Zhu Nao

Several days later, Zhu Nao finally returned to Chengdu Mansion.

The officials in the Chengdu government had already received the news that on the day the army arrived, officials headed by Xu Yu went out of the city to welcome them.Although they had been prepared for a long time, they still couldn't help sighing when they saw the mighty ranks of civilians coming behind Zhu Nao.

Naturally, the city of Chengdu cannot accommodate so many foreigners, so when Xu Yu received Zhu Nao's order, he had already prepared a temporary settlement in the suburbs.When the brigade arrived, the army and officials led the people into the garrison to temporarily settle down, waiting for follow-up orders.

After arranging the item-by-item matters, Zhu Nao led the people into the city and returned to the official residence.

After entering the official residence, Zhu Nao didn't even take a breath, so he discussed serious matters with Xu Yu.

"Xu Shaoyin," Zhu Nao asked, "is the land of Shu still peaceful these past few months?"

Xu Yu hurriedly said: "If you go back to the prefect, everything will go smoothly. The household register has been added and repaired; the accounts of the people's loans from the government in various states and counties have been sorted out, and the prefect can look at it at any time; the stone workshop and the new car workshop have started. operate..."

He reported to Junao one by one what the government had done in the past few months. He completed all the tasks that Junao left for him before he left in an orderly manner, so he was a good helper.

After hearing this, Zhu Nao said with satisfaction: "Xu Shaoyin is really reassuring. Thank you for your hard work."

Xu Yu hurriedly said: "It's not hard, this is the responsibility of the subordinates."

After reporting on the official duties, Xu Yu asked again: "I don't know how to settle down the people brought back from the Central Plains by the governor?"

Zhu Nao said: "I'm planning to discuss this matter with you. I intend to send them to the southwest, what do you think?"

"Southwest?" Xu Yu frowned slightly, not surprised.When he learned that Zhu Nao brought a large number of people back, he had some guesses, and this result was within the range of his guesses.

The center of Shu, and also the most prosperous place in Shu, is naturally the Chengdu Plain.After crossing the Chengdu Plain and going southwest until it connects to Dali, the large area of ​​land is still beautiful, but it is blocked by mountains and rivers, the roads are dangerous, and there are few people.The people living there, regardless of Yi Han, are mostly rude and uncivilized barbaric tribes.Once the wind and rain did not go well for them, resulting in a shortage of food and clothing, those barbaric tribes would come to the Shu land to rob food and property, and even take the people of the Shu land to be their slaves.

The frequency of such things happening is not low, it happens several times almost every year.But neither the people in Shu nor the government can do anything about those tribes.

After all, the land is sparsely populated and the terrain is complicated. If you take the initiative to send troops to conquer them, not only will it be difficult to find the whereabouts of those tribes, but you may be ambushed by them; It was too big, and the government couldn't bear it.

Therefore, for many years, in the face of this situation, the government often can only adopt two strategies-one is to turn a blind eye and close one eye, allowing the people to suffer violations and pretending not to know; They sent food and clothing so that they would not come again.

When Zhu Nao took the position of Chengdu Yin, he has always adopted the second strategy.

In fact, anyone who has read history books knows that these two methods are only expedient measures, not long-term solutions.To really solve the problems brought about by these barbarian tribes, the best way is to educate them, not conquer or defend.But the word "education" is easy to say, but extremely difficult to do.

The reason why the barbarians are barbarians is not due to the blood race, but due to the favorable location, water and soil.In the southwestern region, there are not only Yi people who have lived in it for generations, but also many Han people who immigrated there in the previous dynasty. These Han people may not be capable people.However, when the Han people entered it, instead of civilizing the barbarians, they were assimilated into barbarians.In the final analysis, only by using barbaric living methods in a barren land can we live better.

But can this dilemma be solved?Actually not.If you want to civilize the barbarian tribe, you have to civilize the barbarian land.And to civilize a piece of land, what we need most is people.Only enough people can make a desolate place lively and lively.

Xu Yu said: "But Fu Yin, if those people are moved there, I'm afraid there will be conflicts with the local tribe..."

He said this in a more tactful way. In fact, when those barbarian tribes met the people of the Central Plains, conflicts and struggles were inevitable. If they were not done well, bloody massacres might occur.

"Hmm." Zhu Nao obviously considered this level, and said, "Therefore, it's better to have a multi-pronged approach."

Xu Yu hurriedly asked: "I don't know what clever plan the prefect has?"

Zhu Nao said: "It's not a good plan. The first thing to bear the brunt is to build roads; secondly, we must form an army among the relocated people to resist the attacks of the local tribes; thirdly, we can contact and negotiate with those tribes... I remember the government. Had contact with some tribes?"

Xu Yu nodded and said: "Yes. When Lu Shaoyin was there, he went south twice. The government has records about the seventeen tribes, and there are documents to check."

Although the government was unable to send troops to conquer those barbarian tribes, it was not completely ignorant of the situation of those tribes.Before Zhu Nao took office, the officials of various generations had successively conducted some investigations on the local tribes, and Yuan Jilu had sent him south to go deep into danger in order to attack Lu Qinghui.Luckily, Lu Qinghui came back alive and brought back a lot of news from the Southwest.

Without waiting for Zhu Nao to continue, Xu Yu continued: "We can send people to contact those tribes, give them preferential policies, and make them accept Han people. It's great if they are willing to cooperate. If they are not willing to cooperate, we will Just find a way to provoke them from within, disintegrate their power, and make them no longer a threat to the Han people..."

Zhu Nao looked at Xu Yu approvingly.

Xu Yu has been an official for many years and is very capable in this regard.How to use policies, how to use other forces to achieve his goals at the lowest cost, he can think of seventeen or eight sets of methods in an instant.

However, if one wants to truly civilize the barbarian land in the Southwest, the most important thing is to build roads.In fact, the southwestern land is not barren, on the contrary, there are rich mountains, forests and seas, but because of the lack of communication with the outside world, the precious products cannot be transported outside, and the new technique of farming and weaving has been passed on, and it has become a reality in the past few years. old.

And road construction is not just a matter of repairing.The government has limited manpower and financial resources, and it is impossible to dig mountains and dig roads just for hundreds or thousands of people.So for so many years, the barbarian tribes in the southwest have repeatedly caused troubles, which has become a worry for the government, but no one has ever raised the question of road construction. After all, it is still a matter of cost-but it is different now!As long as [-] people can be moved to the southwest, no matter whether it is a mountain road or a waterway, why not repair it?

With people and roads, from now on, the Southwest will no longer be a trouble to Shu, and even the rich resources and vast territory can be used by Shu!

Thinking about this, Xu Yu was overjoyed, and immediately said, "Fu Yin, I'm going to check the news of the various tribes in the southwest, and I will come up with a plan as soon as possible and hand it over to the Fu Yin!"

Junao smiled and said, "Go."

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Xu Yu handled the affairs very appropriately and meticulously, and quickly sorted out all the news about the southwest land that the government had.

Immediately afterwards, officials from various ministries of the Chengdu government held meetings for several days to determine the money and manpower that the government could invest in road construction and relocation of the people, and based on this, a preliminary plan was made.

Then, the government immediately sent people to the southwest to conduct further investigations on the terrain and the situation to determine whether their plan could be carried out.

On the other hand, Wei Yue finally completed the registration work for tens of thousands of people in the Central Plains.

Just as Zhu Nao expected, although these people from the capital are now impoverished, there are many scholars, officials and craftsmen with special skills among them.For all talents, the government will keep them and give them a chance to show their fists.

As for the rest of the people, since the resettlement of tens of thousands of people is the top priority, there is no way to wait for all the roads to be repaired before moving, so the government quickly began to make them move south, preparing to start road building and resettlement at the same time.

Naturally, for these people who came all the way from the Central Plains, most of them are not willing to move to the barren land for reclamation.However, the people who have suffered enough also understand that in this world, it is extremely difficult to have a piece of land to live and live in. Even if the benevolence and righteousness are as good as Zhu Fu, it is impossible to give them the reclaimed and fertile land for free.If you want to survive, you have to rebuild your home after all.

At the same time, the news of the riots in the Central Plains came, and it was impossible for them to return to their homeland.The Chengdu government also patiently spent a lot of time on appeasing the people, and promised them to exempt from all taxes within ten years.Finally, these tens of thousands of people embarked on the road of moving south...

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Half a year later, Liangzhou.

The hills on the yellow waxy Gobi Desert are undulating, and the whole terrain is like a solidified sea made of sand and saline-alkali soil.On this winding road, a team of nearly a thousand people is moving forward.

At first glance, this team looks like a caravan, because they transport a lot of luggage, and there are more than a hundred donkey and mule carts in the team; but if you look closely, it looks like an army, because most of the people in the team wear armor Dai Bing, the queue is neat.

In fact, teams like this that are indistinguishable between soldiers and merchants are often seen in the Xiliang area.

This road is the only way from Guanzhong to the Hexi Corridor. Han people, Hu people, and Qiang people often trade in Liangzhou, but there are many horse thieves in Liangzhou, so caravans have to Mobilize a large number of troops for protection.

The team was walking below. On a higher hill next to it, a tall and strong man was standing on the top of the hill, looking down at them.Because he was dressed in yellow, which was similar to the color of the surrounding land, none of the soldiers below noticed him.

The man had a long face, wheat-colored skin, a straight nose, raised eyebrows, and half-black hair that was tied up high.His appearance is indistinguishable from Han and Chinese, he should be a man of mixed blood.Also because of this mixed blood, his appearance should be handsome, but no matter whether Hu people or Han people see him, they can't help but feel strange and alienated.

At this moment, he was silently observing the procession passing under the hill, while a few followers stood not far behind him.

After a while, he snorted and said, "I've heard that the Yanzhou army is good at fighting. Seeing it today, it's really interesting."

The team walking below right now is the Shu merchant team protected by the Yanzhou Army.The Shu merchants and the Yanzhou army mobilized nearly a thousand people for the purpose of doing a big business—Zhu Nao had always wanted to form a cavalry unit for the Shu army. State purchases.In the past two years, Zhu Nao has sent people to approach hundreds of war horses from Liangzhou one after another, but now that the emperor is dead and the world is in chaos, seeing that the war is about to break out, he must speed up.So this time, he has already negotiated with Liangzhou Mu Dong Jiang to buy two thousand war horses.The team walking below carried goods such as gold, silver, treasures and silk tea that were used to exchange two thousand war horses.

The entourage standing behind the man said anxiously: "Captain, we only have 200 people, are we really going to intercept them?"

The man swept back a cold glance, and the corners of his eyes were raised: "Why, are you afraid?"

The entourage hurriedly said: "This subordinate has absolutely no intention of fear!"

The man withdrew his gaze and continued to look down.He has lived in Xiliang for a long time and has seen many caravans and armies. He can tell at a glance whether the army can fight.The quality of the Yanzhou army is undoubtedly the best among the troops he has seen. Whether it is the momentum of the soldiers, or the formation that has never been scattered and procrastinated when advancing, it all shows that this is a well-trained team.

But this doesn't make him retreat, on the contrary, it only makes him feel more excited.

Because he is about to use 200 people to cut off the heads of nearly a thousand people and snatch all the money and goods they transported.This is bound to be able to make great achievements for him!

——This man is not a horse thief in the Xiliang area, eyeing the caravan trading with the government.On the contrary, he is one of Liangzhou Mu's capable generals, named Han Fengxian.And the reason why he wanted to rob the Shu merchants who did business with Liangzhou Mu was because of Liangzhou Mu's approval.

Now the world is in chaos, although Liangzhou is located in a remote area and the land under its jurisdiction is barren, the people here are tough and the soldiers are strong.Dong Jiang, the shepherd of Liangzhou, also has the ambition of taking control of the Central Plains.

That being the case, Dong Jiang no longer intends to sell the war horse to his future enemy.But he is also a greedy person, so he agreed to the Shu merchants to trade war horses, in order to trick the Shu people and the Yanzhou army into Liangzhou and rob them of their property.

Han Feng got a glimpse of Dong Jiang's intentions first, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to take over the task.

Looking at the winding team below, Han Fengxian put on a cruel smile.

He has long heard that Zhu Nao, governor of Chengdu, is a shrewd businessman who does not lose money, and Xie Wuji, the general of the Yanzhou Army, is a victorious general who never loses a battle.Unfortunately, today, the business of the shrewd businessman is doomed to be lost in his hands.The army brought out by General Chang Sheng is also destined to be wiped out under his hands.

Han Feng first fished out the long bow behind his back, turned around and walked down the hill: "Go, go to Jiuqukou, we will ambush them there!"

While speaking, he weighed his big bow that weighed more than ten kilograms, and the eyes that were neither black nor green flashed with excitement: "When I shoot down the Shu character flag with one arrow, it is the signal to do something!"

His entourage had long been used to his conceit, and they also knew that his shooting skills were astonishing, so they quickly got on their horses and prepared to send orders to the ambushing army.