Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1101 United Front
On the fourth day of October in the first year of Jianji, Shao Shude arrived in Bianzhou, entered the city through Zhengmen, and stayed in the old residence of King Liang.

Chong Yuan and Zhang Hui served the whole night and received countless favors.

Palace officials Xie Shi, Su Shi, Lu Shi, Pu Gu Shi and others listened outside for the whole night, relatively silent——After Daxia founding the country, Chen Shi, Xiao Shi and others went back to be their saint concubines, The palace officials have already changed a group of people.

After dawn, Shao Shude got up and practiced archery for a while. At the age of 44, he was still frighteningly energetic.

At three o'clock in the morning, Li Yanling, the governor of Henan Province, Pei Di, the transit envoy, Sun Jinde, the commander of the capital, Pei Yuan, the prison envoy, and Li Huai, the Xuezheng envoy, were called to have an audience.

Li Yanling took office from the position of Si Nongqing.

Dai Siyuan was the first commander of the state army, and now he has been transferred to the Tiande army. His replacement is Sun Jinde, the former governor of Kuozhou and the deputy training envoy of the Shanzhou regiment.

Sun Jinde, governor of Huazhou, eldest son of Hou Sunba of Anbei County.

He also has a younger brother, Sun Jinshan, who successively served as the county magistrate of Longzhi in Shanzhou and the governor of Fangzhou. Now he is the prison envoy of Hexi Road.

Pei Yuan was an old man when Shao Shude fought Huangchao, and he served as the supervisor of the army many times.

Li Huai, the son of Li Shao, the late Huo Guogong of the former Tang Dynasty.Shao Shude helped him make up Yunyang county magistrate, and later served as governor of Huizhou.After the founding of Daxia, Li Shao was posthumously granted the posthumous title of uncle of Baiquan County, and Li Huai succeeded him as son of Baiquan County, and granted five hundred households.

Among the five main officials of Henan Province, four of them are members of the Kansai military and political group rooted in Zheng Miaohong.

"It's been a few years since we started in Henan. Has Pei Qing ever observed the folk customs? What do people think of the new dynasty?" After taking a bath, Shao Shude had already changed into a dragon robe, and sat there with his chest full, asking.

Pei Di was originally a leading financial official in Zhu Quanzhong's shogunate, so it can be said that he has entered the inner circle.Chen Cheng worked with Pei Di for a long time after he served as the deputy envoy of Jiedu of the Xuanwu Army. He valued his ability very much and highly recommended him, so he was appointed as the transshipment envoy of Henan Province, responsible for the financial planning of more than ten prefectures.

It is true that Henan is greatly divided.However, the size of the Bian Song states is still not to be underestimated. Within the territory of the Xia Kingdom, it is still the number one wealth center.

Pei Di's new position is actually very important.Moreover, he also served as the governor of Bianzhou, and he has real power.

"Reporting to the sage, the people of all states in the Bian Song Dynasty are happy. After the founding of the Great Xia, there was no objection, and there was no restlessness in the public. Everything is as usual." Pei Di replied.

"Hearing what you said, the states of Bian Song Dynasty seem to have a heart for Great Xia, really?" Shao Shude asked.

"It's not so much a heart for Daxia, it's just that I don't object." Under Shao Shude's persecution, Pei Di could only tell the truth.

The three words "no objection" are really the essence.

The Kansai area and Zhili provinces support Daxia and Shaosheng.

Henan Road, and perhaps Huaihai Road just don't object.Another way of saying it is "no sense", it doesn't matter who is a saint, and there is no objection.The Xia Dynasty perished, and they would not object to another dynasty, just this mentality.

They no longer have the righteousness of the family and the country, only the fragmented mentality of the feudal town.

"At least better than Hebei." Shao Shude smiled.

The states in Hebei may not object on the surface, but the connotation of their non-objection is different—they have no strength, so they can only endure temporarily, and once they find an opportunity, they will immediately jump out and rebel.

This is the mentality of various regions in the north towards the nascent Great Xia Dynasty.Shao Dasheng's influence among the people generally decreases the further east he goes, and the smaller the north he goes.In many areas, it is simply suppressed by military deterrence, and the local people, scholars, and officials have not returned.

"Your Majesty is a veteran of Henan Province, do you have a strategy to conquer the hearts of the people?" Shao Shude asked.

The meaning of "people's heart" is very complicated, and has different meanings in different situations.

Shao Shude generally understands him as a person with united front value.

The local Tu nationality is powerful and has the value of united front.

A well-known Confucian in the countryside has the value of united front.

Officials, soldiers, and big merchants have united front value.

Skilled craftsmen, scholars and the like can vote with their feet, and they also have united front value.

In some cases, ordinary field shepherds also have united front value, such as when someone needs to farm the land, serve as a soldier, or serve corvee.

"The sage has actually done it before to subdue the hearts of the people." Pei Di said: "The Bian Song states have been restored for three years, and the people are all happy. Otherwise, it would not be the same as it is now."

"But it's not enough." Shao Shude said: "I didn't bring any benefits to the people in Henan. On the contrary, I left their families ruined, their villages in ruins, their farmland barren, and heavy taxes, corvees, and military service. Said that Zhu Quanzhong from Songzhou is more willing to take care of the Henan Township Party, and I have robbed them of their future, which may be the starting point for hundreds of years of family prosperity. So, what should I do?"

Since ancient times, hometown has been very important, and traditional concepts also believe that fellow villagers are more reliable and more willing to be appointed and reused.

Moreover, those who have not experienced the terrifying era of Qin Zongquan cannot understand what Zhu Quanzhong brought to the people of Henan.There are ancestral temples all over the people, although some flatterers built them in order to win Zhu Quanzhong's favor, but many people built them spontaneously. This is an undeniable fact.

"Your Majesty, there is actually a way." Pei Di said.

"Speak."

"Your Majesty sent tens of millions of cattle, sheep and miscellaneous livestock to Henan, vigorously promoted the three-field system, and the people everywhere sang praises." Pei Di said.

"You are asking for money in a different way." Shao Shude laughed loudly, this figure is outrageous.

Pei Di laughed too.

He has been paying attention to the three-field system implemented in Kansai since the time of Zhu Quanzhong.Grain production may drop slightly, but the comprehensive output of grain, meat, milk, fur and so on will greatly increase, which will be of great benefit to the common people.

The conditions in Henan and Hebei are actually more suitable for the promotion of this brand new agricultural system than in the Northwest.However, the demand for livestock is too great, and this alone is daunting.

"Thousands of livestock, where do you want me to find them?" Shao Shude said helplessly.

"Your Majesty, there are millions of people in Khitan, but there are more than 1000 million livestock." Pei Di said.

Good guy, actually persuaded people to grab it.

Shao Shude is quite familiar with grassland affairs.From the time of the Han Dynasty, the ratio of humans and animals in tribes such as the Xiongnu was about 1:15, that is, each person had more than a dozen livestock, most of which were sheep, accounting for about 70-80%.

As far as survival is concerned, a herdsman needs twenty or thirty sheep to survive by eating dairy products, hunting, and gathering.Moreover, they often struggled on the verge of starvation. In the winter, they encountered heavy snow, and a large number of livestock died, so they had no milk to eat.Don't think about anything at this time, kill the frozen livestock to eat meat, and go to Han to rob it in the next year, and you won't be able to survive anyway.

Shao Shude has provided disaster relief to the grassland several times.

Every time, they ordered the use of ships to allocate food and sent it to the Yinshan area to help the herdsmen. By the way, they took a wave of young men to train as soldiers in Lingzhou Academy and Shanzhou Academy to help them tide over the difficulties.

This can not only increase the prestige of the Supreme Khan, but also avoid troubles - famine in the Central Plains, the hungry people will riot, and white disasters in the grassland, will the herdsmen not rebel?What do you think?
But then again, Khitan is a bit different.

First of all, millions of people are imaginary numbers, and secondly, it is impossible for everyone to graze.Therefore, it is a question of whether they have 1000 million livestock, and there is a high probability that they do not have it, because a considerable number of Khitan people farm land.

"Don't always think about robbing." Shao Shude said: "Li Yanling, you used to be Minister of Agriculture, and you should help solve the problem of Henan Province."

"Abiding by the order." Li Yanling said: "I estimate that 1000 million sheep will not work, and it is still possible for the herdsmen to collect 300 million sheep or [-] million sheep."

"Where are the big animals?" Pei Di asked nervously.

"Sheep are easy to feed, and no one wants to raise large livestock. Even if it is, the herdsmen mainly raise horses, followed by camels." Li Yanling said: "If there are 300 million miscellaneous animals, I can only guarantee that [-]% are large livestock."

Pei Di was a little disappointed.

"Pei Qing." Shao Shude smiled, and said: "If you can't rely on robbing, the livestock have to be raised by yourself. If there is enough forage, they will multiply quickly. Guanbei Road used to be short of livestock. After 20 years of development, the spring Planting pastures, planting turnips for the winter after the autumn harvest, now there is no shortage of livestock, and they can even be sold in Guanzhong, supporting the reform of the three-field system in Guannei Road. Grabbing is only a temporary emergency, after all, it is not a solution.”

Pei Di sighed, he knew the saint was telling the truth.

"Let's do this." Shao Shude said again: "This year Liang Hanyong robbed more than one million cattle and sheep, and divided the various parts of Yinshan Mountain. There are still 60 cattle left. I will make the decision and distribute them to Bianzhou. There are more than ten states in Henan Province. Make one or two samples first, so that others will see the benefits, and it will not be too difficult to implement in the future. I also asked them to gather 50 sheep for the pastures in Heyang, Guozhou, Jiacheng, Linru, and Xiangyang. Come out and send it to Bianzhou."

Speaking of this, Shao Shude suddenly thought of Wei Bo.

In history, Zhu Quanzhong's army was stationed there, and Luo Shaowei supplied 70 cattle, sheep and pigs in half a year. This is a fat and oily place.

But he quickly vetoed it.

It is true that a lot of Wei Bo's livestock were robbed, but most of them were sent to Xiangyang to supply the people of Wei Bo who were resettled there.

Forget it, it can't be too much.

The plan was decided, and the Zhongshu Provincial officials accompanying him immediately drafted an imperial edict, which was issued on the same day.Officials in Bianzhou, Junyi, and Kaifeng prefecture and two counties immediately transcribed it, posted it everywhere, and spread it everywhere——

"Since I raised my troops...there is the labor of flying choughs and millet, and the battle of dredging deep ditches. The burden is heavy but the people have no complaints. ...Thinking about the fate, I am deeply admirable...Do not pay special favor to the old land of Su, hope to show favor and avoid the wind of Yudun...23 counties in the three prefectures of Bianhua and Song Dynasties should be given to domestic sheep, and the amount should be reduced by [-] Wen, with a period of five years, returning to the class year by year...the vacant land, and the new returnees will be expelled from each household to build a house, or they can cultivate it, and they will be exempt from labor. If this is the future of the owner, a neighbor will take over the tenant. Shuling Kangtai , to show You En."

This imperial edict first said that the people in Henan are too miserable and have made great contributions. Shao Sheng felt ashamed, so he wanted to give them benefits: one is to sell sheep to the people, and each head is [-] yuan cheaper than the market price. It only costs about [-] yuan to buy. Next, the payment will be paid in five years; the second is to divide the unowned idle land and allow them to build houses and cultivate.

Undoubtedly, the targets of the united front this time are rural peasants, urban handicraftsmen, ordinary soldiers, literati, merchants, and so on.

Immediately after this edict, Shao Shude ordered to recruit thousands of children skilled in bow and horse in the three prefectures to join Yin Anzhi.

This is a chance for United Front officers and rich families to become officials.

In fact, this has been done before, this time "increase the dose", let's do it again and see how it works.

All in all, Shao Sheng started to buy the states of the Xuanwu Army, including the upper, middle and lower classes, trying to slowly digest them and become one of his basic bases.

It's a long-term job.If it is done well, it will inevitably profoundly change Henan's economic foundation and harvest a wave of unimaginable popularity and popularity.

Speaking of it, this is also one of the achievements of the tour - the achievements of the people in Henan.

If Shao Sheng doesn't come, God knows how long he will have to wait.The land without owner has been confiscated by the government. I plan to camp the land, can I distribute it to you?Can sheep be sold to you so cheaply?Can you send an agronomy officer to teach you new farming methods?Dream it!

It's better for Shao Sheng, who knows the sufferings of the people in Henan...

(End of this chapter)