Chapter 130: Sparrowhawk

Luoyang since the Anshi Rebellion into ruins, the worst time the population is less than 100 households, is a small village, with a hundred years of development and finally gradually prosperous.

But when it came to the war in the feudal town, the taxes were serious, and the people were miserable. A large amount of land was idle, and the people began to flee again and become homeless.

Until now, there is still barren land everywhere outside Luoyang City. Because there is no one to cultivate, it is overgrown with weeds.

So Li Ji issued another decree to resettle the displaced people.

For those displaced people who were resettled in Luoyang, the imperial court issued land free of charge and implemented a three-year tax exemption policy.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was because of the war that a large amount of land was barren, and the imperial court equalized the land system was successfully implemented.

Li Ji is like a gourd, anyway, the land is now sparsely populated. Anyone who settled down as a homeless person was previously exempted from taxes, and the imperial court would distribute land according to the population.

The land is the lifeblood of the people, and with the land, the displaced people of Luoyang City flocked to it. Even the people of several surrounding states and counties began to move to Luoyang, and Luoyang City was overcrowded for a while.

With so many displaced people, how can there be so much food to feed them?

Of course.

First of all, the imperial court stipulated that the Praetorian Guards should be recruited. Anyone who has a soldier in his family can receive a salary.

With money, the number of Janissaries snowballed and generally grew exponentially. In just seven or eight days, almost half of Luoyang City was covered, and 50,000 or 60,000 people signed up.

Then there's the food problem.

The advantage of Luoyang is that through the Grand Canal opened up in the Sui Dynasty, whether from the north or the south, it can be very convenient to transport grain to Luoyang through Caoyun.

Who didn't know that Luoyang was rich, so wealthy businessmen gathered in Luoyang. Some grain merchants saw the opportunity to transport grain to Luoyang through the Grand Canal, making a lot of money.

In troubled times, food is military supplies. The feudal towns in various places severely cracked down on the merchants who went to Luoyang to steal grain, but it was useless, and there was still an endless stream of people smuggling and selling grain.

Because the profits are high, Luoyang is rich, and the price of food is high. Not only grain, but also tea, silk, salt and iron, all began to be trafficked to Luoyang.

Li Ji is so rich that he is oily.

The feudal towns couldn't sit still, and if they continued like this, they didn't have to fight, and they were dragged down. Some people couldn't help it, and Zhu Youwen took the lead.

He first contacted several of his brothers, Zhu Youqi, Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzi, Zhu Youzhang, Zhu Youyong, etc., to start a war against the imperial court.

It's a pity that Zhu Wen's words are really confirmed, and his sons are all pigs and dogs. Although Zhu Wen was overthrown, his sphere of influence was still there. If the sons united to wage war against the imperial court, they might not be able to win.

Zhu Youqi, who first occupied Hezhong Mansion, made it clear that he would not send troops, and that he would be drunk today and drunk today. Count you Zhu Youwen is powerful, once the war starts, it won't all be taken by you, what you Zhu Youwen is that others don't know, don't I know. Even if the Tang Court is destroyed. With your backhand, you'll give us a rabbit and a dog, and it's better to keep the current standoff situation and sit back and watch the tiger fight.

Zhu Youzhen thought so, and Zhu Youzhen of Zuo Tianxingjun also thought so. Zhu Youzhang, who occupies Xuzhou, wants to get a piece of the pie, but he is close to Ge's army, and he is in danger of being annexed by Ge Congzhou at any time. Zhu Youhui of the Yizhou Yiwu Army was the least treated by Zhu Wen, and was sent to the boundary of Yizhou, and the emperor was far away, and he had nothing to do.

Only Zhu Youzi of the Xuanwu Army and Zhu Youyong of the Zhongwu Army expressed his willingness to send troops together, Zhu Youzi occupied Dengzhou and Xiangzhou, and Zhu Youyong occupied Tangzhou, echoing Zhu Youwen from afar, and the three-way army began to attack Luoyang.

At the same time, Wei Bojiedu made Luo Shaowei begin to gather troops to prepare to deal with Ge Congzhou in Bianzhou.

Don't underestimate this Luo Shaowei, although his Wei Bo army is controlled by the tooth army, it is strong in combat. is a big rival of Ge Congzhou.

Bad people, who are in charge of trouble, are called bad people. There are bad handsome masters, that is, the big ones of the Han Dynasty, and the brocade guards of the Ming Dynasty.

Fan Yao got Li Ji's edict to reorganize the bad guys. The purpose is to spy on intelligence, assassinate and assassinate, and penetrate into the interior of the feudal town, in order to disrupt the military deployment of the feudal town.

The bad guys have their own communication system, because most of the bad guys everywhere are in a state of hiding, and they rely on a special communication tool to communicate with each other, the sparrowhawk.

Sparrowhawks have a bluish-gray upper body with long tail feathers and very distinct dark brown transverse spots, which are easy to identify. Flying mainly alternates between flapping wings and gliding over short distances, and often flies in circles in the air. It often inhabits mountains and forests, or near rivers and streams near villages, and is very strong in flying, and is good at preying on birds and other animals.

This eagle is medium in size and is trained to fly very well. The important thing is that it does not attract the attention of others like the carrier pigeon, and it was just as important in the ancient intelligence services. Most of the troops have something special for dealing with carrier pigeons, such as luring pigeons, a kind of pigeon that specializes in luring carrier pigeons. There is also the ability to shoot or use the falcon to deal with the enemy's carrier pigeons, the transmission speed of the carrier pigeons is fast, but there is also a major disadvantage that the intelligence is easy to be intercepted by the enemy.

Sparrowhawk is different, sparrowhawk can be called the king of the air and has no natural enemies. And this animal is extremely vigilant, sharp-eyed, and flies high, and rarely gets shot. It is the safest way to use it to deliver messages, but it is extremely difficult to train, and only one or two sparrowhawks can be trained out of hundreds of sparrowhawks that can be used to transmit messages.

The bad guys are extremely secretive about this method of communication, and ordinary bad people don't even know about this method of communication, except for the higher-ups. It is a bad person who has used Sparrowhawk to communicate for more than 100 years, and has never missed.

Luoyang Capital City specially set up a bad marshal mansion, which was personally led by Fan Yao. At this time, Fan Yao's face was heavy, because he had just received a sparrowhawk message from the bad people in Jiangling.

Ling Hu Yunlong, as the deputy marshal of the bad guy, couldn't help but ask on the side: "Dashuai, what happened?" ”

A trace of uneasiness flashed across Fan Yao's face: "I'm really afraid of something, go, quickly accompany me into the palace." ”

It's late at night, and at this time, the bad handsome man actually entered the palace, and he has something extremely important to tell. Ling Hu Yunlong didn't dare to ask more, and followed Fan Yao and the others into the palace.

The night was getting cooler, Li Ji lay down and slept.

Tired, tired not because he went to farm, nor because he went to deal with government affairs. Instead, he played the landlord in the middle of the night, and fell asleep sleepily.

As a eunuch around him, promising and blessed are all unqualified. Li Ji was okay, lying on the dragon couch in the Ming'an Palace, covered with a blanket, and fell asleep, and climbed on the table.

Fuquan slept in a strange position, with his chin on the edge of the table, and fell asleep on his knees.

There were stacks of playing cards written with brushes on the table, and the palace maids were told in advance not to trespass, mainly because Li Ji and others went to the queen mother to complain.

If Empress Dowager He knew that Li Ji didn't know how to take care of the dragon body and fight the landlord for them, the board of these two little eunuchs would be decided.

Fortunately, he is young, and Li Ji can bear it.

PS: I'm sorry that I may have a single change today, I want to make dumplings to eat. Code words at night, send a chapter in the early morning, and send another chapter tomorrow. Try to keep two more, and put on the shelves at least 10,000 words a day.

Thanks to Kexitou and Lei Yunluo for the tip.