The courtiers really loved and hated the saint's frequent withdrawal from court.
What I love is that I don’t have to get up early in the morning. I didn’t even have time to eat breakfast in Mimihu Lake. I rode a horse to Daming Palace, feeling tired and hungry.
What I hate is that this way, their importance has been reduced a lot. They work directly in the Imperial City and have no chance to do anything.
What is even more unacceptable is that the reason why the saint resigned from the court was not the same as that of Xuanzong of the former Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was resting in the harem and was too lazy to go to court. Now he is running out, no matter what, he has also gone to Jingyang, Gaoling and other counties in the north.
Jingyang is a quiet small county seventy miles north of Chang'an.
When Shao Shude arrived here, Yang Jue and his family were entering the capital, so he ordered the sergeants to escort him to Jingyang.
"He is just an arrogant and domineering young man who loves to get into trouble." Shao Shude sat on the bed, surrounded by warriors in silver helmets on both sides. Yang Zou looked a little scared and lowered his head in silence.
"You can't even recruit and surrender Haozhou or raise the city's garrison, so what do you think you're good for?"
"On the second day of April, the city of Haozhou was destroyed, and more than 10,000 people died. The guards not only scolded me, but they also scolded you, Yang Zhe."
"If I were you, I would just hang myself from a tree. I would be too embarrassed to see anyone."
Shao Shude's words were very rude, and Yang Zhe became more and more frightened after hearing this.
"I'm just asking you, do you still want to go back to Huainan?"
"I don't dare anymore." Yang Zhe knew what was going on and hurriedly replied.
"Then go to Xianzhou, I won't treat you harshly." Shao Shude said.
In the eighth year of Xianzhou's founding, the Huifu had an army of 10,000 soldiers, but the actual settlement was 3,000, with a total of more than 9,200 households. In the past four years, some new Mohe tribesmen were added, and some rebel sergeants from Hebei and Jiangxi were also sent.
The number of families and tribes increased to more than 22,500, and about two-thirds of the soldiers were resettled.
This year another group of prisoners from Ping, Wugu, Tatar, and Khitan will be sent to Xianzhou, as well as 3,000 households of Jiangxi prisoners. The resettlement of the soldiers will be 90% completed, and it will be completed next year at the latest.
The number of tribes in Shenzhou has increased to more than 33,200 households. The supplementary personnel are mainly Shu rebels, Jiangxi prisoners, Zoke barbarians and Hebei rebels. The state has 15,000 troops, and there are more than 13,000 in actual force.
people, the resettlement progress has also exceeded two-thirds.
These two states will generally be able to build a complete system of government troops next year. From now on, the local governments will mainly rely on the previous government troops to maintain order, and the court can save a lot of expenses.
In addition to the two states of Shen and Xian, there are still 13,000 soldiers in the two states of Xia and Mu, with only a few troops. The warriors are still receiving the military rewards during the transition period. They are not satisfied, and the court is not satisfied either.
But there is no way, the national power is limited, and the sources of troops are almost exhausted - if people no longer rebel, you can't force them to rebel, and then reduce all the subordinates to tribes after the suppression is completed, right?
However, the sixth prince, Shao Mingyi, has already returned to the court from the army in central Sichuan. It is said that the victorious army defeated the thieves in Li Yajian and captured more than 8,000 barbarian households. He has been asked to send all of them to Liaodong and was demoted to the tribe. The vacancy left by him
, populated by immigrants from Hebei and Kansai.
After these more than 8,000 households have passed, they will probably be able to make up for some of the Liaodong soldiers' thirst for slaves.
In fact, if you really want to be ruthless, there are so many miscellaneous troops in the south, just drive them to attack the barbarians. The captured prisoners will be sent to Liaodong. No matter whether you can adapt to the bitter cold climate, I will just capture and send them.
I don't care how many people are lost in the process. In this case, it is possible to gain a large number of people in a short period of time.
In fact, Shao Shude actually considered it.
His troops are very good at fighting now, but they may not be able to fight in a few decades. If they don't take action now, will those clumsy sergeants really be able to successfully conquer the barbarians in a few decades? They may win the battle, but they will definitely suffer casualties.
It was not small, and it would cost a lot of money, which eventually led the court to give up and adopt a soft policy.
Historically, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty could massacre all directions in the southwest, but by the Wanli period, it was very difficult to fight. The gap between them has been proven by history.
If you don't do some things now, the cost will be high in the future, and much, much higher.
Shao Shude hasn't really made up his mind yet.
The reason is that he feels that it is not appropriate to make such a big fuss now that the south is at the beginning of peace. The Liya Barbarians have just sought peace, the Annan rebellion has just been suppressed, Hunan was only conquered last year, and the war in Huainan is still going on this year, so he is worried that it will go too far.
Yes, the whole country is in rebellion.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, where is Xianzhou?" Yang Zhe was not shy and actually raised his head and asked.
"In Liaodong."
Yang Zhe was shocked. Is this called "not being treated harshly"?
"Xu Wen, what happened to Zhang Hao?" he asked again.
"This is a meritorious minister, so naturally he will be rewarded based on his merits." Shao Shude said.
At the same time, he secretly thought, Yang Zhe, this thief, is really a fool, and he has no clue. He is already a prisoner, and you still ask questions in front of him. Is there something wrong with your brain?
Yang Zhe was a little confused. It seemed that Xu and Zhang were not only fine, but they were also going to make a fortune. This really made him feel so uncomfortable that he almost breathed his last.
After a careful review, he found that Xu and Zhang had deliberately tricked him into transferring various loyal ministers and generals, and formed cliques under his nose for personal gain.
Soldiers, and finally choose two hundred brave men to achieve success in one fell swoop.
Aren't you going to deal with this kind of ruthless person? Shao Shude, aren't you afraid that this kind of thing will happen to your descendants?
"Stop thinking nonsense, go to Liaodong and live a good life. I have asked the Xuzhou camp to return some of the Yang family's property. You will also be rich when you go to Xianzhou. If future generations are talented, they can also serve the imperial court. I and my
None of our descendants will be prejudiced, let’s go.” Shao Shude waved his hand and had people escort them on their way.
However, he was merciful after all and asked people to allocate more money, food, and more than ten carriages to make their journey more comfortable. After all, there were a lot of old, weak, women, and children, so it was not easy.
Before leaving, Yang Nie remembered to bow and thank him before staggering away.
After Shao Shude watched them go away, he continued to look at the farmland not far away.
It's April, the beauty is gone, the temperature is rising day by day, wheat seedlings, pastures, and beans are sprouting from the ground and growing vigorously.
There are actually not many farmers working in the fields.
Jingzhao Prefecture originally had more than one million people. After Yaozhou and Qianzhou were divided, and the court moved to Luoyang, the number dropped by more than half. Coupled with long-term immigration, Jingzhao Prefecture now only governs Chang'an. , Wannian, Lantian, Xianyang and other ten counties have less than 800,000 registered residents.
But this population figure still makes Shao Shude feel a bit dense.
Before summoning Yang Jue and his entourage, he had a conversation with Li Zhong, the Privy Councilor of Nanya who was accompanying him, and learned that the fighting in the four counties of Shengzhou was extremely fierce, and that the most stinking and tough Huainan warriors gathered there and refused to surrender. He was considering surrendering. When they arrived in Shengzhou, they didn't have much population. They went through three wars, namely Sun Ru, Feng Hongduo, and Tian Yan. This time, not even a hair was left on the people.
An open space was Shao Shude’s favorite.
There are no complicated interest disputes, no excessive property rights disputes, no need to demolish and rebuild anything, and a blank piece of paper is easy to draw on. It is a good opportunity to build Nandu.
As for the required population, the main population should be immigrants from Kansai, supplemented by immigrants from Hebei and Henan. In addition, some people can be transferred from neighboring Runzhou, Yangzhou and other places to become the first batch of Nanjing residents.
The advantage of this is that the imperial court has a large amount of resources, which can be sold for money or gradually rewarded to meritorious ministers. If you plan carefully, you can use them for a long time.
"How many people are left in the Pinglu Army?" Shao Shude walked into the field, bent down, looked at the grass in the field carefully, and asked casually.
"There are more than 14,000 left," Li Zhong replied.
"Where are the main casualties?"
"Thousands of men and horses were lost in the attack on Haozhou. The deputy envoy Gao Silun was lost and wounded, and he may not be able to survive. Li Cunxiao, the envoy of Du Youyi, fell ill and was unable to travel." Li Zhong said: "At present, the army is diverted to attack Xuyi. The King of Qin ordered him to Serve as a vigilant, urge Huainan troops to surrender and Henan Tuan Tuan villagers to focus on the attack."
"Erlang knows the opportunity." Shao Shude said with a smile.
In fact, he never taught his son how to judge the morale of an army at first. He figured it out through his long-term observation and contact with warriors.
The things you realize yourself are the most reliable to remember, that’s true.
It had just rained yesterday and the ground was slightly damp. Shao Shude looked at the wheat seedlings that were growing well and was quite satisfied.
Jingyang and Gaoling counties are where he fought.
In the Battle of Shengaoyi, General Meng Kai of the Chao Army was directly beaten into the river. Since they had experienced the abuse of the Chao Army, these two counties certainly did not have much population left, so the three-crop rotation system was implemented more thoroughly. place.
Shao Shude read in a memorial to the Ministry of Industry that a very huge plowshare was once manufactured in Gaoling County, a combined animal plow with eight oxen, but it was not widely used and was only used in a few villages.
Under the agricultural and animal husbandry economic form, there is no shortage of livestock. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is that the population density cannot be too high.
Shao Shude walked across the field, picked a pod of peas on the field ridge, peeled it open and stuffed it into his mouth. It was sweet and tasted good.
There is a small livestock pen in the field with many cattle. The cattle that worked hard during the spring sowing are standing in it, chewing the grass boredly. Now is the time for them to fatten up. When they are almost done, they may still be able to fatten up.
He was taken away to be polished.
Last year, Sinong Temple cultivated a new type of cattle, or it was officially "finalized", named "Shaniu" - it can adapt to the windy and sandy climate in the northwest without losing its temper and being irritable, hence the name.
In terms of pulling power, endurance and speed, sand cattle are 10-20% stronger than traditional farm cattle. The effect may not seem obvious, but it is actually a huge improvement.
Just like some people are born with high jumps, fast runs, and strong strength under the same training level, a cow's various indicators are 20% higher, and these excellent genes can be fixed and passed on from generation to generation.
This is completely a breakthrough that can win the "Xia King Award".
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Little by little accumulation, little by little breakthrough, just like his country, step by step it has reached today.
"Go back to the palace." Shao Shude stood on the ridge of the field, took one last look at the promising fields, and said, "After the great meeting on April 15th, I will inspect Guanbei Road. I want to go home and have a look."