The last three kingdoms

Chapter 277 When it comes, let it be

In July, Liuhuo is an unbearably hot season, but on Maxiong Mountain, it is extremely cool and comfortable.

Ma Xiongshan is known as "one drop of water and three rivers". This is the source of the Pearl River, surrounded by Beipan River, Nanpan River and Niulan River.

There is a local legend that a long time ago, the Jade Emperor's mount was greedy for fireworks in the world, and secretly broke free from the reins and descended to Fanzai. When it stopped on the plateau in eastern Yunnan, it turned into a majestic mountain peak, hence the name of Maxiong Mountain.The Jade Emperor recalled his old love and saw that there was no water in Ma Xiongshan, so he sprinkled a drop of nectar, which turned into rain and gathered into a trickle. One stream went north, which was called Beipan River, and the other stream went south, called Nanpan River. One water flows to the west, and it is called Niulan River, which is the origin of the three rivers in one drop of water.

Maxiong Mountain is majestic and majestic, just like a horse strolling in the garden, wandering on the eastern Yunnan plateau.Maxiong Mountain has different peaks, jagged rocks, undulating peaks, vertical and horizontal gullies, clear sources and slow flows, dense forests and sparse roads, pines and birds singing, and the scenery is serene.

Just at the foot of Maxiong Mountain, beside the Nanpan River, there are dozens of simple wooden houses built by the mountains and rivers, like the residences of villagers in the mountains and fields, but surrounded by tight fences and strict guards, they are like wealthy nobles. official residence.

This is the residence of the famous Anping Palace. People who were shocked to learn the truth were all surprised and amazed.

The Shu Han moved its capital to Nanzhong, and Wei City, the governor of Jianning County, became the temporary capital of the Shu Han Dynasty. Five to six million military and civilian officials poured into Wei City, causing the small Wei City to burst in an instant.Although Weicheng is at the level of a county town, it is a desolate and remote place in Nanzhong, and the scale of Weicheng is not as large as a county town in Shu County. Huo Yi gave up his prefect's mansion and renovated it to be Liu Chan's residence. .The accompanying civil and military officials crowded into Weicheng, and it would be quite good to have a shelter of one or two rooms.

A minister proposed to rebuild Weicheng, at least there must be a decent palace, and all civil and military officials must have a place to live.But rebuilding means spending a lot of money. With the treasury of the Shu Han now bottomed out, how can it afford such a large amount of money?Now hundreds of thousands of people are pouring into Jianning, without a single house or a row of land, waiting for the government to resettle them. Most of the money and food in the Shu Han treasury have been spent on the journey to the south, and now they only rely on the south. The treasury of Zhongqi County will support it.

Therefore, Liu Yin proposed that everything be diligent and thrifty. The construction of the imperial palace is temporarily postponed. Weicheng city cannot accommodate so many noble families. Everyone can temporarily move to another place. In order to set an example, Anping Palace took the lead in moving to Ma Xiongshan .

The place Ma Xiongshan was chosen by Princess Ma, Ma Xiong - Ma Jiaxiong rises?Princess Ma, who is determined to restore the former glory of the Ma family, has a special liking for this place. Although Ma Xiongshan is far away from Weicheng, it is an ideal place to live with beautiful mountains and rivers and elegant environment.

"Mother, I'm really sorry, I can only let you live in such a humble room." Liu Yin said with an apologetic expression.As of now, these simple wooden houses were just built by Liu Yin who arranged for his men to use local materials.There is a kind of climbing cloud pine that is not as high as knees growing everywhere in Maxiongshan, which can be regarded as a great spectacle of Maxiongshan.

A large number of servants of the palace are unloading all kinds of supplies from the carriages, tidying up and arranging the wooden house. Basically, all the things that can be taken in the Anping Palace have been brought in. After a simple rearrangement, it is not the same as the original decoration. Few, at least Liu Yin has a warm feeling of home.

In fact, where home is not important, what is important is to be with family, this is the happiest thing.

Princess Ma smiled lightly and said, "It's pretty good here. Every year in the hot summer, don't our whole family go to the mountain villa in Xishan to escape the summer heat together? I think this place is somewhat similar to Xishan villa. They all say that Nanzhong is deserted." It is quite desolate, plagued by plague, and I saw it today, so I know what I said is true, the mountains and rivers are beautiful here, the scenery is pleasant, the sun is shining, and the warmth is like spring, even if it is a paradise on earth, it is not too far behind."

To be honest, Princess Ma's generosity and open-mindedness moved Liu Yin very much. Unlike Liu Ji and his wife, who complained and complained as soon as they arrived in Nanzhong, Princess Ma had an attitude of being peaceful and indifferent when she came. What Liu Yin saw was the tenacity and unyieldingness of Princess Ma. In troubled times, only people with such character and mind can survive better.

"Mother, the imperial court only allocated such a small amount of food to us. Anyway, there are hundreds of people in the mansion. How can such a small amount of food be enough to feed? Brother, you are also serving as a secretary now. You should talk to them, no matter what, You have to let the people in the house make ends meet." Liu Ji complained to Liu Yin.

After arriving in Nanzhong, the imperial court distributed various amounts of money and food to the princes and marquises at one time. Of course, it was different from the generous juelu in Chengdu. This time, only a few hundred shi of grain were distributed to the Anping Palace, which was only the share of previous years. a fraction of .In fact, Liu Yinzhong's salary of two thousand shi was added to it, and other palaces were even less than this amount.All the people in the Anping Prince's Mansion are added together, there are hundreds of people, such a little food, it won't last long at all.

At this point, Liu Yin is really helpless. The imperial court moved south this time, and the price was extremely high. In order to relieve the refugees, the 50 million dendrobium stored in the Chengdu government treasury was basically distributed to the southward move. It is precisely because of these With the guarantee of food and such a large-scale population migration, there was not a single case of refugees starving to death. Those refugees who died on the way were basically due to diseases or because they were weak and could not bear the long-distance journey.In this southward migration, more than [-]% of the refugees were able to reach Nanzhong smoothly, which can be called a miracle in the history of migration.

After moving to the south, the more urgent task they faced was resettlement. The money and food they brought from Chengdu had been exhausted. Hundreds of thousands of refugees had no shelter, no clothes and no food. They all hoped for relief from the imperial court. Although there are still some grains in the treasury of Nanzhong Seven Counties, it can be said that there are too many monks to deal with so many refugees.

What Nanzhong does not lack is land, but it takes time to reclaim the land, and it is impossible to plant food and grass to harvest. Although resettlement and reclamation have been carried out at the same time, at least several 10 people have to be guaranteed before a season of harvest is obtained. The minimum living needs of the southward population.

As a result, the salaries distributed to princes and officials can only be reduced again and again, and even less than [-]% of previous years. At this difficult time, all people in the Shu Han must tighten their belts to live.

(End of this chapter)