Because he had been in the capital for many years, the refugees heard that the imperial court had appointed a new governor of Yizhou, so many people asked him to come and find out whether the imperial court had any new policies for the refugees. So, he came here.
On the left side of Ma Yuan stood a sixth-grade monk dressed as a scribe in a green brocade robe. This man was young, handsome and handsome, with a face like a crown jewel, but the arrogance on his face made people afraid to get close to him.
His name was Qiao Deng, and he was the great-grandson of Qiao Zhou, the most famous scholar in Shu. He was less than twenty years old when he was hired as his boss by Zhao Min, the governor of Yizhou who had just arrived in Shu.
Jordan originally looked down upon this Yizhou governor who came from a poor family and spent a lot of money to buy him through Shen Xiu's family, but this man actually hired him with generous gifts. He really couldn't shirk it, so he reluctantly became Zhao
Min's master Bo. A few days ago, the governor came to report that the imperial court recruited Zhao Yu, the governor of Yizhou, to come to the capital to serve as Da Changqiu, and appointed Cui Can of the Cui family in Boling as the new governor of Yizhou.
After learning that Cui Can was about to arrive at Jiange, more than a thousand civil and military officials from Yizhou discussed going to the junction of Yizhou and Liangzhou to greet the newly appointed envoy of Yizhou.
According to the laws of the Jin Dynasty, officials do not cross the border. This Jiange belongs to Liangzhou, and officials from Yizhou are not allowed to cross the border to Liangzhou to greet their envoys. Jordan can come here because he resigned from Yizhou first.
The governor of the state, Bo. With the reputation of his Qiao family in Yizhou and his talent as a sixth-grade monk under the age of twenty, he was recommended by more than a thousand colleagues to come to Jiange to welcome Cui Can.
The Bolingcui family is one of the eight most famous wealthy families in the Jin Dynasty. Jordan and others have admired the Central Plains since childhood. Now thinking that they will soon meet the governor of Yizhou who comes from a wealthy family like the Bolingcui family, his always arrogant face
He couldn't help but show a look of fascination.
Ma Yuan is an old man here, so he naturally knows that the person next to him does not seem to have any official position now, but there is no guarantee that he will rise to the top as soon as he meets the new governor.
The reputation of the Qiao family in Shu is unparalleled in Shu. Both Qiao and Zhou, father and son, are great Confucian scholars. More than half of the officials and celebrities from Shu have attended the Qiao family's lectures. Their network of contacts is unparalleled.
For such a famous person from a famous family, Ma Yuan treated him wholeheartedly, but the other party ignored him and looked disgusted.
But even so, although Ma Yuan was depressed, he was happy with it. This is the current atmosphere of the Jin Dynasty, and this is how celebrities behave. Those who behave like Jordan are called celebrities. They do not bend for the powerful and power.
, regardless of the other person’s identity, only whether he can see through the worldly sentiments. What Ma Yuan didn’t know was that the more humble he was in front of Jordan, the more Jordan looked down on him. Not because of his background, but because of his vulgarity.
Ma Yuan is just a layman.
He treated Jordan with great hospitality, and after many requests, Jordan reluctantly picked up a brush and wrote for him. This made Ma Yuan feel like he had found a valuable treasure, and he carefully collected it after it dried, saying
It is to be hung in one’s home in the future so that future generations can admire the famous person’s handwriting.
Not to mention he was just a guard general at Jiange Pass, he was also a prefect, governor and even a town general. He always greeted these celebrities and saw them off without any hesitation.
It was already past July, and the weather was no longer so hot. In these mountains, the mountain wind kept blowing, making people not feel the sweltering heat at all.
Ma Yuan and Jordan just stood there, not talking, just looking at the distance of the mountain road.
Finally, at the far corner of the mountain road, a group of figures began to flash out. The leading knight held up a golden gilt scepter with one hand. The top of the scepter was inlaid with a round white jade ball, and was tied under the ball.
This string of beads of different colors. Another knight following this knight held a flag with several large characters written on it: Cui Shi, Governor of Yizhou. Some more knights held flags of avoidance and silence.
Guided by the side, this team looks extremely large and long in this winding mountain road.
"Jiange guard Ma Yuan, Yizhou monk Qiao Den, and Qinzhou monk Li Yang respectfully welcome the envoy!" When the two of them saw the team approaching, they bowed to the middle-aged man in a green-covered car.
Salute.
"Yizhou monk Qiaoden?" Cui Can in the car heard the introduction of the two and said with a smile: "Who are you, Qiao Guanglu of Shu County (Qiao Guanglu presented to Dr. Guanglu)?"
"It is my great-grandfather."
"It turns out that you are really a queen from a famous family. No wonder you are so handsome and talented." Cui Can said with great joy: "Are you a descendant of Qiao Taizhong (Qiao Xi's official gift to Taizhong), or Qiao Zitong (Qiao Den was the prefect of Zitong)?
people?"
"Taizhong is my grandfather."
"My father was a minister in the same dynasty as Taizhong. He respected his ancestors very much and often asked me to worship him. Jordan, if you don't mind, you can call me uncle Shi in private."
"The elder's order, I don't dare to say anything." Jordan said, bowing to the ground, and sang again in a clear voice: "My nephew Jordan has met Uncle Cui Shi."
"Okay, nephew, come, I will introduce you to my family members." Cui Can laughed and walked out of the car, leading Jordan to introduce them one by one. Ma Yuan looked at them with eyes filled with excitement.
"This is Wang Zhan, the prefect of Jianwei, who came from the Wang family in Jinyang."
"I've met Governor Wang."
"This is my chief minister Geng Mi."
"I met Geng Changshi."
"This is my Sima Yuchun."
"I met Yu Sima."
"This is my son Cui Ye."
"I've met Brother Cui Shi."
Just as Jordan was greeting everyone one by one, two girls got out of a splendid car behind the team and stopped to look at him. They pointed at him and kept talking.
Have fun.
Although Jordan is young, he is already a sixth-grade monk, and his ears are very sharp. Looking up following the voice, he can see the two girls in the distance. One is as beautiful and refined as an orchid out of the valley, and the other is as beautiful as a dewy peony.
Gorgeous, different faces, different beauties.
"One over there is the little girl Cui Wen, and the other one is from the Wang family in Jinyang, named Wang Tianyun."
At this moment, Jordan's heart was pounding.
At this moment, he couldn't help but secretly chant the poem he had learned since childhood:
Guan Guan Jujiu, on the river island.
A graceful lady, a gentleman is a good man.
Ma Yuan, the guard of the Jiange Pavilion, diligently helped everyone clean up. He had already sent people to clean the pavilions inside the pass. After Cui Can and others had lunch, everyone went into different pavilions to rest for a while before continuing on their way.
"Li Yang, why are you here?" Cui Can was familiar with this man in front of the palace when he was a censor in Shangluo. He knew very well about this man's cultivation.
"Replying to your Majesty, I am here specifically for the refugees. I don't know how you made it all the way. What do you think of us refugees from other states?"
Another thing Cui Can did when he came to Yizhou this time was to deal with the refugees who were widely scattered in Yizhou and Liangzhou. Since four years ago, the western soil has been hit by successive droughts. In many places, there is almost no harvest. A large number of hungry people are begging for food.
It eventually led to a riot. The riot started in April of the third year of Yonghe, and in October it was put down by troops sent by Huangfulun, the king of Zhao who was still guarding Chang'an at the time. However, the issue of refugees has remained unresolved.
Since the Shang Dynasty, the world has been in chaos, and it has developed into three parts of the world. Yizhou and Liangzhou belong to the Shu Shang Kingdom that was then separatist to Western Shu. The Shu Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty fought for many years, and the residents of Hanzhong either died in the battle or were killed.
The two parties moved to other areas respectively. To this day, the population of Liangzhou has been greatly reduced compared to the post-Shang period.
Most of the refugees who come here are like Li Yang and others. Many of their ancestors actually migrated or fled from Hanzhong back then. Although almost a hundred years have passed, when they come back again, the scenery is still different. For
These refugees, the locals in Liangzhou were quite enthusiastic at first, after all, many of them were former locals. After fleeing here, the big guys helped them tide over the difficulties.
But no one can stand up to the fact that these refugees have been living here for a year and have no intention of returning. Moreover, because these refugees live here, they are particularly united and fierce. Whenever there is a dispute with the locals, these refugees always unite and fight against the outside world.
, but the locals were so suppressed that they did not dare to move.
Originally, these refugees were only in Hanzhong, and were prohibited by the imperial court from passing through Jiange Pass. But in the early third year of Yongtai, the imperial court sent an envoy to inspect the situation of the refugees. The envoy was bribed by the refugees, and finally reported that the number of refugees was in the hundreds of thousands.
There was no way to support people in Hanzhong. So, after this report was submitted, the imperial court decided to allow the refugees to pass through Jiange and go to Yizhou to beg for food.
Then, a series of coups took place in Shangluo, which delayed the matter. After Zhao Wang Huangfulun was ousted, Qi Wang Huangfu Ji took the lead and took the position of assistant government, and the problem of refugees from the two states turned over again.
stand up.
Needless to say, the land of Shu is rich. Hanzhong also has a mild climate and fertile land. In addition, many of the refugees were originally natives of Liangzhou. As time went by, many of these people did not want to return to Yongzhou and Qinzhou.
.
It's just that the population of Yongzhou and Qinzhou has dropped sharply after several years of severe drought and the Qi Wannian Rebellion. The governors and county governors of these two states couldn't bear to have no one under their control. They repeatedly requested that the people living in Yizhou be removed.
The refugees in Liangzhou were repatriated back to their hometown.
Cui Can knows all this very well.
The imperial court has made a decision. In view of the severe drought in Yongzhou and Qinzhou, these refugees should return to their place of origin. When he passed by Nanzheng, Liangzhou Governor Luo Shang had already begun to repatriate the refugees scattered throughout Liangzhou. And Cui Can arrived
The first thing in Shu was to repatriate the refugees scattered in Yizhou.
Repatriate the refugees and gain the hearts of the locals, killing two birds with one stone, why not do it.
In his opinion, the refugees have been begging for food in Liangzhou and Yizhou for more than a year, and they should be grateful. Taking advantage of the fact that summer has just passed, they can return to their place of origin in time. If the speed is fast, they can just catch up with the winter sowing, and there will be crops in the next year.
harvested.
Every time he thought about this, Cui Can felt that he had a heavy responsibility and needed to get the refugees back on their feet as soon as possible. Otherwise, winter sowing would be delayed and a year's harvest would be lost.
But Li Yang's relatives who have lived here for a long time don't think so.
Although Li Yang has been back for less than a month, he has already learned about the specific situation of the refugees.
Although it has been more than fifty years since the Jin Dynasty pacified Shu, the population in Yizhou and Liangzhou is still so sparse compared to the post-Shang Dynasty. The refugees have taken root here and have begun to open up wasteland and farm.
Get married and have children. The climate here is far better than that in Yongzhou and Qinzhou. The vast majority of refugees have gone through the most difficult period and are unwilling to return to their hometowns.
According to what Li Yang's eldest brother Li Xiang said, we are all citizens of the Jin Dynasty. Wherever we go, we are not paying taxes and serving the Jin Dynasty. So many refugees originally traveled thousands of miles to come to Liangzhou, Yizhou, etc.
We have finally settled down in the land. Why do we have to go all the way to support the old and the young to return to our homeland? So many people have died when we came here, and I don’t know how many people will die on the return trip.
When he came this time, one of the plans that Li Xiang discussed with him was that it was really not feasible, and they asked the court to allow them to return to their homeland of Danqu. In their opinion, this request was not excessive at all. Danqu is their homeland.
Rather than some slight yang.
And the more important thing is that Li Yang believed that the King of Qi could not help the government for a long time by relying on close relatives, and Shangluo would be in chaos again. Yizhou, Liangzhou and other places were separated by mountains, so they were really good places to take refuge.
Procrastination, this is the ultimate goal of their brothers. As long as they can procrastinate for another year and a half, no one can move them away.
Cui Can didn't know these thoughts in the minds of Li Yang brothers, but he had experienced the world for a long time and knew that this matter could not be delayed any longer. There was such a big resistance now, and everyone could solve it if it was delayed any longer.
"Li Yang, you used to serve in the imperial court. You should know that since the imperial court has made a final decision, this matter cannot be changed." Cui Can directly refused Li Yang's suggestion to move to Danqu, "I heard that your brother
These people have a high reputation among the refugees, and they should assist the court in the relocation work. There are laws in the country, and merit will be rewarded. You know this best. As long as the refugees can be successfully relocated back to their original place, it will be a great achievement.
.I will report the truth to the imperial court when the time comes and reward you for your contribution."
"As for what you said about worrying about the old, weak, sick and disabled, I will allocate some manpower and materials to you as appropriate. You are also citizens of the Jin Dynasty, and the court does not want to lose each of you. Please, please
Please explain to everyone. It's already July now, and the sooner you leave, the more advantageous it will be. Li Yang, you go back and prepare quickly. After this is over, I want to hire you to be my tooth guard."
Seeing Li Yang leaving, Cui Can pondered for a while and then asked someone to call Jordan in.
"My dear nephew, you are from Shu. Do you know the situation of the refugees in Shu?"
When Jordan heard this, his spirits were lifted. He was a young and intelligent young man, and his family was full of people. There were many important people in Shu who came and went. It could be said that he knew everything about Shu.
"Your Majesty, the specific situation of the refugees is this." Jordan kept talking as soon as he spoke, "Because they migrated from other places, in order to protect their own interests from being invaded by the locals, they are basically
They form camps to protect themselves. Some of them are seventy or eighty families together, and some of them are thousands of people. Each camp has a leader, who is usually a big family in Qinzhou, the original Yongzhou. Many of them have served as court officials and have great reputations.
It is very widespread. In addition to the food distributed by the state and county, their daily diet consists of fishing, hunting and picking wild fruits and vegetables."