The elite did not migrate south

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The carriages were moving slowly on the road. There were more than thirty carriages in total, and knights were running back and forth on both sides.

Guanqiu Xiu sat in the carriage, looking at his wife sleeping in front of him with two children in her arms. He was overwhelmed with grief and sighed again.

The sky grew darker and darker, and the carriage slowly stopped.

Guanqiu Xiu did not dare to wake up his family, so he got off the carriage and two servants brought him food.

Sitting in front of the campfire, Guanqiu Xiu ate his meal.

The cavalry leader appeared beside him at some point and asked with a smile, "Master Guanqiu, can we eat together?"

A smile appeared on Guanqiu Xiu's face. "That's what I wish for."

The team leader just sat next to him. He secretly looked at Guanqiu Xiu's face, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes.

Guanqiu Xiu asked, "How far is the road?"

"Less than ten days left, and Jiangling is right before our eyes."

The team leader replied.

Guanqiu Xiu never thought that at his age, he would have to go through such a thing.

Guanqiu Xiu was moved to Jiangling.

People are saying that the separation of family property system has been restarted.

Before Shang Yang, there was almost no such thing as splitting up the family. Everyone gathered together, lived in clan units, and ate and lived together.

This naturally improved the vitality of the lower-class people. If a male died, his clan would help raise his offspring.

However, Shang Yang felt that if such clan groups could not be dealt with, they would sooner or later become a hidden danger to the temple and would reduce the temple's income. So, Shang Yang began to target these clans. Shang Yang was really ruthless in doing things. He would not order a ban on doing something, but he would increase taxes.

He stipulated that if a family had two adult males, the tax would be doubled, and if there were three, then... it would be increased even more!

This system was inherited by the Former Han Dynasty. Sons had to have their own families when they reached adulthood. The second son was called Yu Ding and was ruthlessly driven out of the house. This gave rise to unstable factors such as knights.

This situation continued until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. As we all know, our Great Jin Dynasty only governed the country with filial piety.

At that time, there were people with outstanding morals who believed that this forced division of the family was an act of filial piety. From then on, it was gradually no longer advocated to divide the family and property while the parents were still alive. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was even stipulated that if the family was divided while the parents were still alive, the person would be beaten.

The Guanqiu family was also within the scope of the migration caused by the division of the family.

Guanqiu Jian himself did not have to move, and his family could stay, but his other relatives did not receive such good treatment.

Guanqiu Xiu had no official title, so he was among those who were moved.

Guanqiu Jian held a high official position, but he did not seek any official position for his younger brother. He just told him to study hard and become an official on his own.

However, Guanqiu Xiu was not so interested in being an official. He preferred studying classics.

He was studying classics at home, but before he could understand them, he encountered soldiers at his door.

Of course, the soldiers were still very polite to him.

We have to give Da Sima some face.

But they had to move, as the Guanqiu family also had many crimes. Guanqiu Jian had a cousin who liked to raise dogs and had injured several people with his dogs.

He also had a grandson with whom he had a complicated relationship, who once defrauded others of their money by claiming that he would help them get military positions.

After searching for a long time, they only found these two charges.

Perhaps it is because the rise has only been relatively recent and not many beasts have been bred yet.

When migrating, they will behave differently depending on the target.

If you are clearly involved in assassinations or treason, you will be exiled. Your home will be searched and put into a prison van. Soldiers will monitor you and whip you all the way to Jiao, Guang, or Nanzhong.

If the clan has committed many faults and has a bad reputation, but has not participated in any rebellion, then half of their property will be confiscated, and they will be allowed to retain some of their wealth. Then they will be relocated to Liang, Yi, Jing, Yang and other places as appropriate.

If they did not commit too many faults and had a good reputation, they could keep their slaves. The temple would convert their property into subsidies, and then these people would choose the area they wanted to go to, and someone would escort them there.

This is the triple migration system formulated by Zhong Hui.

From the perspective of future generations, this is an extremely unreasonable and inappropriate behavior!
The emperor was acting recklessly. He forced people from all over the country to move without any discrimination, even those who had not committed any crime, and took away their farmland.

But fortunately, this is an era in which the emperor can be unreasonable and does not have to be legal.

The emperor himself represents the law. A strong emperor can crush interest groups and all unreasonable things.

It is reasonable, and only those with strong soldiers and horses can do it!
Zhong Hui handled this matter very well. He did not kill everyone with one blow, but instead specified three different migration methods, namely good migration, medium migration, and flowing migration.

Zhong Hui also made standards for the objects of migration. The objects of migration were: those who had a family and cultivated land exceeding 3,000 mu and did not hold an official position. Of course, there were also a series of requirements, such as those under 70 years old did not need to be relocated, and retired people did not need to be relocated.
Temple officials and their families are on the list exempted from migration.

For example, Guanqiu Jian's clansmen also had hundreds of people. Among them, Guanqiu Jian's sons and his wife did not need to migrate. If his parents were still alive, they naturally did not need to migrate either.

As for the rest of his relatives, those who held official positions in the imperial court did not have to move.

If one does not hold any official title or has little arable land, he or she may not move.

As for people like Guanqiu Xiu, who have no official title, have a lot of farmland, and are not very old, and do not meet any of the conditions for pardon, unless he can be temporarily promoted to a higher position, he should just move!
Zhong Hui standardized Cao Mao's migration order. By the way, Zhong Hui also gave the migration order a nice name.

"Advancement Order."

According to Zhong Hui himself, the reason for issuing such an order was that the local scholars were not enterprising and were just guarding the farmland. They were unwilling to take up official positions and make achievements. Therefore, those who were unwilling to work for the country and were living a hard life guarding a large amount of farmland should be relocated!

Migrate every three years!
In this way, everyone will surely want to study harder!
If you want to blame someone, blame those celebrities who always talk about retiring to the mountains and forests. Don't blame the government. The government is doing this for your own good and wants you to achieve success.

Zhong Hui designated these migration standards and identified people who met the standards in various places and divided them into three categories.

This greatly improved Cao Mao's rough idea and made Cao Mao's idea truly implemented.

The significance of this matter is so great that it can be regarded as another peak after the Land Reward Order.

Landlords from the north and south were relocated and exchanged with each other, breaking the privileges and monopolies of these big families in the local area, strengthening exchanges between the north and the south, liberating a large amount of productivity, and finding out the amount of local arable land.
Now, the Shangjin Order has begun its final migration, which is for the part of people who are good at migrating.

Guanqiu Xiu sat in front of the campfire in a daze, his heart full of sadness, looking ahead in despair.

The cavalry commander seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "Master Guanqiu, there is no need to do this."

"Actually, your answer is quite good. I've been ordered to relocate several times, but this is the first time I'm in charge of a good migration. Do you know what migration is like?"

"They would have their beards and hair shaved off, put on prisoner clothes, and be put in a prison van. They would be beaten all the way to Jiaozhou, a remote place. Then they would start working there, either mining or logging. They would have to work there until they died."

"The migration is better, but they can only take a small amount of money and sleep in the open air along the way. When they arrive at the destination, they are left there. To survive, they can only do all kinds of things that they look down upon in normal times."

"Comparatively speaking, you are only going to Jiangling with all this money and food, and the temple subsidy. Jiangling is a good place. Once you get there, you will be a wealthy family and will not suffer at all."

"What's there to be dissatisfied about?"

Guanqiu Xiu smiled bitterly, "You're right, I'm not dissatisfied at all. It's just that I can't help but feel a little reluctant to leave my hometown."

Qi Lu's mouth became greasy as he ate the meat in his hand, and he sucked his fingers.

"Just be content. You've only left your hometown. The rest of us, our hometowns are long gone. Our villages have been burned down by war. My family is in Yong. When Jiang Wei led his men in, the entire village was razed to the ground. All our relatives and friends were taken away. Even now, we can't find them. We have no relatives in the world."

This person said this, but his tone was indifferent and there was not much sadness in it.

Guanqiu Xiu looked at him in astonishment, "So you have experienced such a thing."

"I'm just saying that you guys are hypocritical. You're lucky to be alive. I'm a straightforward person, so don't mind me! To be honest, seeing you guys like this, I'm very happy in my heart, even though I admire Da Sima very much..."

The captain grinned.

Guanqiu Xiu smiled and said, "You are a straightforward person, and so is my brother."

"I dare not compete with the Grand Marshal. Before the Saint, we were the only ones displaced. Even if Jiang Wei attacks, you will be able to escape unscathed. Even if you unfortunately fall into their hands, you will still be able to eat and drink well."

"In the third year of Jiaping, there was a famine in our hometown, and many people died."

"At that time, I and my tribesmen would go to the places where the big tribes in the city discarded their debris and wait for them to steal the discarded meat and vegetables. Haha, some people were even beaten to death."

Listening to the captain's words, Guanqiu Xiu wanted to refute something, but didn't know what to say.

On this day, Guanqiu Xiu listened to a lot from the captain.

The next day, they continued on their journey.

The destination was Jiangling. Guanqiu Xiu sat in the carriage and watched the knights galloping back and forth outside.

His expression became very conflicted. After pondering for a long time, he finally took out the letter from his sleeve and began to tear it apart gently.

Until the letter was torn into pieces.

His complexion seemed to be much better.

He stuck his head out and looked into the distance.

I heard that the scenery in Jiangling is pretty good.

(End of this chapter)