Chapter 1737 One of the Hundred Relics of the Living People
In the lonely and lonely Yulin, major towns like Xiazhou are more lively. After all, they are still somewhat popular, but this liveliness is extremely limited. In addition to the heavy troops stationed there, there are some refugees who are helping.
Outside the entire Xiazhou City, there is still a messy scene. A large number of refugees gather here. Even with the maintenance of the government, it is difficult to see a trace of stability and peace. There are crude tents and wooden fences built randomly everywhere. This is where the refugees
A place to stay for several months.
People are like walking zombies. Now everyone is suffering, waiting for the day when the ban is lifted. For daily necessities, they can only rely on meager food relief from the government.
In this regard, the government implemented strict food rations, and this relief food only allowed them to stay alive and not starve to death. It was impossible to eat enough. The court's food was mostly used as military rations to supply counterinsurgency.
The army, as well as rewards for military exploits, and relieving refugees are just incidental.
Even so, the local refugees in Xiazhou still have to be grateful, and the requirements cannot be too high in the context of war. Otherwise, when the production order is completely destroyed and unsustainable, everyone will starve to death.
Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no resentment at all, but with the development of Yulin's counterinsurgency and the launch of the "big purge" after the beginning of spring, all resentment has been eliminated.
At least, since they are Han Chinese, they still have some "love" from the government, and they can also get some life-saving rations, and they don't have to be beheaded like those scattered among the people to be rewarded in exchange for money.
Xiazhou, as Yulin's Taoist government, is the safest place at the moment. Even when the thieves are at their peak, no one dares to invade rashly. And the current situation is exactly like this. In the huge Yulin, only these urban strongholds are still a bit cruel.
As for the rest of the place, it's almost like a deserted area, filled with lonely ghosts wandering around.
In fact, the price paid by the court to rescue these refugees was not small. The pure consumption of tens of thousands of people was still close to half a year. Even with the lowest level of food supply, it added up to a large amount of expenditure.
All food materials are imported from outside, and transportation costs have always been high. Especially during the cold winter last year and when the chaos was in full swing, every stone of food transported cost several times. Until most of them rebelled.
After the army was wiped out, the transportation pressure was somewhat relieved, but it was limited.
In the past, according to the Han army's habit of conquering and fighting, some wartime production policies were adopted to resettle civilians, maintain public order, and reduce the pressure on the court. However, this policy could not be implemented under the special environment of Yulin.
In view of the large amount of losses, after the beginning of spring, another refugee transfer was carried out in the camp, and refugees from Xia, Yan, Ling, Sui and other places were transferred to Guannai and Hexi, so as to reduce Yulin's consumption and continue to allow neighboring roads
The government shares the pressure.
Xiazhou has originally accepted tens of thousands of refugees, which is already a lot. Those who can reach the city alive and receive asylum are lucky and only a few.
But now, there are less than 4,000 people left, most of them have been transferred away by the government and "armed escort", and the rest are old, weak, hard-working, and unwilling to go through any more trouble...
Of course, the main reason is that Zhang Qixian, the chief envoy of Yulin who took over for less than half a year, is very resistant to the relocation policy. Although in the past six months, his focus has also been on countering the rebellion, but now the chaos has subsided.
Naturally, he could no longer just think about countering the rebellion, he needed to make plans for the recovery of Yulin.
However, rebellions and wars brought a large number of deaths, and the population dropped sharply. It was not that they were cut off in half, but that every ten houses were empty. Now, seeing that the few remaining refugees in the country are all being sent away, where is Zhang Qixian?
I can still sit still.
In February, he finally rushed from Yanzhou and settled in the Taoist government. At the same time, he asked to see Zhao Wang Liu Fang, hoping that he could order a ban on the relocation policy and preserve the remaining vitality of Yulin. His words were fierce and even offensive.
But Zhang Qixian, who was so passionate, couldn't care less, even if he offended King Zhao.
Zhang Qixian's reaction is understandable. After all, if all the people in Yulin are gone, what value will he have as a chief envoy? If there are no sheep in the pen, what is the point of herding?
For Zhang Qixian, the appointment in Yulin was a key threshold for his career advancement. It took him nearly twenty years to become a senior official and a chief official. Only after crossing this threshold can he have a broader world and ascend to the throne.
Go to a higher palace. If the house is demolished, this threshold will not mean much.
In the past six months, Zhang Qixian, the chief envoy of Yulin, has performed very well. He has worked hard and worked hard, actively cooperated with the camp, and provided logistical comfort. He has done a good job. Liu Fang is in Yulin and can see clearly. What's more, Zhang Qixian is still the second brother of his prince.
Therefore, I can be more considerate of my request, consider it, and agree to it.
In fact, the imperial court can deploy hundreds of thousands of troops in Yulin and entertain them with good food and drink. Even if they only give out some scraps, they can help the refugees. The logistical pressure will not be reduced by reducing the relief food for the refugees.
Fundamental relief.
Therefore, after some sincere advice, the further loss of population in Yulin was stopped. However, what was left was a devastated mess.
But no matter how bad the situation is, it is still his own fundamentals. He has to muster up confidence and bite the bullet to clean it up. Zhang Qixian can only console himself. The more difficult the situation is, the more capable he is. If Yulin can clean it up well, it will be a political achievement.
Therefore, after March, as the "Great Purge" came to an end, Zhang Qixian had officially begun preparations for the aftermath. The first thing he did was to conduct statistics on the remaining population of Yulin, of course, only for the refugees accepted by various towns.
The results were not optimistic, and even made people's scalp numb. There were less than 30,000 people left in Yulin in the entire Yulin, and this had to include Feng and Sheng Erzhou in the north, which had not been greatly affected by the rebellion.
You must know that before the rebellion, the entire Yulin had a registered population of more than one million. If you include the hidden population and those miscellaneous party members, there would be even more. Now, it can be regarded as a devastating blow.
Faced with such a result, even if he had expected it, Zhang Qixian could not help but be horrified. This was more serious than the worst expectations. Therefore, Zhang Qixian lamented to his subordinates that in the past, there were border states that were not as good as a rich county in the Central Plains, but now he, the chief official, is ruling
The people below are not as good as a county in the Central Plains...
However, Zhang Qixian is indeed not an ordinary person, and his temperament is tenacious enough. Under such conditions, he still carried out various aftermath work step by step. He established household registration for the remaining people and arranged for the restoration of production and cultivation.
Of course, this process is extremely slow and difficult, because resuming production also requires the most basic means of production to be severely scarce. These undoubtedly require the support of the court, which also takes time.
There was really no other way, so Zhang Qixian turned to the army again, and shamelessly turned to Zhao Wang Liu Fang, hoping to coordinate some livestock and grain. There were not many other officials and soldiers in Yulin, and they had no seeds or farm tools, but all kinds of livestock were
They are fully prepared, and military rations are even more abundant.
Probably because he felt Zhang Qixian's sincerity and sympathized with his difficult situation, Liu Fang was very generous. Once the approval was issued, he received tens of thousands of cattle and horses and 50,000 stones of grain. Of course, these were also reported to the court and basically used as the capital for the restoration and reconstruction of Yulin.
For the current Yulin, it is enough.
In fact, the imperial court had already started discussing the aftermath of Yulin, and some people suggested that Yulin Road should be abolished and merged into Guannai Road again.
At the beginning, the main reason why it was separated from the Guannai Road was that the road was far away, the transportation was inconvenient, and it was not conducive to the communication of government orders. The main reason was the party members. Now that the entire party has been destroyed, it would be difficult to build a separate road.
Not so necessary anymore.
Zhang Shijun, who worked conscientiously in Yulin, did not even know that his title as chief envoy was in danger.