Chapter 570: Qizhou Anmin

As time gradually approaches early October, summer planting and autumn harvesting begins, and a busy autumn harvest scene has begun in various parts of Guanzhong, which starts one after another. For the court, spring sowing and autumn harvesting are very important moments. At this time, high-ranking officials and officials of the court have to leave the spacious court houses and go to the fields to inspect the agricultural situation. This is not an act, but a system. The fundamental reason for the country lies in farmers. Without the taxes of farmers, without sowing and harvesting, the court will find it difficult to maintain it.

Therefore, starting from late September every year, the court's political affairs halls and various ministries and temple supervisors, except for a small number of left-behind officials, other senior officials and officials went to various places to go deep into the fields to inspect the autumn harvest. The various facts they obtained from the autumn harvest will become the basis for them to formulate various policies next year.

Qizhou is the Baoji area in Shaanxi today. During the Tang Dynasty, it was the second most important place in the Guanzhong Plain after Jingzhao Prefecture. Some famous cities in Guanzhong, such as Chencang, Guoxian, Yongxian, Meixian, etc. are located in Qizhou. The prefecture has a population of one million, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land, sufficient water flow, fertile land, and convenient transportation. It has been one of the Xiongzhous of the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years. In December of the second year of Zhide of the Tang Dynasty in history, after Emperor Suzong of Tang regained Chang'an, he upgraded Qizhou to Fengxiang Prefecture.

However, history went on a fork in the late Tianbao period, and the definition of Qizhou became a sign of political instability. After Li Heng and Li Qing'an reached an agreement to govern Guanzhong, Qizhou was once renamed Fengxiang Prefecture. However, after Li Heng forcibly ascended the throne, he changed Fengxiang Prefecture back to Qizhou. However, the officials of the Political Affairs Hall headed by Pei Min refused to admit it, so an embarrassing situation arose. Qizhou had both the Fengxiang Prefecture prefect and the prefect of Qizhou. Two months ago, Li Qing'an and the Political Affairs Hall reached a final agreement. Fengxiang Prefecture was renamed Fengxiang Governor's Office and became a military institution. Without civil matters, Cui Guangyuan was appointed as the governor, while Qizhou was in charge of civil affairs. In this way, the division of military and political affairs solved the embarrassing situation of overlapping two government agencies in Qizhou.

In early October, Li Qing'an arrived in Yong County, Qizhou and began his inspection tour of Qizhou.

The Fengxiang Governor's Office has 30,000 troops, all of which were recruited last year. However, in terms of official names, it is different from before. It is no longer called the Anxi Army, but it is renamed Fengxiang Army. Now Li Qing'an is the general of Tiance and the marshal of the world's military and horses. He is in the distance and leads the Anxi Jiedushi. He can no longer use the Anxi Army to replace the Tang army. The Anxi Army still exists, but the scope has been reduced a lot, mainly referring to the 40,000 main forces of Anxi led by Li Siye, while other troops deployed in the Central Plains, such as Li Guangbi led the Longyou Army, Wang Sili led the Tongguan Army, Lei Wanchun led the Datong Army, Li Fei Shouyu led the Hexi Army, Cui Qianyou led the Hanhai Army, and Nan Jiyun led the Inner Guard Army. These troops are Li Qing'an's direct troops, plus Guo Ziyi's Shuofang Army and Hedong Army, they are collectively called the Tang Army. In order to distinguish them from the Southern Tang, they are also called the Northern Tang Army.

However, when Li Qing'an arrived in Qizhou, Cui Guangyuan had already led his army from Chen Cang to fight against Nanzheng. He would be renamed the governor of Hanzhong and stationed in Hanzhong. Li Qing'an did not see Cui Guangyuan himself, and only the new Fengxiang Governor Tian Zhen came to greet him.

Li Qing'an led 3,000 personal soldiers and cavalry to station in a military camp ten miles outside Yong County, and set up a large sheepskin tent. This was Li Qing'an's temporary camp.

Li Qing'an was studying the war in Hanzhong in front of the sand table. He had just received a letter from Fei Ge. Li Siye had not injured a soldier and had already taken Baocheng County. The army was heading towards Nanzheng. Although Li Qing'an did not have any suspense about the battle of Hanzhong. With the sharpness of the Anxi army, taking Hanzhong was inevitable. The key was time and how much loss. Now Li Siye took the city of Baocheng County in just one hour and the price of not hurting a soldier and a soldier. This really made Li Qing'an feel amazement. Li Siye has indeed made great progress. Let's see how he took Nanzheng City.

At this time, a report from a personal soldier came from outside the tent, "General, General Tian has arrived."

"Come in!"

The footsteps sounded, and General Tian Zhen quickly walked into the tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Last General Tian Zhen, see General!"

"General Tian, ​​please get up!

Li Qingan smiled and walked up to help Tian Zhen up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "How is it, Governor Fengxiang is happy!"

If it were a few years ago, Tian Zhen would have grinned and said, "It would be better to marry a few more beautiful ladies."

He would say this, but as Li Qing'an's authority grew, his subordinates began to have awe of him and did not dare to joke with him casually. Although Li Qing'an was just a joke now, Tian Zhen still bowed and said, "The last general will do his best to guard Fengxiang, and he will never dare to be slackened."

Li Qing'an looked at him for a moment, and a little disappointed surged in his heart. He was in a slight mood and said lightly: "Please sit down and talk!"

"Thank you General!"

Tian Zhen sat down, Li Qingan also returned to his seat, and smiled and said, "Tell me, how is Qizhou's current situation?"

Li Qing'an did not ask about the situation of the Fengxiang Governor's Office, but asked about the recent situation in Qizhou. Tian Zhen understood what Li Qing'an meant, so he bowed and replied: "Report to the general, Qizhou has been busy with two main things these days. One is to prepare for the military rations of Hanzhong. I heard that the first batch of 30,000 shi of military rations and a batch of thick military uniforms had set off to Hanzhong yesterday and were escorted to Qizhou Sima Han Hu."

"What is Prefect Cui doing?" Li Qingan asked again.

Cui Ning, who was almost charged with the crime of being prosecuted by the enemy, was the new patriarch of the Cui family and the central figure in the Cui family's turmoil some time ago. He was a thorn in Li Qing'an's eyes.

However, Tian Zhen didn't understand Li Qing'an's thoughts. He gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "This Cui Ning is indeed amazing and admirable!"

Li Qing'an asked without hesitation: "How can you achieve the truth?"

"Some time ago, 5,000 Hebei immigrants arrived. The imperial court wanted to resettle them in Qizhou. The land used was Qiwang Field Village on the edge of Shengyuan Canal north of Guo County. There were about 5,000 hectares of fertile land. Originally, these fertile land were to be distributed to local tenants, but because of the arrival of the immigration, the plan changed. I heard that thousands of local tenants were very dissatisfied, so I spontaneously armed and fought desperately with Hebei immigrants. Cui only brought two followers into the tenant village and negotiated with dozens of local family elders. He stayed there for three days and three nights. The local farmers who wanted to protect the fields to death were persuaded by him and agreed to give up half of the land to the government to resettle Hebei immigrants. It was really not easy! It was admirable."

Li Qing'an nodded and said, "It seems that Prefect Cui is very popular with the people!"

"Yes! Cui is worthy of being a famous family, honest and upright, and very compassionate to the people. During the Qingming Festival, the Zhongyuan and Laba Festivals, he would personally visit the widows. I heard that this has been like this for more than ten years. The prefectures and counties he served in office were healthy under his rule, and they could live and work in peace and prosperity in the years of great disasters. Everyone mentioned Cui, and there was no one who was heartless to praise him."

"Is that so? I'm interested in saying it. I want to see this prefect Cui." Li Qingan said lightly.

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The Qiwang Tianzhuang is located north of Guoguo County, close to Shengyuan Canal. It is a piece of extremely fertile land with extremely fertile land. The farm is endless, with a total of more than 5,300 hectares. It was cultivated by more than a dozen nearby villages, thousands of tenants, and nearly a thousand serfs. This was obtained by King Qi's annexation after ten years. King Qi has been dead for many years and his sons divided the land, but it is still collectively called the Qiwang Tianzhuang to the outside world.

After Li Yu ascended the throne, a storm of land collection against the powerful royal family was set off, and King Qi's Tianzhuang was not spared. The second group was confiscated as an official by Li Yu. Several sons of King Qi also fled to Chengdu and became staunch supporters of the rebellion against the Northern Tang Dynasty.

The land was taken away very early, but the land distribution was full of twists and turns. After Li Yu's death, the matter of land distribution came to a halt. Shortly after the Zhengshi Hall passed the land distribution order, Li Yan, who was in charge of land distribution, was assassinated, causing the land distribution to a halt. Then Li Heng forced himself to ascend the throne. Not only did he not divide the land, but he also had to take back the land and return it to the original owner in the future. It was not until Li Heng escaped from Chengdu and Li Qing'an rebuilt the political hall that the land distribution was once again put on the agenda. First, the imperial village in Weinan County was divided, which was a landmark event. Under its guidance, a craze for land distribution was set off in various parts of Guanzhong.

Qiwang Field Village is also one of the key land distribution. According to the principle of territoriality, the 5,300 hectares of land in Qiwang Field Village should be divided by more than 3,400 tenant farmers and 1,200 serfs nearby. Those who are interested can calculate it immediately. In this way, each household will get more than one hectares of land on average, which undoubtedly makes the local farmers ecstatic.

Although Ding Nan could get 100 acres of land in the early Tang Dynasty, it was actually just a quota. It was already very good that each household could give 20 acres of land on average. So when the news of Qiwang Field Village's distribution of land came out, the entire farmers north of Shengyuan Canal were in full swing.

But after many things got worse, news suddenly came out that five thousand immigrants in Xiangzhou, Hebei would also be placed in Shengyuan Qubei. This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue, shocking the local farmers, losing, angry and disheartened. The local farmers firmly refused the arrival of Hebei immigrants. He spontaneously organized farmers to protect their fields and homes.

In this dangerous situation, Cui Ning, the prefect of Qizhou, entered the village alone and negotiated with the villagers for three days and three nights. Finally, he persuaded the villagers to share half of the fields for Hebei immigrants, and accepted them to settle their home in Shengyuan Qubei.

Cui Ning's reason is very simple. The government has never formally written down the following article to the farmers. The so-called distribution of land is a rumor about the farmers themselves. The Qiwang farm will be divided into two, of which 2,300 hectares are used as distribution of land, and the other 3,000 hectares are used as the official land. This time, the 5,000 Hebei immigrants used the official land, which has nothing to do with the local farmers.

However, as compensation, Cui Ning also promised that if the situation in Hebei stabilizes, many Hebei immigrants will inevitably return to their hometowns. At that time, the land that the returned home and immigrants will be withdrawn will not be taken back and will be distributed to local farmers. If the local farmers do not accept this plan, the government will no longer divide the Qiwangtianzhuang for free, but will use the redemption method to hand over the money from the original selling of the land and redeem the land.

Under Cui Ning's coercion and inducement, the local township party finally accepted Cui Ning's case and agreed to Hebei immigrants to participate in the land division.

At the end of September, the first batch of 2,000 Hebei immigrants arrived in Guo County, who were immigrants from Xiangzhou, Hebei.

Shengyuan Canal is an irrigation canal north of the Wei River. It almost spans the entire Guo County and is about a hundred miles long. There are tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land distributed on both sides of the Shengyuan Canal. It is an important production area in Guo County and even Qizhou.

Before the sky was dawn, the fields were covered with a layer of milk-like mist, and the air was filled with a hint of coldness. Shengyuan Canal was a canal about five meters wide, which drew water from the Wei River. It was abundant and irrigated tens of thousands of hectares of fertile fields on both sides of the river. At this time, Shengyuan Canal was also filled with thick fog. In the fog, a team of cavalry rushed over, with about 300 people. The leader was Li Qing'an, followed by his 300 personal soldiers. Although Li Qing'an brought three thousand cavalry, he was afraid of disturbing the people and would let the cavalry be stationed in a military camp more than ten miles away. He himself brought only 300 cavalry, as long as he could convey the message to him.

The group rushed to a wooden bridge and rushed to the opposite bank of Shengyuan Canal. Soon, the group came to a ditch. This ditch was very important and was being excavated. There was a small river called Pannan River. After the ditch was dug, it would connect the Pannan River and Shengyuan Canal. Not only that, this ditch would also be the land dividing line between Hebei immigrants and local farmers. To the east is the land of locals, and to the west is the land of Hebei immigrants.

As it was dawn, the two sides of the ditches were quiet and there was no one. The ditches were excavated by immigrants. The construction has not started yet. The rice fields on both sides have been harvested and covered with rice pole ash, which is a good fertilizer.

"General, take a break!"

A personal soldier handed the water hyacinth to Li Qing'an. Li Qing'an took the gourd and took a sip of water. At this time, he saw thick smoke rising from a distance, so he urged the horse and said, "Go! Look."

The group ran for a while and then came to the place where the smoke was coming. On the sidewalk beside the Shengyuan Canal, several farmers were burning rice poles. From their outfits, they could see that they were immigrants from Hebei. The farmers also heard the sound of horse hooves and all turned around and stared blankly at the cavalry that appeared in the fog, with fear in their eyes. Three of them hid behind their husbands in fear.

Seeing that several farmers were about to run away, a personal soldier got off his horse and ran up and said, "Don't be afraid, you won't hurt you."

Perhaps because he felt that no matter how hard he ran, the horse with four legs could not run, several farmers gave up the idea of ​​escaping, walked towards the roadside, and gave up the road.

Li Qingan also turned over and dismounted, walked forward, looked at them, and smiled and said, "Are you all immigrants from Hebei?"

A man in his thirties nodded, "Report to General, we are all."

"Well! Do you have armor length among you?"

This time, there were about 400,000 immigrants from Hebei, which was a huge scale. After the accident at Jingxing Pass, the court adopted Li Qing'an's suggestion to implement the militia baojia law for Hebei immigrants, that is, to implement semi-military management, with one baozheng as one 100 households as one baozheng as one baozheng as one baozheng as one baozheng as one 100 households as one 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Seeing that there were at least five or six families of farmers who burned rice stalks, Li Qingan estimated that there might be a length of armor among them. Sure enough, the man in his thirties just now came forward and bowed and said, "Report to General, I am the length of armor."

Li Qingan asked again: "Where are you from, what's your name?"

Chief A pointed to several farmers next to him and said, "We are all from Gaoqiao Village, Anyang County, Xiangzhou, and we are called Gao Fugui."

"Yeah! This name is a good name."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Everyone sit down and talk!"

When everyone saw Li Qing'an being kind, his cavalry was dozens of steps away, and his fear slowly disappeared. Two personal soldiers ran back and got more than a dozen Hu benches. Li Qing'an handed them Hu benches, "Everyone sits at will, no need to restrain themselves."

The farmers took Hu Tang. Someone saw that Hu Tang was exquisitely made. After watching carefully for a long time, he slowly sat down. At this time, Li Qing'an smiled and said to everyone: "Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Li, and I am a general of the Anxi Army. I have just come from Chang'an. Moreover, this time the Hebei immigration is my suggestion. I have always wanted to understand the immigration situation. I happened to meet you. Let's talk about it! Those who speak freely are not guilty."

When everyone heard that the Hebei immigrant was his suggestion, they couldn't help but be respectful, which shows that this person's official position is not low, and Gao Fugui was even more uneasy. He said, "What do you want us to say?"

Seeing that this person was quite honest, Li Qingan couldn't help but feel a little bit of affection for him, and smiled and said, "Then let me ask first! Do you regret this immigration?"

Everyone shook their heads together and said, "How could they regret it! It's too late to be happy... This is Guanzhong!"

"Let me say it!"

Gao Fugui said a little shyly: "My three brothers signed up for the relocation together. Originally, we signed up for Guannei Road, but we were very lucky. When we were about to arrive in Yuanzhou, the government suddenly notified us that we had moved to Qizhou, Guanzhong. Everyone was very happy. Moreover, when we arrived in Qizhou, each household was given 40 acres of land...."

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Li Qingan suddenly felt something was wrong, and he asked strangely: "I remember that each household has thirty acres! How did it become forty acres?"

"this...."

Several farmers looked at each other, and Gao Fugui said, "The announcement said that each household gave one cow, but the plowing ox in Guanzhong was not enough, so each household gave ten acres of land to replace the plowing ox."

Li Qing'an nodded, and exchanged a cow for ten acres of land. This is worth it! However, there are cows. When the spring next year, 300,000 ore-headed from Hexi will be transferred from the Central Plains. By then, the immigrants will basically have one in each household. However, Li Qing'an did not say it out loud, and then said with a smile: "What about the grain? The autumn harvest has just ended, and can you have your share of the autumn grain?"

"The government has set that each household has five dou of rice and one pound of salt per month. If the population is not enough, either buy it yourself or set up a new household. Another way is to participate in the military training of the militia, or participate in the water conservancy repair in winter. At that time, the rice and grain will be distributed by the public, and the family can save a portion of food."

In general, Li Qingan still agrees with Cui Ning's approach. From what he saw and heard along the way, he felt that this prefect Cui was very good. He really wanted to meet this person.

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves came from afar. Five or six people rode toward this side. Gao Fugui stood up and said, "That's Grandpa Cui, he's here!"
Chapter completed!