Chapter 323 Yuebaigou’s Northern Expedition to Yanyun, Pinghao continued the national destiny for a hundred years
The scholar of Qin Dynasty made meritorious service on his mission and was appointed as the Censor Zhongcheng.
Song Jiang assisted with meritorious service and was appointed as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.
Wu Yong also got a bachelor's job, and he was considered a serious person.
However, compared to the happy Qin Scholars and Song Jiang, Wu Yong wanted to resign and return to his hometown to farm on the grounds that he was not very talented and had little knowledge and was suffering from illness.
But he was directly rejected by Li Yunze.
In the original work, this person often uses poisonous tactics and kills people in his family at every turn. He is as vicious as the iron ox Li Kui.
Of course, Li Yunze would not give such people a good life. The next time they went on a mission to the Kingdom of Jin, they would die.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Yunze finally sent troops to the northern expedition to Yanyun, vowing to regain the Han family's homeland that had been lost for many years.
Before sending troops, he also seized the opportunity to marry two more imperial concubines.
I have to say that as a wealthy emperor, Zhao Ji had many children.
After all, Bianliang City is so prosperous, and as an official, he naturally has no shortage of girls, and having dozens of sons and daughters is considered rare.
If it were not for Jingkang's shame, he would have died without a cure, and he would not have had more than a hundred children.
The army set out to conquer Yanyun in the north, and people from various places along the way followed suit, and countless people volunteered to be brave warriors.
This is not to say that the consciousness of the people in the North is high and they are willing to shed their blood in order to regain their homeland. It is purely because Li Yunze's previous rectification was very effective.
The thieves who were looked down upon by everyone in the past were not only fully paid and treated well, but also received a large amount of rewards every time they went into battle. The military merits they gained could even be exchanged for acres of land in their hometown.
The sergeants with money, land and status are naturally no longer just thieves to join the army, but become popular meat that everyone is eyeing.
But now it is very difficult to become a member of the imperial army. The selection criteria are very strict, and you will definitely have to pick one out of a hundred.
Unless you have a relative in your family who is already a member of the Imperial Guard, who has either made great contributions or sacrificed his life for the country, or is injured and can no longer fight, then you have a chance to get a replacement spot.
If you want to pass it down to three generations, you can, provided you make enough contributions.
It is difficult for the people of the North to be selected into the official Forbidden Army, so they have to settle for the second best and become brave warriors.
The so-called dare warriors are actually militia armed forces.
Because the cost is small, and you don’t need to pay a large amount of pension afterwards and can be dismissed at any time, so in the past, it was usually used to make up the amount.
When Xixia was destroyed before, the brave warriors performed exceptionally well. Among them, the elite ones were selected into the Forbidden Army as regular soldiers. Others who were not selected were also rewarded with a large amount of property, and even found a job as a local official when they returned to their hometown.
, or do something like the three old men in the countryside.
Because of this, when they saw that joining the army really had substantial benefits, people from all over the country flocked here, just to die for the king's master.
The people of China are never naive or stupid.
Li Yunze, whose military strength was already sufficient, did not refuse the surrender of the dare warriors. Instead, he accepted as many as they came. Those who passed the test were called dare warriors. Those who failed could still become civilians unless they were too weak or had an infection or something.
of dispatch.
The reason for doing this is naturally not because they are worried about being defeated, but because in the environment of large-scale land allocation and tax exemption, most of the people who are willing to take the initiative to join the army are the surplus labor force of their families, and they are basically single people.
Rather than letting them fight hard in their hometown, it would be better to bring them all to the newly recovered land.
When the time comes, we can directly divide the fields, houses, and girls, and we will be able to completely control the place immediately.
In this way, there is no need to cooperate with the local gentry and powerful people, and they can directly sweep through thousands of troops and clean up all the old filth in the local area.
As the army went all the way north, the number of brave warriors and civilians who surrendered to the army was also increasing, and it was expanding like a snowball. By the time they reached the edge of Baigou, there were already countless camps and forts covering the sky with banners, and the ranks stretched endlessly in front and behind.
Hundreds of miles.
Basically, the garrison originally deployed by the Liao Kingdom on the border of the Song Dynasty had been transferred to the north to fight against the Jin people.
The remaining old, weak, sick and disabled, when faced with the huge military formation of the Song Army, were like sand castles under the waves, disappearing without a trace after one impact.
When Li Yunze rode his horse through the white ditch and came to the opposite side, he looked around and couldn't help but sigh, "It's been two hundred years, and my Han family's cavalry is finally back."
"Prime Minister." Zhang Shuye on the side immediately poured cold water on him, "In the Northern Expedition of Emperor Taizong, he also passed through Baigou and reached the bank of Gaoliang River, so it's not like he hasn't been here for two hundred years."
Such disrespectful words immediately attracted the attention of everyone around him.
Everyone thought that Li Yunze would get angry, but the prime minister just smiled and changed the topic, "Zhang Jinglue, how should we govern Yan after we regain it?"
Zhang Shuye was appointed by Li Yunze as the economic envoy of Yan region, responsible for post-war local production and life.
As for why he was not angry at his words, it is because in history, when Zhang Shuye was kidnapped by the Jin people and headed north, it was when he was crossing Baigou that he shouted to the sky and immediately committed suicide for his country.
Li Yunze has always respected people with integrity.
"We should rectify the fields and win the hearts of the people." Zhang Shuye immediately responded, "Divide the fields and tax exemptions, crack down on local powerful families, eliminate the bandits and cut off the strongmen, clear the trade routes and resume production. As long as the people's livelihood can be stabilized, everything will be fine.
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Li Yunze asked, "There are many aristocratic families in the North, and most of them are powerful local snakes that have lasted for hundreds of years. What if they are unwilling to hand over their land and split up the family?"
The powerful family in the Northland has left a strong mark on history.
From the powerful northerners during the Three Kingdoms period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to the northern warlords who destroyed the Song Dynasty in the early Yuan Dynasty, they were the ones who stirred up the world from beginning to end.
It was not until Zhu Ming's Northern Expedition that he completely withdrew from the stage of history.
This kind of local snake is always the most difficult to deal with.
Zhang Shuye's response was very simple: "These people are all remnants of the Liao people, and they should be destroyed if they harbor any rebellion!"
He is worthy of being the leader who truly destroyed Song Jiang in history, and he was absolutely decisive in killing him.
It's easy to be disobedient, just get rid of them.
There was no shortage of capable civil and military personnel in the Song Dynasty. Yue Fei, Zongze, Han Shizhong and others were all capable.
What they lack is a hero, someone like Zhao Ji who only cares about pleasure all day long.
After crossing Baigou, the army went all the way north, and soldiers and horses from various groups attacked separately and swept across various places.
The powerful locals in various prefectures and counties customarily welcomed Master Wang. They prepared rich and silk women to entertain the generals of Master Wang. They also arranged for the children of the clan and a large amount of money and food, and they were willing to serve Master Wang.
Under normal circumstances, most people cannot resist this temptation.
His tiger body shook, and the heroes from the neighboring villages immediately bowed their heads.
He took the initiative to donate money, food and military supplies as much as he wanted. The children of the clan fought to the death for him, and the women of the clan were virtuous and virtuous. They were all ladies and devoted themselves to serving him.
This is fame and fortune in an absolute sense.
You don't have to fight desperately, you can get such a huge boost just by brushing your face, and most people can't bear it.
Those who can resist are the chosen ones, just like Liu Xiu who clearly can win the world with a nod, but cruelly divorces his wife and then fights the world all over again.
The so-called aristocratic families are powerful in the local area, but they only have money and land in their own hometown.
When there is a famine, if you have money and food in hand, you can recruit the victims and then buy a large amount of land at a very low price.
Later, he built bridges and roads in the countryside, helped orphans and widows, and helped scholars gain fame.
As time goes by, the strength and reputation are getting bigger and bigger, and the families are also marrying each other and spreading their branches.
The children of the clan either go into business to make money, or continue to expand their land, or they go to school and go to the court as a supporter.
After several generations, he gradually became the most powerful man in his hometown. Even if the county guards wanted to do anything, they had to discuss it with them.
Wait until the world is in chaos, then help a certain chosen one with precise vision, and give him whatever he wants.
After he ascends to the throne, the entire family will ascend to heaven and become a powerful family that can influence the general trend of the world.
This has been the case for thousands of years.
But not this time.
Li Yunze knew very well who they were.
If there was no time and space gate, he would probably turn a blind eye and accept it, living his whole life in a parallel world.
But with the time and space gate, many things that were originally difficult and impossible to do no longer matter.
Wherever the army passed, it didn't matter which household it was. Everyone treated everyone equally and confiscated all the land, and then redistributed it.
The common people who had no land to stand on were naturally cheering, but the powerful families who occupied most of the land were unwilling to accept it.
Land is the most important property in this era. With land, there is food, and with food, there is everything.
The powerful families who were unwilling to hand over their land tried to bribe them, but in the end they were wiped out directly.
Most of the powerful families chose to resist, and the result is naturally self-evident.
Their power in their hometown is indeed very strong, but they are vulnerable to a truly powerful army.
A small number of people are determined to give up their wealth to avoid disaster. As long as they can survive this disaster, the family's talents and wealth will still be there. As long as Li Yunze survives, he will surely be able to make a comeback decades later.
However, the second round of attacks followed, and all families were forcibly split up.
If a common people's family has adult brothers, the family must be divided. If the family is not divided, the land will be allocated.
However, powerful families simply sent troops to arrest and forcibly split them up, even if they were divided into several houses. They had to be divided according to their number of people and moved far away to the north of Tiannanhai.
The wealth accumulated by generations of family members was also taken away.
Li Yunze did not accept their unsolicited contributions because sooner or later the wealth would belong to him.
As for Luo Zhi's crime, he is a remnant of the Liao people, this sentence is enough.
Local powerhouses are like organized and dynamic societies. They must have backers to become bigger and stronger.
Which of these local powerful people has not been involved with the Liao people?
How can you become a powerful person without any involvement or backing?
The main job of the soldiers and horses dispatched to various places was not to capture cities and areas to attack the Liao army. Instead, they became the main force to collect fields and divide the land to attack the powerful.
Li Yunze was very patient. He was not in a hurry to go straight to Yanjing City. Instead, he cleaned up and rectified every county and township and wiped out the local snakes one by one.
The kind of person who strikes hard and shows no mercy at all.
Occupying fields and houses, collecting wealth and driving people away, they will be completely defeated with a stick.
Don't blame Li Yunze for being cruel, because he has personally experienced it in a parallel world. It was these local powerful people who became the minions of the Mongols a hundred years later, and went south to wipe out the Song Dynasty and slaughter thousands of lives!
We must not give them a chance to become more powerful, because they don't have the shame to surrender to the Tartars, and they are ruthless enough to kill like crazy.
Because he knew it, Li Yunze did not show any mercy when doing things.
In order to suppress the resurgence of the powerful, Li Yunze still used the same trick he had used in many parallel worlds before, directly announcing that all the land belonged to the emperor. The common people could use it and inherit it, but they were absolutely not allowed to buy or sell it!
Without buying and selling, there is no killing. Ahem, without buying and selling, there is no room for mergers and acquisitions.
As the most important means of production in the feudal era, if land annexation is controlled, it can survive for at least two hundred years!