Xuande

Chapter 831 Han people are beasts, they are the prey

For Fazheng's dream, Liu Ye, who has always been serious, did not question it directly, but thought about it seriously, and then nodded.

"I will make suggestions to Your Majesty. Since Rinan County is not short of money, I believe that there will be some people who are willing to come here to make contributions. But in this case, does the future of the Han Dynasty really lie here? Nichinan County?"

"I didn't believe it when His Majesty said that he would attack Rinan County, but now, I think His Majesty is right."

Fazheng nodded, and said slowly: "As long as you find the right way, a place like Rinan County can have such a huge advantage. There are natives and foreign businessmen. If you want to make money, you can get money almost as soon as you lie down." It's hard to come across such a good thing in the Central Plains."

"That's true."

Liu Ye nodded and said: "In the Central Plains, the only thing you can do is to work hard to cultivate the fields and work hard to produce, but in these places, any method can be used, and everything can be done. In this way... Xiaozhi, you have to pay attention As for the issue of law, we can’t let there be no morality and law at all, if so, it’s hard to say whether we have gained more or lost more.”

Fazheng was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he came back to his senses and smiled.

"I don't think your worries are necessary. For the current Jiaozhou and Rinan County, earning enough money and reclaiming enough land is the most important thing. The ancients said that Canglan knows etiquette when it is real, but Canglan does not. Actually, how do people know etiquette?"

"The words are so and so, but..."

Liu Ye hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, and sighed: "Forget it, it's no longer the time for Confucianism to dominate the court, and there's no point in entangled with these things. You're right, Canglan knows etiquette from the facts, just control the law." The law is fine, the rest is not important."

"That's natural."

Fazheng didn't say anything more.

He didn't think what Liu Ye said was unreasonable, and he couldn't stand anything that was immoral. But the most critical issue now was that Nichinan County was poor, chaotic, and without construction. It was really hard to talk about morality at this time. Too early.

It's like the living environment in Liangzhou. It's a bit bullying for them to pay attention to the understanding of the Central Plains states and counties.

Isn't it the same in Nichinan County?
So, go ahead, as long as you dare, as long as you can, the life of the natives...is not life.

For the entire month of April in the second year of Zhenguan, Fazheng and Ma Chao jointly signed [-] arrest certificates, and [-] families or vigorous social groups were reported to the Rinan County government and obtained legal use of armed forces. Eligibility to capture natives as slaves.

With the permission of the government, they can legally use bows, crossbows and armor under the supervision of the county soldiers.

Although these weapons and equipment are provided by the government, they have the right to use them and can temporarily avoid the court's ban on private possession of crossbows and armor, but they must return them in full after use.

In addition, a fee for the use must be paid for this, and if it is damaged, it must be compensated according to the price.

Naturally, local families and dynamic social groups are willing to accept this condition. The legal use of crossbows and armor will reduce their casualties and personnel losses to a considerable extent. This situation is compared to the use of funds. Very cost effective.

The use of superior equipment means that the balance of combat power is tilted, and the acquisition of a large amount of wealth may have further stimulated the yearning of the people in Rinan County for the natives, especially the living young natives. This yearning has prompted the change in the situation in the Rinan County .

In the past, it was the natives who took the initiative to attack the government and passers-by, and destroyed the farms, etc., but now, it is the Han armed forces who attack with red eyes, looking for the natives everywhere, arresting them in various ways, destroying a large number of native settlements, and a large number of native youths. Zhuang was arrested, and the natives were completely unable to resist this invasion, and were forced to move south and west continuously.

The native tribes around Xianglin County have been wiped out in three months. The demand is too great. The Han Chinese armed groups are extremely aggressive. native.

It was only at this moment that these natives suddenly discovered that their past arrogance and wildness were all false. It was all just because they were worthless existences in the eyes of the Han people, so they were too lazy to pay attention to them.

And once they generate value, they realize that the Han people are beasts and they are the prey.

By the time Liu Ye returned to Luoyang, more than 3 young natives had been arrested, either retained by local farms in Rinan County, or transported to Jiaozhi County to become the labor force of newly established farms in Jiaozhi County.

However, compared to the initially stimulated thirst for labor in the Jiaozhou area, the provision of these 3 people is really a drop in the bucket.

Afterwards, after learning about the relevant policies and huge profits that Fa was promoting in Rinan County, the prefects of Jiaozhou's counties also moved their minds.

They were jealous, anxious, extremely envious, and eager for benefits, so they immediately copied the policies that Fazheng was promoting in Rinan County intact and promoted them locally.

How can such a good thing make the Fa-rectification more beautiful than before?How could Fazheng be the most beautiful boy in Jiaozhou by himself?
no!We want it too!
They also announced that local families or vigorous social groups can form arrest teams and report to the government. Under the supervision of the county soldiers, they can participate in the arrest of natives to supplement the shortage in Jiaozhou. agricultural labor force.

From May to July of the second year of Zhenguan, with the arrival of the first group of people from the Central Plains who went south to settle in various counties of Jiaozhou for various reasons, the Jiaozhou area immediately began to implement the requirements of the Dutian Law to provide these newcomers with sufficient future Developed wasteland.

The arrival of these people and the rapid implementation of the Dutian Law made the demand for agricultural labor in the counties of Jiaozhou skyrocket, and with this wave of large demand for labor, the native arrest teams organized by the counties gradually grew stronger .

The Dutian Law does not allow them to own many Han slaves, and there are quite a lot of restrictions on Han slaves, but it allows them to have a sufficient number of native slaves for agricultural cultivation.

The cost of one Han slave is enough for these Central Plains people to own about five to seven native slaves, and the government will intervene in the management of Han slaves to ensure their lives.

But the government doesn't care about the management of native slaves.

In short, as long as you pay a one-time filing fee to the government, you can legally own and use these native slaves in the Jiaozhou area. How to use and manage them is not something the government needs to care about.

As long as you ensure that this group of natives will not rebel, the government will not care about other matters, but if these natives rebel, the government will hold the host family accountable.

This kind of preferential conditions is not available in the Central Plains states and counties. The Central Plains states and counties require the landlords to pay a lot of taxes, and they also need to pay a lot of money for the labor they hire from the collective farms.

Compared with the Central Plains region, the policies of the Jiaozhou region are simply superior.

The only regret is that the land is all wasteland and the living environment is relatively harsh. To obtain the initial income, it will take at least three years. During these three years, everyone can only rely on their respective family savings to live.

Fortunately, at this stage, the families who went south basically had this capital to provide to the clansmen who went south to start a business. The land sales compensation they received during the implementation of the Dutian Law was itself a large sum of money.Other migrants also have the imperial government's policy to cover the bottom line. Liu Bei specially used a part of the money from Shaofu's salt sales to subsidize the common people who went south to ensure their livelihood and prevent them from starving to death.

As for the other terms of the promise, Liu Bei still kept his word.

He widely recruited [expeditionary land reclamation teams] in collective farms in the Central Plains, and used veterans in the army as the captains of these farm youths to call them south to perform land reclamation tasks.

The government pays for the food, food, housing, and wages and bonuses. One month's income is equivalent to four months of working on the farm, which is still net income.

The expedition team is equipped with doctors, medicines and experienced veterans. They will gather in the land of Qingxu, and then take a boat south to Jiaozhou and land in Panyu County. After a period of adaptation, they will officially start the task of reclamation.

They will bring sharp axes, blades and various agricultural tools to carry out resolute reclamation operations in mountainous areas and areas filled with weeds. They will eradicate vegetation, level the land, do drainage work, and cultivate repeatedly to allow the wasteland to enter. A state suitable for growing food.

Of course, all of this is not without risk. They may die from illness, or be attacked by poisonous insects, beasts, and wild men. This is unavoidable. Therefore, while the recruitment work is in progress, the government will mark the risks, and everyone can do what they can And go.

Quadruple income is sweet, but it also has huge risks, so everyone needs to think carefully, and if they really have the courage and demand, they will join the expedition team.

In addition to civilian recruitment, Liu Bei also ordered some new recruits and veterans in the army to be organized. In the name of "Special Operations", he summoned some professional soldiers to join the expeditionary reclamation team, and also recruited some fire fighters and soldiers in the army. Auxiliary soldiers join the team.

With the combined efforts of the two parties, Liu Bei hopes to recruit [-] expedition team members in a short period of time. It is limited to one year. After working for one year, he can choose to return to his hometown to end the "expedition". Of course, he can also continue the expedition and choose to cooperate with the imperial court. Renewal.

Next, Liu Bei intends to form a pattern of taking turns. After the first phase of the expedition is over, he will recruit the second batch of expeditions according to the actual situation, followed by the third and fourth batches, and then form a developed agricultural area in the Central Plains. Compatriots support the voluntary actions of compatriots in agriculturally underdeveloped areas.

The labor force is available, and the military strength is also indispensable. Like Rinan County, other counties in Jiaozhou also have a large number of various natives, and they are equally fierce and cunning.

Therefore, when the expedition team entered Jiaozhou, the Jiangnan Military Region also needed to send at least two armies to accompany it in the Jiaozhou area.

Their goal is to use military means to attack those who affect the land reclamation mission, and launch the strongest attack on them, and then they will be approved to use fierce fire oil tanks to help the land reclamation mission in the Jiaozhou area. They come to assist with the power of fire.

Flame, the flame brought by the fierce fire oil tank can burn all dangerous things, whether it is poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, or forest savages, under the power of the flame, everything will be invisible. This is the result of the previous Yellow Turban Extermination War. a fact generally recognized by everyone.

Therefore, during this period of time, Liu Bei also urged the Ministry of Industry to expedite the production of a large number of fierce fire oil tanks, and continuously transport them to the Jiangnan Military Region, so that the Jiangnan Military Region can reserve a sufficient amount of fierce fire oil tanks to prepare for the flames to clear the way and assist in reclamation.

A large amount of materials began to be transported, a large number of people began to gather, various professional equipment began to be transferred, and Jiangnan, Jiangbei started a linkage.

So at the same time, Liu Bei began to consider the matter of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but the matter was of great importance. He felt that this matter still needed to be discussed, at least, it could not be done now.

From July of the second year of Zhenguan to September of the second year of Zhenguan, the expedition team was basically completed.

On the sixth day of September in the second year of Zhenguan, the first batch of members of the expedition team arrived in Donglai County, Qingzhou. Under the organization of Xun Yu, the governor of Qingzhou, they boarded a boat and went south to Panyu County, Nanhai County, Jiaozhou.

On the eighth day of September in the second year of Zhenguan, the second group of members of the reclamation expedition arrived in Donglai County, and they would also sail south to Jiaozhou by boat. Their destination was Hepu County.

On the tenth day of September in the second year of Zhenguan, members of the third expedition boarded the ship, and their goal was Jiaozhi County, Jiaozhou.

The three batches of land reclamation team members totaling 10 people will go to Nanhai County, Hepu County and Jiaozhi County in batches. The first batch of expeditions will target these three counties.

In addition, because Rinan County has relatively good execution conditions and policies, Liu Bei followed Liu Ye's suggestion and sent 300 graduates who had just graduated from Liangzhou Zhouxue and Taixue to Rinan County as reserve officials. Let Fazheng lead them to work, and train them, guide them, and train them by the way.

In addition, in other aspects, Liu Bei also fully supported Rinan County, supporting Rinan County with 20 sets of armor, [-] bows and crossbows, and [-] arrows. All of them will be shipped by sea, and they will all be in place within three months. .

In addition, Liu Bei also dispatched a total of 560 craftsmen and doctors of various types recruited with high wages to Rinan County, and gave them to Fa Zheng to make the best use of them.

The first batch of Shu brocade, various silk brocades and iron pots for foreign trade needed for the trade in Rinan County were also completed at the end of September in the second year of Zhenguan, and they were about to be shipped to Rinan County.

All in all, in terms of policy and materials, Liu Bei gave sufficient support to Jiaozhou, including Rinan County, and the Jiaozhou development operation was officially launched in September of the second year of Zhenguan.

As for the action of "hunting natives as slaves" that swept Rinan County and even the entire Jiaozhou that Liu Ye mentioned to him, Liu Bei gave a positive opinion after a moment of silence.

"The Han people have limited resources and I have limited energy. I can only take care of the Han people, and the rest are beyond my scope. The Han people are not rich enough to take care of those people. The people who pay my taxes are not the natives. .”

Liu Bei issued an edict to support the slave hunting operation in Jiaozhou, saying that in addition to strictly controlling the use of armor and crossbows, other places can do their best to support, so that those who cannot contribute to the development of the Han Empire must also contribute to the development of the Han Empire. contribute.

Whether it is active or passive, you must make a contribution.

If you don't take the initiative, then you will be passive.

At the beginning of October in the second year of Zhenguan, Rinan County's law-abiding is on the table, indicating that the territory of Rinan County may be appropriately expanded.

Fazheng believes that the area south of the southern border of Nichinan County also has great agricultural potential, and now that slave hunting operations are expanding southward and westward, the former native settlements have been wiped out and become wilderness. Leaving this place unused may affect the continued development of the slave hunting operation.

Therefore, Fazheng suggested that another county should be set up in the area where the original natives lived, controlled by the government, built and developed with the basic goal of the base camp of the slave hunting operation, and serve the slave hunting operation, which might increase the efficiency of the slave hunting operation.

Moreover, this can be regarded as a serious expansion of territory, can't it?
In this regard, Liu Bei gave a reply on the ninth day of October in the second year of Zhenguan.

quasi.

(End of this chapter)