Han Shizu

Chapter 131 Tokyo Chaos
Pulling down the car curtain, covering the window of the car, feeling the bumps, Liu Chengyou looked at Li Shaoyou and asked: "These days, Gyeonggi is probably very lively."

"It's not just lively, it's a group of demons dancing wildly, full of chaos!" Li Shaoyou said with a serious expression.

"What kind of chaos?" Liu Chengyou asked calmly.The eyebrows were not too surprised. He had already heard about some situations.

"Civil chaos, military chaos, and political chaos." Li Shaoyou summed up the three chaos in a solemn tone.

At this time, there are hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the capital city. Originally, after the destructive plunder of the Khitan people, many people fled for refuge. There were not so many people.It's just that as the situation in the Central Plains gradually stabilized, many people came back after hearing the news.At the same time, the economy of the entire Central Plains collapsed completely, the states and counties lacked survival resources, and many hungry people also migrated to the Tokyo area to vote.

On Liu Zhiyuan's side, winning Tokyo is justifiable, and the country is stable, but it is actually a huge burden.After entering the city, there were a lot of things to do, busy inviting people to buy (the founding ministers and former officials and soldiers), rewarding meritorious deeds, and being named officials and nobles.

The reaction was slow, and he didn't pay attention to the refugees coming from the ants for a short time. When he found out that there were more and more people gathered, he realized later that he ordered the generals of the states to restrain the people from all over the place, so that they could move to the states and counties. , Also dispatched officers and soldiers to guard the pass and set up passes to block the refugees, keep them out of the capital, and even drive and kill the people.

Under the Hanting's tough measures, the trend of "eating in Tokyo" has finally subsided, but how many people will die and how many people will lose their hearts in the process is temporarily out of the scope of consideration.

Even so, tens of thousands of people fled to Kaifeng with their families and their families, and were blocked under the city.For these people, the imperial court could not completely ignore them, and simply opened some relief centers and distributed some "food", the kind that were raised as livestock.Even so, these people are an extra burden for the new court.Some people advised to disperse these refugees and let them fend for themselves.Fortunately, at the feet of the emperor, Liu Zhiyuan deliberately kept this fig leaf, and did not listen.

Tens of thousands of rioters are in Gyeonggi, but the problem is actually not a big one, and it has always been within the controllable range.The civil unrest really broke out after the family members of the Hedong Forbidden Army moved in.

Counting the Longqi Army under Liu Chengyou's command, there were about [-] soldiers and horses who followed Liu Zhiyuan out of Hedong to fight the country.

Before and after, more than [-] people have come to the south.These civilians are family members of the imperial army, so they cannot be treated roughly like ordinary refugees. This must be paid special attention to and must be settled properly.It is not difficult to find a place to resettle. Around Kaifeng, there are many unowned land and houses. Even if there is no place, they can be temporarily built.

Not only the families of the former Imperial Guards in Hedong, but also the officers and soldiers of the former Imperial Guards who took refuge here. Fortunately, most of the relatives of these people were originally in the Gyeonggi territory, saving a lot of time for resettlement.

However, several 100,000 people gathered together, newcomers and latecomers, foreigners and locals, plus refugees, all kinds of chaos.Conflicts are basically inevitable. Land, housing, food, water...even a quarrel will become the fuse of a conflict.

The original people in Gyeonggi had suffered enough, but Liu Zhiyuan's entry to the capital did not bring them any benefits, not talking about freedom, dignity and other nonsense, and the property that was looted was no longer needed. They must have enough food and clothing.Unfortunately, this most basic cannot be done.On the contrary, hundreds of thousands of people migrated here, crowding out or even seizing their living space and resources.

You must know that the families of the Hedong Army who moved from the south basically belonged to the "proprietors", and the whole family moved to Tokyo to enjoy the blessings and become the masters.Since the middle of last month, there have been bad situations of bullying and looting from time to time, until a big riot broke out, targeting the looting of the newly arrived Hedong people.Those refugees who were starving for food also participated in it.

However, those family members of the Hedong Army immediately attracted suppression and arrested and dealt with the rebels wantonly.The old soldiers who surrendered now quit, and they were also accepted as forbidden soldiers. They are all forbidden soldiers of the imperial court, so his family members are easy to bully?The army of this era dared to use knives, and almost did not directly cause a fight.

Fortunately, Liu Zhiyuan is very sensitive to changes in the army, and his control over the army is fairly strong. Seeing that something is wrong, he directly sent someone to kill all the generals and dozens of middle and lower-level officers who took the lead in the trouble, and policed ​​them. the whole army.Killing can sometimes irritate people to lose their minds, but most of the time, it still has a greater deterrent effect.

At the same time, Liu Zhiyuan sent people to mediate and divide the army and civilians.In the end, the blame for causing the riots was placed on those foreign refugees.They arrested and killed some rebels who violated the law, and sent troops to implement military control on those refugees, delimiting them within a certain area, beating, punishing, and killing them at will, a bit like a concentration camp...

When he heard this, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but said: "How can there be such a mess! What is the court doing, why not guide the refugees and disperse them?"

Li Shaoyou shrugged his shoulders and sighed: "Is it so easy to feed 100,000 people?"

"The summer harvest is over, so there should be summer grain in the warehouse. Also, what about the camels, sheep, and grain goods I seized from Hebei, can't they be relieved?" Liu Chengyou asked.

"It's not enough to make ends meet! To raise soldiers and officials, and to reward meritorious officials and soldiers, there is no room left to support the people. It is the benevolence of the court to give them a bite to eat and prevent them from starving to death." Li Shaoyou said.

"That's not enough!" Liu Chengyou said coldly.He recalled the previous situation in Zhenzhou, where hundreds of thousands of refugees had to raise an army and defend against Khitan, and he couldn't bear it.In Liu Chengyou's view, the situation in the Central Plains may be difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it will not reach this point.

"It must be the imperial court's mishandling!" Staring at Li Shaoyou, Liu Chengyou clenched his fist: "If things go on like this, I'm afraid the hearts of the people will be lost!"

Liu Chengyou's cold eyes startled Li Shaoyou, and there was a hint of paleness in his bitter smile: "People's hearts? I have made unannounced visits. In the eyes of those refugees, our great Han Dynasty is worse than the Khitan people."

Li Shaoyou's words made Liu Chengyou's heart feel colder, and the blood that almost rushed to the top of his head immediately cooled down.

"How could it be?" Liu Chengyou asked: "Didn't the imperial court send down several edicts to benefit the people?"

"Let me sort it out for you." Li Shaoyou stretched out his left hand and snapped his fingers.

"Edict one, the world sees forbidden sinners, except for the ten evils and five treasons, they will be pardoned. Those who are in prison may have unjust cases, but there are many criminals. Forgive crimes to win the hearts of the people. That is what the prosperous age did. In this world, what benefit is it to the country to release these sinners, and what is the benefit to the ordinary people? Moreover, they are suffering from detention and have a lot of hatred for the imperial court. Letting them out is not asking for trouble and harming the people ? I can assure you that many of the bandits and thieves active in various states have been pardoned these days."

With another finger bent, Li Shaoyou continued: "Edict [-], all prefectures will release last year's residual tax. Within a hundred miles of East and West Beijing, the summer tax will be fully released. One hundred miles away and the capital city, this year's house tax will be released in half. The tax has been reduced a lot, but given the situation in the Central Plains at this time, there is only a small amount that can be collected, so how much benefit can the people have?"

"As for the rest, they are all similar to this one." Li Shaoyou shook his head.

Thinking about it carefully, what Li Shaoyou said was really not aimless.It is estimated that Liu Zhiyuan himself was puzzled. What he did was not much different from the establishment of the new dynasty in the past. Thinking about it, the emperor Shi Jingtang basically did the same when he entered Luoyang. Why is there such a difference in effect.

The reason may be complicated, but one thing is clear. At that time, the people in the Central Plains were not so ravaged by the Khitans, and the mess that Shi Jingtang needed to clean up was not as bad.However, there are always advantages and disadvantages in everything. The Central Plains and even the whole country have been smashed and crushed, but it is conducive to reshaping. It's just that the new Han Dynasty obviously didn't do it well, and it couldn't even sort out itself. The mountains and rivers have been reorganized.

"Army, why are you in chaos?" Liu Chengyou asked, subduing his uncontrollable impatience.

"It's not like you don't know the habits of the arrogant soldiers and powerful generals in Hedong. It's okay to be suppressed before. Before entering Bian, in front of the military law, he was able to do nothing wrong. Since entering the Central Plains, he easily broke into Tokyo. But they despise everything, the generals are arrogant, the soldiers follow suit, and the officials don’t control them as strictly as in the past.”

Li Shaoyou said: "Since entering Bian, the number of troops gathered from the previous dynasty plus the soldiers from Jiezhen and the recruits has tripled. The conflict between the old and new Forbidden Army is not small at all. The officials need Yuan from the east of the river to suppress everything from the forbidden army, so they have been giving more laissez-faire."

"During this period of time, the military discipline of the forbidden soldiers has been getting worse and worse. I have seen many people ostentatiously and domineeringly. I am afraid that their combat effectiveness has dropped sharply."

Liu Chengyou frowned even tighter, and couldn't help interrupting him: "As the commander of the guards, Shi Hongzhao has always been strict in governing the army. As the commander of the imperial army, what responsibility does he have?"

"Shi Hongzhao's army is harsh, it's true." Li Shaoyou said, the word "sarcasm" was almost written on his face: "It's an outsider, and he always protects those who are close to his confidants. It can be said that Right now, the most rampant officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard in Tokyo must be Shi Hongzhao's people!"

"Because of Shi Hongzhao's unfair handling and selfish punishment, he aroused the indignation of the soldiers at home and abroad, and there was almost a fight some time ago."

Liu Chengyou took a breath: "Father, are you just indifferent and doing nothing?"

"How could it be? It was precisely because the officials were furious that they dealt with a group of officers who committed crimes, and they restrained themselves. However, as long as the generals commanding the army are still those people, it will be difficult to eliminate the flamboyance in the army. I heard that, The officials are all sick with anger. Recently, they are planning to rectify the imperial army and reorganize the army."

The fingers tapped on the knee moved extremely fast, and it took a long time before they stopped, leaning back on the carriage, Liu Chengyou said quietly: "If the army is in chaos, what kind of chaos is this political chaos?"

"It is said to be political chaos, but it is actually ministerial chaos!" Li Shaoyou said.

After Liu Zhiyuan entered Kaifeng, although he retained a large number of former Jin officials, such as Zhao Shangjiao (formerly known as Zhao Yuan, whose name was changed to avoid taboo), Bian Wei, Wang Jingchong, etc., the political facts were all paid to the "Second Su".

Although Su Fengji and Su Yugui have their own strengths, their personality flaws are extremely obvious, and they are basically talkative. They may not be able to manage a state or a county well, let alone govern a country.For nearly a month, the ruling and opposition parties in Tokyo were in a miasma, not even as peaceful as Li Congyi's short-lived "Longde Dynasty".And these two Su are still fighting for favor and power.

It wasn't until Yang Bin and Wang Zhang brought Liu Zhiyuan's original domineering team from Taiyuan, quickly filled it into the center, and regained control of the privy secretaries and the power of finance and accounting.And Liu Zhiyuan obviously supported Yang and Wang. After all, these two have been upholding their political affairs for so many years.

Wang Zhang continued to suffer bitterly, holding Xinchao's shriveled money bag, his hair was grey, and he wanted to increase his treasury.It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a man of action. Seeing that the capital is spending a lot of money, there are more than ten items in the table, so as to stop the urgent tasks and save useless expenses.In fact, Wang Zhang was very grateful to Liu Chengyou, at least the goods he took back from the Khitans were of great use, otherwise he would have lost more hair.

However, for the poor and the poor, for the rich and the rich, no matter how much it is supplemented from outside, it is still not enough. The treasury of the Han Dynasty is still very empty. middle.As a planner of the imperial court, he still has to work hard to increase his wealth.However, although Wang Zhang has been in charge of the money bag all year round, this person is not particularly good at "financial management". What he is better at is collecting money.
As for Yang Bin, this person has a strong personality, a little arrogant, and a tough style. He is not afraid of offending others, and he can't get sand in his eyes.After becoming the prime minister of the empire and taking charge of the government, he vigorously rectified the government affairs, clarified government affairs, and appointed and dismissed officials.

Reported to Liu Zhiyuan, dismissed dozens of incompetent officials, and punished several people for malfeasance.This time, he completely offended Er Su, especially Su Fengji.

During his time in power, he did a lot of bad things, one of which was "selling officials to sell nobles".Before entering Kaifeng, dozens of official positions, large and small, were allowed to go out, and they were fulfilled one by one when they arrived in Tokyo.Most of the officials dismissed by Yang Bin were those officials who had obtained positions through bribery, which was extremely targeted.

Originally, he was dissatisfied because of the encroachment on his power, but now he annoyed Su Fengji even more.Then began to criticize Yang Bin's people. Officials in this period, who wiped their asses clean, including Yang Bin himself, also did a lot of things using power for personal gain.

"This Su Yugui is a mellow elder in my impression!" The corners of Liu Chengyou's mouth twitched.

"This mellow old man now owns a lot of property in and around Tokyo. This person is also smart, and he can't compete. He simply doesn't want to fight. Two days ago, he even sent his servants to help refugees." Li Shaoyou said.

Glancing at Liu Chengyou, he continued: "As for this Su Fengji, Mr. Su, he bought a lot of farms and houses, not to mention Tokyo. I heard that in Xijing, he occupied four or five manors with hundreds of hectares of land. Now if you want to buy him, Erlang Ah, if you come to the door with [-] yuan, I'm afraid you can only meet him."

After listening to Li Shaoyou's report, Liu Chengyou's expression became extremely closed.

"This is not the prosperity of the empire when it was first established, it is clearly a sign of the country's subjugation!" After a long silence, Liu Chengyou suddenly suppressed his voice and said angrily, with killing intent in his eyes.

"Erlang, you can't talk nonsense!" Although it was rare to see Liu Chengyou so excited, Li Shaoyou was taken aback and hurriedly advised.

"When I was in Hedong, I was doing civil and military work, and I still laughed at the Khitan people for not being familiar with our country. There must be no China for a long time. Look at what this dry Dongying hero has done. How can he be better than the Khitan people?" Liu Chengyou said in his tone With resentment, could it be that he was so emotional when he just felt that his struggle in Hebei seemed a bit unworthy?
"It's not always like this." At this moment, Li Shaoyou didn't dare to look Liu Chengyou directly in the eyes, and said awkwardly: "For example, Vice Privy Secretary Guo has always restrained his subordinates and worked hard for the king's affairs. Official rewards are also given out to subordinates. , to reassure people's hearts."

Hearing Guo Wei mentioned, Liu Chengyou narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

Li Shaoyou continued: "The recent situation is much better than before. Chaos, it should not be chaotic anymore. It's already autumn, let's wait a little longer, and when the autumn harvest is over, everything will be fine."

"I hope!" Lifting the curtain of the car, Liu Chengyou looked out, looking outside, the sky was high and the clouds were wide.

During the conversation, the city of Kaifeng came into view.

　Thanks to the book friends JUVENTINIcr7, the masked superman who was banned from using the trumpet, yjypmypm, and Mercury for the reward.

　　
　
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