Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 828 0823 [Xixia still wants to steal territory]

"Since the Jin people ravaged the country, burned and looted everything, the rich scattered and died, and the country was barely surviving. When the Khitans came, we obeyed them; when the Jin people came, we obeyed them; when the royal army came, we obeyed the royal army. We can only avoid being slaughtered, how can we defend it?"

This passage comes from Ma Kuan's mouth.

At that time, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty discussed military affairs and discussed how to defend Yanyun after redeeming it. Privy Envoy Zheng Juzhong said that local heroes from Yanyun would be used to guard it for generations.

Ma Kuo knew the Han people in the North very well, so he said that.

The Han people in the north, whoever surrendered, could not help the Song Dynasty defend their territory.

Ma Kuo also proposed to immigrate to the border, and it would take several years for the army to consolidate the new territory. His suggestion was very good, but the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not adopt it because they did not have that much money and food to do it. All the money and food in the Song Dynasty treasury were given to the Jin Kingdom to redeem the land.

"The Zhao family, a survivor of the Five Dynasties, bows to His Majesty the Emperor of Han. Long live, long live, long live!"

"Han, the Northern Han Dynasty, comes to pay homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

"..."

Those Han families that had withered away brought their young and old to join the Ming Dynasty.

Ju Ming showed great kindness and accepted their submission with a smile.

Everyone looked at Liu E. After all, he had the merit of surrender.

Han Zhen hesitated to speak, but finally did not dare to say anything more.

Khitan and Jurchen writing must disappear from now on!
"Your Majesty, people from the four surnames and six tribes are still waiting outside." Bai Sheng muttered.

Zhu Ming asked: "Han Chang belongs to your family, right? He was very brave when fighting for the Jin people, and he was forced to join the Ming Dynasty in the end. There is also the Jin Kingdom in Beijing, and the Han family in Youzhou is serving as an official. It is my blade. It’s not good, or is it because you, the Han family, still want to move back to Youzhou?”

"The common people don't dare!" Han Zhen was so frightened that he kowtowed quickly.

After entering Xianping Prefecture, Zhu Ming ordered his surroundings: "Write it down. Some of the Bohai people in Liaoyang Prefecture migrated to Youyan. Of the remaining ones, half of them migrated to Xianping. One-third of the Han people in Xianping migrated To Liaoyang, one-third migrated to Shenzhou."

The Liao Kingdom had four major surnames and six major clans: "Han, Liu, Ma, Zhao". Although their strength was greatly reduced when they moved to Liaodong, the emaciated camels were larger than horses.

An old man came forward and said, "Han Zhen, a common man, comes to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor."

Ju Ming said: "Before the spring plowing next year, half of the Han family in Youzhou will move to Liaoyang and the other half to Shenzhou. There must be no mistake!"

Immediately afterwards, Ju Ming said: "Every ethnic group is ordered to hand over books written in Khitan and Jurchen scripts. If there are any private collections, they will be punished for treason! All buildings, inscriptions, and plaques in various places...with Khitan and Jurchen scripts will be confiscated." destroy!"

When Ju Ming led his army to Xianping Mansion, the place where the largest number of Han people had been relocated, Ma Kuo's words were once again fulfilled.

This may destroy cultural relics, historical materials, etc., but it doesn't matter to Ju Ming.

Ju Ming said: "Let them come in."

Ju Ming sneered: "Which one is the Han family in Youzhou?"

Such a large-scale exchange and migration may cause many people to die and may cause some chaos. But Ju Ming would not consider too many. All ethnic groups must live together, and one family cannot be allowed to dominate.

Liu E bit the bullet and said: "The four surnames of Youyan requested to move back to their ancestral land."

It’s really about whoever surrenders!
Moreover, they also renounced their relationship with the Liao and Jin Kingdoms, either claiming to be the survivors of the Five Dynasties, or claiming to be the Han people in the north. Now they are happily returning to the rule of the Han Emperor.

Liu E was also kneeling there!
"What else do you want to say?" Zhu Ming asked.

A group of people came in and knelt down, kowtowed when they were greeted outside the city, and kowtowed again and again now.

Ju Ming asked again: "Where is the Han family in Jizhou?"

Another man named Han knelt down and stepped forward: "Here!"

Ju Ming said: "Half of the Han family in Jizhou moved to Liaoyang."

"Yes."

"Where is the Ma family in Yingzhou?"

"exist."

"Half of you migrated to Shenzhou. Where is the Lulong Zhao family?"

"The common man Zhao Qi comes to see His Majesty."

"The Lulong Zhao family moved half to Shenzhou."

"..."

Zhu Ming said to Liu E again: "Your Liu family in Changping has been split up by the Kingdom of Jin. If you have upheld justice and returned to justice, there is no need to split up the clan and move around again."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu E couldn't be happier.

Many of the clansmen and villagers of these big families were conscripted into the army, and a lot of them were captured by the Ming army.

The prisoners who surrendered or were captured earlier were given food and sent back to their hometowns.

There are still many prisoners left, who are temporarily organized into the army or civilian husbands. They were not allowed to return to their hometowns and had to follow the court's arrangements and be placed in other prefectures and counties in Liaodong. As for their relatives, they can ask someone to bring the letter back. If they are willing to move together, they can share the land.

Ju Ming added: "All your domestic slaves and serfs must be released immediately, and I will distribute land to them for cultivation! The domestic slaves who stay voluntarily must sign an employment contract. Remember, they stay voluntarily. Which domestic slave must be Escape and report you for secretly holding slaves... Hehe, you have to think about the consequences yourself."

Everyone was as silent as a cicada.

A few days ago, Jin Wushu, who was running away like crazy, grabbed a bunch of them when passing by Xianping Mansion. Not only did they rob the food of prominent Han families, they even burned what they could not take away.

They have already suffered a lot, and now they are being demolished and relocated by the Ming Dynasty, and they are also forced to free their slaves. How will we spend our days in the future?
……

Countless people's lives are more difficult than these big families.

Northern Shanxi.

Wanyan Zonghan had already evacuated as planned, and before leaving, he plundered and destroyed the people.

The common people have nothing to exploit, so Jin Bing naturally focuses on the rich. If they don't give enough food, they will exterminate the family. Even if they give enough, they will kill a few casually.

Whenever the Jin soldiers evacuated from a city, they would set fire to the houses inside and outside the city.

Datong, Shuozhou, Wuzhou, Yuzhou, Hongzhou... all prefectures and counties were displaced, with millions of people homeless.

The anti-golden rebels took the opportunity to recruit young people and went out of the mountainous areas to cause trouble. Moreover, there is a mixed bag of fish and dragons. Some are really anti-golden martyrs, while others have long since become bandits.

When Zhang Guangdao led his troops to occupy northern Shanxi, the place was already in chaos.

He first recruited refugees to serve as civilian husbands accompanying the army, and then sent the original civilian husbands back to their hometowns. Then he was busy recruiting the rebels and annihilating the bandits who looted under the banner of resisting the Jin Dynasty. The small gangs had no way to control the situation.

Then, the collected rebels were transferred back to their hometowns according to their original places of origin.

For each rebel army returning home, one or two hundred Ming troops were sent to lead it. They are responsible for garrisoning various cities, helping the civilian officials who come to govern the place, and they are also responsible for destroying bandits within the territory.

For a whole month, Zhang Guangdao stayed in northern Shanxi, busy cleaning up the mess, and had no time to chase the Jin people.

"Commander, various tribes in Tang Dynasty have sent people to ask for help. The Xixia army has already reached Yunnei Prefecture!"

Commander-in-Chief is Zhang Guangdao's new official position, which belongs to wartime dispatch. Li Bao is also the Commander-in-Chief now.

As for Yunnei Prefecture, it is the left and right banners of Tumut in later generations, and a small area in the north of Yinshan Mountain.

The Xixia army took advantage of the situation, shouted to help the Ming Dynasty and cut down the gold, and tried to annex the Tumut left and right banner grasslands - and even wanted to get involved in Hohhot!

"Chen Ziyi, Yao Pingzhong, Wu Jie, and Guo Pharmacist, follow me to the grassland!"

Arrangements have been made in various places in northern Shanxi.

The newly appointed civilian officials have arrived to help the displaced people rebuild their homes. There are also one to two hundred Ming troops and hundreds of rebel troops in each county to maintain public order and exterminate bandits.

As long as one or two troops are left and stationed at strategic locations, Zhang Guangdao no longer has to worry and can lead his troops to the grasslands.

Zhang Guangdao led the main force to Xuanning (the northeastern coast of Daihai, Liangcheng County). There were cities and cultivated land developed by the Liao Kingdom, which could prevent Wanyan Zonghan from suddenly coming back.

Then, Chen Ziyi was sent as the vanguard, and Yao Pingzhong led the army to follow up.

Han Shizhong had already gone up the Yellow River and went straight to Roufu, the administrative seat of Yunnei Prefecture (the ancient town of Tuoketuo County). He arrived one step ahead of Chen Ziyi.

The grassland tribes who were unwilling to surrender to Xixia came to seek refuge with Han Shizhong and Chen Ziyi.

A few days later, Han Shizhong met Li Liangfu of Xixia.

Li Liangfu did not dare to attack the Ming army without permission, so he rode over in person and said: "I am ordered by the king of the country and the king of Jin to lead the troops to help the Ming conquer the Jin. The tribes here are all the lackeys of the Jin. We have helped the Ming conquer two of them." "

Han Shizhong said: "Since we are assisting the Ming Dynasty in conquering gold, now that the Ming Dynasty soldiers have arrived, the Xixia tribes can retreat immediately. Also, the tribes in the Tang Dynasty were forced to invest in gold, but in fact they had secretly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty has already ennobled the leaders of each tribe. You attack They are all princes of the Ming Dynasty.”

How can you be willing to spit out the fat that you have eaten in your mouth?
Li Liangfu also couldn't make the decision: "General, please wait a moment. I want to go back and ask the King of Jin for instructions."

Li Liangfu led his army to retreat north, but Han Shizhong was unwilling to wait. He left the infantry and civilians behind, took only a few hundred cavalry, and ran to Yunnei Prefecture City in person.

Brother Richard was in the city. Hearing that General Ming Dynasty was coming, he had no choice but to lead his soldiers out of the city to greet him.

As soon as they met, Han Shizhong asked: "This city was originally in the Liao region, and all the ministries have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Yunnei Prefecture has its own Ming Dynasty to collect it. Since you are helping the Ming Dynasty to cut down the gold, why are you still occupying it now that the Jin soldiers have fled long ago?" city?"

When Brother Richard saw that Han Shizhong only brought a few hundred cavalry, he immediately had the urge to turn against him and kill him.

But it was easy to kill Han Shizhong, but Ming's revenge was difficult to resist.

It is obvious what Xixia's calculation was. They had taken advantage of the weakness of the Jin Kingdom to expand their territory to Baotou, and they also obtained the tacit approval of the Ming Dynasty. So he thought of repeating his old tricks and taking the opportunity to devour Yunneizhou.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army came so quickly this time - while Zhang Guangdao was still governing northern Shanxi, Han Shizhong had already sent troops.

Brother Richard has sent nearly ten thousand troops, consumed countless amounts of food and fodder, and has already fought two battles. He really doesn't want to go back in despair.

Han Shizhong added: "He who doesn't know is not guilty. All the tribes in the ancient Tang Dynasty have secretly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. You don't know. Forget it. This time, helping the Ming Dynasty to cut down the gold can be regarded as some credit to Xixia. I will report it to the court later and ask your majesty to reward Xixia. You guys ...Let’s get the city out!”

Brother Richard forced a smile: "General, you have traveled a long way, please come to the city to have a banquet."

Han Shizhong's attitude became more and more tough: "Yunnei Prefecture is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Roufu City is also the city of the Ming Dynasty. Even if there is a banquet, the Xixia soldiers will withdraw first, and I, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, will enter the city to entertain you!"

Brother Richard was silent.

"Qiang!"

Han Shizhong drew his sword and said: "Although I only brought a few hundred cavalry here, we still have to fight for every inch of territory. If you are not convinced, let's fight here!"

Hundreds of Ming cavalrymen raised their weapons.

As soon as Han Shizhong gave the order, they were about to charge towards Brother Richard.

Brother Richard was already furious, but he did not dare to fall out with Ming Dynasty. He sent an order: "The entire army withdraws from Roufu City!"

(End of this chapter)