Chapter 553 Chapter 0555 Inspection
In March of the fifth year of Jianxing, Yuexun Chief Shi Feng Yong decided to inspect the three counties of Qiongdu, Suqi, and Taideng. He was accompanied throughout the trip by Wei Goufu, the Yuexun capital who had been transferred back from Dinglu, and the governor Guansuo.
When Zhang Ni, the magistrate of Qiongdu County, heard that Feng Yong was not only inspecting farming, but also inspecting soldiers from each county, he suggested, "Now is the time when the wheat is about to ripen. If too many soldiers are deployed, it will probably affect farming." "
Feng Yong explained, "Today Qiongdu has a population of nearly 60,000, and there are 3,000 soldiers. During this inspection, only some of them will accompany them after the inspection. Magistrate Zhang does not need to worry."
“Besides, earlier, the imperial court had transferred half of Yuexun’s soldiers, and now it’s time to make up the shortfall.”
In the Han military system, the central guard is the strongest combat power of the Han Dynasty.
Zhuge Lao Yao gave Feng Yong the right to recruit troops in the three counties. At the same time, he withdrew half of the three thousand Yuexun troops in his hand. The half left to him was due to the serious rebellion of Yuexun Yi.
Otherwise, according to custom, local military forces are generally conscripts recruited by the county.
Five hundred of the remaining 1,500 people were sent down to the grassroots level by Feng Yong.
At present, he only has about a thousand people in his hands, which can barely maintain public order in the place.
But the Northern Expedition was imminent, so Feng Yong naturally had to make preparations early.
Zhang Ni was relieved when he heard that Feng Yong had no plans to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and then went down to arrange various matters.
The land reclamation in the three counties is the largest in Qiongdu. Many of the fields opened last summer were filled with water and fish were raised for a season. The fish can not only eat weeds, but also use fish manure to fertilize the fields.
Because of the pasture, a lot of fertilizer was accumulated at the beginning of spring this year, so I applied fertilizer to the ground once.
Although the land is newly cultivated, the wheat growth is not too bad. The wheat ears filled with pulp have begun to bend down, and the breeze blows, setting off waves of green waves.
Standing at the edge of the field and looking far into the distance, the vast wheat fields are like green blankets, giving people the urge to roll.
The unique smell of crops and soil in the fields is astounding, making people feel a sense of satisfaction.
“How much food can be harvested from such a piece of land?”
Feng Yong bent down, stretched out his hand to count the grains of wheat, and asked.
If it was rice, he might still have a rough estimate in his mind, but as for wheat—he only knew that wheat could be used to grind flour.
Guan Suoju helped Zhang Yi follow behind. Standing next to Feng Yong was the chief of the 13th district. He had narrow sleeves and tight clothes, and wore a pair of leather boots, which made him look neat and refreshing.
This is the unique dress of Nanxiang soldiers.
“Hui Langjun, from such an acre, we can only harvest two stones at most.”
Those who can be called Lang Jun are basically the old people who followed Feng Yong for the first time. It seems that the seniority of this village manager is quite old.
"Although this land has been used to grow food, it is now being reclaimed. It would be good to get two stones. Don't be dissatisfied. If it were a land reclamation a few years ago, it would be a good land if it could recover food seeds in the first year."
Feng Yong listened and smiled.
When the village chief heard this, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "I have been following Lang Jun for the past few years, and I am used to seeing three or four stones per acre. I don't even care about this kind of harvest."
Although what Li Chang said sounded a bit bragging, Feng Yong still felt comfortable after hearing it. He pointed at Li Chang and asked, "What year are you from?"
“It was the second year of Jianxing when I returned to Langjun.”
Li Chang's face was slightly red, and he subconsciously raised his chest and abdomen, and stood up straight with a "bang" sound.
“Oh, that’s the earliest batch.”
Feng Yong nodded with satisfaction, "We're not in a military camp, so there's no need for this."
"yes!"
From the beginning, Feng Yong deliberately disrupted the distinction between Han and Hu in Nanxiang, emphasizing only whether there was household registration or not.
Nowadays, in the groups following Feng Yong, it is becoming popular to talk about seniority rather than distinguishing between Hu and Han.
The most senior people are none other than the group of people who followed Feng Yong when he first went to Nanxiang in the second and third years of Jianxing. Many of them were even prisoners of war who registered their household registration.
The most representative one is Duanmuzhe, who changed his surname to Han and is now a famous dog steward in Nanxiang.
The dog farm under his control not only delivers good dogs to ranches, workshops and mines, but also sent a batch of military dogs to Zhao Guang in Juxian County a few days ago.
These dogs are much easier to use than people when on alert at night, and their tracking abilities are also good.
Feng Yong continued to take the lead and walked forward, crossing the fields and heading towards the residential area. "How many Yi and Han people are there in this area?"
"Hui Langjun, there are 421 Yi people and 198 Han people, a total of 619 people. Most of the Yi people here belong to the same tribe called Poshi tribe."
It seems that the district chief has really worked **** his jurisdiction, and Feng Yong is very satisfied with this attitude.
“What is the attitude of the leader of the tribe towards the recruitment of conscripts?”
Trying to move the Yi people from the mountains and forests to the plains, the final purpose is to civilize them and turn them into farming Han people.
Only in this way can they be considered to be under the management of the government and become real registered Dingkou, who can collect taxes and collect corvees.
This involves the issue of how to strengthen management without causing a backlash from tribal leaders.
The social forms of the Yi people are different. Some tribal villages are similar to those of the Han people, similar to villages where people live together with clan ties, and the leader is equivalent to the clan leader.
These kind of people are basically experienced officials, just like Amei's village, they are the easiest to manage. As long as they are given land, they can be made to do corvee service.
Some are still in a semi-slave state, and the leader has absolute control over the barbarians at the bottom.
Even if the land is divided according to the head, the land is still counted in the name of the leader, but the leader himself organizes people to cultivate it, similar to the collective farming in the slave era.
For this kind of tribe, if they want to recruit soldiers, they need to communicate with the leader in advance and ask the leader to send a certain number of soldiers. This will put the chiefs who are decentralized to the grassroots to a greater test.
However, because there is a notorious ghost king suppressing him from above, and as long as he does not beat people too much and affects the leader's ability to collect food from the fields, generally speaking, the leader is more sensible.
Seeing that the Northern Expedition was imminent, Feng Yong took the opportunity to inspect the three counties and naturally had to learn more about this sensitive issue.
"The villain discussed it with the leader, and he agreed to draw thirty strong men."
“Thirty? So generous?”
Feng Yong was startled. For a tribe with only about 400 people, this was not a small number, and they were still strong men.
Li Chang chuckled and said quickly, "That guy is very good, after all, the King of Ghosts..."
At this point, he glanced at Feng Yong and saw that Feng Yong didn't mind. Then he scratched his head and continued, "Who dares to disobey the Ghost King's order?"
"Moreover, most of the Yi people used to rely on people to dig the land, and the harvests were poor. It's not like now. The government rents out oxen and eight-oxen plows. The land they plow in one day can be equal to the work of their tribe in ten days ago, not to mention the amount of work in the fields. The harvest is also much better than before.”
“So now he doesn’t need so many people, so he naturally doesn’t want to feed idle people in vain. I heard that he is now trying to save some money and food to buy an eight-oxen plow and a few cows.”
After hearing the chief’s explanation, Feng Yong nodded, “This leader seems to be a visionary.”
As expected, developing productivity is fundamental!
If the descendants are promising, can gain a good background, and have political capital, then they can change their skins and claim to be Han Chinese from a poor family.
Thinking of this, Feng Yong smiled strangely: Although it cannot be seen in a short time, it is obvious that this kind of semi-slave tribe may be quickly disintegrated by the impact in the future.
After all, as long as they enter the military group of Nanxiang, Han and Hu will be forcibly kneaded together. In addition, the food and clothing are much better than before. It is almost impossible for those slaves who have been transferred to serve to want to go back to the previous days. It's just a guess.
At that time, whether the government will come forward and directly redeem personal freedom or not depends on how big the appetite of the tribal leader is.
“Mr. Lang, please look, the leader is in front of you.”
Li Chang suddenly pointed forward with his finger.
I saw a group of people standing in front of me. The one at the front was a small black Yi man wearing a brocade robe. He looked a little nervous. He was holding a silverware in his hand. It looked like a container. I didn't know what was inside.
Before Feng Yong could get closer, he hurried over.
Feng Yong gave a brief signal to Bu Qu, and the leader ran to Feng Yong smoothly, and then suddenly knelt down, holding the container with both hands, and stammering something in his mouth.
Feng Yong could only understand the words "Your Excellency...Send...".
Li Chang explained in a low voice, "Abo's Chinese is not good. He is saying that he would like to greet Mr. Feng."
The meaning of "adult" in Chinese and "adult" in Yi dialect are very different. Li Chang's translation became stammering at this point.
"I also brought good things to Lang Jun. This pot is filled with good wine that their tribe found on the trees in the mountains."
Feng Yong nodded, reached for the wine bottle, helped him up again, nodded and smiled.
Abo looked at the high-ranking Han officials in front of him. They were all dressed in gorgeous and exquisite clothes. He couldn't help but feel a little inferior and subconsciously pulled on his clothes.
Feng Yong handed the wine bottle to Bu Qu and asked A Bo to follow him with a smile.
When I passed by the crowd who came to greet me, I realized that they were all women.
“Is it possible that this tribe also respects women?”
Feng Yong asked a little strangely.
There was a smile on Li Chang's face that every man would understand, "Hui Langjun, Abo carefully selected this woman, the most beautiful woman in the Poshi tribe. If Langjun catches his eye... Ouch!"
Before Li Chang could finish what he said, he suddenly flew out and lay on the ground, taking a mouthful of mud.
Everyone's eyes subconsciously glanced at Guan Suo behind Feng Yong.
Feng Yong coughed and said, "Why are you walking so carelessly? Why don't you get up faster?"
As he spoke, he walked directly past the group of women without squinting his eyes. At the same time, he muttered, "It's dark, small, and ugly. What's there to see?"
After speaking, he glanced at Guan Suo next to him. Guan Suo's face was expressionless.
Zhang Yiju lowered his head, pretending that he saw and heard nothing, and followed closely.
Before and after Feng Yong's wedding, both of them stayed in Fengzhuang for a long time and saw what Guan Ji looked like.
March from Jincheng to Yuexun. Although Guan Suo did not identify himself, Zhang Yi and Jufu could guess a little bit.
The Tiger Girl’s reputation is not something she blows off, but comes out of.
Even people like Erlang Jun of the Zhao family could only avoid the Junhou and his wife, and the two of them dared not say anything.
After Feng Yong inspected Qiongdu, he found 1,000 selected troops, which he combined with 500 soldiers from the Yuexi army to march towards Suqi County and Taideng County.
By the time he finished inspecting Taideng County, Feng Yong had gathered 2,500 people. The army continued to advance toward the upper reaches of the Sunshui River Valley with flags covering the sky.
Langli rode his horse and personally opened the way ahead, and sent someone to deliver a message to the Yanniu Department.
Langlu of the Yanniu tribe heard that Feng Langjun was leading the army to inspect the Sunshui River Valley. He quickly led all his brothers and wives to the source of the Sunshui River Valley, built a high platform, hung the oxtails high, and lit a bonfire, waiting for Feng Langjun's arrival.
In April of the fifth year of Jianxing, the chief historian of Yuexun and Langlu, the king of the Yanniu tribe, met in the Sunshui River Valley to form an alliance.
Langlu expressed his willingness to help the Han Dynasty open a highway to reconnect Qiongdu and Jincheng.
Feng Yong then went to the court to request a reward for Langlu.
Upon hearing this, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty made Langlu the Marquis of Jiayi, King of Yanniu, and allocated a batch of woolen cloth from the treasury as a reward.
At this point, everything in Yuexun County was finally at peace. Feng Yong transferred a civil engineering team from Nanxiang and began to work hard to repair the road between Qiongdu and Jincheng.
The fifth year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty was the first year of Taihe of Cao Wei.
In the first month of Taihe, Quying, a wealthy family in Xiping County, Liangzhou, heard about the new Wei emperor. He took the opportunity to rebel and killed the magistrate of Linqiang County and Xidu County.
Hao Zhao, who had suppressed the Quyan rebellion in Xiping County seven years ago, led his troops to Xiping County again after hearing the news.
Quying was defeated and fled westward with his cronies into the land of Western Qiang. He was stopped by the Tufa Xianbei tribe who had moved westward to the land of Western Qiang two years ago. Quying was beheaded by Tufa Kheli, the son of the clan leader, and was Sent to Xiping County.
Hao Zhao obtained Qu Ying's head and spread it to the border areas, which greatly intimidated the foreign barbarians.
The performance of Bald Xianbei was appreciated by Hao Zhao.
Hao Zhao saw that Xiping County was often rebellious, and saw that Bald Xianbei was brave and good at fighting, so he decided to recruit his troops to help, so he allowed Bald Xianbei to enter Xiping County for trade.
In this case, the Wei Dynasty is in the east and the Bald Xianbei is in the west. Under attack from both sides, Xiping County will no longer have any worries about rebellion.
At this point, Baldy Xianbei, who had been looking for pasture for many years, was finally able to settle down.
The news of Xiping County reached Luoyang in April of the first year of Taihe. Wei Emperor Cao Rui first awarded Hao Zhao a reward, and then felt the rebellion in Liangzhou, so he summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.
It's just that Liangzhou has been in chaos since more than a hundred years ago, so how can it be easily governed?
More importantly, most of the ministers here are from Guandong families and are completely indifferent to the distant Liangzhou. Who would really think of a solution?
At that time, Henan Yin and Guannei Hou Sima Zhi couldn't see the perfunctory appearance of the ministers. At that moment, they couldn't help but stand up and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the reason why Liangzhou often rebels is because of the local big family's hatred of the Qiang and Hu border people. The people of the land are oppressed too much.”
"The Qianghu people in Liangzhou and the people in the border areas are not only bought and sold by the wealthy families at will, but also used as slaves and maids. Most of the food they cultivate is also forcibly taken away."
“They worked hard all year round, but they didn’t have enough to eat or wear, and they even starved to death and froze to death, so they felt resentful.”
“But those big families, for their own personal gain, put the blame on the government, and even led Qiang and Hu people who didn’t know the truth and the people to attack the government. This situation was caused by the local powerful families.”
“I believe that as long as we restrict the local wealthy families, appease the Qiang and Hu people, and treat the people well, the rebellion will naturally decrease.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.
Everyone looked at this guy who was known for his uprightness.
Even many people had a sinister look in their eyes.
Cao Rui sat on top and listened for a long time without hearing any useful suggestions. He was feeling irritated when someone suddenly appeared and his words were like thunder.
At that moment, he quickly took a closer look and couldn't help shouting, "It turns out to be Sima Zihua, who can't even defeat the Empress Dowager!"
(End of this chapter)