Chapter 155 Salt People
Cui Liulang wiped his mouth and said, "You guys are so strange. The battle has been over and it is time to celebrate, but you come and ask questions. I heard that you don't drink alcohol, so you can get so much wine in Jinchang, and give us two jars to drink!"
Xing Jian said: "If everyone wants to drink, we can go back and talk, maybe we can bring it."
"Okay, okay! When you bring the wine, we will say everything! Without wine, we will keep talking nonstop throughout the day, which makes people feel angry!"
Cui Liulang and his subordinates applauded and asked Xing Jian to go back to get the wine. After conquering the Jin camp, Wang Xiaoli seized a lot of wine. They were not allowed to drink alcohol in the army, so what's the use of it? Why not take it to Shanzhou to satisfy everyone's cravings.
In the city of Shanzhou, scholars sent by Chen Yuyi were asking about the war everywhere. From the beginning, how to prepare, how the Jin people besieged the city, how to defend the city in the city, all of them were asked clearly. When it started to become difficult, how Li Yanxian solved it, everything was fine.
In the Shanzhou Houya, Li Yanxian gathered his subordinates to drink and eat meat together to discuss the post-war affairs.
After drinking for three rounds, Li Yanxian said: "This time the Jin army besieged the city is really dangerous. If Wang Zhan did not bring the army to the city, Shanzhou would be destroyed. We should remember this kindness in our hearts. However, after saving Shanzhou, I don't understand Wang Zhan's arrangements. The so-called one person is short-sighted, and two are the best-sighted. Today we will invite everyone to discuss together."
Song Yan said: "After the Wang Observation arrived, he only came to Shanzhou once or twice, and his troops were also recruited out of the city. Judging from his appearance, he did not want to interfere in the affairs of the state. I wonder if there are any doubts about observing?"
Li Yanxian said: "You don't know. Wang Guan wanted to move the people of Shanzhou south, and there was no household left in this area. I am the governor of Shanzhou and there were no households under my rule. What's the point of this official? However, judging from Wang Guan's appearance, he was not greedy for these people, and I don't know what he thought."
Shao Yun said: "In my opinion, Wang Observer is afraid that the Jin army will come again. If the Jin army cannot grab the food and grass, Shanzhou will be easy to defend."
Yang Bosun said: "With news of the Jin people attacking again, we will move the people into the city in advance. If the people are moved away, where can we find our food and grass? Without food and grass, it will be even more difficult for the Jin army to attack!"
Li Yanxian said: "According to the king's opinion, the people who move south may not necessarily move to Dengzhou, but can also move to the mountains in the south. The people who grow grain there can still supply Shanzhou. Moreover, the king's opinion can support it from Dengzhou. There are few soldiers guarding, so they can get it."
Yan Ping remained silent. After hearing this, he shook his head and said, "Observe, this matter cannot be agreed. If the people have moved away, Shanzhou will lose its roots and we must be subordinates. Then Dengzhou will not support us, so what should we do? At that time, I am afraid that everything will be observed by the king."
Li Yanxian sighed: "I am also worried about this. However, looking at the way Wang observes, it is not such a person. This matter makes me feel embarrassed! If the people don't move, they will only endure another hardship. If the people move, we will become rootless duckweed. Between gains and losses, it is difficult to decide! My life and death alone is nothing, but if it harms the people and the country, how can I feel at ease!"
After hearing this, everyone stopped talking and sat there and drank silently.
After a long time, no one could give a reliable opinion. Li Yanxian said: "I will discuss this with Wang Zhan again. He rescued Shanzhou. We cannot just consider ourselves. What will happen? Let's talk about it later."
When Wang Xiaoli entered Jiezhou City, he saw the city was prosperous and there were many shops on both sides of the street. When he arrived at the yamen, many craftsmen opened various shops. They stood on both sides of the road, watching Wang Xiaoli and talking.
Wang Xiaoli said to Shao Ling: "Although the Jinluo is cruel, he is good to craftsmen. Look at the city, ordinary households are also robbed, but these craftsmen are still able to live a good life. I think the Jin people just let them do their jobs on weekdays and don't treat them very harshly."
Shao Ling nodded: "What the observation said is. After entering the city, I asked these people, and they all said that the Jin people were not very harsh. They just forced them to move around and the rest were careless. As long as they were well done, the Jin people would sometimes reward them. However, these people missed their homeland and were afraid that they would be forced to move to the bitter and cold land in the north by the Jin people. When we entered the city, they were very happy."
Wang Xiaoli nodded and understood what Shao Ling said.
The Jin people started their homes between the Heishan and Baishui, where the place was bitter and cold, with a sparse population, and there was no luxury. When they went south to occupy the Central Plains, they valued the most. No matter where the Jin army attacked, they would move the craftsmen as long as conditions permit. They occupied Kaifeng Prefecture and even captured the imperial royal family to the north, so of course the craftsmen would not let them go.
Most of the craftsmen in Jiezhou and Jiangzhou were moved from Jingxi Road and Shaanxi Road. When there was no war, they drove these people northwards one after another.
Wanyan Zonghan, the commander of the Western Route Army of the Jin army, was relatively independent and powerful. He wanted to move these craftsmen to his resident Xijing, namely Datong Prefecture, rather than Yanjing. In the past two years, wars continued, and not many moved away.
After entering the yamen, Shao Ling ordered tea and everyone sat down.
Wang Xiaoli said: "I have already told Niu Gao to go to Jiangzhou first and move the people there. Here in Jiezhou, you will send people to tell the people to move south and let them prepare. You must make it clear that when you arrive in Dengzhou, the official will give them land, seeds, and plowing oxen, everything will be there. Moreover, the land in Dengzhou is fertile, not as bitter and cold as here-"
Cao Zhiyan said: "Observe, there is a difficulty. There is a salt pond here in Jiezhou, and there are many salt people around. After the Jin people came, they were greedy for the interest on selling salt, so they still asked them to cook salt. If they migrate south, these salt people would lose their livelihood and do not know how to farm, which would be very difficult."
There is a salt pond in Jiezhou, and the salt in several roads is supplied here. During the Song Dynasty, there were salt residents around the salt pond, and there were fixed taxes every year. Often several generations of people inherited this industry. These people only know how to dry salt and do not know how to farm.
In the area ruled by Wang Xiaoli, most of the salt produced in Shu was eaten. After Jiezhou was captured by the Jin army, the salt here was rarely sold to the south.
After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolei said, "There is no way, I can't farm, I can only learn. Otherwise, I will be organized by the army and the Jin army will go south. These people will immediately move to the south. However, at that time, I was afraid that my hometown would be difficult to leave, so it was not easy to move."
Shao Ling said: "It is basically impossible to make everyone live a better life in such a big event. It is better not to leave this tail and move the people away directly. After these salt people moved away, they simply sent people to teach them how to farm and exempt them from taxes for several years. How difficult is farming to learn? They will naturally come to the local area."
Cao Zhiyan said: "Forcing the people to do things they don't know will inevitably be criticized. It's better not to think of a way."
Wang Xiaoli said: "Forget it, these people are welcomed by us, and those who don't want to leave will be kept. The salt industry is a business of making money, and the golden people will not do anything to them when they come. They make salt and cannot grow food."
Shao Ling said: "We moved the people away, who will we sell them for salt?"
Wang Xiaoliu smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as the salt is made, it's okay to sell it for money. It's said that it's moving the people away, can it really move everyone away? We have that determination, but we don't have that ability."
It is said that it is moving the people away, but when you look back, you will find that the people are coming out of nowhere. Without ten or eight years of persistence, how can this kind of thing be thorough? What Wang Xiaoli can do is to move all the population in the prosperous areas, and the remote areas cannot take into account. As long as there is no one in the prosperous areas, even if the Jin army comes, it will not be able to bear the price of robbing food in remote areas.
According to Wang Xiaoli's idea, the Song Dynasty should consciously divide unmanned areas, guerrilla areas, base areas, etc. At this time, different policies should be adopted for different areas. Along the Yellow River area, consciously create unmanned areas. The areas south of the Yellow River are conducive to the attack of the Jin people, and guerrilla areas should be established. Their own base areas should be able to defend and support various military operations.
Wang Xiaoli's base area is undoubtedly a region centered on Dengzhou and Xiangyang. The mountains south of Guozhou are guerrilla areas, while the Yellow River north of Shaanxi are unmanned areas. It is possible to achieve the situation that it will be very difficult for the Jin army to invade the south and effectively guarantee the core area.
Chapter completed!