"The last general is here to meet my lord! Congratulations to my lord for your great achievements in conquering Jiangling. Now the CCB is in Xiangyang, and it is the autocratic power of Jianghan. It no longer has to be restrained and obstructed by the mediocre people in the country and the foolish old men. I am very happy for my lord, and I am even more happy for the last general and others!"
Such a familiar attack power and strike surface, it goes without saying that it must have come from He Ruoden. This guy had been stationed in Badi before. Now as the situation gradually stabilized, he also led his troops to Xiangyang, and the troops were stationed outside Xiangyang City.
After that, he went into the city and went to the hall to see him.
Naturally, Li Tai would not follow He Ruodun's words to discuss the issue of mediocrity and stupidity. Instead, he said with a smile: "General He Ruo led his army to conquer Bashu and spread his voice to the land of Sanba. It was also a great event. The former Jingzhou army was able to calmly
Arrangements were made to conquer Jiangling. Although the general did not take part in the matter, he still played a supporting role."
This is not a polite word. Although Brazil, where Ho Ruoden was stationed before, was far away from the Jiangling battlefield and had no direct involvement or interaction, it had formed a mutually restrictive relationship with Chengdu.
After Li Tai defeated Yu Jin, he still dared to make arrangements calmly and continue to advance towards Jiangling. However, Yu Wentai could only sit back and watch a series of subsequent events happen. This was also because his various possible ways of launching counterattacks were restricted, such as in Shuzhong.
The power cannot be controlled at all.
It's great to lift the table directly, but the purpose of lifting the table is not to vent. After that, each other will be confused. After lifting the table, you have to bear the humiliation and help me up. The arrangement that seems to be redundant is just for the sake of venting.
A situation that is beneficial to you naturally appears.
"Although I have said this, I am unable to accomplish this great feat with my lord due to my lack of skills. I feel deeply regretful in my heart!"
When He Ruoden heard this, he also showed a bit of pride on his face, but soon he said with a look of regret: "On the way back to the mansion, I passed through Jiangling and observed the general defense of the city. I also practiced some offensive and defensive techniques in my mind.
I feel that the lord's speed in setting up the situation is really unparalleled. Even if the last general leads his troops to surround him, it is impossible to do better than the lord. The lord is indeed wise and powerful, but at that time, there were no veteran generals in the army, so Zhuzi became famous.
If I had been in the army at that time, no one would have laughed at me because I was superior to the enemy. I would have been able to fight bravely and conquer the fortified city quickly, making my lord's reputation even more powerful in Jianghan!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the generals in the hall were somewhat unnatural. Although Li Tai still kept a smile on his face, his smile was somewhat stiff. This He Ruodun is really a rose with thorns, I
More than half a year after the Battle of Jiangling, no one but you dares to laugh at me!
After not seeing each other for a while, this guy seemed to have become more toxic. Li Tai did not dare to let him continue to play, so he raised his hand to signal He Ruoden to take a seat first, and then turned his eyes to Li Qianzhe who came with him.
, said with a smile: "I have much to rely on General Li to be calm about the situation in Xiangzhou. What is the situation there now? I would like to ask the general to explain it in detail."
After the Battle of Xiangzhou, Li Qianzhe stayed there. Now that the situation had initially stabilized, he returned to the government to report on his duties. By the way, he presented his ideas and plans for the governance of Xiangzhou to the Taiwan government.
"Although the military war in Xiangzhou is over, the land has been plagued by disasters for a long time. Since Wang Lin occupied the city, he has been ruling the people with violence. Although he has gained the city, there are only ten houses and nine empty houses, and the people have no grain..."
After hearing the king's words, Li Qianzhe took a step forward and described the current situation in Xiangzhou.
Compared with Jiangling, Jiangbei, where the vitality has basically been preserved, the situation in Xiangzhou cannot even be described as miserable. The order of people's livelihood has been severely damaged and destroyed. Especially in Changsha City, where Wang Lin once stationed, there are almost no civilians left.
The vast majority of the people had their property deprived and themselves became military slaves.
Historical records record that when Wang Lin died, Tian Fuye was old, and everyone shed tears whether he knew it or not. It is estimated that these people did not include people from Xiangzhou. After all, there were almost no people in Xiangzhou who were harmed by him. This is quite reasonable.
After some sorting and statistics, Li Qianzhe collected more than 50,000 people in today's Xiangzhou, including the barbarian troops he had gathered before, and those received after the surrender of Changsha City.
After deducting these two parts, the number of people who really belong to the civilian population is only a few thousand.
This number may not seem like much at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, it can be called a tragedy. Changsha, where the capital of Xiangzhou is located, is the largest central city south of the Yangtze River and around Dongting Lake. And such a vast area
A regional center in the city only houses a few thousand civilians, and they are all extremely poor people.
What kind of brutal rule and terrible torture could lead to such a situation?
After listening to Li Qianzhe's report, Li Tai was silent for a moment, and then asked: "According to General Li's opinion, what should Xiangzhou do in the future to restore its vitality as soon as possible?"
"I am returning to the government this time just as a plan to report to your Majesty. Now Xiangzhou is in trouble with everything. It is not easy to return to the government. The people who are most worried about it right now are the people and the money and food!"
Li Qianzhe didn't talk too much nonsense and even talked about the biggest problem facing Xiangzhou right now.
Although there are still tens of thousands of people in Xiangzhou at present, these people are either barbarians or surrendered soldiers. Obviously they cannot be arranged as normal people and need to be dealt with more appropriately and comprehensively. As for the Xiangzhou treasury, it is completely
It was an empty shell. During this period, Li Qianzhe relied on the baggage materials left behind when the army withdrew.
"Although Xiangzhou has been in chaos for a long time, it is by no means a land of aggression. Its land is fertile and abundant. If it is managed well, it will recover quickly. In the end, due to its human geography, it will be a little trick, and along the way
In Hutuntian, because sugarcane is grown in the mountains, if we have these two things, Xiangzhou will be close to us!"
When Li Qianzhe returned to his home, of course he couldn't just complain. He soon talked about his governance strategy: "There are many fertile plains around Dongting Lake, but because of the long-term dereliction of land, there are also many bandits. If the land is hastily equalized,
, the people are all being eaten by bandits! If you build garrison in the fields, you must be on guard. Even if bandits come to disturb you, you will not be harmed. Over time, your vitality will grow on its own, and people's livelihood will become more peaceful. If you have time to farm and weave, your warehouses will gradually become richer.
Xiangzhou is located in the southern part of the country, where the sun is shining brightly and sugarcane seedlings thrive. There are many wild sugarcane in the mountains and fields. The sugarcane material used for sugar making in the old Mienbei was also mostly produced in Xiangzhou, and was transferred to Jiangling and sold by Jiangling people. Today
Now that I have taken possession of the land, I will prepare the land, build a garden, and build a sugarcane plantation to make the land more advantageous and the people will return to it!"
Li Tai was also very interested when he heard this idea proposed by Li Qianzhe. There is nothing to say about farming along the lake. If a land is to be conquered, it must first develop agriculture. During the Nanliang Dynasty, Dongting Lake already had
With a considerable development foundation, if we didn’t have a certain economic foundation, we wouldn’t have been so irritable for so many years, and they would have starved to death long ago.
Taking agricultural production around Dongting Lake as the basic industry for governing Xiangzhou is just in time. When it comes to farming, it is naturally the Han people's industry, so the future governance of Xiangzhou must be based on the local Han people.
It is the main body and also accommodates and absorbs the barbarian tribes in the surrounding areas.
After all, even in later generations, there are still many ethnic minorities living in Xiangxi. If we want to govern Xiangzhou, these barbarian tribes cannot be excluded. Instead, we need to actively educate and organize them to transform raw barbarians into mature barbarians, and even
Yu finally integrated into the Han people's system.
The second half of Li Qianzhe's idea is to plant sugarcane in the mountains, which is more interesting. Sugarcane is not a crop that likes drought and heights, but hates waterlogging. If timely drainage and waterlogging cannot be prevented during the growth cycle,
Then when mature, the quality will be poor, the sugar content will not be high, and even large areas of rotten roots will be waterlogged and die. Therefore, it is better to choose to plant on the slopes transitioning between plains and mountains. In addition, the climate and rain in Hunan are more suitable for planting.
This crop became a major sugarcane-producing area in later generations.
Li Tai had previously used the production of cane sugar to attract the cooperation of powerful people in the Bashu region, and there is no need to say much about the profits of the cane sugar industry. Once the scale of the industry is spread over a large area, the energy that will burst out will be absolutely astonishing.
Naturally, the most consumed items in ancient society were food for subsistence and cloth for keeping warm and cold, so farming and weaving have always been the top priority of a political power. After food and cloth, there are various addictive drugs, among which there are many
Representative ones are salt, tea, honey, etc.
These addictive drugs are often active in commercial transactions as important commodities. With commercial transactions, there will naturally be wealth circulation and regional exchanges. The circulation of wealth and regional exchanges are the key to maintaining the internal vitality of a vast farming empire.
Very important factor.
For example, during the later period of the vassal rule in the Middle Tang Dynasty, although the central authority was greatly weakened, the rule still survived.
Although the dispatch and circulation of resources led by the central government through policies have fallen into a trough, private commerce and regional exchanges have also been activated and strengthened. In addition to the famous three towns of Heshuo, the relatively powerful vassal towns in the Middle Tang Dynasty
This is also the reason why they are mainly concentrated in key areas on land and water.
The Song Dynasty after the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties was also a dynasty with unprecedentedly active commerce, precisely because of the social foundation created by the strengthening of non-governmental regional exchanges after the mid-Tang Dynasty.
Compared with other leaders of the same era, Li Tai, who had the experience of later generations, attached great importance to industry and commerce. Through Li Qianzhe's idea of planting sugarcane in the mountains of Xiangzhou as an economic industry, he immediately also
This has given rise to many associations. Of course, similar ideas have not existed before, but they have become stronger and more concrete after taking Xiangzhou.
In fact, not just Xiangzhou, the entire Lingnan region, including Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiaozhou and other places, is more suitable for sugarcane cultivation. And the development of the region has always been closely related to profit returns. For example, the mountainous areas occupied by some barbarians are not unconquerable, but
The cost is too high, the gains outweigh the losses, and there is no incentive to maintain long-term rule. The existing foundation is too low for resource acquisition and returns in mountainous areas.
But if there is the benefit of the cane sugar industry, the high mountains and roads are far from being difficult, and the rampant miasma is also not a difficulty. Apart from poverty, there is nothing to fear!