Zhu Fan nodded and said: "They have agreed to take the initiative to help the court call for help and organize the gathering of young people. They will start tomorrow."
Zhu Biao ordered: "Ask all the new scholars and nobles to follow and help record the arrangements. In short, let them participate."
Zhu Fan scratched his head: "Brother, they don't have much experience. I'm afraid they will delay a lot of things."
Zhu Biao said nonchalantly: "The resettlement is more than just this one trip. We have to make them familiar with it so that they can have an experience to refer to in the future."
Zhu Fan accepted the order after hearing this, and the specific relocation ratio was discussed and worked out. According to the ratio of "a family of four will be left behind; a family of six will be left behind, two will be left; a family of eight will be left behind three".
The able-bodied are given priority, those with disabilities are given priority, and those with disabilities can be cared for by more people...
There are also many preferential benefits used to appeal. For example, the imperial court will be responsible for their meals along the way, and will distribute cotton-padded clothes to them to prepare for the winter. They will also help them settle down and buy farm tools when they arrive, so that the land can be "settled and cultivated".
They will be exempted from taxes for three years.
The most important benefit is that they will be given livestock, including cattle and sheep, which has not been available in previous dynasties. Fortunately, Zhu Biao destroyed the Beiyuan Dynasty and plundered the grasslands, otherwise a cow would be much more valuable than a person in the Ming Dynasty.
In the next few days, only ten thousand people were left waiting at Zhu Biao's camp. The rest were dispersed to various parts of Shanxi, cooperating with local officials and gentry to gather the people. Zhu Biao led the people to relax in the camp. Two hundred thousand people were to gather here.
, no joke.
Of course, Zhu Biao decided to gather five people and arrange for them to be sent away in one wave. Otherwise, digging enough pits for 200,000 people to poop would be a big problem. The Shanxi garrison was gradually moving closer to Zhu Biao, and they would be responsible.
Transport emigrants.
Zhu Biao's 30,000 elites were mainly to protect the prince and intimidate the Shanxi gentry. They alone could not escort 200,000 people. Yes, they were escorts. There were still few people willing to cooperate, even if there were leaders from the gentry government to persuade them.
Nearly half a month later, 60,000 people gathered in the camp. Every night they were crying loudly. Zhu Biao was also very worried, but there was nothing he could do about them. You could just force them to move their homes, but you still couldn't let them cry.
Cried?
Forget it, the problem is that rumors are spreading all over Shanxi. People are saying that Emperor Zhu listened to the sorcerers and thought that Shanxi has dragon energy. If he doesn't kill the Shanxi people, the throne will not be long, so he became anxious and furious.
His son was sent to arrest them, and finally dug a big pit and buried them all alive.
Zhu Biao was helpless when he heard about it. The common people didn't know many Chinese characters, but they were very good at spreading rumors. Basically no one in Shanxi knew about such rumors. I'm afraid some scholars were secretly causing trouble.
reason.
Some people fled into the mountains and forests with their children, and an entire village resisted with pitchforks and hoes at the call of the village elder. These news were reported every day. The people were ignorant and reckless, but how could they resist the army?
Zhu Biao had ordered that the focus should be on subjugation, and that people should not be killed easily, and that the elites he brought as warlords should supervise them, otherwise the quality and murderousness of the garrison would be enough to massacre the entire village.
This was the result of the cooperation of the gentry, otherwise their local reputation would have made the matter more complicated. Zhu Fan, Guo Chong, Wu Bozong and others all gathered in the camp.
Zhu Fan said: "Brother, the number of people is almost the same, the camp is full, and there will be a steady stream of people coming tomorrow."
Zhu Biao nodded and looked at everyone, and finally designated Zhu Fan and Wu Bozong and said: "Third brother, this first batch is particularly important. There are many young people in it. You must manage it carefully. I will give you 3,000 elites and 20,000 Shanxi garrison troops."
, you should proceed with caution."
Zhu Fan has matured a lot after going through this journey, and his status as King of Chu is enough to allow local officials on the road to try their best to provide food. If they can successfully reach Fengyang first, they can lay a solid foundation.
There were faint cries outside again, and Zhu Biao sighed: "It will be fine once we get out of Shanxi. You should also be more tolerant, don't be too harsh, and give priority to women and children."
Zhu Fan and Wu Bozong bowed and agreed, and they set off early the next morning. Suddenly, the sound of crying and howling resounded throughout the military camp. The soldiers scolded them irritably. If His Highness hadn't been watching, they would have given these bastards a few whips.
Already.
Zhu Biao watched them being pushed out with his hands behind his back. During the initial escort process, groups of men, women, and children had their hands tied behind their backs. They were escorted by officers and soldiers on the road. They would be released only after they were far away from Shanxi.
Zhu Biao sighed and closed his eyes. This was undoubtedly extremely inhumane, but it was also something that had to be done. Otherwise, how could those areas where there were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles and where bones were exposed in the wild be rejuvenated?
The people on the side wanted to say a few words of comfort, but Zhu Biao raised his hand to stop him. He did not need anyone to comfort him. This was what he had to bear, whether it was honor or the resentment of the people.
At noon, the crying people began to be sent to the camp again, and the new scholars and nobles were also engaged in new busyness. These people were all pampered, and of course they did not want to serve the mud-legged people.
However, Chang Mao and Fu Zhong would not tolerate them. If they didn't want to do the management work, they would dig pits and move food for cooking. They had to work anyway.
Half a month later, another 60,000 to 70,000 people gathered. Zhu Biao couldn't sleep at night from the beginning and got used to their cries and howls. He still used the same strategy, giving preferential treatment to women, children, young adults, and doing whatever work he could.
The second batch of Zhu Biao asked Guo Chong and Li Jin to be responsible for escorting, and gave 3,000 elites and 30,000 garrison troops to escort. He kept all the sick women and children and placed them in a corner of the military camp for isolation and treatment. Fortunately, he brought many imperial doctors with him this time, otherwise,
With so many people gathering together, it could cause serious problems if the infection spreads.
Now that the weather has turned cooler and autumn has arrived, the camp is full again and the relocation is over. Zhu Biao will personally send them to Fengyang for resettlement.
During this time, officials and gentry from all over Shanxi came to visit Zhu Biao, and even Zhang Wei came to give him something. Zhang was afraid that he would catch the cold, so she hurriedly made clothes, cloaks and other thicker clothes, although Liu Jin had already prepared these.
, but Zhu Biao was still very happy.
Xu Yungong also transported coal and set off for Fengyang. The two brothers Zhu Feng and Zhu Di finally completed their tasks. Countless officials fell under the hands of the two brothers. They thought that they were finally done and could relax with their eldest brother.
As a result, he got angry because of the crying and howling that night, which was really annoying, but the others had long been used to it. The ignorance of the people and the rumors circulating everywhere made them panic, even if Zhu Biao went to comfort him in person.
No big deal, I don’t believe you at all. Should I cry or cry at night?
Every day, new people were escorted in. After half a month, the number of people was carefully counted. Counting those who had already been sent away, there were about 210,000 people in total.
Zhu Biao picked up another record. At present, there are hundreds of people who have died due to various accidents such as resisting diseases and running away. More than ten soldiers were attacked and killed by the people, and more than 50 soldiers were sentenced to death for their crimes.
This record will never be known to anyone else, nor will the court recognize it.