Luo Zhaoyun sent people to set up another general yamen in Jixian County, as a temporary office for this requisition of the army, and then ordered the county guards of Yan County, Beiping County, and Yuyang County, the generals of the Fu Binglang, and the generals of the Liaodong garrison to all come over to participate in the parliament. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now he holds the holy decree in his hand, which is equivalent to the minister of the Qincha, in charge of the civil affairs and military power of the four counties.

In the future, this is the place where he will raise his troops, so Luo Zhaoyun plans to take this opportunity to rectify and get rid of some diehards, royalists, and rudder factions who do not obey him, and replace them with trusting subordinates.

A few days later, the four county guards arrived, namely Yu Zhongqian, Pan Li, Shao Changhan, and Zu Ying, and the Zhuo County Soldiers Eagle Strike Lang General Luo Yi, Yuyang County Eagle Strike Lang General Jin Wenyan, Beiping County Soldier Lang General He Lanyi, Yan County Soldier Lang General Song Pin, and the general Xue Shixiong and Mai Tiecane who withdrew from Liaodong also arrived.

It can be said that civilian, official and military generals gathered, and they are all the main officials in the border area of Youzhou.

Although Luo Yi is still a general, his title is higher than that of everyone else, and he has been named a marquis, so he sits at the forefront of civil and military officials.

The rest of the people were a column of civil officials and a column of military generals, each sitting on a chair.

Luo Zhaoyun was in the right position, holding the holy decree in his hand, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he read it out, and these civil officials and military generals stood up and bowed to obey the order.

The content of the decree is very simple, promote Luo Zhaoyun to the governor of the four counties, take charge of military and political affairs, guard the peace of the border passes, suppress local rebels, and expand the army and horses at the same time to eliminate Dou Jiande's forces.

"Luo Mou is trusted by His Majesty, entrusted with important tasks, and has the power of life and death here, but he can cut first and then play, and all the powers, whether it is civil affairs or military establishment, everything is subject to the dispatch of this general, can you have any objections?"

Xue Shixiong, Mai Tiezhu and others were naturally happy, loudly supporting, the four civil officials have no military power, in this troubled times, the day is not safe, they have long seen Luo Zhaoyun's bravery, heard his deeds, so, he is also happy to protect this umbrella, after all, he is a national prince, and he is a concubine of the dynasty, and the official residence is a product, standing in a faction with him, and he must be prosperous in the Great Sui Dynasty.

Only Jin Wenyan and He Lanyi, the two generals of the Hu nationality, looked at each other with their eyes, and they were a little unwilling.

"Due to the current turbulent situation and the rebels, this general decided to integrate the military power of the dead land, and only 10,000 people were left in each county to deal with the local bandits, and the rest of the men and horses were transferred out and gathered outside Jicheng, the military camp under Yanshan, General Xue, General Mai, you two left your deputy and 20,000 horses to guard the eastern border of Liaodong, and the rest of the men and horses were also withdrawn, organized together, and trained in a unified manner."

"The last general commands!" Although Xue Shixiong and Mai Tiecane both have prestige, they still respect this young marshal very much, and happily accept the order.

The rest of the generals saw that these two generals agreed so happily, and they didn't dare to say more, so they agreed.

Luo Yi must also be on his son's side and fully support, so he has no complaints, thinking that after the whole army, there must be a place for his son.

"Okay, generals, time is pressing, please go back and hurry up the deployment of troops and horses, and strive to complete the whole army before the moon, because in the spring of the next year, Dou Jiande will lead a large army to attack Zhuo County, prepare early, train early, and this general will not fight an uncertain battle."

Xue Shixiong and the others got up and gave up their hands, and then withdrew from the temporary general yamen.

Luo Zhaoyun then discussed civil affairs with several civil officials, asking how many household registrations there were, the cultivated area, and the situation of refugees in the four counties.

Yu Zhongqian said: "Dissatisfied with the national government, the three expeditions to Goguryeo, so that the people of the four counties suffered greatly, conscription and labor, transport all kinds of ordnance, grain and grass to the front line, and transport the wounded back to the front line, many strong men in order to escape labor, all hid in the mountains of Yanshan, and some people fell into the grass for the sake of cowards, or fled to the outside of the pass, to the Khitan, Yao, Mu, Xi and other tribes to flee, the population of Zhuo County dropped by one-third. ”

Zu Cheng sighed: "My Yan County is the most serious, the population has plummeted by half, it is a border land, the population is sparse, and now it is even less, less than 50,000 people. ”

Luo Zhaoyun asked carefully: "Can you explain to me the current population of the whole country, as well as the total population of the four northern counties, so that I can have a general understanding." ”

Shao Changhan explained: "In the fifth year of the Great Cause, after the general inspection, the total population of the country is more than 47 million people, among which there are many slaves and servants without household registration have not been calculated, there are 190 counties in the Great Sui, on average, each county is about 250,000 people, but in fact, the hinterland of the Central Plains such as Liangdu, Qilu, and Hebei is densely populated, and the border is scarce, Zhuo County has a total population of 200,000 people in the eighth year of Daye, 170,000 in Yuyang County, 130,000 in Beiping County, and only more than 100,000 people in Yan County. In the three battles with Goguryeo, the people of the four counties fled, died of labor, and died on the battlefield, adding up to a total of more than 200,000 people. ”

Luo Zhaoyun frowned, if the four northern counties are the base, how can they do it without the people, how can they rise? In the beginning of a war, without the people as the foundation, conscription, labor, taxes, etc., cannot be compared with the Central Plains, which is a short board.

"Winter is coming, what is the situation of refugees in the four counties?"

Shao Changhan replied: "After three or four years of the war, the land was barren, there was a shortage of labor, and some strong men were not only conscripted into the army, but also fell into the grass, even if they ploughed in the spring of the next year, there was not much labor, and the village was full of some old and weak women and children, and the situation was not optimistic. ”

Zu Ying replied: "There is a shortage of grain in Yan County and Beiping County, and some squires hoard grain and sell it at a high price, making the grain here nearly five times higher than that in the Central Plains. ”

"Do you know what the price of rice is in various places today?"

"I don't know from afar, but Hebei and Youzhou are all hard-hit areas, the price of rice must be expensive, the great cause is seven years, the price of rice in Luoyang is two pennies a catty, now there is chaos in various places, officials and businessmen are hoarding grain, and the fields are barren, Luoyang is close to several large granaries, do not worry about rice eating, but the price of rice has also risen to five cents, the price of rice in Yan County has almost reached twenty wen, and the people have no money to buy."

"Twenty wen and a pound of rice!" Luo Zhaoyun was surprised, ten years ago, he had sold rice with a team in the northwest villa of Zhuo County, at that time the world was stable, the five baht money was tough, and the price of a pound of rice was more than two cents, and more than ten years later, it had risen tenfold, making it difficult for the people in the border army to continue.

Five baht and one hundred wen are a penny, in the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, seven pennies are enough for a family of three to eat for a month, with meat and vegetables, and live a rich life.

But now, seven hangs of money to buy more than 30 catties of rice, a pound of rice a day, a family of three, is indeed very difficult, not to mention, during the war, the circulation of coins is insufficient, the local people have no livelihood, how to make money, basically are poor.