Northern Dynasties

Chapter 558
Southerners are good at defense and water warfare, but not so good at other forms of warfare.Although it does not rule out being rich in field battles and the like, they are often special cases, and a famous general is needed, and measures should be taken according to local conditions.

It is estimated that the Du brothers were not selected for famous generals, and the war between Xinxing and Nanyang counties ended very quickly.Not long after Linghu Yanbao led the army to leave, Zhao Jingzhi, who had gone out with the army, returned quickly to report victory.

The elite cavalry of the Jingzhou Office arrived at the north bank of the Han River opposite Xinxing County City first, making the defenders in the city alert and alert, and urgently dispatched troops from the left near the dock to coordinate the defense of the city.

When the troops escorting supplies from Xiangyang arrived, the defenders did not take any precautions. Instead, they used them as reinforcements and put them into the city to cooperate in the defense. Naturally, the city was destroyed and people died.

After the Xiangyang troops seized Xinxing County, they immediately extradited the Jingzhou troops to the south by boat. After the two sides met, they rushed to the upstream Nanyang County City, and attacked the city shortly after the battle.

When Zhao Jingzhi returned to report the victory, the situation in the two counties had basically stabilized, and it was only a few days before the territory was carefully cleaned up, and the expeditionary troops would be able to return.

Due to the sudden attack this time, the battle ended very quickly, so many characters from the two cities were retained, and not too many people were separated due to the chaos of the war.

According to the registration books found in the two counties, the registered population of these two counties is about [-] households. Even if there are some separations, the final population will definitely be more than the registered population.Because the sheltered population of the aristocratic clan in Nanliang is comparable to that in the north, many tribes of the aristocratic clan are not seen.

After Li Tai heard the news, he couldn't help but smile all over his face.Now his Jingzhou is waiting to be rebuilt, and the most lacking thing is the population!

Although he lost to the third generation of the emperor, Xiao Xi, in fighting for wealth, Li Tai was not poor either.

The resources he can control and dispatch are far from comparable to that of Xiao Li, especially the production bases and business networks that he intends to operate in Guanzhong, Northern Shaanxi, and Longyou in recent years. The frivolous wealth that has been amassed.

Although the current Nanyang Basin is more depressed, its natural resources and geographical location have not disappeared because of this, and it still has huge potential value.If you want to dig out this value as soon as possible, you must have someone.

As the end of the new year approaches, some smaller water conservancy works have also been completed, and the results can be accepted only after the spring flood season comes next year.At that time, a large area of ​​unowned wasteland will emerge, and the sooner it is reclaimed, the faster it will be profitable.

Although Li Tai has a series of decrees to be implemented against the local tyrants, it is still unknown how effective they will be in stages. Of course, he still hopes to have a certain population increase.

During this period of time, with the elimination of county officials and the gradual improvement of administrative capabilities in the territory, Li Tai even wanted to assign barbarian households to land.

But it's not that he engages in racial discrimination. Whether it is production skills, social organization and living customs, the number of barbarians who can meet the registration standard is very limited.

It should be noted that the registered households are awarded land, and they need to bear the corresponding rent adjustments, taxes, corvee, etc., and can only be called a qualified average-land household if they can meet these requirements.

The barbarians are not proficient in farming and weaving skills. They may not even be able to support themselves by giving the harvest to the fields. One moment, the households were assigned to grant the land, and the next moment they broke up in a crowd. It was all a joke.

Barbarian groups often need to move to the plains for several generations to cultivate and adapt before they meet the conditions for household registration and land granting.Even if they are registered for temporary political achievements, they will often flee in case of natural or man-made disasters.

Therefore, for the barbarians, it is basically used as a group recruiting service, and the value of the individual is not high. Even if there is, it is only used as a slave, and it cannot undertake more complicated social division of labor and production.

Of course, if the social environment is stable for a long time, the production and living resources in the region remain sufficient, coupled with the government's supporting civilizing and guiding decrees, the period of civilizing the barbarians can be greatly shortened, and they will soon become no different from Han people. .

However, in Jingzhou under Li Tai's governance, no matter whether it is people's livelihood or other aspects, there is no basis for recruiting and recruiting barbarians on a large scale.

Therefore, if you want to increase the population of registered households directly under the jurisdiction of the state and county government, it is more reliable to obtain them from the south, through war capture, through policy attraction, and so on.

Of course, the latter requires a longer cycle, but it is not impossible.Most of the people between Jianghan and Han fled to the Mianbei area, so they may not miss their hometown at all.

Although there have been no large-scale military disasters in Nanliang for a long time, and the society is stable and prosperous, this is for the upper class.

But in fact, the internal conflicts may be more acute than those of the Southern Song and Qi dynasties. After all, the Song and Qi dynasties were constantly fighting among the upper classes, and the ruling class was constantly being eliminated and changed.

There is an old Bodhisattva in Nanliang, the upper political environment tends to be stable, and the filial sons and grandchildren are also thriving. Although social productivity is also developing and the total amount of wealth is increasing, the distribution method is becoming increasingly corrupt.Squeezing the interests of the people through a series of financial means such as seigniorage taxation, and the monk group has grown year by year, which has also become a heavy social burden.

Hou Jing was able to respond to everyone in Nanliang, and it was also because his internal conflicts had become acute to an extreme.A large number of soldiers and civilians in the middle and lower classes would rather follow an ambitious soldier fleeing from the south than allow the grandparents of the Xiao family to draw blood.

Li Tai, as a leader of the Guanlong army who accompanied the rise of the Fubing system, may not be a progressive class, but as a time traveler, he always has a progressive concept.

Therefore, for the population captured from the Southern Dynasties, he did not treat the captured population as slaves and maidservants as usual, but treated them as civilians and directly allocated households and granted land.

Perhaps among these concepts of the military and civilians in the Southern Dynasties, the regime of the Western Wei Dynasty represented barbarism and backwardness. The formation and transformation of concepts did not happen overnight, but they always needed to be done.There are so many exciting stories about princes and generals in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but no matter whether they rise or fall, the common people are the most innocent.

Soon after Zhao Jingzhi returned, Linghu Yanbao and others also escorted the prisoners from the two counties back one after another.And Li Tai had already arranged for the state and county officials to prepare household registration for these captives. Although he gave these people preferential treatment, it was not just for nothing.

Although the common people are innocent, they also love blind obedience. At least let them know that this preferential treatment is hard-won, and then they will know how to cherish the life they have obtained.

Therefore, when registering these captives as citizens, they must be allowed to report their miserable lives in Nanliang and to sue the names of officials who abused them.This step seems simple, but it is actually breaking the old authority in their hearts.If you feel that your life in Nanliang was not bad before, then you don’t need to register households and grant land. Come here and continue to have fun.

The naturalized civilian households were organized into neighborhoods and neighborhoods, and the former batch of Fancheng military and civilians were selected to serve as the village chiefs and neighborhood chiefs, who were responsible for leading these newly registered households to stabilize as soon as possible and prepare for the equalization of land production.In addition, the previous complaint meeting will continue to be held every [-] days, once every [-] days, and only if you participate enough times can you grant land and distribute farm tools, grain and seeds, etc.

Li Tai also sent state officials to randomly participate in these neighborhood mutual complaint meetings, and recorded the deeds of Nanliang's corrupt government told by the residents, and planned to report these deeds to the township after the granting of land was completed and the township was demarcated, so that All villagers can deeply feel the dark politics and miserable life in Nanliang.Comparing it with the current situation where the tillers have land and their lives are stable, one will naturally be more moved. The good life is all created by Li Dadu!

In Jingzhou, rural construction and ideological reform are in full swing, but in Xiangyang, it seems relatively calm.

After the war between the two cities ended, the Xiangyang side sent the Jingzhou troops out of the country. Li Tai thought that Xiao Xi would soon send envoys to discuss the next move, but the result was that there was no news from the Xiangyang side until the New Year, which made people doubtful .

What also puzzled Li Tai was Nanliang's Northern Expedition in Huaibei. According to historical calculations, the result should have already been reached.He also specially sent people to Wang Sizheng's office to inquire about the news before, but Wang Sizheng didn't know much about it, and only vaguely responded that the two sides seemed to be still in a confrontation.

Even though Li Tai is resourceful and resourceful, his eyes and ears are still beyond his reach.Something important was happening where he couldn't see it.

Far away in Jiankang City in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the winter is warm and cool, but not overpowering. Today Prince Xiao Gang hosted a banquet for the scholars of Wende Province in the Xuanyou Hall of the East Palace.

The crowd in the hall is already drunk with wine, and they are becoming more open-minded, with all kinds of rhetoric, singing and eloquent speeches in their ears.Literature and Xuanyi were prominent schools in the Southern Dynasties, and the prince was also the master of this school. He also loved the liberal atmosphere in the hall, and was not offended by the slight disrespect of the scholars.

At this moment, an old man outside the hall strode in, causing the atmosphere in the hall to suddenly become cold, even if there were those who pretended to be open-minded because of drinking, they all sat upright at the moment and did not dare to be presumptuous any more.

The old man's name is Liu Jin, the official residence of the crown prince, Zhan Shi, is the chief of the East Palace, his character is strong and straight, even the crown prince treats him with courtesy and dare not be rude.

The crown prince was waiting for his servants to set up a new seat for Liujin, but Liujin bowed and said: "There is an urgent message from Jiangling, please move to another hall, Your Highness."

After hearing this, the crown prince didn't dare to be negligent, he waited in the other hall and took a quick look at the letter sent by the King of Xiangdong from Jiangling. Mrs. Du, the king of eastern Hunan begged the prince to support him and lead the army to Xiangyang for a thorough investigation.

After the prince read the letter, his face changed suddenly, and he said angrily: "Since the matter is so vicious, you should report it to Xi Province! The seven officials rushed to tell me, how can I respond?"

Here he complained that the King of Xiangdong made it difficult for him, but before he could think of a response, another eunuch from Neiyuan came rushing in and knocked: "The official's dignity is not stable, please hurry to the Wende Palace to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. "

(End of this chapter)