Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 413 0408 [PUA Master Dean Zhu]

Nanyang is facing enormous pressure to resettle refugees, and Zhu Ming hopes to transport several more batches of food from Central Shu.

When Zhu Guoxiang received a letter from his son, he also received a letter from Zhang Gen.

There is a sentence in Zhang Gen's letter that surprised Zhu Guoxiang: "The annexation of central Shu is the best in the world, and the number of subordinates in central Shu is twice as high as that of the north and south..."

Zhang Gen said that it was too difficult for the Yizhou government to check the land and population, and asked the Jinglue government to decentralize more powers, so that house raids and exiles did not need to be reported for approval.

Zhu Guoxiang frowned, and called Gao Jingshan to ask, "Is this really the case in Sichuan?"

"That's true," Gao Jingshan said, "I have served as officials in various places. The north, southeast, and Sichuan have their own people's conditions, and the implementation of government orders needs to be tailored to local conditions."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Please tell me in detail."

Gao Jingshan described the situation in detail, and Zhu Guoxiang quickly figured out the general situation.

The northern clans in the Song Dynasty didn't like to separate their families. Even though heavy taxes were imposed according to households, they still didn't like to separate their families.

Several generations have lived together in the same household, with [-] to [-] houses, and a family of two to three hundred. This kind of big family can be found everywhere in the north.Whether it is official salary or business income, all must be distributed to the family.

However, due to the long-term wars of the Five Dynasties, there are almost no single-surname villages in the north, and often multiple surnames live in the same village.

The southeast big family likes to separate their families and attaches great importance to personal property.

Even when the family has not been separated, the money earned by oneself is spent by oneself, and it will not be handed over to the family in vain.

And because many places in the southeast were developed in the past two to three hundred years.The more remote the villages in the southeastern region, the more common the villages with a single surname are, one village with one surname, or even several villages with one surname.

There are so many villages with the same surname, but the family division is very fragmented.

But the clan still has to do it, usually by setting up an ancestral hall and donating public property by the clan members.It can be land or money and food, and it can be used to relieve the clansmen in need at critical times, which is equivalent to the ancient family trust fund.

As for Shuzhong, land annexation and personal attachment are similar to those of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the concept of family status is directly comparable to that of the Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties.

This is because Sichuan has been stable for a long time, and the closed terrain is not conducive to migration.After continuous annexation since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, no matter how the family was divided, the land was very concentrated. The landless peasants were attached to the main family, and hundreds of tenants depended on a single landlord for survival.Even successive generations are attached to the same family.

The clan members who are separated will also become tenants of the same clan!

The concept of family status of the rich families in central Shu is very strong. It does not depend on how big an official you are or how much money you have, but on the amount of land you have for marriage.

Zhang Gen said in the letter that the policy of reducing rent and interest could not be implemented in central Sichuan.

Because those tenants have served a big family for several generations, and they don't know how much they owe.Any big family can come up with countless IOUs. Even if only the principal is returned, the tenants will not be able to pay it back at all, because it is a debt accumulated by generations.

And the officials are more or less related to the big clan, and when they check the land and population, they will help the landlord to conceal it.

Zhang Gen checked for a long time, and the land in the outskirts of Chengdu was uncertain.

Gao Jingshan persuaded: "Not only Yizhou, but all counties in central Sichuan can take a break."

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Have you been compromising and dying?"

Gao Jingshan said: "Free up your hands to govern again. The most important thing this year is to resettle refugees in Nanyang and Xiangyang to reclaim wasteland. Since the Generalissimo has asked for money and food in Shuzhong, he will issue a lot of 'land reclamation bonds' in Shuzhong. It can be set a little higher. The big families in Sichuan must have surplus food at home."

Zhu Guoxiang suddenly figured it out, and couldn't help laughing: "It's true that you can take it easy."

Dean Zhu intends to PUA those big families, pull them into the set bit by bit, and finally use the mouse to do whatever he wants.

It is too difficult to directly mobilize the fundamental interests of the big family. First, make a few waves of bonds, and the interest is set at a relatively high level.Keep taking out their money and food, as long as the principal is cashed out with interest at maturity, these big families will not resist fiercely, and even think it is a stable investment.

The one who owes the debt is the uncle, and this uncle still holds a knife in his hand!
When the government owes the rich enough money and food, it can make more excessive demands.

At that time, we have to cooperate with military operations, first deploy troops to fight against the barbarians in southern Sichuan, and drive the barbarians out of areas suitable for farming.

Then the tenants controlled by the big clan were forcibly transferred, and their families were moved to southern Sichuan for reclamation, and military settlements had to be implemented, and all of them were organized into farming troops.Cultivate when you are busy and practice when you are free, in case the barbarians counterattack.

A large number of tenants who were taken away, and the debts owed by their ancestors for generations, were all written off.

Then it promulgated the policy that the remaining tenants only need to repay the principal within ten years, and the IOUs beyond the number of years will not be recognized.

Then impose heavy taxes on large households who do not separate their families, forcing them to separate their families and property.The tenants attached to the big family will also be divided as property, and it will be easier to break down one by one at that time.

In this way, four birds with one stone can be achieved, one is to issue a large number of bonds, the other is to divide the family, the third is to develop the southern Sichuan region, and the fourth is to clarify the land population.

If anyone dares to join forces to resist, they will ruthlessly ransack their homes and exile them.But all the family officials who participated in it happened to take the opportunity to renege on their debts, and the bonds they owed were not honored.

Zhu Guoxiang plans to complete this series of steps in five to eight years.

The first step is to force the big families in central Sichuan to buy bonds, and then transport the money and food to their sons.

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Nanyang Mansion, Fangcheng County.

At the junction of Fangcheng and Ye County, there are Daguankou, Xiaoguankou and the ruins of the Great Wall of Chu, which was known as one of the nine fortresses in the world during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Cui Dalang brought more than 2 refugees and was ordered to stay there to wait for arrangements.

The county magistrate of Fangcheng on the side of the rebel army and the county magistrate of Yexian on the side of the Song Dynasty were so frightened by these people that they couldn't sleep because they were afraid that they would suddenly go to their own area to plunder.

Zhang Guangdao personally led [-] soldiers over there, and seized a large number of armor from Tong Guan and Xin Xingzong.

Cui Dalang's name is Cui Xiu, and he was born as a small landlord. He was forced by Xicheng to break up his family and flee.

At the very beginning, it was active in Xiangyi (Suixian), with dozens of people at the beginning, and gradually developed into hundreds of people.There are more than a dozen thieves like this in the south of Kaifeng.

In the process of resisting the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, they gradually began to merge, and internal fires and mergers were also carried out.

Last year Tongguan sent troops to drive them to Huainan.

This year, the imperial army was dispatched to suppress the bandits, thinking that Cui Xiu had blocked the passage of water transportation, so Tong Guan did not go to Hebei and Shandong, but first went to Lianghuai to open up water transportation.

Tong Guan personally led the victorious Jie army to set off, and the Cao army from the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River cooperated with it, and only a few thousand people remained in Cuixiu.

Cui Xiu fled back to Henan again, recruiting refugees along the way, leading more than 2 people to join the famous Zhu family and his son.

As for Tong Guan, he has already led troops to Shandong.

Seeing the [-] rebels with full armor slowly coming towards him, Cui Xiu instantly let go of his other thoughts.

Not to mention that there are only more than 2 people, even an army of 3000 troops cannot defeat the [-] people in front of us.

"Where is Cui Dalang?" Zhang Guangdao's soldiers shouted.

Cui Xiu rolled over, knelt down on the spot and said, "Cui Xiu pays respects to the general!"

Zhang Guangdao asked: "Where is your 30 army?"

"Only more than 2." Cui Xiu answered boldly.He boasted that he had 30 people, and he just wanted to increase his status so that he could seek a position with Zhu's father and son.

Zhang Guangdao asked again: "You can command more than 2 refugees, which is considered to be somewhat capable. Can you read?"

Cui Xiu replied, "I have read books for several years."

Zhang Guangdao said: "County chief secretary, deputy commander of patrol inspection, soldier's document, and soldier's head. You choose one of these positions yourself."

Only one head?
Although Cui Xiu was unwilling, but looking at the three thousand soldiers standing beside him, he swallowed his saliva and said, "I want to be the leader of all soldiers."

"Ambition," Zhang Guangdao said approvingly, "You take your family to Jingmen, and these refugees will be resettled by civil officials."

"Yes!" Cui Xiu could only concede.

This guy took his family all the way south, but was incorporated into the troops of Han Shizhong and Zhong Yanchong.

As generals, the two of them suddenly raised too high, which would cause dissatisfaction among other generals, and it was already the limit for them to lead more than 3000 troops.

Han Shizhong is the leader, and Zhong Yanchong is the deputy. The troops under his command were reorganized and separated from the various armies this year.

As for Wang Yuan, like Zhang Tong, he was left in the Grand Marshal's Mansion by Zhu Ming.

Today, Li Jinyi is in charge of guarding Chencang Road. He was also the one who confronted Yao Gu last year. He demolished the [-]-mile plank road for Yao Gu to slowly repair.

Yang Zhi guards Tangluo Road, Guan Sheng guards Baoxie Road, and Lin Chong is in southern Sichuan.

These heroes in "Water Margin" were vigorously promoted by Zhu's father and son.

But in Nanyang and Xiangyang, most of them are members of Daming Village.

In addition, Li Bao still guarded Kuizhou, and Chen Ziyi was ordered to form a heavy cavalry unit.

From the Shengjie cavalry, hundreds of good horses were captured.At that time, the cavalry of the Xiang army also had hundreds of war horses.

Now there are a total of more than 300 northern war horses, all of which are assigned to Chen Ziyi, who will be selected from the army to train.Many don't even know how to ride a horse and have to learn it slowly from scratch.

"The new capital? What did you do before?" Han Shizhong asked.

Cui Xiu replied: "The commander of the refugees, when the army was at its largest, there were 4 people under his command."

Han Shizhong immediately dismounted: "Forty thousand refugees have nothing to do. When I went to conquer Fang La, a hundred people dared to attack tens of thousands of bandits by surprise. My army is already fully staffed. You came at a bad time. First practice with the army and get familiar with rebel warfare. Fa, you will be the leader of the militia again.”

"Militiamen?" Cui Xiu didn't understand.

Han Shizhong said: "There is a change in Jiangling in the south. The higher-ups plan to train [-] refugees as soldiers. But they are not soldiers. They have to farm the land at ordinary times, and they only practice during the off-season."

Cui Xiu was speechless for a moment, walking around, he still had refugees under his command, and the number was not as much as before.

Until Cui Xiu saw the armor of the militia...

Han Shizhong is at ease now. He has been in the army for more than ten years, and finally he can lead the army alone.

Since returning to Hanzhong early last winter, Han Shizhong has been learning the tactics of the rebel army.He knew what mandarin duck formation was, and he also knew what firecrackers and artillery were, and he was even more convinced that the Zhu family and his son could win the world.

"Just received the news that the court sent my family to Hanzhong," Han Shizhong asked with a smile, "When will your sister arrive?"

Liang's daughter (Liang Hongyu) is only Han Shizhong's concubine, and her main wife is still alive, and she will help her when she dies of illness.

Zhong Yanchong said, "Not sure."

Han Shizhong winked, and hooked his shoulders with Zhong Yanchong: "Your sister has become the wife of the Generalissimo, and you will take care of me, Han Wu, from now on."

Chong Yanchong corrected: "It's just a concubine's room, not a madam."

"It's all the same," Han Shizhong joked, "If I had a girl, I'd marry the Generalissimo too, but it's a pity that I don't have one."

Han Shizhong's wife and concubine came, but Yue Fei didn't see him for a long time.

(End of this chapter)