Chapter 545: The Conspiracy of the Upper County Mansion
Now in the territory of the state, because there are Ding Yuan's military horses in the town, and there is Lu Bu, the flying general, who is suppressing those aliens. Therefore, the overall situation is not as real chaotic as Xiliang.
However, in some places, small messes are constant. Sometimes, it's not just foreigners who are making trouble, even Han Chinese, but also people who are making trouble under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army.
And Liu Xian appeared in the chosen Shang County, which is a territory under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou or Bingzhou, which is already a little vague. After all, this area has long been used as a place to settle the Southern Huns. Therefore, the area around Shangjun now seems to be a three-way area.
Now that Liu Xian has come to this place, he can't hope that the local government can give him any help.
And having said that, whether these local officials can be worthy of Liu Xian's trust is a matter of one thing. There are some things that Liu Xian doesn't even need to delve into. It depends on how well the officials mix up in this county.
In such a big situation, if he can still get along in Shangjun, then it means that he can't be the kind of honest guy. There must be some collusion with those aliens, so that it is possible to mix well in places where aliens dominate.
Like now, Shangjun Taishou and Jun Sima, the two local chiefs in military and political affairs, although they spit out their bitterness to Liu Xian, saying how bad the situation in Shangjun is now, but what about themselves? But his face is still red, and he doesn't seem to be a guy who has suffered a little at all.
Looking at them again, among these local officials, they also seem to be extremely prestigious, basically only the two of them have no room for others to speak.
In such a situation, no matter how respectful he greeted him now, Liu Xian would guard against them, and he would never easily believe their words.
Moreover, in this land of right and wrong, even these local officials will not make any trouble for themselves. But there are so many Huns and other aliens living in Shangjun and other areas, they will definitely come to find trouble.
Sooner or later, they may attack their settlements.
Liu Xian must take precautions against this.
Now, all Liu Xian can do is to move the rescuers. And the only rescue soldier that Liu Xian can move to is Ding Yuan in the state. In addition, Huangfu Song is in Chang'an, Yongzhou, although he can also ask him for help, but he is not close to him, and he is now cooperating with Xiliang's operations, so it is unlikely that he can take care of his own affairs.
Therefore, when the Shangjun Taishou and they took over the wind and washed the dust for Liu Xian, Liu Xian immediately sent Zhou Cang to Jinyang, Bingzhou, sent a letter to Ding Yuan, asking him to help, and sent a cavalry army to help sit in the town. There is no need for more, there are 2,000 cavalry, which is enough to deter those ordinary thieves.
It would be best to send Lu Bu here, but Liu Xian knew that this was unlikely. In Liu Xian's letter, there was also a kind of thinking of repaying the money at a high price, and asked Ding Yuan to send Lu Bu with 5,000 cavalry to help sit in the town for a period of time. In addition, Liu Xian also explained to Zhou Cang that if Ding Yuan was unwilling to send Lu Bu to come, then Ding Yuan must be asked to send Zhang Liao to come, and the cavalry could not be less than two thousand.
Of course, Liu Xian did not pay a price. Asking others to transfer troops for help, this has to give Ding Yuan some benefits, and then, the military horses he transferred, all the food and military supplies, Liu Xian has to be responsible for supplying supplies.
After sending Zhou Cang, Liu Xian consulted with Xi Zhicai, Tao Qiuhong and others who came together.
With hundreds of thousands of people arriving one after another, the resettlement work had to start immediately.
But the specific location cannot be in this upper county town, and this upper county will not agree to accept hundreds of thousands of people into its city. And it can't be settled.
In other words, you have to find another suitable place.
In the end, after Liu Xian consulted with them, he decided to choose a place in the northeast of Shangjun, a small town near the Fen River.
That town is almost deserted now, and there are not many people still living in that town.
There are many rivers in that area, and it is still a relatively flat riverside plain.
All along, those Huns and other aliens, they don't like that place very much. Usually, they just drive cattle and sheep to the area to graze.
For aliens such as the Huns who only like to live on horseback, areas with many rivers are not suitable for them to gallop on horseback, and they naturally feel that such a place has a great restraint effect on their cavalry. As a result, very few aliens settled in that area.
For the Huns, what they didn't like was what the Han people liked.
Because there are many rivers, it means that there is water, and where there is water, it is suitable for farming.
And the truth of relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water, the Han people understand it better.
This also reminded Liu Xian of the situation in Liulin Village, where there is a river, there will be fish, and in the ancient era of the original ecology like this, there will definitely be a lot of fish in the river, and they are fat. This is just the right solution to the problem of eating meat.
It was not too far or too close to the county seat of Shangjun, about sixty or seventy miles.
But for the displaced people who have migrated for more than a thousand miles, what is sixty or seventy miles?
The next day, Liu Xian immediately asked people to inspect the site, and if he thought it was appropriate, he decided to dispose of the displaced people's resettlement site.
Liu Xian planned to go in person, but the county guard Zhaoyuan, the military Sima Huodong and other officials from the county lord and the military government came to invite Liu Xian to a banquet, saying that he had something to discuss with Liu Xian.
As soon as Liu Xian heard it, he knew that the drama was coming.
Yesterday, they took the wind and washed the dust for themselves, and showed favor first, and today, it is estimated that they will definitely have something to ask for or a plan.
Liu Xian did not spend the night in the city last night, but set up a temporary camp outside the city with the people who came to Shangjun first and the displaced people to spend the night.
Now they went out of the city to invite Liu Xian, and instead of inviting Liu Xian to their official office, they invited Liu Xian to a restaurant that looked quite good in Shangjun City. TXT Book House
The environment of this restaurant is really good, but it is actually the kind of restaurant with the nature of a green building.
Just arrived yesterday, Liu Xian didn't pay too much attention to the situation in Shangjun.
Now Liu Xian has also discovered that the central area of Shangjun County is relatively prosperous.
Here, it is naturally incomparable with those counties in the Central Plains, and it is actually similar to an ordinary county town in the mainland, just like the original Yang's County. There will also be some areas of the city that will be particularly prosperous.
And where there are green buildings, they are generally the most prosperous places in a small city.
However, there are a lot of people in this strange costume.
And Liu Xian also saw that many of them were particularly arrogant and domineering in the market, and some Han traders could only endure silently when they were bullied, and rarely quarreled with them. But sometimes, even if there is no dispute, if those aliens don't like it, they will also punch and kick the Han people, and they are really rampant.
There were also a small number of government officers and soldiers patrolling the city, but most of them turned a blind eye to such a situation, and only when the aliens were gone, they would come forward to reprimand the Han Chinese who had been bullied.
Through these phenomena, Liu Xian can know that the county government is either really incompetent or laissez-faire. And allowing foreigners to act as a blessing in a place where it is still governed by the Han government, saying that the government has nothing to do with those foreigners, Liu Xian didn't believe it even if he was killed.
Entered the restaurant and sat down.
They pushed Liu Xian to the main position.
Liu Xian is neither humble nor humble, and he takes it for granted.
Liu Xian dealt with them casually, and after accepting their round of toasts, Liu Xian stopped drinking, but waited for their showdown.
As a magistrate, and it looks like it's still a good mix. Naturally, he didn't want a emperor to suddenly come to his land, and he didn't want someone to ride on their heads to make a fortune.
Plus, they're always thinking about getting something out of it.
Sure enough, after three rounds of drinking, they saw that Liu Xian didn't say anything, and the county guard Zhaoyuan and Jun Sima kept staring. Then an official coughed and said, "Ahem...... Marquis Wu Yong, Yang Can. Dare to ask Marquis Wu Yong about some information, I wonder if Marquis Wu Yong can solve the doubts of the lower officials? ”
"It turned out to be Lord Yang Can, it's okay, since Ben Hou and Er have met, everyone is friends, if you have anything to ask or say, you can feel free." Liu Xian hugged him and said.
Yang Can didn't know what Liu Xian thought in his heart, but seeing that Liu Xian seemed to be so easy to speak, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and said, "Marquis Wuyong, you have migrated hundreds of thousands of displaced people to us this time. I don't know what you're going to do with them? You know, there are so many people, it's not easy to settle them. And how will they survive here in the future? The area around our upper county is all wilderness, and the land is barren, even if it is not suitable for farming. Also, our areas, in fact, our Han has been assigned to the use of the Huns, and hundreds of thousands of Han people have suddenly migrated here, and I am afraid that those Huns will not agree to let them settle here. ”
"Oh? This one...... Ben Hou is also trying to discuss it with you. I don't know what your opinion is on the county government? After all, you are the landlords here, and it is you who know the actual situation of Shangjun best. I think your comments are the most instructive. Liu Xian pretended not to know how to settle these displaced people, and said to them.
"Marquis Wuyong, hundreds of thousands of people, their eating and drinking are all problems. However, we heard that Marquis Wu Yong has promised to help them for more than half a year? This...... Marquis Wu Yong, in fact, the lower officials have discussed, in fact, there is no need to be so ......"
"Oh? If not, so what? ”
"Marquis Wu Yong, the population loss of our Shang County has indeed decreased a lot. Our opinion, we can go to the county government to help digest this group of displaced people. Marquis Wu Yong, you only need to provide us with food for about four months of these hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and we can go to the county government to solve the problem of settling and relocating these displaced people for Marquis Wu Yong. In the future, they will be able to be self-reliant in Shangjun and will be able to live well. ”
When Liu Xian heard this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
It turns out that these guys are trying to covet their own food.
They went to the county, and now they don't know what they have been governed. Even the original one is not well governed, and dare to say that he can settle these hundreds of thousands of displaced people for himself? Liu Xian dared to guarantee that if the grain was really given to them, it was estimated that most of it would fall into their private pockets.
And what about the homeless people?
Liu Xian is not ignorant of some situations.
The Huns or ordinary aliens, what was the purpose of their invasion of the Han Dynasty? One is to grab money and food, and the other is to plunder the population.
Now Liu Xian suspects that the Shangjun government has an inexplicable relationship with those Huns and other foreign people. This can't help but Liu Xian is not worried, if these hundreds of thousands of displaced people are handed over to their government to settle down, then they are very likely to be sold to those foreign people, and let those displaced people become slaves of the Huns.
For them, food is money, and so are these hundreds of thousands of people. Especially among them, there are indeed many women. Women are valuable.
Liu Xian slowly turned cold, and said expressionlessly: "Everyone, Ben Hou thank you in advance for being able to think about Ben Hou." If you follow what you say, Ben Hou can not only save a lot of money and food, but also leave immediately. But! “
Liu Xian's words changed sharply, and he said coldly: "Benhou is ordered by the emperor, and he must settle these hundreds of thousands of displaced people. In this regard, Ben Hou does not want to fake his hands on others. In addition, what Ben Hou wants to tell you is that Shangjun is the Shangjun of the Han Dynasty, even if it was once set aside to settle the Xiongnu and other aliens, this is still the place of the Han Dynasty. The imperial court asked Benhou to settle those people here, what about those Huns? Is it possible, do they still dare to have an opinion? Where we are big guys, it's our big guys who have the final say. So, you really don't have to worry, Ben Hou will deal with it. “
"But Marquis Wuyong, don't you know, our court does not have many officers and soldiers in Shangjun, and it is difficult to effectively protect these hundreds of thousands of displaced people. And the Hun robbers will come out at any time and plunder you. When the time comes, let alone settle down, it will be difficult to keep their lives and property. If our government settles down, we can separate hundreds of thousands of people and settle them in various towns in Shangjun, and we can completely settle them. ”
"Hehe, what if it's settled? Can you go to the county government to ensure their safety? Liu Xian waved his hand and interrupted their words: "Benhou has his own plans, so you don't have to worry about the affairs of the displaced people." Well, that's it for today, Ben Hou has just arrived, and there are still many things to deal with, so I won't accompany you here to drink and have fun. Well, feel free to do whatever you want! ”
After Liu Xian finished speaking, he stood up.
But at this time, a cold momentum pressed Liu Xian, but it was a military general from the government that he didn't know.