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Chapter 683 Magician (Part 2)(1/2)

Pang Ji was stunned. The emperor didn't speak to him in this harsh tone. In a hurry, he could only say: "Mr. Rong retreated to the Secretary of State for discussion and report it tomorrow."

Zhao Zhen continued to say in a majestic tone: "You must not go to the Zhongshu Palace, but only discuss it within the gate of the hall. I will sit here and wait."

"..." Pang Ji was speechless and had to take a few priests to the outer hall of the capital hall to discuss, but one of the priests did not speak and had bad intentions. He had already seen Di Qing's wonderful use as the Privy Councilor. He had good intentions, and he also saw that Zhao Zhen had made up his mind this time and did not dare to act against the wind.

Even Fu Bi is no longer Fu Bi when he was young. The years have lost, ups and downs, and all his edges and corners are worn away, and he keeps silent.

None of the prime ministers spoke, and Pang Ji would definitely not be able to withstand it alone. He sighed and entered the inner hall of the capital and entered the meeting. The report was like an imperial edict. Zhao Zhen's expression calmed down.

Liang Shi's magic was about to succeed, Gao Ruone was successfully taken down as the Privy Councilor and retired with a false reputation as a scholar. Di Qing also successfully served as the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture of the Song Dynasty.

Any problem has not been revealed yet.

Besides, Zhao Zhen served as the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture for Di Qing and had a long dispute with Pang Ji. Some disgusted civil officials did not dare to talk too much at this moment. Liang Shi stopped talking and had to digest it. After a while, he would be able to do it. Now he could not do it, as he would reveal his intentions.

Then the morning court Pang Ji was so anxious that he was about to cry.

As the prime minister, the Xifu was his former subordinate. He repeatedly recommended and recommended people, and they were from the Northwest system. This is not very strange. For example, if Zheng Lang was the prime minister and made Fu Bi the Privy Councilor, although it was possible that the speakers could speak, it would not be too serious. The main reason was Di Qing's identity, a real military general, not a military minister! If you can't think deeply about it, then you can't stand even if you think about the family rules of the Song Dynasty.

Looking around in a daze, he stood in the first place in the east, and handsome Di Qing, the handsome guy in the west, also stood in the first place. Pang Ji's body couldn't help but shake, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

In a hurry, he wrote a letter to Zheng Lang.

Letter of help.

As the end of the year approached, Zheng Lang slid from the prison states of Yongzhou to Ziqi.

Ziqi is a world where barbarians are born and has a deep connection with Dali.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Consol and Kunming tribes divided into a lineage, called the Mozhiman tribe, which was called the same clan barbarian tribe as the Wuman tribe. After Nanzhao annexed the eastern part of the sacred area, the Mozhiman still lived in eastern Yunnan. As the population increased, it continued to develop to the adjacent areas. At the end of Nanzhao, it was transformed into the Luojia tribe, Yangzong tribe, Buxiong tribe, Xiujian tribe, and Maitreya tribe. It was wrong to say that they were born in the mantra, and they had a lot of contact with the outside world and transitioned to slave society. Therefore, the Mozhiman tribes were also listed as the 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan. Some of the tribes developed to the northwest corner of Guangnan West Road. Because of the complex terrain, Dali did not have direct jurisdiction. The Song Dynasty did not have direct jurisdiction. The same ones were the Luo family on the south side of Kuizhou Road, as well as the Wumeng tribe, Wusa tribe, etc. Many tribes belonged to one of the 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan, or the remaining tribes.

In the future, it will be very annoying here. Decades later, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed and the Song Dynasty was weak. Seeing this, Yu Ya tribe expanded with Luodian as the center, unified the southern part of Guizhou, established a country, and was known as the Luodian Kingdom. The various tribes of the Mo migrated tribes were also expanding. They have always taken down the current Ziqiman area and rebuilt Ziqi.

The Song Dynasty was not very concerned about this, just like when he treated Nong Zhigao's father back then, but the Southern Song Dynasty lacked horses and had to focus on the southern horses. The horses were produced by Qi. Hengshanzhai Market sold 2,000 horses every year, from Qi to 1,500 horses. As a result, the country became richer and expanded the land for thousands of miles. In addition, the Song Dynasty's mistakes in comforting him became increasingly arrogant.

One side is growing, the other side is weak, so since Qi started to scatter the people, they went east to burn, kill and loot many times. When the magistrate of Yongzhou Wu Jing and the chief of Ziqi led the army, they shouted: "You country was originally a small settlement, but because the court promised Ru to come to market horses for more than 30 years, they have obtained more than 200,000 silver broth every year. Your country has become rich by this. If you forget the court's kindness, you will dare to have a demand and will definitely report to the court and stop your horses from selling next year."

This silver brocade is more than 200,000 yuan, not 200,000 yuan. The price of silver in the Southern Song Dynasty rose. Even if the silver produced in Lingnan was slightly lower, one tael was equivalent to more than 3,000 yuan. A piece of brocade only costs two yuan, and 200,000 yuan is a 500,000 yuan. A pile of 500,000 yuan a year is placed on a tribe. Although half of the number is passed by other places and flows to other places such as Dali, it is also a big number.

Wu Jing also reported: "Every year, the market of Hengshan is more than 2,000 horses, from Qi to more than 1,500 horses. Therefore, the country has become richer, and has expanded its territory for thousands of miles, and has taken care of the barbarians from outside the country to the bribery states.... Thousands of people have arrived in Hengshan city for horses. Because of my mistakes, they have become increasingly arrogant."

This is also the reason why Zheng Lang is disgusted with some descendants.

We cannot discriminate against the Barbarians, but the Han and the familiar Barbarians do not owe the barbarians. After the barbarians invaded, they asked them to burn, kill, and let them steal their wives and daughters away and rape them? What's that?

Because of his might, Zheng Lang divided the territory from Qi to Wumeng, Luo family and others into the Song territory, but Dali was not very opposed.

There is no way to do this, otherwise this area will be troubled and difficult to distinguish, Dali will not be controlled, and the Song Dynasty will not be controlled, so the ministries will harass the neighboring people and traveling merchants many times. However, after the division was completed, Zheng Lang did not touch them.

If you want to manage it, you must have a more fulfilling inner abdomen. Guangnan West Road has not moved anything except for the construction of a few roads. Without a population base, if you force them to act, war will inevitably occur, and the gain will not be worth the loss. Once the development looks big, some checkpoints can be set up and soldiers can be sent to garrison. Passing these checkpoints, there will be no taxes, but the various troops of Ziqi can be controlled remotely. As for naturalization, Zheng Lang really doesn't want to expect them to be naturalized.

In fact, the result of the barbarians doing this was that both sides suffered losses. If they did not change themselves, after the forced suppression of the Yuan and Meng, these barbarians would be closed down. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this area did not develop, but civilization was lagging behind. Once in the Qing Dynasty, this area was not as good as the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and all became primitive tribe areas with slash-and-burn farming.

Since Di Qing suppressed, the remaining troops became well-behaved, and asked Zheng Lang to order Zhao Xun to separate and govern, support other tribes of the surname to grow, gradually replace the Nong clan, and become easier to manage, so Zheng Lang brought the guards to take a look.

But when Zheng Lang arrived at Wenxiang Bazi, several tribal chiefs of Ziqi came to visit and expressed their loyalty to the Song Dynasty. Don’t think that if the territory line is drawn, Ziqi is from the Song Dynasty. That is the territory that belonged to the Song Dynasty on the map, but it is not.

It is best to be loyal, and ethnic policy is always based on peace and support. War is the auxiliary. These works are all on the edge of Ziqi, mostly in the northern bank of the Nandu Shijiang River (Nanpanjiang). So Zheng Lang led the guards to Ziqi. Zhou Wei stopped them. Zheng Lang said: "Can you see the world-facing?"

Zhong Shiheng was the most effective in resolving the French people in Shaanxi. He not only used force, but also used his heart to comfort him. He dated the French leader and sealed the door with heavy snow. He still led a few guards to visit him. Several foreign troops were very happy and loyal to the court.

In fact, when Zheng Lang came to these tribes, the chiefs of the tribes were very happy and wanted to kill cattle and horses to entertain, but were dissuaded by Zheng Lang.

What is the most lacking in Guangdong and Guangxi now? These big livestock cannot be killed. If you want to kill, just kill some sheep and chickens.

The cow and horse hurt Zheng Lang.

He said some words and even looked at their terrain. He planned to send officials to assist them in the development of water conservancy in a few months. It has nothing to do with the development of Guangdong and Guangxi, so they should make their own repairs. The court only sent talents to guide them, no expenses or tools.

Then Zheng Lang came to Guanzhou again.

The Song Dynasty still had weak jurisdiction over Guanzhou, and it was named Yizhou. In fact, it did not send officials all year round. It only set up a village near the junction of Yizhou to the east, Gaofeng Village. However, when it arrived at Gaofeng Village, there was a normal road leading to various parts of Guangnan West Road, and you could smell a scent of civilization.

Zheng Lang of Guanzhou is not very interested, but he will start moderate development around Gaofengzhai. At least make it a piece of the same. Not only Guanzhou, Yizhou, Yongzhou, Rongzhou and other vast areas are quite similar to the situation in China like Meishan Man. It is okay to not develop. Once these powerful barbarians are developed, they must consider and understand them.

When I arrived in Guanzhou, Guangdong and Guangxi sent many letters.

Many difficulties arise.

This kind of large-scale development and overall planning are definitely good.

Most of the Han households went south and could take root and sprout here without reacting in the Manchu tribe. The comprehensive development seems to have used a lot of money, but actually reduce all kinds of waste. It is conducive to the country's rule over Guangdong and Guangxi, culturalizing the people, and developing the local economy and planting industry.

But the scale is too large and there are many problems.

It is not a population problem, and the effect of immigration is better than Zheng Lang thought. Since the summer, more than 210,000 households have moved to Guangnan East Road one after another, and the number of people has reached more than 850,000. In fact, it is not. Zheng Lang’s strange land distribution policy has led to the fact that most families have begun to divide the family. Six people have only 50 acres of land together, and one is divided into two, which is 80 acres of land. On a simple account, the people will calculate it. It is obvious that there are more than 210,000 households, but it may be only 120,000 households. The population is counted as more than 850,000, but it may be only 700,000. In the past, there were also population false reports in Taipingzhou.

But overall, it's slightly better than expected.

But this is Guangnan East Road. It is absolutely impossible for Guangnan West Road to obtain such a number. No matter what arrangements Zheng Lang makes, he is still very afraid of the people in the south.

It's not a labor problem either.

The number of immigrants is large, and not all immigrants are normal laborers. However, teenagers and women can serve as six divisions of labor. Many families have invested in construction in order to make a living next year, which is not as good as in their prime, but they produce a lot of labor. In addition, Yuan Tao and Tian Yu mobilized local laborers to assist local laborers and arranged nearby, and the salary was not expensive. It was also the slack season. The labor force was at least 600,000, and the maximum was more than 900,000, which was close to one million people, and invested in construction. The salary expenses alone reached more than 7 million yuan. If the resettlement of immigrants and the use of tools and daily necessities alone would be more than 10 million yuan.

Money and silk are not a problem. Even with the careful calculations of officials such as Tian Yu, the court still saved money.

Another problem is increasingly emerging, oxen.

Now, under various support policies of the Song Dynasty, the number of large livestock has gradually increased.

Large livestock increased, Jiangdongwei was fully developed, and new arable land generated by Sanbaiqu and the northern farmland water conservancy was the reason why the grain fell to more than 70 yuan. In history, a dou of rice rose to nearly 200 yuan, and most people starved to death. Zhao Zhen had to often allocate money and silk from the warehouse to help the people. Of course, there were no other time travelers, and no one knew about this comparison.

The large livestock in the north gradually improved, and two tentative fields began to suppress the prices of large livestock in Xixia. On the other hand, the Khitan went through a lot of hardships to finally suppress the rebellion of Beizhubu. However, after so many years, the country was withered, and he was ready to send envoys to the Song Dynasty to continue to sell a batch of livestock, which was obtained from Beizhubu. The number was large, which eased the country's economy. But he still had the mentality of extortion. Even so, the Khitans still thought they were the eldest brother.

But the livestock in the south is still not ideal.

Over the years, the number of oxen alone may have increased to more than double, but there is too much gap.

New Year's Day is here, and spring farming will be officially produced in two months. All officials are anxious when they see the scarcity of livestock on arable land. Since they are developed, they can no longer use pedal plows like barbarians, but use more advanced Jiangdong plows.

But what about the cow?

Horses are used in dry land. However, under the operation of the Song Dynasty, the price of horses was extremely expensive. Now it has fallen, and a southern horse still costs fifteen to twenty. If there are oxen, most of them are scalpers, which are suitable for ploughing in dry land, but not for plowing on paddy fields.

So the purchase price was raised and the cattle price was divided into five to seven ounces of money. Then it was transported back to Guangnan East Road and loaned to the people for ten years. One ounce of money was repaid a year. In fact, transportation and death were added, it was actually an interest-free loan.

More than 30,000 buffaloes were acquired.

Suddenly, the price of buffalo in Jiangnan rose sharply, and a good cow reached eight ounces of money. Another result appeared. The cow was gentle and irritable. Most people castrated it, making it gentle. There were not many bulls that could be bred, and the price of cattle rose. Many farmers saw this wealth path and led their cows out for breeding. The bull became expensive, and the cost of breeding was 500 cents at a time. If the cow was successfully bred, they would charge another 500 cents. Some families made more than a dozen ounces of money by relying on their own bulls in winter and spring. The government could not suppress it. Not only Guangdong and Guangxi, but also caused a commotion in most areas of Jiangnan. Some people saved some money and wanted to buy a cow. Seeing that the price was so expensive, I would not buy it.

Not only wasted a lot of money, but now I can hardly buy oxen with money.

However, the plowing oxen are too poor, with at least 50,000 heads being less than 50,000, so that they can barely satisfy the use of arable land on Guangnan East Road.

Even if it can be solved, what about Guangnan West Road? What about Xiangshui River Basin? The ox will become more and more nervous.

There are people, and all the three roads are densely populated. Most of the people have become tenant farmers and live a half-hungry and unfilled life. Even if more than 100,000 households move here, there are more tenant farmers and poor households behind them. After seeing the changes in Guangnan East Road, they will still be moved and will move. As for those temples and landlords’ families in the future, Zheng Lang doesn’t care.

However, where can we get livestock from the cultivated land?

This is the first question, and the second question is the businessman who came to develop.

The scale of immigration is approaching the end of the year and begins to decline. After the Chinese New Year, most of the things that should come will come, and those that don’t come will not come. Or look at the autumn. Water conservancy benefits 300,000 hectares of arable land, but the new farmland produced is barely 200,000 hectares. There is room for development, and at least 200,000 hectares can be developed. The latter has not moved and no one will cultivate it, so no one will repair the water conservancy. After the water conservancy construction is completed, it is necessary to repair it from time to time. In addition to handing over more than 100,000 hectares of arable land to immigrants, part of it is rewarded and distributed to the barbarians, and the rest is handed over to merchants.

You can't sell money, as soon as you sell money, the merchants will scare them away.

Even if you get these arable land, it is still a wasteland, and your hometown is not without it. Why have to come to Lingnan? Zheng Lang does not value the money of selling land, but the development results. The less you use merchants to cultivate is planting, tea trees, fruit trees, sugar cane, mulberry and hemp, as well as some workshops, shops, and carriages. If you cannot sell land, commercial tax may be levied.

However, the government paved the way and built water conservancy for them, which did not mean that they could immediately plant, reclaim land, cut down mountains, turn over cultivated land, and then planting, carrying and raising land. They also needed livestock, which they solved by themselves.

But there is another problem, people.

Guangdong and Guangxi have become so many lands. Since they come to Guangdong and Guangxi, why should they become tenants? Some people brought the tenants and saw that Guangnan East Road was like this and they ran away together. These merchants are not barbarians and dare not forcefully control the personal freedom of the tenants. What should they do?

Someone came up with a way to catch slaves from overseas.

The family definitely did not have this power, but many merchants came, and with their power, they could easily set up dozens of slave-catching teams. However, Guangdong and Guangxi strictly prohibited slave trade, so they found Tian Yu and Yuan Tao begged. Tian Yu and Yuan Tao did not dare to agree. The rules set by Zheng Lang could not be destroyed. Ping Anjian was acting overseas and the ministers did not care. If they were brought back to the mainland, the ministers would inevitably impeach him.

There are still many matters that cannot be resolved, so I sent someone to send them to Gaofengzhai together and handed them over to Zheng Lang for ruling.

Zheng Lang first made a judgment on the remaining affairs one by one, and then focused on these two problems. The plowing oxen really has no way to solve it, and it has the ability to change it. For example, if there is a large cultivated land, it is originally there, but because it has not been developed, it has become wasteland, mudflats, hills, and swamps. If it has become a farmland, it has become a farmland. But it has not changed much?

I had to issue an order to raise the price of cattle to 6 to 90 yuan for purchase. I couldn’t get 50,000 plowing oxen, but I had to get 30,000 to 40,000 plowing oxen to relieve the livestock on the plowing land. I don’t care what kind of commotion this price of cattle will bring to Jiangnan.

Then look at the second one.

More than 100,000 households were squeezed out from the three routes, and the problem was not serious. However, in the second half of the year, it would be necessary to immigrate to Guangnan West Road. Many landlords in many places would lose more than half of the tenant farmers, which would be a lively time.

None of them were tenants who rented farmland, and they would have to make a big fuss.

There are ways to deal with this. The key is that the businessmen are mostly intensive industries, especially the current inefficiency and requires more labor. After pondering for a long time, I finally gave an order that would make future generations controversial.

They are allowed to capture slaves, but they do not care about them overseas, but they must be managed after they arrive in Guangzhou. One can only be targeted overseas. At that time, soldiers who are proficient in indigenous languages ​​will be sent to Guangzhou to inquire one by one. If they capture slaves in Guangdong and Guangxi pretend to be overseas songs, they will be severely punished.

The second is the five-year system. Within five years, these overseas slaves are corps, but they must ensure their basic food and clothing, and give them at least two ounces of money each year as rewards for free purchase of daily necessities. The laziness can only be punished by thorn whip, and the number must not exceed fifty strokes. The government will punish them if they exceed this punishment. Those who beat the tribes seriously shall not have cruel activities such as the right to first night. This is also read out by soldiers to let the tribes know about this order.

After the expiration of the period, their corps status must be abolished and converted into a sharecropper.

If you agree, they will allow them to go overseas to capture slaves. It just so happens that the southeast wind has not risen, and they can go south to the islands of Nanyang in a few days. After the slaves are captured, the southeast wind will rise and they will be able to return to Guangzhou soon. If you agree, you will allow them. If you don’t agree, you will find a way to go. You have built roads and water conservancy for you for free, what else can you do?

Then two more orders were issued, one was to let the officials of Guangnan West Road return together, and after training for several months, they should have some foundation. After returning, they cooperated with themselves to further explore the water conservancy and roads of Guangnan West Road. Secondly, they prepared to bring a large amount of livestock and poultry from Jiangnan and handed them over to the people for adoption, increase the people's income, improve people's food, and fertilizer.

Issue these commands one by one.
To be continued...
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