Chapter 1084 Leeks
During the war years, population and household registration were definitely a mess.
In addition, the population that Cao Cao moved from Jiuyuan to the two counties of Taiyuan and Xihe, most of which were Hu people, makes it even more difficult to accurately know the specific population number.
General Guan Da started from Pingcheng, pioneered the Xianbei people to break through the pass, and then drove five Xiongnu tribes into Hedong.
Later statistics showed that there were 30,000 to 40,000 Huqi.
This number is exactly the same as Cao Cao's tents when he divided the Xiongnu into five tribes.
Basically, one knight corresponds to one account.
But Cao Cao did this twenty years ago.
What's more, some of these 30,000 to 40,000 horsemen are descendants of the Xianbei people.
For so many years, the five Xiongnu tribes have stayed in Bingzhou and did not have to fight with each other on the grasslands.
The population should grow no matter what.
Moreover, in many cases, a tent can only have one cavalryman.
Besides, in the eyes of the barbarians, sheep slaves are not considered human beings.
This is why, in Deng Zhi's eyes, Feng Junhou moved away 70,000 to 80,000 Hu people, which only accounted for 30% of the Hu people in Bingzhou.
Of course, it may be 50%.
But no matter what, it should be possible to pluck out another 70,000 to 80,000 Hu people from Bingzhou.
Those who are qualified to accompany him include Wang Ping, Liu Hun, etc., and at the bottom there are several Huns commanders such as Liu Meng and Liu Bao.
Feng Junhou discussed with Deng Zhi the matter of letting the Hu people move to Pingcheng outside the pass, but did not avoid them.
When these commanders heard about Feng Junhou's plan, they didn't think there was anything wrong.
After all, many of them moved from Jiuyuan to Bingzhou when Cao Cao abandoned the four counties of Jiuyuan.
For them, it is not a big deal to move from Bingzhou to Pingcheng.
Perhaps, being able to move from inside Yanmen Pass to outside Yanmen Pass will make some people secretly happy.
In fact, what they care most about is what benefits their tribe can get from it.
To be precise, it’s what benefits you can get from it.
The most basic thing is not to behave like when they were divided into five divisions and placed in Bingzhou.
On the one hand, we must guard the gate to the Central Plains to prevent the Xianbei people from going south.
On the other hand, he was bullied by the Wei people, and his wife, daughter, cattle and sheep were plundered.
At this time, Feng Junhou's reputation among the Hu people and the money he spread played a big role.
Liu Meng, Liu Bao and others exchanged notes for a large amount of woolen materials, brown sugar and wine in Chang'an.
As long as the purchasing power of the banknotes is strong, Feng Junhou’s credibility will definitely be strong.
As for the massacre of the Xianbei barbarians in Jiuyuan, the Huns would only say that the killing was good.
The original slave took over his hometown without saying a word, so who could be at ease in his place?
I heard that over the years, Feng Junhou often sent things to the Xianbei slaves from Liangzhou.
Unexpectedly, these Xianbei slaves actually dared to eat snakes and swallow elephants, hoping to take the opportunity to enter Guanzhong and plunder Chang'an.
Bah!
How can these Xianbei slaves care about our old capital of the Han Dynasty?
At that time, the adults in the clan led many people to Chang'an to support the emperor. Compared with these Xianbei slaves, it was clear at a glance who was the loyal minister and who was the traitor.
Of course, trusting Feng Junhou is one thing.
The concerns that we should have are still there.
After the banquet, Liu Meng quietly went to find his brother Liu Hun:
“Brother, our tribe has been in Taiyuan for twenty years. Although our farming skills are not as good as those of the Han people.”
“But after so many years, even if we are half-farming and half-grazing, we still have a lot of fields belonging to our tribe. If our family leaves Taiyuan, what will happen to those fields?”
Liu Hun had just drank some wine during the dinner, and was making a pot of tea at this time, drinking tea leisurely to sober up.
After following the prince for so many years, he has made great achievements in this battle, and now he can finally be regarded as leading the army to defend one side.
The improvement of his status gave Liu Hun the qualifications to enjoy special offerings.
Liu Hun asked his brother to sit down, poured him another cup of tea, took another sip of tea, and then sighed comfortably:
“Brother, how do you think you are bigger than the Hedong family?”
Liu Meng was shocked: "How can this be compared?"
“What Feng Junhou wants to do cannot be stopped by any aristocratic family in the entire Han Dynasty, let alone Hedong.”
Liu Hun said leisurely, "How many aristocratic families are there in Hedong County? How many of them can now keep the fields in their hands?"
“Brother, if you really believe in me, don’t be so kind-hearted as a woman and always take care of those tribesmen who don’t want to move away.”
Liu Meng looked a little embarrassed: "It turns out that I know everything."
Liu Hun drank all the tea in the cup:
“Brother, I have seen too many things in Hanzhong, Longyou, Liangzhou and other places over the years. Trust me, move your people to Pingcheng, and they will thank you in the future.”
"On the contrary, if you miss the opportunity, you will regret it later. As for the fields in the clan, what is there to feel sorry for?"
Liu Hun poured himself another cup of tea and looked at Liu Meng again:
"If brother can't find a way, I can help him find a way and sell them all at a high price."
"Sell?"
“If you don’t sell it, how can you give it away?”
Liu Meng was surprised and said: "Who can afford so much land? Moreover, we are not the only ones who have land, there are other tribes!"
Liu Hun did not answer immediately, but smiled meaningfully again.
Why is Taiyuan County the county government of Bingzhou?
Why is Bingzhou the core and most important area?
Because Taiyuan County is not only located in a dangerous terrain, it is also the largest grain-producing area in Bingzhou.
Without Taiyuan County, Bingzhou would be nothing.
The king wanted to build a new city in Pingcheng, and he did not build it out of thin air.
This new city needs a lot of food, lots and lots of food, to maintain its normal operation.
The neighboring Taiyuan County happens to be a very excellent grain production base.
The Xinghan Hui has unparalleled technical advantages in farming, especially in large-scale and large-area farming.
You say, isn’t this a coincidence?
Of course, whether it is a coincidence or someone's intention is a matter of judgment.
Seeing his brother's smile, Liu Meng suddenly felt that he seemed to have overlooked some extremely important information.
He asked tentatively:
“Brother, there are no outsiders here. Just tell me the truth. This time the king asked everyone to move to Pingcheng, but..."
At this point, Liu Meng paused, as if he didn't know what language to use to express his thoughts.
It seems that he is not willing to believe what he thinks.
Feng Junhou was consistent in his words and had no prejudice against the Hu people.
The good things he brought back from Chang'an are proof of this.
Besides, the money in the hands of the monarch can probably buy all the cattle, sheep and horses of his clan, right?
Liu Hun seemed to have noticed Liu Meng's concerns. He put down the tea cup and emphasized his tone:
“Brother, as I said, someone will pay a high price to buy our tribe’s fields, not drive us away.”
“Grain, tea, spirits, brown sugar, as long as my brother opens his mouth, I believe anyone who buys the land can get it.”
“So there is no need to worry that the past things will happen under the rule of the king. I believe that most of the tribe will be satisfied with what the tribe has exchanged for their fields.”
At this point, Liu Hun paused and seemed to be organizing his words:
“Brother, you can think of this as compensation for our clan’s move to Pingcheng, but I hope that brother can understand one thing.”
"What?"
“Once you get the benefits, lead your tribe to move away as soon as possible. You must let the people in the tribe know that you won’t get more benefits by delaying longer.”
Seeing the serious look on his brother's face, Liu Meng understood completely this time.
The tribesmen must move to Pingcheng.
But it’s not just leaving, there will be compensation.
“Brother, don’t worry. When Cao Cao moved our people to Taiyuan, he didn’t do us any good.”
“If someone is really willing to pay a high price to move us away, how can we take the opportunity to raise the price?”
Liu Hun didn’t explain too much, just nodded:
"hope so."
The Hu people in Liangzhou thought so too at first.
It was only later that some people who could have benefited ended up being turned into laborers.
Because they find that the benefits are too easy to obtain, they want to get more.
Liu Hun followed Feng Junhou for more than a day or two.
With the continuous victories of the Han Dynasty over the years, Feng Junhou's attitude towards the Hu people has become more and more obvious: Shunchang will perish.
To say it’s good, it’s really good.
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They even arranged for Hu people to work in the workshops, and everyone's life was obviously much better.
But when it comes to ruthlessness, it is really ruthless.
Anyone who disobeys will either be exterminated or become a labor force.
Kebineng's tens of thousands of fine knights were slaughtered as quickly as possible without blinking an eye.
As for his current clan members, including all the young and old, they are probably only in the tens of thousands.
As the little prince of the clan, he naturally did not want to see his clan members making Lord Feng angry because of their greed for petty gains.
Feng Junhou's actions always reminded Liu Hun of the legendary attitude of the emperors of the Han Dynasty towards the northern and southern Xiongnu.
The power of the Han Dynasty has probably been engraved in the bones of the Southern Huns.
Liu Meng does not have the insight of Liu Hun, so naturally he does not have such complicated thoughts.
He got the answer he wanted from Liu Hun, and finally stood up with satisfaction:
"This matter is of great importance. I will go and talk to several Qu commanders in the clan to avoid missing out on this important matter."
“That’s very good.”
Since it was decided to move the Hu people from Taiyuan and Xihe counties to Pingcheng, it was naturally impossible for Feng Junhou to return in Jinyang City.
He first asked the Hu cavalry to return to their respective tribes to prepare for migration, and then asked Liu Hun to lead three thousand fine cavalry to accompany him out of the fortress to inspect Pingcheng.
In fact, excluding Jiuyuan, the largest plain basin in Bingzhou is actually the Pingcheng Basin north of Yanmensai (the later Datong Basin).
It's just that the Pingcheng Basin, although the terrain is considered dangerous, there are too many breakthroughs around it, allowing the northern grassland barbarians to enter at will.
Otherwise, King Xin of Han would not have easily surrendered to the Huns, and Emperor Gaozu would not have been besieged by Bai Deng near Pingcheng.
Hence, the geographical environment of the Pingcheng Basin is actually far inferior to that of the Jincheng Basin (i.e. Taiyuan Basin) guarded by Yanmen Fortress.
When the Han Dynasty was strong, it also built a fortress at the northern mountain pass of Pingcheng.
However, with the decline of the national power of the Han Dynasty, the pass north of Pingcheng had to be abandoned and another pass built at a dangerous location near Yanmen.
The vast Pingcheng Basin could only be given to the Hu people to herd horses and sheep, and at the same time let them serve as the frontier of the Han border.
“Alang, aren’t we here to inspect Pingcheng? Why are we still heading north?”
To everyone's surprise, after Feng Junhou arrived in Pingcheng, he had no intention of checking around Pingcheng.
He only stayed in Pingcheng for one day, and then directly led the troops to continue north.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Xi, my teacher’s book records that from Yanmensai to Pingcheng, the ground is full of coal.”
“As for where is the most suitable place for mining, I actually don’t know. When the miners from Nanxiang arrive, I will check it out and make a decision then.”
Feng Junhou explained with a smile, "I came here this time mainly to see the north side of Pingcheng."
“Alang wants to rebuild the pass at Pingcheng Pass?”
General Guan heard what Feng Junhou said and immediately guessed what he was thinking.
"Yep."
Of course, there is another meaning, which is to visit the place where Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was besieged.
When I passed through Pingcheng last year, I was pressed for time and I just passed by in a hurry.
This time, to put it bluntly, it is the literary youthful sentiments of the literati and poets.
"Now on the Han border, except for Xianbei and Wuhuan in Liaodong north of Youzhou, there are no barbarians who can threaten the Han border, right?"
General Guan didn’t quite understand:
“If we rebuild the fortress, I’m afraid it will cost a lot of money and food.”
Feng Junhou shook his head:
“Just because it’s not happening now, doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future.”
He looked towards the far north, "I talked with Xie Guini. He followed Kebineng to escape to the north of the desert and met the Gaoche people."
“High-car man?”
General Guan couldn't help but feel a little confused when he heard this, "What is a high-car person?"
"The Hu people who are further north than the Xianbei people like to use cattle and horses to carry tall carts on the grassland, so they are called Gaocha by the Xianbei people."
“When the Northern Huns were gone, the Xianbei people came from the north and occupied the desert.”
“Now that the power of the Xianbei people is weakening, the Gaoche people in the north will definitely move south.”
As long as the Little Ice Age continues, the barbarians from the north will only swarm southwards.
To put it bluntly, as long as the Han Dynasty did not bring the northern grasslands under management, the Hu people would pop up one after another like leeks.
Even if Feng Junhou knew this, there was nothing he could do to stop it.
After all, the population base of the Han Dynasty is only so small now. It would be a great blessing to be able to hold on to the original territory.
The most important thing is that the productivity is there.
Only by raising productivity to a certain level and forming a sufficient number of industrial strata to bring about a qualitative change in the Han Dynasty can the Han Dynasty be able to bring the grassland into effective management.
Otherwise, there is no way to break through the dividing line between nomadism and farming set by nature.
General Guan does not have such a lofty vision, but she has always believed in Feng Junhou's judgment.
When he heard Feng Junhou’s words at this time, his first reaction was not worry, but his eyes lit up:
“So, wouldn’t the new city of Pingcheng have a steady stream of labor?”
As soon as these words came out, not only Li Mu suddenly opened his eyes.
Even Feng Junhou looked at General Guan with some horror.
(End of this chapter)