My Taoist buddy has practiced surrogacy

Chapter 201

"Order, a brand new order!" Zhou Xing was overjoyed, and his mouth was even more eloquent: "The current Wuchi Road is still disordered, there are hundreds of bandits, large and small, hundreds of people at most, At least dozens of people, some seeking money, some killing, some robbing only a part, some robbing all. What I want to do is to unify the standard, not to prevent the big guys from robbing again, but not to let the big guys rob again. Fa, we need to change the way. After you take refuge in me, I will give you a certain salary every month, and you don’t need to rob merchants anymore. Not only do you not rob, but you also have to fight against those robbers who dare to rob merchants we designate. All your children are sent to my fief to study, any of you who are sick or injured can go to my fief for treatment, and if any of you don’t want to live in the mountains, you can also move to my fief..."

At the same time that Zhou Xing subdued Yongkai and others, at the easternmost edge of Qingzhou, which was thousands of miles away from him, there was also a man who took his servants to a small island near the sea by boat, and defected to a group of people. Pirates with five hundred men.

He was not as verbose as Zhou Xing, but after revealing his identity as Tinghou and showing his superb martial arts skills, the bandits all bowed down.

"Hahahaha," Qingzhou Leopard King Mi laughed and said to the pirates: "Follow me, Wang Bi, and you will be able to worship generals and become marquises in the future."

Since then, Wang Mi first conquered several pirates on the islands, and then began to lead this group of deserted people from the mainland who had to flee to the sea for various reasons to go ashore and attack the counties and counties along the coast of Qingzhou. The years of professional rebellion.

"Father-in-law, the situation of the spiritual fields in Shu County and the situation of the monks, my son-in-law, has been counted." Jordan's handsome face showed a tired look, but his eyes were still very firm.These days, he used the wind of public opinion to break through many obstacles, and led his subordinates to work day and night with an unimaginable enthusiasm for work. Today, he finally completed the statistics of Shu County.

"There are 470 monks registered in Shu County, including two county marquises, 11 township marquises, 37 Ting marquises, and 110 Guannei marquises. There are 930 male cultivators without titles. There are 360 female cultivators. According to the new measures, the above-mentioned monks should occupy a total of 430 acres of spiritual fields. The spiritual fields in Shu County (excluding CD) are as high as 22 acres, which is It is said that the spiritual fields that can be used as mine fields are as high as 17 mu."

Having said this, Jordan showed excitement on his face, and his voice involuntarily became louder. "What a huge number this is! There are so many spiritual farms in the prefecture and county. Even if there is no tax charged every year, it is enough to last for several years. Judging from my son-in-law's investigation in the past month, among the poor families because of spiritual There are many people who have not been able to become monks because of the lack of grain. As long as the prefectures and counties have such a rich spiritual field, it will be a breeze to double the number of monks in our Yizhou in the next few years. This is already the case in Shu County. Not to mention the whole of Yizhou, let alone the whole of Dajin."

"Okay," Luo Shang listened to Jordan's description, even though he had a long career, he was also refreshed.For more than a month, the people who came to him to talk about it almost broke through the threshold of his governor's mansion, and these people were either his old friends or family members who were also officials.Even though he is high and powerful, he really felt the resistance. "My son-in-law has worked hard during this period. With your detailed report, I think more people will support us."

"Father-in-law, I recently heard a rumor that after we built the well field, we would let those refugees to cultivate it."

"Hmph, these are all rumors spread by people with ulterior motives." Luo Shang also heard this message recently, but he did not take any measures except to ignore it.

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law also knows that this must have been intentionally spread by someone to stop the New Deal, but now everyone outside is in a state of panic, and everyone is saying why should we let these refugees from Yongqin plant the spiritual fields in our Sichuan region. From my son-in-law’s point of view, our New Deal originally caused resentment among many people. If refugees are added to this factor, my son-in-law is worried that it will be more difficult to carry out the work of returning the Lingtian. The current plan is to repatriate the refugees as soon as possible. Wait for the rumors to be self-defeating."

When Luo Shang heard what Qiao Deng said, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

There are many reasons why he did not repatriate the refugees.

Just after Yizhou passed through Zhao Min's Rebellion, the state army was shattered, and even Yizhou's treasury was looted by refugees.Although Li Xiang later came to the door to plead guilty, and claimed to return all the weapons, armor, food, grass, spiritual grains, etc. in the looted treasury, but now that the accounts have been destroyed, these things can no longer be verified.

It is easy to ask God, but it is difficult to send God away.How could Luo Shang know that the refugees who had lived in Shu for nearly a year didn't want to return to Yongqin anymore.In fact, in Luo Shang's heart, he did not agree with the repatriation of refugees.With the vast and fertile land of Liangzhou and Yizhou, and the current population of Liangzhou and Yizhou, even if there were twice as many refugees, these two states could easily accommodate them.Whether these refugees were in Yongqin and Yizhou, or in Liangzhou and Yizhou, they were all citizens of the Great Jin Dynasty.When he was in Liangzhou, he submitted a memorial to the court, asking the court to allow the refugees scattered in Liangzhou and Yizhou to be registered as local households.His old boss, Wang Rong, supported his proposal, but Zhao Wang, Huang Fulun, Shen Xiu and others were firmly opposed to it.Moreover, after hearing the news, the governors of Yong and Qin prefectures immediately impeached Luo Shang, saying that he deliberately undermined the imperial system.

Luo Shang knew in his heart that the reason why those people disagreed with his proposal was not because of destroying some imperial system, but because of their own interests.

The number of households in the Yongqin prefectures was not very large, and they have experienced two turmoil in recent years, as well as several consecutive years of drought, and the population is dying and fleeing.Although he didn't know the specific data, he also heard people say that the existing population in some areas with serious population loss in Yongqin was only one-tenth of that when the Jin Dynasty was first established.Changing places, if he was the governor of Yongzhou in Qinzhou, he would definitely not allow his refugees in exile to completely become registered households in other states.

Forcibly repatriating refugees is easier said than done!
The last time he followed the strategy of the refugee Yan Shi, he asked the Yongqin prefectures to send people to bring their refugees back. There was another quarrel at the court, and finally, the Yongqin prefectures were sparsely populated. It is still a headache for Luo Shang to let him in Liangzhou, Yizhou, take charge of the repatriation of refugees.

The difficulties of one's own family are most clear to oneself.

It really turned against the refugees. With Yizhou's current dilapidated military strength, victory or defeat is still in between.What's more, among the refugees, there are heroes like Li Xiang who are extremely popular among the refugees.

Without Li Xiang, the refugees would be in a state of disunity. Naturally, Luo Shang would send people to forcibly repatriate these refugees without any hesitation.But Li Xiang has been doing things for such a long time, so most of the refugees are willing to recognize him as the master.Especially after Li Xiang defeated Zhao Min and robbed the CD, the refugees who defected to him gathered around him like thousands of streams returning to the sea, and the number of refugees in his Mianzhu camp more than doubled compared to before.

The guest overwhelms the Lord!
His elder Shi Song Kuo once suggested to him that he should imitate the story of Shang Gaozu who captured King Han Xin of Chu, call Li Xiang and other refugee leaders when he went to Dujiangyan to watch the water, and then take them down in one fell swoop. Nothing to be afraid of.

However, when the matter came to an end, Luo Shang did not throw a cup as a sign, and let the warriors ambushing around rush up. Instead, he and Li Xiang toured the mountains and waters hand in hand and had a good talk.

"I, Luo Shang, have always admired the ancestors of the Shu merchants and Zhuge Wuhou the most in my life. Be a person and do things based on faith. I, Luo Shang, disdain such a conspiracy."

"I don't know who spread the rumors, it's really vicious." Luo Shang sighed in his heart, and now, he couldn't help hesitating.I hope that Li Xiang can appreciate the fact that Yu Shu has served their refugees for more than a year, and he can understand the righteousness and return to his hometown.

"Deng'er, go and call Chen Sima. Pass my order to the refugees to pack up and prepare to return home. Those who don't follow this order will be executed!"

However, in the Mianzhu refugee camp, Li Te was eating with his family. After receiving Luo Shang's order just now, his face changed drastically, and the bamboo chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground.

As mentioned earlier, Li Xiang and the others are descendants of the Ba people.When Ba was destroyed by Chu, Ba returned to Chu.Later, the State of Qin destroyed the State of Shu first, and then occupied Ba, and established Shu County to govern the people of the original State of Shu and Ba.Later, the former Shang Gaozu was sealed in Hanzhong by the Chu Overlord after he and the other princes destroyed the Qin State.Later, when Shang Gaozu and Chu Overlord competed for the world, almost all the males over the age of 15 in every household of the Ba people fought for Shang Gaozu, and they were famous for their fearlessness.According to the history of Li Xiang's family, it is said that the Ba Kingdom lived in Badi for more than 600 years.The Chu people were greedy for the richness of Ba, and they fought with Ba continuously for years.Although the people of Ba are brave and good at fighting, Chu is a big country, and Chu's repeated defeats will not hurt the bones, but Ba will never gain the upper hand after losing the last time.The two countries fought and fought back and forth for more than two hundred years, and finally Ba was destroyed by Chu.Therefore, when Shang Gaozu fought against the Overlord of Chu, the people of the original Ba Kingdom joined Shang Gaozu's army and fought against the Chu army with the determination of shame.Finally, after Shang Gaozu ruled the world, the people of Israel and Pakistan made great contributions and ordered Badi to never pay taxes. It is said that Shang Gaozu liked the dances and songs of Ba people the most. people's dance songs, and then often perform them to themselves.

This is the history that Ba people talk about most, and they have always been proud of it.

Before the end of the Shang Dynasty for more than 200 years, the only areas that never paid taxes were Berkshire and Pei County, the hometown of Shang Gaozu.

In their view, they are the closest disciples of the great merchant Liu family emperor.

After Shang Zhaolie re-established the banner of the great merchants in Shu, the people of Ba had great differences.Some say that the later Shang court was still in Shangluo, and the one in CD was rebellious.But some people say that Dazhou is about to usurp Houshang, which is simply known to everyone.As the closest disciples of the Liu family of the great merchant, we should work hard for the Liu family clan of CD.The business has been in the world for more than 400 years, and the Liu family has never treated us Ba people badly, so we Ba people naturally can't let the old Liu family down.

Some of the Ba people finally chose to fight for the Shu merchants, and some, such as Li Xiang's great-grandfather, chose to join Emperor Wu of Zhou.Of course, more people are going with the tide, and whoever occupies Badi will fight for him.

"You must keep in mind the history of our Ba people and the Li family, and understand that the imperial court in the Central Plains is extremely powerful, far beyond what we Ba people can fight against. We Ba people are brave and good at fighting, but the number of people is so small, compared with the Central Plains It's like a drop in the ocean. No matter what time, don't go against the imperial court, you must uphold the concept of loyalty."

Li Xiang's great-grandfather first led more than [-] families of his own tribe from Berkshire to Hanzhong when the Zhou, Shang and Wu Three Kingdoms were in chaos.During the battle between Zhou and Shang in Hanzhong, his great-grandfather chose to defect to Da Zhou in the Central Plains, and was worshiped as a general by Sima Cao, Emperor Wu of Zhou.After the defeat of Emperor Wu of Zhou in the Hanzhong War, they were moved to Lueyang.

Whenever businessmen from Yongzhou and Qinzhou called them Badi, they would retort: ​​You are Qiangdi, and your whole family is Qiangdi!We are Ba people, and we are the soldiers of the great merchants.

However, these are of no use, and the people there still call them that. By the time Li Xiangzhi arrived, those original Ba people who had moved far away and lived for hundreds of years all acquiesced in the title of Ba Di

We are not Di people, we are Ba people!

Li Xiang has always been full of resentment towards Badi's title.

Ba State was a vassal state of the great Yin royal family back then, not to mention the vassal states like Chu State and Qin State that had nothing to do with the Great Yin royal family, even the State of Qi and the State of Wu. Dayin has a close relationship.According to what the elders of Li Te's family have said since ancient times, the body training formula he practiced came from the Great Yin royal family. Although the Li family is not a direct descendant of the Ba royal family, they are also branch descendants of the Ba royal family.

Although the Great Yin has been dead for more than 600 years, and although it has been almost 500 years since their Ba Kingdom was conferred, Li Xiang has always been proud of being a descendant of the Great Yin royal family.

The reason why he made up his mind not to return to Lueyang County, Qinzhou, is more important than the water, soil and climate there.

I can't let my descendants be regarded as barbaric and backward Di people after a few years. We are the descendants of the noble Ba people, not the uncivilized descendants of Di Man in the eyes of Da Yin.

He knew in his heart that no matter who you were, as long as you were born in Lueyang, no matter who your ancestors were, they would be called Di people.Even if those people know that you are not a Di person, it is not for nothing to take advantage of your mouth.

You are savages, you are savages, you are uncivilized!
Don't say that, not happy.As long as I'm happy, I don't care whether you are a Di person or a local turtle.And the more you say that, the more you blush, the happier he is, and the more he likes to say that.

Di dog, wild pig, these are the two words most often heard when the descendants of the Ba people in Lueyang argue with others.

Li Xiang often thinks that if he is really a descendant of Diman, then he will admit it.But I am really not a descendant of Di Man!

(End of this chapter)