Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 374 Providing support to the people and conquering the barbarians

Late summer and mid-autumn are the time of rice harvest.

In the past, after the rice harvest, people in the south often chose to plant a few acres of beans, go to the mountains to pick fruits and vegetables, or cast nets to catch fish to ensure their own food rations for the winter.

However, after this year's autumn harvest, or due to the influence of Liu Bei's edict last year, every household has an additional choice, which is to choose to plant wheat, and use the wheat to pay for the land rent next year.

Wuling, Lingyang.

Zhang Yi, the head of Lingyang, led the county officials to inspect the township pavilion to inspect the wheat planting conditions.

Looking at the people working by the Lingshui River, Zhang Yi asked: "How many people in the pavilion are receiving wheat seeds for farming?"

Ran Sheng bowed slightly and said: "To inform the Lord of the County, there are 423 households in the pavilion. There are more than 340 households who showed their household registration to receive wheat seeds. The rest of the people may not be willing to plant wheat. , or living deep in the mountains, I believe it is inconvenient to communicate.”

Zhang Yi has been in charge of Lingyang for more than a year. Due to his strict law enforcement, he directly reported the false household registration to the county guard and executed a pavilion chief to intimidate everyone. Many of the officials under the current government are afraid and do not dare to slack off in doing what they are told.

Seeing Zhang Yi's cold expression, Ran Sheng was worried and said: "My Lord, I have been running around this year to persuade people to plant wheat. The remaining eighty households should do their best to persuade them and let them plant wheat."

Considering the lack of winter wheat seeds in the hands of the people, after Zhuge Liang discussed with everyone, he ordered the government to lend wheat seeds without interest to benefit the people.

However, in order to prevent nobles and powerful people from taking advantage of the opportunity, during the specific implementation, each household was limited to receiving one stone of wheat cultivation based on their household registration certificate, which was used for planting wheat.

"No need!"

Zhang Yi's face relaxed slightly and he said: "Lingshui Pavilion is 80% complete, and Ran Jun has made outstanding achievements. The remaining farmers are unwilling to plant, so there is no need to be harsh. If farming is forced, it will be regarded as bad governance and goes against the king's original intention."

At the beginning of this year, Zhuge Liang set a target of 100,000 households planting wheat this year. When assigning targets to each county, considering that Wuling County only had more than 20,000 households, he set a planting target of 5,000 households for Jiang Wan.

In order to complete the planting task, Jiang Wan required the counties under his control to achieve a planting target of more than 30%. If he could achieve more than 50% of the planting target, he would be credited with a merit.

There are 50 households in Lingyang County under Zhang Yi's administration, while there are households in Lingshuiting under Ran Province's administration. Logically speaking, Zhang Yi has achieved the target of households. But Zhang Yi only met the qualifying line. He asked each township to meet the minimum planting target of %.

Today, Lingshuiting reaches 80% of the standard. The remaining people who are unwilling to cultivate Sumai are mostly die-hards, so naturally there is no need to force it.

Seeing Zhang Yi relenting, Ran Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is something that benefits the people, and the province should do its best to do it."

Now Ran Sheng couldn't help but feel grateful to himself last year. At that time, he planted two acres of wheat for his subordinates. In the spring, he produced more than three stones, and paid ten acres of land rent, letting the folks in the pavilion know that Much envy.

Coupled with the pressure from Zhang Yi this year, I often go out to popularize policies to the people. Under the guidance of policies and interests, I can achieve more than 80% of the target.

Zhang Yi walked down the road and entered the field. I saw the county king entering the field in person, followed by all the officials. Ran Sheng looked worried, fearing that the harsh Zhang Yi would find something wrong.

Zhang Yi inspected the fields and chatted with the people from time to time, asking about problems that occurred in planting wheat and briefly explaining the key points of planting wheat.

After a while, Zhang Yi returned to the rural road and said: "Although there are many farming households in Lingshui Pavilion, the cultivated acres are really not many and should be strengthened. Moreover, many people are not familiar with the method of farming wheat and only know how to farm wheat. Wheat is planted in dry fields, with simple details such as weeding and watering. With such farming, the yield of wheat per mu next year will not be much."

Ran Sheng secretly scolded Zhang Yi for being troublesome, but he did not dare to refute, and replied: "The county king clearly knows that what he said is right to the point. The people grew up in the Chu land and do not know how to grow wheat. They are not as familiar with farming methods as the people in the north. From now on, you should be your own servant." Keep improving and then teach it to the people in the pavilion."

"No need for this year!"

Zhang Yi put his hands behind his waist and said: "Let the people plant it this year, and next year the people will taste the benefits and plant it widely. As for teaching the people to farm wheat, officials will go to the countryside after the first day to encourage farmers. You will take charge of it and cooperate with it." Can."

Promoting the cultivation of resident wheat is not something that happens overnight. The cultivation of resident wheat is harvested once a year. The promotion speed is often calculated on a yearly basis rather than a monthly basis.

For example, this year Zhuge Liang set a planting target of 100,000 households, but by next year it will be of little use to pursue the number of households. In Zhuge Liang's plan, most of next year's Sumai farming plan will be implemented in terms of the number of acres of land. Step by step is the right way.

Ran Sheng was glad that his tasks would be lightened next year, and he asked Taoguo: "I dare to ask the county prince, but I don't know who will go to the rural pavilion to teach the people?"

Zhang Yi smiled and said: "Last year, the king ordered Sima Zhi from Xuzhou to serve as an envoy to encourage farmers. In the spring of this year, Sima Jun gathered hundreds of officials from various counties and counties to teach wheat growing methods in the fields. Next spring, After that, the officials went to the countryside to teach them how to grow wheat."

Sima Zhi was appointed as the envoy to persuade farmers. He had no soldiers and no power. How could he persuade farmers by himself?

In order to spread the technology of growing winter wheat as soon as possible, Sima Zhi, with the help of Zhuge Liang, sent officials from local counties and counties to Wuhan for further study, and was taught by Sima Zhi himself.

After the officials complete their studies, they will return to the counties to teach the skills of growing winter wheat. The promotion of so many people is much faster than Sima Zhi's one-man effort to persuade farmers.

Hearing this, Ran Sheng was surprised and admired, and said: "Your Majesty, you are wise. This year, the people have no farming experience, so it is useless to persuade farmers to farm. Tomorrow, the people will have some small gains, so let the officials go to the countryside to teach skills. The year after tomorrow The yield of wheat per acre should be increased!" "Ran Jun has worked hard this year, but next year he may be able to relax a little!" Zhang Yi said: "When the report is reported at Zhengdan, your name will be included in the merit list."

"Thank you so much, Lord County, for your support!"

Ran Sheng smiled and said gratefully: "It's not early today. We have prepared food in the pavilion. The county prince can go to the pavilion to have a rest."

"no need!"

Zhang Yi pointed to the people in the fields and said: "I am coming to Lingshui Pavilion today. Firstly, I am inspecting the promotion of Sumai. Secondly, I have a government order to communicate with you."

Hearing that it was a government order, Ran Sheng bowed and waited for orders, saying, "Please give me your orders, Lord County!"

Zhang Yi took out the official document from his arms and said: "Jiang Fujun ordered all counties under Wuling County to send soldiers and civilians to serve. We, Lingyang County, are supposed to send 400 soldiers and civilians. Looking at the counties in Lingyang, only Ran Jun has many soldiers. Battle experience. These four hundred people are temporarily led by Ran Jun, and they will return to their posts in five days."

In troubled times, when soldiers and civilians are united, Ran Sheng is not only the pavilion chief, but when the superiors recruit him, he is also an officer and needs to send troops to fight. However, the soldiers who are not military households or the soldiers of the Chinese army are not strong in combat effectiveness and cannot undertake important combat tasks.

"No!" Ran Sheng responded.

Zhang Yi and Ran Sheng obeyed the county order and led their troops and people to Linyuan, the county government. This is just a microcosm of the counties in Jing and Yang prefectures.

Today, Zhuge Liang led 10,000 Chinese troops to Linyuan and mobilized 20,000 armed forces from Jingzhou counties, totaling 30,000 people. He decided to encircle and suppress the Wuxi barbarians first.

As for Shanyue, Huang Quan led five thousand soldiers from the Shence Battalion to encircle and suppress them. Danyang Governor Deng Fang led the county soldiers to cooperate with Huang Quan. Zhuge Liang wanted to wait until he had finished dealing with the Wuxi barbarians, and then go to Jiangzuo to deal with Shanyue.

Linyuan, the military camp of the Southern Han Dynasty.

In the camp, Zhuge Liang was discussing with everyone the strategy of pacifying the Wuxi Barbarians.

Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said: "Gentlemen, most of the Wuxi Barbarians are in Wuling County, located on the upper reaches of the Yuan River, entrenched in the mountains. The tribesmen live in the Xiong, Man, You, Wu, Chen and other Five Streams, and there are many They farmed in Lizhong, Yuzhong and Chongzhong, and also did livestock husbandry and hunting."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang said: "The mountains and rivers here are steep, the mountains are deep and the rivers are fast, and boats are not allowed to board. In the past, the troops of the Later Han Dynasty conquered the Wuxi barbarians. They were cunning, deceiving the enemy who had little food and did not know the way, so they gathered to defend it. Danger, in order to defeat the troops of the Later Han Dynasty."

"Today, if we want to surrender the Wuxi Barbarians, we must send out troops quickly. We must not hold out with the enemy for a long time, lest the enemy invaders guard against danger and force our army to retreat. I wonder if you have any strategies?"

Wuxi barbarians were named Wuxi barbarians because they lived around Wuxi. However, because they live in Wuling, they can also be called Wuling barbarians.

The Wuxi barbarians rebelled many times and launched wars against the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, the reasons for the outbreak of wars were mostly the Eastern Han Dynasty's attempts to increase its rents and establish corvee services. Among them, Ma Yuan died because of the conquest of the Wuxi barbarians.

Previously, when Liu Bei was in charge of Jingzhou, in order to avoid conflict with the Wuxi barbarians, he did not collect taxes from the Wuxi barbarians, so there was no dispute between the two parties. Now that Liu Bei has deeply controlled Jingzhou, he naturally does not allow the Wuxi barbarians to exist, but wants to surrender them to enhance his own strength.

Huang Zhong stroked his beard and said: "Military advisor, the Wuxi barbarians are intertwined and live in farming. Now they can be surprised. The troops are divided into many directions and attack the middle areas of Lizhong, Yuzhong and Chongzhong, killing their people. The Wuxi barbarians will It’s okay!”

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan gently and asked, "Does Young Chang have any insights?"

Ma Su pondered for a while and said: "Military advisor, the Wuxi barbarians relied on its dangerous distance and refused to obey the king. If we break it today and cannot win over its people, all the previous achievements will be wasted. The military advisor led the army to conquer, hoping to surrender the people and capture his tribe." People, enrich their household registration.”

"Therefore, from the perspective of Su, attacking the heart is the top priority, attacking the city is the bottom priority, fighting with the heart is the top priority, and fighting with soldiers is the bottom priority. This is the way to use troops!"

Ma Di was appointed by Liu Bei to serve as the governor of Yueqi County last year. However, Ma Di was afraid of the Yi King Gaoding and did not dare to take office. He stayed in the border county for several months without making any progress.

Seeing that Ma Su did not dare to take office in Yueqi County, Mi Fang had nothing to say. However, Mi Fang was concerned about the identity of her brother Ma Liang, and the Jiayue County had been abandoned for a long time, and Gao Ding committed evil.

Mi Fang weighed the pros and cons, and finally reported to Liu Bei, telling Liu Bei that Ma Di had difficulties in taking office, and said that Yuexi County could not take office for the time being, and Ma Di could be transferred back to the central government.

Liu Bei saw that Ma Su returned without success, and he had some understanding of Ma Su's abilities. During this expedition, Liu Bei ordered Ma Di to join the army, hoping that Zhuge Liang could see Ma Di's qualities.

"What You Chang said makes sense!"

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly and said with a smile: "The top priority is to attack the hearts of the barbarians. You need to win the hearts of the barbarians. However, if you want to win the hearts of the barbarians, you must not kill too much. Now if you want to subjugate the Wuxi barbarians, you must use both grace and power. You can divide your troops into two groups to advance and capture He cultivates the land, cares for the obedient people, and conquers the rebels. In a short time, the Wuxi barbarian generals will be surrendered!"

(End of this chapter)