Han Dao world

Chapter 479 New forces

With the autumn harvest approaching, Yang Xiu led the officials to inspect the county, especially the river valleys suitable for cultivation.

Compared with grazing, farming can feed more people with less land. River valleys are often the places with the most densely registered households, and they are also areas where powerful and powerful families compete.

In addition to farming, river water can also provide water and power for mills, paper mills, iron mills and other workshops, which plays an important role in wealth accumulation.Occupying the River Valley, no matter how small a family is, it can quickly become stronger.Without the River Valley, no matter how big a family is, it will decline rapidly.

The people of Liangzhou are fierce and fierce. In order to compete for water sources, there are often family-based fights, and sometimes there are even tragedies of extermination.Anyway, Han and Qiang live together in Liangzhou, and if something happened, it can be inferred that it was the Qiang Hu invasion.

The governor of Liangzhou is recognized as a high risk.When the troops of Guandong Prefecture rose up to separate one side, the locals of Liangzhou still had the final say.

When Yang Xiu first came, he didn't dare to act rashly, and he didn't even go out of the city very much.It wasn't until Han Sui pacified Song Jian, Liangzhou Mu Weiduan saw that Jia was detained, and Jia Xu selected two hundred Liangzhou children from the palace to build a student camp.

After looking at several places, he had a rough idea.

Compared with the aristocratic families in the Guandong Prefecture and the tyrants who mainly controlled their official careers, the official careers of the big clans in Liangzhou were difficult, and they valued the land they depended on for survival.The land is inherently limited. When the limited land is occupied by the big clans, it is even more difficult for ordinary people to survive. Many people have to take robbery as a sideline or even a main occupation.

In order to survive, they did not even spare their own brothers.They are willing to slash at anyone, even with a crude weapon, as long as someone is willing to give them a bite to eat.

There is no such thing as taking life and death lightly, it's just that survival is too difficult.Who wouldn't take their own life seriously if they could barely survive?
This is also one of the reasons for the frequent military chaos in Liangzhou.

To solve this problem, we must first solve the distribution of land so that ordinary people can live without taking risks.

Of course, this is not something that can be solved with a few words, so Yang Xiu chose a relatively gentle method, giving them a chance to make contributions in exchange for them giving up their obsession with the land.At the same time, he implemented another method: agreeing to move the landless people into Guanzhong to reduce the demand for land and ease the conflict between people and land.

The big clans are unwilling to move easily, but ordinary people are very willing to move into Guanzhong, even if they become military households, they need to serve as soldiers.

It is better to become a military household and fight for the court than to become a tribal clan.

Under Yang Xiu's hard and soft tactics, Yang Fu and others chose to cooperate with the court and Yang Xiu.

After reaching an agreement, the first measure is that the big clans that own the land pay taxes according to the amount of land to provide food for the autumn defense, instead of collecting food from the people who have no surplus food.

The food is provided by the big clan, but the main force of the battle is not the trilogy of the big clan, but the county soldiers composed of ordinary people.

Yang Xiu vetoed the suggestion of Yang Fu and others to assemble various tribes and tribes into the army, and insisted on recruiting soldiers from ordinary people according to the existing system of the imperial court.He was personally in charge, and the county magistrate Wang Wei and others actively cooperated and took advantage of the opportunity of the prefect's inspection to send news of the conscription to all parts of the country.

Winter is the most difficult time for Liangzhou people. I heard that the government not only provides food, but also rewards for meritorious service. The people are very enthusiastic, and the conscription work is going smoothly.

Yang Xiu selected [-] people from them, handed over the daily training to Jiang Xu and others, and took charge of the education himself.

This is his experience, which was verified as early as the battle of Huayin.

In addition to arranging for Wang Wei and others to teach the soldiers to read and write, he himself insisted on patrolling the camps every day, talking and chatting with ordinary soldiers, asking them about their lives and hopes for the future, and promoting the imperial court's Liangzhou policy.

After Song Jian was put down, the county soldiers who participated in the war returned one after another, bringing a lot of news.Most of the people also heard that the Son of Heaven visited Liangzhou, but they didn't think it had anything to do with them before, so they didn't care too much.At this moment, seeing the emperor's close ministers, and the fourth generation and third princes, Yang Taishou is so approachable, they can feel the existence of the imperial court firsthand.

Jiang Xu and others also quickly realized that Yang Xiu was not a scholar who was not familiar with military affairs. Yang Xiu was not only familiar with the art of war, but also had a good understanding of specific tactics.There are many details that they may not be clear about, but Yang Xiu is very familiar with it, and he speaks clearly.

This made Jiang Xu and others look at each other with admiration.

The previous Hanyang prefects did not have such a level. They may be familiar with Confucian classics, but they don't understand them, and they don't bother to understand these trivial details.When they were about to fight, they also hid in the city and walked around the city twice at most, so it was impossible to talk about commanding the battle.

It seems that Yang Xiu is not only good at riding, but also no stranger to commanding battles.

It is said that the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven on horseback and a genius for using soldiers. It seems that what he said is true.

In the face of Yang Xiu's pressure, Jiang Xu and others did not dare to take it lightly, and put out all their strengths for training.If they were perfunctory, perhaps the soldiers in the battalion would dislike them and ask Yang Xiu to take command in person without waiting until the battle.

When that time comes, they will lose face.

While strengthening training, Yang Xiu wrote to the Son of Heaven, requesting that Hanyang County soldiers be equipped with a batch of armor, so that all the county soldiers can wear armor.Considering that the level of Qianghu weapons they faced was even worse, they didn't need particularly good armor, just the ones they replaced before.

Half a month later, the emperor's reply arrived.Arrangements have been made for Hedong to allocate armor. In addition to the ordinary armor requested by Yang Xiu, there are also several sets of newly-made fine armor, which will be used as equipment for the commanders and rewards for the meritorious soldiers.

The specific distribution is in the hands of Yang Xiu.

After another half a month, the armor was transported from the east of the river.Although they are all old armor, they have been carefully repaired and maintained, and their protection capabilities are sufficient.Yang Xiu ordered people to distribute the armor in place, and asked the soldiers to familiarize themselves with it as soon as possible so that they can play their due protective role and increase the survival rate on the battlefield.

All three thousand knights wore armor, which greatly boosted morale.

Yang Xiu showed off a new set of armor and told all the soldiers that this is a new armor made by the emperor in Anyi. It not only has better protection ability, but also is lighter.Of course, the price is also high. At present, it is not possible to equip all personnel. Only soldiers who have excellent training and meritorious service on the battlefield can get it.This is not only a set of armor, but also a reward from the emperor to the warriors of Liangzhou.

The allocation of these sets of new armors is not based on official position or family background, but only on personal performance.Training results and meritorious service performance are the only criteria for judging. On the day of your triumphant return, I will publicly distribute these armors to warriors who are worthy of these armors at the celebration banquet, and record them in the county annals for future generations.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of Jiang Xu and the others turned red.

No matter how valuable the armor is, it is limited, but the honor represented by the armor is hard to buy, which is equivalent to the seal of the imperial court.

(End of this chapter)