trouble. He made up his mind that no matter whether he saw someone with red eyes or blue eyes, he would do whatever he wanted. He, Li Po, was not a lecherous person who caused so much trouble for himself. very?
Of course, his expectations for himself are not that high. He is neither a moral defender nor an infatuated person. What he wants is a safe home, and then everything will be fine.
The people from the Western Turks came very quickly, and if they didn't come quickly, they would be starving.
There were only seven or eight hundred of them. When Daye arrived in the Sui Dynasty in the eighth year, there should have been more than two thousand people. Except for the few hundred people who were taken by Chuluo Khan, the rest came to Loufan County to decide the fate.
A few years have passed, and only these few people are left, each with a disheveled look on their face, and not even a few of the war horses they thought were their lives are left.
The misery and embarrassment were even worse than what Li Po said.
There are not many old people left, almost all the adults are women, and most of the children are daughters. It can be said that after a while, it will almost become a country of daughters.
They are not willing to marry casually with the Sui people. After all, many of them are more or less related to the surname Ashina. They are of low status and cannot look down on them. Those who can look up to them cannot marry the exiles. The Turks are related.
Exiled nobles are so awkward.
Of course, when their stomachs are hungry and they are shivering in the winter, they will not be so affectionate.
Generally speaking, these are people who have almost fallen into despair. The war in the Sui Dynasty is the main reason. Otherwise, they are likely to be raised like Qimin Khan when he entered the Sui Dynasty, and they still have a lot of potential. opportunity to go home.
But now, no one really cares about them.
The promise of Heng'an Town is a life-saving straw for them, a straw that is more reliable than going to the Turkic Royal Court.
Of course, when they get to Heng'an Town, they can't help themselves.
There are not many cattle and sheep in Heng'an Town. Military supplies are indeed a bottomless pit. You can't deprive the people of food because of military supplies. That's why there are such things as taxes.
Yes, taxes were created not because nobles needed to enjoy them, but because they needed to support warriors. So, warriors took advantage of the situation and became nobles.
Heng'an Town is slowly slipping towards the kingdom. Now the appointment and removal of official positions in Yunnei County, as well as tax collection, are firmly in the hands of the Heng'an Town Army.
Strictly speaking, it is not considered the unity of the government and the military, it can only be said that the military is in power. With Yunnei City as the center, they control a place with a radius of hundreds of miles. They are standard local small warlords.
It's not a big deal to resettle some people, but don't think about gathering them together. Some people go to the horse farm to herd horses and get official salary.
Copper coins are still circulating in Yun Nei, and prices have miraculously been suppressed by Hengan. No matter how tight food is, prices remain unchanged.
After saying this, many people may understand that this was Li Po's idea, with complete government control and fixed prices.
How much grain and meat each person can buy every day depends on their household registration. If you don't have a household registration, you will starve to death in Yunnei. If the paper is not too expensive, Li Po can get some food stamps.
In this way, in other words, the communication with the outside world has been broken. I just play behind closed doors at home.
There is no need to ask what you need to do next. You can make your own money. Only by implementing your own monetary value system can this system be more perfect.
This has made Yunnei more organized and the people's hearts are quite stable. This is very rare these days, after just experiencing the war of southern invasion by the Turks.
The whole town of Heng'an was rejoicing because their power had been greatly strengthened. Well, things like going to a brothel without paying money happened frequently...
Not long after, Wang Qing and others came over. This forced averaging method was implemented for a long time, but at this time, it took less than half a year, and it caused many disadvantages.
First of all, there are the officials. To say that they are corrupt is a bit exaggerated, but to say that they are very honest, if their family has meat to eat every day, then it means they have not done anything good.
Furthermore, the officers and soldiers gradually became arrogant, because they were the ones who had the best and the best food in Yunnei. All kinds of preferential treatment fueled the arrogance of the soldiers, and a new generation of bullies began to be born.
Also, the wealthy households in the city have begun to be unable to bear it. This kind of control will do the greatest harm to them. They cannot continue to do business, and their food is no better than others. Their superior status is gone forever, so I will work hard to survive like this.
What is the use of the wealth accumulated over the years?
Yes, the side effects of eroding creativity and enterprising spirit are emerging.
In general, the common people, gentry, officials and soldiers in Yunnei, who had little support from faith, only supported it for a few months, and a seemingly beautiful system revealed many shortcomings.
Li Po could only helplessly explain to Wang Qing that this was just a temporary measure. He had to have a full stomach first. Then he turned around and began to enforce strict military discipline in the army.
He also invited some gentry in the city to the Bamiang Tower and comforted them. Everyone should get through the difficulties first and let everything else go.
You people have pastures and fields, and you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, but others can't. Instead of complaining, why not hire more people to farm and herd for you.
Furthermore, you see, we have been together for so many days, but have you ever seen me seize other people's houses for no reason?
No one is touching your granaries, right? Your pastures and fields are all in good condition, and your families are living well under my rule. Open your eyes and look around. Is there anyone more benevolent than Heng'an Town?
As a result, the gentry who had long been frightened by him expressed their intention to advance and retreat with Heng'an Town and planned to donate a certain amount of grain again.
Li Po didn't want it. There really weren't many big families here in Yunnei. How much food could each of the local rich people hide? It would be a drop in the bucket and it would ruin their reputation.
No matter what, he felt that his rule should be in order, and should not be an indiscriminate way of allocating land to local tyrants.
Of course, when the Heng'an Town Army first entered Yunnei City, they had already done a lot of this kind of thing. Otherwise, how could the big landowners in Yunnei be so obedient?
When Ashnarongzhen sisters came here with their relatives, they were faced with a rather quiet Yunnei County without any signs of chaos.
Some people were sent by Li Po to herd horses in Yunnei. Li Po then set aside a pasture in the northwest of Yunnei City and gave some cattle and sheep to some people to graze there.
Some people were left by him to settle in Yunnei City, almost like hostages.
Li Po was undoubtedly busy in June. Not only did he think of ways to get a red-eyed guard around his wife, but he also "flexed his muscles" in politics, checking for deficiencies and filling in the gaps, which made his head burn.
It's all a bit bigger.
Finally, he called the officers and trained them with a bloody nozzle, brought the Yunnei County Magistrate and others, and cursed them, "What's the use of you trash?"
But, having said that, material control often comes from material shortages. It only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and can only fall into a vicious cycle from which it cannot extricate itself.
Yunnei County under the control of Heng'an Town lacks too many things. To get out of this predicament, there is actually only one way to go, and that is expansion.
More population, more talents, more territory, etc.
This does not depend on personal will at all, especially in such troubled times, this feature is even more obvious.
In fact, by this time, both Li Po and Li Bi, as well as the officials in Yunnei County and the generals in the army, had already vaguely felt this.
In the conversation between the couple, they talked more and more about Ma Yi. Neither of them were good people, and the word "loyal minister" would never be used about them.
Many things that Heng'an Town lacked could be found in Mayi, but Li Jing still stayed in the position of Mayi County Magistrate. They all felt that it would be more logical to help Li Jing regain the military and political power in Mayi.
It is a pity that Wang Rengong, the governor of Mayi, Liu Wuzhou, the county captain, or others did not give them this opportunity.
In June, Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County, was assassinated. Although it was not a serious incident, many conflicts in Mayi City suddenly became more acute and intense.
Li Bi was furious after hearing the letter, and would not have done anything except for his father's subsequent letter telling him not to do anything.
The couple almost wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and lead their troops southward into Mayi County.
Later, Li Po thought about it and felt that this was more like a drama directed and performed by his father-in-law. Of course, as times have changed, he can only think about it. Without any solid evidence, this is a headless case.
He has done such a case in Mayi, why can't others do it?
In early July, Li Jing resigned from office and ran away.
He only left a letter to his son-in-law and daughter, asking them to stick to the territory and govern the people well. He was already discouraged and returned to Cheng'an to wait for the rest of his life.
At this moment, Li Bi was in despair, and Li Po was also very dissatisfied with this unreliable father-in-law.
You are so irresponsible. You just ran away without even mentioning getting some food, grass and baggage back. Do you know how difficult it is to stay in this place in Yunnei?
In fact, when Li Jing left, the person who felt the most uncomfortable was none other than Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi.
No matter how dissatisfied he was with Li Jing before and what kind of gap there was between the two, he had to admit that with Li Jing around, Liu Wuzhou did not dare to be too presumptuous.
Once Li Jing is gone, who can suppress a local snake like Liu Wuzhou who holds military power?
Not long after Li Jing left, Liu Wuzhou immediately sent people to Yunnei to express his intention to recruit. Obviously, this man finally began to feel proud, because he had more and more soldiers under his command, and he became more confident.
Li Po also couldn't laugh or cry. Among the two idiots in Ma Yi, one brought back a vicious dog with its head that ate its owner, and the other felt that Ma Yi was his family's world.
Do you know that Li Jing is your talisman? Once it is gone, your head will be unstable.