Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 461 I have to punch hard

In the eighth year of Tianfu in the later Jin Dynasty, AD 943, Zhang Zhao was favored by various tribes near the sea in June, and was not the lord of the Central Plains. He first became the Yili Khan of the grassland tribes west of Fengzhou.

However, behind this glorious glory, it is not without worries.

First of all, with the surrender of Ge Luolu's strength and the surrender of the two tribes, Zhang Zhao originally planned to form a blockade against Ge Luolu's tribes, so it must not be activated, at least on the surface.

So Zhang Zhao could only let Li Ruoyu be the villain and let him set up a checkpoint on Baishui Jiandao.

All ironware going west will be heavily taxed, and the outflow of ironware will be restricted by means of price.

When Zhang Zhao did not unify the Central Plains, Ge Luolu could not be allowed to obtain a large number of iron objects, otherwise it would be difficult to drive them when Zhang Zhao came back.

Secondly, the enmity between the Suiye Guo family and the Taros Li family has accumulated to a somewhat terrifying level.

This also stimulated the independent development of both parties to a certain extent.

In the few years since Zhang Zhao left Anxi, the two forces of Suiye and Talas have expanded rapidly.

After Li Guoshou broke through Baishui Hucheng, he recruited a large number of Oguz and Turkic-speaking tribes. Now there are more than 300,000 accounts and a scale of more than [-] people.

Originally, Zhang Zhao saw that Li Guoshou didn't look like a hero, so he supported him with confidence.

As a result, he has shown a good ability now. By constantly sucking the blood of Samanbos, Li Guoshou is no longer that obedient little man who wants to send his widowed daughter-in-law to Zhang Zhao's bed.

Because Zhang Zhao knew that Guo Xuanqing was playing tricks, so he deliberately waited in Yanqi for more than ten days, but he never waited for the envoy sent by Li Guoshou.

It seems that this person is going to rely on the sky high and the emperor far away, so I'm Zhang Da Khan.

But now Zhang Zhao can't deal with Li Guoshou by strengthening the Suiye Guo family, because the Suiye Guo family has also swelled up.

There are about 300,000 people around Suiye, and they are still stuck on the commercial road leading to Oguz. In addition, the Guo family's basic foundation is Nestorianism, so it is bound to be impossible to strengthen it.

So now, Suiye and Taluosi just want to put them aside, and wait for him to free up his hands before they can clean them up.

In Saman Persia and Anyuan Kingdom, the brothers Emir Hamid and Anyuan Kingdom Lord Sadid have also forgotten the fear of being dominated by Zhang Da Khan.

Although the Emir Hamid of Saman Persia sent someone to Yanqi to participate in the election, the envoy's status was very low, he was just a small court official, and the tribute he brought was not even worth a hundred guan.

Anyuan's lord, Sadid, probably had such a good time in Huwen City (Kabul), that he didn't even send an envoy at all. It's clear what this means.

The three Persians that Zhang Zhao subdued back then, Hamid didn’t say, Saman Persia is a big country, and he and Zhang Zhao were not subordinates back then, but they were just tricked by Zhang Zhao.

But Sadid, the leader of Anyuan, was different. He was rescued by Zhang Zhao from the mass grave, and he supported him to the throne of the leader of Anyuan.

Only Rashid Saliman, who is the governor of Huwen City but is based in Luolan City (Bamiyan), is better. He obediently sent envoys and paid tribute to a large number of treasures.

But his loyalty is probably very limited. He is just investing, waiting for the day when Zhang Zhao comes to punish Sadid and take the opportunity to become the lord of Anyuan.

As for Cao Yanmian's uncle, Lord Zhenyuan who was named Zhang Bingzhong by Zhang Zhao, it was even more important.

On Zhang Zhao's 30 years old birthday last year, this uncle didn't send anyone to come, and neither did Da Khan this time.

According to the report from the merchant, he also divorced his wife and married the younger sister of King Jidnimagun of Guge.

It's self-evident what they want to do, the two of them teamed up to deal with Li Shengtian's infiltration into the plateau, and at the same time block the road from the plateau to the land of Tianzhu.

Heaven is high, the emperor is far away!

Zhang Zhao had thought that these places would get out of control, but he was far from expecting to get out so quickly, so resolutely, and without giving him face so much.

Punch!Must punch hard!After unifying the Central Plains, go kill them!
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At the end of August, Zhang Zhao led his army back to Liangzhou from Anxi.

In this battle, the Gaochang Uyghurs were defeated, and 33 people were won, and they were also supported by the tribes in the grassland west of Hetao. The tribes sent more than [-] hostages, all of whom were incorporated into the Yier Army by Zhang Zhao.

The significance of this matter is very important, it means that Zhang Zhao completely has no worries about the future, and it also solves the problem between the Khotan Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Liang.

Zhang Zhao's nominal territory has already reached Yibohai (Lake Balkhash) to the west. In extreme cases, Zhang Zhao can even recruit tens of thousands of grassland cavalry to help in the battle.

At this moment, the Liang Kingdom already has the attributes of a grassland khanate. It starts from Lingzhou in the east and reaches Yibohai in the west.

But as soon as Zhang Zhao arrived in Liangzhou, the news that shocked him came.

It's not that Shi Chonggui's Jin army had other problems, but just like in history, Yelude just touched his nose.

The news that shocked him was that the Later Jin Dynasty had encountered extremely terrible locust plagues, droughts and floods this year.

This year, it should have been the spring and summer season when all things grow. Hengzhou, Dingzhou, Shenzhou, Jizhou, Beizhou, and Xingzhou in Hebei, Huazhou, Chanzhou, and Mengzhou in Henan have seen almost three months in a row. It doesn't rain.

However, at the turn of winter and spring last year when it was supposed to snow, there was no snow in Hebei and Henan provinces, but heavy rain for more than a month.

Large-scale floods broke out in Henan Prefecture (Luoyang), Mengzhou, Huaizhou, and Ruzhou in Xijing, and nearly one-third of the fields in several counties were flooded.

Thousands of people died in the flood in Henan Prefecture alone. According to statistics from officials of Henan Prefecture in Xijing in the later Jin Dynasty, there were 87 refugees whose homes were destroyed and turned into fleeing households.

This is only the number of official statistics. In the future, the corruption of Jin officials will be rampant, and the number of homeless households will be at least five times that of their statistics.

However, the floods and droughts in Henan and Hebei did not end. The Jiedushi of the Baoyi Army in Shanzhou, the Jiedushi of the National Defense Army in Hezhong, the Jiedushi of the Huazhou Zhen Guojun and the Jiedushi of the Kuanguo Army in Tongzhou were all under their jurisdiction, and terrible riots broke out again. Locust plague.

The locusts covered the sky and almost devoured the crops. The locusts going north even reached the south of Yinzhou in Liangguo.

This locust plague caused more than [-] people to starve to death in the two military prefectures of Huazhou (Huaxian, Shaanxi) and Shanzhou (Sanmenxia, ​​Henan), and more than [-] households were forced to flee.

It can be said that almost the whole of the core ruling area of ​​the later Jin Dynasty has suffered the impact of this terrible natural disaster. It is also the first time that Zhang Zhao has seen the power of the Little Ice Age.

He originally thought that the Little Ice Age was just colder, but now he understands.

The Little Ice Age was not only cold, but also disasters caused by various extreme climates.

Under the impact of this horrific natural disaster, Zhang Zhao, who returned to Liangzhou, only had time to go over to see Cao Yanxi and others. He didn't even hug his son and daughter, but was dragged away by Zhang Xichong, Fan Zhi and others. up.

Zhang Xichong handed a memorial to Zhang Zhao with a painful face, and said to Zhang Zhao with a heavy heart.

"This is a report from the court of the late Jin Dynasty. Since last winter, the number of starving people in the 27 prefectures of Henan, Hebei and Hedong has reached more than 47.

This is admitted by Houjin Tiaobao, but it is actually far more than that.

The envoys in Jinyi and the Qionglin Academy combined the statistics of various merchants, and even in Guanzhong, which was the least affected, 5000 people died due to cold, hunger and flash floods. In the entire Central Plains, no less than 700,000 people died. "

Tiaobao is the mansion newspaper of later generations. The accuracy of this thing has been understood since ancient times. Zhang Xichong said that there will be no less than 700,000 people, but it should be a bit conservative.

Zhang Zhao has seen a lot of words such as starving and dying in the fields, people eating each other, thousands of miles in the red land, etc. in various historical books.

But when he was really in this era, he felt that these few words were so heavy.

In just nine months, less than a year, nearly 1 million people died of starvation.

Zhang Zhao's Liang country, if you exclude Anxi, Suiye, Ningyuan and other places, and only count Hexi Longyou, there are only about two million people.

This was a one-off, starving to death equivalent to nearly half of the people in Longyou, Hexi.

In the silence, Zhang Zhao raised his head with difficulty, and asked in a deep voice, "Where's the Jin court? Where's Shi Chonggui? Didn't they arrange relief?"

A sad smile appeared on Fan Zhi's face, "It's okay if they don't help, maybe they won't be able to die so many people.

The Jin court ordered the states to open warehouses to release millet, but the officials in each state said that there was no millet in the warehouse, so Sang Weihan ordered that the people not be allowed to store grain.

Whoever has food must lend it to the government, and the government will use it to relieve the hungry, and then return it after a good harvest next year.

The court also sent 67 people to the prefectures and counties to supervise, and ordered the localities to fear that the Khitan would go south again in winter, and the autumn tax was absolutely unavoidable. "

"Sang Weihan, this is to force people to death! If I enter the Central Plains, I will kill this person!"

Zhang Zhao's heart felt cold for a while. The court of the later Jin Dynasty was not doing disaster relief. They said that the search was light, and it was completely robbery.

You know, Sang Weihan's strategy of borrowing food from rich households to rescue disaster victims seems to be good, but in fact it is very low in operability.

Even in the period of the Republic, we must operate with caution.

Because the moral bottom line of officials at all levels, even the moral bottom line of people, cannot manipulate this matter when the collective has not reached a considerable height.

It is foreseeable that the officials of the late Jin Dynasty will definitely not be able to move those powerful factions who hold military power and political power, and only those rich peasants and small landlords who do not have much background will suffer.

Moreover, when these officials go to 'borrow' grain, they will definitely not only borrow his surplus grain. I am afraid that they can leave the grain for three to five days for the farmers who have been 'borrowed', which is considered a kindness.

It is self-evident that these "borrowed" grains, apart from turning over part of them to the court, will fall into the hands of the rest.

This is to force the households who can still protect themselves to death, and to release the hungry people completely, so as to ensure the operation of the imperial court!
Zhang Zhao's guess was right. When the court of the Later Jin Dynasty issued an order, officials at all levels immediately set off a big carnival.

More than [-] officials who still had a conscience and were unwilling to harm the people were urged to do nothing by the supervisor, and more than [-] people left with their seals. After they left, the world became even darker.

Plague Lord Du Chongwei once again demonstrated his heavyweight strength. Hengzhou under his rule was the hardest hit, and was originally allowed by the Later Jin Dynasty not to participate in this "borrowing grain".

But Du Chongwei took the initiative to ask to participate, and he only got a million shi in Hengzhou (Zhengding, Hebei). He only reported 300,000, and the rest went into his own pocket.

In this way, Du Chongwei looted 2 million stones of grain by himself, which led to the lack of grain in Hengzhou, and even the big landlords were almost starving.

So Du Chongwei waited until the famine in Hengzhou, sold it at a super high price, and searched for folk treasures and gold and silver at one time, as many as [-] yuan. The whole Hengzhou was plagued by him like a ghost.

(End of this chapter)