Yu divided the world into Jiuzhou, Ji, Yan, Qing, Xu, Yang, Jing, Yu, Liang, and Yong. Liangzhou was one of the ancient Jiuzhou. In the Western Han Dynasty, Liangzhou was changed to Yizhou. In the Jin Dynasty, it was divided into Liang, Yi, Ning Sanzhou, the Shu Han occupied Yizhou and Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period.
To bring the Liangzhou nobles and people into submission as soon as possible is nothing more than using the local nobles as officials, treating the people with light corvee and appeasing the people of all ethnic groups.
When Yang Siping entered Liang Dynasty, Yang Anxuan asked him to do this. At first, Yang Siping abolished the camp households according to Yang Anxuan's instructions, allocated fields to them, and reduced taxes by 30%, which was very popular among the people.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Siping led his army to attack Brazil County and Hanzhong County. After moving the county administration to Nanzheng City, Hanzhong, he threw Yang Anxuan's instructions behind him, accepted property wantonly, and ordered each county to pay taxes according to the original regulations. In the name of farming, the original camp households were gathered together to farm...
After Yang Anxuan learned about the situation in Liangzhou, he wrote to his third uncle many times, reminding him to appease the soldiers and the people and not to plunder excessively. Yang Siping restrained himself slightly after receiving the letter, but the effect was not great.
This time Mao Xiuzhi was ordered to enter Liang to attack Shu. Wen Chumao, the prefect of Fuling, and Shi Yanzu, the prefect of Badong, remembered their old friendship and sent troops to help. They might start a rebellion next time.
Not long after Yang Siping entered Shu, Qiu Chi and the Qin State invaded again. In order to stabilize the situation, the original prefect did not change. However, when he captured Badong County, the former prefect Shi Ji fled with Qiao Liang. Yang Siping ordered the original Ba Commander to The prefect Wang Yan took over, and the prefect of Bajun awarded Zhu Lingshi.
Most of these governors had been in office for several years and were familiar with the local conditions, and the officials under their command were also close confidants. If they wanted to take root in Liangzhou, they must first eliminate the influence of these people. 33
The post of governor was nominally appointed by the imperial court. The governor had to report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs before he could be appointed or removed. Yang Anxuan could not replace so many governors at once.
However, Yang Anxuan thought of an exchange method, moving Badong to Hanzhong and Fuling to Brazil. Except for Zhu Lingshi, everyone else was mobilized, thus uprooting the roots of several people.
This alone is not enough. It is difficult for the prefect to change the chief registrar, but to appoint and remove him. When Huan Xuan used the county magistrate to control the affairs of a county, we can learn from it. Let the third uncle choose local nobles to be the chief registrar, county magistrate, and county magistrate. He might as well let the local nobles control the affairs first. Control the county administration and evade the county guard.
There are also disadvantages in doing so, but the matter is urgent, and the gentry will pay attention to their reputation in the local area, and they will probably treat the people well when they govern. Now for Yang Anxuan, stability is the word, and a stable Liangzhou is better than anything else.
Taoism spread and developed in Shu through Zhang Ling, Zhang Heng and Zhang Lu, and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, Fan Changsheng "led more than a thousand families to Qingcheng Mountain" to spread the Taoism of the Heavenly Masters and became a Taoist leader, "whom the people worshiped like gods."
Li Xiong proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, worshiped Fan Changsheng as prime minister, and was given the title "Grand Master of Heaven and Earth". It was the first regime in history to adopt Taoism as its state religion.
After Huan Wen destroyed the Han Dynasty, Taoism still had a wide influence in the Bashu area. Taoist temples such as the Ancient Taoist Temple in Qingcheng Mountain and the Yanxian Temple in Mianzhu are everywhere. "Bashu is particularly focused on the techniques of Laozi".
In the south, Sun En rebelled against the Celestial Master Dao, and the imperial court gradually tightened its control over the Celestial Master's Dao. However, in the north, Kou Qianzhi gained the trust of Wei Emperor Tuobagui in Pingcheng, and reformed and rectified the Celestial Master's Dao to meet the needs of the emperor. Use the "Precepts of Yunzhong Yinchan Xinke" to spread the method of convincing Qi Yiyin, eliminate the old false methods, and eliminate the old disadvantages.
Under the strong praise of Lang Cuihao, a close minister of the Wei emperor, Kou Qianzhi spread Taoism widely in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The influence of Tianshi Tao gradually increased in the north, and people in Yong, Si, Yan and other places also believed in it.
Yang Anxuan smiled. Since the people of Liang Yi believed, he might as well submit to their wishes and send someone to invite Kou Qian's disciples to come to Liangzhou to preach. I'm sure they would happily agree. Thinking that the Shu people like Lao Tzu, they might as well engrave the Tao Te Ching and print thousands of copies to give to aristocratic families in Shu. It will definitely be very popular.
Yinghu is a factor of instability. After Qiao Zong enlisted the help of Li Teng, a camper, to capture Chengdu, he ordered the abolition of campers and naturalized the campers as civilians. This move won Qiao Zong's support among the people. Many campers enlisted in the army. Qiao Shu's The military strength has doubled.
It has to be said that Qiao Zong did a good job in appeasing the people. He opened the government granary to help the people. The Qiao family was originally a large family in central Sichuan and was related by marriage to many families. They quickly received the support of the family. If they have been operating for decades, , and then capture Liangzhou, the Shu Han will be reborn.
After Yang Siping entered Liang Dynasty, he made some achievements at first. As he used the name of hoarding land to replace the camp households with hoarding people, the living conditions of the camp households did not improve much. Comparing the two, these camp households inevitably felt nostalgic for Shu. If Qiao Shu takes the opportunity to call on the campers to revolt, it may become a problem for his confidants.
Yang Anxuan sighed. In fact, the person who should be replaced most was his third uncle Yang Siping. Yang Siping was a rough and greedy man, and there were enemies such as Qiao and Shu in the north of Liangzhou and Qin and Qiuchi in the southwest, so we should not take him lightly.
This year, Yong, Yan, and Si prefectures have had good weather, and the price of corn has dropped to 150 qian per stone. The corn in Qing and Yang areas is about 180 qian. Yang Anxuan was afraid of the loss of food, and ordered the local officials to pay 160 qian. Ten coins were collected to collect grain, and the granaries everywhere were full, and the good luck was heading to Liangzhou.
With food in hand and no panic in his heart, Yang Anxuan planned to recruit troops in Liangzhou. When recruiting troops in Yongzhou, they were given three stones of food per month and exempted from military service; they were allowed to retire after eight years and were granted fields after retirement; they were rewarded according to the system for meritorious service on the battlefield, and the casualties and casualties were not only granted fields but also their descendants, etc.
Many soldiers who followed Yang Anxuan in the battles retired and were granted land according to the military merit system and enjoyed official salaries based on the award of honors. Some of them entered official positions with meritorious service, including pavilion chiefs, county lieutenants and even county commanders.
Every time there is a recruitment in Yongzhou, there is an endless stream of people who come to apply. Those who can be selected are not only happy themselves, but also their families, and are looked down upon by others.
Yang Anxuan decided to recruit 10,000 troops from Liangzhou first, with two dan of monthly grain and tax exemption. The relevant policies were also implemented. It was estimated that 300,000 dan of food and salary would be needed every year, and about 300,000 dan would be needed to feed and clothe 10,000 people. There is naturally a shortage of labor, tax reductions and exemptions are imperative, and relief is needed in the event of a famine. The two combined together are definitely not something that the people of Liangzhou can bear.
The only way to transport grain from the land of Yong and Si to Liang was by water, which cost 20 to 30%. Yang Anxuan made a preliminary estimate that if he wanted to follow his plan, he would need nearly 3 million shi of grain.
Three million stones, Yang Anxuan smiled silently. From the initial thousand stones to ten stones to one million stones, it has now increased to three million stones. As he occupies more territory, the money and food required also become An astonishing number.
In war, we fight for money and food. This saying is true. With the power of Yongzhou, Sizhou and Yanzhou to support most of Liangzhou, Yang Anxuan still felt stretched.
Blind supply would definitely not work, so Yang Anxuan walked around the courtyard with his hands behind his back. The Bashu region is actually rich in products. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang relied on Shu brocade to support the Northern Expedition. Zhuge Liang once lamented that "the people are poor and the country is weak, and the only resource to defeat the enemy is brocade ears."
Sichuan is rich in mulberry trees, has a warm and humid climate, and the sericulture breeding industry is very prosperous. From this, an extremely developed silk weaving industry has been derived. Sichuan brocade ranks first among many silks. Its bustling patterns, fine textures, and elegant colors are highly praised by the princes and nobles. favorite.
Kong Miao once saw Shu brocade in the market. After returning, he lamented to himself that although Shu brocade was good, it was not something ordinary people could afford. Later, Qiu'er learned about it and bought half a horse as a gift to her.
In addition to Sichuan brocade, Sichuan also produces fine linen. Yang Xiong wrote in "Ode to the Capital of Shu" that "Yellow and moist fine cloth, a tube of gold." Huangrun, also known as "Sichuan cloth", is a specialty of Sichuan. This fine linen has not been bleached and is slightly yellow in color, so it is named Huangrun. This kind of cloth is made of male linen fiber, which is light and soft. It can be rolled into a bamboo tube and is also called "cloth in tube".
Huangrun cloth cost twenty gold a piece, but the supply still exceeds demand. As soon as it appears on the market, it will be bought as soon as possible. Merchants of the Qin, Wei and Yan states presented Shu brocade and Huangrun cloth as tribute to the nobles in the palace.
In addition to cloth and silk, another specialty product in Sichuan is well salt. "Every home has a well with a salt spring", and Sichuan produces a high amount of salt. The Salt Law of the Jin Dynasty imposed two taxes on salt, which stipulated that each stone of green salt produced would be taxed a thousand yen. People who purchased salt would also be levied a salt tax, and the salt tax would be included in the common people's field tax. One salt and two taxes made the people complain.
The government-run salt and iron business consists of civilian property, official collection, official transportation, and official sales. Yang Anxuan is planning to change the government-run operation to a private sector, that is, civilian property, official collection, commercial transportation, and commercial sales. He will issue salt quotations to merchants and simplify the procedures through salt quotation. Lowering the price of salt allows the people to benefit, and businessmen have more ways to make a fortune.
Shu is rich in minerals, including iron, copper, silver and other minerals, which will be transformed into resources for the city to conquer the world in the future. Yang Anxuan clenched his fists and made up his mind to stabilize Liangzhou first and then seek Qiao Shu. This was the beginning of his battle to conquer the world, and he must not let Liu Yu get the upper hand.
The key to stabilizing Liangzhou is business, and merchants pursue profits. If salt production is converted into commercial transportation and sales, there will definitely be an overwhelming number of merchants going to Liangzhou to sell salt. The key to restricting Liangzhou's development is transportation.
The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky. Yang Anxuan has never been to Liangzhou, which can be seen from the letters of Yang Siping, Zhu Lingshi and others. Building roads and bridges is a major project. Liangzhou originally had a shortage of labor, so it was unrealistic to build bridges and roads on a large scale.
In order to break through the isolation of mountains and rivers, the people of Sichuan invented plank roads, bamboo bridges and iron cable bridges. Aerial suspension bridges made of bamboo ropes were used to travel between mountains and streams.
The key is manpower. Yang Anxuan stroked his frown with his hand, hoping that Qiu Chi would launch an attack at this time and let his third uncle capture a group of prisoners to build roads and bridges.
In order to mobilize a large amount of labor, is there any other way besides government conscription? Yang Anxuan thought of the allusion about King Hui of Qin's stone cow dung gold. Where can he find his own stone cow dung gold?
The giant Buddha I saw in Leshan, Sichuan in my previous life flashed through my mind. It was a miracle. The Leshan Giant Buddha was built in the Tang Dynasty and took ninety years to complete. I don’t want to carve a Leshan Giant Buddha, but I might as well ask people who believe in Buddhism to carve out a Buddha statue.
Yang Anxuan laughed out loud. When Celestial Master came to preach in Liang Dynasty, he might as well donate a Taoist temple and let the Celestial Master and Taoists build roads and bridges for this Taoist temple. He was a destined person of Celestial Master and a disciple of the Buddha. For Buddhism and Taoism, If you can't be biased, then just give alms to a Buddhist temple, and let the Buddhist believers build bridges and roads, and you can find the stone cow yourself.
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