Chapter 828 0823 [Xixia still wants to steal territory]
"Since the Jin people ravaged the country, they have burned and plundered them all, and the wealthy people have been scattered, and they are only surviving. When the Khitan arrives, they will obey the Khitan, when the Jin people arrive, they will obey the Jin people, and when the king's division arrives, they will obey the king's division. But the camp is only free from killings, how can it be defended?
yeah?"
This passage comes from Ma Kuan's mouth.
At that time, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were discussing military affairs and discussing how to defend Yanyun after they had redeemed it. Privy Councilor Zheng Juzhong said that local heroes from Yanyun should be used to guard it for generations.
Ma Kuo knew the Han people in the North very well, so he said those words.
The Han people in the north, no matter who surrendered, could not help the Song Dynasty defend their territory.
Ma Kuo also suggested to immigrate to the border area, and it would take several years for the army to consolidate the new land. His suggestion was very good, but the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not adopt it because they did not have so much money and food to do it. All the money and food in the Song Dynasty treasury were given to the Jin Dynasty.
The country has redeemed the land.
"The Zhao family, a survivor of the Five Dynasties, bows to His Majesty the Emperor of Han. Long live, long live, long live!"
"Han's family in the north, come and pay homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"
"..."
When Ju Ming led his army to Xianping Mansion, the place where the largest number of Han people had been relocated, Ma Kuo's words were once again fulfilled.
Those Han families that had withered away brought their old and young to join the Ming Dynasty.
It really depends on who will surrender!
Moreover, they also renounced their relationship with the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, and either claimed to be survivors of the Five Dynasties, or claimed to be the Han people in the North. Now they happily returned to the rule of the Han Emperor.
Ju Ming showed great kindness and accepted their surrender with a smile.
After entering Xianping Prefecture, Zhu Ming ordered his surroundings: "Write it down. Some of the Bohai people in Liaoyang Prefecture migrated to Youyan. Of the remaining ones, half of them migrated to Xianping. One-third of the Han people in Xianping migrated.
After arriving in Liaoyang, one-third migrated to Shenzhou."
Such a large-scale exchange and migration may cause many people to die and may cause some chaos. But Ju Ming will not consider too many. All ethnic groups must live together and cannot allow one ethnic group to dominate.
Immediately afterwards, Ju Ming said: "All ethnic groups are ordered to hand over books written in Khitan and Jurchen scripts. If there are any books written in Khitan and Jurchen scripts, they will be punished for treason! Buildings, inscriptions, plaques everywhere... all those with Khitan and Jurchen scripts will be handed over.
destroy!"
This may destroy cultural relics, historical materials, etc., but it doesn't matter to Ju Ming.
Khitan and Jurchen writing must disappear from now on!
"Your Majesty, people from the four surnames and six tribes are still standing outside." Bai Sheng muttered.
Ju Ming said: "Let them come in."
There were four major surnames and six major clans in the Liao Kingdom: "Han, Liu, Ma, Zhao". Although their strength was greatly reduced when they moved to Liaodong, the emaciated camels were bigger than horses.
A group of people came in and knelt down, kowtowed when they were greeted outside the city, and kowtowed again and again now.
Liu E was also kneeling there!
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Zhu Ming asked.
Everyone looked at Liu E. After all, he had the merit of surrender.
Liu E bit the bullet and said: "The four surnames of Youyan are requesting to move back to their ancestral land."
Ju Ming sneered: "Which one is the Han family in Youzhou?"
An old man came forward and said: "Han Zhen, a common man, comes to see His Majesty the Emperor."
Zhu Ming asked: "Han Chang belongs to your family, right? He was very brave when fighting for the Jin people, but he had no choice but to join the Ming Dynasty in the end. There is also the Jin Kingdom in Beijing, and the Han family in Youzhou is serving as an official. It is my blade. Is it bad, or is it because you, the Han family, have merit? You actually want to move back to Youzhou!"
"The common people don't dare!" Han Zhen was so frightened that he kowtowed quickly.
Ju Ming said: "Before the spring plowing next year, half of the Han family in Youzhou will move to Liaoyang and the other half to Shenzhou. There must be no mistake!"
Han Zhen hesitated to speak, but finally did not dare to say anything more.
Ju Ming asked again: "Where is the Han family in Jizhou?"
Another man named Han knelt down and stepped forward: "Here!"
Ju Ming said: "Half of the Han family in Jizhou moved to Liaoyang."
"yes."
"Where is the Ma family in Yingzhou?"
"exist."
"Half of you migrated to Shenzhou. Where is the Lulong Zhao family?"
"The common man Zhao Qi comes to see His Majesty."
"The Lulong Zhao family moved half of the family to Shenzhou."
"..."
Zhu Ming said to Liu E again: "Your Liu family in Changping has been split up by the Jin Dynasty. If you rehabilitate yourself, you don't need to split up the clan and move again."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liu E couldn't be happier.
Many of the clansmen and villagers of these big families were conscripted into the army, and a lot of them were captured by the Ming army.
The prisoners who surrendered or were captured earlier were given food and sent back to their hometowns.
There are still many captives left, who are temporarily organized into the army or civilian husbands. They are not allowed to return to their hometowns, and must follow the court's arrangements and be placed in other prefectures and counties in Liaodong. As for their relatives, they ask someone to bring them back with a letter, and they are willing to move together. The land can be divided.
Ju Ming added: "All your domestic slaves and serfs must be released immediately, and I will distribute land to them for cultivation! Household slaves who voluntarily stay must sign an employment contract. Remember, they stay voluntarily. Which domestic slave must Escape and report you for secretly keeping slaves... Hehe, you can think about the consequences yourself."
Everyone was as silent as cicadas.
A few days ago, Jin Wushu, who was running away like crazy, robbed a group of people when he passed by Xianping Mansion. Not only did he rob the food of the Han family, he even burned the food that could not be taken away.
They have already suffered a lot, and now they are being demolished and relocated by the Ming Dynasty, and they are also forced to free their slaves.
How will we spend our days in the future?
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The lives of countless people are more difficult than these large families.
Northern Shanxi.
Wanyan Zonghan had already evacuated as planned, and before leaving, he plundered and destroyed the people.
The common people have nothing to exploit, so the golden soldiers naturally focus on the rich households. If they don't give them enough food, they will destroy them. Even if they give them enough food, they will kill a few casually.
Whenever the Jin soldiers evacuated from a city, they would set fire to the houses inside and outside the city.
Datong, Shuozhou, Wuzhou, Yuzhou, Hongzhou... all prefectures and counties were displaced, with millions of people homeless.
The anti-golden rebels took the opportunity to recruit young men and went out of the mountainous areas to cause trouble. There was a mixed bag of good and bad, some were really anti-golden martyrs, while others had already become bandits.
When Zhang Guangdao led his troops to occupy northern Shanxi, the area was already in chaos.
He first recruited refugees to serve as military and civilian servants, and sent the original civilian servants back to their hometowns. Then he was busy recruiting rebels and annihilating those bandits who looted under the banner of anti-golden forces - they only fought when the situation became big, and small gangs could not control them at all.
Then, the collected rebels were transferred back to their hometowns according to their original places of origin.
Each rebel army that returned home was sent to lead one or two hundred Ming troops. They were responsible for garrisoning various cities, helping the civilian officials who arrived to govern the place, and they were also responsible for destroying bandits within the territory.
For a whole month, Zhang Guangdao stayed in northern Shanxi, busy cleaning up the mess, and had no time to chase the Jin people.
"Captain, the various ministries in Tang Dynasty have sent people to ask for help. The Xixia army has already reached Yunnei Prefecture!"
Commander-in-Chief is Zhang Guangdao's new official position, which belongs to wartime dispatch. Li Bao is also the Commander-in-Chief now.
As for Yunnei Prefecture, it is the left and right banners of Tumut in later generations, and a small area in the northern part of Yinshan Mountain.
The Xixia army took advantage of the situation, shouted to help the Ming Dynasty and cut down the gold, and tried to annex the Tumut left and right banner grasslands - and even wanted to get involved in Hohhot!
"Chen Ziyi, Yao Pingzhong, Wu Jie, Guo Pharmacist, follow me to the grassland!"
Arrangements have been made in various places in northern Shanxi.
The newly appointed civilian officials have arrived to help the displaced people rebuild their homes. There are also one to two hundred Ming troops and hundreds of rebels in each county to maintain public order and eliminate bandits.
As long as one or two troops are left and stationed at strategic locations, Zhang Guangdao no longer has to worry and can lead his troops to the grasslands.
Zhang Guangdao led the main force to station in Xuanning (the northeastern coast of Daihai Lake in Liangcheng County), where there were cities and cultivated land developed by the Liao Kingdom, which could prevent Wanyan Zonghan from suddenly coming back.
Then, Chen Ziyi was sent as the vanguard, and Yao Pingzhong led the army to follow up.
Han Shizhong had already gone up the Yellow River and took the seat of Yunnei Prefecture (the ancient town of Tuoketuo County). He arrived one step ahead of Chen Ziyi.
The grassland tribes who were unwilling to surrender to Xixia came to seek refuge with Han Shizhong and Chen Ziyi.
A few days later, Han Shizhong met Li Liangfu of Xixia.
Li Liangfu did not dare to attack the Ming army without permission, so he rode over in person and said: "I am ordered by the king of the country and the king of Jin to lead the troops to help the Ming conquer the Jin. The tribes here are all lackeys of the Jin. We have helped the Ming conquer two of them."
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Han Shizhong said: "Since we are helping the Ming to conquer gold, now that the Ming soldiers have arrived, the Xixia tribes can retreat immediately. Also, the Tang tribes were forced to invest in gold, but they had actually secretly submitted to the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty has already ennobled the leaders of each tribe. You attack
They are all princes of the Ming Dynasty."
How can you be willing to spit out the fat you eat in your mouth?
Li Liangfu also couldn't make the decision: "General, please wait a moment. I want to go back and ask the King of Jin for instructions."
Li Liangfu led his army to withdraw north, but Han Shizhong did not want to wait. He left the infantry and civilians behind, and took only a few hundred cavalry and ran to Yunnei Prefecture City in person.
Brother Richard was in the city. Hearing that General Ming Dynasty was coming, he had no choice but to lead his soldiers out of the city to greet him.
As soon as they met, Han Shizhong asked: "This city was originally in the Liao region, and all the ministries have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty has come to collect Yunnei Prefecture. Since you are helping the Ming Dynasty to cut down the gold, why are you still occupying it now that the Jin soldiers have already escaped?"
city?"
Brother Richard saw that Han Shizhong only brought a few hundred cavalry, and immediately had the urge to turn against him and kill him.
But it was easy to kill Han Shizhong, but Ming's revenge was difficult to resist.
It is obvious what Xixia's calculation was. They had taken advantage of the weakness of the Jin Kingdom to expand their territory to Baotou, and they also obtained the tacit approval of the Ming Dynasty. So they thought of repeating the same trick and taking the opportunity to swallow up Yunnei Prefecture.
But he didn't expect that the Ming army would arrive so quickly this time - while Zhang Guangdao was still governing northern Shanxi, Han Shizhong had already sent troops.
Brother Richard has sent nearly ten thousand troops, consumed countless amounts of food and fodder, and has already fought two battles. He really doesn't want to go back in despair.
Han Shizhong added: "He who doesn't know is not guilty. The tribes of the ancient Tang Dynasty have secretly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, so you don't know. Forget it. This time, helping the Ming Dynasty to cut down the gold can be regarded as Xixia's contribution. I will report it to the court later and ask your Majesty to reward Xixia. You guys
...Hurry up and give up the city!"
Brother Richard forced a smile and said: "General, you have traveled a long way, please come to the city to have a banquet."
Han Shizhong's attitude became more and more tough: "Yunnei Prefecture is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Roufu City is also the city of the Ming Dynasty. Even if there is a banquet, the Xixia soldiers will withdraw first, and I, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, will enter the city to entertain you!"
Brother Richard was silent.
"Qiang!"
Han Shizhong drew his sword and said: "Although I only brought a few hundred cavalry here, we still have to fight for every inch of territory. If you are not convinced, let's fight here!"
Hundreds of Ming cavalrymen raised their weapons.
As soon as Han Shizhong gave the order, they were about to charge towards Brother Richard.
Brother Richard was already furious, but he did not dare to fall out with Ming Dynasty. He sent an order: "The entire army withdraws from Roufu City!"