After that day, Han Yike’s focus shifted from the river embankment to immigration affairs.
His reason is also very good, he must complete the resettlement as soon as possible so that he can catch up with this year's spring plowing.
Because the resettlement work is the top priority of local officials in Lianghuai and even the entire north.
Counting from the time when Jianyan crossed to the south, the entire north had been ruled by foreigners for more than two hundred years. Especially during the 80-90 years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian aristocrats raced and enclosed land in the East and North China Plains, turning large amounts of fertile land into pastures for their horses.
, so that the Han people have no place to stand.
The Han people had no choice but to rebel or flee. Over the past hundred years, there were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles in the entire north, and there were no grassy roads. Many villages were inhabited and completely disappeared from the imperial court. The number of Han people in the north dropped by 90%...
And it is compared with the data of the Jin Dynasty.
The Lianghuai area was also the main battlefield of the peasant uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan army and the landlord armed forces mostly "pulled out the land and slaughtered the city" in the areas occupied by the peasant army. They directly attacked the Jianghuai area. "There was no shelter when the spring mud returned, and the red land was thousands of miles away."
People'...
In Yangzhou City, the first city in Jianghuai, only eighteen families were killed at that time.
In the early years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the prince to inspect Jiangbei. Zhu Biao witnessed this tragic situation in the world and cried all the way. His heart was broken and he could not control himself.
Zhu Yuanzhang had to recall the prince in advance, otherwise Zhu Biao would cry to death on the road...
Therefore, restoring the population in the north as soon as possible became the top priority before Zhu Yuanzhang.
Fortunately, Boss Zhu was the founding emperor with great courage. He withstood huge pressure and forcibly moved a large number of people from densely populated Jiangnan and other places in Shanxi to Shandong, Henan, Hebei, and the Huaihe River area.
The Hongwu Great Immigration became a basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty and lasted for half a century...
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Fengyang, as the central capital, mainly receives immigrants from the south of the Yangtze River, and a large number of family members of prisoners have also been moved here to farm.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for his five sons to study agriculture in Fengyang, which was not noticeable at all.
On the contrary, if five big men suddenly appear in a certain county in the south of the Yangtze River, official officials will come to your door immediately.
According to the rules, all immigrants must first register with the county government and settle down. Then, as promised by Boss Zhu, they will be given seeds and farming tools, cattle and housing, as well as half a year's rations for the whole family.
In addition, immigrants were given tolls and cotton-padded clothes during their migration journey. Moreover, Boss Zhu promised that immigrants would be tax-free for three years to cultivate land; after three years, they would only be taxed one bucket per mu, and no other taxes would be levied.
Compared with previous dynasties, this is already the best condition for immigrants. But no matter how good the conditions are, most people are unwilling to move. They have to be forced by the government and escorted by officers and soldiers to change their place.
Therefore, there is a schedule for immigrants to arrive in Linhuai County. They do not come in groups and come on their own.
This greatly reduces the difficulty for Hanzhi County to sit back and wait, instead of sitting at the reception desk all day long and not even daring to leave the hut.
In fact, we didn’t have to wait long. On the fifth day of February, a new batch of immigrants arrived.
According to the rules, they must first stand on the large square in front of the county government office and wait for the official to lecture them. Then they line up to enter the county government office and receive the seed cattle, farm tools and rations issued to them.
At that time, the household official Wang Dianli was preaching hoarsely on the steps the emperor's imperial edict and the county's rules. The county magistrate Han stood in the shadow of the doorway and carefully looked at these new immigrants.
Then he saw the target he was looking for at a glance - the three burly young men, who stood out among the immigrants, and it was difficult not to notice them.
"Oh, it's really..." Zhixian Han couldn't help but exclaimed. He had met several His Highnesses at the court meeting.
Moreover, the characteristics of the several highnesses are too obvious. In addition to being tall, King Qin has a square face, King Jin has a fair face, and King Yan has a dark and round face.
He might not be sure if he brought one out alone, but if the three of them come together, they are definitely not running away.
Only now did he completely believe in Ping An's words.
"County Lord, how come you know each other?" Li Sili, who was following him, asked in a hurry after hearing this.
"Uh, yes." Zhixian Han pointed to King Qin and said, "Those big guys seem to be the sons of my old boss..."
He is also an employee of Boss Zhu, so it is not wrong to call him an old boss.
This was an excuse he had made up a long time ago, otherwise it would be very strange for Dangdang Bailihou to care about a few immigrants all day long.
At this time, officials committed crimes, and countless officials were demoted to farmland in Fengyang if they were punished with punishment or above. So Bantou Li naturally believed the excuse of Han Zhixian.
"Shall we call them to the back later?" Li Sili asked politely.
"No need." Zhixian Han shook his head, showing a worried, slanderous and scornful expression, letting him feel it for himself.
"Understood." Secretary Li immediately realized that the county magistrate was unwilling to have anything to do with his guilty boss. What's more, I heard that the county magistrate himself was demoted...
"You can take care of them for me." Magistrate Han ordered in a low voice: "Go and let your people give them a few acres of cultivated land. Don't use too much, because too much will not look good."
"The county magistrate is really too cautious." Li Sili said with a smile: "Even if we are given dozens of acres more, who would dare to fart?"
"Don't break the rules." Han Yike shook his head, as if he couldn't abandon public affairs for personal reasons.
In fact, he was worried that if he gave his highnesses too much land, they would be exhausted and unable to plant it. Wouldn't it be self-defeating?
After thinking about it, he seemed to feel that he was too mean to his old friends, so he whispered again: "It's better to give them more food."
"Hey, that's good." Li Sili responded and rushed away happily.
For him, it is definitely a good thing to share secrets with the county magistrate by chance.
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Let’s talk about the poor five Tian family brothers.
On the day Zhu Yuanzhang issued the edict, "Order the five sons to study behind closed doors in Houhu for a period of time," the five highnesses were sent to Houhu by boat.
The back lake is Xuanwu Lake. There are five artificial islands in the center of the lake, known as the "Five Continents", which are the most beautiful places in Jinling City.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang built a city wall from Taipingmen to the Imperial City, completely encircling Houhu.
In the sixth year of Hongwu's reign, in order to prevent anyone from snooping into the lake from a high position, he also raised the city wall, completely turning this picturesque royal garden into a military restricted area.
People have speculated about what exactly Boss Zhu wants to use Xuanwu Lake for. Now that they saw this edict, they thought they understood it - oh, it turned out to be a place where the royal family was imprisoned.
In fact, it was not true, but Zhu Yuanzhang would not explain it, but was happy that they misunderstood.
The brothers stayed on the island in the middle of the lake for half the night. At three o'clock the next day, a boat picked them up and sailed into the moat under the cover of darkness.
At dawn, they found themselves on the Yangtze River.
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