Out of the imperial city, Wang Han said: "This time the imperial court is very resolute, I just hope that when money and food are given later, don't be stingy." ”

Feng Wenxian shook his head: "That's not good. It is said that it is to go to the two lakes camp, but the first place to go is the three states of Li, Ding, and Tan, which are the states with the most chaos. I'm afraid that when we get there, we will fight the barbarians first before we open the fields. ”

Li Shen said: "This matter is inevitable. Why do you want to go to these three states first? It is because of the development of the two lakes that it will inevitably conflict with the barbarians, and go to these three states to give the barbarians a disadvantage. In addition, it is already April, and there are not many crops to grow this year, just in time to calm the chaos. ”

Looking at the sky, Li Shen said: "Tomorrow I will leave the capital by train, it is still early, let's find a restaurant to have a glass of wine." ”

This time I went to Jinghu, and the four of them were in the same breath, and no one had any objections. Out of the imperial city, I came to the iron scrap building nearby.

It is also a coincidence that none of these four people were born in Jinshi, and they entered the Shi with grace. Except for Li Shen, the others are all martial ranks. Of course, when using them to go to Jinghu, the main consideration is to deal with the barbarians. Except for a few, most of the officials who were born as jinshi were not suitable for leading troops.

I chose a pavilion near the window, and the four of us sat down and ordered wine and food.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Li Shen said: "This season, the mulberry is on the market, and the green apricots are still young, which is a good time of the year." It is not an easy errand to go to Jinghu, tens of thousands of troops, drain water, and open up wasteland. ”

Wang Han said: "The Privy Council and the Government Hall said that the promotion is only in charge of the camp and the regular liquidation, and if there is any chaos, it is to appease the division and calm it." It's just that the camp is upside down, it's just a little harder, and it's not a trivial matter to calm the chaos. ”

Xiang Zong nodded: "That's right." Lizhou has jurisdiction over four counties, and the two counties of Liyang and Anxiang are located in the plains, with a small population and arable land. The two counties of Shimen and Cili are barbarian land, with continuous mountains. When the army goes into the fields, the barbarians will sit idly by? ”

Feng Wenxian said: "What are you afraid of! The barbarians dare to make trouble, and they will mobilize a large army to suppress it. This time, the army of Yingtian, the imperial court allowed to bring a few muskets, equipped with knives and guns, and was still afraid of barbarians? Only when those places are pacified can we farm with peace of mind. ”

Li Shen shook his head: "Li and Ding Erzhou are connected to Chenzhou in the west, and they are like turning outside, and there will be chaos when they go." The forbidden army is now training, and even if there is chaos in the two lakes, we can only calm it down by ourselves. said that I was only in charge of the camp, but the soldiers were all taken away to quell the chaos, what kind of fields did they open? ”

At this moment, the store served up food and drinks. The four of them had a drink together, ate some food, and gossiped some things.

Wang Han said: "Now Dingzhou and Tanzhou are nothing more than Meishanman. This barbarian tribe is widely distributed, and there is chaos almost every year. When they go, if they don't punish them heavily, they will definitely not be able to live. The imperial court did not arrange the army to Lianghu this time, so we should be careful. When there are many people, they will be distributed to the states. Moreover, when Du Taiwei was camping on Jingxi Road, they were all connected by several states, and the camps and fields were connected together. Even though there were some small messes, there were many people working in the fields, and they were quickly pacified. If it is scattered, it is easy for barbarians to take advantage of it. ”

Li Shen said: "I expect to cultivate fields around Dongting Lake. Those who went in the early days were placed in Liyang, Anxiang, Wuling, Chenyang, and Yuanjiang counties, as well as Yiyang, Xiangyin and other counties in Tanzhou. In this way, the camp and field affairs are connected into a piece, and the population is concentrated, and there is no fear of the surrounding barbarians. ”

Wang Han nodded, drank a drink with everyone, and said, "What about the original households in the place that is zoned as a camp?" ”

Li Shen said: "Referring to the method of Du Taiwei's camping in those years, buy their land into the camp. If the place where the fields are camped is mixed with households, it will be very unfavorable to the future, and there will inevitably be conflicts. ”

Xiang Zongdao: "It is not easy to buy land for households, and it is easy to get into disputes. ”

"Then the only way to do it is to use painful means, and if it is not sold, move to other places, and don't do land zoning. The land for farming is not connected to each other, and it is mixed with the people, and there will inevitably be many disputes. Especially when the fields are opened, the local tyrants will inevitably compete for it, and it will be even more troublesome at that time. ”

Li Shen obviously thought clearly about this matter and said it categorically. Although there is a lot of idle land in the two lakes, there are also many indigenous people. In order to reclaim wasteland, especially the cultivation of fields, tens of thousands of people are involved, and if you want to connect them, you have to deal with some indigenous people. The general principle is redemption, and all the land of the people in the area demarcated by the camp field service is purchased by the camp field service, and the personnel are engaged in the camp field work. If you don't want to, you can also exchange empty space in other places, and the camp army will give a certain amount of money and goods. All in all, the camp and field work envisioned by Li Shen should be separated from the local area.

Feng Wenxian shook his head and sighed: "In this way, the place must be eventful. We're going, it's really not peaceful. ”

Several people nodded together, raised their glasses, and drank their own thoughts. Lizhou and Dingzhou belong to Jinghu North Road, Tanzhou is the capital of Jinghu South Road, and Wang Han, as the pacification envoy of Jinghu South Road, cannot manage the two states. However, the two lakes are in chaos, the most important thing is on the South Road, especially Meishanman near Tanzhou. To the west and south of Meishan, there are continuous mountains, and there are many barbarians in the mountains, but they are the same qi and branches. Often, rebellions in one state quickly spread to several states, and the scope even covered the surrounding Guangnan West Road and Kuizhou Road, which was very difficult to govern.

Changsha County, Tanzhou, is the Changsha of the later generations, and Du Zhongxiao was the core area of the Han nationality in his previous life. This era is not, there are many barbarians around, and Tanzhou is like a border county. There is a lot of developable land around Dongting Lake, but it is not very peaceful, and it is not easy to camp the land.

The reason why Yingtian started from these states this time is similar to what a few people estimated, and the focus is still on pacifying the chaos first. Without a large army stationed, the harassment of the barbarians would not have decreased. They themselves did not submit to the king, and they were scattered among the mountains, and they were not taxed or paid. And there is a land king himself, and whenever he has the opportunity, he will make chaos and rob the state and county. When the army entered and suppressed, the barbarians hid in the mountains and forests, and when the army withdrew and came out, it would be the same after a few years.

Without the development of the surrounding areas, which did not support the long-term presence of the army, they had to compromise in the end. And because of the chaos, there are few immigrants in the three prefectures of Li, Ding, and Tan, and a lot of land is not developed, forming a vicious circle. The purpose of this camp in Sanzhou was to form a base for peripheral development, and then the army gradually entered the mountains, turning the barbarians in the mountains into households and thoroughly developing them.

Most of the barbarians in the mountains are still in the era of slash-and-burn farming, and their lives are quite difficult. This is the way things are in the world, if it is not for the people outside the mountains to live well, the barbarians in the mountains will take the initiative to naturalize. In fact, most of them belong to some large families, similar to slaves, and they are not familiar with the world beyond the mountains. If the imperial court does not take the initiative to attack, it will be difficult to change those places, and the mountains limit the footsteps of people outside the mountains, and also limit the horizons of the people in the mountains. They are in another world, and if the army does not enter, there will be very little communication between the two sides.

The two lakes planned by Du Zhongxiao are mainly around Dongting Lake, which is divided into the east and west of the lake. After weighing, the first development of Huxi was to take advantage of the newly eliminated army, and there was still combat power, and the flat characters were mainly chaotic.

Li Shen drank the wine and said, "If you want to calm the chaos, the most important thing is to camp the field." As long as the camp and field affairs take root there, the surrounding area can be fully fed with soldiers and food, and the chaos will not arise. It's just that the soldiers of the forbidden army, many generations have not known the crops, and it is not easy. ”

Wang Han stroked his beard lightly and said, "That's what I said." Many of the soldiers of the forbidden army have been soldiers for generations, living in Kaifeng City for one or two hundred years, where do they still know about farming. Ploughing cattle, farm tools, and seeds can be supplied by the imperial court, but there is no way to farm the craft. When Du Taiwei was camping on Jingxi Road, he compiled a booklet on farming, and it was best to bring some with him. ”

Li Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Zhizhou, these soldiers who have been laid down are unwilling to study in the military academy, where can they read the books?" I can only know this matter in my heart, and find some people to teach. ”

Hearing this, several other people smiled bitterly together. Although the forbidden army is also old and weak, compared with the common people, their health is not bad. The people can do the farm work, and of course the army can do it. However, they have strength, but they do not know how. Planting rice and cultivating fields, can these forbidden troops do it?