After plundering 20,000 forbidden troops in Qianzhong County and sending them to Xichuan County, Lu Yuan temporarily gave up on matters there.
Now he has done everything he should do and can do.
As for what will happen to Xichuan County in the end, we can only leave it to fate.
Anyway, no matter how bad things are, Xichuan County will not be lost.
At most, the Xichuan Congress was destroyed by the Nanzhao Kingdom.
Although this was a bit uncomfortable for Lu Yuan, it would bring another powerful enemy to Xichuan County.
After all, Nanzhao is a big country with a vast territory of thousands of miles and hundreds of thousands of troops. This is not a small country like Xichuan Kingdom, which has an area of only two thousand miles and an army of tens of thousands.
Being neighbors with the Nanzhao Kingdom and being neighbors with the Xichuan Kingdom are two completely different situations.
But no matter how difficult it is, it will only increase the pressure on Xichuan County's border defense.
Although Nanzhao is strong, it cannot threaten Chu because Chu is stronger.
Therefore, Lu Yuan pays attention to the situation in the Xichuan area, but will not pay too much attention to it.
At the moment, more of his energy is invested in Qianzhong County.
After sending away the 20,000 Imperial Guards, there were only 21,000 Imperial Guards left in central Guizhou.
After several months of planning, these people have been placed in various counties and prefectures one after another. Lu Yuan did not leave any more troops around him except for retaining a thousand people as his direct personal guards.
However, because a large number of soldiers and horses have been transferred, Qianzhong County today cannot do anything else besides maintaining local security.
Therefore, these days, Lu Yuan did not continue to suppress the bandits, but led his personal guards to patrol various prefectures and counties.
In Xina, Qianzhong County, there were a large number of native Yi people who did not have much recognition for the conquerors from the east.
Surrendering at this time is nothing more than fear of powerful force, and since I don't have much resistance, I have no choice but to do so.
Therefore, in order to ensure local stability, in addition to dispatching forbidden troops and strengthening local force. As a monarch, Lu Yuan led troops and horses to patrol various places, which was also one of the means to intimidate places and win people's hearts.
Similarly, by visiting various places, you can also see what is going on in Qianzhong County, understand the local people's conditions and livelihood, and supervise the implementation of local policies.
For example, Lu Yuan's current immigration situation.
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The third day of August, Ashan Mansion.
On this day, Lu Yuan led his personal guards to the mansion for inspection.
Ashan Prefecture is located in the northwest of Qianzhong County. Going further north from this prefecture, you can reach Yuzhong Prefecture. Going further west is Huichuan Kingdom. Further north of Huichuan Kingdom is Panshi Mansion, which is being besieged by hundreds of thousands of Nanzhao troops.
It can be said that the location of the mansion, connecting east, west, north and south, is extremely important.
Especially in this mansion, there is still a 20,000 forbidden army led by Lan Zhaoyun, which is one of the largest forces in the army to conquer the barbarians.
Therefore, after inspecting the vicinity of Shicheng, the county town of central Guizhou, Lu Yuan headed here non-stop.
Along the way, Lu Yuan paid some attention to the local people's livelihood.
Nowadays, Qianzhong County has established prefectures and counties for more than half a year.
With the arrival of officials from various prefectures and counties one after another, the immigrants assigned to the local areas gradually stabilized. Especially with the arrival of the imperial guards from various ministries, the local areas quickly returned to calm and began to slowly develop and recover. …
At this time, although we could still see a large number of abandoned village houses along the way, there were also large areas of farmland on both sides of the road abandoned and uncultivated.
But in some population gathering points and some villages that have stabilized, they have begun to resume production and plant rice again.
Especially near the county seat, this kind of farming production has become more obvious due to the new arrivals of immigrants, and large areas of farmland near the city have been reused.
Green rice fields are spread all over the countryside, and the second crop of rice after this summer's harvest has been planted.
By the time of this autumn rice harvest, the group of immigrants from Yulin County last year will have established a firm foothold in Qianzhong County.
And if they have a firm foothold, it means that the Chu State has a firm foothold in the territory of Qianzhong County.
As long as these people continue to reproduce from generation to generation, in a hundred and eighty years, this will be an indivisible piece of land in Dachu forever.
Seeing this scene and the continuous increase in luck these days, Lu Yuan was naturally overjoyed.
So when I arrived at Fucheng and saw the prefect Chen Yuanxiu, my attitude became much better.
However, although his attitude is good, he is here to supervise government affairs, so. After meeting with Chen Yuanxiu and hearing him report on some local work, he asked about the situation of the exiled criminals that he was concerned about.
Ever since the decision to use Qianzhong County as a penal colony for criminals was made at the end of last year, a large number of light and serious criminals from Chu State suddenly flocked here.
The first and fastest ones to come were the more than 3,000 serious criminals who had accumulated in various hells for many years.
Most of these people are extremely vicious people who have committed serious crimes, robberies and fights, and even contaminated human lives.
The danger is extremely high.
Even if Lu Yuan wanted to take advantage of this kind of person, he would not dare to be careless.
Otherwise, if one person is not good enough, they may not only help stabilize Qianzhong County, but may cause even more chaos here.
Therefore, for these more than 3,000 serious criminals, Qianzhong County adopts military control, which means to gather people together, set up military stations in a militarized manner, and send soldiers to guard them and supervise their production.
The places where the legion points are set up are also close to the front line and the area closest to Daochangwa Country.
Being in the hinterland of the barbarians, with the battlefield in front and the barbarians behind, and the local government setting up checkpoints layer by layer, there was no need to worry about these serious criminals escaping.
Ashan Mansion is on the front line and is one of the resettlement sites for serious criminals.
Of course, despite strict supervision, Lu Yuan did not just throw these serious criminals here and expect them to work.
The most important job of these people is to marry, have children, and help digest the large number of barbarian families in the area who have lost their husbands.
Therefore, under the arrangement of the local government, more than 3,000 serious criminals were quickly assigned their own barbarian sons and daughters according to the allocation of each family.
These Yi families will follow their redistributed pillars and jointly shoulder the important task of developing places and building prefectures and counties for Dachu.
Not only these serious criminals, but also other prisoners who committed lighter crimes and were exiled here were also assigned to Yi wives and children according to specific circumstances. …
However, the number of these light-duty prisoners is larger. By the end of last year, more than 5,000 people had been assigned, adding more than 5,000 new household registrations to Qianzhong County.
This year, the exile of criminals has reached a climax.
As of the end of July last month, this year's prefectures and counties in Chu State had exiled a total of 700 serious criminals and 12,000 light criminals to Qianzhong County.
Among them, another thousand criminals, followed by their families, migrated to Qianzhong County.
The two years of continuous exile have added a total of about 25,000 people to Qianzhong County. This greatly enriched the place and made an outstanding contribution to Da Chu's rule here.
It is precisely for this reason that Lu Yuan takes this refugee resettlement work very seriously.
Everywhere you go, ask carefully.
"Back to your Majesty. At the end of last year, our Ashan Mansion accepted 1,200 serious criminals and 1,100 minor criminals. By July of this year, we had received another 300 serious criminals and 3,300 A minor criminal.
Altogether, there were 1,500 serious criminals and 4,400 light criminals.
According to the regulations for the migration of refugees to central Guizhou promulgated by the king, these 5,900 minor and serious criminals in total have selected foreign women and children in the local area, assigned them to each of them to settle down, and established their households as residents in Ashan Prefecture to enrich their household registration.
Among them, 1,500 serious criminals were set up in three military towns according to the regulations, and 100 county soldiers were assigned to guard and supervise them.
Nowadays, criminals everywhere, whether in military or civilian villages, have gradually stabilized their production.
Even the newly exiled people, under the supervision of local officials, caught up with the summer planting, and the autumn harvest would be ready in a few months.
If this continues every year, in less than ten years, our Ashan Mansion will have 50,000 households of Chu people, completely turning this place into a royal land. Chen Yuanxiu, the prefect of Ashan, replied with confidence.
With today's deportation intensity, Ashan Prefecture can receive between 5,000 and 7,000 minor and serious criminals every year. After these criminals arrived, they would be assigned corresponding barbarian women and children for assimilation.
According to this progress, within ten years, 50,000 to 70,000 households can be established, adding about 300,000 registered people to the local area.
There are 300,000 people in a government, which is almost the same size even in the mainland of Dachu.
Such a population can certainly help Da Chu completely control this place.
Of course, the above are only ideal conditions.
In actual implementation, it is impossible to be so perfect.
For example, in the mainland of Dachu, where people were exiled year after year, the local people were frightened by the power of punishment, so of course they would restrain their behavior and not dare to offend and punish easily. Naturally, fewer and fewer people commit crimes every year.
In the years to come, the number of criminals who can be exiled will naturally decrease accordingly. It is impossible to send five to six thousand people here every year.
Another example is Qianzhong County. Among the local barbarian women and children, there are naturally a large number of families who have lost their husbands and fathers. The distribution is very simple, and the other party cannot resist.
But after the first two or three years, all the Yi families suitable for distribution have been divided, and some Yi children have grown up and will form new families. Those Yi women are also old and no longer suitable for childbearing. …
Under such circumstances, it is not that easy to find a suitable Yi family to be assigned to.
Therefore, the practice of allocating foreign women and children to criminals after they were exiled could only last three to five years at most.
Moreover, whether there are so many barbarian families in the local area to allocate them to criminals is also a problem.
After all, in the entire Qianzhong County, according to current rough statistics, there are only 600,000 to 700,000 local indigenous people in one county and eight prefectures combined.
This population, which is only 200,000 households at most, will be gone within a few years.
Therefore, combined with the above, it is basically impossible to increase the registered household population of Ashan Prefecture to more than 50,000 within ten years.
After all, the current total population of Ashan Prefecture, including local barbarians, is less than 70,000.
Just these 70,000 people, if you say it can be increased to 300,000 in ten years, you can't even do it with one child a year.
This sounds like a lie.
But what time is it now?
The king is here to inspect the work. As a local official, he naturally wants to put things in a good light.
Don't worry about whether you can do it or not. At the very least, what you say in a scene must be said in a nice way.
Anyway, the most important thing is to serve the king well and make the king happy.
As for ten years from now, will there be 50,000 registered households here?
Please.
If we perform well in politics now, ten years from now, I, Chen Yuanxiu, may be promoted to the county or transferred to the central government.
Now that everyone is gone, what will happen to the Ashan Mansion? That is also a headache for the successors. What does it have to do with me?
Everyone does things just to get promoted. Are you really doing it for the people?
Chen Yuanxiu said this with peace of mind.
"Very good, Chen Qing did a good job. I am relieved that Ashan Mansion can stabilize so quickly."
After listening to Chen Yuanxiu's detailed explanation of the placement of the exiled criminals and checking the specific register, Lu Yuan couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, praised him a few times, and then emphasized again: "Those barbarians are arrogant, wild and untamable. They are the king of Mu." Hua, unlike me, the descendant of the Three Emperors.
To tame them, they must destroy their sons, their wives, their daughters, their children, and their culture.
Within twenty years of this, there will be no more barbarians in Qianzhong County, and our king will convert the people of Chu. This is the national policy of long-term peace and stability. "
When Chen Yuanxiu heard this, he immediately flattered him: "Your Majesty, the three strategies to pacify the barbarians are actually a good plan for the ages and a century-old plan. I just tried it for a while, and the Ashan Mansion will be roughly settled. If you persist in it, there is no need to worry about the injustice of the southwest."
Don't worry, your Majesty, I will work hard to implement this strategy and stabilize the western border for my chef, so that the barbarians will not repeat it. "
Lu Yuan nodded: "You are here in Ashan Mansion, so don't worry about being alone."
Lu Yuan could naturally tell the truth from Chen Yuanxiu's exaggerated words.
But he didn't care about that.
It is normal for the officials under him to want to show off in front of him.
After all, who doesn’t want to get promoted and progress?
People do things driven by desire. If it is not for greater desires, where would the motivation come from?
As long as the officials under his command can do what they have arranged, small actions by the other party will be tolerated as long as they are not too excessive.
Chen Yuanxiu in front of him obviously did a very good job.
Like Zhao Xianzhi before, he is a capable official. …
As for his current habit of talking big words, it is nothing compared to the other party's abilities.
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After inspecting the Ashan Mansion for a few days, he personally inspected the serious prisoners in the military camps. After confirming that these people were quite honest under the supervision of the soldiers and did not cause any trouble, Lu Yuan took his troops and continued to inspect the rest. The place has gone.
In this way, the inspection work in various places continued for more than a month. At the end of September, it finally ended and we returned to Shicheng.
After returning to the county town and resting for two days at the former Wuman King's Palace, which had been converted into a palace, good news came from the east bank of Lushui River.
After Li Xiong rested in Qinzangchuan for three months and collected summer grain, at the end of July, he led 10,000 soldiers and horses to the south and launched an attack on Da Changhe's army in Wenfu area, which was facing Li Liang across the river.
There are about 20,000 Da Changhe troops here, the main force of 10,000 is stationed in Wenfu City, and the remaining 10,000 are distributed at the ferries along the Lu River to guard against Li Liang's crossing.
With this small force, they were no match for Li Xiong, an innate master.
In addition, Li Liang on the other side of the river had already received orders from Lu Yuan to cooperate with Li Xiong in launching an offensive against the Da Changhe army here.
Under attack from both front and back, the army of Da Changhe in the area only lasted for two months before they were annihilated by the two armies. A total of 100,000 barbarians in seven cities in the Wenfu area fell under Li Xiong's control.
At this point, except for the Huichuan Kingdom theater in the north that Lan Zhaoyun was dealing with, there was no direct border between Qianzhong County controlled by Lu Yuan and Da Changhe Kingdom.
It is separated by the area controlled by Li Xiong.
After the war, Li Liang took the remaining 8,000 forbidden troops and retreated to the east bank of Lushui River, continuing to set up defenses along the line to prevent the fleeing barbarian soldiers.
Li Xiong took the troops that expanded to more than 20,000 after recruiting the Yi army, and went north to Chiyan City again. He joined the 30,000 Li Shou troops who stayed in the area, and continued fighting with the Da Changhe army led by Li Chuan in the Shachi area opposite. Trying to seize the northern part of Kunhai.
After receiving the good news, Lu Yuan was also thinking about one thing.
That's when it's time to formally confer Li Xiong with the title and let him establish a state.
After all, Li Xiong now officially controls the eastern and southern areas of Kunhai. The actual territory he controls is about a thousand miles in radius, with a population of 300,000, and 50,000 soldiers and horses.
Although this level of strength is still not strong, it is enough to establish a small country and establish a political power.
Moreover, it was also Lu Yuan's original promise to grant Li Xiong a kingdom.
Now that the opponent is on the front line, they are conquering cities and territories, directly supporting Dachu on the front line against Dachohe Kingdom. It can be said that his contribution is significant, and he must be rewarded for his contribution.
Therefore, after Lu Yuan thought about it, he sent an envoy to the front line of Chiyan City on October 1st to formally read out the edict, conferring Li Xiong the title of Duke of Kunhai and asking him to prepare for the establishment of the Principality of Kunhai.
Well, it’s the principality.
After all, Da Chu is just a kingdom now, and Lu Yuan is just the king of Chu. It is impossible to canonize the other party as the king of Kunhai.
Otherwise, both sides are kings, who listens to whom?
Li Xiong wants to be king, but he will wait until Lu Yuan becomes emperor.
Now, don't even think about it.
After handling the awards to Li Xiong and conferring Dachu's first vassal state, Kunhai State, Lu Yuan not only delivered a batch of grain and grass to the front line of Chiyan City, but there was no more fighting there.
Just like the previous agreement, Li Xiong took the lands west of Lu River for himself.
Chu State did not interfere too much and was only responsible for providing some financial and food support.
How much territory Li Xiong's Kunhai Kingdom can conquer depends entirely on the opponent's ability. Lu Yuan will not do much to help the opponent.
Otherwise, if we have to send troops anyway, it would be better for Chu to take over the territory he has conquered. Why should he work in vain and benefit Kunhai State?
Li Xiong also knew this.
Therefore, when he was struggling on the battlefield west of Lushui, apart from sending messages to the rear and asking Lu Yuan for money, food and weapons, he never mentioned sending troops to support him.
Recruiting soldiers and fighting wars are all done by oneself.
Especially after acquiring the territory, even the supply of grain and fodder was reduced a lot, and they began to deal with it themselves from Kunhai.
This vassal state used to buffer the barrier has become more and more useful, relieving the Chu State's considerable pressure.
certainly.
From a certain perspective, it can be said that the independence of Kunhai State is getting bigger and bigger.
Whether this matter is good or bad can only be said to be in the eye of the beholder and in the wisdom of the wise.
But there was one thing that Lu Yuan was sure of.
That is, before the Great Chowa Kingdom was wiped out, or even before the three major barbarian kingdoms in the southwest were wiped out, it was basically impossible for Li Xiong's Kunhai Kingdom to betray under the strong external pressure to survive.
Otherwise, there are three major Yi kingdoms outside and the powerful Chu Kingdom inside. Amid internal and external troubles, as long as the Kunhai Kingdom dares to rebel, it will be destroyed in an instant.
With these support, Lu Yuan is not worried about the other party's betrayal.
And when these powerful external enemies were eliminated, the Chu State had already become strong, and Li Xiong would not dare to betray him.
Lu Yuan was not panicked at all.
