Chapter 207 Invulnerable
After several days of marching, they finally arrived at Taiyuan Mansion, which is the center of Shanxi Province, and had already prepared a large amount of materials needed for relocation. The officials of Taiyuan Mansion came to invite His Royal Highness the Prince into the city, but Zhu Biao politely refused.
Talked to the local magistrate and asked him to bring the old village chiefs from all over the country tomorrow, and discuss it in the military camp. Zhu Biao has no time to argue with them.
The next day, the prefect of Taiyuan led a mighty team to the place where the army was stationed. Guo Chong and Wu Bozong led people to receive and record the records. Along the way, they, the new scholars, were trained. It was not easy to march all the way. things.
The magistrate of Taiyuan led people into the camp to meet His Highness the Crown Prince. After Zhu Biao asked them to get up, he said, "It's been a while since you all received the imperial edict. Send me to Shanxi to supervise this matter in person, and I hope that all the lords and village elders will cooperate."
The people who came down naturally didn’t even dare to say anything, Zhu Biao smiled and said: “It’s about people’s livelihood, if you have any doubts, you can bring them up.”
The officials headed by them naturally didn’t say anything, and it wasn’t that they were removed, they just followed orders and did as many mistakes as they did. Relocation is not a good job.
The patriarch of the Wang clan below bowed first and said: "Wang Rong, a grass-roots man, is the patriarch of the Wang clan. There are more than 30,000 people in this clan who are close to the offshoots. They are all gathered in several villages. They have been watching and helping each other since ancient times. , This is going to relocate rashly, and the people in the clan are panic-stricken, Cao Ming dares to ask Your Highness, do you want to emigrate by force?"
The patriarchs of the other aristocratic families and the village elders all looked at His Royal Highness above, and Zhu Biao said in a harmonious voice: "The emigration is painful for a while, and it is understandable that you can't bear the family members' relatives to leave this palace, but the imperial edict is as follows , if you don’t cooperate, then you can only emigrate forcibly.”
Wang Rong lowered his head and asked: "How dare Caomin and others disobey the imperial edict, it's just that the relatives cannot be separated, please be considerate of your Highness."
Zhu Biao said with a smile: "This time, I will let you know the truth. You can tell the people when you go back. This time, you are moving to Fengyang. Where is Fengyang? It is the hometown of the emperor, and it is not far from the capital. It is under the feet of the emperor." In the future, the people here will definitely receive the grace of the royal family."
The people below were immediately moved, especially the village elders in those remote villages. This is what the crown prince said. It is estimated that he did not run away.
Zhu Biao went on to say: "It is a national policy to relocate people from Shanxi and other places. This time is just the beginning. People who are relocated in the future will not be so lucky to move to Dixiang. I hope you know it well and advise the villagers everywhere."
After speaking, he waved his hand, and Li Jin led the village elders out. Most of the village elders were illiterate, so they could not understand the words that followed, nor could they influence them.
The rest is the powerful landlord in Shanxi. Zhu Biao looked at Wang Rong. This person is probably just a fake patriarch introduced by the Wang family. The head of the clan is obviously called Wang Qi.
People probably think that the son of a daughter will not sit down, but Zhu Biao doesn't care, after all, this is a family matter of the family, and whoever is the patriarch does not need to be approved by the court. Be pervasive.
The head of the Li family on the other side bowed and asked, "Your Highness, may I ask how many people need to be relocated this time?"
Zhu Biao knocked on the table and said: "About 200,000 people, and at least 80% of them must be young and strong, regardless of gender."
Shanxi is different from other places. In other places in Ming Dynasty, both the people and the landlords were killed by wars and natural disasters. The land was empty and no one cultivated it.
Now that the imperial court has just taken over Shanxi, in order to ensure its prosperity, it did not massacre the old officials of the Yuan court on a large scale, and forgave all those who surrendered. Therefore, although there are many people in Shanxi, most of the land belongs to these landlords. their sharecroppers.
The livelihood of their family is under their control. If they cooperate, these people will naturally be unable to resist. They will not give you land, and sooner or later they will starve to death. Naturally, they have no choice but to follow Zhu Biao to Fengyang.
The imperial court specially wanted to relocate people from Shanxi because of this consideration. Otherwise, people from the south of the Yangtze River could also be relocated, just to weaken the power of the Shanxi gentry. Otherwise, if there is chaos, it will be another trouble.
Zhu Biao sent those village elders out for this reason. Zhu Biao's goal was always on the Shanxi gentry, and sent other officials to estimate that after a deal between the two parties, most of the people who were relocated were the old, the weak, the sick, or the people who owned their own farmland.
It is convenient for these gentry to continue annexing the land. Only when Zhu Biao is here can his status be shocked. Thirty thousand armored elites cooperate with the garrison to wash Shanxi bloody, so that these gentry bow their heads and cooperate obediently instead of playing tricks.
The Patriarchs headed by Wang Rong began to complain about all kinds of blood and family ties and the difficulty of leaving the homeland. Zhu Biao just cheerfully persuaded them, and it passed for a while.
Zhu Biaocai squinted his eyes and looked at the prefect of Taiyuan. This person was originally the prefect of Taiyuan in the Yuan Dynasty. When Xu Da led the army to invade Shanxi, he was one of the first to surrender. As a consolation, the court did not change his official position.
The magistrate of Taiyuan looked bitter, and began to help and persuade. These patriarchs are still staring at this little benefit in front of them, but they don't know the real intention of the court.
This is cutting flesh with blunt knives. When they lose their youth, the imperial court will send a few cruel officials to kill them. Now the imperial court still cares about Shanxi's taxes and cannot bear to persecute them too much.
At noon, Zhu Biao asked them to have a meal in the tent, which was ordinary pancakes with hot vegetable soup, and then sent them back. There was always room for discussion. They were nothing. It is the people who matter.
It’s still the same sentence, if you can discuss it, you can’t think about killing it. How did you use the mouse to avoid it? In order to kill a few mice, you smashed the precious jade in your house. That’s a fool’s thing. Rule the world.
The autumn harvest is coming soon, and this autumn harvest is related to the recovery of the land of Bashu in the spring. Zhu Biao does not want to make big troubles at this time, and a smooth transition is the kingly way.
Li Jin walked into the house and said: "The grain and grass have been counted, and there is enough food for 100,000 people for a month."
Zhu Biao nodded, that is, Shanxi could easily take out so much food, leaned back in his chair and asked Li Jin: "What else do you think they can do?"
Li Jin thought for a while and bowed and asked: "If other people come, no matter whether it is coercion or temptation, there are feasible strategies. Only Your Highness is invulnerable."
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