In March of the first year of Jian'an, Luo Zhengqin led 10,000 elite horses out of the West Sea, and traveled hundreds of miles for a long distance.

The Ginseng Wolf Department swore not to surrender and was slaughtered.

The troops of the neighboring troops of nearly 10,000 brothers who surrendered were not spared and were ordered to be buried alive.

Luo Zheng then ordered Yan Xing and Zhang Liao's two generals to each attract 3,000 cavalry, and raided the old camps of the Wolf Department and the Elder Neighbor Department in the Chagang area and the Cizhihe District, killing more than 400,000 people in the two divisions, and the blood flowed into a river, except for more than 100,000 young and strong women and children, the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled were all slaughtered in blood, and hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock were robbed.

The news spread, and the eight hundred miles of Qiang Yuan shook.

The large and small Qiang tribes around the West Sea have moved away from other places.

No matter how ferocious the beast is, it is not willing to be a neighbor with a tiger.

Luo Zheng's butcher's knife had already swung to the Qiang Plains, and no Qiang people dared to doubt the murderous heart of this murderer.

This naked bloody killing and plundering is absolutely unprecedented.

Even though it was nearly 400 years of the Han Dynasty in the East and West, the Han Dynasty also used troops against Xiqiang several times, although the Fubo general Ma Yuan conquered the Xiqiang, but did not fundamentally solve the border troubles in the West, and whenever the Han Dynasty weakened, the Qiang people raised troops to enter the Qiang.

Although Luo Zheng's massacre was bloody and inhumane, it was the most effective way to solve the border troubles.

The only way to stop these nomadic tribes from rebelling is genocide.

There may be other ways, but all of them will consume a lot of time, and Luo Zheng can't afford to wait. I don't want to wait.

The tragedy of Wuhu Chaohua has fully proved that it is impossible for these nomadic tribes to integrate with the Han people.

The only fastest and most effective way to do it. It's about bloody killings to achieve the goal.

From March to July, the 800-mile Qiang plain was full of wailing. Countless tribes were slaughtered.

Luo Zheng personally raised 10,000 elite cavalry, forcibly requisitioned some strong men from small tribes, attacked some Qiang tribes with large populations and relatively strong strength, drove the Qiang people to kill each other, and consumed a large amount of Qiang people's vitality.

In just a few months, the 800-mile Qiang Plain was almost stained red with blood.

Hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children were slaughtered, and all the people who did it were the Qiang who had been forcibly driven out.

The red-eyed Qiang people completely fell into a frenzy of killing, but anyone who did not obey Luo Zheng's orders. All of them were crushed and slaughtered by blood, and all that was left was a large number of cattle, sheep, livestock and grain, only young women and children.

In the process of bloody massacre and plunder, Luo Zheng soon recruited 20,000 Qiang soldiers.

Almost all of these Qiang soldiers were born in some tribes that were not strong, because there were fewer old and weak women and children in the clan, they were tied to the chariot by Luo Zheng, and used tricks to make the Qiang people kill each other, and the women and children in the clan were killed.

After Luo Zheng reintegrated the strength of the Qiang people, all the 20,000 Qiang soldiers became beneficiaries. is willing to be Luo Zheng's minions, but wherever Luo Zheng slaughters, they all gather in Jingcong and wave the butcher's knife at other Qiang tribes.

September. Luo Zheng led 30,000 iron cavalry to raid the head of the Cizhi River, and broke the 36 Qiang such as the White Dog and the Baoba.

The 20,000 conscripted Qiang soldiers killed all the old, weak, sick and disabled of the 36 Qiang, and divided the remaining women and children.

The nearby Qiang tribe had to move again. Moved to the Tangfa area.

The army rested for half a month, and Luo Zheng immediately led the army eastward. Crossing the Jishi Mountain, they defeated the hastily battled Hanqiang, Baima, Black Tiger and Daxiang Qiang, and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people. Hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were taken captive.

When the news reached Chengdu, the Xichuan Shi clan was shocked.

Such bloody killing and plundering frightened all the Xichuan clans.

When Yizhou Mu Liu Yan heard the news, the frightened wine bottles fell to the ground, lest Luo Zheng, the butcher, take advantage of the situation to lead the army from Mianhu Road into Yizhou, and urgently punish the general Zhao Wei to lead an army of 30,000 troops to Yulei Mountain, and take strict precautions.

From March to October of the first year of Jian'an, in just seven months, there were millions of corpses in the 800 lili Qiang Yuan.

Dozens or hundreds of tribes were slaughtered by the Xiliang army, and hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered.

October.

Luo Zheng divided 100 households, divided his meritorious soldiers and 20,000 Qiang soldiers into 300 households, and placed a total of 30,000 troops on the Qiang Plain south of the head of the Cizhi River.

There are 100 people in each 100 households, from small soldiers to 100 households, all of whom are noble lords on the Qiang Plain.

Even the most ordinary soldiers were given three or five women, large pastures, cattle and sheep, and slaves.

The Qianghu tribes, who were the first to take refuge, were also the beneficiaries of such wars.

Xiao Yue, who has been sparing no effort to support Luo Zheng, has received a rich reward.

300 100 households graze and cultivate land in their spare time, and are under the management of the Western Governor's Office.

If there is a war, it will be under the direct jurisdiction of the General Pingdi Palace, and the general will be sent to command the troops of each hundred households.

The continuous killing and plundering can not only greatly reduce the population of the Qiang Plain and reduce the consumption of grain and grass, but also ensure that there is no border trouble in the western part of Liangzhou.

The hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep, livestock, money and grain that were stolen effectively solved the grain and grass crisis in Luo Zheng.

As for the logistics of the 3000 households, they don't have to bear the burden of General Pingdi's Mansion at all.

In addition to defending the western border of Liangzhou, the 300 100 households also actively used troops to the south in their spare time, constantly conquering the Tangfa region in the south of the 800-li Qiang Plain, and even marched into Panyue, Shan State and other countries to plunder a large number of cattle, sheep, grain and grass for Luo Zheng.

At the beginning of November, heavy snow fell in the Qiang Plain.

Luo Zheng rushed before the heavy snow, led the army north from Baishi into Longxi, and returned to Longxian.

After a lapse of recent years, by the time Luo Zheng returned to Longxian, his eldest son Luo Cheng was already more than a year old.

General Pindi's Mansion, Inner Courtyard.

"Son, call Daddy!"

Luo Zheng held his son and rubbed his son's pink face with stubble.

"Daddy Daddy ......"

A series of milk sounds burst out, but the words were not very clear.

Luo Zhengxiao's face bloomed, and he flicked the little cock, and laughed heartily again.

Not a lot of effort. Xu Chu came in to report that a group of military generals had arrived.

Luo Zheng then handed over his son to the nurse on the side. looked at Ren Yan, who had a big belly, and went to the conference hall.

Another year has passed. The situation of the ten counties under the rule of Liangzhou is good.

The county guards and important advisers and generals rushed to Longxian to prepare to participate in the annual military meeting.

In the conference hall, dozens of people gathered together, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Xun Yu is talking about the situation of money and grain taxes, "This year, the ten counties under the rule of the lord have all reaped a bumper harvest, because the lord has reduced the army, a large number of young and strong people have unloaded their armor and returned to the fields, and the government has organized the opening of farmland and the construction of water conservancy. In the autumn, both wheat and gold rice were harvested, and in particular, the large-scale cultivation of gold rice completely eliminated the problem of insufficient population and difficulty in high grain yield under the rule of the lord, and in addition to the expenses and necessary grain stocks, there were nearly 800,000 stone of military grain available in the government treasury. The government only collects 30% of the rice tax for the families who grow golden rice, and the average output income of each farmer is equivalent to the imperial court exempting all taxes. The income has also doubled, and it can be said that in just one year, the prosperity of the people who planted gold and rice under the rule of the lord reached the peak of the former Han Dynasty, which is really a miracle. ”

Luo Zheng nodded again and again: "Not bad." The shape shì is indeed delightful.! ”

The rest of the civil and military forces were also radiant when they listened, and the current shape was indeed extremely exciting.

It is a miracle to be able to say that a decent person like Xun Yu can be seen, which shows how good the current shape is.

Everyone here also knows the importance of Kimmi. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a change that is ahead of its time.

If the wheat planting is good in the year, each mu of land will only produce about 200 catties of grain. And it costs forty pounds to keep the seeds. However, the yield of golden rice can reach 600 catties, which is almost three times that of wheat. And only ten catties of seeds are needed.

Such a huge gap can only be described as a miracle.

Even if the people have to pay 30% of the grain tax, they can get more than 400 catties of grain per mu of land. As for the cultivation of wheat, if the grain tax is slightly higher, excluding the use of reserved seeds, it would be good to get seventy or eighty catties of grain per mu.

More than 400 catties of grain per mu is equivalent to an increase in income of at least five times.

With such a huge advantage, it is difficult for the people to become rich as long as they work hard.

The end result was that the people became rich and the government treasury was enriched.

Xun Yu continued: "After the autumn grain was put into the field, the people who had not yet planted golden rice under the rule of the lord almost rioted, and all of them crowded to the government to ask for the distribution of golden rice seeds. ”

Luo Zheng said with emotion: "The people are really the most pragmatic group of people, when they first planted gold and rice, no one wanted to plant it, and it was all the government that forcibly pushed the executive order." Now it's good, and everyone is rushing to plant golden rice. However, although the yield of gold and rice is high, but the wheat cannot be lost, it still needs to be planted, how to cultivate it, if Wen convenes a group of officials to discuss, this general will not command blindly! ”

"The lord is wise!"

Xun Yu gave a rare compliment, and said: "At present, the military food in the treasury is sufficient, but the money and silver are slightly insufficient, although the money and silver brought by the lord from the Central Plains are tens of thousands, but in the past two years, it has been almost consumed to support the army and various expenses, and to govern the internal affairs of Liangzhou." And the lord has repeatedly ordered the people to reduce taxes, so there is not much silver in the treasury this year, which is only enough to barely maintain the daily expenses of the government and the army's salary. ”

Luo Zheng said: "What about the many cattle, sheep and money and grain that the general robbed of Xiqiang? ”

Xun Yu said: "The lord doesn't know, in order to encourage the people to keep livestock in captivity and enrich the materials under the lord's rule, the lord seized more than 3 million cattle, sheep, livestock and money from Xiqiang, except for the consumption of supporting the army and expenses, the rest were all distributed to the people according to the lord's requirements. Now the people are rich and the people's hearts are settled, but the government doesn't have much money! ”

Luo Zheng said happily: "This is not in a hurry, as long as the people can get rich." When the people are rich, the country is strong, and the truth summed up by the sages is still very correct, as long as the people get rich, the government will naturally not lack money and food! ”

There is also a sentence that I endured and didn't say it, and the pig has to be fattened and then killed, so that the meat can be killed.

Xun Yu nodded, said: "At present, the government has opened many porridge farms on the border with various places, and there is no need to provide rations for the surnames who have fled from all over the country, as long as they are willing to settle down in Liangzhou, the government will also distribute farmland and distribute rations, and under word of mouth, many people in Guanzhong have fled to Liangzhou with their families, only from the beginning of spring to the present, there are no less than 300,000 displaced people in Hanyang, Beidi, and Anding counties, and most of the grain and grass collected in the autumn are used to settle the displaced people. ”

Luo Zheng asked, "What about Guanzhong, how is the situation?" ”

Jia Xu replied: "Guo Yan led the army to capture the Sanfu region. The soldiers besieged Chang'an, and they didn't fight for a year. But Xu Rong is not much better. More than 20,000 troops suffered heavy casualties, and Chang'an had no food. It's almost impossible to hold on. ”

Luo Zheng said: "What about the people in Guanzhong, how much is left?" ”

Xun Yu said: "Guanzhong has been almost abolished by Guo Yan, tens of thousands of Xiliang rebel troops looted everywhere, more than a million people in Guanzhong died in the military disaster, almost half of the families fled, of which seventy percent fled to Liangzhou, three percent fled to Hedong, Hanzhong and Hongnong and other places. Now that it is deep winter, the people of Guanzhong still don't know how many will die of hunger and cold! ”

Luo Zheng asked, "What about Zhang Ji, what's the movement?" ”

Cheng Ying replied: "Zhang Ji divided his troops to guard the key passes such as Hangu Pass, Wuguan and Huayin. He did not intervene in the war in Guanzhong. ”

Luo Zheng slowly knocked on the table and said: "It seems that Zhang Ji is also a dog, so there is no need to worry, what about Li Ji, that guy occupies Luoyang, has he not expanded externally in the past year?" ”

Cheng Ying said: "Li Dao once led the army out of Chen Liukou to plunder Yanzhou, but was repelled by Cao Cao. ”

As soon as Luo Zheng heard Cao Cao, he immediately asked, "What about Cao Apu, what is the movement of that guy?" ”

Cheng Ying said: "Cao Cao has not moved much in the past year. He has been gathering people's hearts, managing internal affairs, expanding troops and horses, and has not used troops against his neighbors for the time being. It was Yuan Shu who laid down Danyang. The strength is too strong. ”

Luo Zheng snorted: "Yuan Shu is just a paper tiger, how long can he jump." But when it comes to Yuan Shu, General Ben thinks of Sun Jian's house. Didn't Sun Jian go to Wu County? Now that Yuan Shu accounts for most of Yangzhou, has Sun Jian's house not moved? ”

Cheng Ying replied: "Sun Jian designed to break Wang Lang's army. Pacified the meeting. Yuan Shu was afraid that Sun Jian would sit big, and wanted to move Sun Jian to Lujiang Taishou. Sun Jian didn't comply, Yuan Shu was angry and raised troops, but for some reason Liu Biao suddenly Chen Bing Jiangxia, which forced Yuan Shu to retreat. ”

Jia Xu said: "Most of the time Sun Jian and Liu Biao secretly united, wanting to join forces to fight against Yuan Shu!" ”

Luo Zheng said: "Isn't Xiping in Yingchuan, when did it fall under Sun Jian's account?" ”

Xun Yu smiled bitterly: "When I received the news, Zeng Xian's family will go to Jiangdong and send a letter to Xiping, only to know that when Sun Jian went to Yingchuan to recruit troops on the order of Yuan Shu, he met Xiping by chance, so he was invited to be the military advisor under the account. ”

Luo Zheng said with regret: "Sun Jian's house is really a good fate, why is this general's luck so bad, he personally ran to Yingchuan, and the talents recommended by Wen Ruo only met three or two!" ”

Zhong Xuan and Shi Tao glanced at each other, and their faces were a little strange.

Xun Yu smiled bitterly again, looked at Zhong Xuan and Shi Tao, his mouth moved, but he didn't speak.

Luo Zheng immediately reacted, and said with a smile: "But it is a great luck to be able to find Yuan Chang and Guangyuan." Yuan Chang and Guang Yuan are the world's great talents, the governance of the two counties has quite a political achievement, this year has also been hard, the general this time to go to Xiqiang, brought back a lot of beautiful Qiang women, back to order people to send a few Mei Ji to the two mansions, so that Yuan Chang and Guangyuan enjoy the blessings of all people! ”

Zhong Xuan and Shi Tao's faces were as usual, and they bowed their hands in thanks, "Thank you, lord!" ”

Luo Zheng straightened his face and asked again, "What about Hebei, didn't Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan go to war?" ”

Cheng Ying replied: "This year, in Dahan, Youzhou, there is a shortage of military food under the rule of Gongsun Zhan, and he is temporarily unable to raise troops to the south. ”

Luo Zheng suddenly thought of Liu Bei again and asked, "Where is Liu Bei, where is that guy now?" ”

"The lord is talking about Liu Bei, the prime minister of the plains, right?"

Cheng Ying looked at Luo Zheng, and when he saw Luo Zheng nodding, he smiled and said: "How can the lord remember this person, this Liu Bei didn't know where to get the identity of the Han clan, and lived in the Han clan all day long, but this Liu Bei is just a grassroots ......"

suddenly remembered that Luo Zheng was also from the grassroots, and quickly closed his mouth when he realized that he was speechless.

Luo Zheng's face was as usual, and he knocked on the table and said, "It's okay, keep talking!" ”

Cheng Ying breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Liu Bei came from a humble background, although he was a plain minister, he couldn't get the full support of the Qingzhou Shi clan, and he only had three thousand trilogies, so he couldn't become a climate at all!" ”

Luo Zhengxin said that it was not necessarily, but he didn't say it.

After all, Liu Bei is really not very good now, and no one believes him when he says it.

Except for himself, who would have thought that Liu Bei would be one of the last people to laugh in the troubled times. (To be continued......) R1292