Among the four counties under the jurisdiction of Chongqing Prefecture, Yongkang County has both mountainous and plain areas. Jinyuan County, which is adjacent to the prefecture, has Wugen Mountains. Xinjin County also has a small amount of hills. Only Jiangyuan County has a flat plain, which is extremely conducive to agriculture. Production. Therefore, although Jiangyuan County is not as large as Yongkang and Jinyuan in area, its grain output ranks first in Chongqing Prefecture, and the Pili Army also set up several large settlements within its territory. Although Jiangyuan County is across the Jinma River from the area occupied by the Mongolian army, because the Perak Army controlled the river, and the river was wide and the water was tight in this section, it was difficult to cross the river, so the Perak Army only stationed one naval company in Jiangyuan to protect against the Mongols. The army crossed the river. Jiangyuan City and various settlement points are under the charge of the basic militia, the second-line force of the garrison brigade.
The defense arrangements of the Perak Army Staff Headquarters in Jiangyuan are reasonable. Since 1242, the Mongolian army has attacked Shu several times, and the plundering of Chongqing Mansion has always come from the ferry near Sandu River and Guankou Village. After the Perak Army established a foothold in the plain area, Mongolian rangers came to harass the areas under the jurisdiction of the Perak Army. Most of them crossed the river secretly from the above locations or from the Pujiang River, and did not cross the river from the source of the river that was within feet. There is no other reason, but because there are no shoals in this section of the river, it is impossible to wade across it even when the water is dry in winter. The Mongolian army's small boats here are extremely limited, and it is difficult for a small group of twenty war horses to cross the river, let alone sneaking across the river on a large scale. What's more, once it is discovered by the Perak Army, it will only end up being sunk into the river and fed to the bastards. The Mongolian army simply does not dare to take this risk.
But during the summer harvest, the Mongolian army crossed the river from the direction of Jiangyuan City. The boats they used to cross the river were Perak army grain ships. Due to the large grain output in Jiangyuan and the lack of warehouse facilities, Li Shuang mobilized grain transport ships in advance and docked at Shiyu Reclamation Point five miles downstream from the city, preparing to transport the grain to Qiongzhou, Dayi and Yongkang after harvest. County and other places. Although these places are also rich in food, because industry and mining are concentrated in these places, the number of industrial workers is extremely large, and naturally they need massive amounts of food. Since the Mongols did not have a naval force on the Jinma River, they naturally could not seize the ships by force. In fact, these ships were dedicated to the Mongolian army by a Perak Army officer named Chang Yuan, who was the deputy company commander of the basic company guarding Jiangyuan City.
The Chang family in Jiangyuan has always produced numerous celebrities, including many high-ranking officials and celebrities. They are also quite prestigious in Shu, especially Chang Quan, who is the most famous. Chang Cu was a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He wrote "Huayang Guozhi" and was known as the ancestor of local chronicles. Before Kuo Duan entered Shu in 1242, the Chang family was still very prosperous, with thousands of fertile fields and hundreds of slaves. Due to their strong financial resources and the fact that many of their family members were serving as officials in the Lin'an court and various places, local officials were extremely respectful of them. Even when the magistrates of Jiangyuan County and Chongqing Prefecture took office, they had to pay homage to them in person. For a time, they were in the limelight of Chongqing Prefecture. No two.
"I saw him building tall buildings, I saw him entertaining guests, and I saw his buildings collapse." The invasion of the Mongols turned the prosperity of the Chang family into a thing of the past. They did not flee to other places by boat like other large clans, but maintained their influence in Shu. They thought that even if the Mongols occupied Shu, they would have to rely on cultural heritage to maintain their rule. Farming and reading heirlooms were what the Chang family was best at. . Unexpectedly, the Mongols have no concept of governing the country by culture. They firmly believe that force is the truth, and burning, killing and looting is the joy of life. Chang Yuan's grandfather's stubbornness caused the loss of his family's population. The once prosperous mansion was burned to the ground, and the slaves either died or fled. Even the ancestral graves were robbed by Captain Mo Jin, and he himself was pissed to death.
After Kuo Duan retreated from the army, Chang Yuan's father tried to revive the family business. When they achieved only small successes, the Mongolian army invaded Shu several times and plundered Wang Dechen's tribe in Lizhou, and plundered the wealth he had accumulated so hard. Before Liu Heima reoccupied western Sichuan, the Chang family became no different from ordinary families, except that they still held the land deeds to thousands of acres of fertile land. It's just that in troubled times, the population is only one in ten, and large tracts of fertile land are left uncultivated. There is no one to farm the land. The Chang family did not have the people to cultivate those lands, nor could they prevent the refugees from living on them. They could only let the lands be cultivated or overgrown with weeds. It's just that the Chang family is used to the good times and can't accept the fact that the family is in decline. Due to illness and worry, Chang Yuan's father became ill. Before his death, he told Chang Yuan that he must restore the glory of the family to appease the spirits of his ancestors.
When the Mongols occupied the source of the river, Chang Yuan and a group of refugees hid in a swamp beside the Jinma River. Because Chang Yuan was literate and understood many truths, he became the leader of this group of refugees over time. After the Perak Army arrived, they first appointed him as the platoon leader of the militia company, and later promoted him to the deputy company commander of the basic company responsible for guarding Jiangyuan City due to his outstanding performance. Since the Chang family is deeply rooted in Jiangyuan, and Chang Yuan is good at building relationships, over time his influence in the basic company even surpassed that of the boss and the thick company commander, and he gained the support of many people. When facing a threat to his survival, his father's last words only occasionally came to his mind in the dead of night. As his life became more stable and his official position rose, his father's last words took root and sprouted like a seed, gradually growing into a towering tree, and his desire to restore the family's glory became stronger.
The reason why Chang Yuan wanted to join the Mongols, who had a bloody feud, was because of interests, or more accurately, because he was dissatisfied with the Perak Army's land policy. Land is not only the foundation of agricultural society, but also the foundation of industrial society. The Pili Army's fiscal and taxation system does not rely on farmland, but relies mainly on industry, mining and commerce, but it still attaches great importance to cultivated land. After regaining the land of these three states (prefecture and army), the Perak Army implemented the policy of "cultivated land has its own land". As long as the owner-less wilderness has been cultivated for a certain number of years, its ownership will be recognized, and no land tax will be collected. For unclaimed land, although the validity of the title deed is not publicly denied, the title deed owner is required not to leave the cultivated land uncultivated and must cultivate it himself. This policy made the land deeds in the hands of Chang Yuan and other former landlords worthless, which naturally aroused their strong dissatisfaction. Some of these people claimed to complain to the court, while others chose to fight fiercely. Ouyang Xuan's attitude towards this was extremely tough and suppressed the different voices of the management. He would never allow land annexation to occur under the rule of the Perak Army, and "the wine and meat in the rich families smelled bad, and the roads were frozen to death." He cannot tolerate the disparity between rich and poor and social injustice.
There is a saying in western Sichuan: "A barking dog will not bite, and a biting dog will not bark." Although Chang Yuan hated the Pili Army and even Ouyang Xuan with itch, he did not show it. On the contrary, he treated the people more kindly and his colleagues more diligently, so that no one knew about his resentment. In fact, he took advantage of the deficiencies and omissions in the administration of the Perak Army to secretly incite dissatisfaction. Over time, he gathered around him a group of people who were dissatisfied with the Perak Army. Among these people were those who were greedy for profit, and there were also water bandits who had slipped through the net, and more of them were A wandering street scoundrel. Just before the summer harvest, Chang Yuan quietly negotiated a price with the Mongolian army on the other side, and prepared to use Jiangyuan County as a surrender to Mongolia. The Mongols also promised that he would be the magistrate of Jiangyuan County. The thieves also have their own rewards.
In Chang Yuan's heart, restoring the family's glory is the most important thing. As for whether the official is a Mongolian or a Song court official, is it that important? He had already planned in his mind that when he became the magistrate of Jiangyuan County, the first thing he would do was to take back those thousands of acres of land and return them to their original owners. The land on the title deed has been reclaimed and has become first-class fertile farmland. With land, a large number of slaves are naturally needed. Those who disobey themselves are an excellent source of slaves.
