Chapter 106: The Great Migration

After the loyal army went north, Yan Di was calm, and the previous fief of King Yan became two counties, Jizhou County and Changshan County, this place because of the previous Yan King's expropriation and tyranny, so there were not many free people, most of them were Yan Wang's serfs, so Li Jun directly set off a movement of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land" in Yan Land, and all the serfs were re-registered, and the land was allocated, and suddenly Li Jun's name of sainthood spread throughout these two counties.

It was also at this time that the first batch of immigrants from the three counties of Liaodong ushered in, these immigrants came from Shandong and Jiangnan, and the immigrants from Guanzhong, Shuzhong, and Jingchu were still on the road, everyone was slaves before, but they did not suffer much in the process of this migration, because Li Jun gave a death order to the officials at all levels along the way, if in whose territory, there are immigrants who starve to death or die of disease, then the chief official will be demoted by one level, and two people will be demoted by two levels, and so on, if the death toll exceeds ten, hehe, Then the official fortune of the local magistrate will come to an end, and not only that, maybe you will have to go to Jinyiwei for a three-day tour.

With Li Jun's iron-fisted order, except for some of the old and frail who died of illness along the way, most of the rest survived.

Yuyang County belongs to Liaozhou County in Liaodong, next to Yuyang Pass, in the northernmost part of Liaodong, and it is also the county closest to the Beijin people, so the population here is the smallest, and the newly appointed county commander is also a former Shang Shulang, is a miscellaneous disciple, called Lu Xiu, this person is still Lu Hang's cousin, although the age is not very old, but the power is great, because the miscellaneous family has a total of two disciples outside as the county order.

On this day, Lu Xiu came to the southernmost town of Yuyang County early, this town is called Zhujia Town, which is the only way for immigrants to come to Yuyang County.

The weather in Liaodong in October has become colder, especially since it has just rained today, so Lu Xiu has already put on a fur coat.

Lu Xiu kept looking at the door of the post station, and then an old man in sackcloth appeared behind him, and the old man said with a smile: "Lord County Commander, go to the house to warm up, you are a southerner, and you are not used to the weather in Liaodong, in case of frostbite it will not be good." ”

Lu Xiu said worriedly: "Uncle Zhu don't worry, the little nephew is fine, but you said that the weather is already so cold in October, can those immigrants stand it in winter?" ”

The old man shook his head and said, "Lord County Commander, this is outside, you should still call the old official position." ”

"Zhu Xiancheng, please advise." Lu Xiu immediately changed his words.

Zhu Xiancheng replied with a smile: "Don't worry about the county order, I think this Zhujia Town was also migrated from the south of the Yangtze River at the beginning, and now you see that everyone's life is not very good, so there is no unbearable hardship in this world, this time the immigrants are the lowest slaves of large families, and they will not be so pampered, as long as they are given land, these people will definitely survive the winter in Liaodong this year." ”

Lu Xiu shook his head and stopped talking.

Zhu Xiancheng continued: "In this world, there is only one disease that is the most terrible, and that is the disease of poverty, so as long as they are given hope that they will no longer become poor, even if the environment is difficult, everyone will survive." ”

Zhu Xiancheng's words are not rough, so Lu Xiu nodded in approval, under normal circumstances, the relationship between the county and the county order is not good, but in Yuyang County, it is an exception, on the one hand, Lu Xiu was born in a wealthy family, and Zhu Xiancheng slowly rose from the bottom of the small officials, so he didn't dare to offend Lu Xiu, and another important reason was that Lu Xiu accidentally had a relationship with Zhu Xiancheng's daughter after a drunkenness, so Zhu Xiancheng can be regarded as Lu Xiu's cheap father-in-law.

At this moment, a servant Pegasus ran over, and Lu Xiu hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Are all the people coming? ”

The official panted and said, "Two adults, the immigrants are still two miles away, and they seem to be in good condition......

Without waiting for the official to finish speaking, Lu Xiu was ready to get on the horse, and Zhu Xiancheng immediately pulled Lu Xiu down and said, "Lord County Commander, don't worry." ”

"How can you not be in a hurry? This is a major policy explained by His Majesty, and it is also the hope of our Yuyang County in the future. Lu Xiu scolded angrily.

Zhu Xiancheng smiled bitterly: "My lord, you meet at this time, how will the county government manage the people in the future, the officials must not only be kind to the people, but also maintain a certain degree of majesty, and it is the right way to be virtuous." ”

Lu Xiu nodded and said, "Thank you uncle for teaching, the little nephew Meng Lang just now." ”

In less than a quarter of an hour, 50,000 immigrants came with their families, Lu Xiu saw that the state of the immigrants was not bad, and he was relieved, at this time a person from Jinyi stood up and said, "Which one is the county commander?" ”

Lu Xiu immediately stood up and said, "Xiaguan Lu Xiu has seen a bad trip. ”

Jin Yiwei hurriedly avoided Lu Xiu's salute and handed Lu Xiu a list with a smile and said: "Don't dare to be, Lord Lu, this is the list of people who immigrated to Yuyang County this time, please sign for it, and the next official can go back to restore his life." ”

Lu Xiu opened it and saw that there were more than 15,000 young and middle-aged people on it, so he nodded with satisfaction and immediately signed his name on it.

After sending off the people of Jinyiwei, Lu Xiu waved his hand, and suddenly the whole post station began to get busy, Lu Xiu laughed and said: "Everyone, welcome to Yuyang County, this county is the county order of Yuyang County, it is late today, everyone will take a rest in Zhujia Town first, and tomorrow the county will arrange someone to register you and divide the land." ”

"Thank you, sir." Immediately they knelt on their knees and prostrated themselves.

Lu Xiu hurriedly helped up the older ones, and several of the old men hurriedly thanked them, and Lu Xiu asked with a smile: "Uncle, I wonder if there are any patriarchs among you immigrants?" ”

The old man sighed and said, "My lord is really joking, we were all slaves of other people before, where are there any patriarchs or the like?" ”

After hearing this, Lu Xiu smiled secretly in his heart, this is a good thing, if a family moves over, it will definitely add a lot of things, now it's okay, these people have no one to rely on except the government, so it is much more convenient for the government to manage.

Lu Xiu nodded and said: "Uncle, there are more people now, according to the meaning of this county, everyone gets together according to their surnames, every five hundred people are a village, and then arranged by the government, what does the old man think of this idea?" ”

"What the adults say is very true, the little old man obeys his fate." The old man replied immediately.

Lu Xiu nodded and said, "Then it's troublesome." ”

This old man doesn't look old, his teeth are about to fall out, but he has a lot of prestige among immigrants, and in one night, these 50,000 people have become a hundred villages, and Lu Xiu thanked the old man with a big gift.

Then he called Lizheng from Zhujia Town over and asked, "Zhu Lizheng, can you eat twenty villages in Zhujia Town?" ”

Zhu Lizheng replied with a smile: "My lord, this is a small meaning, if it weren't for people, there would only be so much, and the small one would like thirty villages." ”

Lu Xiu scolded with a smile: "If you think about it, if you dare to do this, be careful that the rest of the Li are coming to you desperately." ”

"Little Lao'er is not afraid of them, people are treasures these days, everyone wants them?" Zhu Li said with a smile.

Lu Xiu scolded with a smile: "You old pimple." ”

Lu Xiu returned to the county office that night, took a good bath, and just finished eating before he heard someone shouting outside, Lu Xiu rubbed his forehead and said, "Housekeeper, go and see, what's going on?"

Soon the housekeeper came back and reported: "My lord, it's Beixiang who is making a fuss outside." ”

Thinking of this Lu Xiu's head is big, Beixiang is the northernmost town in Yuyang County, this town is next to Yuyang Pass, although there is Yuyang Pass in front of it, but it is still too close to Beijin, so everyone is reluctant to go there, although immigrants come here Although they are not familiar with the place, but the rest of them are trying to pull people, they will say that the situation in Beixiang is worse, in their mouths, Beixiang is hell on earth.

Now Beixiang has only received less than 500 people, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and other towns are almost exhausted, so it would be strange if Beixiang didn't come to make trouble.

Lu Xiu met with Beixiang Lizheng in front of the county government, Beixiang is a veteran who has retired, so he also has the pride of a soldier, Lu Xiu laughed dryly and said: "I don't know what is the important matter of Yuan Lizheng's visit late at night?" ”

"Someone." Yuan Lizheng replied coldly.

Lu Xiu smiled bitterly and said: "Yuan Lizheng, this county has increased the reward for going to Beixiang, only fifteen acres of land will be given to one family in other towns, and the county has promised to reward twenty acres of land when going to Beixiang, but there is still no one to go, and there is no way to do it in this county." ”

"There are too few fiefs, and the county magistrate might as well mention fifty acres." Yuan Lizheng continued.

"What? Are you kidding, one person has fifty acres of land, does Beixiang have so much land? Lu Xiu jumped up and said.

Yuan Lizheng sneered: "Yes, but some of them are fiefdoms of the Liaodong Army, and they are not talented, and they still have some connections in the Liaodong Army, so they can persuade the Liaodong Army to do it." ”

"Hmph, what are you going to say?" Lu Xiu snorted coldly.

Yuan Lizheng took off his clothes, pointed to the scars all over his body and said: "With these scars, the old man lived in a tent with Gao Shuai back then, and the current commander of the Liaodong Army, Pei Du, was still a big soldier under the old man." ”

"You just blow it, right? You go, if you can really convince the Liaodong Army, this county will give an order. Lu Xiu said disdainfully.

"Okay, that's a deal."

"It's a deal." Lu Xiu immediately replied.

After sending Yuan Lizheng away, Lu Xiu went back to rest, as for what Yuan Lizheng said, Lu Xiu didn't care at all.

Who knew that the next day, someone from the Liaodong Army came, and Lu Xiu was squatting in the toilet, and when he heard the news, he almost fell into the toilet all at once.

Lu Xiu hurriedly put on his pants and ran to the front office, the person who came was Pei Du's chief bookkeeper in the army, Lu Xiu had several encounters with him, Lu Xiu hurriedly greeted: "Wang Zhushu, I don't know what is the important thing about today's visit?" ”

Master Wang sighed and said: "Last night, a robber entered our military camp, not only robbed our fiefdom, but also scolded our marshal fiercely. ”

"Ah, grandma's, where did this old man come from?" Lu Xiu asked in shock.

Master Wang smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Gao Shuai, come on, Lu County Order, hurry up and accept the land deed." ”

After Lu Xiu accepted it, he felt that it was inappropriate, and immediately went back and wrote an IOU to Master Wang, saying: "General Wang, you can't ask for it, you can only say that you can borrow it, and in the future, the Liaodong Army can just come to Yuyang County to pull grain and grass." ”

Master Wang accepted the IOU and said with a smile: "Haha, Lu County Ling will be a man." After saying that, he didn't stay, and took the people away.