Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 772 Hanzhou

After the spring plowing, Wang Meng led 20,000 infantry and cavalry south to Guangling to frighten the mighty Wu Hui.

Honglusi gathered 531 key personnel and rushed to Kuaiji in advance.

To the north, Huan Shiqian led his army and drove more than 700,000 livestock back to Daizhou. For a time, both the government and the public were excited.

Over the years, this northern expedition has yielded huge gains.

More than 700,000 heads of livestock are enough to cover the money and food consumed by this troop dispatch.

Originally, there were still many treasures in the country, which were privately awarded by Li Tuan to the soldiers of the Northern Expedition. The Ministry of War complained quite a lot, so they issued a euphemistic memorial to Li Tuan, but Li Yue ignored them.

This matter will be settled.

Li Yue struck while the iron was hot and encouraged the people to move to Beihai. Each household had five hundred acres of pasture or forest farm. No matter whether they were common people or children and slaves, they could go there. The people were given sixth-class military honors, officials and officials, and fourth-class titles for common people. A first-class civil servant, a slave can be converted into a commoner.

However, Li Yue also set a prerequisite that all children and slaves who are willing to go will undergo background checks.

Honglu officials also promoted the abundance of Beihai around the clock, and even made up a few jingles: sticks beat roe deer and gourds to scoop out fish, pheasants fly into the rice pot, cattle and sheep crowd the fence in groups, and there is meat to eat all year round...

The slaves who could go were all selected. Most of them were Xiongnu from Bingzhou and Xianbei from Liaodong. They had already been Chineseized and all had Han names.

The people are the core of the Liang Kingdom, equivalent to Li Yue's tribe, and they naturally respond to the emperor's call.

The geographical environment of the grassland is that the water and soil are fertile on the north and south sides, and the middle is short of water and becomes the Gobi Desert.

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

There is no way, there is a shortage of people everywhere these days.

It is very rare to have so many people go.

In addition to military power, Daliang was also in the hands of Li Yue, and government affairs were basically handed over to Li Jian and Wang Meng.

There were 700 families of people and 2,100 families of slaves before and after who were willing to migrate to Beihai.

"The people are responding to the father's call, and the slaves are trying to stand up." Unknowingly, Li Jian grew a beard, making him look more stable and able to handle government affairs with ease.

"Children and common people all have land in their hands. After living in Daliang for so many years, they naturally don't want to move north." Li Jian's explanation is quite reasonable.

The North Sea has abundant water resources, is surrounded by woodland, and is extremely rich in natural resources. You can get whatever you want, except that it is a little colder, and all the other advantages are there.

Add in the garrison soldiers and encourage them to marry more and have more children, and the population will increase in a few decades.

There are 2,900 households and more than 13,000 people, which may seem small, but in fact it can be regarded as a medium-sized tribe in Mobei, and it is also the size of a medium-sized county in the mainland.

"There used to be Beihai County in Qingzhou, and now there is Beihai in Mobei. I suggested that it be better to establish a state so that it can be managed by the Hanhai Protectorate."

The slaves had nothing. Beihai directly gave them land, and they flocked to it. Those who had nothing were often the most willing to change the status quo.

Li Yue also ordered that from now on, all serious criminals in the country, except those who have committed the most heinous crimes, will be exiled to Beihai.

"From now on, all prisoners captured by the navy will be sent to Beihai. With a city, we can hold people."

What Li Yue didn't expect was that the vast majority of common people and children were unwilling to go, but slaves and people were extremely enthusiastic.

"Why don't the children and common people go?" Li Yue asked.

The Ministry of Revenue specially prepared carriages and provisions for them. They were supported by scouts on the road and escorted by valiant cavalry troops.

If the name is not correct, the words will not go well, and if the words are not good, then things will not happen.

The establishment of prefectures and counties will be the legal territory of Daliang from now on.

Don't worry about how this state will develop in the future, let's put up the air first. Li Jian was very progressive in government affairs and had a long-term vision.

However, Li Yue thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of a suitable name. There was not much ink in his stomach. After he ascended the throne, he either killed people or was busy reproducing in the harem.

"Since you brought it up, it's up to you to name it." Li Yue became the hands-off shopkeeper.

Li Jian did not refuse, "The Northland is vast and as vast as the sea. It is better to call it Hanzhou. It governs the north of Yanran Mountain, the west of Xianbei Mountain, and the entire Beihai."

"Yes." Li Yue did not dwell on this issue.

As long as the population of Hanzhou grows to about 100,000, the grassland can be suppressed.

When any power in the grassland rises, it must first defeat Hanzhou, which is equivalent to a barrier in the Central Plains.

After so many years of construction in Liaodong, the next step was to build Hanzhou with the help of captured slaves.

"Does the emperor want to take action against powerful people?" Li Jian suddenly changed the topic.

"How can you tell?" Li Yue smiled.

"Your Majesty led 20,000 cavalry to go south to Guangling. It was clearly to suppress the mighty Wu Hui and to promote Xue Qiang as the Protector of Beiting. It was to divide the Xue family."

If anyone in the Northern Kingdom has the strongest military force, it must be Hedong Sanxue.

The Lu family of Fanyang and the Liu family of Zhongshan were famous among the scholars. The Cui family of Qinghe and the Zheng family of Xingyang were strong in money, food and wealth, and were as rich as the enemy. But when it comes to military force, it must be the Xue family of Hedong.

From the time of Liu Cong and Shile, he built forts and defended himself. He refused to be coaxed by Zhao and Di Qin, and survived the chaos of the Eight Kings and the Five Husbands in China.

Historically, Murong Yong of the Western Yan Dynasty killed Wang Yong, the son of Wang Meng, and seized Bingzhou. Xue Qiang was angry and led his clan to defeat Murong Yong in Chenchuan. Both the Later Qin and the Northern Wei Dynasty tried their best to win over the Xue family.

Now that the world is unified, Xue is a little too conspicuous.

Its power spread across the three counties of Hedong, Fengyi and Xihe, and was followed by the Pei, Liu and Wei families.

"You are sharp-eyed. Yes, I have this intention. I will promote Xue Qiang as the Protector of Beiting to give the Xue family a signal." Li Yue did not shy away.

Xue Qiang is loyal, Li Yue believes it, but if the Xue family continues to grow like this, who knows if they will be loyal after one or two generations?

It doesn't really matter whether they are loyal or not, the key is that they have knives in their hands and they are very strong.

This is essentially different from Cui Zhenglu Liu.

Xihe, Hedong and Feng Yi are all critical places, spanning both sides of the river. Once they rise, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Not only the Xue family, but also the Cui family and the Zheng family in the future, I will weaken them step by step. Unifying the world cannot sit back and relax. It is harder to dominate the world than to conquer the world. You must not be careless." Li Yue said seriously.

"My son, I will keep in mind my father's teachings, but is it too hasty to attack the powerful people in the country so quickly?"

"If we don't move them, we won't be able to move them in the future. Don't worry, I have not forgotten the contribution of the powerful nobles to Daliang. Wang Meng went south to Guangling to frighten Wu Hui's powerful people because he wanted to find a way that everyone can accept."

"What if they don't want to leave?"

"That means you don't have to drink wine as a penalty when toasting. The ills since the Eastern Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties must be completely eliminated!" A murderous intent flashed across Li Yue's eyes, but suddenly he felt a little stuffy in his chest and coughed.

"Father, please take care of yourself." Li Jian stretched out his hand to support him.

Li Yue felt puzzled for a while. He had always been in good health, and he had been communicating with the harem a little more frequently in the past few months. "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Daliang is not the Cao Wei Dynasty, nor is it the Jin Dynasty of the Sima family. Don't think about the gentry."

Each dynasty will make a correction to the previous dynasty, and the same is true for Daliang.

Even with such favorable conditions, the powerful nobles were still unwilling to leave. They must have other agendas. You can't blame Li Yue for being ruthless.

(End of this chapter)