Chapter 216: I Have a Clue
Fu Zhu didn't let Yanbei wait too long, and as soon as the letter from King Zhao's palace arrived, the Sili Lieutenant's Mansion began to hand it over. In fact, compared with other states, Sizhou did not have much more direction of affairs, and in general, it was nothing more than to appease the people internally, collect taxes on agriculture and mulberry, and prepare soldiers and armor to supply the armies of Zhang Lu in Yizhou and Jiang Jin in Jingzhou in the south.
Except that the composition of the people is a little wilder.
In the past, the population of Sizhou was more than 3 million, but for more than 20 years, there were many wars, and the people either suffered military disasters or natural disasters, and the dead and the dead left. What's even more tragic is that this is already 20 years later, if you take out the more than 3 million people from 20 years ago and take a look, don't say that there is not one in ten, but I am afraid that one in 100 will be many.
An entire generation is gone.
Later, in order to enrich Sizhou and create a buffer and containment for the Yan clan against the five states of Liang, Bing, Yi, Jing and Yan, they immigrated on a large scale. Bai Bo came, Montenegro came, and the Xiongnu slaves came, which barely pulled the population of Sizhou to about 1.5 million, plus in recent years, Jing and Yi fell into war, and the people took the initiative to move north.
It is certainly a good thing that there are more people, but it also brings huge hidden dangers. There are two million people in Sizhou, of which more than 100,000 slaves survived after the earliest exhaustion and death in the mines and forests, some of the strong men have been relieved of the past robes, and some women are married to men.
There are also more than 400,000 people from Baibo Valley and Montenegro, and they are also located east of Tongguan...... In the past, most of them were nobles within the eight levels, but now? It's all this thief and that thief who live there. This is also the source of Liang Xi's exploits, in the territory of Henan Yin, although there is the most fertile land in the world, but there are also the most difficult people in the world to restrain the people, they do not agree with each other to kill people and goods, and have nothing to do to dig graves and rob graves.
In this position, it is not easy to spend the first half of the year with peace of mind, let alone a well-governed person like Liang Xi?
No matter which Sili Lieutenant and which Henan Yin takes office in the future, we must pay attention to this part, otherwise the taxation of Sizhou will not be peaceful. But to put it more broadly, Henan Yin is not only no threat to the rule of the Yan family, but extremely beneficial. Don't look at them in the past, they were either white wave thieves or black mountain thieves, but those meanings are nothing more than the yellow scarf in Jiang Jin's arms and the altar in Yanbei Palace...... Just think about it.
Whoever wants them to live that life again, they will draw their swords. I can think of it with my ass, what days were they in the past? In the Black Mountain, there is a living in the White Wave Valley, and it is good if ten people can live five; What now? Sizhou has land, although there are not many, but they are all fertile land with a yield of three stones and four stones per mu, seeing that Sizhou is about to become the hinterland of the Yan family, their descendants no longer have to give their lives for the conquest of nobles and leaders, they don't have to run around, they just need to live by guarding the fields.
Petty fights and rape crimes, there is. But if you really want to talk about rebellion, there is not a single one.
Tanma traveled back and forth to Jixian County for three days, and then to Liaodong on the fifth day, from the news sent from the palace of Zhao Wang to Sima Lang's resignation from Liaodong Taishou out of Youzhou and south into Jizhou, the exchange was only 20 days. Now is not the time for Yanbei to govern Youzhou, it will take half a month to go from the sentinel cavalry of Liaodong County to Jixian County, and Yanbei will lead troops to walk in Youzhou for more than a month.
More than ten years have passed, Youzhou from west to east to build a wide avenue, along the way hundreds of pavilions standing horses for the order to change horses, from Jixian to Xiangping riders along the way to change horses can arrive in two days at the earliest.
Over the years, Youzhou has not been idle, because of the geographical situation, it is too peaceful here, and Yandong is a state pastor who desperately wants to prove himself, in addition to cultivating the fields, the state is to repair canals, bridges and roads. There is no way, Yan Dong also hopes that there will be a few battles to add some prestige to him...... As the brother of King Zhao, Yan Dong has always been under too much pressure, and he doesn't want to make himself worthy of his name all the time, but he has no enemies.
Where will there be enemies in Youzhou? The Xianbei people outside the Sai were stopped by the Xianbei people who belonged to them, not to mention the Wuhuan people in the Sai Nei, although the war in the Central Plains made Yanbei transfer close to the half Wuhuan warriors, but the rest were still worthy of a war. What's more, the most elite force in Youzhou has always been not attached to Xianbei and Wuhuan, but to Xiangyong.
Looking at the world, Youzhou Township has the most bravery. For example, all the states and counties today have the habit of forming townships and towns with people to prepare for war, but other local township warriors are obviously not worth the sun compared to the county soldiers, but Youzhou is different, they are all descendants of samurai. As the foundation of King Zhao's beginning, Youzhou can be called a soldier for all the people, and some of the people may have not served King Zhao for three generations, but if the 40,000 townships of Youzhou are pulled out, it will be a brave and warlike army in a blink of an eye, or the kind that brings its own dry food and armor.
In a blink of an eye, it was the scorching August again, Sima Lang traveled all the way, entered the territory of Zhongshan and suffered from heat stroke, rested for two days before continuing to march to Handan, visited Yanbei in Handan, and then walked along the south bank of the Taihang Mountain River to the west for a short distance out of Wei County and entered Sizhou Hanoi. As soon as Sima Lang left Jizhou, Yanbei was left to count the days and wait for the frustration to come.
More than ten days later, a messenger came to report that he had entered the territory of Zhao.
This Zhao State refers to Zhao County.
Fu Zhu was the first feudal official appointed by Yanbei to go out and return, and Yanbei personally rode a horse and led a team out of the palace for ten miles to greet him...... The first person to be appointed was Xun Yue, but he didn't come back.
Frustrated and flattered, he saw Yan Bei straddle the mount and wait on the side of the road from afar, and immediately took Liang Xiyue to get out of the car, and bowed down in front of Yan Bei: "How can the body of the king of Wanjin make it out of the palace to greet him, it's really a sin!" ”
Gentlemen and ministers respect each other!
Yan Bei pursed his lips and smiled and pulled Frustration up, "Oh, it's not you who is frustrated, it's the strategy in your chest!" This is the Liang Ziyu you recommended, great, Lone has heard of your exploits a long time ago, and it is really not easy for Henan Yin to be managed by you in an orderly manner. If you go on a horse to govern the army and get off the horse to govern the people, even if you are alone, you can't catch up with you! ”
Without waiting for Liang Xi to reply, Yan Bei took the two of them by the arm and turned his head to walk towards the official road, and said happily: "Don't follow, you all ride to the palace and let the palace people prepare the prepared wine and food." I should have let you rest, but I have been waiting for you for too long! Don't be in a hurry to drink the wine first, you two came from Sizhou, how is the war in Jingzhou, does Ah Jin have a clue over there? ”