Doopeng smiled and said: "Of course I know, this is actually a deal that Liu Muzhi and Wang Miaoyin decided privately to make with the aristocratic family. Liu Yu wanted to develop the semi-barren land in the six counties of Jiangbei. He lacked manpower, let alone
The officials who managed the newly arrived people, as well as the experienced farmers who could open up wasteland and irrigate, could only be assisted by the manor of the Wu Di family at that time. Therefore, Liu Muzhi half-hidden Liu Yu, and communicated with the aristocratic family at that time.
, through the connection between Wang Miaoyin and Mrs. Xie, a deal was made."
Heipao suddenly became interested: "You are good at this information. I want to know the general details of this kind of transaction, which may be used against Liu Yu in the future."
Doupeng nodded: "This deal is not limited to Jiangbei, but also includes Wu. At that time, the rebellion of Tianshi Dao under the leadership of Sun En had just ended. Wu also had a large amount of unclaimed wasteland, because many manors, with the
All the nephews and nephews of the aristocratic family who were the original owners of the manor were killed, the land deeds were burned, and it became a no-man's land. Most of the tenant farmers and villagers in the manor fled elsewhere, or simply joined the Tianshi Tao.
The army never comes back."
"What is more troublesome than the crusade against Tianshi Dao is the management and reconstruction after the war. More than two years of war have turned many originally fertile places into graveyards full of corpses, bones exposed, and overgrown grass.
In some counties, there were less than 100 registered households, which became a very troublesome problem for Liu Yuxin's regime at that time. After all, he had just defeated Huan Xuan and was about to launch another Western Expedition. These needed food, grass, ordnance, and cloth. If they could not recover
The production in Wudi and Liu Yu's regime were likely to face collapse because they could not even provide food, clothing and daily necessities in Jiankang City. Of course, Liu Yu only focused on fighting and did not care much about actual governance. Therefore, dealing with these
The trouble fell on Liu Muzhi and Wang Miaoyin."
The black robe softly said "Oh": "I remember that Liu Yu didn't let a large number of veterans and heroes of Jianyi retire and go home, and allocate the wasteland manor in Wu land according to their titles. Like the Shen brothers, didn't they just occupy Wu land?
Many territories have re-emerged from Wuxing County and have their families been restored?"
Doupeng shook his head: "The things you saw about the Shen family's five tigers regaining their family property are just isolated incidents. In fact, even the Shen family did not rely on merit to occupy more territory than before. They were suppressing the rebellion.
The merits of neutrality, including those made during the establishment of righteousness, were only offset by the previous rebellion and rebellion. In the end, what the Shen brothers got back was just their own family's original property. Liu Yu specially asked Liu Yu to do so.
Mu Zhi calculated their official positions and titles, and finally made it so that the combined titles of their family were exactly consistent with the previous land property under the Shen family's name, not too much, not too little."
The black robe's eyes lit up: "So, when these veterans returned to their hometowns from the army, and then occupied the land with nobility and became village officials, it was a direct failure, right? I remember that Liu Yu was still because of a veteran named Xie.
Jiankang was bullied by the Wang Yu family of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and they wiped out the family in a rage. In this way, those veterans were unable to operate local industries or manage them, so they had no choice but to sell their land and property and go away.
A foreign country?"
Doupeng nodded and said: "That's right. These veteran brothers under Liu Yu are uneducated and many of them cannot even read Chinese characters. Once they return to their hometowns as officials, they will not be able to assume the responsibility of managing their neighbors. In addition,
The local powerful landowners joined forces to incite the local people to oppose them. This made it impossible for these veterans to gain a foothold in the local area. In the end, they had to be squeezed out of the countryside and sold their land to Jiankang to make a living. That was given to Wang Yu
The Xie Tingfeng family that was harmed is a typical example. These people only have the cognitive level of ordinary farmers or even villagers and tenants. They only made meritorious service after joining the army, but this is not enough for them to have fun after returning.
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"In these games, Liu Muzhi and Wang Miaoyin were actually on the side of the noble families. Many of these local veterans were bullied and had no way to retreat. In the end, they actually sued the officials as village officials.
However, in several typical lawsuits, Liu Muzhi asked his officials to favor local powerful people. This actually forced these people to lose their foothold in the local area. Not only that, Liu Muzhi also used some of his subordinates to give these people
The veteran rural officials who were unable to gain a foothold offered some ways to make a living by doing business in Jiankang. Of course, this was also the result of them asking the aristocratic families to give up some shops and industries in the capital. But in general, Liu Yu originally envisioned
His plan to use veterans as officials to control the rural grassroots has completely failed."
"It's just ridiculous that Liu Yu knew nothing about this. At that time, all his thoughts were on organizing the Western Expedition to deal with the remnants of Huan Chu's party. At the same time, he wanted to sit in Jiankang to prevent Nan Yan from going south. Of course,
Later, Murong De found an opportunity to go south once. He almost wanted to seize the land north of Jiangsu on the grounds that Liu Jingxuan, Sima Xiuzhi and others assassinated him. If Liu Yu had not been prepared in advance and personally led troops to Muling Pass to stop the attack, he would have been afraid.
Murong De had already swept across Jiangbei. This matter was planned by Heipao, because the assassination of Murong De by Liu Jingxuan and others was inseparable from his instigation. It is a pity that he did not discuss it with me at the time. Otherwise, how could I have done the same?
Try to find a way to prevent Liu Yu from getting the support of the noble family and unable to go north to fight. Once Liu Yu loses all the six counties in Jiangbei, his position may have to be given to Liu Yi."
Having said this, Doupeng's regret was palpable, he sighed and shook his head.
The black robe curled up his lips: "From the beginning to the end, have you never thought about winning over Liu Muzhi or Wang Miaoyin and letting them join the Divine League instead of siding with Liu Yu? After all, their ideals are different from Liu Yu's.
, and it’s impossible to really abandon your entire family for Liu Yu’s unrealistic ideas.”
Doupeng said coldly: "Of course I have tried many times, but failed without exception. I don't know what Liu Yu's ability is to make them give up. Wang Miaoyin may have lost her head because of love, and
Liu Muzhi, alas, I can only think that he wanted to be Xiao He and rely on Liu Yu to make his name in history. Forget it, let’s not talk about them, let’s talk about what happened next. In those years, Liu Yu fought in the West and the Northern Expedition.
All the money and food resources come from these transactions with noble families, and he himself has no idea about it. Perhaps it is this unconditional trust that makes Liu Muzhi and Wang Miaoyin unwilling to betray him."
The black robe gritted his teeth: "But, has he never discovered or suspected where his returning veterans ended up?" (End of Chapter)