In June of the third year of Yanxi, Guiyang County, Jingzhou.
After nearly two years of recuperation, Zhang Xi, a Jingzhou herdsman, finally visited Guiyang County for the first time.
It's not that Zhang Xi is lazy. It's been almost two years since he visited Guiyang. It's because the road traffic conditions in Guiyang are so bad.
When going to Wuling County, Changsha County, and Lingling County, there are basically highways that can pass through each county, making it very convenient for inspections.
But when you get to Guiyang County, there is only one avenue in and out of Guiyang County, and this avenue can only lead to two counties in Guiyang, one is Leiyang County, the other is Chen County, the county seat, and the remaining Guiyang County If you want to go to the county, you not only have to walk through the trails, but sometimes you even have to take a boat.
You know, there are a total of eleven counties in Guiyang County. How long will the inspection last? !
Therefore, when Zhang Xi inspects Guiyang County this time, he also plans to visit Leiyang County and Chen County first, and then consider whether to go to other places based on the actual situation.
Speaking of Leiyang County, historically Pang Tong served as county magistrate here for a while, and then was dismissed by Liu Bei for ignoring government affairs. In the end, it was Lu Su who wrote to Liu Bei to show Pang Tong's ability, plus After getting Zhuge Liang's endorsement, Liu Bei reactivated him.
I really don’t think Pang Tong is ugly, and Pang Tong in history was not ugly either.
Of course, in this time and space, Pang Tong had never been a county magistrate in this place. He was directly recommended to Liu Bei by Zhang Xi and was immediately reused.
But after arriving in Leiyang County, Zhang Xi finally understood why Pang Tong ignored government affairs. At the same time, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will describe that Pang Tong spent an afternoon handling the backlog of official affairs for three months, and Zhang Fei Shocked and dumbfounded.
The reason is simple. In this poor place, there is no important official work to do! ! !
The total population of the entire county is actually less than 1,000 households, and most of the residents live in scattered areas. The scale of arable land is equivalent to three or four villages in Changsha County. People can dig in the soil for a year. If you can support yourself, who can think of causing trouble? !
Even if you want to survive by causing chaos, no one is poorer than the other in the surrounding environment of Guiyang County. Leiyang County is already considered a big county second only to the county government Chen County. Other places are even poorer than Leiyang County. Whoever robs will get it. ah! ! !
With all that free time, people might as well farm the land honestly.
The most important official duty of the county magistrate of Leiyang County throughout the year is probably to visit the villages during spring plowing time and urge the people of Guiyang to farm.
To a certain extent, whether it is Leiyang County or Chen County, Zhang Xi can indeed be called "politically connected and people" throughout his journey. But such "politically connected and people", let alone Zhang Xi, are Guizhou people. Kuai Qi, the governor of Yang, doesn't want it either.
The Kuai family sent Kuai Qi to separate his family and go south. The purpose was not only to hedge his bets, but also to hope that Kuai Qi could revive the former reputation of the Kuai family in Jingzhou. If he was trapped in Guiyang County for the rest of his life and could not achieve anything, then What else does Kuai Qi talk about reviving the Kuai family? !
Therefore, at least as the governor of Guiyang County, Kuai Qi was still conscientious and wanted to develop Guiyang County better.
It's a pity that this poor place is really difficult.
Kuai Qi is not an incompetent person. Since he took office in Guiyang County, he has not rested much. He has been inspecting the government affairs of Guiyang County everywhere, trying to find some ways to allow Guiyang County to develop independently.
Then Kuai Qi discovered many problems.
There is too little arable land, the land is too barren, and the output of the land is simply not enough to feed too many people.
There are too few towns in each county. If you want to mobilize corvees to build roads and improve transportation, you can't even get the basic labor force together. And the roads are impassable, which means that business cannot prosper and it cannot bring much convenience to Guiyang.
The local resources in Guiyang County are also insufficient. Only sand mines are worth using. However, they are also limited by the poor road conditions and the size of the Dingkou. These sand mines, which have been mined and smelted since the Pre-Han Dynasty, are difficult to even transport, let alone transport them out. It is said that it has brought benefits to the people of Guiyang.
Kuai Qi is so depressed. No wonder among the nine counties in Jingxiang, Guiyang County has the lowest sense of existence.
Even Yidu County has a purpose of helping to defend Jiangling County. In terms of the number of small towns in Guiyang County, the scale of cultivated land, and the traffic conditions. Really, whether there is Guiyang County or not, it really doesn’t matter to Jingzhou. the difference.
Therefore, as soon as Zhang Xi arrived in Chen County during his inspection tour, Kuai Qi hurriedly complained to Zhang Xi.
Guiyang County is miserable, short of money, food, and people. Zhang Shijun must think of a way to save the people of Guiyang County! ! !
Zhang Xi was really speechless. For a moment, Zhang Xi wondered how this Kuai Qi became Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law.
Why is the gap between this brother-in-law and brother-in-law so big? !
But after Kuai Qi finished complaining, Zhang Xi understood that although there was a gap, it was really not that big.
Kuai Qi's complaint is true, but correspondingly, his complaint is his request.
Kuai Qi wanted to ensure the life, clothing and food of the people in Guiyang. But he had no food and did not have enough land to grow so much food.
Kuai Qi wanted to build roads, improve transportation, and develop trade routes, but he had no one, and even if there were people, he would have no food.
Kuai Qi wanted to rebuild the sand refinery from the Pre-Han Dynasty and extract the sand ore to make money. He still had no one and no food.
Therefore, it is not that Kuai Qi has no way to develop Guiyang County. He already has a way, but the actual situation forced him to cry to Zhang Xi - everything else can be slowed down, but can Guiyang County be relocated? Come over with some food and food.
This is a real problem. Zhang Xi also wants to find someone to cry to.
He is also lacking.
It is no secret that Jingnan is short of Dingkou. In the past two years, no matter how many ways Zhang Xi tried, he could not bring too many Dingkou to Jingnan in a short period of time.
It is not that simple to let the wealthy families release their hidden households, and it is not easy to guide the Wuxi barbarians to go out to cultivate in the mountains. It took two years. Zhangxi did not even fill the Dingkou of cultivated land around Dongting Lake for cultivation.
The appetite of these wealthy aristocratic families is really getting bigger and bigger. The area of cultivated land that needs to be exchanged for releasing the hidden households is getting more and more troublesome. Now Zhang Xi refuses to change it. After feeding these wealthy aristocratic families, this Jingxi Nan Ke doesn’t know who has the final say.
As for the emergence of the Wuxi Barbarians, even with Shi Bao as the governor of Jingnan as a guarantee and the prestige of Pan Jun and Xi Hong as collateral, mutual trust between the Wuxi Barbarians and the Han people was far from easy to establish.
National integration is not done in units of one or two years, but at least in units of one or twenty years. In today's Nanzhong region, the barriers between Yi and Han people have not been completely broken down. How can we demand so much from Wuxi? I can completely trust the big man now.
So, for Zhang Xi, he also lacks a Dingkou now. Kuai Qi asked Zhang Xi for a Dingkou, and Zhang Xi also wanted to ask Zhuge Liang for a Dingkou. Although it is unrealistic, Zhang Xi really thought about it. Can he get a Dingkou from Shu? In the land or Heluo area, some Dingkou were moved southward and came to Jingnan to replenish the Dingkou.
Even Zhang Xi has thought about it. Not only can he give these Dingkou people who move south a tax exemption for three years, but he can also give each household at least ten acres of land. Isn't this generous enough? !
As a result, this book was handed to Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang called Zhang Xi directly. Are you treating the people of Heluo and Shu as refugees? !
Well, there's no chance of it anyway.
Zhang Xi was also honest. He didn't hold it with Kuai Qi, but told Kuai Qi in front of Kuai Qi that he really couldn't get the Dingkou he wanted.
At this moment, Kuai Qi suddenly whispered to Zhang Xi.
"There is chaos in Jiaozhou. Does your Majesty have any intention?!"
"Okay, please elaborate."
As a shepherd in Jingzhou, it was impossible for Zhang Xi to be unprepared for the nearby Dongwu County. Therefore, Zhang Xi had heard about the unrest in Jiaozhou, but he didn't know the details.
But Kuai Qi knows.
On the one hand, Kuai Qi was in charge of Guiyang. Like Pan Jun of Lingling County, he had a natural responsibility to defend Jiaozhou in the south.
On the other hand, although the Kuai family in Xiangyang has declined a bit in recent years, it still has a lot of connections. In fact, it is not that there are no connections in Jiaozhou.
Therefore, Kuai Qi knows some details about this matter.
As for this matter, we actually have to start with Soochow completely occupying Jiaozhou.
At that time, Shi Xie chose to submit to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan also gave Shi Xie courtesy and allowed him to continue to serve as the governor of Jiaozhou, and he only governed Jiaozhou in name.
As long as Shi Xie can provide enough money and food to Sun Quan every year, Sun Quan will tacitly allow the Shi family to continue to rule Jiaozhou.
However, with the death of Shi Xie, Shi Hui, the son of the Shi family, took over as the governor of Jiaozhou, which gave Sun Quan the opportunity to directly bring Jiaozhou into his rule.
Shi Hui's abilities were not very good, but his spirit was quite high. He always felt that his father was too cowardly to surrender to Soochow, so he decided to make a move. Then he asked Lu Dai to make a move and directly put down the Jiaozhou Shi Hui rebellion. , be granted the title of marquis.
It didn't matter that things had developed to this point. The heads of the aristocratic families and the barbarian leaders of various tribes in Jiaozhou were also ready for Soochow to take over Jiaozhou. But at this time, Lu Dai did something stupid.
When the Shihui rebellion was put down, Lu Dai failed to attack Shi Xie directly. He sent Shi Xie's brother Shi Kuang to persuade Shi Xie to surrender, and promised to ensure the safety of the Shi family. But in the blink of an eye, Lu Dai The scholar family was exterminated.
At this time, the aristocratic families and barbarian leaders of various tribes in Jiaozhou were directly surrounded by Qian Meng.
Although Shi Hui was a fool, Shi Xie had ruled Jiaozhou for decades and had a very high reputation. The Jiaozhou family and the barbarian leaders of various tribes basically received favors from Shi Xie.
And Lu Dai's move of allowing surrender and then killing it was unacceptable behavior no matter where he was placed, even on the side of the barbarians. But Lu Dai actually did it.
At that time, the situation in Jiaozhou was a bit unstable, but because Lu Dai easily put down Shi Hui's rebellion and the military was in full swing, the various forces in Jiaozhou did not dare to move arbitrarily for the time being.
If Lu Dai could stay in Jiaozhou for a few years, re-establish Soochow's prestige in Jiaozhou, and appease these Jiaozhou aristocratic families and leaders of various ministries, then Jiaozhou might not be in chaos.
But at this time, Zhou Yu launched the Jiangling War and lacked manpower, so Sun Quan had no choice but to transfer Lu Dai from Jiaozhou back to Jingnan.
After that, Lu Dai never went back to Jiaozhou.
However, Dai Liang, the governor of Jiaozhou appointed by Sun Quan, had neither Lu Dai's methods nor Lu Dai's ability, and could not suppress the major families and barbarians in Jiaozhou at all.
Jiaozhou was once again plunged into turmoil.
(End of chapter)
