Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 88

"My minister heard that the west of the Great River and the north of the Lujiang River are deserted and uninhabited, but the terrain is flat and surrounded by water, and thousands of hectares of paddy fields can be opened."

Hearing this, Chu Suanzi was overjoyed: "There really is such a place? That's really great. Guan Aiqing will talk about it in detail."

The other civil and military ministers also looked at Guan Ziyang with anticipation when they heard that they could open new paddy fields without having to pay for their own food.

Guan Ziyang then completely escaped from his plan.

"I heard that the number of refugees in Jiangbei is still increasing, and many newly arrived refugee troops have no land to farm, causing chaos in Jiangbei."

"If the wasteland is rewarded to the refugees, and they are allowed to reclaim and lead canals by themselves, a thousand acres of paddy fields will be available in less than half a month."

"The refugees can farm the land for three years in a row, and then they can take the land as their own. However, in the first three years, [-]% of the harvest will be harvested and used as food for the army of the Northern Expedition."

Sima Yu was overjoyed, and came out and said: "Queen Mother, Guan Dudu's plan is feasible, killing two birds with one stone! It not only solves the problem of military rations, but also solves the problem of resettlement of refugees."

Chu Suanzi smiled and nodded in agreement.

Then Yu Xi, the attendant, also came out and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, the governor of Guandu's plan is very ingenious, and it is very easy to carry out. Rewarding the refugees with fields can greatly deepen the sense of belonging of the refugees from the north to the Jin Dynasty, and serve the future Beifu army. The cornerstone of the reconstruction was laid."

Then there was Wang Zheng, who also came out on the list: "I seconded the proposal, the refugees in the north have hated the Hu people for a long time. Although they took [-]% of the food for the army in the first three years, this army is on the Northern Expedition, so it will definitely get the support of the refugees from the bottom of their hearts! And The land that has been cultivated for three years in a row can be regarded as their own, and the refugees must spare no effort to open up wasteland!"

Seeing that several important ministers agreed with Guan Ziyang's strategy, Chu Suanzi was also very happy: "Okay, Guan Aiqing made a contribution to our court for the first time in the court. It really is a hero born a boy, this time the ninth rank Zhongzheng regards you as the leader, and you deserve it!"

Guan Ziyang secretly rejoiced: "I don't know who came up with the idea of ​​the military rations in the Northern Expedition in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the history of later generations. It seems to be from the Wang family? It seems to be from the Lu family?"

"It doesn't matter if you can't remember, it just happened to let me pick up a bargain..."

Then, Chu Suanzi appointed Sima Yu to be in charge of the matter of land reclamation and land closure. This kind of good deed of rewarding refugees with land naturally had to be stepped forward by members of the Sima family. This was a good opportunity to declare the emperor's favor and win the hearts of the people.

Chu Suanzi naturally couldn't leave it to others to do it.

Finally, the long morning came to an end, and all the officials were all smiling, because of this, they looked at Guan Ziyang with two points of approval from the previous disdain.

Guan Ziyang's plan saved them a lot of expenses.

"It seems that this young man of the common clan is not useless except for martial arts..."

Guan Ziyang followed Xie Yi and Xie An back to the old house of Xie's family in Wuyi Lane.

This is the first time I met the current patriarch of the Xie family, Xie Wan.

The situation of the Xie family is different from many other families, the Xie family is full of talents, Xie Shang is the governor of Yuzhou, a feudal town, Xie Yi is a martial arts genius, and has the highest prestige in the Yuzhou army.

Although Xie An lives in Dongshan in seclusion, he is versatile in both civil and military affairs and is known as the number one hermit in the world.

On the contrary, the patriarch Xie Wan was slightly inferior to his elder brothers, but the patriarch had a lot of affairs, so he became the patriarch instead.

Xie Wan heard that Guan Ziyang wanted to borrow Qu Qianren from his family, Xie An and Xie Yi spoke in person, he naturally nodded without saying a word.

In fact, a top family like the Xie family has industries all over the south of the Yangtze River. Jiankang, Wujun, Kuaiji, Yuzhou and other places all have industries. Where there are industries, there are trilogy.

Therefore, the Xie family's trilogy scattered all over the country may add up to close to [-], a mere [-]. Even if Guan Ziyang really doesn't come back, it won't have much impact on his family.

Xie Wan asked Guan Ziyang to wait for another two days. He would recruit elites from various Xie family manor properties to Jiankang, and then hand over this trilogy to him.

Guan Ziyang readily agreed, and in these two days, he can also discuss the details of his strategy with Xie Yi and Xie An.

Guan Ziyang's plan was very simple. Zhou Fu, governor of Yizhou, besieged the city with [-] troops. Naturally, Xiao Jingwen could only retreat to the city of Zitong County and dare not go out to fight.

But what if Zhou Fu withdrew his army?
The city of Zitong County has been short of food for a long time. Given this opportunity, he would naturally send a large army to attack the neighboring counties, grab the food, arrest Ding Zhuang and return quickly, in case Zhou Fu left and returned.

Guan Ziyang dispersed the nearby villages and towns with a thousand-strong elite army, deliberately captured the young men, and entered the city with Xiao Jingwen's troops.

After entering the city, Guan Ziyang contacted Zhou Fu and led an army to attack the city. He responded from the inside and outside and opened the city gate. When Zhou Fu's army entered the city, Xiao Jingwen would undoubtedly be defeated.

Both Xie An and Xie Yi felt that this plan was very clever.

But Xie An said: "Although this plan is a second, there are three key points. If you lack it, you must be careful."

"First, Zhou Fu's sudden withdrawal cannot be for no reason. He must forge a reason why he has to withdraw. Otherwise, Xiao Jingwen may not be able to fall into the trap with his scheming."

Guan Ziyang said: "I've thought of this too, but I haven't figured out a solution, so I'm going to go to Sichuan to discuss with Zhou Fu."

Xie An nodded: "Well, it would be best to discuss with him, and secondly, Xiao Jingwen's sending troops out of the city must be broken up into pieces and scattered around. Our 1000-member trilogy can successfully sneak into Zitong County City , should be about half."

Guan Ziyang said: "My main purpose is to open the city gate, and then persist until Zhou Fu's army enters the city. During this period, it is enough to guard the city gate. 500 people are enough."

Xie An continued: "The last point is, the period from when you open the city gate to when the army enters the city is the most dangerous time for you. The city gate is narrow and five hundred soldiers are indeed enough, but you still have to consider Xiao Jingwen. "

"That's right, Xiao Jingwen is also the tenth in the "Martial Arts Grandmaster List", if you lack it, you will be in danger! Why don't you use the trilogy and use Yuzhou's soldiers, they usually have formations in their practice, which can help you resist Xiao Jingwen " Xie Yi said anxiously.

Guan Ziyang smiled and said: "Don't worry, General Xie, I am very afraid of death, but I said before that I have [-]% certainty to capture Zitong County, the [-]% that is not sure is whether I can resist Xiao Jingwen."

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch a tiger cub? Now I am in urgent need of prestige. How can I improve myself quickly without taking any risks?"

Xie An said comfortingly: "That's right! There is no risk, how can you improve your prestige? If you succeed in taking Zitong County, our Xie family will unite with several old families to create momentum for you!"

"When you go to Guangling, Jingkou, to recruit refugees, all the people will look up to you, and the commander of the refugees will definitely look up to you!"

"Besides, based on your current martial arts, you may not be inferior to Xiao Jingwen!"

Guan Ziyang had seen Xiao Jingwen take action when he was in Cangwu County, Guangzhou, so he still had a general understanding of his strength.

Although it may not be as Xie An said, but even if he loses to Xiao Jingwen, with Tai Chi's absolute defense, it should be no problem to resist him for a while.

Moreover, the place in the city gate is narrow, and it is definitely not easy for him to use large formations in the army. Although Xie's trilogy has not practiced formations together, they are all good fighters alone, and it is easier to use their fists in narrow areas.

In the next two days, Guan Ziyang and Xie An discussed some details, and both of them felt that it should be safe.

Three days later, a thousand members of the Xie family who were full of energy finally assembled in Zijin Bieyuan.

Guan Ziyang looked at this valiant and heroic part, and suddenly felt a bit of pride and confidence in his heart.

The parts are generally folk martial arts. Rangers are born, and they have martial arts themselves. After Xie's daily training, their individual combat ability is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

(End of this chapter)