Chapter 30 Construction of Jingnan

"Botao, for a few months, is everything all right?" Guan Yu, who was sitting in the main seat, waited for Zhao Feng to sit down and asked with a smile.

"I'm very concerned about you, and the peak is doing well." Zhao Feng looked at Guan Yu with a smile, and Zhuge Liang, who was shaking the feather fan and smiling, but his heart became more and more uncertain. He has a good relationship with Guan Yu, but after all, he is an arrogant person, and there is no reason to see him smiling with wrinkles on his face. As for A Liang, once he laughs, someone will be calculated.

"Bao is really modest. Even if he is demoted, he is still light!" Guan Yu praised it. Without waiting for Zhao Feng to say anything, Guan Yu sighed again and said, "It's a pity that I've been waiting for a lot of bad recently. Bo Tao is my old friend. In this case, I can't stand idly by!"

If Zhao Feng has any biggest weakness, it is to eat soft but not hard. In the face of Chu Chu's poor little Qiao, he will naturally not come to the face of Guan Yu, who is familiar with him. At the moment, he said, "Second General, but tell me to do my best."

"Kong Ming, you see, Bo Tao is indeed a righteous man, a promise!" Guan Yu poured another bowl of [***] soup for Zhao Feng. At this time, Zhuge Liang told Zhao Feng what had happened. It turned out that since the two of them sat in Jingxiang, they were deeply impressed by the lack of manpower. Although there are many kinds of talents, there is a lack of talents who can be independent. In a word, now they have tried their best to govern Jing Xiang, but they still lack some energy.

Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang can't handle Jingzhou? This makes Zhao Feng a little unimaginable. However, it seems reasonable to think about it. After all, A Liang is only 21 years old at this time, and he is younger than when he debuted in history. In addition, Ma Liang and others have not gathered to Liu Bei's side as in history. At present, a large part of Jing Xiangshi are still watching. In addition, the two now govern the whole Jingxiang, which is more Nanyang County than in history. Relying only on Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, it is indeed a little overstretched.

"Second General, Kong Ming, I don't know what you want me to do?" Zhao Feng finally understood the meaning of this. He felt that he had been arrested. It's nothing. It's just to let Bo Tao preside over this year's recruitment of new recruits and take care of the affairs of the four counties of Jingnan and Cangwu and Nanhai counties by the way!" Guan Yu understated it.

"That's no problem." Zhao Feng knew that this was not a difficult task, so he quickly accepted it. At this time, Guan Yu told him that Liu Bei had abolished his duties as the Taishou of Chai Sang and General Ying Yang, and changed his position as a rebellious general. The general's mansion has been set up in Han Shou, responsible for handling all the affairs of the four counties of Jingnan and the two counties of Cangwu and Nanhai.

"Second General, what does this mean?" Zhao Feng had a feeling of getting on the thief's boat and asked quickly. Isn't this rebellious general the title of Sun Quan in the past? Why is he giving it to himself now? And let yourself take care of these six counties, which looks like a copy of Sun Quan in those years. What's more, after he flooded Jiangling, he became the number one public enemy in Jingzhou. Isn't it a joke to let yourself sit in Jingnan?

"Oh, Bo Tao. As you know, last time the eldest brother asked to merge the South China Sea and Cangwu counties into Yangzhou, but it was not approved. At present, these two counties are not under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhou Pastoral Sun Quan, nor under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, which is quite unspeakable. Therefore, the eldest brother thought about it for a long time before he came up with this compromise. He asked you to manage these two counties and the four counties of Jingnan. The eldest brother said that he can rest assured that you can do things, and only you can do it now. At present, among the six counties, unless it is the appointment and removal of the county guard, all matters are up to you. Be sure to build these six counties into a solid and stable rear like Jiangdong. Guan Yu said carefully. Zhuge Liang also told him that there was no need to worry too much about those families who had opposed him before. These people were all in Jingbei.

"Thank you for your trust!" Zhao Feng hugged his fist and thanked him. He knew that the last time he was demoted, Liu Bei did this now, of course, because Jing Nan lacked people to take care of it, and there was more or less compensation. At this time, Zhuge Liang slowly introduced the situation of the four counties of Jingnan to him.

The four counties of Jingnan refer to the four counties west of the Xiangjiang River to Yizhou. From east to west are Guiyang, Changsha, Lingling and Wuling counties, among which Guiyang and Lingling border the South China Sea and Cangwu respectively. As long as these six counties are well managed, Sun Quan of Jiaozhou will be suppressed to death.

Although the four counties of Jingnan and the two counties of Jiaozhou are fertile, they are less sparsely populated than Jiangdong at the beginning. The total area of these six counties is not smaller than that of Jiangdong, but the total population of the four counties in Jingnan is only 700,000. Among the two counties of Jiaozhou, the Nanhai has a population migration through the previous governance of Jiangdong, and now has a population of 150,000 to 60,000, which is basically the same as Guiyang. But Cangwu is pitiful. In total, there are only 70,000 to 80,000 people. In this way, the total number of these six counties is probably more than 900,000 at most.

Considering that Jingzhou has a population of nearly four million and the four counties in Jingnan, which account for half of its area, the population distribution of the whole Jingzhou can be said to be extremely unbalanced. Moreover, the four counties of Jingnan are not the wild places in the south of Yizhou, including the South China Sea and Cangwu. Most of these places are fertile, and the rice can be cooked three times a year. Thinking of the prosperity of Guangdong, Fujian and Hunan in later generations, compared with the current dilapidated appearance, Zhao Feng simply has a sense of chaos.

"Kong Ming, I think it's better to follow the old method of governing Jiangdong, recruit new recruits and let their families go south to pioneers, so as to balance the population." Zhao Feng thought for a thought.

"General, this question is not so simple. With the severe drought in Jingbei this year, there is a shortage of money and food, and Xuzhou and Yangzhou can't squeeze too much for the time being. Junhou and I have estimated that we can only recruit more than 10,000 new troops at most. Zhuge Liang shook his head with a wry smile.

"Is that so?" Zhao Feng was shocked when he heard the words. After thinking about it, Zhao Feng said again, "Kong Ming, when Cao Qian gave up the three counties of Runan, most of the people were forcibly migrated to Yanzhou and Sizhou. The people of Nanyang and Nanjun can be transferred to Runan to enrich the place and relieve the pressure on Jingzhou.

"This method is feasible, but how can we migrate the people?" Zhuge Liang frowned when he heard the words.

"There are so many wasteland waiting for them to reclaim. Are you afraid that they won't go?" Zhao Feng is of course authentic. Thinking of the vast Kanto in history, Zhao Feng did not believe that the peasants were in love with their families and refused the land.

"It's not that simple." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said with a wry smile, and then he told Zhao Feng in detail. Although Kuai Yue and Cai Mao were killed, the power of the Jingxiang family was still huge. After the Jingbei Rebellion, the idyllic land that originally belonged to the Cai family and the kuai family was divided up by other smaller families. Some of their tenants have also been divided up as goods. Zhuge Liang himself has gained a lot of benefits from this, and he will not say it clearly. There are still nearly one million people left, all of whom have regained their freedom, but there is still no means of production. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that sooner or later, they will have to go on the old road of being a big family.

"That's it!" Zhao Feng is now a little bit of a taste. The family, this special group, has played a very important role in Chinese history. In order to get more support during the Three Kingdoms period, various princes often gave great preferential policies to these families, and Liu Bei could not escape the vulgarity. Zhao Feng knows that he can't develop without the support of these people. But once the strength in their hands is too strong, it is easy to cause turmoil. For example, Cai and the team together accounted for more than half of Jingzhou. If it hadn't been for Liu Bei's intervention this time, Liu Biao, who once rode into Jingzhou alone, would have let them be Yin.

The reason why the Western Jin Dynasty perished so quickly in history is that after Sima Yan came to power, he continued to give preferential policies to the families who had already held great power. As a result, the strength of the major rich clans was too strong, and the court civil strife in the final district actually caused a nationwide scuffle, which gave the nomads in the north an opportunity to take advantage of it. After Emperor Sui Wen and Yang Jian unified the world, the imperial examination system was used to replace the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, which was originally extremely beneficial to the family, which made the talent selection more scientific, so as to avoid the strength of the family too great. Therefore, since the Sui Dynasty, it has rarely been heard of who is the fourth generation and the third prince. On the contrary, there is a philosophical saying: the rich is no more than three generations.

Wang Mang, who was scolded as an ambitious and usurper, is actually, to some extent, an avant-garde reformer or idealist. He wanted to change the status quo of land annexation, but the measures he took were too radical, which eventually led to the strong resistance of the big family, and he was also surnamed. Zhao Feng knew the basic principle that productivity determines the production relationship, and he did not expect him to carry out any agrarian revolution and cook the more impractical things of freedom. Even the imperial examination system, he doesn't want to do it now, but intends to wait until the situation calms down a little. Previously, it had always relied on the system of Xuzhou College to balance the influence of the family, but now it seems that something needs to be added. For like this time, if more than a million farmers in Jingbei are allowed to completely become tenant farmers again, once the strength of some families will soar, I'm afraid there will be another Cai Mao or Kwai Yue in a few years.

"Kong Ming, I understand what you mean, that is to say, even if the people of Jingbei want to go south, it is difficult for them to migrate spontaneously with nothing, right?" Zhao Feng thought for a time and asked.

"Except it is!" Zhuge highlights the way.

"In this case, I will solve the rectification of Jingnan's armaments and the migration of population to the south. Kong Ming, how is Jing Xiang's armaments at the present? Zhao Feng thought for a time and asked.

"It's not very good." Zhuge Liang is more cautious. Before fighting Jiangdong, Jingzhou claimed that there were 300,000 horses. In fact, this was added to the number of county soldiers and water, and there were not so many front-line combat troops, which added up to about 200,000. Among them, there are 120,000 infantry, 50,000 navy and 30,000 cavalry. After fighting Jiangdong, the infantry and navy suffered heavy losses. Later, although the new recruits were added, the combat effectiveness was extremely weak. After this war, Cai Mao, Kai Yue and others and Liu Pan's old troops were only about 120,000 left, including more than 20,000 cavalry.

"Twmany thousand cavalry?" Zhao Feng's eyes lit up when he heard the words: he had been tossing around in Xuzhou for so many years, changing horses and extorting, but he only got nearly 20,000 cavalry. Liu Jingsheng was really rich. He suddenly set up 30,000 cavalry, and now there are more than 20,000 left. Why didn't I see Cai Mao in the battle before?

"General, most of the Jingzhou cavalry are Yanzhou horses, and they don't have the art of riding and shooting. The combat power is not the same as that of General Zilong's white horse." Seeing Zhao Feng's excited face, Zhuge Liang quickly poured a basin of cold water.

"It doesn't matter. It's better than nothing." Zhao Feng waved his hand. He said. After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Feng felt that he had a general plan and could be implemented immediately. It's just that I'm alone. It's really not easy to toss around. I should ask him for a few people.

At this moment, two civil servants walked into the hall face to face. The older face on the left is extremely long, but the one on the right is a pair of white eyebrows, but it is Ma Liangma Jichang, who has had several relationships with Zhao Feng before. After everyone met, he had another courtesy. Zhuge Liang then solemnly introduced to Zhao Feng. The long-faced man was his eldest brother Zhuge Jin.

"Indebted to the general's life-saving kindness in the past, Zhuge Jin did not dare to forget it!" Zhuge Jin was extremely polite and solemnly thanked Zhao Feng, who said that there was no need to be polite. Looking at the serious Zhuge Jin and the somewhat brilliant Zhuge Liang brothers, Zhao Feng suddenly had a prank idea. At present, he deliberately asked Zhuge Liang, "Kong Ming, I heard that you once said that your brother and Shi Guangyuan and Cuizhou equal talents are similar, and they are all talents of the same state?"

"Except it is!" Zhuge highlights the way.

"In this way, Kong Ming, your talent is not as good as your brother!" Zhao Feng deliberately shook his head and sighed, and everyone was a little confused.

(to be continued)