As Pang Tong returned from his mission to Jiangdong, the Battle of Jingnan was completely over.
This war is over, but it does not mean that Jingnan is safe. The focus of this peace negotiation was only on the ownership of Jiangxia. It did not mention the four counties of Jingnan at all.
In other words, the two sides only ceased fighting near Jiangxia, and at the same time had a debate over the ownership of Jiangxia. Sun Quan did not say that he did not want Jingnan.
Therefore, we still need to take precautions.
Zhang Xi naturally wanted to go back to Jiangling to guard it, but Zhang Xi never thought of taking the 30,000 soldiers in Changsha back to Jiangling.
Jiangling was defended by the 15,000 soldiers and Wen Qin who had withdrawn before, and the county soldiers who had been withdrawn by Guanqiu Jian, which was enough.
Therefore, Zhang Xi began to divide his troops from Changsha County and sent 5,000 additional reinforcements to each of Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling counties, while the remaining 15,000 soldiers continued to stay in Changsha to guard.
After the deployment of troops is completed, the next step is to arrange the candidates for the governors of the four counties.
Needless to say, the governor of Lingling County must be Pan Jun. This is something that was promised earlier.
There is no need to think too much about the governor of Wuling County. In the past, Li Qiu held the concurrent post as the commander-in-chief of the county. Now he can just straighten him up.
Changsha County was too important, so there was no prefect. Instead, Shi Bao was appointed as the governor of Jingnan to sit in Changsha, governor of the military affairs of the four counties in Jingnan, and also responsible for the government affairs of Changsha.
As for Guiyang County, Zhang Xi had nothing to do with it. This matter was left to Pang Tong. This was part of the original deal between Pang Tong and the Jingzhou family. The position of a prefect would be given to the children of the Jingzhou family in exchange for the Jingzhou family's support for the Han Dynasty's southern expedition.
Finally, Kuai Qi of the Kuai family became the governor of Guiyang.
Speaking of which, this Kuai Qi is Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law.
However, most of the Kuai clan followed Cao Cao back north during the Battle of Chibi, and later went to Yecheng.
Now the Han Dynasty had made several northern expeditions and captured the Heluo Kuaiqi tribe. They suddenly appeared in Hedong County and went all the way south. After Zhuge Liang's support, they returned to Xiangyang.
There is no need to worry about the reason, it is just a routine operation of aristocratic families in these days.
Although most of the Kuai clan went to the North and only some branch clan members remained in Jingxiang, the Kuai clan was deeply rooted in Jingzhou after all, and these clan members could still maintain their status as the four major families in Jingxiang, and even more Not to mention after Kuai Qi returned to Jingxiang.
Coupled with Kuai Qi's personal relationship with Zhuge Liang and his friendship with Pang, it was not unexpected at all that he would serve as the governor of Guiyang.
And Guiyang is a place like this. If you look at it from the perspective of today, this place is not bad. It is from southern Hunan to northern Guangdong. It has nothing to do with backward areas.
But in this era, this place is a standard poor place with many mountains, plenty of water, few fields, and impassable roads. It is commonly known as "poor mountains and poor waters".
This place was left to the Jingzhou Family to manage, and Zhang Xi had no objection at all.
It couldn't have been worse anyway.
With the arrangements for the candidates for the four counties in Jingnan completed, and Shi Bao being the governor of military affairs in Jingnan, Zhang Xi could finally feel a little more at ease.
The next step is to allow these four counties to resume production as soon as possible, and at the same time restore the number of county soldiers and the defense of each county.
Jiang Wei, Wen Qin, Guan Qiujian and the Han Dynasty's southern army have now withdrawn to Jiangling City. They will assist in the defense of Jiangling City for a period of time. After the Jiangling navy has returned to defense, they will set off northward and return to Chang'an.
This time Jiang Wei fought well in Jingnan. He defeated Lu Dai in one battle and gained a lot of fame.
Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin also fought smoothly in the northern part of Jiangxia. Guanqiu Jian even captured Xiling County, the commandery of Jiangxia County. Finally, under Zhang Xi's order, the two men withdrew from Jiangxia and had many military exploits.
Therefore, after returning this time, the three of them will inevitably be promoted to high positions. As for whether they will guard Chang'an or continue to be sent out to fight, it all depends on Liu Chan's wishes.
Pang Tong also left and accompanied Bu Zhi to Chang'an to discuss the ownership of Jiangxia.
On this issue, Pang Tong was inclined to agree to Soochow's request. Pang Tong now changed his mind. He felt that before the navy was completely mature, there was little certainty in the southern expedition. It would be better to use Jiangxia to stabilize Soochow in the south. , Concentrate your forces to deal with Cao Wei first and then talk about it.
Therefore, Pang Tong first returned to Jiangling, persuaded Zhang Xi, and then sent a letter to Zhuge Liang to convince Zhuge Liang that as long as the two people agreed, the next thing would be easy to handle.
As for Zhang Xi, after returning to Jiangling, he did not rush to gather his troops. Instead, he promoted Zhou Tai to Sima of Jingzhou and asked him to lead the troops to continue guarding the Wulin Pass to guard against the Soochow Army in Jiangxia.
Although let's put it bluntly, Soochow should not break the contract when the peace agreement was just concluded, but it is always good to be on guard.
Then, Zhang Xi began to discuss with Wang Ji how to quickly restore people's livelihood in Jingnan.
The biggest problem in Jingnan now is not the land issue, but the population issue. After several political exchanges, the number of people in Jingnan has dropped sharply, and it is no longer the Jingnan it was after the Red Cliff War.
Especially when Soochow took control of Jingnan, most of the cultivated land, including the transformed cultivated land, was in the hands of the aristocratic families of Soochow. The people who did not have enough cultivated land had to become hidden households of the aristocratic Soochow families. With the military deployment in Jingnan, when these aristocratic families withdrew from Jingnan, they also moved away these hermit households. There really were not many people left in Jingnan.
According to preliminary Dingkou data provided by the four counties, there are only more than 27,000 Dingkou households in the entire four counties of Jingnan, with a total of no more than 120,000 people.
Of course, the number of Dingkou here must be discounted by Lingling County. After all, Pan Jun is still the spokesperson of the aristocratic family. In addition, Zhang Xi has a promise first, so it is not easy for Zhang Xi to fall out now.
But in the other three counties, Dingkou is basically Li Qiu. It is impossible for Shi Bao to set up a plan for the Jingzhou family. And there are really no people in Guiyang County where Kuai Qi is located. The life of the people there is really miserable. No one from aristocratic families would be interested in having some kind of hiding place in that place.
With such a small amount of production, it is really difficult to resume production in a short period of time.
For this reason, Zhang Xi and Wang Ji made a plan. On the one hand, they reported to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would come forward and move some Dingkou to Jingzhou.
But the problem is that Jingnan is already close to Jiaozhou. In the territory of the Han Dynasty, it can also be regarded as a confusing place in the south. Generally, the people in these places are eager to move to other places, so there is no one. Those who are willing to migrate from the north to a place like this.
So for this matter, Zhang Xi estimated that the most effective role the court could play would be to exile some prisoners' families to come to the border, which would not have much effect.
In the end, we still have to find solutions from the locals.
For example, aristocratic families and foreign races.
Starting from the aristocratic family, Zhang Xi hopes that the aristocratic family can release part of the hermit houses to enrich the Dingkou of the four counties of Jingnan. Of course, in return, Zhang Xi will not be able to get more farmland near Dongting Lake in Changsha County. Take some out and give back to these wealthy families.
As for the foreign race Zhang Xi thinks, in fact, the difference between the Wuxi barbarians and the Han people is really not that big.
Especially the difference with Han people.
There is almost no difference in appearance between the two parties. The only difference lies in their lifestyle and living habits.
Moreover, the Wuxi Barbarians are not a foreign race that mainly focuses on fishing and hunting. Some of their tribes also maintain certain farming habits. After all, they live in the mountains. Without some farming skills, it may be difficult to ensure the survival of the group just by fishing and hunting.
Therefore, Zhang Xi felt that it was not impossible to induce these Wuxi barbarians to go out to farm and educate them to become Han people.
But the biggest problem here is probably the trust of the Wuxi barbarians in Han officials, and the friction between the Wuxi barbarians and the Han people's lifestyle, living habits, and beliefs caused by the different lifestyles.
To solve this problem, it is already available.
That is the Jisi system inherited from the Qin and Han Dynasties, which means to set aside a place in Jingnan for this group of Wuxi barbarians to live, appoint the leaders of the Wuxi barbarians as officials, and use barbarians to govern the barbarians.
This method, at least in this era, or in the following more than a thousand years, has been considered a relatively effective method.
But this approach is not without its disadvantages. The chieftain system in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties was an extension of this system, but in the end it also led to the rise of local chieftains and their rebellion from time to time. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that after the "reformation of local chieftains", , this hidden danger can be barely eliminated.
Especially in dynasties where centralization of power is not particularly effective, this kind of border control system is actually quite risky.
To be honest, Zhang Xi really wants to get it right in one step and directly eliminate all hidden dangers. But the reality is reality. In this situation where productivity is low, the people are not intelligent, and the tribesmen are heavily dependent on the leader for the means of production, what Zhang Xi wants to do, There is no feasibility at all.
In the end, we still have to return to the most traditional system of restraints. Even if it is better, it is just another chieftain system.
Really, the suitability of a system is more important than the so-called advancement.
(End of chapter)
