On the first day of March, Liang Fen and his servants, escorted by five hundred pro-army troops, drove out of the city in large and small cars and settled in a villa outside the city.
In the afternoon of that day, Shao Xun entered the city and checked into the Governor's Office directly.
It is said to be a government office, but in fact it is also a residence. There are offices in the front and people living in the back. It is just a little simple. No wonder Lao Liang does not like to live there, but lives in his own mansion in the city.
The Liang Mansion was actually empty and had a hanging coupon. Even the house and the unharvested fruits, vegetables, livestock, medicinal materials, etc. were priced at five hundred thousand yuan, which was a bargain.
It can also be seen from this that Lao Liang is very straightforward, he leaves as soon as he wants, without any sloppiness, and does not leave anything behind. With such methods, it is no wonder that he was able to survive during the Eight Kings Rebellion and was promoted step by step.
You know, many officials are dead.
Not only were high-ranking officials such as Shangshu Ling Yueguang and Zuopu Sheyang Xuanzhi, but also many lesser-known officials and minor officials. Even their casualties were even more severe - well, Shi Yuchen, the imperial censor, also survived. They are all talents.
After nightfall, Shao Xun held a banquet in his mansion and entertained several people: Nanyang Neishi Lekai, Nanyang Palace Farmer Wei Fu, Lieutenant Liang Chen, and a man named Huangfuchang.
Needless to say, Lucai was hardly the number one family in Nanyang before, but now it has become firmly established. Whether it is fame, financial resources or connections, it is the well-deserved number one in Nanyang.
When she saw Shao Xun now, she was chatting happily and kept asking why she didn't bring her nephew over. The old lady missed her daughter as well as her grandson.
Liang Chen was a little reserved. But after drinking a few glasses of wine, he gradually became warmer.
Shao Xun once received a secret report from someone that Liang Chen had been in contact with Liang Fen. They told each other of their seniority, and their relationship was unusual.
But he just kept it in mind and didn't pay attention to it.
Liang Chen and Liang Fenlai's relationship and ancestral friendship may be for clinging to each other, or for self-protection.
It's good that someone snitches on someone, but as a superior, you need to take good care of it. You can't just take measures against someone and secretly investigate someone just because of some vague information.
Now it seems that the relationship between Liang Chen and Liang Fen is not very close, they only have a superficial clan connection.
The Liang family is a big family, and it would be a big mistake to think that everyone in the family is of the same mind.
In fact, sometimes they are even enemies.
Shao Xun thought of the person sent by the imperial court to take over the defense of Chang'an after the retreat from Chang'an: Liang Liu.
This man was the son of Huangfu Mi Conggu, who once served as the prefect of Yangping and Chengyang. He was later killed by Sima Yong's remnants. At that time, among Sima Yong's remnants, there was Liang Mai, the prefect of Shiping.
It is not surprising that the children of a big family are divided into various parties.
Liang Chen has no problem with this matter, his problem lies in other aspects.
When talking about the Liang family, we have to mention the Huangfu family.
The prefectures of the two clans were both stable, and they had many marriages with each other. For example, Liang Liu's mother was Huang Fumi's aunt.
Huangfuchang is the son of Huangfuzhong, the former governor of Qinzhou.
Shao Xun has heard of this name.
When the two kings of Hejian and Chengdu attacked Luoyang, Sima Yue was still in the camp of the King of Changsha, and brothers Huangfu Shang and Huangfu Zhong were also attached to the King of Changsha.
After the war began, Huangfu was besieged by troops sent by the King of Hejian.
Huangfu entered Guanzhong on the Shangjiang Road and marched westward with the imperial edict, intending to make the eunuchs who were besieging Huangfu Zhong stop their troops. Halfway through the journey, he was informed by his nephew and died.
Huangfu was isolated and helpless, so he later sent his adopted son Huangfuchang to break out and go to Luoyang to ask for help, but to no avail.
At that time, Shao Xun was still in Jinyong City, but he was not able to meet this man. He only vaguely heard that he had persuaded several officials to do something, but in the end nothing happened.
Huangfuchang obviously thought about this as well. He glanced at Shao Xun sheepishly and raised his wine glass.
Shao Xun was a little strange. Did you plan some conspiracy to kill me?
But this is all old news.
At that time, positions were chaotic. One day we were allies, tomorrow we were enemies. Backstabbing was common. Nothing was surprising.
After he put down his wine glass, he pondered for a moment and successfully attracted the attention of several people. He then said: "The ancients taught us to 'strike with caution and virtue'. Today, the Nanyang soldiers have returned home, and things have ended here. It can be said to be a good and good thing."
As he spoke, he stood up gently, put his hands behind his back, walked slowly in the hall, and said, "There is a difficult matter today."
Having said this, he turned around and looked at the people present.
Le Kai was more flattering than Liang Laodeng, and immediately asked: "What difficulties does Mr. Ming have? You might as well tell him, and we can look into the details later, and maybe we can share your worries."
Shao Xun nodded slightly and said: "Yesterday in the camp, I heard about the quarrel between the Nanyang natives. The situation and scene were so pitiful that I couldn't even feel peaceful while sleeping and eating."
After saying that, he sighed and said: "The natives and refugees are all common people. I also know that there are twists and turns in the process, which is difficult to explain. Now I only hope that the natives and the common people will live in peace and rest, so that the farmers will not be abandoned and the reserves will be saved."
It’s just persistence, how can you teach me?”
The other three people all set their sights on Lucai.
Lucky actually thought about it beforehand.
Everyone is a smart person. After seeing that Shao Xun had no intention of repatriating the Kansai refugees, they knew what to do.
Before coming to the banquet, he even had a brief consultation with representatives of each family. Now these people have sent servants and letters to their respective families to report the news.
Le Kai doesn't mind giving up some more land. Anyway, their family has made a lot of money in the past few years. The number of land, bankers, and tribes has increased sharply. Yongraoye in the south of Wancheng has also been deeply penetrated by their family, and it has been a huge waste.
There are few military equipment of high quality.
The music of the Musicians was released, and the sales were pretty good.
There are more than a hundred cavalry troops.
There are more than a thousand elite troops wearing iron armor and holding large spears.
There are also equipment such as crossbows that are hard to see outside.
They were all saved in recent years, among which Yongraoye, who has more than 5,000 craftsmen and servants, has made great contributions.
I have two younger brothers, one is the internal history of Xincai, the other is the internal history of the court, and he himself is the internal history of Nanyang.
Although the Le family is not a first-class aristocratic family, it is the kind of local wealthy family whose strength exceeds their fame.
The benefits of hooking up with Mr. Chen are too great. If you lose some blood for the time being, you will definitely get back the money doubled in the future. He doesn't mind at all.
But others may not be of the same mind as him.
Your sister will marry the King of Chengdu first and the Le family will reap the benefits.
Just now she was in a bit of a decline, but her sister transformed again and became Mrs. Le in Mr. Chen's house. She also gave birth to his eldest son, and the Le family continued to reap benefits.
Co-authored by you, Lejia always wins, right? What are the benefits to us?
Therefore, this matter is actually quite difficult to handle.
The conflict between natives and guests is not just talk, the dispute between natives and guests in Nanyang is not just a day or two.
The Wang Mi thieves who were left in Henan were able to sort out the turmoil conflict in just one or two years, let alone the long-standing malpractice in Nanyang that lasted for more than ten or twenty years.
But Chen Gong asked, so he had to express his position positively, so he said: "Ming Gong led the army south and eliminated a great chaos. This is called achievement without fighting. To the people of Nanyang, this is called without effort.
There is no greater good. In this turbulent autumn, you should be patient and serve the country. I think you can measure the land and distribute it to the refugees to calm their minds."
"Oh? What's the measurement method?" Shao Xun asked.
"With Wang Ru's Rebellion as the boundary, all the fields occupied behind the boundary will be taken away. Those already occupied by the Kansai refugees are not subject to this restriction." Le Kai said.
For Nanyang, Xiangyang and other counties, Wang Ru's Rebellion was a major event, which greatly destroyed the local order.
A large number of homesteaders, powerful people in some places and even a small number of nobles simply disappeared.
After the chaos, many people crossed south and took boats to Jiangzhou and settled in Yangzhou.
As a result, there were actually a lot of vacant fields, which were successively occupied by the powerful Nanyang nobles.
However, due to the sharp decline in population, they actually could not cultivate so many fields, so a lot of wasteland was picked up and cultivated by Kansai refugees.
What Le Kai meant was that it would be a concession to let the powerful Nanyang gentry give up the land they had annexed after Wang Ru's rebellion and distribute it to the Kansai refugees.
After hearing this, Shao Xun felt that it was quite feasible, so he nodded in agreement: "Hongxu can negotiate with the various tribes on my behalf and wait for good news."
"I would like to obey Duke Ming's order." Le Kai responded.
After negotiating with the Nanyang representative, Shao Xun looked at the three Guanxi people and said, "How many Wubao have you visited recently?"
The three of them looked at each other, and Wei Fu finally said: "More than twenty in total."
"What is the household registration size?"
"More than fourteen thousand families."
"Do you have enough food at home?"
"It's just a hand-to-mouth existence."
Shao Xun nodded, this was to be expected.
Even with Liang Fen helping to take care of it, when faced with the strong backlash from the Nanyang natives, the Kansai people would definitely start farming from the corners of the land that the natives had abandoned.
Why are these lands abandoned?
Nanyang has experienced many wars, which can be traced back to the Zhao Wanglun period. Later, it was affected by Zhang Chang's Rebellion. After being barely pacified, it ushered in Wang Ru's Rebellion.
This land is not peaceful.
After the sharp reduction in household registration, there were fewer people and more land. The Nanyang natives naturally picked up the best and most fertile fields for cultivation. The Kansai people could only pick up what they had left. Coupled with the factors of abandonment, it is conceivable that the harvest was not high.
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Being hungry is normal.
"I want to recruit a group of people from Guanxi to farm in the counties of Runan, and they will be governed by national laws and military disciplines." Shao Xun said, "First recruit five thousand households, and then recruit ten thousand households. You may do this for me.
thing?"
There are too many Guanxi refugees in the Mianbei counties. After more than ten to twenty years, there are more than 60,000 families, and there are even many "Guanxi people" who were born in Nanyang since childhood.
He planned to dilute it, on the one hand, to reduce the conflict between natives and guests, and on the other hand, he could build a base in Runan and strengthen his control over the local area.
Runan is the last fortress in western Henan that has not yet been cleared on a large scale. This large county must be turned into a de facto territory directly under the jurisdiction of the government. Moreover, Runan has more wasteland than Nanyang. Many places have primitive landforms until the Tang Dynasty, and have never been
It has been developed and is suitable for resettling refugees.
In the final analysis, farmers are the fundamental people.
He wants direct rule, not indirect rule, let alone unity.
The 15,000 households are just the first batch. He will recruit the second and third batches later depending on the situation.
But he won't get rid of all the Kansai people in Nanyang. That would be unrealistic and unreasonable. Anyone who understands this will naturally understand.
"Every order given by Duke Ming must be obeyed," Wei Fu, Liang Chen, and Huangfuchang said in unison.
Chapter completed!