Xuande

Chapter 578 History Has Changed Dramatically

The desperation of trial and appointment is just the beginning, while the desperation of Yecheng defenders has lasted for a long time.

Most of them were natives of Ye County, and they were all dragged into the city to join the battle by the judges on the grounds of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness. At first, they were only carrying logistics supplies, but soon they went directly to the front line to participate in the battle.

However, they have not received much training, the casualty rate is high, and they have a deep resentment towards the trial and assignment. Especially after the traffic inside and outside Yecheng was cut off, the supplies in the city gradually became scarce. These people are injured and sick just waiting to die.

And when they learned that reinforcements were impossible to appear, they were also the first to collapse emotionally, and they were also the first to be unable to continue to bear the status quo.

Before the Han army from outside the city came in, the Yuan army inside the city began to kill each other. More and more big-headed soldiers demanded to open the city to surrender and to go out of the city to obtain freedom and medicine. , But this kind of obstruction soon became the fuse of the counterattack.

Knowing the news in the morning, chaos began at noon, and by the afternoon, chaos had already begun in the city.

In the beginning, the judge could mobilize some soldiers and horses to put out the rebellion, but soon, the rebellion was like a spark, showing the trend of starting a prairie fire. The defenses inside and outside Ye City began to collapse, and the number of troops still obeying the command of the judge became less and less , More and more rebels rebelled.

The judge retreated again and again, and finally even gave up on his own home, allowing the rebel army to rush into his home, while he himself retreated into Yuan Shao's home in Ye City with the last army, and mobilized the last soldiers to protect the family. To protect Yuan Shao's family in the mansion.

Although he made such a great sacrifice, he still couldn't resist the tide of rebels' offensive, and the mansion was breached.

The judge took the last personal guard and fought and retreated. At the last moment of the battle, facing the red-eyed rebels, he stabbed himself in despair and ended his life.

After Shen Pei's death, Yuan Shao's mansion was also occupied. The rational officer did not let his subordinates kill Yuan Shao's family members who had just been recruited not long ago, but took care of them, and then Kaesong surrendered to welcome the Han army.

On March [-]th, the first year of Jian'an, Yecheng was occupied by the Han army, and all the defenders of Yecheng surrendered. Qiaomao entered the city together and won this victory together.

After the victory in the Battle of Yecheng, the resistance of the last formed Yuan Shao's army also ended, and the Jizhou Rebellion came to an end.

The battle with the crusade against Yuan Shao as the core goal ended with the victory of the Central Han Army.

And the rebellion launched by the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu came to an end completely. The aftermath of the Luoyang coup was officially put down by Liu Bei, the trusted controller of the Luoyang court a year later.

The final quelling of this rebellion also further demonstrated the final establishment of the four auxiliary ministers system with Liu Bei as the absolute core in the post-Liu Hong era, and it meant that the four auxiliary ministers system began to have a certain authority throughout the world.

A nascent, short-lived but powerful system has been preliminarily established, and the chaotic order of the Han Empire has also been re-established under the new system.

History has changed dramatically.

An era has passed, and it will never come back.

Dong Zhuo and others wrote a memorial in Yecheng, sent the news to Luoyang, and wrote a letter to Liu Bei to let Liu Bei in Youzhou know about it.

This war is over, and a new era is slowly kicking off. As the helm of this new era, Liu Bei knew about it on March 25th.

At that time, the administrative operation of Youzhou led by the General's Mansion was relatively smooth, and Liu Bei regained his energy after waking up, led the work, and used the army and the officials of the General's Mansion to handle affairs, and quickly pacified the situation in Youzhou down.

The number of prisoners of war and livestock seized this time was too large, so Liu Bei took many measures and adopted a multi-pronged approach, intending to digest these seizures as soon as possible, so that Youzhou, which had suffered serious blood loss, would return to blood.

In addition to selling the captives and captured livestock, Liu Bei also used the administrative power of the General's Mansion and the still complete county power of Shanggu County and Dai County to expedite the construction of a pasture directly under the imperial court on the northern grasslands of Youzhou.

It would be too wasteful to sell or eat all these livestock, and it should play a greater role. Like Liangzhou, building pastures and managing them can provide the court with a large amount of livestock that it needs, which is of great significance.

Setting up a ranch requires start-up capital, but it also requires people.

They don't lack start-up funds, and a lot of property seized in this wave can be used, and then many people can be deployed.

Liu Bei selected from the officials of the General's Mansion someone who had relevant work experience in Liangzhou to be the ranch manager, and then found Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Wuhuan herdsmen who were willing to obey the management from among the captives, and used them to quickly establish the ranch.

For these people, the treatment is different from that of ordinary prisoners. Ordinary prisoners can only eat one simple meal a day to ensure that they will not starve to death. For those who work for the government, they can eat two meals a day to ensure that They don't feel severe hunger.

At the same time, Liu Bei also agreed with them that although they are currently slaves, as long as they have worked for the big man for three years and have not violated any laws and regulations, they can be incorporated into Youzhou household registration.

From then on, he became a serious Youzhou Han, and thus got rid of all kinds of restrictions. He was no longer a slave and had freedom.

Of course, during these three years, they could only get two meals a day, and there was no remuneration for the rest.

As a general, Liu Bei swore to abide by the agreement, and then gave each herdsman who was willing to cooperate with a wooden sign, engraved with the date of their start of work and the date of expiration in three years. As long as this date arrives, they can find Youzhou The civil affairs department in the country exchanged Youzhou household registration and became a Han Chinese.

Then they are regarded as employees of the departments directly under the imperial court, and can enjoy the corresponding benefits of the imperial court staff, including monthly salary, holiday benefits, and various rewards.

Therefore, as long as you honestly do three years of work, dedicate three years, do not break the law, do not do wrong things, and obey orders, then what is left to you is a better life in the future.

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Through this method of gentleness, batches of high-quality grassland herdsmen chose to cooperate with Liu Bei and entered the ranch to work for the Han Empire, doing what they were good at, grazing for the Han Empire, taking care of livestock, and cultivating livestock.

In a relatively short period of time, Liu Bei successfully planned four large-scale pastures, and recruited more than 2 experienced and high-quality herdsmen from among the captives to cooperate with the empire. They received wooden signs and dragged their families on the road. , began their three years of hard work.

A large number of livestock have a place to go, and sustainable development is barely possible.

And those who have nowhere to go and no buyers in a short period of time can only be mobilized to be eaten by big guys.

After a while, Liu Bei spent a lot of time eating beef, mutton and horse meat. All kinds of tricks were turned over and over again. Anyway, it was doing well. His stomach was full and his strength increased. He also succeeded in feeding Liu Bei and drinking a few times. The medicine was suppressed.

Then for other captives, in accordance with Liangzhou's old practice, women of childbearing age were selected and included in the household registration to supplement the blood-losing population of Youzhou.

The rest were selected, and those with special skills were selected for other uses, and the rest were used as strong labor to repair and renovate the severely damaged Youzhou.

These people on the grassland also mastered some special skills that were meaningful to the Han Empire.

For example, their skills in making food, especially dairy products, will be of great help to Liu Bei's future plans for the Northern Expedition. Liu Bei needs them to provide dairy product making technology to help the Han army update recipes.

In addition, there are skilled craftsmen in the grasslands. There are not many people, but there are also people who can make iron, bronze, gold, silver and pottery, and there are also people who can make bows and arrows.

As well as those who mastered textile skills, craftsmen who mastered the skills of making leather goods, bone products, etc., these were all helpful to the Han Empire, so they were all selected, incorporated into household registration, and included in use.

(End of this chapter)