The land south of the Yangtze River did not really begin to develop until the Northern Song Dynasty was completely beaten into the Southern Song Dynasty, the previous Sui and Tang dynasties, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Wei and Jin dynasties, the south of the Yangtze River has not really developed, and they are all regarded as barbarian lands, unless it is the regime of the south of the Yangtze River, no one is willing to give up the Central Plains with a large population and fertile soil, the north has always developed earlier than the south, and God has let the Yellow River Basin take the lead in development. Novel Novels|(The best experience of reading novels)

Even in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were only a few important grain-producing places and scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River that were valued, such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the rest of the places were still regarded as barbarian places, uncivilized, and disobedient to education, and even when Kou Zhun was the prime minister, he bluntly said that the southerners were not credible, and he was happy that there were more northerners in the Jinshi selected for the imperial examination, and he was not happy when there were more southerners, and he looked down on southerners all his life.

When Yue Flip first set foot on the land of Jiangnan, because he only lured Fang La to lead the army to a decisive battle on the riverside, he did not go deep into the hinterland of Jiangnan, and when he really went deep into the hinterland of Jiangnan this time, even as a southerner, born and raised in the south, Yue Flip had to admit that the economically developed and populous south of his time was completely incomparable with the sparsely populated south now.

Of course, the natural environment can't be compared.

Yue Tuo's most fundamental position is still the governor of Jizhou, with this position and the position of the pacification envoy of Jiangnan South Road, he can justifiably command and mobilize all the troops in Jizhou, the Great Song Dynasty has always divided the right to command troops and the right to transfer troops and the right to fight soldiers and horses, and now, in Jizhou, Yue Tuo has mastered these three powers.

There are a total of 11 state armies in the original Jiangnan West Road, and the area of Ji and Qian accounts for almost half of the whole road, plus the Nan'an Army, which is equal to the area of Jiangnan South Road and Jiangnan West Road that Yue Chuan is in charge of, and the two states are located at the junction of Jiangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road, Jinghu South Road and Fujian Road, the mountains are deep and dense, the terrain is dangerous, and the rule of the government has been very weak, and the people here are strong, and the sense of law and discipline is weak.

At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, this is an area where public security is extremely unstable, farmers in many places farm when they are busy, and gather into gangs to do thieves when they are slack.

The land of Jiqian Erzhou has always been a poor place, and the Jinshi officials who are being sent out are basically not willing to come here, and occasionally one or two Jinshi officials are enthusiastic to come here, either killed or scared away, and the officials who can stay are either the same as the great evil, or the insidious and cunning survivors, and occasionally one or two really strong officials, it is useless, Yue Tuo arrived at his own Jizhou Luling City, only after realizing his difficult situation.

From the moment he entered Luling City under the banner of Zhizhou, Yue Tuo saw people all over the street looking at him with very strange eyes, it was a very complicated look, there were puzzles, ridicule, regret, indifference, and killing intent, Luling City is not a small city, but it is still a big city with a long history, and the entire Jiangnan can be ranked first, and now it seems that the good people on the surface are actually bandits.

The news that Yue Tuo, a great talent of Lianzhong Sanyuan, became the governor of Jizhou has come to Jizhou earlier than Yue Tuo, and the people here know that a rare champion Jinshi of Lianzhong Sanyuan in 30 years has come here to be the governor, they are very puzzled, very surprised, and very curious, why do they think that such a Wenqu star will come here to be an official, doesn't he know that this is the famous "official cemetery"?

There were not many people Yue Tuo brought here, only eight of the fifteen cronies and guards followed, and more than 100 people pulled out of the 500-person team secretly trained by Ruan Xiaoqi and them, Yue Tuo passed through the Jiangnan industry he had purchased, the new Yuejia Zhuangzi, which was located in Yonghe Town, which was very close to the southeast of Luling.

Ruan Xiaoqi and the other six people have been secretly training a team of 500 people in Yuejiazhuang in Yonghe Town for more than three months, this time when Yue Tuo arrived, they handed over Yue Tuo an absolutely loyal team of 100 people as Yue Tuo's personal guards, saying that at present, only this team can make them believe, the others are still in training, eight guards, 100 personal soldiers, is all the strength that Yue Tuo has brought here, although everyone is riding horses, and fully armed, but this does not seem to be able to deter Luling City.

The huge Zhizhou Mansion was in tatters, and the mottled marks showed that there was no one to live here for a long time, so he sent people to inquire around, and in the face of many people with playful eyes and seemingly respectful expressions, it took a lot of effort to pull out the original Zhizhou and his leadership team from a private house, an old man with gray hair and three or four embarrassed subordinate officials, and their clothes were also dirty, and even the most basic official authority could not be guaranteed.

"Chen Zhizhou, you are also the governor of a state, how did you become like this? The governor's mansion doesn't live? "With the former Zhizhou's surname Chen, Chinese New Year's Eve six years old today, Yue Tuo had to say this to him in a very funny and angry tone, thirty-six years old? How does Yue Pan think that he is sixty-three years old! Yue Tuo would never believe that a man who was upright and worthy of fighting would be so haggard no matter what.

"You are Yue Yue Zhizhou?" Chen Zhizhou did not answer Yue Tuo's question, but asked Yue Tuo rhetorically.

Yue Chuan nodded and said: "Down there is Yue Tuo, the new governor of Jizhou, the pacification envoy of Jiangnan South Road, who is here to hand over to you." ”

Chen Zhizhou smiled bitterly and sighed: "A good Lianzhong Sanyuan, it is rare in thirty years, why don't you be an official in the capital and enjoy happiness, but you want to come here?" My uncle is a member of the Yuanyou Party, so I was sent here to wait for death, but you are different, you are the new champion of Lianzhong Sanyuan, you can obviously be a close minister of the official family, why do you want to come to this kind of place? ”

Yue Fan put away his teasing look, looked at Chen Zhizhou, and said: "I just don't want to do what only people in the twilight of their years of hard work do, so as not to have to talk about the old man when he gets it!" ”

Chen Zhizhou was stunned for a moment, sighed deeply, shook his head, and said, "Here, the young maniac will also be forced to become an old man...... Yue Zhizhou, I don't know how to say it, I have fallen to this point today, it is quite good, although it is 108,000 miles away from what I originally thought, but at least I still have my life, because this is Jizhou, it is slightly better, if you go to Qianzhou...... Hehehehehehe...... Alas...... Well done! Well done! Yue Zhizhou, if you come, I can leave, no longer be an official, go back to farming, and spend my life! ”

Yue Chuan stopped Chen Zhizhou, who wanted to leave, and said, "Slow, Chen Zhizhou, please tell me, why did you end up like this?" Even if the Yuanyou Party is degraded to this point, they shouldn't even be able to live in the governor's mansion! Was it arranged by someone in the imperial court? ”

Chen Zhizhou shook his head: "Why do they need to arrange it?" When I come here, I can't mobilize a single soldier, and if the bandits come, how can we fight the enemy with our three or five old and weak? Asking for help? You can't get out at all, in the entire Jizhou Luling, I can't find a person who can ask for help, and when I promise to give them money and food, the bandits leave, and then I send my cronies and followers to secretly report the news and transfer troops, but I don't know that the commander of the Jizhou Xiang Army is also one of the bandits, and the entire Jizhou Xiang Army is a bandit!

Not to mention the Jizhou Army? Qianzhou Army, Nan'an Army, hehehehe, what can I do? They pay taxes on time, the court doesn't care, I am a member of the Yuanyou Party, they don't care, colleagues everywhere can't protect themselves, let alone care, no matter what, what's wrong with the three? It's a blessing in misfortune to be able to save my life, but what more could I ask for? Yue Pengzhan, I advise you, since you have brought someone here, you are still so young, I really don't want to see you die here, go quickly, leave here, resign and go into hiding, you only have this way to go. ”

Yue Chuan stood up, thought for a while, and whispered a few words to Wang Hui, Wang Hui nodded, turned around and left quickly, and then Yue Tuo looked at Chen Zhizhou very calmly, and said, "Chen Zhizhou, do you know why I came here?" Why would I give up my life in the capital to come here, you know? ”

Chen Zhizhou shook his head, he didn't understand why such a Wenqu star would give up the life of brocade clothes and food in the capital, and come here to play the speed of life and death, he obviously has a good future, he has nothing to do with the Yuanyou party, he is not involved in the disaster of party disputes, and he obviously has a good future waiting for him.

Yue smiled and said, "It's because there are bandits here." ”