Han Shizu

In a lonely Yulin, a major town like Xiazhou should be more lively. After all, it still has some popularity, but the excitement is extremely limited.In addition to the heavy soldiers stationed, there are some refugees who are helping.

The entire Xiazhou city is still a messy scene. A large number of refugees gather here. Even with the protection of the government, it is difficult to see a trace of stability and peace. There are rough tents and wooden fences built at will. Habitat for months.

People are also like walking dead. Now everyone is suffering, waiting for the day when the ban will be lifted. They can only rely on the meager relief food from the government for their daily necessities.

In this regard, the government implements strict rations, and this kind of relief food is only to keep them alive, not to starve to death. It is impossible to eat enough.Most of the court's food was used as military rations to supply the counter-insurgency troops, as well as rewards for military exploits, and the relief of refugees was just incidental.

Even so, the local refugees in Xiazhou still have to be grateful, and the requirements cannot be too high under the background of the war.Otherwise, when the production order is completely destroyed and cannot be maintained, everyone will starve to death.

Of course, it is impossible to say that there is no grievance at all, but with the development of Yulin's counter-insurgency and the "big purge" after the beginning of spring, all grievances have been dispelled.

At least, they are Han Chinese, the government still has a little "love", and they can get some life-saving rations, and they don't have to be beheaded like those scattered among the people to ask for rewards for money.

Xiazhou, as Yulin Daoist, is considered the safest place at the moment. Even when the bandits are at their peak, they dare not attack rashly.And the current situation is exactly the same. In the huge Yulin, only these urban strongholds still look a bit cruel. As for other places, they are almost like a deserted area, where wandering ghosts are all lonely.

In fact, to relieve these refugees, the price paid by the imperial court is not small. The pure consumption of tens of thousands of people is still close to half a year. Even with the lowest level of food and flour supply, it adds up to a considerable amount of expenditure.

And all the food materials are imported from the outside, and the transportation cost has always been high, especially in the cold winter of last year and when the chaos was in full swing, every stone of food transported required several times the cost.It was not until most of the rebels were wiped out that the pressure on transportation was relieved, but it was limited.

In the past, according to the habits of the Han army in conquest operations, some wartime production policies were adopted, which not only resettled civilians, maintained law and order, but also reduced the pressure on the court.But this set, under the special environment of Yulin, could not be carried out.

In view of the large amount of loss, after the beginning of spring, another refugee transfer was carried out on the side of the camp, and the refugees from Xia, Yan, Ling, Sui and other places were transferred to Guannei and Hexi, so as to reduce the consumption of Yulin and continue to let the neighboring roads The government shared the pressure.

Xiazhou originally received tens of thousands of refugees, which is quite a lot. Those who can reach the state city alive and receive asylum are all lucky and rare.

But now, there are less than 4000 people left, and most of them have been transferred away by the government, "armed escort", and the rest are old and weak, hard-fated, and unwilling to toss about anymore. …

Of course, the main reason is that Zhang Qixian, who took over the post of Yulin chief envoy less than half a year ago, is very repulsed by the relocation policy.Although the focus of his work in the past six months has also been on countering the rebellion, but now that the chaos has gradually subsided, he can no longer only consider countering the rebellion, and needs to plan for Yulin's recovery.

However, rebellions and wars brought about a large number of deaths, and the population dropped sharply, not by half, but by emptiness.Now, seeing that some of the remaining refugees in the territory are about to be sent away, how can Zhang Qixian sit still.

In February, he finally rushed from Yanzhou to settle in the Daofu. At the same time, he begged Zhao Wang Liu Fang, hoping that he could order the abolition of the emigration policy and preserve the little vitality left in Yulin.The words were fierce, and even suspected of being offensive, but Zhang Qixian, who was full of enthusiasm, didn't care much, even if he offended King Zhao.

Zhang Qixian's reaction is also understandable. After all, if there are no Yulin people, what is the value of him as a chief envoy? Shepherding one side, and there are no sheep in the pen.
For Zhang Qixian, the appointment in Yulin is a key threshold for his career advancement. It took him nearly 20 years to become a senior official and a chief official.After crossing this threshold, there will be a wider world and a higher palace.If the houses are all demolished, the threshold is of little significance.

In the past six months, Zhang Qixian, the chief envoy of Yulin, performed very well, worked hard, actively cooperated with the camp, and did a good job in logistical comfort.Liu Fang was in Yulin, so he could see it clearly. What's more, Zhang Qixian was someone his prince's second brother valued, so he could be more considerate and agree to his request after consideration.

In fact, the imperial court was able to deploy 10,000+ troops in Yulin, and served them with delicious food and drinks. Even if only a little leftover food was distributed, the refugees could be relieved. relief.

Therefore, after some sincere admonitions, the further loss of Yulin's population was stopped.However, the matter has come to this point, and what is left is a devastated mess.

But no matter how bad the mess is, it is still my own base, and I have to muster up my confidence and bite the bullet to clean it up.Zhang Qixian can only comfort himself, the more difficult it is, the more capable he will be. If Yulin is cleaned up well, it will be a political achievement.

Therefore, after March, as the "Great Cleansing" is gradually coming to an end, Zhang Qixian has officially started preparations for the aftermath.The first thing to do is to count the remaining population of Yulin, of course, only for the refugees accepted by each town.

The result was very pessimistic, even tingling. In Yulin, there were only less than 3 people left, and this had to be counted in the two prefectures of Feng and Sheng in the north that had not been greatly affected by the rebellion.

You know, before the rebellion, the entire Yulin had a registered population of more than 100 million. If the hidden population and those party miscellaneous departments were counted, there would be even more. Now, it has suffered a devastating blow.

Faced with such a result, even if he had expected it, Zhang Qixian couldn't help being horrified, which was worse than the worst expectation.Therefore, Zhang Qixian lamented to his subordinates that there used to be a frontier state that was not as good as a rich county in the Central Plains, but now the people under his chief official are not as good as a county in the Central Plains...

However, Zhang Qixian is indeed not an ordinary person, and his temperament is tough enough. Under such conditions, he still carries out various aftermath work step by step.For the remaining people, register households, and at the same time arrange to resume production and reclamation.

Of course, this process is extremely slow and full of difficulties, because resuming production also requires the most basic means of production to be severely scarce. These undoubtedly require the support of the court, which also takes time.

There was really no way, Zhang Qixian turned his idea to the army again, and shamelessly begged Zhao Wang Liu Fang, hoping to coordinate some livestock and food.The officers and soldiers in Yulin don't have many other things, such as seeds and farm tools, but they have enough livestock of all kinds, and even more rations.

Probably because of Zhang Qixian's sincerity and sympathy for his difficult situation, Liu Fang was very generous. Once the approval was issued, he received tens of thousands of cattle and horses and [-] stone grain.Of course, these are also reported to the imperial court, which is basically used as the capital for the restoration and reconstruction of Yulin, and it is enough for the current Yulin.

In fact, regarding the aftermath of Yulin, the imperial court had already started discussions, and some of them proposed that Yulin Road should be abolished and merged into Guannei Road again.

In the beginning, the reason why it was separated from the Guannei Road was that apart from the long distance, inconvenient transportation, and unfavorable government orders, the main reason was the party members. Now, the entire party item has been destroyed. Not so necessary anymore.

Zhang Shijun, who worked hard in Yulin, didn't even know that his title of chief envoy was in danger.

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