Liu Xiang planned to use Shanyue people as the main force to develop the two lakes. When this matter was mentioned at the court meeting, no one objected. They all felt that His Majesty was considerate of the people and a benevolent leader.
In the Han Dynasty, it was politically correct to use foreigners to fight for the Han people and to use foreigners to sacrifice for the Han people.
No rotten Confucian would jump out and talk nonsense about being an inner king and an outer sage. Confucianism in this era, the Gongyang Sect, was still a prominent school, and murders by Confucian scholars occurred one after another. God’s virtues of good life were not given to foreigners.
The culture in the Han Dynasty was still quite cruel. Killing people was just a trivial matter. They didn't even care about their own lives. How could they care about foreigners?
As for how to act, it cannot be discussed in public. It is said that small meetings should be held for small matters and small meetings should be held for big matters. Therefore, conspiracies and other matters can only be discussed by the emperor and a few important ministers in the study.
"Of the eight counties in the south of the Yangtze River, only the three counties of Kuaiji, Guiyang, and Lingling have not been pacified. More than 200,000 troops are stationed on both sides of the Yangtze River. It is too wasteful and unnecessary. I think we should send our troops back." Xun Yu advised.
The county governance of Changsha and Yuzhang has been broken, and the remaining counties cannot hold on for long. Maybe they have been settled now, but the news has not yet reached Chang'an. Xun Yu's statement that only three counties have not been settled is indeed correct.
As for the three counties of Kuaiji, Guiyang and Lingling, they have a sparse population and weak combat power. They can only hold on with some favorable geographical conditions. To attack them with an army of 200,000 is like using cannon to attack mosquitoes. It is too wasteful.
"Wen Ruo thinks, which troops can be transferred back?"
Xun Yu thought for a moment and replied: "The garrison armies of Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou can be transferred back. As spring plowing is approaching, those civilians should also be sent back and can be replaced by prisoners of war."
Jushu added: "The prime ministers of the seven countries have all taken office. The 30,000 soldiers originally belonging to the seven countries can also be transferred back and disbanded on the spot. Their combat power is not high, and there is no need to stay."
Liu Xiang silently calculated in his mind that as a result, 90,000 soldiers and 80,000 civilians were transferred back, leaving only 20,000 Zhang He's troops on the north bank, and more than 90,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank. According to the battle report, there were more than 70,000 soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River.
Most of the prisoners of war were civilians recruited temporarily.
"Call here, 50,000 troops from Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou will be transferred back to their original places to garrison, and they will be rewarded according to military regulations.
Ten thousand soldiers from the Xuzhou Army returned to Guangling County and were responsible for guarding the grain roads, transporting baggage, and receiving rewards after the war.
The original 30,000 soldiers under King Chen were disbanded on the spot, their armor was taken back, they were rewarded with thousands of coins, and they returned to their hometowns together with the civilian husbands. The military officers were transferred to Chang'an Military Academy, and after the semester was completed, they were assigned to Qianniu Guard.
The 80,000 civilians who accompanied the army on the campaign were rewarded with five hundred coins and sent home to prepare for spring plowing.
Jinwu Guards fell into the camp, and the cavalry camp followed Zhao Yun back to Lujiang River for repairs.
Li Feng's 4,000 men were transferred to the Kuaiji War Area and placed under Zhang Liao's control.
Four thousand of Jiang Qin's troops were assigned to Zhang Renjie, and they followed the Wudang flying army to suppress the bandits in Danyang. The remaining 14,000 soldiers were disarmed, rewarded with 500 coins, returned home to divide their fields, and the military officers were transferred to the military academy.
Each ministry selects prisoners of war, eliminates the old and weak, and makes them men of the people. They should work together to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, conquer mountains and rivers along the way, and send the prisoners back to Xiling under Zhang He's care."
After this adjustment, there are more than 30,000 people on the north bank and 68,000 people on the south bank. There are 30,000 naval forces along the coast and 15,000 naval forces on the Yangtze River.
Zhang Liao's 14,000 men and Yunfan Battalion's 30,000 men attacked Kuaiji County. The main task of the navy was to explore hydrology, open up waterways, and move south to Jiaozhou. After the infantry occupied the county, they would continue to conquer Shanyue.
The folk customs in Danyang County are the most fierce. Although they have occupied the county seat, the clan bandits and Shanyue in the mountains have not been wiped out, so Wudang Feijun and Jiang Qin's troops are left to continue their campaign.
The main purpose is to train troops. Both of these units have the appearance of strong armies. Let them have a good temper with the tough Danyang soldiers, and also take the opportunity to recruit some Danyang soldiers to increase their strength.
As for the third battalion of the Forbidden Army that was transferred back to the north bank for repairs, firstly, it was to take over the combat equipment of the disarmed soldiers and continue to intimidate Lujiang and Jiujiang. Secondly, it was to provide insurance for the bandits in Danyang. If Zhang allowed them to be defeated, the Forbidden Army would
You can cross the river and take over the battlefield at any time.
Yue Jin's 10,000 men are about to pacify Yuzhang and will continue to guard this place and conquer Shanyue.
The task of attacking Guiyang and Lingling fell on Guan Yu and Xu Huang.
Zhang He's 20,000 Chang'an garrison stayed in Xiling and was responsible for guarding the Shanyue prisoners who were sent later to prepare for the development of Yunmeng Daze.
"The two lakes should be developed from north to south. The general trend of the two lakes plain is that it is higher in the north and lower in the south. After the accumulated water is diverted into the lake, the lake surface will inevitably expand to the south." Liu Xiang is very sure of this, because for 1,800 years, Poyang has been
The lake and Dongting Lake are expanding to the south. This can be seen from the terrain, and no one is surprised or suspicious.
He continued: "To develop Penglize, we will take Lushan Mountain as the boundary, Chaisang and Pengze counties to the north of Lushan Mountain, and Xunyang and Wanxian counties in the north of the Yangtze River. Based on these four counties, we will dig ditches around the lake and create land for reclamation.
Can.
Yunmengze is much more difficult. According to my wishes, the Han River Basin will be developed first, and the Dongting Lake area on the south bank of the Yangtze River will not be used for the time being."
Part of the Poyang Lake Plain had already been developed during the Han Dynasty, and several counties had reclaimed a lot of fields around Pengli Ze. On this basis, the imperial court only needed to build water conservancy projects, plan water networks, and expand the size of the fields.
The only problem is that south of Penglize, there is a place where the Ganjiang River, the Xinjiang River, and the Changjiang River meet. In modern times, it was the surface of Poyang Lake. In the Han Dynasty, it was still land. There were two county towns, and there was a high probability that they would need to be relocated.
There is much less development in Yunmengze. Dongting Lake has not yet grown up, Honghu Lake has not yet been born, and the vast lake is uninhabited for thousands of miles, so Liu Xiang chose to move to the Hanjiang Plain first.
The Yunmeng Plain is originally the collective name of the Hanjiang River Plain and the Dongting Lake Plain. It is understandable that it is easy first and then difficult.
Xun Yu and others did not put forward any constructive suggestions, because the landscape atlas had not yet been drawn, so they did not speak rashly.
The way to be an official is to be slow rather than hasty, rather to have no success than to make mistakes.
However, Fan Xian, who was not a man of tactics, was willing to speak freely: "According to your majesty's plan, food, tools, and cloth must be shipped in advance, and they can be stocked in the six counties of Xiling, Jingling, Xunyang, Wanxian, Chaisang, and Pengze to avoid delaying time.
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"Ziming's words make sense. Let's get started first and send orders to the six counties to expand the treasury and housing." Liu Xiang decided on this matter, regardless of whether the officials who took over from the south would be so busy that they broke their legs.
They shouldn't complain. They are all Zuo Erguan in the northern counties. When the army regained the territory, they were promoted to one level and transferred. It is estimated that they are living the addiction of Zhengyin Guan and want to make great achievements.
It doesn't matter if you're a little busy, right? It's better than being a petty person and just being someone else's yes-man every day, right?
Anyway, working under Liu Xiang is indispensable.
After arranging the development of the two lakes, he certainly could not forget the mineral deposits in the south of the Yangtze River: "I sent an order to Wang Xing to send a prospecting team to Shicheng and Jing County in Danyang to search for copper and iron ores. He also sent people to the upper reaches of Qushui in Poyang County to explore for porcelain clay.
mine."
Danyang County produces copper and iron, which is well known to the world and is heavily illegally mined. As long as Shanyue and the clan thieves are defeated, there may not be any need for prospecting and they can just dig directly.
On the other side of Shicheng is the modern Ma'anshan Iron Mine, and on the other side of Jingxian County is the Dongguashan Copper Mine. These two mines cannot be taken advantage of by others, and must be held in one's own hands.
As for the porcelain clay mines in the upper reaches of Poyang County, it was later known as Jingdezhen. After the Western Region trade routes were opened, Han white porcelain became extremely popular, and a new porcelain kiln needed to be opened there.
The matter of burning porcelain has nothing to do with the courtiers. It is Liu Xiang's private property.
It was as if the ministers did not dare to disturb His Majesty in making money.
Looking at the ministers who were like old monks in trance, Liu Xiang suddenly wanted to tease them and said directly without any preface or follow-up: