Pulling down the curtain, covering the window of the carriage, and feeling the bumps, Liu Chengyou looked at Li Shaoyou and asked, "These days, I'm afraid it's very lively here in Gyeonggi." ”

"It's not just lively, it's just a group of demons dancing wildly, and there are all kinds of chaos!" Li Shaoyou looked serious and said with emotion.

"What's the mess?" Liu Chengyou asked calmly. He wasn't too surprised between his eyebrows, and he had already heard of some situations.

"Civil unrest, military rebellion, political turmoil." Li Shaoyou summed up the three chaos, and his tone was solemn.

At this time, there were already hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the land of Gyeonggi, and after the destructive plundering of the Khitans, many of the people fled for refuge, but there were not so many people. It's just that as the situation in the Central Plains gradually settled, many people returned after hearing the news. At the same time, the economy of the entire Central Plains region completely collapsed, and the prefectures and prefectures lacked survival resources, and many hungry people also migrated to the Tokyo area.

Liu Zhiyuan's side, taking Tokyo, is justifiable, and the country is determined, but in fact, he has taken over a huge burden. After entering the city, there were thousands of things, and they were busy inviting people to buy people's hearts (the founding ministers and officials and soldiers of the previous dynasty), rewarding meritorious deeds, and awarding officials and knights.

The reaction was slow, and he didn't care about the refugees who came from the ant gathering for a short time, and when he found that more and more people were gathering, he realized that he sent an edict to the generals of various states to restrain the people in various places and ensure that they could move to the prefectures and counties.

Under the tough measures of the Han court, the trend of "eating in Tokyo" finally receded, but in the process, how many people will die and how many people will lose the hearts of the people are not considered for the time being.

Even so, tens of thousands of people, dragging their families and mouths, fled to Kaifeng and were blocked under the city. For these people, the imperial court could not completely ignore them, and simply opened some relief points and distributed some "grain" as livestock. Even so, these people were an additional burden for the nascent court. It has been suggested that these refugees should be dispersed and left to fend for themselves. Fortunately, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Liu Zhiyuan deliberately kept this fig leaf and didn't listen.

Tens of thousands of rioters are in Gyeonggi, but in fact, the problem is not big, and it has always been within the controllable range. The real outbreak of civil unrest was after the families of the Hedong Forbidden Army moved in.

Counting the Longqi Army under the command of Liu Chengyou, there were about 50,000 soldiers and horses who went out of Hedong to fight the rivers and mountains with Liu Zhiyuan, and these troops were the forbidden army that guarded Gyeonggi, and his family members who stayed in Taiyuan also migrated in batches.

More than 100,000 people have already come south. These people, but the families of the forbidden army, cannot be treated as rough as ordinary homeless, this must be taken very seriously, and they must be properly resettled. It is not difficult to find a place to resettle, around Kaifeng, there are ownerless land and houses, even if there is none, it can be built temporarily.

Not only the families of the former Hedong Forbidden Army, but also the soldiers of the former Korean Forbidden Army who have taken refuge, fortunately, the relatives of these people were originally mostly in Gyeonggi territory, saving a lot of resettlement effort.

However, hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, newcomers and newcomers, outsiders and locals, plus refugees, all kinds of people and chaos. Contradictions are basically inevitable, land, houses, food, water, ...... Even a verbal altercation can become a trigger for a conflict.

The original people of Gyeonggi had suffered enough, and Liu Zhiyuan's entry into Beijing actually did not bring them any benefits, not to mention freedom and dignity, and the looted property was gone, so food and clothing must be satisfied. Unfortunately, this is not the most basic of things. On the contrary, hundreds of thousands of people have migrated, squeezing out or even seizing their living space and resources.

You must know that the families of the Hedong Army who moved south basically belonged to the "propertied people", and their families moved south to Tokyo to enjoy happiness and be the masters. Since the middle of last month, there have been bad situations of bullying and robbery, until a major riot broke out, targeting the new people in Hedong. Those refugees who are waiting to be fed are also involved.

However, those who were the families of the Hedong Army immediately attracted repression, and the rioters were arrested and dealt with on a large scale. Now the surrendered old army is gone, and they are also accepted as forbidden troops, all of them are forbidden troops of the imperial court, and his family is easy to bully? The army of this era dared to use knives, and it almost didn't directly cause a firefight.

Fortunately, Liu Zhiyuan was very sensitive to changes in the army, and his control over the army was quite strong. Killing, sometimes it will stimulate people to lose their minds, but more often, it is more effective as a deterrent.

At the same time, Liu Zhiyuan sent people to mediate and divide the military and civilians. In the end, the blame for causing the riots was placed on the displaced people. He arrested and killed some people who had committed disorder and violated the law, and sent troops to exercise military control over those displaced people, encircled them in a certain area, and beaten, punished, and killed them at will, which had the flavor of a concentration camp......

When he heard this, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but speak: "How can it be like this!" What is the imperial court doing, why not to divert the displaced people and disperse the resettlement? ”

Li Shaoyou shrugged his shoulders and sighed: "Hundreds of thousands of people, is it so easy to feed?" ”

"The summer harvest has passed, and there is already summer grain in storage. Also, what about my seizure from Hebei, can't those camels, sheep, and grain be alleviated? Liu Chengyou asked.

"Can't make ends meet! To raise soldiers and officials, and to reward meritorious heroes and soldiers, how can there be spare strength to support the people, to give them a bite to eat, not to let them starve to death, it is already the mercy of the court. Li Shao lobbied.

"That's not all!" Liu Chengyou said coldly. He remembered the previous situation in Zhenzhou, hundreds of thousands of displaced people, who also had to raise an army and defend the Khitan, but he couldn't bear it. In Liu Chengyou's view, the situation in the Central Plains may be difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it will not reach this point.

"It must be the court's mishandling!" Staring at Li Shaoyou, Liu Chengyou clenched his fists: "In the long run, I'm afraid that the people's hearts will be lost!" ”

Liu Chengyou's cold eyes startled Li Shaoyou, and there was a pale look in his bitter smile: "People's heart? I have made secret visits, and in the eyes of those refugees, our Han Dynasty is inferior to the Khitans. ”

Li Shaoyou's words made Liu Chengyou's heart a little colder, and the hot blood that almost rushed to the top of his head directly cooled.

"How so?" Liu Chengyou asked: "Didn't the imperial court send down a few edicts to benefit the people?" ”

"I'll sort it out for you." Li Shaoyou stretched out his left hand and snapped his fingers.

"Zhao Yi, the world sees forbidden sinners, except for the ten evils and five rebellions, and forgive them. Those who are in prison may have unjust cases, but there are many adulterers and criminals, and they forgive their sins to win the hearts of the people, which is what is done in prosperous times. In this world, what good is it for the country to let these sinners go, and what good is it for the common people? And they are suffering from detention, and they have more hatred for the court and government, and let them out, isn't it asking for trouble and harming the people? I can assure you that these days, many of the mountain bandits and thieves who are active in various states have been pardoned. ”

Bending another finger, Li Shaoyou continued: "Zhao Er, the states will go to the year and release the residual tax. Within 100 miles of the east and west capitals, the summer tax is exhausted. 100 miles away and in the capital, this year's house tax will be half. The tax has been reduced a lot, but with the situation in the Central Plains at this time, there is already very little that can be collected, and how much benefit does it have for the people? ”

"As for the rest, they are like this." Li Shaoyou shook his head.

Thinking about it carefully, what Li Shaoyou said is really not untargeted. It is estimated that Liu Zhiyuan himself is wondering, what he did is not much incomprehensible to the establishment of the new dynasty in the past, thinking that at the beginning, Shi Jingjiao's emperor entered Luoyang, basically did the same, why is the effect so different.

The reason for this may be complicated, but one thing is clear, at that time, the people of the Central Plains were not so ploughed by the Khitans, and the stalls that Shi Jingjiao needed to clean up did not seem to be so bad. However, there are always pros and cons to everything, the Central Plains and even the entire country have been smashed and crushed, but it is conducive to reshaping, but the nascent Han Dynasty is obviously not in place, and even itself is still not clear, and it is difficult to reorganize the mountains and rivers.

"Army, why is there chaos?" Suppressing the uncontrollable impatience in his heart, Liu Chengyou asked.

"Hedong's arrogant soldiers' habits, you don't know it, it's good to be suppressed before, before entering Bian, in front of military law, you can still do it without committing any crimes. Since entering the Central Plains, they have easily entered Tokyo, but they despise everything, the generals are arrogant, the soldiers have also done the same, and the official family has not been as strict with them as in the past......"

Li Shao said: "Since entering Bian, the forbidden army of the former dynasty has been retained, plus the soldiers and horses of Jiezhen and the recruits recruited, and the strength has tripled. The contradiction between the old and new forbidden armies is not small at all. The official family needs the Yuan Cong Forbidden Army in Hedong to suppress everything, so they have been more laissez-faire. ”

"During this time, the military discipline of the forbidden soldiers is getting worse and worse, and I have seen many people swaggering through the market and being domineering. I am afraid that this combat effectiveness has dropped sharply. ”

Liu Chengyou's brows tightened, and he couldn't help but interrupt him: "Shi Hongzhao, as the commander of the guards, hasn't he always been strict in governing the army, what responsibility does he, the commander of the forbidden army, bear?" ”

"Shi Hongzhao is harsh in governing the army, this is true." Li Shaoyou said, the word "sarcasm" was almost written directly on his face: "That's an outsider, for people close to his confidants, he has never been short of shelter." It can be said that the most rampant forbidden officers and soldiers in Tokyo City at the moment must be Shi Hongzhao's people! ”

"Just because Shi Hongzhao's handling was unfair and the punishment was biased, it aroused the indignation of the internal and external sergeants, and some time ago there was almost a fight."

Liu Chengyou took a breath: "Father, are you indifferent and do nothing?" ”

"How could it be, it was precisely because the officials were angry and dealt with a group of criminal officers that they were reined in. However, as long as the generals who command the troops are still those people, it will be difficult to eliminate the tendency of floating in the army. I heard that the official family was sick with anger. Recently, plans are underway to reorganize the forbidden army and reorganize the ....... of the army."

The fingers on the knees clicked very quickly, and it took a long time before stopping, leaning on the carriage with his body facing backwards, Liu Chengyou said quietly: "If the military chaos is like this, what kind of chaos is this political chaos?" ”

"It is said that it is political turmoil, but in fact it is still a rebellion!" Li Shao lobbied.

After Liu Zhiyuan entered Kaifeng, although he retained a large number of Jin ministers of the former dynasty, such as Zhao Shangjiao (formerly known as Zhao Yuan, avoiding changing the name to the name), Bian Wei, Wang Jingchong and others, the political facts were all paid to the "Second Su".

Su Fengji and Su Yuqi, although they have their own strengths, but the flaws in their personalities are extremely obvious, and they are basically mouth cannons, and they may not be able to do a good job in governing a state or a county, and they are in charge of the government of a country. For nearly a month, the government and the opposition in Tokyo were in a miasma, and they were not even as peaceful as Li Congyi's short-lived "Longde Dynasty" at the beginning. And these two Sus are still fighting for favor and power.

It wasn't until Yang Wei and Wang Zhang brought Liu Zhiyuan's original overlord team from Taiyuan that they quickly filled in the center and regained control of the privy council and financial planning. And Liu Zhiyuan obviously also supports Yang and Wang, after all, for so many years, these two have always been in their political affairs.

Wang Zhang continued to be bitter, holding the shriveled money bag of the new dynasty, with gray hair and more treasures. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a doer, seeing that the Beijing master has spent a lot of money, and there are more than a dozen articles on the table, so that there is no urgency, and the cost of saving is not beneficial. In fact, Wang Zhang is very grateful to Liu Chengyou, at least the goods he took back from the Khitans are really useful, otherwise he will lose more hair.

However, even if you make up more from the outside, it is still not enough, and the treasury of the Han Dynasty is still empty, and the word "use of the degree of restraint" only exists in the imagination of the chapter. As the plan of the imperial court, he still had to painstakingly increase his wealth. However, although Wang Zhang is in charge of the money bag all the year round, this person is not particularly good at "financial management", what he is better at is that he collects ......

As for Yang Wei, this person has a strong personality, is a little arrogant, and has a tough style, he is not afraid of offending people, and he can't get sand in his eyes. After becoming the prime minister of the empire and administering the government, he vigorously rectified the government affairs, clarified government affairs, and appointed and dismissed officials.

reported to Liu Zhiyuan, dismissed dozens of incompetent officials, and dealt with several for dereliction of duty. At this moment, he completely offended Ersu, especially Su Fengji.

During his reign, he did a lot of bad things, one of which was "selling official positions". Before entering Kaifeng, dozens of official positions of all sizes were allowed, and when they arrived in Tokyo, they were honored one by one. Most of the officials dismissed by Yang Wei were these officials who relied on bribery to obtain positions, which was very targeted.

was originally dissatisfied because of the encroachment of power, which annoyed Su Fengji even more. Then he began to attack Yang Wei's people, and the officials of this period, who wiped their buttocks clean, including Yang Wei himself, also did a lot of things about using power for personal gain.

"This Su Yuqi is a mellow elder in my impression!" The corners of Liu Chengyou's mouth twitched.

"This mellow elder now has a lot of properties in and around Tokyo. This person is also smart, he can't fight, he simply doesn't fight, and two days ago, he also sent domestic servants to help refugees. Li Shao lobbied.

Glancing at Liu Chengyou, he continued: "As for this Su Fengji, Su Xianggong, he has a wide range of farm houses, not to mention Tokyo, I heard that there are four or five manors in Xijing, and there are hundreds of acres of land. Now I want to buy him again, Erlang, you take 100,000 yuan to come to the door, I'm afraid that you can only meet once......"

After listening to Li Shaoyou's report, Liu Chengyou's expression was already self-contained.

"Where is this the prosperity of the empire at the beginning of its establishment, it is clearly a sign of the demise of the country!" After being silent for a long time, Liu Chengyou suddenly suppressed his voice and said angrily, his eyes were clearly filled with murderous intent.

"Erlang, you can't talk nonsense!" Although it was rare to see Liu Chengyou so excited, Li Shaoyou was taken aback and hurriedly persuaded.

"When I was in Hedong, I was still laughing at the Khitan people for not being accustomed to our country's conditions, and they would not be able to have China for a long time. Look at this Hedong Yingjie, what did he do, how strong can he be compared to the Khitans? Liu Chengyou's tone was full of resentment, did he have such an emotional time, he just felt that his struggle in Hebei seemed to be a little unworthy......

"Not always like that." At this time, Li Shaoyou was a little afraid to look directly into Liu Chengyou's eyes, and said: "For example, Deputy Privy Guo has always restrained his subordinates and worked hard for the king's affairs. The officials rewarded and distributed more soldiers to reassure people's hearts. ”

Hearing him mention Guo Wei, Liu Chengyou's eyes narrowed subconsciously.

Li Shaoyou continued: "The recent situation is much better than before. Chaos, it should not be chaotic. It's already autumn, so stay up again, and when the autumn harvest is over, everything will be fine. ”

"I hope so!" Lifting the curtain, Liu Chengyou looked out, looking outside, the sky was high and the clouds were wide.

During the conversation, Kaifeng City has come into view.