Chapter 109: Where Do the Refugees Go?
Zhu Wen, who was originally the son of the chosen one, has had a lot of trouble in the past few years.
It took me a year to finally snatch Li Ye back to Chang'an.
As soon as this side was about to stop, something happened to Qingyan in the east.
At the same time, that little kid of King De is going to go out of Beijing to Nanyang.
Originally, he had personally tested it, he was a greedy and lustful little prince, who knew that he went to Nanyang and took a few good moves in succession.
first married the Zhao family, won the strong support of Jing Xiang, and immediately gained a firm foothold in Nanyang.
Refugees were also recruited and land was cleared.
Zhu Wen, the prince who farms with peace of mind, likes it, as long as he doesn't care about politics, he can do anything.
Originally, it was expected that Wang Shifan would be able to calm down in a few months, but who would have thought that he would carry it with himself until now!
As a result, the plan to move the capital has been repeatedly delayed.
Taking advantage of the time when he and Wang Shifan were attacking, Jingxiang expanded south and took Jingnan. This move greatly enhanced the strength of the Nanyang system, which was his own mistake, and he should have stopped it in time.
Over the years, Huainan, Hedong, Qingyan, and Jingxiang joined forces to besiege themselves, making their own troops stretched and in a hurry.
And the king of De, who was ignored by himself, actually led his troops into Beijing and wiped out the army he left in the pass.
also let Li Maozhen in the customs be soft, and Yang Chongben delegated power.
At this time, although Zhu Wen was annoyed, he still saw an opportunity.
As long as Li Yu ascended the throne and became emperor at this time, he could unite with the old ministers of the court to oppose Li Yu.
At that point, he will be a failure.
Isn't your chance coming?
Li Yu illegally ascended the throne, he can not admit it, so that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is gone, and it is logical for him to ascend the throne.
Who knows, this Li Yu does not play cards according to the routine.
Unexpectedly, he put the emperor's throne and returned to Nanyang.
As a result, his plan to attack Nanyang also went bankrupt.
And that's not all.
He also took advantage of the fact that he was busy with the war to enter Hunan in one fell swoop and drove Ma Yin to Hengyang.
So far, even Jiangxi has been returned to him, which is unbearable or unbearable.
There has not been a drop of rain in the whole territory of Henan Province, and this year's grain will not be harvested.
Fortunately, Huainan withdrew its troops, and the drought in Qingyan was also very serious.
He only used troops with Li Ke in Hebei.
It's okay, it's okay.
Getting some food back for himself is a drop in the bucket, but it also solves the urgent need.
Looking at the world, only Nanyang, Jingxiang and Jingnan have been relieved of the drought.
Zhu Wen looked at the map in a daze.
I have more than 200,000 troops, and it is terrible to have no food.
Where to eat?
His fingers naturally slid towards Nanyang.
One is that Nanyang is the closest to him, and the other is that Nanyang has been harvesting in the past few years, where will he go if he doesn't go to fight the autumn wind?
Well, as soon as the autumn harvest is over, it will definitely enter Nanyang.
It can not only relieve hatred, but also solve the food problem, killing multiple birds with one stone!
Thinking like this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, forgetting the bad news that Zhang Jun was beheaded.
"My lord, there are too many refugees in various states, and now they are all gathering in Bianzhou, I'm afraid something will happen."
Li Zhen frowned and said.
"Uh, refugees?"
Zhu Wen looked at Jing Xiang with a wisp of beard and said, "Is it okay to send it to Nanyang?" ”
"Oh? It's a great idea! ”
Jing Xiang was also worried about the refugees during this time.
With so many mouths to eat and drink, the Bianjun army has been fighting for many years, and the food is already in short supply, and this drought has made the disaster very serious.
"The lord's strategy is very good, isn't Nanyang collecting refugees in the Guannai? Let's take the initiative to send it to him and see if he wants it. ”
Li Zhen lined up with sycophants.
"Hmmm! If he doesn't want it, he will be a person who sells his reputation and reputation, and if he accepts it, he will probably have to eat up all his food. ”
Of course, Jing Xiang did not show weakness.
"Go and do it right away, let the refugees go to Nanyang."
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Jingshi Chang'an.
Refugees in the Kannai states could not bear such a famine.
What's more, the imperial court didn't have much grain in stock.
The economy of Kannai, which had just slowed down, suffered a devastating blow.
In the wilderness outside Chang'an City, the black pressure is full of people.
At a cursory glance, there are hundreds of thousands of people.
The gates of Chang'an City have long been closed.
The people in the city can only live with gruel, where dare to help the people outside the city.
Since the imperial court issued an edict to the surrounding towns to recruit refugees from the Guannai, only a few towns have been allowed to let them go.
Wang Jian, the king of Shu, released some of the people.
Although he let him go, he still picked and choosed, as long as the young and strong and young women, the old and the children were not allowed to enter the country.
Feng Xingxi also recruited tens of thousands of refugees to enrich his own prefectures and counties.
As for Hedong, Hebei, and Henan, they themselves are all unable to protect themselves, so how can they have the spare energy to resettle the refugees in the Guannai?
Only Nanyang Li Yu opened his arms and released people inside.
His original plan was to resettle the refugees in Nanyang, Jingxiang and Jiangxi. Now it seems that this cannot be placed.
So he discussed with his father-in-law that he would resettle these refugees in the south, especially those cave places, so that he could kill multiple birds with one stone.
This has not only resettled refugees, but also improved the local population structure and made ethnic minority areas more stable.
Under the drive and request of Li Yu, Zhao Kuangning's Jingnan, Zhao Kuangming's Xiangbei, and Ma Yin's Xiangnan all opened their arms.
Hengyang Mayin, after the baptism of war, the population of the southern Hunan states has dropped a lot, and it is in urgent need of replenishment.
Zhao Kuangming's Langzhou, Lizhou, Chenzhou, Lizhou and other cave barbarian places are even more population decline, and it is also what Zhao Kuangming wants to have Han people to settle in.
Chang'an Miyagi.
Tai Chi Temple.
Today's court meeting was a little depressing.
The main theme is the food and refugee problems in Kyoshi.
In the past few years, Jingxiang and Nanyang have continuously delivered tributes to Chang'an, and the prefectures and counties that have been recycled into the hands of the imperial court in the customs can also produce some grain, which suddenly fills Chang'an's granary.
The officials of the yamen also had hope of paying back their salaries, and the army also raised 50,000 or 60,000 yuan.
The crown prince Li Zuo is even more high-spirited, and every day he fantasizes about how he will make great plans and conquer the world after he succeeds to the throne.
But in the past six years, the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse.
God has implemented a drought policy for the entire Tang Dynasty, and it has not rained for several months.
Many rivers have dried up, and the volume of water in major rivers has decreased dramatically.
For example, in some places that attach importance to water conservancy, there is still water for irrigation, but in areas where there are no water conservancy facilities, they can only wait for God's mercy.
All over the world, drought is a disaster.
Large numbers of refugees have fled their homes.
Refugees from the prefectures and counties in Kannai can only go to Beijing.
Didn't you say that the shore of the land was not a royal minister?
We, the people, have no food or drink, and your emperor doesn't care?
The refugee's answer was very direct, and they came to Beijing early to wait for the emperor's relief.
As for the imperial court's reply, it was an edict that pushed these refugees out.
The other feudal courts couldn't count on it, so they looked forward to Nanyang's reaction.
Li Yu reacted quickly and actively responded to the call of the imperial court.
But there is only one way to Nanyang, and a large number of refugees have been sent away during this time.
But there are too many refugees around Chang'an, and some people starve to death outside the city every day.
There were hundreds of servants transporting the corpses, and they were too busy.
"Sage, if you don't help you, you're afraid of chaos, there are too many dead, we have to at least give some porridge."
Dugu's beard was white, and he played in a trembling voice.
"Duguxiang, where do we still have food, there are still tens of thousands of troops inside and outside the city to eat, and everyone in the city has to be paid, and this bit of food will be gone as soon as it is gone."
Cui Yin frowned.
"Yes, this bit of food is our guts, and we can't give porridge."
Although Liu Can also knew the suffering outside the city, he still stubbornly disagreed with the porridge.
"Do you want Nanyang to come to Guannai to give porridge?"
As soon as Cui Yuan's words came out, everyone looked at him like a fool.
Cui Yuan's face turned red, and he muttered: "It's a big deal, I will approve him to the official position of the ambassador of the Zhennan Army......"
"Ahem."
Li Ye, who was on the high platform, watched the ministers under the court arguing over soup porridge and became upset.
How did this happen?
Just after two years of comfortable life, there was a famine.
Alas, or would you have approved Yu'er's errand for the Zhennan Army?
"Accept the decree, issue an edict, and let King De be the ambassador of the Zhennan Army Festival, holding the festival."
"Cui Aiqing, go through the formalities immediately. Let Nanyang set up a soup kitchen in the Guannai to speed up the transfer of refugees. ”
"That's it, let's disperse."
Everyone's hearts were relieved.
Anyway, there's a solution, it's better than no one cares, right?!
At least these ministers have psychological comfort.
Now not only are there hundreds of wooden boats transporting refugees day and night on the Danshui River, but now in front of Luyang Pass and Fangcheng Pass, they are also crowded with black and oppressive people.
The soldiers guarding the pass are like facing a great enemy.
There was an urgent report to fly directly to Xiangyang.
Li Yu has dealt with the big eucalyptus in the past few days, and he is a lot more down-to-earth.
At least the bomb lurking around was disarmed.
After receiving the urgent reports from Luyang Pass and Fangcheng Pass, he was stunned at first, and then understood.
In previous years, Nanyang recruited displaced people, and the control of Zhuwen's jurisdiction was extremely strict, and no one came to Nanyang from these two passages, and many of them came from Huainan. Now that so many refugees have suddenly appeared, needless to say, this is deliberate by Zhu Wen.
"Hehe, you want to hit me with such a conspiracy?"
He figured out the joints and brought Wang Houxie to discuss countermeasures.
In the past few days, Wang Houxie has been so busy that he can't find the north.
In the past, Zhang Ge helped Zhang Luo, but now he is alone, how can he be busy?
"Master book, Zhu Wen used this conspiracy, how to break it?"
Wang Houxie also saw that this was Zhu Wen's strategy.
It can not only reduce the food pressure of his territory, but also add chaos to Nanyang. Such a conspiracy is indeed difficult to do.
If you don't accept it, the name of King De's benevolence and righteousness will not be guaranteed.
Harvest, the pressure on their own food is too great, where to place these people?
He pondered for a long time, but he didn't come up with a good idea.
Li Yu was a little anxious.
Those are all living lives, and they cannot be allowed to wait for death before the pass.
"Let them in, and settle them in Fangzhou first."