"Order, a brand new order!" Zhou Xing was overjoyed and kept talking: "There is still no order along the Wuchi Road. There are hundreds of large and small robber groups, sometimes hundreds of people.
There were as few as dozens of people, some were looking for money, some were seeking death, some were only robbing a part of it, and some were robbing them all. What I have to do is to unify the standards, not to prevent the big guys from robbing again, but to not allow this kind of robbing.
Fa, we need to change the way. After you join me, I will give you a certain monthly salary, and you no longer need to rob merchants. Not only will you not rob, but you will also fight against those robbers who dare to rob our designated merchants.
Your children are all sent to my fief to study. If any of you are sick or injured, you can go to my fief for treatment. If any of you don't want to live in the mountains, you can also move to my fief..."
At the same time that Zhou Xing was subduing Yong Kai and others, in the easternmost part of Qingzhou, which was thousands of miles away from him, there was also a man who took his slaves by boat to a small island offshore and defected to a group of enough people.
There are five hundred pirates.
He was not as verbose as Zhou Xing, but after he revealed his identity as Lord Ting and showed off his superb martial arts, the group of robbers bowed down and worshiped him.
"Hahahahaha," Qingzhou Leopard King Bi laughed and said to the pirates: "Follow me, Wang Bi, and you will become a general and a marquis in the future."
From then on, Wang Mi first conquered pirates on several islands, and then began to lead this group of mainland abandoned people who had to flee to the sea for various reasons to continuously go ashore to attack counties and counties along the Qingzhou coast, and began his
Years of professional rebellion.
"My father-in-law, the statistics of the spiritual fields and monks in Shu County have been completed." Jordan's handsome face showed a tired look, but his eyes were still very firm. These days, he took advantage of the east wind of public opinion to break through
Despite numerous obstacles, he led his subordinates to work day and night with unimaginable work enthusiasm. Today, the statistics of Shu County were finally completed.
"There are 3,473 monks registered in Shu County, including two county marquises, eleven township marquises, thirty-seven pavilion marquises, and 112 Guannei marquises. The rest are not
There are 1,931 male monks with titles and 1,360 female monks. According to the new measures, the above monks should occupy a total of 43,430 acres of spiritual land. And Shu County (
cd country)’s spiritual fields amount to more than 221,300 acres, which means that the spiritual fields that can be used as mine fields amount to more than 177,800 acres.”
Speaking of this, Jordan showed an excited look on his face, and his voice couldn't help but become louder. "This is such a huge number! There are so many spiritual fields in the prefectures and counties, and even if they don't collect taxes every year, they can still support the number."
Years. Judging from my son-in-law’s investigation over the past month, there are many people from poor families who failed to become monks due to insufficient spiritual fields. As long as the prefectures and counties have such abundant spiritual fields, they will be able to use them in the next few years.
It is easy for us to double the number of monks in Yizhou. This is already the case for a Shu county, let alone the entire Yizhou, let alone the entire Jin Dynasty."
"Okay," Luo Shang said after listening to Jordan's description. Even though he had been in the officialdom for a long time, he was also in high spirits. In the past month or so, the people who came to him to discuss matters had almost crossed the threshold of his governor's office, and
These people are either his old friends or family members who are also officials. Even though he is in a high and powerful position, he really feels the layers of resistance. "My son-in-law has had a hard time. With your detailed report, I think
There will be more people supporting us."
"Father-in-law, I recently heard a rumor that after we built the mine fields, we would let the refugees farm them."
"Humph, these are all rumors spread by people with ulterior motives." Luo Shang also heard this message recently, but he did not take any measures other than ignoring it.
"My father-in-law and son-in-law also know that this must have been deliberately spread by someone to stop the New Deal, but now everyone outside is panicked, and everyone is saying why our spiritual fields in Shu should be cultivated by these refugees from Yongqin.
According to my son-in-law, our new policy originally made many people resentful. If the factor of refugees is added to the mix, my son-in-law is worried that the subsequent work of recovering spiritual lands will be more difficult to implement. The current plan is to repatriate the refugees as soon as possible, so that
Wait until the rumors are disproven."
Luo Shang couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard Jordan's words.
There are many reasons why he did not deport the refugees.
Yizhou had just gone through Zhao Min's Rebellion and the state army was in ruins. Even Yizhou's treasury was looted by the refugees. Although Li Xiang later came to accuse him and claimed that he had returned all the weapons, armor, grain, grass, grain, etc. that he had robbed in the treasury.
, but now that the accounts have been destroyed, these things can no longer be verified.
It is easy to ask the gods but difficult to send them away. Luo Shang has experienced the world for a long time, how could he not know that the refugees who have been living in Shu for nearly a year no longer want to return to Yongqin. In fact, in Luo Shang's heart, he does not agree with the repatriation of the refugees.
.With the vast and fertile land of Liangzhou and Yizhou, and the current population of Liangzhou and Yizhou, even if there are twice as many refugees, these two states can easily accommodate them. Whether these refugees are in Yongqin and Liangzhou, or in Liangzhou and Yizhou,
They were all the people of the Jin Dynasty. When he was in Liangzhou, he submitted a memorial to the imperial court, requesting the imperial court to allow the refugees scattered in Liangzhou and Yizhou to be classified as local households. His old boss Wang Rong supported it.
His proposal was firmly opposed by King Zhao Huangfulun and Shen Xiu at that time. Moreover, after the governors of Yong and Qin states learned of the news, they immediately impeached Luo Shang, saying that he
Deliberately destroying the imperial system.
Luo Shang knew in his heart that the reason those people disagreed with his proposal was not because he was destroying any court system, but because of their own interests.
Yongqin and Qin prefectures did not originally have a large number of households. They have experienced two turmoils in recent years, as well as several consecutive years of drought. The population has been dying and fleeing. Although he does not know the specific data, he has heard people say that
, the existing population in some areas with serious population loss during the Yong and Qin Dynasties is only one-tenth of what it was when the Jin Dynasty was first founded. After changing places, if he were the governor of Yongzhou in Qinzhou, he would never allow his exiled refugees to become completely different.
Household registration in the state.
Forcibly repatriating refugees is not easy!
Last time, he followed the plan of Yan Shi, a refugee, and asked the Yong and Qin states to send people to bring back their respective refugees. There was another quarrel at the court, and finally, on the grounds that the Yong and Qin states were now sparsely populated, he
It was better to let him come from Yizhou and Liangzhou to take charge of the work of repatriating the refugees, which gave Luo Shang a headache.
We know our own difficulties best.
If the refugees are really forced to rebel, with Yizhou's current dilapidated military strength, victory or defeat is still a matter of two decisions. What's more, among the refugees there is a hero like Li Xiang who has won the hearts of the refugees.
If it were not for Li Xiang, the refugees would be a mess. Luo Shang would naturally send people to forcibly repatriate these refugees without any hesitation. But Li Xiang has been doing things for such a long time that most of the refugees are willing to accept him as their master. Especially
After Li Xiang defeated Zhao Min and looted the CD, the refugees who defected to him gathered around him like thousands of people returning to the sea. The number of refugees in his Mianzhu camp more than doubled than before.
The guest overpowers the host!
His long history, Song Kuo, once suggested to him that he should imitate the story of Shang Gaozu's capture of Chu King Han Xin, summon Li Xiang and other refugee leaders when he went to Dujiangyan to watch the water, and then capture them all in one fell swoop. In this way, the refugees would naturally be leaderless.
Not enough to be afraid of.
However, when the matter came to a head, Luo Shang did not break the cup as a signal and let the warriors who were ambushing around swarm him. Instead, he and Li Xiang went sightseeing and talked happily.
"In my life, I, Luo Shang, have the most admiration for the former Lord of Shu Shang and Marquis Zhuge Wu. When doing things as a human being, integrity should be the basis. I, Luo Shang, disdain such conspiracy."
"I don't know who spread this rumor. It is really vicious." Luo Shang sighed in his heart. Now that things have happened, he has no choice but to hesitate. I hope Li Xiang can be grateful to Shu for supporting their refugees for more than a year.
Return to your hometown with a clear understanding of righteousness.
"Deng'er, go and summon Chen Sima. Pass my order and order the refugees to pack up and prepare to return home. Anyone who doesn't obey this order will be killed!"
However, it was said that in the Mianzhu refugee camp, Li Te was eating with his family. When he received the order just given by Luo Shang, his face changed drastically and the bamboo chopsticks in his hands fell to the ground.
As mentioned before, Li Xiang and the others are descendants of the Ba people. The Ba Kingdom was destroyed by the Chu State, and the Ba Territory returned to Chu. Later, the Qin State first destroyed the Shu Kingdom, and then occupied the Ba Territory, and established Shu County to govern the original Shu State.
and the people of the Ba Kingdom. Later, after the former Shang Gaozu and the other princes destroyed the Qin Kingdom, he was sealed in Hanzhong by the Chu Overlord. Later, when Shang Gaozu and the Chu Overlord were fighting for the world, almost every household of their Ba people had ten
Men over the age of five all fought for Emperor Gaozu of Shang Dynasty, and they were famously brave and not afraid of death. According to the legend passed down by Li Xiang's family, the Ba Kingdom had been living in Ba for more than 600 years. The Chu people coveted Ba.
The land is rich and fertile, and wars with Ba have continued for years. Although the people of Ba are brave and good at fighting, Chu is a big country, and Chu’s repeated defeats have not hurt their muscles and bones. However, after Ba’s defeat the last time, it could no longer gain the upper hand. The two countries fought back and forth.
After more than two hundred years of war and peace, the Ba Kingdom was finally destroyed by the Chu Kingdom. So when Shang Gaozu and Chu Overlord fought, the original Ba people joined Shang Gaozu's army with the determination to avenge their past humiliation.
During the war, he fought with the Chu army. Finally, when Shang Gaozu unified the world, the Israeli-Ba people made great contributions and ordered the Ba people to never pay taxes. It is also said that Shang Gaozu liked the dances and songs of the Ba people the most. After he conquered the world, he specially
Let Yuefu go to Badi to learn the dance songs of the Ba people, and then perform them often for himself.
This is the history that the Ba people talk about the most, and they have always been proud of it.
During the last two hundred years of the Shang Dynasty, the only areas that never paid taxes were Bajun and Peixian, the hometown of Shang Gaozu.
In their view, they were the closest disciples of Emperor Liu of the Shang Dynasty.
After Shang Zhaolie re-erected the banner of Shang in Shu, the people of Badi had huge differences. Some said that the Shang court was still in Shangluo, and the one in cd was rebellious. But some said that Zhou was about to usurp it.
Houshang is simply well-known to everyone. As the closest disciples of the Liu family of the great merchant, we should work hard for the Liu family clan in CD. The merchants have been in the world for more than four hundred years, and the Liu family has never treated us Ba people badly, so we
Naturally, the Ba people cannot let down the old Liu family.
Some of the Ba people finally chose to fight for the Shu merchants, and some, such as Li Xiang's great-grandfather, chose to join Emperor Wu of Zhou. Of course, more people were drifting, and whoever occupied Badi would fight for them.
Combat.
"You must keep in mind the history of our Ba people and the Li family, and understand that the imperial court in the Central Plains is extremely powerful, and it is far beyond what we Ba people can fight against. We Ba people may be brave and good at fighting, but our numbers are only so small. Compared with the Central Plains,
It's just like a drop in the ocean. No matter what time, don't go against the court and uphold the concept of loyalty."
During the chaos of the Zhou, Shang and Wu Kingdoms, Li Xiang's great-grandfather first led more than 500 tribesmen from Bajun to Hanzhong. During the Zhou-Shang-Hanzhong War, his great-grandfather chose to defect to the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plains and was worshiped by Emperor Wu of Zhou, Sima Cao.
He was a general. After Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty failed in the Hanzhong War, he moved them to Lueyang.
Whenever businessmen from Yongzhou and Qinzhou would scornfully call them Ba Di, they would retort: You are the Qiang Di, and your whole family is Qiang Di! We are Ba people, and we are the soldiers of the great merchants.
However, these are of no use, and the people there still call them so. By the time Li Xiang arrived, even the original Ba people who had moved far away and lived for hundreds of years all accepted the title of Ba Di.
We are not Di people, we are Ba people!
Li Xiang has always been full of resentment towards Ba Di's title.
Ba State was a vassal state of the Yin royal family at that time. Not to mention Chu State and Qin State, which had nothing to do with the Yin royal family, even Qi State and Wu State were not as good as Ba State and Qin State.
The relationship between Dayin and Dayin is close. According to what the elders of Li Te's family have said since ancient times, the body-refining techniques he practiced came from the Dayin royal family. Although the Li family is not the direct descendant of the Bawang royal family, they were also descendants of the Bawang royal family.
Branches belong to future generations.
Although Da Yin has been dead for more than 600 years, and although it has been almost 1,500 years since the Ba Kingdom was enfeoffed, Li Xiang has always been proud of being a descendant of the Da Yin royal family.
The reason why he made up his mind not to return to Lueyang County in Qinzhou was not only due to the water, soil and climate there, but also this was more important.
I cannot allow my descendants to be completely regarded as barbaric and backward Di people in a few years. We are the descendants of the noble Ba people, not the descendants of the Di barbarians who were simply uncivilized in the eyes of Da Yin.
He knew in his heart that no matter who you were, as long as you were born in Lueyang, no matter who your ancestors were, you would be scorned as a Di person. Even if those people knew that you were not a Di person, it would be in vain if they did not take advantage of you.
You are barbarians, rubes, and uncivilized people!
If you don't say it like this, you won't be happy. As long as I am happy, I don't care whether you are a traitor or a country bumpkin. And the more you say it like this, the blusher you will be, the happier he will be, and the more he likes to say it like this.
Di dog and wild pig, these are the two words that the descendants of the Ba people in Lueyang hear most often when they argue with others.
Li Xiang often thought that if he was really a descendant of Di barbarians, then he would accept it. But he really was not a descendant of Di barbarians!