Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1381 "Ping Liao in Five Years"

At the head of Zhen'an County in Lishengzhou, Han Zhigu sneered again and again.

As the chief secretary of the Lifan Academy and the governor of Lisheng, Han Zhigu knew that he had no way out, and at the same time he gave up any sense of shame. Facing all kinds of ridicule and abuse from the Khitan people, he remained calm and unflappable. The demeanor of resignation.

There are soldiers in Lisheng Prefecture, about a thousand of them, mainly veterans of the Forbidden Army who were "retired and rehired" in Daxia, recruits from the Yunzhou Academy, and soldiers from the Second Army of Datong and Qingsai who did not want to be government soldiers.

Based on them, Han Zhigu recruited more than [-] strong men from various clans to guard inside and outside Zhen'an County——Zhen'an County, which was the original Beilou, was the only county in Lisheng Prefecture.

As for the old and the weak, women, children, cattle and sheep, they had already moved eastward at night—this was the news delivered by the blood of the ancient Khitan grazing in the farther north.

Fugu and Zhidi spent a lot of money to find out the location of Abaoji's pasture, so they excitedly gathered troops to go there.I didn't expect to overestimate my own strength, and after being discovered, I was beaten up.

Xiadi ran fast and slipped away first, with little loss.

Fu Gu only shed a layer of skin, his nephew was besieged, his life and death were unknown, thousands of people were killed and injured, and his strength was greatly damaged.

After the news came back, Han Zhigu made a decisive decision and immediately organized his manpower to transfer the old and weak women, children, cattle and sheep. They are still there, so Abaoji has no way to plunder wantonly, unless he doesn't worry about the way out.

When the transfer was just ordered, it was not that no one objected.It's only late May, after a winter, the cattle and sheep have just eaten a few mouthfuls of fresh pasture, and after a little bit of recovery and fattening, you have to travel long distances again, don't you care about the mood of the herdsmen?
But Han Zhigu's attitude is very firm.The warriors from the Central Plains also supported him. The tribal chieftains who had just suffered a disastrous defeat last year did not dare to stand up, and agreed with their noses.

Not to mention, Han Zhigu saw that they were reluctant and procrastinated, and went to supervise them in person, with a strict tone and a tough attitude, and finally successfully retreated before the enemy attacked, and covered up the traces.

Now, it turns out that his worries were justified.Reluctant to part with pots and pans, the end result is to lose everything.

"The more fierce the thieves scold, the more they are timid." Han Zhigu turned around, looked at the leaders of the clans behind him, and said, "A Baoji, the dog who lost his family. The sage has arrived in Fuyu, Tielin, Tiande, You Guo, Luoyan, and guards assembled successively, with no less than [-] elite soldiers, and A Baoji dared not come here. The tens of thousands of troops in the camp in Rouzhou were eyeing them. What did A Baoji use to fight? You have a family and a job. You have submitted to the imperial court, so don’t think about it. Remember, don’t make mistakes!”

"Don't dare! Don't dare!" Everyone looked at each other and responded one after another.

Han Zhigu snorted coldly and said no more.

He knew that the main military forces in Lisheng Prefecture were descendants, mainly Shulu, Chute and Xiren.

At this critical moment, you must stand up, the tougher the better.Human beings are so cheap, if you talk kindly and try to appease and win over, it will make people's hearts grow grass and hesitant.Be tougher and explain the consequences clearly. Those who have just experienced failure will not dare to rebel in a short time.

Of course, there is also a certain degree of control, which is not simple, and everything depends on improvisation.Han Zhigu actually did a good job, accurately grasping the tangled psychology of the Khitan chiefs and avoiding a chaos.

"Woo--" the sound of blowing the horn repeated.

More and more Khitan cavalry gathered outside the city. After the initial panic, the defenders gradually calmed down.

The Great Xia Imperial Army who retired and rehired is still reliable.

Their presence greatly comforted people's hearts.The Khitan people did not have the determination and ability to attack the fortifications, and they were also afraid that if they suffered heavy casualties, they would collapse first.

This is the double fear of beating a wolf with a hemp stick, it is worse than bad!

"At night, send people out of the city to send a message. Go in two groups, one group goes west, via Yikun Prefecture to find Liangdutou, and the other group goes east, to Fuyu Mansion to report to the saint." Seeing that the Khitans did not take the initiative to attack the city Meaning, Han Zhigu let go of his heart, and after a few orders, he went down to the top of the city.

Next, he has to urge some of the people who stayed behind to make arrows and prepare materials for repairing the city wall—what if the Khitan people can't think about it and really attack the city?It is always right to be prepared.

At the same time, he is also trying to analyze the current situation.

Abaoji's southward movement can only be regarded as looting at best.He probably didn't have the courage to fight Xia Jun decisively, so he could only harass him and withdraw after getting some benefits.

The saint also looked down on him.Only some of the Yingzhou Fan soldiers were conscripted to wander on the grasslands as a covering force for the army's flanks.Coupled with the garrison of the Seven Holy States itself, as long as there is no large-scale rebellion, Abaoji has no chance.

On the contrary, if he makes some mistakes, he may be bitten by the Johor Camp and suffer another big loss.

After the loss, if it is not handled properly, or if the loss is too great, the alliance of Khitan remnants, Wugu, and Yu people that A Baoji hastily kneaded will collapse again and will no longer be a problem.

"I was originally Yue Liduo's concubine, so I should give my allegiance to Yue Liduo. I have nothing to do to A Baoji..." Han Zhigu tried his best to build up his mind, calmed down, and strode away.

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At the end of May, Shao Shude arrived in Fuyu County, Lisuo, Xianzhou, which will be his temporary residence.

At this time, he received news from the Seven Holy States and Yong'an Palace, so he asked Yue Liduo for his opinion.

"Your Majesty, Abaoji went south just to plunder." Yue Liduo said.

"Why do you think so?" Shao Shude asked.

"Abaoji urgently needs victory to restore his prestige, but he can't afford to lose." Yue Liduo analyzed: "Therefore, he will carefully control the trend of the battlefield, and once he sees the main force of the king, he will run away. Anyway, he should have already taken advantage of this meeting, so he can justify withdrawing troops here."

"You really see through A Baoji." Shao Shude sighed: "If you were a man, there would have been no place in the sea, and you would have to stand aside."

After finishing speaking, he no longer paid attention to this direction, and called Chen Cheng, Zhao Guangfeng and others, and while patrolling the countryside of Xianzhou, he talked about the development of Shenzhou - Liaodong Road Transit Envoy Zhang Quanyi, and Xianzhou Governor Han Congyun were also present.

Lao Zhang's ability to work is nothing to say, it is top-notch, and Shao Shude is very satisfied.Therefore, he asked the Chu family who was accompanying him to stay in the city and never show up again, although Lao Zhang might not mind it at all.

Zhang Quanyi's development of Xianzhou was mainly concentrated in Fuyu County.After the winter of last year, people were organized to reinforce the city, and many livestock pens were built. At the same time, materials from various places were counted to communicate with each other.

Liaodong has a characteristic, because the roads, reservoirs and other infrastructure are extremely bad, and there is a lot of rainfall in summer, and floods often break out, submerging the roads, so the winter after the snow actually undertakes a lot of transportation tasks.

This strange state even lasted until the period of the Puppet Manchukuo.After the muddying period in spring, the roads are muddy, and floods frequently break out in summer, so they simply wait until the ground is frozen hard before transporting them—horse carts, ox carts, sledges, sledges, what are they for? Natural rivers have become highways. The post road is still flat, which is also a great spectacle.

After Zhang Quanyi counted the materials from various places, he worked tirelessly to organize the transfer of the materials.At the same time, post stations in various places have been rectified, and even the dog sledge post stations in the Bohai Kingdom period have been carefully inspected, trying to rebuild and resume operations.

After the beginning of spring, the people are organized to carry out spring plowing. The seeds have already been planted and the spring seedlings have grown, which is very gratifying to watch.

"Your Majesty, there are more than [-] hectares of arable land in Fuyu County, all of which have been sown. There are also more than [-] hectares of idle land, and [-] hectares of land have been sown." Zhang Quanyi introduced: "All the plants are millets. Next year, I will let people try it. Plant some wheat. If wheat is not good, then plant rye. Before the minister came, he had someone transport a batch of rye seeds from Shenzhou, and picked a large and round seed. Sinong Temple will also transport a batch The newly cultivated seeds will come, about July to..."

Zhang Quanyi's introduction mainly focused on farming.It can be seen that he is very familiar with these things.

"Fuyu only has such a small number of people. Can he be busy enough to plant a thousand hectares of land?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Majesty, how the Tubo people planted highland barley in the past, the Xi people planted millet." Zhang Quanyi replied.

Shao Shude understood.

The Tibetans grow food, and leave it alone after sowing the seeds.

Anyway, there is a lot of land, so it is enough to plant widely and harvest little.They usually graze, and during the harvest in August, men, women, and children all go to battle, and rush to harvest a handful, as much as they can, and everything depends on fate.

They don't expect to live on these grains either, just as a supplement to their grazing income.Don't tell me, for many tribes, this is actually quite reasonable.It is more nourishing than simple grazing, with more income, and stronger risk resistance than simple farming. After all, there are two sources of income.

"Farming is up to you, I trust you." Shao Shude said, "Well done, why should I begrudge rewards?"

When Zhang Quanyi heard this, his face was full of red light.

He knew that it was very difficult for a civil servant to obtain a title.Even if it is a county man, it takes countless efforts to win, and most of them still can't win.Since the sage said this, then the old Zhang family has a great chance, how can you not like it?
Shao Shude continued to wander in the field, picked up a handful of soil, and took a closer look.

Well done, make positive use of the gifts of nature.

"Have the government soldiers begun to divide the land?" Shao Shude asked again.

"It has already started. Since March, more than [-] people have been assigned to build three Zhechong mansions. This matter is supervised by King Qin, and I just cooperate." Zhang Quanyi replied.

Shao Shude nodded and sighed: "There are not enough people."

There are so many warriors in the world!There are so many government soldiers to arrange!The problem caused by this is that there are not enough parts.

Although Daxia is not slavery, the trilogy of Fubing is not slaves, but farmers and tenants.But in fact, they are serfs.

Serfs were legally abolished, so would there be no more serfs?Tsarist Russia tells you that it is impossible.In order to resettle Wufu, Daxia also turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye, so a large number of de facto serfs were produced.

No one wants to be a serf.

After breaking Khitan and Bohai last year and occupying Shen, Xian, Xia, Huan and other prefectures, the people of Bohai, Xi, Khitan, Goguryeo, Sogdian and other ethnic groups in these newly acquired lands basically became serfs and were sent to various government soldiers as slaves. step.

But still not enough.Shao Shude even wanted to find a way from the Central Plains, dispatch a group of prisoners, encourage their families to follow, and at the same time forcefully relocate the rebellious people from Weibo, Xichuan, Longyou and other places to be resettled as part of the army.

Even the captives captured on the battlefield moved with their families, trying every means to replenish the population.

Wu Fu is too much of a motherfucker!

He looked through the classics and learned that the Northern Zhou Dynasty, with a population of 700 million, had only about 4.8 soldiers for a long time.How much will he arrange now?No less than one hundred thousand!

If you do the math carefully, my good fellow, it is enough for all the people in Bohai State to be reduced to slaves.But this is bound to cause turmoil, leading to a delay in stability in the Northeast.Unrest, in turn, will cost people and exacerbate the situation.How to operate depends entirely on the level of officials.

Can Zhang Quanyi do it?

"Shenzhou discovered the Han mine, you already know, right? Tell me, what do you think about it." Shao Shude decided not to dwell on this matter anymore, and instead asked about the mining.

In fact, in later generations, six ancient mines in the Anshan area were discovered.The earliest mines are said to be in the Qin Dynasty, with the most in the Han Dynasty.Next to the mine, an ancient well dug in the Tang Dynasty was also found, and inside the mine, porcelain from the Liao Dynasty was also seen.It can be seen that since the Qin Dynasty, the development of these mines has not stopped.

As for why the scale has not gone up?It's actually very simple.The development of civilization in the Northeast has a very bad curse: the population is periodically cleared.

Sima Yi slaughtered Liaodong and moved the population of Koguryo in the Tang Dynasty. Both times led to the social and economic collapse of Liaodong.

Of course it goes without saying that Sima Yi killed people, but the Tang Dynasty moved Goguryeo's "shanghu", that is, officials, literati, merchants, handicraftsmen, etc., and basically succeeded in degenerating them into a state of ignorance.

The Liao and Jin dynasties finally developed, and the Northeast had a population of several million. The Mongols came again and killed them all.

In the late Yuan Dynasty, the population of Liaodong gradually increased, and then ushered in the cruel end of the dynasty. Liaodong had ten rooms and nine empty spaces, and thousands of miles of uninhabited people.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was another brutal killing, and then the Manchus entered the pass in a large scale, and the outside of the pass was desolate again.

This kind of periodic population clearing is really harmful to the social development of a place. It has repeatedly interrupted the progress of civilization, and even made great strides backwards. If it can develop, there will be ghosts.

"Your Majesty, there is a shortage of people." Zhang Quanyi replied concisely.

"What if there is someone?" Shao Shude asked.

"We have to wait." Zhang Quanyi said: "We can start mining and smelting iron only after the grain has been harvested stably for a year or two, we have some savings, and the situation has stabilized."

"You are steady." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Actually, Liaodong is rich in meat, fish, leather, wild products, and wood, which is very good. If there is enough manpower, it can indeed become a rich land."

"Your Majesty, the most valuable thing in Liaodong is the land." Zhang Quanyi said: "Thousands of miles of fertile soil, the annual harvest of grain is huge, and under the long stream of water, nothing can compare."

"Zhang Qingguo is talented, and he grasped the key points at once." Shao Shude said: "Work hard, let me open my eyes to see how much food the land in Liaodong can harvest."

"Your Majesty, as long as it can be stable for five years, Liaodong will be self-sufficient." Zhang Quanyi said confidently.

Five years in Pingliao?Shao Shude couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Quanyi's words actually have preconditions. Throughout history, "stability" and "stability" are actually a luxury most of the time, and they are also the main content of services provided by capable countries.

The stability of Liaodong depends entirely on how the Bohai Sea is played this time.

All the armies are basically in place, and they are all elite soldiers and strong generals, with high morale.Inside Bohai, there are actually some people who are willing to take refuge, and I have the advantage.

(End of this chapter)