Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 622

Shi Chaoyi was a little bored.

His father asked him to go east from Zizhou and occupy Jiaodong. Seeing that his father Shi Siming, who set out from Taiyuan, was about to hit the city of Luoyang, he was trapped in Zizhou by a Nan Jiyun.

And that An Qingxu, whom he looked down upon, is now heading east along the Bian River, and all the cities of the Tang Dynasty along the way are frightened and dare not go to war.

However, his progress was slow. A few days ago, his father sent an envoy to ask Shi Chaoyi why his advance was slow.

After dismissing his father's envoy, Shi Chaoyi felt even more anxious. He also heard that his younger brother Shi Chaoqing fought bravely under his father's tent and was quite praised by his father, so he became even more depressed.

"If Cai Wenjing was still here, I wouldn't be trapped in Zizhou by little Nan Jiyun!"

Shi Chaoyi complained.

Luo Yue, Shi Chaoyi's think tank, lowered his head. He was the one who proposed the retreat from Yuguan, which also led to Cai Wenjing's death.

But it’s useless to miss Cai Wenjing now. Nan Jiyun is a powerful general of the Tang Dynasty, and he takes the lead in every battle. Although the number of Qingzhou troops is smaller than that of Fan Yang’s army, relying on Nan Jiyun’s bravery, he is forced to match Shi Chaoyi Saw up.

Shi Chaoyi was even more depressed. At this moment, an envoy rushed into the big tent and shouted: "Young commander! There is an urgent military situation!"

Shi Chaoyi hurriedly ordered Luo Yue to seal the big tent, and then took over the emergency military information from the messenger, and after reading it quickly, Shi Chaoyi's face turned pale.

Immediately afterwards, he handed the letter to Luo Yue and said, "Didn't you say that the Tang army in the north will not go north in a short time!?"

Luo Yue took the letter, glanced at it quickly, and turned pale with shock.

It turned out that this was an urgent report from Zhuozhou. The Tang army in Yuguan had already gone south and broke through Tangshan City in three days. Some of the Tangshan defenders broke through and fled to Zhuozhou.

Zhuozhou stayed behind, and Shi Chaoyi's love general Tian Chengsi quickly sent an envoy to tell Shi Chaoyi who was in Zizhou the news.

When he was at Yuguan that day, Luo Yue advised Shi Chaoyi that there were few soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, and it would take a lot of effort to consolidate and pacify Liaodong. .

But I didn't expect that it was only April, and the Tang army in Liaodong left Yuguan and went south. This was like a slap in the face to Luo Yue.

Luo Yue also felt that her face was hot, and she swore at Yuguan that Tang Jun would not have the strength to go south, but she didn't expect Tang Jun to slap her in the face so soon.

The Tang army has already conquered Tangshan, and it is not far from Zhuozhou. Zhuozhou is the seat of Fanyang.

Luo Yue quickly said: "For the present plan, we must not let the news of Tangshan's fall reach the army!"

Shi Chaoyi nodded, and he asked again: "What about Fan Yang?"

Luo Yue continued: "According to the letter, there were only 4000 Tang troops who attacked Tangshan. The Tang army used the same tactics as the attack on Yuguan, relying on weapons that can blast through the city walls."

"Although Tang Jun's weapons are sharp, Fan Yang is no better than Pinglu. Fan Yang's army and civilians all support the young marshal!"

"The Tang army occupied Tangshan, and they must divide their troops to maintain it. We only need to order the state capitals along the way to stand behind closed doors. The four thousand Tang troops will never be able to defeat the city of Zhuozhou!"

Hearing what Luo Yue said, Shi Chaoyi felt a little relieved. Fanyang is the essence of ancient Youzhou. It has always been a relatively prosperous area. It is not the desolate snowfield in Liaodong. Fanyang is a plain with a large number of towns.

Among these towns, there are also many powerful landlords who support Shi Siming. In addition to the city's original defenders, the Tang army fought all the way.

The four thousand Tang troops were divided all the way, and I am afraid that they would be finished before they reached Zhuozhou City.

Shi Chaoyi was a little relieved, and he said again: "Order Fan Yang's remaining troops to be under the command of Tian Chengsi, and the Tang army must be blocked in front of Zhuozhou City! In addition, tell Fan Yang's big clan that anyone who voluntarily sends private soldiers to block the Tang army will wait This young marshal will definitely be rewarded when he returns to Fan Yang!"

Luo Yue's idea was very good. He thought that those Fan Yang clans would hold back Tang's army for the sake of historians, but he didn't expect Tang's army to do even better.

At this moment, Yu Chixin was on the execution ground, watching the people of Tangshan publicly try several local tyrants and evil gentry with the worst reputation.

One by one, the people who were oppressed came to the stage to complain about the oppression of these tyrants. As the complaints became louder, the voices of the people below became louder.

"Hang him!"

"Hang him!"

Seeing that the people's emotions reached a climax, the player in charge of the judge immediately ordered the inner guard player to take out the IOUs and land deeds found from the powerful landlord's house, and then burn them in front of the onlookers up.

Then the player judge hit the hammer and announced the death penalty for these heinous local tyrants, and then the noose was raised, and these local tyrants who were local emperors were hanged alive.

For those tyrants with little public grievances, Yu Chixin resorted to another method, the "relocation order".

The King of Yue built a city in Pinglu, and requested that all the big families with more than [-] mu of land in Fanyang be moved to the edge of these newly built cities in Pinglu. The King of Yue allocated the same land near these new cities and gave each household a population A relocation fee of [-] yuan was allocated.

Originally, these families also had a lot of quarrels. After all, no one wanted to leave their hometown and go to the bitter cold Liaodong to start again.

But after seeing the fate of the most powerful local landlords, the heads of these small and medium-sized families also lost the will to resist. They could only bring their clansmen, sell their property and go to Pinglu. After all, life is better than death.

For those families with great public grievances, except for the execution of the culprit, the rest of the clan were also forcibly moved to Liaodong. They were forcibly split into small families of three and four, and then assigned to Pinglu Xinzhu according to Pang Ju's plan. of several cities.

And the land vacated by these powerful families was divided equally among the local people by Yuchi's Credit Equalization Law.

No matter where he went, Yu Chixin would organize this kind of field division meeting.The players and officials who were a little flustered at the beginning of organizing the meeting quickly became proficient. After occupying Tangshan, it took only three days to re-equalize the land in the surrounding villages and counties of Tangshan.

The people who were redistributed to the fields naturally cheered and cheered. You must know that although the land mergers in Hedong were not as serious as in the Central Plains, the problem of inequality between the rich and the poor was already very serious.

The people in Hedong have to work hard for a year to ensure that the whole family has enough food and clothing. Once there is any natural or man-made disaster, the whole family will starve.

And those big families can eat polished rice and white noodles every day, there are groups of slaves and maidservants in the family, and their children can still study and study.

I met a few people from Yurou Township. These families were originally the foundation of the Hedong ruling group. They were either military generals who joined the army at that time, or the Hedong gentry who studied and studied. The local government could not control them at all.

Ever since the flag of Juntian was unfurled, Yuchixin's army was welcomed by the people of Fanyang.

In the place where the land was equalized, Yu Chixin left another player as a village official, and organized the people to form a village soldier.

The remaining players are responsible for promoting to these villagers. Once Tang Jun leaves here and Shi Chaoyi regains control of this place, the people who participated in the public trial of equalizing land will definitely be liquidated and recovered.

The common people also knew that what this Tang official said was true, and they had to know that many of these local tyrants were officials in Fan Yang Jiedu's mansion, and many of them served under Shi Chaoyi's command.

If Fan Yangjun came back after killing them, then the people who had divided the land of the local gentry would definitely not have a good life.

At this time, the village officials of the player will propose the establishment of a rural guard army, calling on the people to come and train during the slack season to defend the land they have just allocated.

When the common people heard what the local officials said, the common people who were not willing to join the army were willing to spend some time to participate in training during the slack season to defend their hometown.

In the area occupied by Yuchixin, the powerful families were directly plowed. With the player's organizational power, these powerful families had no resistance at all, so they were directly split up and moved to Liaodong.

However, Yu Chixin's doing so naturally has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that all the occupied areas are full of loyalty, the logistics are smooth, and there is no need to worry about the problem of chaos in the rear.

The disadvantage is that after Yu Chixin finished repairing from Tangshan, the resistance he encountered when he went out to march again increased greatly.

These tyrants and powerful families are connected with each other, and they have in-laws with each other. After the news of Yu Chixin's public trial of the tyrants in Tangshan spread, the tyrants from all over the country brought their private soldiers to Fuya County, and volunteered to join Fan Yang's defenders. , vowing to fight against the army of players.

Land is the basis for the survival of these powerful landlords, and it is also the basis for their prosperity and wealth for generations. It is more uncomfortable for these Tang troops outside the customs to take away their land than to take their lives.

For some powerful families, it didn't matter whether the ruler was An's family or the historian belonged to the Tang Dynasty. After all, no matter who wanted to control this land, it was through these powerful gentry.

However, Yu Chixin's slogan of equalizing the land completely frightened these powerful gentry, so even greater resistance broke out.

However, Yu Chixin didn't care about the resistance of these powerful families. Although the speed of marching in this way was slower than before, it could make Fan Yang's land "plow" cleaner, and the follow-up work would be easier to carry out.

Yu Chixin's side can still fight steadily, but Zhang Duanyang's side is not so optimistic. As An Qingxu advances all the way eastward, the atmosphere in Pengcheng becomes more and more tense.

(End of this chapter)