After entering October, the weather suddenly turned cold.
As soon as they arrived in Henan, the refugees in Xingyang suddenly felt that they could no longer support themselves and started wailing.
Most of them are from Bingzhou, including both Hu and Han people.
From Hedong and Pingyang, some went to Guanzhong, some went to Hongnong, and some went to Shangdang.
It was not that the Liu Han court did not provide disaster relief. But just as Shao Xun was distressed by the low administrative efficiency, Liu Cong was also distressed. In addition, the Xiongnu themselves were not rich and had a weak foundation, so the relief grains were quickly consumed, and many of them fled.
There are still a lot of people.
The one who ran to Guanzhong was absorbed by Liu Can.
The eastern part of Guanzhong has been at peace for several years, and has not suffered any disasters. It has accumulated some savings and eaten a large part of them.
Those who went to Hongnong can only say that it was okay.
Wang Mid divided the land among the local tyrants for many years, cleared out a lot of acres, and saved some money and food. He took the opportunity to recruit strong men and women, grant land and resettle it, and expand his power.
Yes, he only wanted strong men and women, not the old and the weak, and some were even slaughtered for meat. The rest dispersed in droves and ran over the mountains and ridges to Xin'an and Yiyang. Those who died on the way were not allowed.
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This group of people was gathered by Shao Shen, one of the two guardians of the General's Mansion, and after being raised, they were sent to Guangchengze.
During the wars in recent years, Guangchengze dispatched many camp troops, resulting in heavy casualties. In addition, some of them were reorganized into the camp army, leaving a severe shortage of manpower for farming.
Although the old, weak, women and children have limited strength, they are not completely unable to farm, so they can make do with it.
Some of the refugees who ran east were absorbed by the Shangdang, the wealthy families and tribal chiefs in the Xiongnu-controlled area of ​​Taiyuan, and some of them went to Jinyang. But last year, Liu Zun led 30,000 Hu and Han people southward, and Liu Kun had no food left.
It can't be sucked at all.
By the time they got here, the refugees had exhausted all their food, but they had no choice but to continue heading east, toward Hebei. After crossing the Taihang Mountains, only a few of them successfully reached there.
A considerable number of others entered Henan from Taihangxing, Baixing, and Zhiguanxing, and were partly collected by Liu Ya. The rest went to Heyang, entered Henan County, and were then transferred as a whole to Xingyang to settle down and recuperate.
After resting for a period of time and regaining some energy and strength, the prefect sent troops to escort them to Chenliu. Today's group is the first batch, with a total of 5,000 households and a population of more than 12,000. Normally, one household has five people.
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Zao Song looked at them, who were so skinny and skinny, with their eyes numb, that even though they were used to life and death, he was a little silent.
Refugees will not wait until the food is gone before fleeing. In that case, most of them will die violently, and there will be no refugee army running around everywhere.
In fact, most of them were led by local nobles and powerful men. They took all necessary things, such as stored grain, livestock, farm tools, seeds, etc., and fled to places that were not affected by disasters.
There may be looting on the road, and if you break a small manor, you can get food from the fence. If it cannot be broken, it can reduce the food pressure, and the dead people can be turned into food.
Sometimes they would stay briefly in a certain place, farm for a few months, half a year or even a year, and then continue their trek, a bit like a nomadic beggar army.
This is a characteristic of the Jin Dynasty, a well-organized refugee army tied by clan blood ties, and even an official refugee army...
"...Among the thieves in Bingzhou, Li and Yuan were in famine, so they surrendered. They needed to be appeased by Sui, so they could live in peace. Today, Yin Luyan of Henan and Du Dan, the prefect of Xingyang, were entrusted with finding a convenient place to resettle, provide food and relief, and arrange for troops and horses to protect them.
There must be no mistake." General Shogun Xi Cao Yu Lou Xiu read out Shao Xun's order in public.
Du Dan, the prefect of Xingyang, Lu Rong of Zhongmou, and others who were present all responded to the order in unison.
Zao Song, as the minister of Cao of the Zuo people of the Liang Kingdom, added in a low voice: "After the refugees have been raised, the country will send generals and soldiers to move them."
Du Dan smiled and said yes.
Lou Xiu glanced at Lu Rong twice. This man was originally the Prime Minister of Ye County, Nanyang. He was promoted to Zhongmou Ling just this year, and it was he who handled the formalities at that time.
Xicao was in charge of the appointment of officials and had no decision-making power, but the procedures had to go through them, which was equivalent to the labor department.
Correspondingly, Dong Cao was in charge of the appointment of officials above two thousand shi. For example, when Du Dan was appointed as the governor of Xingyang, Dong Cao was responsible for handling the formalities. West Cao was unable to do so because his level was not high enough.
The two Cao Cao of the East and West are actually not high in rank and have no decision-making power. They are not political officials, but they are very critical affairs officers. It seems to be a trend to be appointed by a humble noble family like the Chen Liulou family.
As a disciple of Mr. Liang and a member of the Donghai Township Party, Lu Rong did not do well in the position of Prime Minister of Ye County. It was not that he did not work hard, but it was because the place was complicated. As a Donghai native, he did not have any connections and connections in Ye County.
In terms of connections, he is extremely talented at what he does, not to mention that the county magistrate himself is a second official of the county magistrate, so it is hard for him to excel by nature.
But Liang Gong still trusted and valued him, and transferred him to Zhongmu, a place that had been repeatedly ravaged, as county magistrate, which shows his love and care.
In fact, this is not a bad thing.
Since the melee between the three kings of Changsha, Hejian, and Chengdu, Xingyang has been repeatedly attacked by war. Then came the repeated tug of war between the King of Donghai and the Xiongnu, and then the tug of war between Chen Gong and the Xiongnu. Counting the time, it was almost a full decade of fighting.
The ten-year war was so destructive that refugee commanders such as Li Ju took a fancy to this white land, and many Kansai refugees came here to farm.
It should be much easier for Lu Rong to serve as county magistrate in Zhongmou than in Ye County.
After Lou Xiu read out the order, he left quickly.
Zaosong stayed and said, "This matter is very important and must not be ignored. Is Xingyang's food sufficient?"
Du Dan hesitated for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth. After all, this matter was too big, and if it was messed up, the problem would be serious. He just heard him say: "It's not enough. I sent 200,000 grains and beans to Beijing to solve the problem of Luoyang."
It was a crisis. Liang Gong wanted to attack Qingzhou and stock up on grain and grass. The county also sent 200,000 dendrobiums. Duzhi Yang Xiaowei went up the river and sent them to Jibei for storage. Bianliang built the palace and city, and Xingyang also helped more than ten people.
Tens of thousands of grains and forty thousand bundles of hay. The Huns also sneaked over from the previous period and burned, killed and looted..."
Zaosong thought about it and felt that Xingyang was indeed difficult.
This is a county under Sizhou. It has to support the imperial court. The burden is already heavy, but it also has to support the Liang Kingdom. Life is really difficult.
"First try to raise as much money as possible." Zaosong said: "In troubled times, people are the most important. If you survive this year and next, you will be able to cope with the situation. Can the ruler of Xingyang, Zheng family, Pan family and other big families subdue them?"
Du Dan's face was a little tangled. After thinking about it, he said fiercely: "It is a great righteousness to help the world and save people. If anyone resists, it will be crazy. I will try my best to find ways."
Zaosong stood in awe and said, "I will pay everything to the Lord."
"Don't worry, Minister, the refugees will be settled well," Du Dan said.
Although the Du clan in Jingzhao had Du Yu, they were still from the Guanzhong gentry clan and their influence in Xingyang was very limited. It was a bit difficult to convince others by relying on favors, and they had to use both soft and hard tactics - in fact, there were not many big clans such as the Zheng clan and the Pan clan.
Food can only be raised a little bit.
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Zaosong spent twenty days traveling between Xingyang and Henan counties. When he returned to Bianliang, it was already late October.
The Liucao Yamen Office was crowded in Junyi County and borrowed a house to work.
After returning to a wealthy merchant's house where Zuo Mincao was staying, officials and officials came in and out, sending official letters one after another to him for processing.
Zuo Mincao was a hodgepodge of departments, which existed during the Cao Wei Dynasty. It was initially in charge of repairs, salt ponds, gardens and other work. It had a docking relationship with the Shaofu, generals and the like, and also had business overlap, similar to the "Minister of the Ministry of Industry" in later generations.
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Later, he began to also take charge of household registration, and became a collection of "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Industry" and "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Household Affairs".
Later, he was in charge of household registration, divested himself of the civil engineering business, and transformed into the "Minister of Household Affairs".
Zuo Mincao of the Liang Kingdom was not that complicated. He mainly had two businesses: household registration and service.
Under Zuo Min Shangshu there is Zuo Min Ling Shi - "Book of Jin" revised by the Tang Dynasty calls it "Zuo Ren Ling Shi", which is why it is taboo - the number of members is not fixed, and now there are four, one of whom is a disciple of Liang Gong
, one member is from the Chenliu wealthy family, and the other two members were brought from the Yan Kingdom by Zaosong.
Zaosong still had to pay to support these two cronies he brought with him.
In the early days of the Liang Kingdom, everything was complicated, Lutian had just been opened, the harvest was limited, and there was no salary, and many officials paid their own money to work - in fact, even if the salary was paid in full, the money officials received was not enough.
It must be enough, because he not only has to support his own family, but also supports many officials who actually run errands.
But even so, many people are still willing to be officials, even if they pay a small fee.
Zaosong picked up several official letters on the desk and reviewed them carefully.
This is the household register of Yongqiu County that has just been sorted out.
There were many powerful people in Yongqiu, and it was not easy to clean up their household registration, and they even caused trouble. However, those powerful people were also useless, and they were actually defeated by the Silver Spear Zhongying, who were mostly new soldiers.
Zaosong turned page after page.
Household registers are divided into two categories: genealogical records and registration books.
Genealogy is the basis for selecting officials.
The nine-grade official law is very popular. The character must be determined first, and then the official grade. This genealogy is an important basis for determining character.
The commander-in-chief of the county conducted a large-scale search of the clans, determined their family status, recorded it in the records, and sent it to Zuo Mincao.
The genealogy was made in triplicate. The original was handed over to the Bianliang Secret Pavilion for preservation. One copy was left with Zuo Mincao, and the other copy was given to the Ministry of Civil Affairs Cao, which was needed for review when being appointed to an official position.
After Zaosong read it carefully, he felt that there was no problem, so he called the master of the history of the order and said, "Bring someone to copy two copies."
"Yes." The chief scorer Ling Shi bowed and responded.
"After you finish writing, check carefully to make sure there are no mistakes or omissions." Zaosong warned again.
"yes."
After waving his hand and asking Ling Shi to step aside, Zaosong picked up the register and read it again.
Genealogy books and books were all written on yellow paper, so they were also called "yellow books" - even though they began to be written on white paper later, this customary name continued.
Zaosong's fingers crossed line after line on the register.
The first line: "Zhang Bu, a householder in Jiqiao, Lianghe Township, Yongqiu County, Chenliu County, is married to Mrs. Li."
The second line: "A eldest daughter is not allowed to recruit a younger brother, who is seven years old."
The third line: "I have no children, I am four years old."
The fourth line: "..."
Zaosong flipped through dozens of pages, not just to see if the record was correct - he didn't conduct an on-site investigation, so how could he know if it was correct?
He just checks whether the record format is standardized or not.
Since the Wei Dynasty, there have been rules for what rows and columns to write in registers. Even if you write blindly, you have to write according to the rules.
Among the ten counties of the Liang Kingdom, Zaosong estimates that only the registers of the four counties of Chen, Xincai, Nanton, and Puyang are the most authentic. The registers of the three counties of Liang, Runan, and Chenliu are not so authentic, although Liang Gong attaches great importance to this.
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As for the three counties of Ji, Wei, and Dunqiu north of the river, due to insufficient manpower and insufficient inventory, the registers from the Shile era are still used - the overall records are relatively fake, and probably only the records of soldiers who divided their fields and houses are relatively accurate.
"Liang Gong is too serious, and he doesn't have enough manpower, alas!" Zaosong threw the register aside and sighed.
During the Jin Dynasty, registers had long been a joke, and genealogical records might have been more reliable.
Liang Gong checked the household registration, and it was obvious that he did not intend to allow the powerful nobles to collect taxes indirectly, but to collect taxes directly. This was too ambitious.
Zaosong even doubted whether genealogy records would be recorded in the future.
Without the genealogy, the official selection system of the Nine-Rank Officials Law cannot be implemented. After all, there is no basis for it.
That shouldn't happen, right?
Zaosong heard that the barbarians would order goods for the nobles, but they didn't give up. Did Liang Guild give up?
If you think about it carefully, he probably wants to open up more channels for selecting officials to offset part of the influence of the Nine-Rank Officials Law.
Never mind him!
Zaosong rubbed his eyes. Within the ten counties of the Liang Kingdom, the scholars were not that capable and could not oppose Liang Gong's laws at all.
That is to say, he now needs a large number of powerful men from the gentry to serve as officials for him, so he is trying to win over them. For example, checking household registration requires a large number of officials and temporarily mobilized officials. The first prerequisite is to be able to read and write.
Meeting document format.
After resting, Zaosong picked up the genealogy of Weishi County and started reading the book.
Chapter completed!