Along the Jiaqu Housai all the way to the north, half a day later, I entered the core fortress group of Han Juyan, and it is also the location of Juyan City - under the black city fortress of Sanjing Fortress.

The solid city walls, wide city gates, and the bed crossbows and arrow towers on the top of the city all show the special here.

This is the old nest of Zhang Anshi in the past, and the military town of the Han army in the entire Hexi - Hanju Yanzhi.

The military offices of the lieutenants of Juyan and the generals of the second division are all here.

In the future, the Western Regions Metropolitan Protector's Office will also be moved here.

In general, this is the closest Han city to the front line of the Han-Hungarian battlefield.

At the same time, it is also a great place to stock up on heavy troops.

The rich Juyanze, stretching for hundreds of miles, five rivers converge here, and the final destination of the entire water system west of the Qilian Mountains is also here.

It's just that now, it's a bit of a depression.

Except for the soldiers on the towers, the fortress was deserted.

When Han Zeng arrived at the city, only one lieutenant came out to greet him.

"The last general, the captain of Heicheng, Zheng Dare to meet Shang Shuling!" This Heicheng captain Zheng Kang is a stout and burly man in his thirties, with a thick beard, a black and peat-like face, but he doesn't seem to have any energy, and he speaks weakly.

Han Zeng looked at it, his brows furrowed slightly.

He realized that the problem was more serious than he had imagined!

Even the morale and mood of a senior officer of the rank of Captain Heicheng Sai have been affected so much!

I'm afraid that among the soldiers at the bottom, the despair has completely spread, right?

Therefore, Han Zeng immediately knew what he should do?

Throw money!

Gold opens the way, and five baht is the road, which is the most effective and easiest way.

It's a pity that after touching his pocket, Han Zeng could only sigh helplessly.

The funds he can use now are not even a thousand gold!

What the Eagle Yang Brigade brought was no more than 100 gold.

And the amount of money needed for the death of Juyan and the bereavement, reward and encouragement of the wounded soldiers is astronomical.

It is conservatively estimated that in order to achieve basic resettlement and pension, and to complete the most basic rewards, at least tens of thousands of dollars and the equivalent of property and land will be required.

And those who can do this, except for the Han Dynasty, there is no second force.

It's a pity that now, the princes of the court are afraid that they don't even have the slightest interest in doing this thing.

After all, in the eyes of this big man, the soldiers and civilians of Juyan have nothing to do with them.

Zhang Anshi's buttocks, why should they be asked to wipe them?

As for His Majesty today?

This problem will definitely be solved, and Prime Minister Huo Guang will also allocate money and food.

However, the other Jiuqing will also have some criticism.

This is the instinctive reaction of the meat eaters who are high above the temple.

Unless something goes wrong, no one really cares about the fate of these former Zhang Anshi's dead friends.

This is the sorrow of the little people.

In the eyes of the big guys, the promotion of the small people is just data.

This is not Han Zeng's own brain, but all kinds of things that he knows after experiencing the three dynasties and witnessing with his own eyes.

The ruling class is the most powerful force in the world.

But at the same time, they are also the most rotten!

The degree of decay is directly proportional to the degree of civilization.

For example, slavery at worst is better than clan at worst.

In the same way, feudalism at worst is better than slavery at its worst.

And capitalism at its worst is a hundred times stronger than the best feudalism!

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It is necessary to multiply the misery of child labor at the bottom of London and Paris during the Industrial Revolution by 100, which is probably the daily life of contemporary low-level peasants.

There is a poem in later generations that says it well - there is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death.

In this era, no matter how diligent, hard-working, and economical the peasants are, once a natural or man-made disaster, or even a small change, is very likely to end up bankrupt and sell their sons, daughters, wives and themselves!

The Han family is in Juyan, and the implementation is the integration of soldiers and people.

Most of the officers and men of the Juyan Lieutenant and the Second Division Army were professional soldiers who had settled here.

They tied their heads to the waistband of their trousers and followed Zhang Anshi from birth to death, most of them were not for the righteousness of their family and country.

It's to get the reward money and go home to feed his wife and parents.

Now, they are sacrificing their lives and deaths, but they can't get any reward.

Their sacrifices, their contributions, are all in danger of being forgotten.

This is comparable to the heaviest disaster for these families.

It is equivalent to the drought in Guanzhong and the flood in Heluo.

If this situation is not changed, at the beginning of spring next year, Juyan, the empire's most important military, economic, and agricultural town in Hexi, may see a wave of refugees.

Countless people will vote with their feet to flee the place.

Not why?

Because, their burden is just too big!

Before Han Zeng came, he had already obtained the materials and various files handed over by Zhang Anshi.

So he knew that if he didn't look at the hundreds of miles of rich land and rich products in Yanze, he thought that the lives of the people and the people living here were very easy.

In fact, quite the opposite!

The burden of the people of Juyan is the best in the world!

The grain they grow, the cloth they produce, the sauce they make, the firewood they work so hard to cut, the fish they catch in the water, and the animals they hunt in the forest!

As long as there is output, it will be exploited by the Juyan government!

Moreover, not exploitation in general.

Their burden is more than three times that of the peasants in the inner county!

No reason, because this is Juyan, the Han family's offensive base in Hexi, and the place where the Han elite are stationed.

These people not only have to feed themselves, but also have to support the basic expenses of more than 20,000 full-time soldiers stationed here!

And the permanent residents of Juyan, even if you count the military, the total population does not exceed 200,000!

In other words, they needed one soldier and his horse for every ten people!

Although the court will allocate resources, the Prime Minister's Mansion and Dasi Nong will transfer materials here as much as possible.

However, the cost of transporting materials from the inner county is too high.

If it weren't for the war, there wouldn't have been too many of these blood transfusions.

Of course, Juyan can also count on the supply of the four counties of Hexi and the Heshuo area.

But......

These places, with their own small output, are already remarkable if they can support themselves and not bother the court.

Therefore, the military and civilians of Juyan can only rely on themselves!

Cultivate your own land, reclaim your own wasteland, dig your own channels, and feed yourself.

In the endless years of hardship, the only thing that the people living here can count on is only one thing - military exploits!

It is expected that her husband, brothers, sons and nephews will suddenly rise to prominence in the war and make military exploits, and then one person will attain the Tao and the chicken and dog will ascend to heaven.

Bring the whole family directly from the peasants to the nobility.

Therefore, Juyan is a large barracks.

The people here, as long as men, are exposed to all kinds of weapons from the age of six, and are taught various techniques and tactics by their parents and uncles.

At the age of twenty, you can try to enlist in the army.

Then, in exchange for military merit, bounty, and knighthood.

In the past, this path has been open.

Moreover, every year, a group of lucky people will appear to ascend to heaven with their family chickens and dogs, and from then on become generals of the empire, and even if they are poor, they can save enough money and titles to let their families live a comfortable life.

Even if you are killed or wounded in battle, you can get quite a lot of money, and for an ordinary family, it may be equal to a huge amount of income for ten or even twenty years.

Therefore, in the past twenty or thirty years, in the counties of the world, there have been countless bankrupt people, poor families, and rangers every year, dragging their families to Juyan to pursue their dreams.

Life here is hard, but the burden is heavy.

But this is the place where ordinary people in the Han Empire are most likely to move to their own class.

But now......

This cycle is broken!

Zhang Anshi's defeat of the Tianshan Mountains caused a chain reaction, resulting in Zhang Anshi and his descendants could only cut off the tail of the gecko, abandon the entire Hexi, and hurriedly return to Chang'an to clean up the mess.

And the four counties of Hexi, including the military and civilians of Juyansai, have all become outcasts.

To be honest, if there is no Han Zeng, the pick-up man, who appears just right, the fate of the military and civilians in Juyan will be tragic.

On the court's side, there may be endless fighting, which can last for months or even years.

During this time, they will be the forgotten of the Han Empire.

No one will care about them, and no one will pay attention to them.

Until, when all the fighting is over, the victor comes out to clean up the pieces.

At that time, the victor may throw something casually to buy people's hearts.

But until then, the military and civilians of Juyan will live in despair and pain.

This is not a joke, but a fact!

In the last years of Emperor Xiaowu, Hexi was an outcast

The time lasted for several years, until the first emperor ascended the throne and Huo Guang took power.

In this process, the situation of the defenders of Hexi and the Han army in the Western Regions can only be described in one tragic word!

Lai Dan, the governor of Luntai, was killed by King Qiuzi last year.

The king of Loulan fell to the Xiongnu.

The Dawan Kingdom broke away from the Han Dynasty.

Except for Wusun, because of irreconcilable contradictions with the Xiongnu, the entire Western Regions changed color overnight.

The Han army, Han people, and Han merchants, who were once feared by everyone, have become the targets of bullying, plundering, and killing at will by the countries of the Western Regions.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

Thinking about these things in his heart, Han Zeng had a plan.

He really didn't have any resources in his hands right now, and he didn't bring anything with him.

But there was one thing that he could take out right now.

That's hope!

With his Shang Shuling, the identity of the Son of Heaven's confidant, with his military exploits and achievements.

He can indeed bring hope back and make Juyan's decadence and withering disappear.

But here's the problem......

Before you know Chang'an's movements and decisions, you rashly do this, in case you end up being slapped in the face?

After thinking about it carefully, Han Zeng suddenly laughed.

Because he thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.

What if, most or even all of the expenses for the bereavement and reward of the Juyan Han Army do not need to be paid by the court?

Shunshui favor, that one doesn't know how to do?

And now, Han Zeng knows that there is a big wrongdoer, and he must be willing and must pay for him.

So, he looked at Zheng Kang in front of him again, this big black man also became cute in his eyes.

"Captain Zheng, please call the military and civilians of the whole city to ......" Han Zeng said with a smile: "I have something to say!" ”

When he said this, Han Zeng's eyes flashed with extreme confidence and calmness.