One thousand one hundred and ninety-two chapters Luoyang change
In late February, spring flowers are blooming in various parts of the Central Plains. In the mountains and fields, orioles are singing and swallows are dancing, and the colors are colorful, creating a feeling of spring.
Although the Jin army left Xin'an County, they did not leave Xin'an County. The Jin army stationed 30,000 troops in Xin'an County. The Jin army's camp is located thirty miles west of Xin'an County, with Gushui in the south. It is a complex covering an area of thousands of people.
The area of the board-walled camp is no less than that of Xin'an County, and it is far away from Xin'an County.
The strategic significance of this camp is of great importance. It only takes half a day to reach Luoyang City from here. Moreover, according to the armistice agreement signed by both parties, Xin'an County is an undefended county and there are no troops stationed in the county. Zhu Si's army is stationed in the county.
Thirty miles to the east is the former Fei Xiong Army. After the destruction of the Fei Xiong Army, 20,000 Bao Tao troops are now stationed.
In the past few days, another large camp has begun to be built to the west of the Jin army's camp. It has thousands of tents and complete facilities. During this period, people continued to flee from Luoyang, reaching thousands of people.
So much.
But this was only the beginning. Yang Xuanying, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, urgently asked the court for instructions. Jin King Guo Song responded to him, asking him to establish an observation camp near the military camp to temporarily accommodate the people who fled Luoyang.
At the same time, Guo Song sent Taichang Qing Lu Zhi as Tokyo's pacifier, leading more than a thousand Taixue and Guozixue students to Xin'an County, and at the same time dispatched hundreds of doctors to follow him to the refugee camp.
On the official road to the west of Luoyang, Luoyang people with their children and their daughters were constantly trying to escape to the west. Bao Tao's army set up checkpoints on the official road to intercept the fleeing people.
On the pass, more than a thousand fleeing people knelt on the ground and begged. A general of the Leopard Tao Army stood on a big rock and shouted: "I don't want to embarrass you, but if we let you go, we will be held accountable, so be it!"
You pay some money to pay for the journey, and I can let you pass. If the higher authorities investigate, we will have money to deal with it."
"General, how much does it cost to pay for the journey?" someone asked boldly.
"It is stipulated above that one person always has money!"
The people were suddenly in an uproar, shouting: "Where do we have money?"
"We are a family of six and need six guan of money. How can we get it?"
Faced with the public outrage, the general shouted: "This is a rule from above. I have no choice. If I want to get through, I have to pay for it!"
At this time, the people became excited, and a group of young men tried to break through the barrier. The general gave an order, and hundreds of soldiers stepped forward with their spears drawn. The general shouted loudly: "If you dare to break through the barrier, you will be shot to death!"
Thousands of people had no choice but to cry and turn back. After walking a few miles, several villagers ran out of the roadside and shouted: "We know a small road that can take everyone around from the north. We only charge ten cents per person. I want to
Just follow us!"
Everyone could afford to pay ten cents, and thousands of people survived the desperate situation and followed a few villagers to the north.
Xin'an County nominally belonged to Zhu Si, but in fact, the county magistrate and county magistrates had all pledged their allegiance to the King of Jin. Under the order of the imperial court, the county government set up several greenhouses on the official road in the north to cook porridge and provide relief to the people, and at the same time built several
Ten large tents are provided for the elderly, weak, women and children to rest.
The magistrate of Xin'an County is called Liu Zhen. He is about forty years old. He is also an old county magistrate. He can also be said to be an old man in the officialdom. He knows very well that at this time, the eyes of the imperial court and the King of Jin are fixed on Xin'an County. This
It's his chance.
He now needs to write a report to the court explaining the reasons for the large number of refugees in Luoyang.
In front of a large tent, Liu Zhen talked with several old men.
"Are you worried about the epidemic, so you fled westward?" Liu Zhen asked.
"County Lord, it's really not because of the epidemic. We really can't survive. At the beginning of the new year, Zhu Si started to increase taxes. The household tax used to be one yuan for each household, but now it is ten yuan. There are also labor taxes and inter-house tax.
Taxes, salary taxes, apportioned military money, horse money, security money, money for entering and exiting the city, and money for weddings and funerals, adding up to more than ten kinds of taxes and fees."
Another old man said: "The most unreasonable thing is the space tax. It is calculated based on beams. One beam costs one dollar. Generally, a house requires two beams. Building a shack without beams also has to be calculated into one dollar. In fact, these are not worth it."
A piece of cake?"
"Is there anything more extreme?" Liu Zhen said in surprise.
The old man at the head sighed: "A bucket of salt sells for 3,000 cash, and a bucket of rice sells for 500 cash. Do you think everyone can still survive?"
Xin'an County is nominally under the jurisdiction of Zhu Si, but in fact it has synchronized with Chang'an. The currency has been converted to Chang'an's old money, and three rough shops have also been opened.
, Zhu Si’s various taxes could not be levied on Xin’an County.
Liu Zhen understood that Zhu Si only had Henan Prefecture left in his territory, but he had to support hundreds of thousands of troops. Apart from squeezing the people desperately, Zhu Si had no other choice.
He immediately ordered his men to take good care of the old, weak, women and children, and hurried back to the county seat. He wanted to write a report immediately and report it to the court.
The front of the county town is heavily guarded. Hundreds of militia soldiers are not allowing the refugees to enter the town. This is not because they are afraid that the refugees will disrupt the order of the county town, but because they are afraid that they will bring diseases. According to the regulations of the court, all refugees must enter the observation camp and be observed for four or five days.
Only when they become ill can they be sent to Guanzhong or Hedong.
Several county officials specially explained to the people that the army thirty miles ahead had prepared tents and food, and they could get free food and lodging. There was no place for food and lodging in the county, so they had to sleep on the streets.
Under the repeated persuasion of the county officials, groups of fleeing people went together to the west of the camp...
A few days later, the county magistrate Liu Zhen sent an urgent memorial to Chang'an Political Affairs Hall, and the left and right prime ministers Pan Liao and Du You found Guo Song together.
"Your Highness, this is the memorial of Xin'an County Magistrate Liu Zhen. Please take a look at it."
Guo Song put down his pen, took the memorial, read it carefully, and said, "I already know this situation. To be precise, starting from the beginning of this month, Zhu Si promulgated a series of tax increase measures, which detonated the entire city of Luoyang.
In fact, large-scale exodus has not started yet. The official tax collection will not be until April, when the great exodus will begin. I have also recently considered taking down the Bao Tao Army to open up the escape route for the people of Luoyang."
"Can't Your Highness stop Zhu Si's madness?" Pan Liao said worriedly.
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Guo Song said calmly: "Without Zhu Si's cruel oppression, how can I show my kindness? Recently, many people in Chang'an scolded me, scolding me for why I didn't put the cheese in Sancao shop. This is a typical case of rice grudges and rice grudges.
So I want them to know how the people of Luoyang live?"
Pan Liao and Du You looked at each other with helpless expressions in their eyes. In fact, they hoped that His Highness the King of Jin could capture Luoyang City in one go to avoid such a large-scale fleeing from happening again. The imperial court's finances were really struggling.
"When will Your Highness capture Luoyang? Do you have a plan?" Du You asked again.
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "The plan is to seize Luoyang this year. When Zhu Si performs his final madness and people lose their hearts, this will be our best chance to seize Luoyang."
“We have been looking forward to this day for a long time!”
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There are still more than 100,000 people in Zhu Si's army, but the population under Zhu Si's control is less than one million. On average, seven people support one soldier. Among these seven people are old, weak, women and children. What's even more terrible is that there are also some in Zhu Si's army.
Ten thousand cavalry, this small population is simply not enough to support the food, drink and consumption of an army of more than 100,000 people, as well as the monthly military salary of one person per person.
The treasury was empty, and the last gold was used by Zhu Si to buy salt and grain. Guo Song still allowed grain and salt to flow into Luoyang, but only if the other party purchased it with real gold and silver.
Zhu Si did not do charity when he bought salt and grain. After the New Year, the price of salt and grain skyrocketed. The price of salt rose to 3,000 Wen per dou, and the price of grain rose to 500 Wen per dou. They used the most cruel methods to exploit them.
common people.
Yang Mi came to Laolinji Fur Store worriedly. Because it was very cold today, the sheepskin store sold quite well. However, after the spring started, the business immediately slowed down. The shop was deserted, without a single customer, and there were only two waiters.
Sitting in the shop and taking a nap.
"Where is your proprietor?" Yang Mi walked into the shop and asked.
"Right behind you!"
When Yang Mi turned around, she saw Jiang Min standing behind her, looking at her with a puzzled face.
"I have something important to discuss!" Yang Mi explained.
"come in!"
Jiang Min took Yang Mi to the shopkeeper's room in the backyard and sighed: "It's impossible to do business these days!"
"Why did Brother Jiang say this?"
"I just went to the black market to exchange old money. In August last year, it was 1:2, in November it was 1:7, and today it is 1:20. It's crazy. Silver and gold are even rarer.
I couldn't exchange it, so I worked hard for a year and didn't make a penny, but lost ten times."