The Cao family sent troops to Hanzhong to get a glimpse of what was going on in Sichuan and Shu, and Jiangning was shocked.
Jiangning supported the new emperor, and the officials of the Cao family and the Western Qin County Division remained silent from beginning to end, which caused a lot of discussion in Jiangning. However, Jiangning had an attitude of calming down the matter. After Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne, he sent envoys north to bring Shan
The imperial edict conferring Cao Yiqu the title of Duke of Qin was hoped to gain the Cao family's recognition of the Jiangning regime and send troops from the west to suppress Yanhu.
Although Emperor Yongxing and the people in Jiangning had long been worried that the Cao family would have ambitions in the west, they were still extremely frightened when they saw the Cao family taking Hanzhong without warning.
Although Hanzhong Prefecture was given to Liu An'er, Gong Yucai's troops invaded successively. After Gong Yucai led his troops to transfer from Hanzhong to eastern Sichuan, Jinghu County Secretary regained Hanzhong Prefecture.
Then Luo Xiancheng moved in and occupied Xiangyang, but did not continue to march westward to attack Hanzhong. After the fall of Jinghu, he first established the Jingzhou system of envoys. After Jiangning established the new emperor, he was planning to set up another envoy system in Hanzhong.
Division, intensified military pressure on Luo Xiancheng from the west, forcing Luo Xiancheng to accept the recruitment, and also restrained the Cao family. The Cao family sent troops across the Qinling Mountains into Hanzhong at this time, disrupting Jiangning's strategic deployment on the western front.
The Cao family should have had the idea to seek Sichuan and Shu for a long time, but they just lacked the right opportunity. After April, the Donghu people focused on completely occupying Yan and Hebei. On the western front, only 40,000 Yanxi Hu cavalry attacked the city and plundered the territory.
The threat to Qin County was greatly reduced.
Therefore, the Cao family was able to strategically shrink from the north and mobilize their troops to Fengxiang Mansion in the southwest to gather for the grand plan of Sichuan and Shu.
The Jiangning regime is currently barely maintaining a stable and united situation. The Jingzhou Envoy Department, which is under Jiangning's remote control, is trying its best to guard against Luo Xiancheng's Changle army and has no time to divide its troops from the west to east Sichuan.
The officers and soldiers of Hanzhong Prefecture were not very powerful. Even if they had some troops, they were concentrated on the eastern front to guard against the Changle Army coming from Xiangyang.
Sichuan and Shu are known as the land of abundance, but after Gong Yucai led his troops to enter, the relatively wealthy and densely populated areas were plowed several times by the refugee army. After three years of large-scale war destruction, almost the entire eastern Sichuan region was
After Gong Yucai led his troops to occupy Yuzhou (today's Chongqing), the main force of the official army in eastern Sichuan was attracted to the area around Yuzhou, and the entire northern Sichuan defense force was seriously insufficient.
Although the newspaper mentioned that the Cao family had just sent troops from Chencang into Hanzhong, Lin Fu believed that the Cao family had secretly prepared for so long and would move very quickly. Eastern Sichuan wanted to mobilize troops to strengthen northern Sichuan's defense against Hanzhong. Time
I'm afraid it's too late. Besides, the refugee army has penetrated into eastern Sichuan and has been fighting for many years but has not been able to wipe it out. Moreover, the damage to eastern Sichuan has been so serious. Maybe there are quite a few people in eastern Sichuan who hope that the Cao family's troops can enter Sichuan to quell the chaos...
The news that the Cao family sent troops came out from Jingzhou on the 15th and arrived at Chongzhou on the 22nd. It took such a long time to send the news. Everything that happened in eastern Sichuan and Hanzhong was naturally beyond the reach of Huaidong.
The most important thing for Huaidong right now is to take over Yudong, remove villages and establish counties.
After the Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu and his entourage were robbed by Qingzhou, Lin Fu ordered the Huaidong Water Camp to block the access to the Yudong Palace and Villa until early September, when Jiangning responded to the request of the Empress Dowager Liang and evacuated the Yudong Palace and Huaidong.
Immediately, troops were sent ashore from the mouth of the Dongjiang River, entered the Yudong Palace, and controlled the palace stewards Miao Shuo, Yuan Jinsheng and others.
Taking over Yudong Palace is no worse than capturing a victorious battle.
Ever since Yanjing had the idea of moving the capital, the Liang family and the Yuan Dynasty began to use the Yudong Palace for layout. Although the soldiers guarding the village were only two battalions, they were rare and well-armed, and they did not play the role of surprise soldiers.
He didn't dare to resist, so he removed Huaidong's armor.
After lifting the seizure and accepting the storage of Yudong Palace, Huaidong obtained two thousand sets of high-quality armor at one time, which was enough to meet the output of Huaidong Ordnance Supervisory Armor Factory for four months; more than 5,000 pieces of spears, swords, shields, rifles, bows and arms
There are more than 1,200 Zhang crossbows, 1,200 flying crossbows imitating those made by Huaidong, and nine armed merchant ships with two masts or more.
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu fled in a hurry, and Yuan Guizheng and others were not prepared to respond. Moreover, after the Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu gave Qingzhou control, Huaidong quickly sent troops to block the access to Yudong Palace, otherwise it would only
Relying on the deployment of the Liang family and Yuan Guizheng in Yudong Palace, it is possible to recruit young men from the villagers, organize ten battalions of armored soldiers, and use the cover of merchant ships to launch a surprise attack on Jiangning...
The Gu family father and son, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and the Liang family were all good at planning and preparing Huainan. The only difference was that they guessed wrongly about Huaidong.
Lin Fu was sitting in the side hall of Dongya that was dedicated to his daily office, looking through the detailed accounts after taking over Yudong Palace.
In addition to grain fields, farmers, soldiers, soldiers and armed merchant ships, the palace also built a walled city nearly four miles away in the hinterland of Yudong. In order to prevent pirates, several solid outposts were built along the coast.
In the Dongzhu Walled City, in addition to official buildings and other buildings, there are also a full range of workshops and workshops, and there is even a small shipbuilding yard at the branch port where the Yudong River flows into the Dongjiang Estuary.
Judging from the data alone, Yudong Gongzhuang is a standard Huaihe estate economy. Since everything within the palace is owned by the palace, the villagers are just tenant farmers, and they even have to endure heavier exploitation than ordinary tenants. Taking over in Huaidong
Yudong Palace, including the various buildings in the walled city and the associated fields, are all owned by the government, and Huaidong can resolutely suppress dissident forces within the Yudong Palace.
"It may not be worse than Weiyang Mansion!" Lin Fu threw the detailed accounts of Yudong Palace on the case and said with emotion.
Lin Mengde, Gao Zongting, Sun Jingxuan and others who went to the side hall to report the matter to Lin Fu were also quite emotional.
Although Yongyang Prefecture is rich, land annexation is serious, and the phenomenon of land invasion and hidden households is serious. Although the annual grain tax quota is more than one million dan, 60% of it is occupied by various local expenses and corrupt officials.
Even if Weiyang Mansion is officially included in Huaidong's defense zone, it will be difficult for Huaidong to promote the new government in Weiyang Mansion due to the resistance of the prefect Shen Rong and stubborn local forces. In the current situation, instead of fighting for Weiyang Mansion, it is better to fight for Yudong Palace Village
Affordable.
"Yudong's personnel must be arranged as soon as possible," Lin Mengde said, "Who do you agree is the best person to go to Yudong?"
"Find Wang Chengfu and Sun Shangwang," Lin Fu said, "In addition to Yudong and Yizhou, the candidates for the chief political officer must be decided as soon as possible..."
Sun Shangwang also accompanied Zhou Pu to escort the Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu to Chongzhou last night.
Sun Shangwang has worked hard in Jinhai for many years and has made great achievements and has sufficient talents. He is more than qualified to serve as the chief official of a county.
Sun Shangwang and Wang Chengfu were both in Dongya, and they quickly invited the guards. Lin Fu briefly talked about the situation in Yudong and Yizhou, and Sun Shangwang took the initiative to ask to go to Yizhou.
Before the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the most developed areas in the south were Lianghu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Eastern Fujian and Guangnan were barbarian lands inhabited by hundreds of barbarians, and had not been integrated into the orthodoxy of the Central Plains.
Before the founding of the Yuan clan, Yizhou was a barbarian among barbarians. Except for all the records in the early maritime trade records, most people did not even know which direction Yizhou was.
The entry of the Eight Surnames into Fujian played a vital role in the development of Eastern Fujian, and also exposed Yizhou Island to a certain extent.
In the early years, some fishermen and poor farmers who lost their land crossed the ocean and settled on the northwest coast of Yizhou Island and built some settlements. They were probably the first developers influenced by the culture of the Central Plains.
The development of coastal areas in East Fujian and Guangnan, as well as the development of coastal trade, led to the growth and development of pirate forces. Naturally, pirate forces sought relief from Yizhou Island or directly built fortresses on the island as a foothold.
Yizhou Island has been developed on a truly large scale, and it is precisely the eight surname forces headed by the She family that take the greatest credit. The eight surname forces are based on the coastal areas of Jin'an Prefecture and are most threatened by pirates. Naturally, they also attach great importance to combating pirate forces.
In order to limit the space and development of pirate forces at sea, Shemucheng, the previous generation of Marquis of Fujian, actively promoted the construction of garrison on Yizhou Island and the relocation of civilians to the county. For a time, the pirate forces off the coast of East Fujian were greatly suppressed.
, and then moved their activities to the coasts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangnan, and then the East China Sea bandits emerged in the eastern seas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang.
Yizhou County has a history of only thirty or forty years. Although it is the largest island around the mainland, it is not fully developed.
Obviously, at that time, a large amount of wasteland was not fully developed in Yiluo, Hudang District of Huaidong, and large offshore islands such as Changguo, Daishan, and Shengsi. It is not difficult to imagine the status quo of reclamation and development on Yizhou Island.
Compared with Yudong, the conditions in Yizhou are more difficult and the importance is not as important as Yudong. However, in order to go to Yizhou, in addition to reclaiming wasteland and stocking up species, we also need to cooperate with the navy to invade the coastal areas of eastern Fujian, and we must use Yizhou as a base to explore southward.
routes and the development of maritime trade. Sun Shangwang thought he was familiar with these matters, so he took the initiative to go to Yizhou instead of competing with Wang Chengfu for the seat of Yudong.
Yizhou is a miserable place. Lin Fu planned to persuade Wang Chengfu to go to Yizhou. After all, Sun Shangwang had worked very hard outside these years, but Sun Shangwang took the initiative to ask to go to Yizhou. That would be the best. He said to Sun Shangwang: "The conditions of Yizhou
It's worse. The profits from land reclamation are low and the cycle is long. Huaidong merchants are not very interested. This is human nature. Don't force it; the military department can't provide a large amount of money subsidies for a while. After you go to Yizhou
, you can change your mind. Yizhou has a vast territory and abundant resources, so there should be no shortage of coal, iron, and wood, which are all urgently needed in Huaidong. Harvesting coal, iron, and wood and transporting them to Huaidong for sale is a matter of huge profit. There should be merchants in Huaidong.
I’m willing to recruit workers to come over and give it a try…”
"...We should first develop industry and trade to gain profits for reclaiming wasteland," Lin Fu continued, "As far as reclaiming wasteland is concerned, don't rush to open up large areas of grain fields. Everyone in the world wants to benefit, and the Qingliu scholars have no interest in this city.
It's very dismissive, but we must understand that it is far better to know the affairs of government with righteousness than to guide them for benefit. Planting cotton to weave cloth is a profitable thing; growing cane to make sugar is also a profitable thing.
Tea and mulberry cultivation are both profitable things. Cloth, tea, sugar, raw silk and other items shipped from Chongzhou and Mingzhou to Haidong for sale will be heavily taxed by the Lijin Bureau. We can set a policy that all land reclamation in Yizhou
Cotton is grown in wasteland to weave cloth, cane is grown to make sugar, mulberry is grown and silkworms are raised to produce raw silk, and tea is grown and shipped to Haidong for sale. During a specific period of time, part of the tax can be reduced or exempted to encourage reclamation. How long do you want to stay in Chongzhou?
God, think more about it, think about it, ask me for any conditions you need. I won’t be stingy about not giving you any convenience you can provide..."
After chatting a lot with Sun Shangwang about the development of Yizhou, Lin Fu said to Wang Chengfu: "Shangwang wants to go to Yizhou, so I recommend you to go to Yudong to be the magistrate. After you go to Yudong, you have to settle down.
Good to the original villagers. The first is the issue of grain requisition this year, and the second is how to let the villagers give up their excess fields to resettle displaced households. I thought about it, and the method of forced expropriation is not good. Do you think this is a good idea? Let the villagers
Providing grain to buy land, ensuring that each household gets between ten and fifteen acres of land is privately owned, and the rest is acquired by the government to resettle the people who moved south. If this is carried out well, the rest will follow the New Deal..."
Wang Chengfu looked through Yu Dong's information, and after taking over Yudong Palace Village, he found out that there were actually more than 6,000 households in Yudong. Under the heavy pressure of the palace village, almost each household had to cultivate fifty acres of land, and nearly 80% of the harvest was harvested.
Chengdu will be exploited by palaces and villages.
The yield per mu of grain fields in Yudong is much lower than that in Haiyu and Chongzhou, but the fertility of the upper mature fields is not much worse than that in Haiyu and Chongzhou. Fundamentally speaking, the labor input is seriously insufficient.
There are currently 300,000 acres of land in Yudong. With the farming methods of Chongzhou and Haiyu, under normal tax conditions, it is more than enough to support 30,000 households. However, Yudong only has 6,000 farmers, and one more villager has to be allocated.
Thousands of strong laborers were incorporated into the army to protect the village and were not engaged in production. In addition, various workshops and shipyards in the walled city also occupied a considerable amount of labor.
It is such heavy exploitation that Yudong Palace Village collects almost 200,000 to 300,000 kilograms of grain from 6,000 village households every year.
There are mostly water acres in Yudong, and the autumn grain harvest has not yet begun. Yudong has withdrawn its villages and established counties. In order to win people's support, Huaidong should reduce or reduce taxes this year. But Lin Fu is reluctant to part with Yudong's autumn grain harvest of more than 300,000 shi this year.
In order to reduce the income, I came up with the alternative method of selling land for grain.
The plan was to allocate 80,000 acres of land directly to villagers in exchange for 300,000 shi of autumn grain income, and at the same time officially take over other fields as official property to resettle the people who moved south.
In fact, if the Huaidong New Deal is extended to Yudong County, in addition to resettling another 24,000 to 5,000 households moving south, the annual direct rent income from the existing farmland will not be less than 300,000 kilograms of grain.
.The resettled people who migrated south will provide Huaidong with a large number of soldiers and sufficient labor force.
The situation in Yudong is the same as that of Hecheng, Yandu and other places. Because it is close to the sea and is prone to tide recharge, the large coastal land and the inland lakes, wetlands and swamps that are prone to waterlogging have not been fully cultivated.
If we can build seawalls offshore, we will be able to obtain twice as much land as we currently have. By then, Yudong will be able to develop into a large Dingkou County comparable to Haiyu and Chongzhou.
"When Yudong was still Caochang in the early years, the Dongjiang River was the boundary with Haiyu County. Caochang was transformed into Gongzhuang. The Haiyu Chen family and other clans occupied a large amount of land on the east bank of the Dongjiang River to plant mulberry cotton," Lin Fu said. "The occupied fields
Forget it, but to demarcate the border with Haiyu County, the Dongjiang River must still be used as the Huaihe River. You can negotiate with the Chen family..."
With the Dongjiang River as the boundary, the additional land allocated to Yudong can provide Yudong with a tax of 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms of grain. The Dongjiang River is the main waterway across Pingjiang Prefecture and leads directly to Taihu Lake. Yudong and Haiyu are bounded by the Dongjiang River, and the lower reaches of the Dongjiang River
Naturally, half of the waterway must be counted as the defense area under the jurisdiction of Huaidong Water Camp.
This significance is much more important than the annual tax of 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms of rice and grain. If the lawsuit goes to Jiangning, Huaidong will also have to fight for it from the Chen family.
Now Huaidong is exchanging silk for rice, providing nearly 20,000 dan of low-priced rice to Haiyu every month to alleviate the food shortage in Haiyu and the pressure of raising the army. At this time, if you don't pinch your neck in exchange for favorable conditions for Huaidong, why not?