Liu Bei seemed to have some respect for Chen Xi's shameless behavior. Besides, it didn't matter if Liu Ye took some of the blame. Chen Xi was right. Compared with the process of their eastward patrol, Liu Ye's one at least sounded It's very serious.
"Jingnan seems to be very sparsely populated, and supposedly it should be the same as Jiaozhou, with clan influence everywhere. But after I came here, I felt that it was not like that at all." Liu Bei threw Liu Ye's pot aside. , anyway, it has been declared, it is not a big deal, just fool it for now, first understand the place under your feet.
"The situation in Jingnan is completely different from that in Jiaozhou. Not to mention the clans here, the people are almost emptied out." Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said, when the southern aristocratic families migrated, they took the Jingnan ancient road. Li When you went south, you found that the clans in this place were too powerful, and then they acquiesced to the dirty hands of the major families.
The subsequent operations were like sweeping the floor with a broom, sweeping away all the clans in Jingnan as rubbish. Each of the major families played this trick more smoothly than the other. With more than a dozen families playing together, the Jingnan clan still didn’t understand the cause and consequences. Well, it was cooked into a dish by various aristocratic families and taken away directly.
Even these people were so cheap that even the Wuxi Barbarians took part of them as clansmen. This was also the reason why when the southern aristocratic families came over, the population was so-so and sufficient.
Jingnan was directly swept by this group of people. Not to mention the clan, if they were not cleared, the officials of the four counties were still relatively capable. However, Chen Xi felt that the four counties of Jingnan were now merged into one county. Well, with such a small population, it is divided into four. It is not even as good as the counties below Runan. There are still four county-level units. It is really a trap.
After listening to Chen Xi's explanation, Liu Bei had a detailed understanding of the hierarchies within the Han Dynasty. The uppermost aristocratic families, the middle-level powerful landlords, and the lower-level local clans. The latter two can transform into each other, but the thing at the front is very important to them. It was really crushing from behind.
"I have to admit that the aristocratic family is indeed a bit bad." Liu Bei sighed, "But these guys are indeed very capable."
"After all, the people around you are not good people. If you want to live well, you need to be worse than them." Chen Xi said helplessly. Starting from Yuan Yang, there are no existences that are harmful to the country and the people. It's just that while they are harming others, , also saving people.
"I think Jingnan is fine. We can move the Wuxi people here to replenish the population and let them make a living in Jingnan. Compared with the free-range method, we can create households for the Wuxi people to integrate the people." Liu Bei thought for a while. He suggested that while patrolling eastward, from north to south, Liu Bei felt that the population was getting smaller and smaller. In the past, there was not enough land, but now there is not enough people.
"Actually, the bureaucrats of the four counties have submitted letters many times, hoping that the people of Wuxi can be registered as households and the people can be unified." Chen Xi nodded. Chen Xi did not agree before, because in the process of registering the people, the bureaucrats at all levels were casual. Bad operations can turn this into a bad thing.
However, after seeing it in person, I understood that with the current situation in the four counties, the bureaucrats in the four counties are really risking their lives to protect their official positions. If there is no one left, their official positions are really unstable. The purpose of absorbing Wuxi people is to maintain their positions. Our own bureaucracy has tens of thousands of people to maintain a county-level bureaucracy. This is a rhythm that will collapse sooner or later. We have to deceive some people from somewhere.
Therefore, at this time, the governors of the four counties will definitely not engage in human trafficking. Even if they are buying and selling, they will probably buy them back.
In fact, what Chen Xi didn't know was that the four counties in Jingnan that he saw still had tens of thousands of people living in the county. This was still the result of the efforts of the county guards of the four counties to pick up people from other places and then integrate the people into households. Li You hinted to the Southern Family that the Southern Family needed more people.
In this case, the county guards of the four counties in Jingnan were able to hold back their ass. They covered their mouths, folded their arms, choked their throats, and buckled them backwards. The four counties in Jingnan were directly defeated by the Southern Family. When they left, they left less than 20,000 people in total with the governors of the four counties, and the others were taken away directly.
You don’t even have to report it, you can only knock out your teeth and swallow it, and then figure out your own solution.
In fact, there are so many people in Jingnan now because they are bureaucrats in the four counties of Jingnan. In order to maintain their own bureaucracy, they find ways to attract people from other places.
What are you Mon? Hey, don't say that. Look at your clothes and listen to your accent. Your ancestors must be Han Chinese. Come on, take this household registration form, press your fingerprints, and go over there to get eighty acres of land. Okay, He is yours.
What are you from the Lao tribe? Hey, how can you say that? Your accent sounds similar to ours. It’s not good to live in the forest and be a monkey. Come and sign it. No, no, no. This is not a contract of betrayal. Be obedient and press your fingerprints. Okay, go. Take a look next door. There is a man over there who will teach you Mandarin. Go and learn it. After you finish learning, you will receive the seeds and agricultural tools. Change your last name. If you are a man, well, then let's call it Li.
What, you are from Funan, the whole country of Funan has become a vassal, and the queen has also come to our Han Dynasty to be the queen. We are our own people. I see that your life is relatively difficult, so I will help you accept it.
With the efforts of this group of bureaucrats to maintain their official positions, they collected tens of thousands of people from all directions and relied on various means, and barely restored the appearance of the four counties and prefectures.
As for the teachers who teach official dialect, why are the teachers who teach reading and writing here? Of course they are low-level officials. There are only a few thousand people left. Many county bosses and clerks have nothing to do. In order to If you all can continue to be officials in the future, hurry up and teach these people how to read and write.
This is why when Liu Bei came, he didn't find any problems here. He also thought that the people here were good at what they said. In fact, with the money of the bureaucrats in Jingnan, they could really wipe out the Meng State next door. The tribe has become one of its own.
Chen Xi knew these things more or less, but seeing that this group of people did a good job, he didn't bother to care about it. He just wanted to express that there are too few of you. If you don't solve this problem, I will kill the four of you. Some bureaucrats Eliminate.
So when Chen Xi and others left Jingnan, crossed Yunmengze, and ate fish, the governors of the four counties in Jingnan began to vigorously organize households and people, and many low-level officials were used as teachers. After using it, it turns out that bureaucrats really have potential when they are trying to protect their official positions.
Incidentally, it was also because of this that Chen Xi paid attention to another group of hidden scholars, that is, the bosses, clerks, and assistants in the hands of bureaucrats at all levels!
These people may not have strong abilities, but they are really literate. If they can form a class like Jing Nan to carry out literacy, it seems to be a bit of a head start. But this kind of order, unless Jing Nan is forced to do so, Guy, it seems difficult to execute in other places.
In the twelfth month of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, there was no way that there were not enough months. Taichang felt that the meeting had to be at the beginning of the year, so he asked the calendar administrator to manually adjust the months.
The people who worked in the Gan family said that your way of playing was wrong, so they were taken back and replaced with a senior Gan family member as the Taishi Ling. After that, they successfully adjusted the calendar. Yes, Yuanfeng's fifth year was great. , there are fourteen months, and it is the first time in history that there are two leap months a year.
As for next year, there is a slight problem. There are only eleven months left next year. But even so, the Gan family still made a suitable lunisolar calendar so that people next year can know when to plant what things without being affected by the month. .
Too often expressed satisfaction with this, and then the Gan family said that you don't know how to adjust it manually? Why should our Gan family take the blame and then be dragged down by the new generation of old lady Chang? As for the oldest grandma, Taichang, she had already taken a car to the Ganges with a group of old people before, and she didn’t even have to worry about the fatigue of traveling. I rushed to the street and am now recuperating at Samadhija.
That's right, there is still one month left in Yuanfeng's fifth year. In short, Tai Chang expressed his dissatisfaction and postponed it to February or March next year. Are you kidding? It will definitely not work. I will change the month for you. Let me see if you guys who are playing outside have any thoughts. pressure.
However, both Chen Xi and Liu Tong thought it would be better to change the month. It turned out that there was still such an operation. If they had known about it earlier, they should have made adjustments when it came out, so that the time could be planned better, unlike now where there is always a sense of urgency.
By the way, because the Han Dynasty changed the month, the armistice period in Eurasia was slightly extended. Maybe everyone is really tired from fighting and needs some rest, so the battle reports have stopped recently. As for the whole world, it seems a little weird.
Of course, this is for the soldiers who have been accustomed to fighting continuously, but it is completely different for Zhang Ren and Ji Ling who are currently marching.
The two of them are almost reaching the Ural Mountains. This speed can be said to be the fastest in history. Of course, the most important thing is that this time the official road to the west has been almost completed. Although the section from the Yuan family to Congling is still There were big problems, but the section from Chang'an to Ruoqiang had been repaired, and the carriages rushed all the way, and it passed quickly.
After passing Ruoqiang, we marched on foot for a period of time before entering Qiuci. The road in the Western Region was intermittently open to travel by car. Therefore, the speed of this march was far faster than before. In fact, it was not over yet in the summer. By the time, Zhang Ren and Ji Ling had already arrived at Congling.
The remaining few months were basically spent with the guide taking the two people to march to the Ural Mountains. Compared with the previous situation where there was a road that could be driven by car, the rest of the road that could only be driven by two legs was indeed very difficult. The terrible road section, but it was also because of these thousands of miles of training that Zhang Ren's ability was once again deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The new batch of soldiers once again recognized Zhang Pingnan's coolness.
In short, Zhang Ren once again stood at the top of the legion with the help of various special effects and the terrifying combat power brought by the blessing of destiny.
