The guest population in Chenzhou is mainly composed of households that migrated from the Jianghuai, Jingxiang and Central Plains areas in the past thousand years since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The proportion was already 50/50 before the war to eliminate feudal lords. However, due to the long history of Chenzhou
It is believed that the execution is a system of restraint, and local military and political power is mainly in the hands of the local surnames, and even the state and county defense troops are filled by young people from different households.
As for the extremely closed nature of the native-registered households, if there is no way to promote the unification of native-customer registration with absolutely strong force like the Xuzhou side, it will be difficult to effectively weaken the influence established by the Xi family and other big surname forces within the native-registered households.
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Before the vassaling war, the total number of local households in Chenzhou was less than 10,000, and the adult population was about 21,000.
However, except for the early stage of the vassal reduction war, the Chenzhou Fanying suffered the heaviest blow, almost annihilating more than 6,000 adult men. After joining Emperor Yanyou who was in Yueyang at the time and was granted the title of Prince Linjiang, the Xi family became
To ensure that its status would not be weakened, Chenzhou Fanying participated in the later war to eliminate the feudal vassal and fought extremely actively in the battles to capture Jiangzhou, Chizhou and Jinling, and the loss of adult men would not be less than 5,000.
Of course, in these years, a corresponding number of young men have grown up in Chenzhou Fanhu every year. However, due to the increasingly fierce exploitation and oppression by the powerful surname forces, disease, poverty, hunger and cold, the overall number of young men in Fanhu has dropped to 10,000.
Less than 2,000 people.
Even though the size of native households seems to have remained unchanged, the actual population has dropped sharply from the previous 80,000 to less than 60,000. That is, the average number of children per household has dropped sharply, and the proportion of the labor force has dropped even more sharply.
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In comparison, Chenzhou's guest population increased from the previous 80,000 to 90,000 as refugees and exiles moved in.
Of course, the combat effectiveness of Chenzhou Fanying has been greatly strengthened in recent years.
Especially in the early years, the Fan soldiers fought bravely and were not afraid of death. However, due to poor armor and equipment, they were killed by the Wuling Army and were unable to fight back. In the past few years, they have participated in so many fierce battles. Chenzhou Fan Battalion was at such a high altitude.
Under the cruel elimination rate, those who can stay are basically veterans of many battles, and the basic military attaches are also extremely capable. They have extremely sophisticated armor and small war equipment captured through battlefields.
If Chenzhou had not been suppressed by Xuzhou, which was surrounded by monsters, even though the wars over the years had caused great losses to its core population, in addition to being able to maintain health and recuperate, it could also annex by force and encroach on the surrounding territory and territory.
The population will be regenerated to make up for the losses of households.
After all, no one in the surrounding Manzhai cities is a match for the Xi clan. If the Xi clan annexes the surrounding Manzhai cities, it will not be too constrained by the central government, and the integration of the surrounding native households will be smoother.
It will not be like Xuzhou's implementation of the integration of native and guest registration, which will be restricted by hundreds of years of traditional concepts - in fact, the Xi family can rise in Chenzhou, and it has been doing so for these years.
And if there are two or three generations of astute and capable family heads like Xiying, the Chenzhou Xi family may grow into the overlord of the southwest.
For the Xi family in Chenzhou, the most unfortunate thing was probably the rise of the Han family and his son in Xuzhou.
Han Qian's first condition this time is to force the Chenzhou Fanying to transfer out of Chenzhou and join the Youlongque Army to participate in the war against the Yongchen and other state rebels. In addition to interrupting the process of rest and recuperation of the native-born households, he also forced them to
Adults continue to be consumed outside the battlefield, and more importantly, it will have immediate results, that is, it can directly weaken the control and power of the powerful surname forces headed by the Xi clan within Chenzhou.
Even if the power space vacated by Chenzhou is filled by the Zheng family and local Hakka forces, this result is definitely what Xuzhou would rather see at this time.
In fact, no matter how hard Xian Ying and his son suppressed it, as Xuzhou's cotton weaving industry grew step by step, Chenzhou now has almost 100,000 acres of cotton fields, but Chenzhou did not have a corresponding weaving industry, and the production
Seed cotton is digested by yarn farms and weaving mills in Xuzhou.
In addition, Chenzhou also imports a large amount of tung oil seeds, tea, medicinal materials, dye raw materials and other materials into Xuzhou for digestion every year.
These outputs, which are closely related to Xuzhou, are mainly controlled by the Hakka forces, and the annual transaction scale has exceeded 300,000 to 400,000 yuan.
This directly destined these Hakka forces to be on the same side as Xuzhou, but they are currently suppressed by the local forces headed by the Xi family and his son.
In the process of the decline and rise of local residents in Chenzhou, the direct control of the Xi family, which was once unique in Chenzhou, has been the most severely weakened; if it continues to be weakened, the local residents of Chenzhou will
An imbalance will occur between forces.
Apart from the Xi clan, not all the powerful surnames in Chenzhou were extremely hostile to Xuzhou.
These big surnames are weak in power and occupy only a small village. They have no ambitions to occupy the barren land and become kings and hegemons. Apart from some stubborn prejudices formed over a long period of time, they are not hostile to Xuzhou in terms of their fundamental interests.
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On the contrary, they have been quite greedy over the past few years that the foreign forces can make a lot of money from trading with Xuzhou.
If you grow cotton and sell seed cotton in an acre of sloping terraced fields, the harvest can be much higher than that of beans and wheat. This simple account can be calculated by ordinary people with just their toes.
Xuzhou is the largest distribution center for tung oil seeds, tea medicine, timber and other products in the mountains.
Another Chenzhou Xi clan is also branched off from the Xuzhou Xi clan. The collateral line of the Chenzhou Xi clan has been repeatedly damaged and suppressed. It is possible that they will recognize their ancestors and return to the clan and join the Xuzhou Xi clan again.
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Han Qian currently does not need to directly and aggressively send troops to directly occupy and rule places like Chenzhou, Yezhou, and Sizhou. He only needs to continue to suppress the hostile forces in these areas, disintegrate the control of individual hostile and stubborn forces over the local areas, and let Han Qian continue to suppress the hostile forces in these areas.
When forces close to Xuzhou or relatively neutral gain ground and take a dominant position, they can form a system and large-scale industrial and mining workshops in Xuzhou to ensure their influence in these areas.
According to Han Qian's plan, within three to five years, Xuzhou's subsequent strategies for surrounding areas will not undergo any major changes. They will stay calm and adapt to changes.
And this time some things can take a big step forward, it is really all thanks to Yao Xishui's fierce "help"
He helped them, but in a short period of time, his main energy will still be on the management of the Huaixi states.
Even if we do not consider the strong reactions of other forces, if we want to launch a large-scale war in Chenzhou or Siye and other states, we must carry out predatory conquest of the occupied areas to meet the huge military expenditure. This is
It is also inconsistent with Han Qian's long-term military philosophy.
So this time, Han Qian was satisfied if he could force Chenzhou Fanying to leave Chenzhou and solve the issue of Shiliang County's ownership.
As for the restoration of the establishment of Haozhou, Chuzhou, and Chaozhou, and the upgrading of Tangyi's business operations and government offices, that is what it should be. At most, the court will argue about this matter for a while, and it will not have any substantial impact.
Of course, if these matters can be dealt with in a logical manner, and core figures such as Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng can be awarded meritorious titles and officially become among the senior generals of Da Chu, this will also boost their morale.
Tangyi Xingyingzhifu is a huge group, and Han Qian cannot take advantage of the merit rewards alone.
Lin Zongjing and Feng Yi must once again take on the task of leading the navy to reinforce Xuzhou. Only by sending out troops can other things advance quickly - Han Qian, Gao Shao, and Zhao Wuji went to the banquet hall to have a happy gathering with Zheng Chang, Han Daoming and others.
Tangyi effortlessly recaptured twelve counties on the northern front this time, and even with his toes, he knew that countless people were filled with jealousy and resentment.
On the one hand, using Chenzhou Fanying to win over and please the Zheng family so as not to be too isolated in the court.
On the other hand, Han Qian hoped that Liang Jun could have some breathing space to resist the Mongol force in the Heshuo area, and also hoped that Huaixi could rest and recuperate, so he did not advocate another war on the northern front.
In other words, it was time to completely annihilate the rebels and regain Yongchen and other places.
Han Qian would not ignore the fundamental interests of Dachu just to hold back Zheng.
Sit down in the banquet hall. Apart from Zheng Chang, there are direct descendants of Dutangyi and Hanfu. There is no need to hide some words.
Han Qian directly stated that in addition to supporting Zheng Hui and Zheng Xingxuan (son of Zheng Yu) in commanding troops to capture Yongchen and other states, he would also support them in further attacking the territory of Lingnan Jinghai Navy (Qingyuan Army).
In addition to giving away the Chenzhou Fanying, they would not mind if the Zheng family transferred money and food from Chenzhou - Han Qian believed that they also had the ability to coax the Xi family to do well and also ask the Xi family to contribute money and efforts.
When Zheng entered Lingnan, in order to control the outbreak of miasma in the army, Xuzhou could also supply sufficient miasma-removing wine.
In the past few years, in order to ensure food supply, in addition to brewing high-purity medical alcohol, Xuzhou has also intentionally controlled the development of the brewing industry.
This time Han Qian agreed to allow the wine merchants under Zheng's name to enter Xuzhou and Huaixi, but he also hoped that the newly expanded territory recovered by Youlongque Army would relax restrictions on merchants from Chishanhui and Xuzhou.
Although the Lingnan area under the rule of Jinghai Jiedushi Liu Yin at this time was extremely vast, including the later Guangdong and Guangdong, the Miao and Yue people in these areas were mixed, including the Ding households who had migrated south since the Qin and Han Dynasties and the well-naturalized mature people.
The proportion of barbarians is lower than that in Chenxu and other prefectures. Large-scale barbarians live in the vaster mountains and old forests without control. Currently, there are only 150,000 or 60,000 registered households under the jurisdiction of the Jinghai Jiedushi Prefecture.
Less than a million people.
Although the commercial potential of Lingnan may not be as good as that of Huaixi, after recovering the two states of Yongchen, Guizhou (Guilin) is to the south. There is the Ling Canal, which has been continuously repaired for thousands of years since the Qin and Han Dynasties, connecting the Xiangjiang River and the Lijiang River system.
Going south from the prefecture are Liuzhou, Xiangzhou, and Yongzhou (Nanning), and going south from Yongzhou is Lianzhou.
As early as the Han Dynasty, Lianzhou was an important commercial port where land and sea met. The generals of the previous dynasty also crossed the sea through Lianzhou to conquer Jiaozhi, established the Annan Governor's Palace, and included it within the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty. Maritime merchant ships even traveled to the far west. Later generations
Lianzhou is called the departure port of the Maritime Silk Road; of course, merchant ships pass through the Li River and enter the Xijiang River, and then to Guangzhou is another larger outlet to the sea.
Qianyangbu wanted to have a larger market, and Han Qian was unable to spare his hands for the time being. Naturally, he could only fully support the Zheng family to expand their territory in the south.
However, at this time, Jinghai Jiedushi Liu Yin, who was named King of Nanping, and his father and brother were able to dominate Lingnan from the corner of Fengzhou. Even if the entire Lingnan area only had one million registered households, their strength would never be tolerated. A little peek.
After Zheng Hui regained Yongchen and other places, we can only wait and see whether he can successfully deploy troops in Lingnan.
No matter how he said it, and no matter how many twists and turns his relationship with Tangyi and the Han family would have in the future, at least Zheng Chang's trip to East Lake was pleasant and satisfying.
Of course, in order to secure the money and food provided by the Secretary of the Hunan Province to ensure the deployment of troops on the southern front as much as possible, Zheng Chang also advised Han Qian to slightly reduce the size of the Tangyi Army. The imperial government's national funds were really unable to make ends meet at this time.
As for the ownership of Shiliang County, Zheng Chang saw that Shen Yang acquiesced and guessed that Shen Yang would most likely use the central government's promise to allocate a total of 500,000 stone grains this year and next as a bargaining chip to force Huaidong to make concessions.
Zheng Chang, in front of Han Qian at this time, naturally promised that Zheng would definitely support this side.
In addition, the Queen Mother got all the shit in Chenzhou herself, so they could never hope to let Shen Yang and Zheng be the bad guys.
In this case, Huaidong should not have the confidence to be stubborn...
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Shen Yang left East Lake on the official procurement ship of the Weaving Bureau. It was early summer, the water level in Chao Lake had risen, and the Yuxi River was also flowing rapidly. He traveled down the Yangtze River and returned to Jinling City early the next morning.
Although Yao Xishui intervened in this matter on the order of the Queen Mother, Shen Yang knew Yao Xishui's role in the whole matter from Cao Xiushi. Shen Yang also ignored Yao Xishui all the way. After getting off the boat, he hurriedly packed up and took him directly without even returning to the prime minister's office. He followed Qin Wen into the palace.
Zhou Qinian had no place to live in Jinling, but Huang Hua moved his family to Jinling after the Jinling Incident. Even though Huang Hua was transferred to Hunan to serve as a consolation envoy, the Huang family's residence in Jinling as a descendant of the descendants was still surrounded by courtyards and full of flowers. Zhou Qinian As Huang Hua's guest, I also went to the Huang Mansion first to meet with Huang Hua's son, Huang Lu, who was granted the title of Marquis of Jiang Yin and served in the Guards and Military Command Department, and Huang Huixiang, a younger brother of the Huang Hua clan, who was the Minister of Rites at this time, and others. .
Cao Xiu
Shi Ze could only stay in the post house and wait for further news.
Yao Xishui returned to Cishou Palace in despair, and saw the Marquis of Linjin, Li Changfeng, the Minister of War, Zhou Yuan, the Minister of Works, and Xu Jing, who had stayed in Guangzhou before, all in the palace.
After knowing for sure that Han Qian was likely to have known earlier about the rebellion between Liang He Wang Zhu Rang and the Mongols, Xu Jing and Chun Shisanniang sent people to Chenzhou to report the news on March 4.
However, the drive from Chizhou to Wuling County can be done quickly, but for hundreds of miles from Wuling County to Chenzhou, in addition to taking the Ruanjiang Waterway, there are cliffs and mountains along the coast, so this section of the road can only be passed by waterway.
However, when the messenger was crossing the Ruan River waterway, he was ambushed and his ship was destroyed. He was unable to reach Yao Xishui in time, so Yao Xishui was unable to stop his attack on Xuzhou in time.
Everyone knows with their toes that Han Qian sent someone to do it, but there is no point in dwelling on this issue at this time.
Is it possible to bring this matter to light and complain about it?
After Xu Jing learned about the Chenzhou incident in Luoshan, he was appointed by Li Zhigao and rushed back to Jinling to discuss countermeasures. He had just arrived in Jinling the day before yesterday.
Knowing that Shen Yang had taken Zheng Chang to rush to East Lake in person to intercept Tangyi's army's reinforcements to the southwest and negotiate with Han Qian, he stayed in Jinling to wait for news, and was unhappy that he did not pursue him to East Lake.
"..." Yao Xishui talked about the experience of his trip in the side hall of Cishou Palace with shame, "After we left East Lake, the Tangyi navy still had more than a dozen warships sailing westward. It seems that Han Qian is We will never stop in Chenzhou until we reach our goal..."
"Zheng has suddenly received such a huge benefit. She will definitely speak for Tangyi this time. Did Prime Minister Shen say that he would send someone to Huaidong to broker this matter?" Zhou Yuan asked with a frown.
"After leaving East Lake, Shen Yang returned to the cabin without showing his face or saying anything else," Yao Xishui said.
Zhou Yuan frowned even more tightly at this moment and said: "Han Qian learned in advance that King Zhu Rang of Liang He had colluded with the Mongols to rebel. This is almost an open secret, but now so many things have happened suddenly, especially It is very likely that Cao Xiushi has already told everything about Xishui's trip to Chenzhou to lobby. With Shen Yang's shrewdness, he can probably guess that we knew in advance that there would be a sudden change in Heshuo. Judging from his attitude, he may be talking to His Majesty. After reporting it, we will be forced to send people to Huaidong to broker the matter, right?"
"King Xin is not easy to deal with." Li Changfeng said with a frown.
After experiencing so many things, especially after his uncle Li Pu learned that the Queen Mother had taken the second prince to Cishou Palace to support him, he sent Li Xiu and Li Qi to serve in the Xiangbei Army. Lin Jinhou Li Changfeng, who was not yet fifty years old, , didn’t want to return to Hongzhou to retire, so he had no choice but to join the Queen Mother’s party.
Of course, in terms of prestige and qualifications, Lin Jinhou Li Changfeng has the potential to replace Li Pu and represent the Queen Mother's party in the outer court. Almost two years ago, in addition to the official title of Minister of the Ministry of War, he was also granted the title of Counselor for Political Affairs. He was able to enter the political affairs hall to discuss affairs and became a member of the political affairs hall of Da Chu.
If Shen Yang insists that they send someone to Huaidong to negotiate, this task will most likely fall on his head.
Li Changfeng didn't mind taking a trip, but apart from paying 300,000 shi of grain every year, the imperial court had no substantive power to restrict Huaidong. He was worried that just threatening 300,000 shi of grain might not be enough. Can Huaidong give up Shiliang County?
To put it bluntly, if extra compensation is to be given to Huaidong, they can only make corresponding sacrifices on their side.
Li Changfeng pointed this out, and Yao Xishui was even more ashamed and embarrassed.
"Anyway, I have to trouble Mr. Li to go there first this time, and it won't be too late." Lu Qingxia said without any emotion.
No matter what conditions Huaidong will put forward, they have to be known after contact, and the matter cannot be delayed. Otherwise, the Xuzhou soldiers will really take action against the Chenzhou Fanying, and the series of consequences that will follow will probably not be theirs. What I like to see.
"How is the situation in Luoshan City? Is there any talk about the possibility of cooling down the temperature in the near future?" Li Changfeng asked Xu Jing.
King Xin is not a kind person. If he just walks over like this, who knows what he will do?
"It will be very difficult in the short term. Previously, the Shouzhou Army used Luoshan City as its core to prevent our army from going north. It has sufficient supplies of food and weapons - even if we do not consider that the Wen clan has moved to Xu Si and other places, Wen Bo will not be able to run out of food. When he is disabled, he will never leave the city and surrender easily." Xu Jing said.
Of course Xu Jing knew how important it was to capture Luoshan City at this time. He could have taken a tougher stance from the flanks and threatened Han Qian not to use force against Chenzhou, but Wen Bo was too good at defending the city. Most of them are the elites of his direct lineage led by him. As long as the food supply is not exhausted, the Xiangbei Army wants to attack Luoshan City. The price to pay is too high, and it is not in line with their previous purpose of conquering Wenbo.
At present, the main force of the Xiangbei Army is used to besiege Luoshan City, and they also need to guard against the counterattack of the defenders and the Shouzhou Army's detour to the west of Caizhou to rescue the Luoshan defenders. That is to say, they hope that the Tangyi Army can contain Shouzhou at this time. As the main force of the army, the options they have at this time have become extremely limited.
"Alas," Li Changfeng sighed softly and said, "I will go to see Shen Yang now to take care of the trip to Chuzhou - but after this incident, the expansion of the bodyguard army cannot be delayed any longer."
"The bodyguard army will have 50,000 to 60,000 troops. Shen Yang and His Majesty will not be so stubborn this time. They will also give priority to the expansion of the bodyguard army afterwards," Lu Qingxia said, "and when the time comes, Cishou Palace We will fully support Li Xiu’s transfer back to Beijing to serve as a bodyguard and pro-army..."
In any case, the predecessors of Huaidong's soldiers and horses were the elites brought out by Li Yu. Li Changfeng rushed to Huaidong in person to discuss the matter. He was able to build up some old friendships, but Lu Qingxia couldn't let Li Changfeng run away in vain. trip.
With the subsequent expansion of the bodyguards and the army, the newly added generals such as the Commander of the Capital and the Marquis of Duyu must be the focus of competition among various families. They pushed Li Yu's son Li Xiu out to compete for the new Commander of the Capital. position, the resistance is also minimal.
In fact, apart from Li Xiu, they have no more suitable candidate.
At this time, Li Changfeng mentioned the matter of the guards joining the army. Waiting for Lu Qingxia's words, he immediately resigned from Cishou Palace and rushed to Chongwen Palace to block Shen Yang's path...