"Displaced people are a double-edged sword, one edge cuts others, the other edge cuts oneself. If it is settled, it is productivity and combat effectiveness; If the resettlement is not good, it is a disaster, and it is the root of turmoil," standing on the north gate tower of Shanyang City, Lin Jian looked at the Huaishui in the distance, and the flowing water was cold and white in the cold season, "There are already more than 100,000 displaced households in Huaidong, and the wasteland along the Hecheng and the Hanhai wall can only be used to resettle so many people, and it will take two to three years to digest, and more displaced households will be resettled, in addition to rice grain, salt and iron, livestock and animal power, land will be needed!" ”

Song Jia looked at Lin Lian's side face, cold as a rock exposed to the cold air, with sharp edges and corners, his eyes were staring at the land of Huaisi on the other side of the Huai River, shrouded in a faint mist.

Even the two counties of Suining and Suyu between Bianshui and Surabaya are nominally under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou - after the Huaisi War, Lin Jian was sent a bird to occupy the magpie, and Sun Zhuang was forced to these two counties. Whether it was Liu Tingzhou or Yue Lengqiu, it was obvious that they would not dare to let Sun Zhuang, who had different intentions, lead his troops to the south bank of the Huai River, and they could only let Chen Hansan swallow his anger and swallow this loss-west of Bianshui, Lin Jian was even more out of reach.

Liu Tingzhou's accusation is not wrong at all, Lin Jian just wants to indulge in Kou Dongfang - if Sun Zhuang didn't deliberately open his mouth, how could four or five hundred thousand displaced people cross the Bianshui River to the east?

If four or five hundred thousand hungry people are not allowed to cross the Bianshui River to the east, how can Lin Lian touch them?

But how to get involved is a headache.

The Red Jacket Army led by Liu Miaozhen, Ma Lantou and others is the core of this group of displaced people, because of Liu An'er's death, Huaidong is inseparable, Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou are close relatives, obviously will not easily accept Huaidong's appeasement.

Either exterminate the clean, or force the surrender, or drive away - it is not easy to exterminate the clean or force the surrender, at first Qin Chengzu, Cao Ziang, Lin Mengde and others all advocated the release of the exiles to the east, Liu Miaozhen, Ma Lantou and others were driven away.

As long as Liu Miaozhen's subordinates are driven away, there are three or four hundred thousand hungry people left, and it will be effortless to appease them.

The serious problem is that Huaidong does not have enough land to house such a large number of hungry people.

Although it is easy to appease Liu Miaozhen and the others, they are all placed in Suining, Suyu, Huaiyang and other places north of the Huai River, not only Huaidong, but also Chen Hansan of Xuzhou in the north, Chen Zhinan of Henan in the west, and even Taochun of Haosi in the southwest, can reach out and touch them, and the situation will become extremely complicated.

As far as the jurisdiction is concerned, Huaiyang belongs to Haozhou Prefecture, Suining and Suyu belong to Xuzhou Prefecture - Tao Chun or Yue Lengqiu and Chen Hansan behind Tao Chun cannot watch Huaidong completely incorporate these three places into Huaidong's jurisdiction by appeasing the hungry people.

"What I can't get, you can't think of it", "What I can't do, you can't think of it" - this is the most common and true mentality of the world. Therefore, the expulsion of Liu Miaozhen's troops from Huaisi will not make the situation in Huaisi better, nor will it allow Huaidong to effectively control the situation in Huaisi.

"When I was a child, I read a miscellaneous book, which told a story about boiled chickens, and I will tell you," Lin Lian said behind him, with Cao Ziang, Liang Wenzhan, Song Jia and others beside him, "Throw a chicken into a pot of boiling water, and the chicken is likely to jump out; If you have a pot of cold water, don't rush to boil it first, throw the field chicken into it, most of the field chickens will not struggle, but will leisurely swim and take this as their home. At this time, you slowly add firewood to the pot, and when the chicken feels hot, the body is already cooked - this story is too complicated, in other words, you can't eat the chicken in a hurry, it's the same truth! ”

Song Jia glanced at Lin Jian and thought to herself, where did he make up this ghost story? Cao Ziang and the others laughed.

Liang Wenzhan echoed: "Adult's clever plan, use Huaisi as a pot, and simmer the chicken of the red jacket girl in cold water over low heat!" ”

Lin Wei smiled and said: "Li Wei recruited people to reclaim famine in Suining and Suyu counties, he is diligent and diligent, and has a very high reputation in the countryside, he is familiar with the Huaisi area, and when he recruited people to relieve difficulties, he selected a group of capable officials from the county people - Liu Miaozhen wants to stabilize the situation in Huaisi, and it is difficult for them to do this with their own strength." If Siyang wants to send someone to intervene to assist, it must also send someone to intervene, and I think it is very appropriate for Li Wei to take care of the matter. ”

Zhang Gou and Li Wei have not yet returned from Suyu, and yesterday they sent someone back to deliver a letter saying that they were going to Huaiyang to see Liu Miaozhen.

What can be negotiated is not yet final. However, the Red Jacket Army, which had entered Suyu and Suining counties in advance, began to restrain somewhat, and temporarily stopped sending people out of the city to forcibly requisition grain and grass, which was also an expression of sincerity in the talks.

Don't say that the conditions proposed by Huaidong are not harsh, even if they are ten times harsh, in the face of the temptation of 40,000 stone rice grains per month, what choice can the desperate exile army have?

"It's not easy," Cao Ziang sighed slightly, and said, "First, Suining and Suyu counties provide limited land for cultivation; Second, more than 40,000 local residents have returned to their hometowns in Suining and Suyu counties. The influx of a large number of hungry people and the contradiction between the local struggle for land and land will be extremely prominent in the future...... In particular, the Displaced People's Army is the most lacking in this area, with neither experience nor manpower. Even if most of the generals are willing to give up their military power and release their troops to return to the peasants, it is difficult to tame their arrogant and unscrupulous temperament, which will cause great hidden dangers to local security, and it is even more difficult to alleviate contradictions! ”

"No matter how difficult things are, you have to work hard to do them," Lin Jian said, "There are some conditions to talk to Liu Miaozhen, Ma Lan and other first-class commanders." They can retain 30,000 to 40,000 independent elite combat forces, and it is okay to occupy the three cities of Huaiyang, Suyu, and Suining, but in terms of appeasing the displaced people, restoring production, and maintaining local order, they must recruit as many people from the local area as possible, and they must also accept the supervision of the Siyang faction. 40,000 stone of rice grain per month can keep a quarter of them to feed the army; For others, it is better to be able to distribute relief through the earthen enclosures in the townships. Do not let the hungry gather together in the city, but scatter them into the countryside...... To resettle the displaced households, we must build as many enclosed houses and enclosures as possible! ”

The purpose of building more encircled houses and more earthen enclosures was to prepare for restricting the infiltration of the Eastern Cavalry into the Huaisi area in the future.

Perhaps the fortified city will not be so easy to lose, but it will be difficult to prevent the eastern cavalry from scattering and bypassing the fortified city to infiltrate and attack.

Several ships sailed from Feixiaji, where the Siyang Walled City was located on the opposite bank, and soon anchored at the pier outside the north gate of Shanyang County. As soon as Lin Lian's front foot returned to the line, Zhang Gou and Li Wei took Ma Lantou into the city.

Lin Jian immediately met Ma Lantou in the Xingyuan Official Hall.

During the Huaisi War, Lin Jian and Ma Lantou had seen each other from afar, leaving little impression, after all, the two sides were too far apart.

Ma Lantou was able to cross the Huai River, which shows that the Wandering Army has indeed reached the point of exhaustion, and in the face of the temptation of Huaidong, it cannot be refused. It was Ma Lantou who came over, not Liu Miaozhen in person, and it was impossible for them to give up their vigilance against Huaidong.

Under the current circumstances, Liu Miaozhen, Ma Lantou and others want to accept Huaidong's covert funding, and there is no room for conditions. Besides, Liu Miaozhen, Ma Lantou and others attach the most importance to military power, as long as Lin Jian does not require them to completely give up military power, they are not so sensitive to other conditions.

In fact, especially the ration distribution proposed by Lin Lian, Liu Miaozhen, Ma Lantou and others were even more unlikely to refuse.

On the contrary, from more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to 30,000, they can get 10,000 stone rice per month to feed the army, and almost every soldier can have more than 30 catties of rations per month, which will ensure sufficient combat effectiveness. The combat effectiveness is definitely stronger than the more than 100,000 troops who can only eat half full.

The other 400,000 or so people can get seven catties of food rations per month, and it is difficult to eat half full, but it is not a problem to barely survive.

As for how to transport such a large amount of grain, there will be some problems, but Siyang and Shukou are both military areas of the Huaidong Army, and even if some news will reach the ears of Liu Tingzhou and Yue Lengqiu, as long as they don't get the handle, there will be no big problems.

Even in Jiangning and in the imperial court, there are many officials who advocate appeasement.

The collapse of the Yanbei defense line is almost predictable, even if it gives people a grip, so what?

When Lin Jian met Ma Lantou in the official hall, Song Jia came in with a document, which was the form of a notice letter from the imperial court to the locality, she walked to Lin Lian's side and said: "The imperial court has restored Zhou Zongxian to serve as the secretary of the military department!" ”

When Dongyu broke through the border for the first time, Zhou Zongxian was the secretary of the military department at that time, and later he was reduced to the people because of this matter, and then Li Zhuo served as the secretary of the military department. During Li Zhuo's reign in Jizhen, the imperial court did not appoint a new secretary of the military department, and there was always a left squire Wang Jiyuan to preside over the affairs of the military department.

If he could delay on the front line of Songshan until the queen of spring, Li Zhuo would definitely not spare his personal reputation, but he asked Gao Zongting to send a blood book to Huaidong, because he expected that he would not be able to drag it out. The imperial court will take away his military power, and will send others or directly let Hao Zongcheng, the supervisor of the army, take his place, and lead the border army of Jizhen to fight Liaoyang - this is the biggest hurdle that the war on the northern front cannot overcome.

Lin Jian expected this, but when the news really came, it was still difficult for him to accept, and said: "It's only been a few days, and the imperial court doesn't even have this bit of patience?" ”

Ma Lan glanced at Zhang Gou, he had no concept of Zhou Zongxian's appointment as the secretary of the military department. The vision of the generals of the Wandering People's Army is very narrow, and even a general like Ma Lantou, who is very strategic in the Wandering Army, is limited to the Hehuai or Jianghuai region, and has little understanding of the war in the north.

Zhang Gou also arrived in Huaidong, his vision really opened, and Zhou Zongxian's appointment as the secretary of the military department may mean the first step in the collapse of the Yanbei defensive line.

Lin Jian seemed to calmly throw the letter that Song Jia brought to him on the corner of the table, and said to Ma Lantou: "This is almost the case, I also hope that the two families will meet each other and be ruined...... When you go back, if you think the conditions here are acceptable, you can send someone to Siyang in three days to receive the first batch of rice grain! After that, I will send Zhang Gou and Li Gong to supervise the implementation of your side......"

After sending Ma Lantou away, Lin Lian returned to the official hall and immediately signed an order to select Jianyong from the Gongyi camp to expand the Changshan camp, and sent people to ride back to Chongzhou......