Lingnan West Road is divided into eight counties, namely Guizhou area and Jiaozhou area.
The biggest difference between these two places and the Guangzhou area is that one is poor and the other is rich. The criminals who were exiled from Lingnan by the imperial court were exiled to Guangzhou. Coupled with Guangzhou's geographical advantages, that place is very rich.
"Book of Jin" records: Guangzhou's treasures are out of the sea, and there are treasures in them. A box of treasures can be used for several generations.
Therefore, Guangzhou has always been the capital of the entire Lingnan, and Qinjiang County in Guangxi is just the place where the old Ning family made their fortune.
The main crop in Guizhou is rice. In addition, there are also fish farming, fruit growing, mulberry growing, and silkworm breeding. There are also a large number of gold mines in the eastern Guizhou area, but because of its proximity to Yunnan, that is, Dongcuan (cuan) and In Xicuan, there are constant conflicts and the death of people is not uncommon.
During the Kaihuang period, the Nanning Prefecture General Administration Office was established in Yunnan. The administrative office was located in Nanning Prefecture, which is now Qujing, Yunnan. Wei Chong was the general administrator. Since Wei Chong left, this place was basically abandoned by the court.
There is no way to control it. The Han people are unwilling to go. They are not accustomed to the acclimatization and the local Wu barbarians are too barbaric. Therefore, the current situation in Yunnan is that the two major tribes of Dong Cuan and Xicuan continue to control the place and pay tribute to the court every year. Tu Gong means giving whatever you have.
These two tribes are basically the ancestors of the Yi, Naxi, Lisu and Bai people.
So being a Xingtai Shangshu Ling in this place is a hard job.
Of course Yang Ming knew that Li Shimin couldn't do it, so the recent meetings he held in the East Palace were basically about Lingnan affairs.
"The registered population of the entire Lingnan is only 490,000 households, with an average of five people per household, and the total population is 2.45 million. If a large number of concealed household registrations are included, the population will be a little more than 3 million," Prince Xian Ma Liu Xuan said:
"And they are mainly concentrated in Lingnan East Road and West Road where Shimin is located. The registered population is only 150,000 households, totaling 750,000 people. Ningyue County has the largest population, 150,000. It is a vast area with sparsely populated areas, which is actually more suitable for relocation. The people cultivated it.”
Li Gang also agreed: "Lingnan West Road is vast and sparsely populated. There is a lot of wasteland that can be cultivated and people can be moved from narrow villages."
The Sui Dynasty distinguished between broad and narrow townships: Those with more land than could satisfy their needs were called broad townships, and those with insufficient land were called narrow townships.
Since ancient times, China's cultivated land has been mainly concentrated in several places: the North China Plain, the Northeast Plain, the Guanzhong Plain, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, the Sichuan Basin and the southern hills.
Among them, the development of the plains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is now starting. Historically, it was not fully developed during the Tang Dynasty and was developed by the Song Dynasty. The development of the Northeast Plain was only done during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Therefore, the main cultivated land in the Sui Dynasty currently comes from the North China Plain, the Guanzhong Plain, as well as the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain and the Sichuan Basin that are being developed.
As for the southern hills, they have not yet been developed. They were only developed in the Song Dynasty. This is why the Song Dynasty had the smallest territory, but the cultivated land area was not smaller than that of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Yang Ming asked: "Where is the best place to migrate from?"
"We should move from Zangke County, Mingyang County, Qian'an County, and Yuanling County," Li Gang said.
The combined area of these four counties is very large. During the Kaihuang period, it was under the control of the general manager of Yizhou. Now, it belongs to the Bahan area. The southernmost part is actually Guizhou Province.
Bashu is the collective name of Bahan and Minshu.
Until the Ming Dynasty, the amount of cultivated land in Guizhou Province was 910,000 acres. During the same period, Zhejiang had 56.31 million acres and Guangxi had 10.32 million acres. This shows that there is indeed no cultivated land in this place.
Therefore, Guizhou is jokingly called "the land is not three feet flat", which means that there is not a single plain in this place. However, with the support of later scientific levels, Guizhou's cultivated land area has been greatly developed.
"So how many people are suitable for migration? There aren't many people in these four counties?" Li Baiyao asked.
During the Sui Dynasty, there were always more people in the north than in the south, and southerners were mainly concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River. Guizhou belongs to the southwest region, which is also a concentrated place for ethnic minorities. The situation is similar to that of Lingnan, and it is difficult to manage.
However, after all, people in ancient times relied on food. Where did the food come from? It was cultivated land. As long as you promised to give people land, they would definitely be willing to go.
What's more, Guizhou and Guangxi are neighbors. Although there are differences in folk customs, they are not as big as those in the north.
Li Gang explained: "It doesn't take much, just five thousand households."
It's roughly between 25,000 and 30,000 people.
The taxes in narrow townships are halved compared to those in wide townships. Nowadays, Guizhou is considered a narrow township and Guangxi is considered a wide township. Therefore, after moving there, you have to pay full tax, which is beneficial to the court.
In fact, the difference between wide and narrow is not fixed. If the population in your place has been growing and exceeds the number of farmland, then it is a narrow township. If there is a large loss of population, such as war, and the population is less than the number of acres, then it is a wide township.
Yang Ming nodded and said, "You can give it a try."
He is now the Shangshu Ling of Southwest Xingtai Province. Guizhou is within his jurisdiction, and the migrant population can completely determine themselves.
Then, Yang Ming said again: "This time in Lingnan, we must proceed step by step and cannot force the locals to rebel. The imperial court is no longer able to send a large army to suppress it. Let's discuss who is suitable to go there?"
Li Mi smiled and said: "Shimin wants Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui by name, why not just let them go."
Are these two willing to go? I'd rather be a ghost.
I am now a close minister of the Crown Prince and am on the rise of my career. You want me to assist Li Shimin? What a joke.
Fang Xuanling frowned and said: "I have been handling the matter of appeasing Shandong in the East Palace. If I leave, Shandong will not care about it?"
"Without you, Shandong can't be comforted?" Li Mi asked.
Yang Ming said calmly: "You continue to argue."
The two of them were stunned at the same time and stopped talking.
Scholars in ancient times valued loyalty very much. Fang and Du were already the prince's. As long as Yang Ming did not die, there would be no need for these two people to change families. Even if Yang Ming died, they would continue to follow Yang Rui. Damn it, there is no one who can become Li Shimin.
So even if the two of them go to Lingnan, Yang Ming won't worry.
Li Mi took refuge with Zhai Rang only after Yang Xuangan's death, and this was not called changing families. He wanted to take it as his own from the time he joined the Wagang Army. Li Mi looked down on Zhai Rang.
"Lingnan West Road, Xingtai Province, the left and right servants are all empty. If any of you go down, you can come back after a few years of work. If you do well, everything will be easy to say," Yang Ming looked around at everyone.
He doesn't plan to name names. Anyone who wants to go can go. After all, he has carefully selected his subordinate officials in the East Palace. Each one of them is not a vegetarian in history. As long as they implement the policies below according to the wishes of the East Palace, they will be fine. .
The benefits were clearly promised, but everyone was still not happy.
After living well with the prince, who would want to go to a place where birds don't shit?
Yang Ming continued: "Five people are going."
The chief ordered Shi Qiaochun to stand up and say, "I am willing to go."
Qiao Chunji's father, Qiao Zhongkui, has been working in Linfen County for many years and has no hope of promotion, so he has high hopes for his eldest son Qiao Chun. As for the Jiexiu Qiao family, he is really not on the stage, relying on his work slowly. After all, Qiao Chun has almost no room for improvement, so going to Lingnan is an opportunity for him.
Yang Ming smiled and nodded: "The Minister of Etiquette of Xingtai, Lingnan West Road, is yours."
"Thank you," Qiao Chun said, already clasping his hands.
Li Shimin's letter to Yang Ming clearly stated that he hoped that Yang Ming would make arrangements by himself, as long as he gave me people, you have the final say as to who he would be.
nonsense! I am the prince, and the emperor does not care about you, so I have the final say.
Zhao Changwen also stood up and said, "I am also willing to go."
This man was regarded as a loyal minister in history. After Yang Guang's death, he supported the Yue King Yang Tong in Luoyang and proclaimed himself emperor. Together with Yuan Wendu, Duan Da, Wang Shichong, Huangfu Wuyi, Lu Chu and Guo Wenyi, he assisted the young master and was known as the Seven Nobles. Killed by Wang Shichong.
He is now the Xuanling Sheren of Dian Shufang. He is very capable and comes from the Zhao family in Tianshui.
"Who else is there?" Yang Ming looked at everyone, his eyes deliberately lingering on Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, with a sly smile.
These two people were regarded as Prince Yuan Cong. They had followed Yang Ming for a long time, so they were very familiar with Yang Ming. They knew that the Prince's eyes did not mean to let them go, it was just a joke.
"Then let me go," Wang Gui, who replaced Feng Deyi as the right concubine of Dian Shufang, stood up and said.
Yang Ming smiled: "You can't go, I have important needs."
Wang Gui was originally dejected, feeling that he had arrived too late and would not be able to enjoy the meal in the East Palace. But when the prince said this, he immediately became elated.
"Then I won't go," Wang Gui said with a smile. He didn't want to go in the first place.
Yang Ming did not let him go because the other party was very close to Li Yuan's family and had been in the East Palace for a short time, so it was easier for him to become Li Shimin's person.
After a while, Yang Ming said with a smile: "Since no one wants to go, I'll just call them by name. Li Mi, Gao Biaoren, and Wei Fusi, you three will go."
Li Mi lowered his head and said nothing with a defeated look on his face, but then he became happy again.
Yang Ming said: "Li Mi is the left pusher, Gao Biaoren is the right pusher, Wei Fusi is the Minister of War, Zhao Changwen is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, plus Qiao Chunji, there are exactly five people. What should you do when you go down? You have to listen to Menxiafang and Dianshufang. Make arrangements, don’t leave in a hurry now, sort out what you need to do after you get down, and then leave.”
The five people took the order in unison.
Li Mi will definitely not have any problems, and he can help Yang Ming keep an eye on Li Shimin. With Li Shimin's current mental state, he is not Li Mi's opponent. After all, he is still too young. In the future, he will definitely kill Li Mi instantly.
Gao Biaoren was Gao Jong's third son, the one who married Yang Yong's daughter. He was also of high standard. Although he was a bit like a tiger father and a dog son, his father was too tiger, so he looked like a dog.
If he were Yang Xuangan's son, he would not be the father of a tiger and the son of a dog.
As for Wei Fusi, he was originally the minister of the household department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He used to be in Shangshu Province. He was dismissed by Yang Guang because he and his cousin Wei Yijie, who had the same official position, went to Hebei to collect grain and forced civil unrest.
A year or two later, Yang Ming summoned both brothers into the East Palace.
Once these five people are gone, Li Shimin will be able to bully Qiao Chunji and Zhao Changwen, and the remaining three will not pee at him at all.
(End of chapter)
