Chapter 19: The Yellow River is full of harm, but only one set of benefits

Chapter 19: The Yellow River is full of dangers, but only one set of profits

Repairing losses within the embankment and outside the embankment is a very common and normal policy strategy that will not be shaken by the subjective wishes of the ruler.

When you are alone, you can be kind and gentle. At most, you will suffer a little bit and it will be over if you grit your teeth.

When you have millions of people under your command, their needs are your direction.

Population explosions will always occur in wealthy places.

This is especially true in Guanzhong, a place that is very suitable for giving birth.

People from outside continued to pour into Guanzhong. After the local people in Guanzhong solved the problem of food and clothing, children were born in piles. From the first day they started crying, Lantian County was about to Prepare land, food, and school for this child.

In the past, three out of ten children born in Guanzhong had basically no chance of surviving to adulthood.

Since Lantian County integrated health knowledge into the Guanzhong Wennu system, newborn deaths have become rare.

Especially after the spread of disinfection and forceps in Guanzhong, the maternal and infant mortality rate in Lantian County dropped significantly.

Because a large number of immigrants have moved into Lantian County, children here rarely develop dementia after their blood lines are mixed.

Having many children is a sign of a prosperous population, and the same is true for a region in the Ming Dynasty.

There are too many people but not enough land. Yun Zhao keenly discovered that a Ming person obviously needs more land to survive than the people of later generations. If he wants to live a good life, he needs more land. Land is what makes it.

In the past ten years, the population of Guanzhong has gradually recovered. When the land of Guanzhong can no longer support such a large population, since Yun Zhao has collected taxes from the people, he has the responsibility to find new places for these people. Lots of land.

Create a more relaxed and comfortable living environment.

In order to achieve this goal, the people did not care whether Yun Zhao stole, robbed, or sold himself. After all, the taxes that should be paid have already been paid.

Land cannot be stolen, and Yun Zhao cannot sell himself, so robbery becomes the only option.

The land of Hetao was originally Gushuofang, and it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Now Ningxia Wei is a world where a man's brains are like a pig's brains.

Ever since the giant bandits Yang Liu and She Taotian took a large group of thieves to Ningxia Guard after listening to Yun Zhao's persuasion, the place has been in complete chaos.

700,000 to 80,000 Han people, led by these two giant bandits, rushed into Ningxia Wei, where all Hui Hui lived. Although they encountered fierce resistance from the indigenous people of various ethnic groups, mainly Hui Hui, in the early stage, , after all, they are no match for Yang Liu and She Tuotian, not to mention that there are two hundred people from the Yun Group assisting them.

After the deaths of He Huchen and Wang Shilong, the officers and soldiers of the Ningxia Guard, they basically degenerated into farmers.

In today's Ningxia Wei, people are living in fragments on this fertile land, which is extremely detrimental to production and life.

Yun Zhao is not the supreme leader of Shaanxi Road, but he believes that he still has some say in Ningxia Wei, a place controlled by Shaanxi Road, especially for the development of a place, Lantian County Must pay attention.

Speaking of which, Yun Zhao has been coveting Ningxia rice for a long time.

Yang Liu and She Taotian have successfully completed their mission of stationing in Ningxia. Now, the important task of deeply cultivating Ningxia, the southern part of the Yangtze River, should be handed over to Lantian County.

The best candidates to go to Ningxia were naturally Li Dingguo and Zhang Guofeng, so Yun Zhao had to have another banquet to discuss the management of the Loop with these two people.

"What should we do if we go to Yangliu and Shetaotian?"

"They are not a problem!"

"What are you talking about if they are not a problem?" Does it mean that after we go there, these two people will no longer exist?"

"They no longer existed half a year ago!"

Yun Zhao looked around and didn't see it. Outsiders, just whisper.

Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment and said: "Did you kill him?"

Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "It was Duan Guoren, the chief of Ningxia Wei, who thought that these two guys had abandoned us and built their own construction. Because of the tendency to surrender to the city, I found someone to poison them to death. The heads were sent in February. Because they were top secret, I didn't tell you."

Li Dingguo swallowed and said, "Poison to death?" "

Yun Zhao nodded and said: "Duan Guoren believes that this matter should not be made public, let alone let outsiders know. To give him time to clean up the two people's confidants, he can only use secret methods.

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Originally I planned to give them eight months to stabilize these people.

Unfortunately, Lantian County was hit by earthworms first and then floods, which affected workshop production and damaged roads. Seriously, the business situation next year will be very bad. We must take precautions and find a new source of income for Lantian County.

After thinking about it, we think that the Hetao is a good place. The weather has been good there for many years, and the people there. A lot of wealth has been accumulated, but it has not been used effectively. In addition, the distribution of wealth there is very uneven, and the power of the aliens is too great, which is detrimental to our rule.

After you go there, you must break down this barrier. , Use force to support Duan Guoren's great cause of restructuring."

Li Dingguo took a sip of wine to calm down and said, "How is Duan Guoren going to reform?"

Yun Zhao took a sip of wine and calmed down. He said: "Equalize the land, level the taxes, use the remaining wealth to build a good land in the Hetao, and wait for the immigrants from Guanzhong to eat."

Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "In other words, we must attack those local tyrants and evil gentry Really?"

Yun Zhao refilled the wine for Li Dingguo and Zhang Guofeng said: "The situation there is complicated. There are too many people who believe in Islam. We don't prohibit people's belief, but we don't tolerate it either. Some people use the name of gods to exploitcommon people.

Duan Guoren has cultivated some local imams who are proficient in Hui teachings over the years. You must support these new religious figures and fight against the old, decadent, and degenerated religious figures.

Finally establishing our new religious system is an extremely important task and will be extremely important for our future march to the Western Region. We can even say that they are the pioneers of our march to the Western Region.

This is an extremely important part of the Lantian County system. You must be careful. Duan Guoren is a shady person and may not be lovable in his words and actions, but you don't have to doubt his position.

He is a person who can shed his blood for our Lantian County. ”

Zhang Guofeng put down his glass and said, “How much authority do we have?” Is there a standard for the degree of autonomy? Can we adapt to emergencies?

Yun Zhao said calmly: "Let's do it. The military plans there are all decided by the two of you. You must cooperate with Duan Guoren's work. At the same time, Duan Guoren must also cooperate with you in Lantian County's work." , has always been based on the principle of non-interference between civil and military forces, but in the first stage, Duan Guoren's work is the focus. I think you should be able to grasp the scale. "

Li Dingguo said softly: "Killing is inevitable. "

Yun Zhao looked up at Li Dingguo and said, "This is what the army does. ”

Li Dingguo remained silent, raised his glass, touched it with Yun Zhao, and drank it all.

After seeing these two people off, Yun Zhao couldn’t help but shake his head. , the policy of saying anything among insiders is actually very troublesome. There are many things that can be done but cannot be said.

Once you say it clearly, it will cause other troubles. < /p>

Duan Guoren made it very clear in his letter that returning to Islam is extremely important to Ningxia Wei and is irreplaceable. He also said that people’s brains have different recognitions of the world. Even if they look the same and speak the same language, they will be different. Strangers are still strangers.

It would be better if there was a national concept. Unfortunately, in the Ming Dynasty, the Han people identified with their own family and Huihui would only recognize their own religion.

Li Dingguo did not deal with it. Yun Zhao was worried that he would cause trouble because of his experience in this kind of thing. However, if Li Dingguo was not used, others would be even more inexperienced. It was better to let Li Dingguo take action.

Facts have proved that Yun Zhao spent 20,000 yuan. What a good deal it was to buy Li Dingguo back for two cents.

After Li Dingguo left Yun Zhao's study, he quickly found Yun Xiao, the head of internal intelligence in Lantian County. He asked Yun Xiao to help him in the shortest possible time. He found someone for him.

After Yun Xiao told Yun Zhao about this, Yun Zhao happily beat himself on the head twice. If he had been a wise wild boar before, then, now, In this matter, I am a real stupid pig.

The Huihui people are naturally the best. The conflict between them is the conflict between the tribe itself and has nothing to do with the outsiders.

李What Dingguo is looking for is his former colleague from Suide - Lao Hui Hui!

Lao Huihui was also a hero in those days. He once led his troops to fight in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Shanxi, Henan, and as far as Hebei and Hubei. At the height of his fame, he had more than 30,000 troops under his command.

Since Li Hongji's defeat, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai surrendered, Lao Huihui has disappeared. Some people say that he has died of illness, but more rumors say that Lao Huihui still refuses to give up and is secretly amassing troops. Food and grass, ready for a comeback.

This person has a high reputation among Hui people and has the ability to respond to a hundred calls.

"Lao Huihui is not dead, but he has not prepared for a comeback. Instead, he is lurking in the northern foothills of Funiu Mountain near Nanyang to recuperate. He has not been seen in public for two years.

"Funiu Mountain!"

"Yes, Feng Ying's subordinates are in Funiu Mountain, but Feng Ying is prepared. He made Funiu Mountain his hometown, so he adopted a gentle attitude toward the people in Funiu Mountain. In addition, Lao Huihui lived in seclusion and never caused trouble. Therefore, he was missed by Feng Ying. If Li Dingguo hadn't wanted me to Mr. Cha, I didn’t know he was right under our noses."

Yun Zhao smiled and said to Yunxiao: "Tell Li Dingguo!"

After the arrangements were made, Yun Zhao stopped paying attention.

The huge Guanzhong became a huge sauna under the fierce sun. Yun Zhao was very afraid that the massive water vapor flying into the sky would turn into rain and fall down.

Fortunately, the clouds drifted away...

"Be sure to drink boiled water!"

Yang Xiong's voice was a little hoarse. After seeing Yun Zhao, he subconsciously ’s words were spoken the most these days.

“The river water is not drinkable, and the well water is dirty. It must be boiled before drinking... White ash is spread on the ground. People cannot sleep directly on the ground. If you can dry the bedding, you must dry it, even if it is in the sun. If you don’t want to do it, you still have to see the sun.”

This is what the students of Yushan Academy say most these days.

There are no mirrors anymore in Lantian County. The expensive glass mirrors produced by the glass workshops here have all been turned into solar cookers, which are carried by these students to places where there is no coal or firewood. People bake with wood and charcoal.

The thick loess in Guanzhong has finally absorbed all the excess water on the ground, which also indicates that the disaster has slowly passed.

For the first time in his life, Yun Zhao seriously thanked the gods and Buddhas in the sky, thanking the gods for not bringing the plague to Lantian County.

Everyone knows that the reason why Lantian County was able to escape this time is related to the large amount of coal stored in Lantian County. Only this thing can bring pots of boiling water to people when the firewood is wet. With hot rice.

It is also clear that it was the result of the 3,000 students from Yushan Academy going around the streets to publicize the health regulations, and it was also the result of the Lantian County government spending a lot of money and materials at all costs.for the sake of.

However, when people talk about the number one contributor to disaster relief, they list the stone in front of Yun's gate as number one.

As a result, the huge stone in front of Yun Zhao's house became so popular that some people even suggested to Yun Zhao to build a "stone temple" here to satisfy the people's worship.

Yun Zhao naturally rejected the nonsense that the stone protected Lantian County immediately.

But even after saying that, the stone was wrapped in red silk and dressed like a newlywed, attracting more people to worship.

“When a woman begs for a child, she might as well beg for this stone than for me!”

Yun Zhao heard that many foolish men and women actually thought that touching this stone would be beneficial. After helping to conceive, it is inevitable that you will get angry.

Feng Ying said faintly, holding her big belly about to give birth: "That's true. You have at least impregnated the two of us, so you have experience."

"Mr. Xu's idea No, a stone has wiped out the efforts of the officials and people of Lantian County. I really don’t know what to say.”

Qian Duoduo smiled and said, “Mr. My Lantian County was unlucky. First, there was an earth dragon, and then there was a flood. If it weren't for the help of manpower, the saying that a major disaster would be followed by a major epidemic would be verified in our Lantian County.

With this stone. , Although you took away half of the credit, you also took away half of the responsibility. Next time we are unlucky again, you will at least have a chance to anger Shitou."

This is the truth Yun Zhao. Naturally, it was clear that he was just depressed. It was not good to discuss gods with two pregnant women, so Yun Zhao naturally changed the subject and asked Feng Ying.

"Are you sure these are the next few days?"

Feng Ying stretched out her hands and said, "I am counting the days. There are still ten days left."

Yun Zhao turned his attention to Qian Duoduo again. Qian Duoduo sighed: "There are still two months."

Yun Zhao nodded and looked at the two pregnant women again. , suddenly felt as if he was entangled in a spider web. Although this web was invisible, it actually existed and tied him tightly.

Men are born to be animals that yearn for freedom. After having a family, they are supported by a sense of responsibility. After a long time of support, they will get used to it and finally forget to resist.

Lao Huihui’s surname is Ma. I don’t know his name. Maybe he doesn’t have a name. It’s more likely that he doesn’t want to say it.

This is very common among rebels. Li Hongji and Zhang Bingzhong also used bandit accounts in their early years.

It was only because I thought I was stronger that I used my original name, or gave myself a louder, elegant, and cultured name.

Lao Hui Hui is not like this. Even though he lives in seclusion at the foot of Funiu Mountain, he still insists on his beliefs and his name is still Lao Hui Hui. However, in the Ming Dynasty, people will call them this whenever they see Hui people, so , can’t afford itEye.

It was noon when Li Dingguo, Zhang Guofeng and their guards arrived at Lao Hui's mansion.

This manor is neither large nor exquisite. It is almost a complex of buildings made of thatch and adobe.

There is a stream in front of the door, and across the stream is a hundred acres of fields. Judging from the sparse autumn grain growing in the fields, the land here is not considered good land, and it should have been opened up recently. In order for the product to become a good land, it requires continuous fertilization and careful maintenance of the land for many years.

Even Li Dingguo felt a little tired after running around for days. A dozen people washed their faces in the stream and sat under an umbrella-like cypress tree, waiting for someone to open the door to greet guests.

Not long after, a bearded man with a beard pushed open the firewood door and walked out. He came straight to Li Dingguo and said, "Little Yuchi, did the Eight Great Kings order you to come and take my life?"

Li Dingguo glanced at Lao Huihui in surprise and said, "Why do you think so?"

Lao Huihui replied: "Yun Zhier came here once and I beat him away."

Li Dingguo asked: "What does Ai Nengqi want from you?"

Lao Huihui laughed and said: "What else can I do? I want to recruit the old troops, return to the Eight Kings, and work for him."

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Zhang Guofeng interjected: "Do you have the heart to be independent?"

Lao Huihui glared at Zhang Guofeng and said: "Flying kite, you are not qualified to speak like this in front of you."< /p>

Li Dingguo smiled slightly and said: 'So, are you planning to die here? "

Lao Hui looked back at the weapons of the guards around Li Dingguo and said: "The queen on the mountain is very good. She only needs a small amount of food. Since we can survive here, there is no need to call in the men. Death, little Yuchi, you are a rare good person under the Eighth King. I know that I am no match for you, but if you want me to follow the Eighth King and suffer humiliation again, I will not do it. Just kill me! "

Li Dingguo smiled bitterly and said: "How long has it been since you went out of the mountains. "

Lao Hui replied: "Three years and seven months. "

Li Dingguo shook his head and replied to Lao Hui: "Kill the sheep and make me a meal of mutton in the basin. I didn't have time to eat on the way. "

"You won't kill me? ”

“Who has the intention to kill you, an old goat? Your skin is rough and your flesh is not tasty. Let me tell you something this time. ”

“It’s okay to kill sheep and eat the mutton from the water basin, but it’s impossible to return to the Eighth King’s command. "

Li Dingguo said calmly: "Someone has begun to plot against the Ningxia Guard. If you don't come out of the mountain, your people will suffer heavy casualties. If you want to continue to worship your god, I'm afraid there will be no chance."

Lao Huihui sneered and said: "My clan has lived in Qingyang and Ningxia for almost two hundred years. We are used to seeing heroes and heroes, but no one can destroy our clan." "

Li Dingguo looked around and replied excitedly: "This time your tribe is really in danger. ”

"Who? Li Hongji or the Eight Kings?"

"Yunzhao of Lantian County."

"This is impossible. He is the richest man in Lantian County, and I haven't been out for three or four years." Everyone knows that he owns the entire Guanzhong and would not care about the poor land outside the Great Wall."

Li Dingguo remained silent.

Lao Huihui said in a trembling voice after a long while: "When he leaves Tongguan, he will reach the vast plains of Henan. When he takes the Shu Road, he will reach the land of abundance. To the south, he will reach the land of plenty like Hunan and Hubei. What is he going to do in the north?"

"People say that the land of the Loop is located in the south of the Yangtze River. He wants to take it and plant rice."

Lao Huihui handed over to Li Dingguo for the first time and said: "Thank you, general, for reporting the news. I will go back now." , and took the young men to fight with the one named Yun."

Li Dingguo waved his hand and said: "No hurry, no hurry, it is serious to treat me to a meal of mutton in the water basin."

"Yes!"

Li Dingguo followed Lao Hui back into the yard, looked down at the careful ground paved with gravel slabs and sighed. : "It seems that you really want to live here forever."

Lao Huihui sighed and said: "Back then, if the Ming Dynasty could give people like us a piece of food to eat, I would not raise an army to rebel. If you are rebelling, you shouldn't be fooling around with the Eight Kings, so that even if you are a good hero, you will be slapped in the mouth because you say one more thing about not willing to surrender.

Seeing that there is no shortage of water and soil here, I just wanted to take the remaining young people to settle down here, but I didn’t expect that I would have to struggle again. This time it seems that my life is over.”

As he spoke, he casually greeted some young people and came from the sheepfold. He dragged a sheep out of the house, and without saying a word, he skinned and washed the sheep cleanly.

The mutton was thrown into the cauldron and cooked. Lao Huihui stuffed firewood under the cauldron and stared blankly at the flames, seeming very melancholy. < /p>

Li Dingguo took a bite of mutton and replied to Lao Hui, who was listening attentively: "This time I am the commander who leads the troops to strangle Ningxia!"