Chapter 53: The Situation
Since Jiang Luoyue is pregnant, it can be said that Han Yuan's care for her is not just as simple as meticulousness, it is simply afraid of melting in her mouth, and she is afraid of breaking it in her hands, and Han Yuan is now thinking about how to make his wife happy every time he does something.
Not only did Han Yuan love Jiang Luoyue alone, but the slaves of the Han Mansion also rushed to take on the responsibility of taking care of the master's mother. It can be said that Jiang Luoyue is the first person in the Han Mansion to say everything, she wants everyone to go east, and no one dares to go west.
Since Han Won learned the news that he was going to be a father, his whole body has become radiant and energetic. The mess in Chuzhou that originally made him anxious seems to have become extremely relaxed now.
After three wars, the population of Chuzhou has decreased sharply, and all industries are waiting to be developed. On the one hand, Han Won boldly appointed local literati as local officials and began to restore the livelihood of the people in various places, and on the other hand, he organized troops to grow grain in various places, and at the same time maintained law and order.
In addition to dealing with business every day, Han Yuan accompanies Jiang Luoyue whenever he has free time, day and night.
Since Jiang Luoyue became pregnant, Han Yuan has been honest in sleeping with her, and he didn't dare to touch her body, for fear that he would have fetal gas. Jiang Luoyue saw that he was uncomfortable, and intended to let the eight girls who came over to marry serve him instead of him, but they were all rejected by Han Yuan.
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When the war in Chuzhou was in full swing, Sun Xun on the Yizhou side was not idle. When Han Yuan completely defeated Bai Junwu and dominated the entire Chuzhou, Yizhou was also completely controlled by Sun Xun.
The current Kyushu has been divided, but at present, it is generally the four forces that dominate and occupy the former territory of Great Xia.
The first force is Zhou Ning, the king of Wu, Zhou Ning raised troops from Wuzhou to seize Zhongzhou, and got the support of the local gentry of Qizhou, with the land of three states in hand, both in force and financial resources are far superior to other forces, in terms of the current situation, this is a well-deserved first major force.
The second force is Liu Zhiyuan of Yanzhou, Liu Zhiyuan was the son of Zhou Chengyun, Zhou Jixing, as Zhengshuo, and seized Yanzhou, and at the same time received the support of Jinzhou, Chuzhou, and Yuezhou, and there was the support of the Kun people behind him, which can be said to be the second largest force outside Zhou Ning.
The third force is Sun Xun of Yizhou, Sun Xun took advantage of the civil strife in Daxia to lead the Ascension Sect out of the mountain again, and took the entire Yizhou in only three months, which can be seen in the strength of its soldiers and horses.
The last force was Zhang Qin of Qinzhou, who had been unknown before, but in fact his career was similar to that of Sun Fu, the former leader of the Ascension Sect. However, Sun Fu relied on religious means to demagogue, which opened up a world in Yizhou. Zhang Qin is not, he claimed to be the royal family of the former dynasty, because the ancestral inheritance was taken by the Taizu of the Xia State, in order to take refuge, the whole family moved to the border of Qinzhou. Now that the reincarnation of heaven is the turn of the Xia Kingdom, it is the opportunity for his descendants of the Zhang family to be ashamed.
Zhang Qin's rhetoric is obviously far-fetched, but in a place like Qinzhou, where the people's wisdom is not open, it can attract a large number of ignorant and foolish people to flock to it. These people followed Zhang Qin, captured the prefectures and counties, and killed the bureaucrats, Zhang Qin relied on these people, and almost at the same time as Han Yuan and Sun Xun controlled the land of a state, and became a secession force in the northwest of the Xia State that should not be underestimated.
As for the Han Yuan of Chuzhou and the border army generals of Yuezhou, although they are essentially a force, both states have clearly stated to the outside world that everything is subject to the transfer of Yanzhou, so nominally, these two states still belong to the forces of Yanzhou.
Of course, Liu Zhiyuan of Yanzhou knew that this was not the case. Liu Zhiyuan can at most let Chuzhou and Yuezhou cooperate with him to fight against Zhongzhou on the surface, if he wants to go further, such as sending officials, or collecting taxes, he is afraid that the birds in the two states will not bird him.
To put it bluntly, everyone is just using each other. Whether it is the Han Yuan in Chuzhou or the generals of the major border armies in Yuezhou, everyone is just worried that they will be annexed by Zhou Ning, the king of Wu, so they want to find him Liu Zhiyuan as a backer, and use it as a shield to block arrows for them.
Liu Zhiyuan has no choice now, since he has decided to go against Zhou Ning, he can only go one way to the dark. However, Yanzhou and Zhongzhou, so far, there are no big battles, and small frictions are constant.
Through the battle, Liu Zhiyuan clearly felt that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses under King Wu was far inferior to his own, and the other party fought with him, relying only on the abundant financial and material resources of the land of Sanzhou. Liu Zhiyuan believed that as long as he won another state, he would definitely be able to defeat Zhou Ning with the land of two states.
Perhaps, at this time, it is really beneficial for everyone to stop and develop separately. Liu Zhiyuan felt that his idea could be hinted at to Zhou Ning, and he believed that the other party would not object.
A conspiracy is about to begin.
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Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, from long summer to autumn, the weather in Chuzhou is getting cooler day by day.
Jiang Luoyue has been six months pregnant, her belly is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and now, it is almost like a ball, and her weight has increased by more than 20 catties compared to before.
It's all Han won's fault, and everything good is sent to her mouth, for fear that she won't be fat.
Don't talk about Jiang Luoyue, and talk about the situation in Chuzhou. Thanks to the efforts of the won, the situation in various parts of Chuzhou has stabilized. Most of the destroyed government offices have been reorganized, and the displaced people who fled have returned to their homes under the propaganda of the won.
Because Chuzhou has suffered a series of disasters and the population has dropped sharply, almost all parts of Chuzhou are currently in a situation where there are few people and more land, and there are three prefectures and fifteen counties, and a large amount of idle land is uncultivated. In response to this situation, the won issued a series of policies.
First of all, all terra nullius is divided into official and private lands.
Han Yuan appointed staff to organize soldiers to cultivate the official land, and half of the income from growing grain was used as military salaries and half was used to enrich the government treasury.
Private land is cultivated by the local government and organized by the people, and all the land, as long as the people are willing to cultivate it, and the grain is actually planted in the fields, then these lands belong to the people.
Considering the situation in Chuzhou, Han Won decided not to collect any taxes from the people for two years, of course, if necessary, the people still had to be served.
Secondly, the won is very aware of his own vital points. Almost the day after the pacification of Chuzhou, he sent people to various places to erect a banner of recruitment and recruit soldiers and horses. No way, compared to other forces, the won is too weak. This weakness is not only reflected in financial and material resources, but also in force.
Under Han Yuan's arrangement, after the autumn, he finally had 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which was already the limit for the current Chuzhou. The Korean won can't expand the army anymore, and if it expands again, I'm afraid that the people won't even have the youth to cultivate the fields.
Just when Han Won was in full swing in Chuzhou, Zhongzhou and Yanzhou secretly reached a contract.
Han Yuan would not have thought that he had been betrayed by Liu Zhiyuan.