The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 203: South of the True Colored Cloud ([-])
The time now is the end of October in AD 265.It has been 20 months since Guan Yi took the position of Da Sima.

According to Guan Yi's plan, a new Northern Expedition will be launched within five years (60 months).So, now one-third of the time has passed.

The industrial layout has begun to be adjusted, and various policies to resume production, develop the economy, and increase population and fields have also been rolled out.The rest is to pay attention to ensure the effective implementation of various policies.

Ma Yi and Wang Qi's Yongchang development plan.It is estimated that Ma Yi's jade production will start to produce before his Northern Expedition.However, if jadeite wants to replace Hetian jade and gain wide recognition, it will take a long time for this to happen.As for Wang Qi's plan to introduce rice seeds and sugar cane, it will not have much effect within three to five years.

Then why did Guan Yi send two powerful generals to stay there for a long time?
People have no long-term worries, but they must have near-term worries.The development of Yongchang County, on the one hand, is to give the aborigines of Nanzhong a way to thrive.This person, generally speaking, except for those who have cruelty factors in their genes.If ordinary people can eat, drink, and even have enough food and clothing through labor, who the fuck would want to rebel just because of the provocation of an ambitious person or an enemy country (Soochow)?
Speaking of it, since Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong 40 years ago, it has become the rear of the Shu Han. For 40 years, the Shu Han has been drawing blood from here, and various mineral resources, food, young adults, and livestock have been continuously supplied to Bashu by Nanzhong.But this brings up a problem: Nanzhong is not a rich place. If you have been drawing blood for 40 years, Nanzhong can't stand it anymore!
Among other things, after Zhang Ni's death in battle, the Wudang Flying Army broke the lineage.This is a clear proof-Nanzhong people sacrificed too many young and strong for the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han, and they were unwilling to send their Haoerlang to the north to fight to death.Nanzhong has become more and more impoverished, and dissatisfaction with the Shu Han government is getting higher and higher. The Shu Han's exploitation of Nanzhong has to be slowed down a bit...

Therefore, Guan Yi's goal for Nanzhong in the near future is: I will build copper mines and jade mines for you, so as to develop business routes and improve people's livelihood... all kinds of things, I just ask you not to mess up.My Northern Expedition also needs a stable South Central.

This is the short-term goal, as for the long-term goal?Of course, it was the improvement of rice seeds a few years later and the success of the Northern Expedition. After Yongliang was included in the territory, the potatoes were fully planted-this completely alleviated the problem of food shortage-this is the best response to the upcoming Little Ice Age. method.Of course, this is a very distant thing - if you don't win Yongliang, improve rice seeds and promote potato planting on a large scale, it's purely courting death.

So, we still have to succeed in the Northern Expedition and win Yongliang.Only the Shu Han can get rid of the survival crisis.

On November [-], Guan Yi returned north from Yongchang County and arrived at Wei County in Jianning County.This is the residence of Huo Yi, the governor of South China Central Committee.

"Hehehe, Mr. Shao Xian, I haven't seen you for more than a year. Seeing you in good health, this junior is overjoyed."

"Hehe, thanks to the blessing of Da Sima, Nanzhong's tax was reduced for one year, and the tax rate was reduced by half. The whole Nanzhong people breathed a sigh of relief. Therefore, the fixed programs of the annual autumn harvest, such as tax resistance, The resistance to donations and riots are gone. Soochow’s instigation has also lost its effect. So for more than a year, the old man’s life has been very comfortable. But Da Sima, who has been working on state affairs for more than a year, has started to grow gray hair Already!"

Yes, the people in Fuxingshe are all hard workers.They are young people who are in their 30s now. Sun Gang takes the lead, and almost all of them have more or less gray hair.

"There is no way, the situation of the country is difficult. Now Jin and Soochow are starting to cheer up. The foundation of these two countries is much stronger than ours. If we don't speed up our development, the final result can only be that our national strength will be further stretched by the other side. There are more and more. The boy is still thinking about the Northern Expedition in three years, if the gap in national power is bigger than when we faced the false Wei before, what should we do?"

"Hey, Zifeng, you said these words, don't you want to assign things to the old man again?"

Speaking of which, Huo Yi's feelings for Guan Yi are very complicated.

This brat is really capable, not to mention the military victory that has never been achieved since the founding of the Shu Han.Since this country has been in power for more than a year, the Shu Han, whose people's livelihood has been disturbed, has been recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.Huo Yi was very pleased with this.

But, this kid is another powerful minister.And it's the kind of powerful minister with an extremely strong personality.Moreover, he also set a precedent that has never been seen in the 40 years since the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty: reuse Yizhou people!This is what makes Huo Yi, who is Liu Chan's faxiaoer and the only remaining military leader of the Jingzhou faction, feel very uncomfortable.

Hey, let's see if this stinky boy can do what he said, the next Northern Expedition must win Yongliang, and completely solve the problem of Yizhou faction's dissatisfaction.If I can't, I can't say no, I will try my best not to get the shares of Fuxingshe, and I will also join forces with the allies of the Jingzhou faction to force this brat to change his strategic direction and attack Jingzhou in Soochow.

"Well, so that Duke Shao knows that Yi issued an order in Guchang some time ago, accepting the former Longxi surrendered army and local aborigines to join the army on the principle of volunteering."

"I already know about this matter. Zifeng, the land of Nanzhong, the folk customs are tough. There are indeed a small number of restless people who hope to gain fame on the battlefield. But these people are definitely not many. Just recruiting troops like this , can’t recruit many.”

"I know this. So I also want to tell Shao Xiangong. Since the death of General Dangkou 11 years ago, the Wudang Flying Army has lost its inheritance. And the raid on Baishuiguan the year before last, if there were no soldiers from Nanzhong Mountains and mountains block the enemy's retreat, Shao Xiangong and I are long gone from this world. Therefore, this Wudang Flying Army must be reorganized!"

"Of course I know the value of Wudang Feijun. However, since the prime minister pacified Nanzhong, in the past 40 years, more than 3 Nanzhong people have served in the king's affairs. 3 people! Zifeng, you have to know, Now the population of the seven counties in Nanzhong, even with the 1 captives in Longxi, is only 12 in total! There are more than 7 of them are Han people! If you want to recruit troops in Nanzhong, less recruitment will not help If there are too many conquests, I am afraid that Nanzhong will be unstable again!"

"Of course I know this. But Duke Shao should know that the seven counties in Nanzhong actually have a population of nearly 70! Most of them belong to the heads of various tribes and are not listed in the civil register."

"So what? The old man knows that you are rich, and he bought tens of thousands of people from Meng Xiuming (Meng Yan) a few years ago. But he snatched those people from other villages. They have no fighting power. The real fighting power is the private soldiers of various chieftains. But how can they be willing to give them to you? Nanzhong, the place where we Han people live together is not bad. The mountains and dense forests are actually still It's like in troubled times: when the young and strong in a village are young, what awaits them is death."

"Well, what Shao Xiangong said makes sense. In fact, the current situation in Nanzhong is very similar to when the boy faced the Wuxi Man in Fuling County. How about this, please take some time for Shao Xiangong to accompany me Meet Meng Xiuming."

Many people who don't know much about the three southwestern provinces often subconsciously think that the Yi nationality is mainly found in Liangshan Prefecture in Sichuan.This is of course a big misunderstanding. In fact, there are not many Yi people in Yunnan, and they also have their own autonomous prefectures (Chuxiong and Honghe).

In the era in which Guan Yi lived, Meng Huo and Meng Yan were both Yi people (people of the Yi nationality).

As in Zhuge Liang's era, Meng Yan, who followed Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, is also an old man in his 60s at this time.His tribe is the most powerful tribe in South China.It has no less than 3000 private soldiers.

However, Meng Yan is also very clear in his heart: as the main carrier of communication between the Shu Han government and the aborigines in Nanzhong.The Meng family can't be too weak, otherwise speaking among the natives of Nanzhong will have no weight.But it must not be too strong, otherwise the Shu Han government will not be able to sleep.So these years, Meng Yan has always carefully controlled the size of his tribe: the total population is about 1, and 3000 are strong—of course, since they are strong, they are all Meng Yan's private soldiers.

"Mr. Xiu Ming, you and my third uncle are old acquaintances, so let's not talk about politeness as a nephew, how about we get straight to the point?"

"Hmph, that Hua Guansuo owes a lot of romantic debts to our Nanzhong Middle School. What do you want to do with me, you little bastard?"

"What does my third uncle's debt have to do with me? Mr. Xiuming, the boy will go to the Northern Expedition in three years. We are going to rebuild a 1-strong Wudang flying army."

"Hey! Brat has a big tone. Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"The imperial court wants to recruit troops in Nanzhong. This time, the conscription is based on the principle of voluntariness. It never asks for two or four for one or two. Just two words: voluntary. Of course, I don't accept all crooked melons and dates. It still needs to be reviewed. But as long as he is hired, his family members, or someone he designates, can get [-] yuan and [-] shi of grain."

"Brat, I know you are rich. Your price will definitely attract the response of many Nanzhong people. But do you think that just finding a Nanzhong person is useless?"

"Of course I don't think so. So Xiu Minggong, your Meng family, give me a thousand elites to be your instructor!"

"Hey~~ why?"

"Two. First, you choose a decent son or grandson to enter my Da Sima Mansion. At the end of the year, the shares of our Fuxing Society will be redistributed. At that time, I will let him enter the Fuxing Society as a shareholder. The minimum equity is not less than [-]% .Secondly, if you give me enough private soldiers, I will allow you to annex the tribes of the Yong family and the Zhu family in Zangcang County. Well, the upper limit of your tribe can be expanded to [-]."

"Is this true?"

"Really, otherwise why would I bring Mr. Shao up? Right, Mr. Shao?"

"Hey, Meng Xiuming, you and I are not worried, after all, we are people who have been with the prime minister. But your children and grandchildren..."

Meng Yan's children and grandchildren?What is there to worry about?What is the purpose of my painstaking efforts to set up the copper mine and the jade mine here?Why did I plan to improve rice seeds a few years in advance?Isn't it just to improve the productivity here and change the production relations here?In at most 20 years, the tribal system that exists widely in South China will collapse.At that time, the self-cultivating peasant economy will become the main economy here like Bashu.At that time, which leader wants to oppose?He can try it!

"Hehehe, Duke Shao, don't worry. Nanzhong will be different soon!"

(End of this chapter)