Lingnan West Road is divided into a total of eight counties, that is, the Guizhou area plus the Jiaozhou area.

The biggest difference between these two places and the Guangzhou area is that one is poor and one is rich, and the criminals exiled by the imperial court to Lingnan were exiled to Guangzhou, coupled with the geographical advantages of Guangzhou, so that place is very rich.

The Book of Jin records: Guangzhou is wrapped out of the sea, and the treasure is a treasure, which can be used for several generations.

Therefore, Guangzhou has always been the capital of the entire Lingnan, and Qinjiang County in Guangxi is just the place where Lao Ning's family made his fortune.

The main crop in the Guizhou area is rice, in addition, there are fish farming, fruit planting, mulberry planting, silkworm breeding, and there are a large number of gold mines in the eastern Guizhou area, but because of the proximity to Yunnan, that is, the east (cuan) and the west plan, so there are constant conflicts, and dead people are not uncommon.

During the Kaihuang period, the Yunnan region set up the Nanning Prefecture Governor's Office, which is located in Nanning Prefecture, which is now Qujing, Yunnan, and Wei Chong was the governor.

I can't manage it, the Han people don't want to go, the water and soil are not adaptable, and the local barbarians are too barbaric to manage it at all, so the current situation in Yunnan is that the two major tribes of Dongjiao and Xijiao continue to control here, and pay tribute to the court every year, called Tugong, that is, what do you have to give.

These two major tribes are basically the ancestors of the Yi, Naxi, Susu, and Bai tribes.

Therefore, it is a chore to do the Shangshu Order in this place.

Of course, Yang Ming knew that Li Shimin couldn't do it, so the recent meetings he held in the East Palace were basically talking about Lingnan affairs.

"The registered population of the entire Lingnan is only 490,000 households, with an average of five people per household, and a total population of 2.45 million, and if you add a large number of concealed household registrations, the population will be a little more than 3 million," said Prince Xian Ma Liu Xuan.

"And it is mainly concentrated in Lingnan East Road, where the people of the West Road are located, the registered population is only 150,000 households, a total of 750,000 people, Ningyue County is the most populous, 150,000, here is vast and sparsely populated, in fact, it is more suitable for relocation and reclamation."

Li Gang also agreed: "Lingnan West Road is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a large amount of wasteland that can be cultivated, and people can be relocated from narrow villages. ”

The Great Sui distinguishes between wide townships and narrow townships: those who have more fields can be enough for their people are wide townships, and those who are insufficient are narrow townships.

Since ancient times, cultivated land in China has been mainly concentrated in those places: the North China Plain, the Northeast Plain, the Guanzhong Plain, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, the Sichuan Basin, and the southern hills.

Among them, the development of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain is now being started, and in history, through the Tang Dynasty, there was not enough development, and it was developed by the Song Dynasty, and the development of the Northeast Plain was a matter of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Therefore, the main cultivated land of the Great Sui at present comes from the North China Plain, the Guanzhong Plain, as well as the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain and the Sichuan Basin, which are being developed.

As for the southern hills, they have not yet been developed, and they were also developed in the Song Dynasty, which is why the Song Dynasty had the smallest territory, but the cultivated land area was not weaker than that of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Yang Ming asked, "Where is it more appropriate to migrate from?" ”

"They should have migrated from Zangke, Mingyang, Qian'an, and Yuanling," Li said.

These four counties combined, the area is very large, during the Kaihuang period, it was controlled by the governor of Yizhou, and now, it belongs to the Bahan region, in the southernmost part, in fact, Guizhou Province.

Bashu is the collective name of Bahan and Minshu combined.

Until the Ming Dynasty in Guizhou Province, the amount of cultivated land was 910,000 mu, while in Zhejiang it was 56.31 million mu and Guangxi was 10.32 million mu.

Therefore, Guizhou is jokingly called "the land has no three feet flat", that is to say, there is no plain in this place, but with the support of the scientific level of later generations, the cultivated land area of Guizhou has been greatly developed.

"So how many people are right to migrate? There aren't many people in these four counties? Li Baiyao asked.

The Great Sui has always had more people in the north and fewer people in the south, while the southerners are mainly concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River, and Guizhou belongs to the southwest region, which is also a concentration of ethnic minorities, and the situation in Lingnan is similar to that of Lingnan, which is not easy to manage.

However, after all, the ancient people took food as the sky, where did the food come from, or cultivated the land, as long as you promised to give people land, they would definitely be willing to go.

What's more, Guizhou and Guangxi are originally neighbors, and although there are differences in folk customs, they are not as big as those in the north.

Li Gang explained: "You don't need much, 5,000 households are enough. ”

That's about 25,000 to 30,000.

The tax of the narrow township, compared with the wide township, is halved, now Guizhou is a narrow township, Guangxi is a wide township, so after the migration past, it is necessary to pay the full tax, which is beneficial to the imperial court.

In fact, the difference between wide and narrow is not fixed, if the population of this place has been growing, exceeding the number of tuntian, then it is a narrow township, if a large number of population loss, such as war, the population is less than the number of acres, that is a wide township.

Yang Ming nodded and said, "You can give it a try." ”

He is now Shang Shuling of the southwestern province of Xingtai, and Guizhou is under his jurisdiction, and the migrants are completely self-determined.

Then, Yang Ming said: "Lingnan this time, we must go step by step, we can't force the local government anymore, the imperial court is no longer able to send a large army to suppress it, let's discuss it, who is appropriate?" ”

Li Mi said with a smile: "Shimin asked Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui by name, so it's better to let them go." ”

Are these two willing to go? Willing to be a ghost.

I am now a close minister of the crown prince, and I am in the rising period of my career, you asked me to assist Li Shimin? Are you kidding.

Fang Xuanling frowned and said: "The matter of appeasing Shandong, I have always been dealing with the East Palace, I am leaving, Shandong doesn't care?" ”

"Without you, Shandong can't be appeased?" Li Mi asked rhetorically.

Yang Ming said lightly: "You continue to quarrel." ”

The two were stunned at the same time and stopped talking.

Ancient scholars, very important to a loyal character, Fang and Du are already the prince's people, as long as Yang Ming does not die, there is no such thing as changing the court, even if Yang Ming is dead, people will continue to mix with Yang Rui, and there is no possibility of becoming Li Shimin's person.

So even if the two go to Lingnan, Yang Ming will not worry.

Li Mina also took refuge in Zhai Rang after Yang Xuangan's death, and this is not called a change of court, he has wanted to take it for himself since he took refuge in the Wagang Army, and Li Mi does not look down on Zhai Rang.

"Lingnan West Road Xingtai Province, the left and right servants are empty, if any of you go down, you can come back after a few years, if you do a good job, you can say anything," Yang Ming looked around at everyone.

He doesn't plan to name names, whoever wants to go will go, after all, his East Palace subordinates are all carefully selected by him, and each of them is not a vegetarian in history, as long as he adheres to the will of the East Palace and implements the policy below, it will be fine.

The benefits were clearly promised, but everyone was still not happy.

Follow the prince well, who wants to run to the place where the bird doesn't.

Yang Ming continued: "Five people go. ”

The principal Ling Shi Qiaochun had already gotten up and said, "The minister is willing to go." ”

Qiao Chun's father, Qiao Zhongkui, has been working in Linfen County for many years now, and there is no hope of promotion at all, so he has high hopes for his eldest son Qiao Chun, and Jiexiu Qiao's is really not on the stage, relying on slow mixing, Qiao Chun has almost no room to rise, so going to Lingnan is an opportunity for him.

Yang Ming smiled and nodded: "Lingnan West Road Xingtai Rite Department Shangshu, it's yours." ”

"Chen Xieen," Qiao Chun said, waving his hand.

In the letter written by Li Shimin to Yang Ming, he clearly said that he hoped that Yang Ming would arrange it himself, as long as he gave someone to me, and you had the final say on what an official he was.

Nonsense! I am the crown prince, and the emperor doesn't care about you, so it's up to me.

Zhao Changwen also got up and said, "The minister is also willing to go." ”

This person is a loyal minister in history, after Yang Guang's death, he supported Yang Tong, the king of Yue, as the emperor in Luoyang, and Yuan Wendu, Duan Da, Wang Shichong, Huangfu Wuyi, Lu Chu, Guo Wenyi assisted the young master, known as Qigui, and was later killed by Wang Shichong.

He is now the Xuanling Sheren of the Dianshufang, very capable, and is from the Tianshui Zhao family.

"Who else?" Yang Ming looked at everyone, his eyes deliberately stayed on Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and his smile was sly.

These two people are considered to be the prince's subordinates, and they have followed Yang Ming early, so they are very familiar with Yang Ming, and they know that in the prince's gaze, they don't mean to let them go, it's just a joke.

"Then I'll go," Wang Qi, who replaced Feng Deyi as the right concubine of the bookstore, stood up and said.

Yang Ming smiled: "You can't go, I have a heavy use." ”

Wang Qi was still depressed, feeling that he was too late to eat, and he couldn't eat in the East Palace, but when the prince said this, he suddenly made his heart flutter.

"Nachen won't go," Wang Jue said with a smile, he didn't want to go in the first place.

And Yang Ming didn't let him go because the other party had a very close relationship with Li Yuan's family, and the time he came to the East Palace was short, so it was easier for him to become Li Shimin's person.

After a while, Yang Ming smiled and said: "Since you don't want to go, I will directly name you, Li Mi, Gao Biaoren, Wei Fusi, you three go." ”

Li Mi bowed his head and said nothing with a deflated face, but then, he was happy again.

Yang Ming said: "Li Mi shoots for the left servant, Gao Biaoren shoots for the right servant, Wei Fusi is still the secretary of the military department, Zhao Changwen is still the secretary of the department, plus Qiao Chun, there are exactly five people, what should you do when you go down, you have to listen to the arrangement of the door and the bookstore, don't be in a hurry to go now, sort out the things that should be done after going down, and then go." ”

The five of them led in unison.

Li Mi will never have a problem, and he can help Yang Ming keep an eye on Li Shimin, with Li Shimin's current mind, he is not Li Mi's opponent, after all, he is still too young, and in the future, he will definitely kill Li Mi in seconds.

Gao Biaoren is Gao Gong's third son, the one who married Yang Yong's daughter, and the level of the family is also very high, although he is a bit of a tiger father and a dog, but the father of the family is too tiger, so he will appear to be a dog.

If he is a son to Yang Xuangan, then he will not be a tiger father and a dog.

As for Wei Fusi, he was originally a servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he used to be in Shangshu Province, but because he and his cousin Wei Yijie, who also held the same official position, he went to Hebei to collect grain, forced out the civil unrest, and was dismissed by Yang Guang.

After a year or two, Yang Ming summoned both of them into the East Palace.

As soon as these five people go, Li Shimin will be able to bully Qiao Chunji and Zhao Changwen, and the rest of them will not pee on him at all.

(End of chapter)