After joining Chen, Shao Xun settled down and took care of government affairs himself.
Transforming refugees into Chinese people will be his most important task in the coming period, bar none.
A part of the army was sent out, with Li Chong, Jin San, and Wang Que'er as generals, each leading thousands of troops to conquer the turbulent refugees everywhere.
Now is the right time to intervene.
If they wait another month or two, small groups of refugees will gather into large groups, thousands of people will become tens of thousands, and they will have the ability to capture prefectures and counties and kill 2,000-ton county officials.
Less hands and feet.
After the angel left Luoyang, he headed east, passed Chenggao, and entered Xingyang.
A "medical miracle" happened to the prefect Pei Chun. After being bedridden for many days, he jumped up and risked his life to entertain the envoys headed by Duzhi Shangshu Wang Xuan.
In the year of the great disaster, there was no wine left, but Pei Chun gritted his teeth and took out the old wine that he had treasured for a long time, and drank it with Wang Xuan and others for half a month.
Then he introduced the scenic spots and took them to the brothel, dragging the group until late June before leaving.
After arriving at Junyi, we still couldn't wait for the boat.
Yang Bao, the captain of the Du branch, could not see anyone. Sometimes he said he had gone to Luoyang, sometimes he said he was in Aocang, and sometimes he said he was in Guandu. It was unclear.
In early July, Wang Xuan decided to go south by car.
Yang Bao suddenly appeared and mentioned that the refugees in Yuzhou were causing trouble and the roads were not smooth. They had to wait three to five days before they could find a boat to go south.
On the third day of July, Wang Xuan counted the ships arriving one after another outside Shuizhai in Junyi County. There were thirty-two ships in total, carrying more than 150,000 hu of grain.
Almost half missing! Seeing this situation, even though his father and Chen Hou had always cooperated happily, he couldn't sit still.
He is the Minister of Duzhi! If the soldiers and people of Luoyang don't have enough to eat, he will be the one to complain.
So he found Yang Bao, and after a lot of coercion and inducement, he finally took a boat south to Chen County on the fifth day of July.
But after arriving in Chen County, he was picked up by Lu Zhi, the governor of Yuzhou who was going north, and it took him ten days to escape.
When he finally saw Shao Xun, it was already July 23rd.
"Meizi, look how well these bean sprouts are growing." Shao Xun, who was weeding in the fields, pointed at the endless bean fields and smiled.
Wang Xuan suddenly calmed down.
While chatting with Shao Xun, he observed quietly.
Chen Hou's smile seemed to be sincere, and he was truly happy for these beans that had broken out of the ground.
The beans have actually grown a lot. They are swaying in the gentle south wind, as if they are singing happily.
"The Book of Si Sheng" mentions the need to "cultivate".
There was a locust plague this year, but there was no drought. There was plenty of rain and adequate irrigation. As the beans continued to grow, all kinds of weeds grew wildly, as if they were desperately trying to recover the losses caused by the locust plague.
Therefore, cultivating the soil and weeding are very necessary.
In the fields, not only Chen Hou was weeding, the refugees - no, maybe we can't call them refugees anymore, they have obviously settled down and are not on the imperial household registration book - were also sweating profusely and working hard.
.
They were so attentive that they did not miss every weed, as if they were seeing the enemy who killed their father.
People who have been hungry are really different. They don't want to recall those difficult years at all, and they cannot accept returning to such a desperate situation.
One can imagine his attitude towards Chen Hou who saved them from desperate situation.
Wang Xuan sighed softly and said: "Does the prince govern the beans? Does the king govern the country?"
"Governing a country depends on governing the people. The people are so beans that they need to be taken care of carefully. Even if you want to eat beans, you must first let the beans grow well and grow up, and the more the better." Shao Xun threw the hoe to Tang Jian,
Wiping his sweat, he said: "Go over there and talk."
The two came to the bank of Suiyang Canal.
It was midsummer, the heat was unbearable, and there were already some children playing in the Suiyang Canal.
It's not correct to say they were playing. In fact, they were fishing for duckweeds with various tools.
Duckweed can be fed to chickens and ducks, and it can also be eaten by humans - the daily rations are limited, and the soil has to be hoeed and turned over. Everyone feels powerless and must do everything possible to supplement food.
There are also countless duckweeds, and they are gone as soon as you fish them.
The children simply jumped into the river and played in the water.
"Children playing in the water are quite interesting." Wang Xuan looked at the children who were jumping up and down in the water, and occasionally took out a river clam, and praised: "If there are people here who are good at calligraphy and painting, or
You can draw it."
"Meizi, have you seen the child in the steamer?" Shao Xun asked.
Wang Xuan was stunned.
Shao Xun smiled faintly, pointed at the children, and said: "If I had taken action ten days and a half later, maybe they would have been in the steamer for people to eat."
Wang Xuan choked and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
If you say that Chen Hou did the right thing, doesn't that encourage him to seize the canal?
If he said he did something wrong, wouldn't he just sit back and watch these children being eaten?
After all, he does not have as profound skills as his father.
Therefore, he could only change the topic and go straight to the core: "How many refugees have you gathered?"
"More than 18,000 households." Shao Xun said.
"When will your Majesty stop?" Wang Xuan couldn't stand it anymore and asked directly: "A few days ago, another 150,000 grains of dendrobium were withheld. If this continues, the court may not be able to suppress you.
You should know that the emperor is furious and has not yet issued an edict to investigate the crime. It is all up to my father and Yu Shi to intervene. But if you insist on going your own way and continue like this, the matter may not be rectified."
Shao Xun did not answer, but pointed to an open field opposite and said: "This is the red beans planted in late June, which can only be harvested before it snows. That one is even later, the mung beans planted in early July."
"Why so late?"
"It will be too late when the people are gathered in." Shao Xun said: "The Silver Spear Army pursued Li Hong in Nanton, Xincai, and Runan. The thieves were cunning, had little fighting ability, and were first-rate in escaping. The Yamen Army arrived in Liang
country, although overlapping
It took a lot of effort to break up the chaos, but it took a lot of effort to catch people. There will be people coming this month, but I don’t know if there will be time to plant something. Maybe I can only get some turnips and plant them. At least I can dig them and eat them in the winter.
.”
Shao Xun, like an old farmer, explained his plan clearly.
Wang Xuan had read "The Book of Si Sheng" and knew a little bit about which crops to plant in which seasons, what to plant in interplanting, what to plant in rotation, and the benefits of each, but he still didn't know it as clearly as Shao Xun - these agricultural knowledge, see
It seems superficial, but people who have never read books really don't understand it. This is also the advantage of children from aristocratic families, and old farmers who have been farming all year round may not necessarily understand it, because their own agricultural technology may not be very high.
"Are you determined to intercept the grain supply?" Wang Xuan decided not to be led by Shao Xun and asked directly.
"Meizi, do you know this person?" Shao Xun answered the question, pointing to an old man walking in the fields on the other side of Suiyang Canal and asked.
"Isn't that Yang Jingqi?" Wang Xuan took a closer look and was shocked.
Sheep Jingqi’s name is Sheepjian, and her courtesy name is Jingqi.
His father, Yangji, once served as a lieutenant general who protected the Huns, but he has passed away.
My elder brother, Yang Wei, once served as an imperial servant and was the governor of Yan and Xu Erzhou. He has passed away.
Yang Jian is the "Jun Yi" of the Yang family in Yang Ji's theory.
Shao Xun thought he was an outstanding young man, but he turned out to be an old man in his late fifties.
However, he was accompanied by several young aristocratic children, plus dozens of Yang family servants and members of distant branches with management experience. To be honest, Shao Xun was still very touched. With such a deployment of backbones, the production and management of the Yang family would be improved.
Affected?
Yang Jian also has another identity. He is Wang Dun's uncle, a few years older than Wang Dun...
The relationship between aristocratic families is very complicated, not to mention the noble families in neighboring counties - Langya Kingdom is located in the southeast of Taishan County.
Among the noble family members around Yang Jian, there were members of the Langya Zhuge family, and these two families also had marriages.
Zhuge Hui of the Zhuge clan had already moved his family south.
As a native of Sima Rui, it was natural for him to serve as the shogunate chief. Now he is the magistrate of Jiangning County and is very favored.
"Would you like to say hello?" Shao Xun asked with a smile.
"We'll go back later." Wang Xuan shook his head and asked, "Has Duke Jing Qi come to Yuzhou to take up a post?"
"Lu Yuzhou has declared Yang Jingqi to be Chen Juncheng."
"Gong Jingqi has a great talent, and the prince made the right decision to use him."
Shao Xun chuckled and said nothing.
Yang Jian's talents are only average, but the people he brings have considerable experience in handling general affairs. These talents are really talented - they may not be great talents, but they are very experienced and experienced in the fields they are responsible for.
Very rich too.
He needs these "screws" now, and they are in great demand.
"Your Majesty——" Wang Xuan suddenly found that he was being confused by Shao Xun again, so he returned to the topic before: "The next batch of canal ships will go north in early August. Please don't stop me, Your Majesty."
Shao Xun sighed and asked, "Does Meizi know the news about Pingyang?"
"Is Liu Yuanhai seriously ill?" Wang Xuan asked.
Shao Xun nodded and said: "I don't know how he is now, but he probably doesn't have much time left. Otherwise Liu Cong wouldn't rush back so eagerly. Once Liu Yuanhai dies, do you think the new king will attack Luoyang?"
"
Wang Xuan was startled.
He vaguely heard that Chen Hou was making conditions.
Once the Huns attack Luoyang again, will you use me?
He suddenly thought of something, and his face became a little ugly, so he asked: "Does Marquis Chen think that the Huns will come soon?"
"Maybe." Shao Xun glanced at him helplessly and said, "Meizi, even businessmen who do business know how to maintain long-term relationships. If the Huns don't come this year, will the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty arrest me and punish me?
?What if I come next year? I won’t be able to survive next year?”
I think you are a businessman! Wang Xuan secretly complained, but he had to admit that what Chen Hou said made sense.
The war with the Xiongnu, judging from the current situation, is not a year or two, but a long-term one.
If the Huns don't come this year, they will come next year. We really shouldn't be too short-sighted.
If Chen Hou is really to be punished, he was so disheartened that he hid behind the three passes of Luonan and watched the fall of Luoyang, then it would be the fault of all the princes in the court.
In fact, this was something his father had said in private - Wang Xuan still remembered the way his father gritted his teeth when he mentioned that Marquis Chen was teasing him and the court. At that time, the second sister also sighed repeatedly, while the eldest sister was just there stupidly happy.
"Don't worry." Shao Xun put his arm around Wang Xuan's shoulders and whispered: "The thieves who robbed the canal have been defeated by me. Several of the thieves' leaders are still in prison. They will be sent to Luoyang in a few days.
Show to the public."
"This..." Wang Xuan was a little surprised.
Is Chen Hou trying to step down from the imperial court?
"What about water transportation..." Wang Xuan asked.
"Nothing will happen again." Shao Xun promised, patting his chest.
He knew that the next batch might not be able to intercept on a large scale.
Maybe we can use excuses such as transportation losses and robberies to mop up a little bit of oil, but most of it still needs to be sent to Luoyang safely to maintain a situation that cannot be broken through fighting.
"Guangling, it's time to work harder." Shao Xun said again: "There have been frequent wars in Luoyang in recent years, and a lot of grain cannot be transported into the capital in time. There must be a lot of stockpiles in the treasuries of Xu, Qing, and Yang.
There is little money for grain. Even if it is burned once, how difficult is it to collect it again? King Langya still loves the court, and perhaps the emperor can issue an order to strictly supervise Guangling to transport grain."
Sima Rui, King of Langya, is indeed interested in the imperial court now, at least on the surface.
Because Wang Kuang led the Huainan troops to help and the entire army was wiped out in Changping, the scholars in Wu were quite resistant to supporting Luoyang. However, despite this, Sima Rui still urged Jianwei General Qian Juan to lead the Wu Xing troops northward again and again, even threatening to kill him.
He killed him and forced Qian Chuan to rebel on the spot.
This is fucking more loyal than Quan Zhong.
Jingzhou also transported money and grain to Beijing this year by land and water.
Although Wang Cheng was incompetent on the mountain slips, he still supported the imperial court. He collected money and food from Jingzhou and Xiangzhou, and transported part of it to Hefei by water, and part of it was transferred by land and water to the north via Nanyang.
Shao Xun meant to ask the court to urge them and stop staring at Hefei.
To be honest, he thought he was interesting enough.
In the original time and space, Shi Le had probably conquered Xingyang and cut off the water transportation. It was impossible for money and food from the five states of Yang, Jing, Hunan, Xu, and Qing to enter the capital, and the Luoyang Great Famine would happen as scheduled.
I have worked so hard, is it too much to charge a management fee?
"My father is already supervising this matter." Wang Xuan said, "But it may not be possible this year."
"Hundreds of thousands of grains and beans have been transported to Beijing before and after. The soldiers and civilians of Luoyang can eat it first." Shao Xun said, "I am keeping an eye on Yuzhou's water transportation, so the court has nothing to worry about."
Wang Xuan was a little unconvinced and asked: "Is there really nothing wrong with the next batch?"
"No big deal." Shao Xun said vaguely.
Wang Xuan sighed.
He finally understood his father's feelings. How come this man can't get enough of him? The key is that he knows how to give up when things are good. After knowing your bottom line, he still wants to take advantage of you. Damn it!
Wang Xuan almost wanted to curse.
Grace, grace, he thought to himself, calming down.
Shao Xun quietly retracted his gaze from Wang Xuan's face, knowing it well. So he took his hand and said with a smile: "Meizi, come again in winter, I'll treat you to red bean porridge."
I'm eating shitty red bean porridge! Wang Xuan cursed in his heart, secretly thinking that he should send his eldest sister over and let her mess around with Chen Hou.
Of course, that's just a thought.
Shao Xun has pulled Wang Xuan to the field ridge.
When he saw several captains, the camp was in full swing. He greeted him casually and said, "This is the son of Taiwei Wang, a famous scholar in Langya. He likes red bean porridge most in his life. During the twelfth lunar month, I invited him to have porridge together. You guys."
But do it well and don't embarrass me."
"Junhou, the land here is fertile, and the red beans are growing very well." Someone laughed.
"The Taiwei is a man in heaven, does he know about us?"
"When I was in trouble, I didn't know where the captain was."
"Zhang Heipi, be quiet and don't talk nonsense."
Everyone was noisy and even dared to smile playfully in front of Shao Xun. It seemed that the recent collective work had made them familiar with Shao Xun and they were no longer reserved.
Yes, Chen Hou is also a heavenly being now, and he can actually put down his arrogance and hoe the grass together. Where can I find such a lord?
Besides, everyone's lives were given by Chen Hou, which makes it even more rare.
Wang Xuan gently broke away from Shao Xun's hand and watched him walking on the field ridge. Wherever he went, people were saluting and saying hello. He felt very complicated in his heart.
He is not a fool, he can see many things.
Chen Hou gradually gained prestige among these refugees.
Eating red bean porridge together on the twelfth lunar month may not be just a casual talk, but a serious matter.
He could completely imagine that in the middle of winter, everyone was sitting together, crying bitterly as they remembered the tragic situation of losing their children half a year ago, and then looking at the thick red bean porridge in the bowl, they were full of confidence in the future.
That’s how prestige comes.
Perhaps, when these refugee leaders grow old, they will still clearly remember this incident and tell it to their descendants over and over again.
Chen Hou's legacy can also be passed on to his descendants.
Isn’t this a stable feudal country for generations?
What is the foundation? This is the foundation.
Alas! He sighed softly.
The children of the noble family played it here and there, but in the end no one from the military family knew how to play.
This person is going to become a celebrity.
Chapter completed!