He originally wanted to scold his ignorant subordinates, but when he looked up, he saw his immediate boss appearing in front of him. Li Yi was immediately frightened and his words became stammered. Can't say a single word.
But his incomplete words frightened County Cheng Jiang He and County Lieutenant Zhu Tuo, who didn't care at first!
The two of them quickly looked up, and sure enough, they saw King Yun Mianxia, whom they had not seen for many days, appearing in front of them.
The two immediately put down what they were doing, quickly came to Zhao Jun and saluted respectfully:
"Our subordinates have met Your Majesty, King Yun!"
Li Yi also reacted and hurriedly walked out of his seat to salute with the two of them. His heart was so anxious that it was about to jump out of his chest, and sweat was dripping from his forehead.
After the three people saluted, Zhao Jun did not respond immediately. Instead, he snorted coldly, which made the three of them tremble. Then they saw Zhao Jun slowly come to the main seat of the Wenshi Hall and sit down, picking up the tea on the seat. After looking at it, it was already cold, and I let out a dissatisfied hum!
Wang Huai'en understood, and immediately called the clerk from outside to change the cup with hot tea. Zhao Jun then picked up the tea cup with satisfaction, lifted the tea lid and scraped the foam in the cup, and then gently sipped the tea, slowly He nodded and said:
"Everyone is free of charge."
More than a quarter of an hour had passed since the official saluted before Zhao Jun changed the hot tea and drank it into his mouth. However, the three Yunzhou County officials kept bending down to salute and did not dare to move.
It wasn't until Zhao Jun said this without courtesy that the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and after saying thank you to King Yun for his majesty, they stood up straight again and stood with their hands tied.
They looked as respectful as three frightened quails. No one would have thought that these three people were the highest officials in charge of civil and military affairs in Yunzhou County and even Nanli County.
Of course, the military here has to be discounted. The escort army is directly under the command of King Yun. The only things Zhu Tuo, the county captain, can control are the three squadrons of yamen subordinate to the county guard's yamen and the 500 Wuhou patrolling the streets in Yunzhou City.
After moistening his somewhat dry throat, Zhao Jun put down the tea cup. While putting it down, he said as if unintentionally: "Not bad! When I came, I looked in front of me. I was very busy. Originally, I thought the three of you were about the same, but I didn’t expect that you three elders were living quite comfortably.
Tsk, tsk, tsk... Look, this sandalwood, this tea, all it takes is a little lady playing the piano. You are living a more comfortable life than me, the prince!
Hey, Li Yi, how about we switch roles, and I am the prince, and you, the county magistrate, are for me? "
Li Yi was immediately frightened and knelt down with a plop, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please calm down! I will never let you down! Everything in Yunzhou County has been arranged properly, and I will never delay Your Majesty's affairs." It will not delay the civil affairs of Yunzhou County!"
Not only him, but also County Cheng Jiang He and County Lieutenant Zhu Tuo also hurriedly knelt down together and repeatedly promised that they had completed their duties.
Zhao Jun deliberately waited for a while, and when he saw that the heat was almost done, he waved his hand and said:
"Okay, are you so scared? I didn't say that you were in danger of being in charge of the government. I just wanted to switch with Li Yi to see if he is a good county guard. You don't have to be so nervous.
Get up quickly, get up quickly, kneeling down is not popular in Song Dynasty..."
Li Yi and the other three looked at each other, and then looked up at Zhao Jun's expression. Zhao Jun, however, looked at himself with an indifferent expression and picked up the tea cup and started drinking. There was no trace of emotion at all.
The three of them stood up carefully and slowly, but their expressions were still a little restrained.
Zhao Jun didn't seem to care, but in fact he had been secretly watching the expressions of the three of them. Seeing their cautious looks, he not only laughed secretly in his heart.
He naturally knew that the three of them had nothing to do, but everything had been done well, otherwise Yunzhou County would have been in chaos long ago. Now that it can move forward in an orderly manner, the three of them must have contributed a lot.
But... As the saying goes, if you don't fight for three days, you can go to the house and uncover the tiles.
As King Yun, he is almost a hands-off shopkeeper. He rarely appears in front of the stage if there is nothing important. All big and small matters are handled by these three people. In the short term, it is okay, they will be honest.
But as time goes by, Yunzhou County becomes more and more powerful, and there is no guarantee that the three people who hold the power will not have some small thoughts.
Although they have military power in their hands, they can't make any trouble, but if they have different intentions, they will really cause some trouble, so they have to beat them from time to time to let them know who is the right person in this Yunzhou County. Be the master.
You must keep them in awe of you so that you can firmly control them.
Now looking at the careful looks of the three of them, it seems that the effect of the beating is not bad.
Putting down the tea cup again, Zhao Jun smacked his lips. This tea was still a little worse than the tea at his house. He was a little uncomfortable drinking it. It seemed that Wang Huaien would have to kick a few bags of tea leaves at his house when he went out in the future.
Putting the tea cup away, Zhao Jun looked up at the three of them again, tapped his fingers on the table, and asked Li Yi after thinking: "Chief Li, a large number of refugees enter our Yunzhou County from Liaoyun Pass every day. , what is the current population situation of our Yunzhou County?"
This is to examine your own job.
Li Yi understood and immediately replied: "Back to your lord, after Yunzhou County started to take in refugees from the customs this year, our Yunzhou County has a total registered population of 634,231 Tatars from the Song Dynasty. The number of remaining Tatar slaves not recorded in the Yellow Book is unknown, but the total number is estimated to be around 100,000.
Since the arrival of the refugees, as of yesterday's official shift, a total of 726,637 refugees have been registered.
Including the population of our Yunzhou County, the total is 1,360,868 people!
The total population has exceeded one million. Even if it is placed within the pass, the population is not as large as those of the most populous provinces, but it is already larger than Cainan County, which ranks last in terms of population.
However, according to the vassal order issued by you, not all of the migrating refugees stayed in Yunzhou County. 360,000 of them chose to migrate to Nanli County and settled their household registration in Nanli County.
The remaining 360,000 people were left in Yunzhou County and participated in the construction of two new cities five hundred miles south and three hundred miles west of Yunzhou City.
The population of Yunzhou County today is around one million, but with the continuous influx of refugees in the pass, it is expected that before the beginning of autumn this year, the total population of Yunzhou County will exceed the two million mark, completely solving the problem. The problem of lack of manpower! "
After Li Yi finished speaking, he immediately looked at Zhao Jun with confidence. He thought that he had done an excellent job. Now Yunzhou County of Nuo Da was arranged in an orderly manner. He had no credit but hard work, so he should not Are you being reprimanded again?
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun nodded first, confirming his work.
Li Yi's face was happy, but then Zhao Jun shook his head again, and Li Yi's face also fell, a little confused.
Zhao Jun said slowly: "Chief Li has done a good job, and he also has a good understanding of the population of this county, which is good.
However, I believe that Governor Li's ideas are still too optimistic, especially in terms of population projections. "
Li Yi was puzzled. Before he could ask, Zhao Jun continued to explain: "Due to the severe drought last year, Liaobei County caused a large number of landless refugees. This is why we can recruit so many people from the local area so easily.
But Liaobei County was not completely destroyed.
Even though there is a severe drought, one year has passed, and a large number of refugees have been taken away by us, as well as the support of the court, the people's livelihood in Liaobei County has gradually been recovering.
Although population is a burden during a severe drought, population is the foundation of a place at any time. When everything recovers, Liaobei County will definitely not allow a large number of people to continue to flow into our Yunzhou County. This is bound to happen This will lead to a shortage of local manpower, causing local development to stagnate or even reverse. Therefore, our time is very limited. Once the excess population in Liaobei County we absorb reaches a certain limit, the local area will be able to support so many people.
No matter how much money we give, no matter whether it is the local powerful landlords or the court considering the development of this place, they will not continue to sit back and watch the people flow to our Yunzhou County.
I estimate that with at most another five hundred thousand, this limit will be reached.
And half a million is definitely not enough for the developing Yunzhou County.
Although the war in Nanli County is now at a disadvantage, with the foundation of Yunzhou County and the current sufficient number of soldiers, the disadvantage can be reversed soon.
At that time, no matter whether we are willing or not, we who have crippled Shendu's army, whether it is to weaken the opponent's strength, or to reward the newly arrived people and meritorious soldiers with land, will inevitably continue to expand outwards.
Continue to occupy a large amount of Shendu territory!
The expansion of territory not only means an increase in resources owned by Yunzhou County, but also the loss of a large number of administrative personnel. There is also the issue of whether there is a large population to enrich the local stable area.
All of this will keep Yunzhou County in the predicament of insufficient manpower.
Therefore, I hope that before the officials of Liaobei County react, our Yunzhou County cannot just passively accept the people sent by Liaobei County.
We still need to take the initiative!
It just so happens that the spring taxes from Nanli County have been shipped back, and our Yunzhou County has a large amount of grain reserves. The county governor's office directly sent people to Yunzhou County with the grain.
I don’t care whether you are coaxing or lying.
In short, there is only one day, so bring everyone who can be brought to Yunzhou County first. After passing the Liaoyun Pass, it will be useless even if they react and want to regret it!
do you understand? "
Li Yi nodded blankly, and could not help but think of the time when the officials of Liaobei County were drinking wine and listening to music, preparing to wait until the number of people under their jurisdiction dropped to a certain number before they would no longer allow people to When leaving customs.
Suddenly discovered!
I don't know when all the people in the entire jurisdiction were taken away by people sent by Yunzhou County. Their entire area became a no-man's land, leaving only them, landlords with large amounts of land but no one to cultivate it. And what the scene would be like if they, the bare-bones parents and officials, had no control over the people.
As parents and officials in the same place, if he were the designated one, he would not be able to accept it, and his Taoist heart might collapse on the spot.
Just thinking about that scene, Li Yi was so frightened that he trembled all over, and couldn't help but secretly sympathize with these colleagues.
But he immediately replied respectfully: "I obey your orders! We will make arrangements immediately. Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
Whether the others die or not is none of his business, but he must handle the matters assigned by the prince.
As for those colleagues, I can only blame you for your misfortune.
Who told you to be targeted by the prince, and you opened a hole for the prince to take advantage of every opportunity?
All of this is self-inflicted!
Hehe, it seems that people don’t like the description of war scenes. From then on, I transferred most of the plot to the farming aspect and tried my best to brush off the war scenes.
(End of chapter)
