"At this time, the network is sparse, the people are rich, and the wealth is overflowing with wealth, or they may merge with the powerful party members to arbitrarily dominate the countryside."
This time, in addition to Liu Miao, the governor of Taiyuan County, Sima Lang, the commander of Jinyang, and Xia Yu, the general who protected the Xiongnu, there were also Pang De, the lieutenant of Rudi Agricultural School, who encouraged farmers to work in Zhao Gai, and Cao Yu, a county farmer.
Wei Dun and other officials responsible for the farming affairs. If Liu Miao, Sima Lang and others are subordinates and allies that Liu Yu needs to unite with to prevent them from being sidelined for the local wealthy families, then Pang De, Wei Dun and others who belong to the farming system
Officials were the basic base through which Liu Yu was able to promote his own governance philosophy in Bingzhou and ensure a certain right to speak and influence.
The military garrison in Bingzhou was in charge of Zhang Liao, the general of Dian Nong, and Pang De, the lieutenant of the school. It was usually difficult for Liu Yu to intervene, but the officials in the civilian garrison system were all the cronies assigned to him by the emperor. For example, he repeatedly plotted against Gongsun Zan, and worried that
The former Youzhou Biejia Zhao Gai, who suffered revenge, and the old official Weidun followed Liu Yu to join the state this time, and they were political resources in Liu Yu's hands.
He originally wanted to use farming to open up the situation, make farming a top priority, and reduce the power of other departments in order to attract refugees and restore income.
But now everything is ready, except for the most critical refugee.
This made Liu Yu suddenly feel helpless, and he asked in a deep voice: "It's beyond my expectation that the people's sentiments in Bingzhou have reached this level."
He paused, asked Pound to sit aside, and asked again: "Even if there are powerful people gathering the refugees, or the refugees hiding in the mountains, due to years of famine, powerful families may not be able to adopt so many refugees. This is the case in Taiyuan County
'Clean', what's the reason?"
This was a question to everyone present. As the senior official second only to Liu Yu, Liu Miao thought for a while and then said: "It is precisely because of successive years of famine and excessive government taxes that ordinary people abandon their fields and starve.
Being trapped, they had to entrust their land and themselves to wealthy families in order to avoid disaster. With more land and manpower, local powerful people can naturally organize land reclamation and cultivation. How can they worry about not being able to support the refugees? "
Liu Miao was born in the Langye royal family, and he had seen too many powerful nobles take advantage of natural disasters to rob the people and annex them wantonly. He was not a powerful man, nor was he one of those idle vassal kings. Liu Miao was a wise man and always stood on the side of the court.
Think about the problem without any hesitation.
This can be seen from the fact that he dared to praise Cao Cao, a foreign minister, as a direct descendant of the clan in front of the Gonggun princes. He always upholds a public heart. Even if he should avoid suspicion, he should not do it for him
In his eyes, Cao Cao, a "capable minister in governing the world," said good things. As long as it was beneficial to the country, he would speak up.
As for his subordinates, Sima Lang, the commander of Jinyang, had a different view on this, and his words were somewhat exculpatory: "There have been natural disasters for many years, and the common people have no way to survive. How can a strong man survive alone? It is nothing more than having enough food and warmth and not being able to live alone.
It’s just a difference. Whenever there is a disaster and the refugees have no livelihood, all the wise people from every family will donate their money and grain to help the poor, sharing what they have. These are people who are familiar with the scriptures and understand benevolence and righteousness.”
"They are from high-ranking families and heirs of classics. What I am talking about is a party of arrogance and luxury, and cannot be generalized." Liu Miao waved his hand, deliberately clarifying the relationship between them, so as to avoid being taken out of context and used in the future.
Sima Lang showed a gentle smile on his face and nodded: "In the past, when refugees gathered and dispersed, they were either taken in by local powerful people and adopted as slaves, or they hid in the mountains and forests, or they became bandits and invaded everywhere. The same should be true for the refugees in Bingzhou.
The White Wave and the Yellow Turban were raging in Hedong, Shangdang and other counties, and a large number of refugees took part in it. Later, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Zhang Yan and others were hanging around, attracting all the refugees to rely on them. This must be one of the reasons why there are so few refugees in Bingzhou."
Liu Miao stopped answering, and Liu Yu on the side also seemed to be deep in thought. The scene was a little deserted, and Pang De suddenly said: "Actually, what the two Mingfu said are right. The refugees will disappear, or they will return to their hometowns in peace again."
"Either they serve as thieves and serve as annihilators for the army, or they serve as shelters for the powerful. All these are the same whether it is Kanto or Kansai. It's just"
Pang De gave up and immediately attracted the attention of Liu Yu and others. Liu Yu stared at Pang sideways with his beard in his hand. He had been in Youzhou for a long time, and the situation in the two places was roughly the same, so he could guess what General Pang De said.
A few points. However, Sima Lang and Liu Miao, one of whom was not deeply involved in the world and the other could not think about it, were very curious at this time and urged: "Just what?"
"This is Bingzhou. Haven't you two been suspicious? Yunzhong, Shuofang, Wuyuan and other counties originally had tens of thousands of households and more than 200,000 people. How come in just a few years, the counties to the west of Xiang and Bingzhou were established?
The county is full of Qiang and Hu, and all the households are empty?" Pang De has been in Yongliang for a long time and is already familiar with this phenomenon. Thinking of this, he said with some sadness: "Those Han people are by no means dead, but most of them are killed by the Qiang.
Hu plundered and made slaves, driving sheep and horses for them."
"What?" Liu Miao couldn't sit still. Although he also had slaves in his family, when he heard that the humble Qiang Hu dared to seize Han people as slaves and herd them, thereby strengthening the foreign power, he felt indignant from the bottom of his heart: "They are so big.
Courage!"
Liu Yu was used to it. Not only had he seen this phenomenon too many times, but he also saw too many angry expressions like Liu Miao's when he heard about it for the first time. He just heard him say calmly: "As long as the Han people are still there, the imperial court will always conquer the Qiang and Hu and bring the Han people to the throne."
One day to get back. This is a major event for Xu Tu to make progress, but it is not the most important thing at the moment."
The situation of few refugees in Bingzhou was beyond Liu Yu's expectation, and caught him off guard. The strategy he had been working on for a long time was defeated before it even started. Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is not to try to get the Han people back from the mouths of the Qiang and Hu.
, but to reverse the decline and adjust strategies in a timely manner.
If the reliance he prepared does not work, or if he fails to find a remedy in time, then he can only sit back and watch as the officials in the farming system he brought are marginalized, and the power of his subordinates will also be emptied, and he will really be in trouble.
He is a short-term governor.
Master Wang, is this your method?
Liu Yu took a deep breath and began to give instructions: "Ling Ming, since you have been ordered by the imperial court, you should be respectful and respectful and fulfill your duties."
"Wei!" Pound stood up and walked to the atrium, clasping his fists and saying.
"My original intention is to integrate the refugees in the county into a civilian camp. After General Xia Zhonglang attacks the bandits, I will give you the people as a military camp." Liu Yu calmly made a decision: "But since there are few refugees now,
Then there is no need to divide it into military and civilian villages. In order to avoid redundancy, from now on, both refugees and bandits will be included in civilian villages and will be under my command to encourage farmers and take charge."
Pang De looked at Liu Yu in surprise. Wouldn't he have nothing to do in this case, and he would be holding the title of a captain for nothing? Although he was not very happy with this civil service position, which was more important than the military position, it was an official appointment after all.
It was also the first time the emperor appointed him, so he was still a little unhappy.
Liu Yu just paused, and before he finished speaking, he smiled and said: "The position of Dian Nong is said to be a general, but in fact it is mainly to govern the people. And I know that you are good at fighting battles and not good at this, so I give you the job first.
You are relieved. You don’t have to worry about having nothing to do. In this case, I will immediately submit a memorial and ask Your Majesty to assign you another important position."
After saying that, Liu Yu looked at Pound deeply: "You should do what you should do."