A huge hand-drawn map hangs on the wall.
Zuo Min Cao Shangshu Zaosong took the yellow book handed over by his assistant and reported in person: "Pingyang County has resettled more than 7,000 people, including 41 households in Qingyang Liyang Village, Yongji Township, and 38 households in Lan Village...
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"Are these villages still there?" Shao Xun turned around and asked.
"The houses are still there, but they all have owners. During peacetime, they are scattered in various villages farming and herding, and when there is police, they move into the manor and live together."
"Have the owners of the manor been punished?"
"Everyone has their own punishment."
"Pingyang is a place that rivals Chen Liuyou. It's really not easy to dig a little bit of ground." Shao Xun turned around again and said, "Continue."
"More than 2,000 people have been resettled in Xiangling County. This is the mansion of Liu Yi, the puppet king of Hejian. It was originally used to house the field army. Now it has been distributed. The plan is..."
"Yang County has resettled more than 4,000 people..."
After the lengthy report, Shao Xun came back to his senses and said: "In other words, Pingyang County has more than 20,000 people, and they are widely distributed in various counties. Hedong County has more than 14,000 people, of which Dayang County accounts for more than 14,000 people.
Half. The remaining more than 5,000 people will move to Xihe County years later?"
"Yes." Zaosong replied: "There is the mansion and pasture of King Gaoping of the Puppet Han Dynasty away from the stone."
"Is that enough?"
"There is also an area of ​​the Wang family's mansion over there in Jiexiu. The king has built a new Shilou and Fangshan County. There may be wasteland that can be cultivated."
"No." Shao Xun turned around and looked at Zaosong and said: "Shilou, the wasteland in Fangshan Mountain, was cultivated by the Huns. Anyway, their migration is uncertain, and there are still people who have not come to pay homage. We can ask for it. Share it with ten thousand people."
The winner must be the familiar land."
Zaosong responded yes.
Wang Yan, the commander of the Zuo Army, heard this and immediately said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will go to Xihe next spring and I will definitely get this matter sorted out."
Shao Xun smiled and asked, "Won't Yifu return to Luoyang?"
"There is nothing going on in Luoyang, but the placement of Wan Shengjun is more important." Wang Yan said: "To be honest with you, all industries in Luoyang are in ruins now, and it is not interesting to live in Luoyang. The spices can no longer be bought. The merchants are very shrewd. In the past,
Went to Bianliang, now come to Pingyang."
Shao Xun couldn't help but smile.
Businessmen know best where to do business. In the past year, many people got tired of traveling between Bianliang and Pingyang, so they requested to stay in Pingyang temporarily, and finally they agreed one after another.
Shao Xun didn't want to trick them.
In the next two years, there will probably be no major construction in Bianliang City. There will basically be only small-scale construction activities, mainly focusing on trench digging and dredging. It is unlikely that manpower and material resources will be used to build cities and palaces.
The political center has slowly shifted to Binh Duong.
We don't have enough financial resources, so that's all we can do.
The Turtle does not know how to fight in five years (321), cannot afford to fight, and does not have that ability.
"I heard that the harvest in Kansai was good last year?" Shao Xun looked at the map again, drew his finger west of the Yellow River, and asked.
"There is plenty of rain in Kansai, but there has been no disaster." Zao Song sighed, "It has been two years in a row."
In fact, in the second half of the year, bandit soldiers came out of the east city of Pubanjin and attacked Hedong. They fought to repel the Silver Spear Right Battalion from the south of Lishi. This is a clear example.
Now the Yinqiang Right Battalion has returned to Bianliang to rest and recuperate, and has been replaced by Heijin Left Battalion, which has been resting for half a year. Considering the alignment of the Hedong clan, the Huns have no chance on this side.
The Yinqiang left camp has also returned to rest and recuperate, and the Yinqiang middle camp who stayed in Bianliang was stationed in Pingyang.
So far, the troops stationed in the two counties of Pingyang and Hedong mainly include 12,000 soldiers of the Heijin Left Camp and the Silver Spear Middle Camp, plus 40,000 soldiers of the imperial army, mule army, government soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers from various ministries, for a total of 50,000 soldiers.
Twelve thousand.
If Liu Can wanted to attack, he would have to bring over the approximately 17,000 forbidden soldiers he had in order to have any chance of winning.
But if these 17,000 elite soldiers are handed over, Kansai will definitely not be able to defend it. It seems that he does not dare to gamble.
Now that there are 40,000 yellow-headed troops, apart from other things, there is no need for the miscellaneous soldiers from various tribes to serve as auxiliary troops. At best, some tribal light cavalry are needed.
Next year's military focus will be on training the Yellow Head Army. If there is a chance, harass Hexi, move in and out quickly, and give the Huns a little surprise.
The economy is mainly based on farming, animal husbandry and savings.
Last year's war and this year's floods consumed a lot of money. The manor of a wealthy family is not an unlimited cash machine. In fact, they are almost squeezed. If they continue to do so, they will really rebel.
Politically, the main task is to clarify the official system.
The ninth and eighteenth levels have been discussed for a year, and the complete plan has been released and is ready for trial operation.
This is a very sensitive matter. Several old men are fighting overtly and covertly, and they almost have to break up in person.
Shao Xun is now the arbiter. He seems aloof, but he cannot operate blindly.
As for diplomacy, there is actually no diplomacy.
There were floods in some areas in Jiangdong last year, and many people starved to death in Jianye. They were unable to go north. Even if Wang Dun and others insisted on going their own way, they would be held back.
Wang Chuzhong did not ignore Jianye's ability, and he was not a fool.
If Henan is in disarray, maybe we can give it a try. Now that Henan is unified, what idiot would do such an idiotic thing of being attacked from both sides?
"Midsummer is so difficult, we have to work together to help each other." Shao Xun stopped looking at the map and said, "That's it, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so let's not talk about these disappointing things."
What he needs most now is time.
It’s not that he doesn’t have enough time, it’s that his changes to society require time to settle and accumulate.
If you can't see results in one or two years, you have to extend the time span to 20, 30, 30 or 40 years before you can see some clues.
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As the snow falls silently, another new year arrives.
When he conquered Pingyang the year before last, the Emperor of Luoyang did not announce the change of Yuan Dynasty, as he seemed to have lost his spirit, so this year is the fifth year of the Divine Turtle (321) - changing Yuan Dynasty was one of the few powers Sima Chi had.
In the new year, the surname Lu will be officially implemented.
Lu surnames are also divided into levels, but it is relatively rough, with only four levels: A, B, C, and D.
Originally, Wang Yan suggested creating another "sub" level, namely sub-A, sub-B, etc., but this was rejected and will not be done for the time being.
There are many supporting measures to assess the family status of Lu surnames, the most important of which is to change the surname to Han.
In fact, the Central Plains aristocratic family attaches great importance to this. Even if they really want to marry, they "hate the repetition of their names", and everything will be ruined in the end.
Historically, the Northern Wei Dynasty faced such a situation, and the final result was a compromise by the barbarians.
For example, the Bu Liugu family was changed to the Lu family, the Wanniu Yu family was changed to the Yu family, the Qiu Dun family was changed to the Qiu family, the Hu Gukou Yin family was changed to the Hou family, and the Luo Ba family was changed to the Luo family, etc. - but some
The two-character surname has not been changed because there are also two-character surnames in Chinese surnames.
At this time, it was not that troublesome. Because the Huns had entered the Central Plains for many years, many people had already consciously changed their surnames.
To put it in layman's terms, the Xiongnu nobles belong to the old money, and are not comparable to the upstarts like Tuoba Wei.
In the first criticism, Shangdang Liu and Beiping Duan were named "A".
Kelan Liu, Guangning Su are the "B surnames".
Pingyang Liu, Pingyang Huyan, and Xihe Qiao are "Bing".
As for Hedong Dong, Pingyang Lan, Xihe Wang, etc., they have the surname "Ding".
When selecting officials, the fourth-class surnames were demoted three levels, that is, the highest-ranking Shangdang Liu and Beiping Duan were equivalent to the fourth-level nobles among Han surnames. When considering the official appointment, both the Hu and Han clans had to be demoted.
, therefore Shangdang Liu and Beiping Duan could only start as minor officials of seventh or eighth rank.
But in any case, this is already a zero breakthrough, which is very rare.
Therefore, Liu Runzhong, the governor of Shangdang, couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing the news. He came to Pingyang to express his congratulations. He also held a banquet in his mansion that night and invited several acquaintances to have a drink together, which was very lively all night long.
Wen Qiao also went, and the next day he staggered to visit his old boss Wang Yan.
"Who was present yesterday?" Wang Yan asked his servants to make sobering soup, then sat opposite Wen Qiao and asked.
"Most of them are scholars with the surname of Lu, or the old tribe of Bingzhou." Wen Qiao said with a slight pain in his head and groaned.
"You look lazy." Wang Yan laughed and scolded, "What's the scenery like?"
Having said this, Wen Qiao sobered up a little and said: "Among the Xiongnu surnames such as Liu, Qiao, Huyan, etc., their descendants often have impressive literary achievements, and many of them have romantic titles, which surprised me.
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"Oh? How far can we see it?" Wang Yan asked.
Wen Qiao frowned and thought hard, as if it was difficult to judge, so he could only say: "More like a scholar than King Liang."
Wang Yan clapped his hands and laughed.
"I think so too." After laughing, Wang Yan shook his head and said.
Yesterday, during the first day of greetings, the Ningshuo Palace was very lively. A nobleman of the Huyan clan of the Huns actually wrote a poem, which shocked the scene.
Yesterday was also the first time that a scholar with the surname of Lu was invited to attend the imperial congratulations, which had a strong political connotation.
"Shangdang Liu family is not very good." Wen Qiao added: "Although the deer tail from his family is very delicious, I still want to say that his family background is too poor and he is not very popular."
"What a pity!" Wang Yan suddenly sighed: "The King of Liang attaches great importance to practical matters and not to romance, so what can I do? The Liu family of Shangdang can at least gallop, and the situation will not be much different. But if Liu Runzhong knew the opportunity
, you should educate your grandchildren well, pay attention to poetry and calligraphy, and know etiquette, so that you can be accepted by the Guan clan."
As for why we don’t train our sons, it’s because it’s too late! All of them are just ruthless men who have been stereotyped and it’s a waste of effort.
"Hey, Liu Runzhong was planning a marriage between his children last night. Although his words were cryptic, everyone here could hear them." Wen Qiao said again.
Wang Yan chuckled lightly and said: "Perhaps there are some poor people who can take a fancy to them."
"It's true!" Wen Qiao said with a smile: "The family status is not low, he is a member of the Sun family in Zhongdu."
"Oh? That's really shameless." Wang Yan said in surprise.
The Sun family in the central capital of Taiyuan was relatively famous during the Cao Wei Dynasty. Sun Zi once served as a hussar general and a minister, but he was not very good in this dynasty and suffered a serious defeat.
During the Yongjia Rebellion, a large part of the clansmen crossed south to Jianye, and those who stayed in Taiyuan were repeatedly hit hard and could no longer maintain their families.
The Shangdang Liu Naihu was named A, and there were many people in his tribe. Liu Runzhong, Liu Hezhu, Liu Da, Liu Quan, Liu Zhao and others had all made military exploits. The family was obviously on the way up, and it was worth building connections with.
Especially now that they obviously have low self-esteem and are prone to making mistakes, as long as they don't care about reputation, the benefits of marrying them are very great.
It seems that the Sun family of Zhongdu is willing to risk everything.
"Liu Runzhong's three sons have all married the daughters of tribal chiefs. This time they plan to marry a legitimate daughter to a descendant of the Sun family. From now on, the Dang Liu and Taiyuan Sun clans will be in-laws," Wen Qiao said.
Wang Yan fell silent.
It was impossible for him to lower his face and make friends with Liu from Shangdang.
This kind of family with a strong sense of martial arts has a low status, let alone being a barbarian.
The pride of a noble family should not be lost.
To put it bluntly, even if King Liang has reached this point, Wang Jingfeng and Wang Huifeng are still widows, and King Liang is not worthy of marrying them, let alone becoming his wife. Madam said nicely, aren't they just concubines?
But - alas, he finally knelt down softly.
"Liu Runzhong is just the beginning." Wang Yan sighed: "The world is in chaos, how many scholar families have been ruined? There are so many people who are eager to revive their families. People are forced to do something, and what can't be done? From now on, those who marry high-ranking families with the surname of Lu will marry.
There will be more and more of them. It is a general trend that cannot be stopped. I don’t know what this world will become.”
Chapter completed!