Chapter 553: The Great Relocation of Hebei
readx; Although the battle of Renqiu ended in the fiasco of Xu Shuyi, this incident did not cause a national sensation, many people did not know that this battle had happened, even An Lushan did not know, on the one hand, as a loser, Xu Shuyi lost face, he buried the matter deeply, and refused to tell anyone, on the other hand, the victory over the Anxi army also remained silent, and they did not publicize anything, and because the battle happened in the middle of the night, the local villagers did not know, so the matter was like a weighing stone sinking to the bottom of the sea, silent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The time gradually came to September, the sky was high and crisp, the autumn of Datang arrived, and after the autumn, some states and counties in Hebei Province began to be restless.
At noon on this day, a notice was posted in front of the county government in Anyang County, Xiangzhou, and not long after the notice was posted, there were hundreds of pedestrians gathered around, and most of the notices posted in the autumn were the list of death row prisoners who were executed after the autumn, and the states and counties would report the death penalty review to the Imperial Court Criminal Department in the summer, and the Criminal Department would approve it in the early autumn, and then publish the list to be beheaded after the autumn.
It was a complete process, so the poster posted at this time attracted special attention, and soon, more and more people gathered, but there were not many literate people, and some readers began to read it in frustration.
'Receiving the will of the imperial court, a large amount of land in Longyou and Guannei is empty, and it is necessary to recruit 300,000 households from Hebei to settle in Longyou, Guannei, each household can be given 30 acres of fertile land, tax-free in the first year, and the fertile land can be converted into Yongye Field, and the imperial court can provide relocation of rice and grain, relocation of houses, and those who move in can be rewarded with a ploughing cow, and those who flee can rebuild their household registration, and those who are interested can register in the local government, and the quota will be closed when the quota is full.....
The crowd suddenly erupted in exclamation, how is this possible, the imperial court actually divided the land for everyone, a middle-aged man was particularly shocked, he was next to the person who read the notice, and heard it clearly, this man's name is Gao Fugui, he is an authentic farmer, and his ancestors have lived in Xiangzhou for generations, and this notice has set off a storm in his heart.
At this time, someone behind him suddenly shouted, "I guessed right! There will definitely be an announcement in the next two days, and it will come out today.
Everyone looked back together, only to see a young merchant talking, next to him a pair of goods, was using a straw hat to fan sweat, the merchant saw that everyone was looking at him, couldn't help blushing, picked up the burden to leave, Gao Fugui knew him, and he was from the same village, so he hurriedly asked: "Qiao Wulang, how do you know?" ”
When the merchant saw that it was an acquaintance, he smiled and said: "Fugui doesn't know, I came from elsewhere just now, Tangyin County and Yaocheng County have posted it, I heard that all Hebei Daozhou counties have such notices, I pondered on the road, our Anyang County is the largest county in Xiangzhou, and it is a state governance, it should come out earlier than other states and counties, but it was only posted today." ”
The merchant's confirmation made everyone's discussion boil again, and some people questioned: "How can there be so much land in Guannei Dao and Longyou, we don't have any vacant land here at all, I'm afraid we're deceiving people!" ”
As soon as the doubts fell, someone immediately 'sneered! He sneered and said: "300,000 Han people were relocated to Anxi, and the powerful people annexed the land, of course, there will be more land, do you think Hebei Province can also limit land like other people?" ”
"Shh Someone booed, "Don't talk nonsense!" Beware of someone overheard. ”
The jailer immediately shut up, and at this time, the two officials guarding the bulletin board smiled at everyone: "The will of the imperial court has already arrived, and it just so happened that my county order was sick a few days ago, so it was delayed for two days, everyone who is interested should hurry up and sign up!" The number of places is limited, and other states and counties can be active. ”
Hearing this, many people turned around and rushed home, Gao Fugui also squeezed out of the crowd, and the merchant who picked up the burden and was about to leave smiled at him: "Fugui, this is a good opportunity for you!" Don't let it go. ”
"Hmm!"
Gao Fugui responded excitedly and asked him, "What about you?" Aren't you interested? You don't have any land in your house! ”
The merchant Qiao Wulang glared and said: "Who said that I am not interested, I made a special trip to come back from Tangyin, just for this matter, I must go to Longyou, anyway, Tubo is also destroyed, there is no danger there." ”
"Let's go back to the village together!"
"You go back first! I sold what I had and rushed home. ”
"Alright, Gorou, I'll go back first."
Gao Fugui's heart is like fire, he hurried to the village after saying hello, Gao Fugui's home is in Gaoqiao Village, ten miles outside Anyang City, as the name suggests, mainly Gao, Qiao two surnames, is a big village of 300 families, the village is surrounded by good farmland, Anyang River flows from the edge of their village, irrigation is convenient, the land is fertile, nearly 100 hectares of land was originally their village of good land, but now, in addition to a few families in the village have fields, the others have all been annexed by An Lushan's army, turned into military fields, It was distributed to the families of military households, or as military food fields.
This is actually no different from the land annexation of Guanzhong, except that Guanzhong is occupied by the clan magnates, while Hebei Province is occupied by An Lushan's army, otherwise what will his nearly 500,000 army feed on?
Gao Fugui's family originally had 80 acres of good land, it was his grandfather's Yongye field, his father was seriously ill 30 years ago, sold 20 acres of land for money to treat the disease, after his father's death, the three brothers separated, the remaining field of one person 20 acres, Tianbao three years, Xiangzhou drought, summer grain and autumn grain continuous grain no harvest, at this time, the farmers had to sell the land to save their lives, and the buyer was only An Lushan, because there was no competitor, An Lushan bought the farmer's land at a very low price, the last 20 acres of land in Gao Fugui's family was sold at that time, 800 wen per mu, and in normal years, the market price is at least 9 yuan per mu.
Since then, Gao Fugui has become a tenant of An Lushan like other farmers in Gaoqiao Village, working hard for a whole year, can only barely make ends meet, today Gao Fugui is entering the city to buy salt, just saw the immigration notice, he did not buy salt anymore, anxious as fire, almost trotted all the way back to the village.
"Fugui is back?" Someone at the entrance of the village greeted him and smiled.
"What a good thing! Fourth Uncle Qiao, the government wants to immigrate to Guannei and Longyou, and send thirty acres of Shangtian! Gao Fugui said and ran.
Someone grabbed his ass again and asked, "Fugui, is it really fake?" ”
"Go to the county seat and see for yourself!"
He rushed to his home like a gust of wind, Gao Fugui's home was in the village, consisting of several dilapidated mud houses, with his wife and a son and a daughter, and next door was his second and third brother's homes, and the situation was basically the same as him, all tenant farmers who farmed for An Lushan.
He ran to the door of the house, and happened to meet the second brother Fuhong, so he shouted loudly: "Second brother, go and call the third brother together, I have something important to discuss with you, the matter is important, go quickly!" ”
His brother Fu Hong was stunned for a moment, he saw that the eldest brother was very excited, and his face was red with excitement, so he knew that it was a good thing, so he turned around and went to the third brother's house.
Gao Fugui rushed into his yard, his wife was feeding the chickens in the yard, and when she saw him running back, she couldn't help complaining: "Da Lang, what are you anxious about?" ”
Seeing that her husband was empty-handed, she couldn't help frowning and asked, "Where is the salt you bought?" ”
"Lady, don't mention salt!"
Gao Fugui was so excited that he picked up his wife and spun around, laughing happily, "It's time for us to run." ”
Gao Niangzi slapped him on the shoulder and scolded: "Dead ghost! Put me down. ”
The ten-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter ran to the yard together and laughed happily: "Daddy, what a good thing! ”
"Immigration!"
"Immigration?" His lady was stunned, "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”
"It's not nonsense, it's really an immigration, if you immigrate to Guannei Road or Longyou, we will have our own land, and our whole family will go over together, and the government will give you a ploughing cow."
Gao Fugui closed his eyes, and he was incomparably happy, this was the dream he had been looking forward to for many years, and now, the dream was about to come true.
"Big brother, what's the good thing?" The second brother Fu Hong and the third brother Fu Hou walked in.
"Your eldest brother is sick and wants to emigrate, hum! Hear for yourselves! Mrs. Gao said dissatisfied.
"Don't listen to the woman's nonsense! Sit down and listen to me tell you slowly. ”
The three brothers sat down in the courtyard, the daughter and son snuggled up to their father one by one, while the high lady swept the floor, but her ears were pricked up.
Gao Fugui told the two brothers in detail about the county's list, and finally said: "This news Qiao Wulang also confirmed, I happened to meet him, he said that other states and counties have posted the same notice, I estimate that this matter is true, and the family will give thirty acres of land!" The market price is dozens of yuan, we can't afford it for the rest of our lives, and if the whole family goes and there is a farming cow, I decided to immigrate to Kannai, and I will never let go of this opportunity. ”
"Da Lang, let's discuss it again! Don't be in such a hurry. Mrs. Gao couldn't help but remind her husband.
"Go! Go! Go! Gao Fugui waved his hand impatiently and said: "The men speak, and the women talk about it!" ”
Mrs. Gao glared at him fiercely, picked up the bamboo broom in her hand, meaning, you dare to scold the old lady?
"Da Lang, go to the house, I have something to say to you."
Gao Niangzi's voice was stern, if it weren't for the two uncles here, she would have been hit with a broom and covered her face.
Although Gao Fugui was a little afraid of his mother, but in front of his brother, he couldn't afford to lose this face, so he pretended not to see or hear anything, and asked his brother, "What do you think?" ”
The second brother Fu Hong was more cautious, he lowered his head and thought about it: "Big brother, although this thing sounds very good, I always feel that how can the government give us land, and there are many things that are not clear, such as where to go to Guannai Road?" Is Jingzhou and Ningzhou in the south, or Yanzhou and Suizhou in the north, although they are all in the same Guannei Road, but the two places are completely different, and Longyou, but not the Tubo Plateau! ”
"Ahem! The second brother has been timid since he was a child, if it wasn't good over there, wouldn't we just come back? Sell the ploughing cattle and the land, and come back with dozens of dollars in your pocket, and you can buy more than a dozen acres of land here! ”
It was the third brother Fuhou who spoke, his surname was more deceitful, and he always liked to think of a little crooked ways.
The second Fuhong sneered and said, "It's so easy? Is it a fool to be a fool? Just now, the eldest brother clearly said that the land can only be returned to him after three years, and whether he can sell it is one thing, you think it is really a good thing. ”
"Is it a good thing, I advise you three brothers to leave."
An old voice suddenly came from the door, and the three Gao brothers stood up one after another, the person who came was one of their elders, an old man who was nearly seventy years old, the old man's name was Gao Jin, who had been the county governor of Ye County in his early years, and was the oldest and most knowledgeable person in Gaoqiao Village.
Gao Fugui and the second brother hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man, and Gao Fugui asked, "Second uncle, why are you here?" ”
"I just heard you shouting at the entrance of the village, and it happened that Qiao Wulang also came back, I asked him about the situation, so I came to inform you, and asked you women to pack up your things quickly, and men to go to the county government to sign up, this is a life-saving event!"
The three brothers of the Gao family were stunned for a moment, and Gao Fugui stammered: "Second uncle, what do you mean by this?" ”
Gao Jin sat down and sighed: "I have been a county magistrate for a few years, and I have seen some things more thoroughly than you, I guess this is not an immigrant, but the court wants to transfer you all." ”
The three brothers looked at each other, and suddenly said in unison: "What are we going to do?" ”
"You three fools, An Lushan is going to rebel, don't you know?"
An Lushan's intention to rebel is known to everyone in the world, and the three brothers of the Gao family also know it, but they will never link the rebellion with immigration, or the second Fuhong reacted quickly, he asked: "What does the second uncle mean, is the court protecting us?" ”
Gao Jin nodded, "It should be like this!" If there is really a war, the entire Hebei Province will suffer, and the most pitiful thing is that we are ordinary people, I don't know how many people will be separated, hey! ”
"But... But... We are the tenant farmers of An Lushan! Gao Fugui still didn't believe it.
Gao Jin glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Fugui, you are usually quite clever, why did you become stupid now?" ”
Mrs. Gao also came out, she took her children by the hand and asked nervously, "Second uncle, tell me, what's going on?" ”
"Alas! What are the soldiers of An Lushan, they are all Hu people, fierce and cruel, plundering and surnamed, they will care whose tenants you are, killing people and looting, destroying villages and destroying counties, just like locusts, the land they have passed is swept away, I know, you three brothers hurry up! Flee to Guannei or Longyou, where it is safer, even if it is barren land or plateau, it is better than staying here and waiting for death! ”
Gao Niangzi's face turned pale with fright, and she urged her husband in a trembling voice: "Da Lang, you go to the county to sign up, I will clean up the house, second uncle, third uncle, you also go together." ”
Gao Fugui stood stunned for a moment, then suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Go!" I'll go! ”
"Big brother, wait a little longer, I'll go and tell the lady!" The old three ran away one by one.
The second child was worried about Gao Jin and asked him, "Second uncle, aren't you leaving?" ”
Gao Jin shook his head, sighed and said: "I won't leave, a seventy-year-old person will die in his homeland, but I hope that the younger generations will leave, I will go to other people's homes to persuade you, you go quickly!" ”
The old man staggered away, and soon, the three brothers of the Gao family drove the carriage of the second family, and galloped towards the county seat, and soon, the entire Gaoqiao Village was shaken, almost every household rushed to the county seat, and some people notified relatives in other villages, and the news spread from Gaoqiao Village, one by one, one village to one village, whether it was rumors or truth, in short, it caused great panic around Anyang County.
In front of the county government in Anyang County, thousands of people have already blocked the entrance of the entire county government, this is the first group of people to arrive, and a steady stream of people are rushing to this side, not only farmers, but also many civilians in the county are also involved, and strongly demand the relocation of Guannei Road.
Nearly 100 officials were busy hoarsely trying to maintain order, and other things in the county government were completely paralyzed, and in the hall, the county order, the county officer, the county lieutenant, the chief bookkeeper, and all the officials went into battle to register, but despite this, everyone was still busy, and there were too many people coming.
Anyang County's name is Wang Yancheng, a native of Huazhou, is a weak scholar about 30 years old, Tianbao nine years of Jinshi, served as Anyang County Commander for two years, due to poor health, every other three forks and five to ask for sick leave, so he got a nickname of the sick county order.
As a county magistrate, it stands to reason that a large number of his people want to move away, of course he is uncomfortable, but Wang Yancheng also understands in his heart that this is the unified arrangement of the imperial court, to move the people of Hebei as much as possible, to minimize the harm of An Lushan's rebellion, and even including him, he will leave Hebei in the end, at least his family will leave, think about this, Wang Yancheng will not have any scruples, he will register as many people as he goes, in fact, he also understands in his heart that the so-called 300,000 households is just a statement, and there is no problem with going to 1 million households.
Wang Yancheng registered a household, feeling a little tired, and couldn't help but want to ask for sick leave, but when he saw the crowd and the officials desperately blocked the peasants who wanted to pour into the lobby, he had to sigh and say, "Next!" ”
The next one is the three brothers of the Gao family, Mo Daojun is early, and there are even early pedestrians, although the three of them are in a hurry, there are already thousands of people waiting, or the third brother has a way, spend hundreds of dollars to buy a servant, and the servant will lead them to the front.
The three brothers of the Gao family stepped forward together, bowed down and said, "County master, we have to register." ”
Wang Yancheng frowned, "Are you a family?" ”
"Nope! No! We are three brothers, three families, but hoping to move to one place. ”
"Hmm!" Wang Yancheng nodded, the three brothers wanted to be together, and he agreed, so he said: "You can be together, I will make special notes, but where are you going?" Guannei Dao or Longyou, you can choose one of them first, in addition, where are you from? What is your name? ”
The three brothers discussed on the road for a long time, and felt that going to Longyou might be to the plateau, although Longyou was rich, but the plateau was not good, so they would rather go to Guannai Road, and it was closer to Xiangzhou's hometown.
"Back to the master, we are from Gaoqiao Village, three brothers, Gao Fugui, Fuhong, Fuhou, in addition, beg the master to let us go to Guannai Road!"
"Yes!"
With a stroke of his pen, Wang Yancheng registered them, and handed them three iron plates, "This is your migration number plate, it is very important, it must be put away, and the county government will see the departure notice in front of it three days later." ”
At this time, a servant hurriedly walked up to Wang Yancheng and whispered a few words to him, and Wang Yancheng jumped up in shock.
"Ahh Fast... Hurry up and change my clothes! ”
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(To be continued)