Chapter 751: River Patrol
Chapter 751: River Patrol (Part )
Shao Xun stayed in the newly established Dinghu County for more than ten days, until the beginning of the leap month, when he finally met the people of Pingyang Jia family. However, there were only about 300 people, and they seemed to be the vanguard troops.
Shao Xun looked at them carefully.
One person led a riding horse and a pack animal (mainly a donkey), wore leather armor and had a bow slung around his waist.
It seems that they are not cavalry, but just infantry who can ride horses.
He didn't believe that there was no armor in the Jia manor, but among this group of people, only a few dozen people had it, so it seemed that they were holding back.
He also remembered that someone had secretly reported that when the Xiongnu was defeated, the nobles in Hedong and Pingyang looted the treasury, pursued the remaining soldiers, and obtained a large number of high-quality military equipment and even battle-hardened warriors.
These guys!
He smiled, greeted Jia You who came specially to Ding Hu, and said, "Yan is coming."
"Your Majesty." Jia You bowed and saluted.
"Why is General Yan unwilling to take up the post of Dinghu Ling?" Shao Xun threw out a life-threatening question as soon as he arrived.
Jia You smiled bitterly and said, "The border areas are prone to chaos. I am only good at classics and history, not martial arts, so I can't do anything."
"You are quite honest." Shao Xun looked at Jia You and said.
Jia You lowered his head, feeling slightly humiliated.
The Pingyang Jia family may not have a very good reputation, but they are extremely powerful in the Jin Dynasty. Even the Langya Wang family wants to marry into their clan.
Although he has been suppressed since Jia Nanfeng was executed, he still cannot be underestimated. The King of Liang's behavior is a bit too much.
After a while, Jia You did not hear Shao Xun's voice, and looked up, only to find that King Liang was still looking at him. The humiliation, anger, and even pride that had just grown in his heart disappeared in an instant, and he became a little panicked.
In times of crisis, people's sixth sense is actually quite sharp.
"Someone reported Jia's various illegal acts and asked to execute him, but I didn't agree." Shao Xun said as he removed his hand from the hilt of the knife at his waist.
"Your Majesty, this must be slander." Jia You was shocked and subconsciously raised his voice and said.
"I think so too." Shao Xun still stared at Jia You and said, "I think Jia is loyal to the emperor and patriotic."
Although Jia You could not fight, he had a clear mind. He sighed in his heart and said, "I would like to send 2,000 households of soldiers and farmhands to Dinghu County. However, there is really no one in the Jia family who is good at martial arts. There is only one distant relative named Jia Gui, who was outstanding in martial arts when he was young. Later, he got angry with his family and went to Zhongtiao Mountain. I heard that he had a lot of contacts with Anyi Wei family, but I don't know..."
"Yes." Shao Xun didn't want to waste any more words, and said, "I'll ask Jia Gui to come here for you, and he will be the Dinghu Order to lead the guests who migrated here. But there is one thing——"
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
"Since we have separated, we should stop having joint meals and sacrifices. From now on, the Dinghu Jia family is the Dinghu Jia family, and the Pingyang Jia family is the Pingyang Jia family. There is no need to try to establish any relationship."
"Yes, sir." Jia You replied bitterly.
A big family, of course, has many branches.
Some people go to other places to serve as officials, and reproduce a large number of descendants in the local area, forming a separate branch. At this time, it depends on the situation -
If you settle down locally, then the family will really be separated.
If you have not settled down, it is not considered a division of the family, because your county family genealogy is still in your hometown. Whether you want to enter the officialdom through family background, or be selected as a filial and honest official, or a scholar, you can only go back to your hometown to handle it.
This is the case with the Xue family of Fenyin. Hedong did not allow them to take the county surname, and there was no record of the Xue family in the county genealogy. Therefore, they could not use the official selection system of Hedong County or even Sizhou to enter the officialdom, and they have been local tyrants for fifty years.
Shao Xun meant that the Jia clan members who migrated to Dinghu County were later included in the genealogy of the aristocratic families in Xihe County and Bingzhou, while the main clan of the Pingyang Jia clan was included in the genealogy of Pingyang County and Liang State.
From now on, the bridge is the bridge, the road is the road, and the two families have nothing to do with each other, just like the Yu family of Yingchuan and the Yu family of Xinye, who now no longer consider themselves to be one family.
The situation is really too terrible if the aristocratic families do not split up.
"Rich or poor, all the followers came from far away to eat together in the suburbs. There was no other way. He was especially friendly with Bian. He raised and educated the poor and orphans in the clan..." - This was the legacy of the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty, and it would only be more serious at this time.
Apart from anything else, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Xue family of Fenyin had a clan of three thousand people living together.
During the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the Zhe family in Linzhou also had a population of one or two thousand people living together.
A branch of the Hongnong Yang family moved to Linzhou after the mid-Tang Dynasty. They bought land and houses, farmed and grazed, practiced martial arts, read books, and pacified the tribes. Their descendants were able to have children, and because of the harsh external environment, they lived together and gradually developed. The name of Yang Ye, the invincible Yang, was resounding throughout the north.
The children of these powerful families basically all practiced martial arts, and with clan blood as the bond, they were incorporated into the farmhands. The army they trained was highly organized and could be called "sons' soldiers". For example, the Zhe family army fought with the Western Xia for many years and had always been the main tentacle of the Northern Song Dynasty to penetrate into the west bank of the Yellow River.
Military powerful families are unstable factors in the interior, but they are very good in the border areas, because they rely on the name and food provided by the court to deal with the covetous Hu people. Unless it is the end of the dynasty, it is difficult for them to rebel.
Moreover, they are an important weapon in the Han-speaking areas, and are somewhat similar to the palace soldiers.
The Pingyang Jia family was divided, just like the Taiyuan Guo family.
"Pingyang is also under the jurisdiction of Liang State. The state is conducting a land inventory. The deeds of the two thousand farmhands that have been distributed have been sent to the county, so Jia will not investigate them." Shao Xun added, "Hurry up and do it."
Jia You lowered his head, closed his eyes, and said after a moment: "Yes, sir."
Shao Xun glanced at him and turned away. The warriors with swords and bows also glanced at him with mockery and ridicule.
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On the 20th of the leap March, Shao Xun walked and inspected along the way and arrived at another Yellow River ferry.
After days of rain, the vegetation in the mountains grew lush, and the weeds on the riverbank grew wildly as if they had received some command.
The horses, cattle and sheep were eating the food happily, wagging their tails and looking extremely happy.
Some over-the-top sheep even use their special mouth structure to nibble on tender buds and leaves in the bushes, making the cattle and horses feel inferior.
"Let's call the place where the two rivers meet Hehejin. South of Hehejin, choose a flat land and establish Hehe County." Shao Xun said, pointing with his whip at the ancient ferry at the foot of the mountain.
There are three or five boats near the ferry, and each boat can carry more than ten people.
There are several small wooden houses on the ferry bank surrounded by elms and willows, which are probably the residences of the boatmen.
Hehejin is located dozens of miles northwest of Xing County, Shanxi Province. It is where the Weifen River flows into the Yellow River, so it is called "Hehe". It is one of the ancient Yellow River ferry crossings.
There are also ruins of Han Dynasty city walls on the west bank of the river, which should be a fortress guarding the ferry.
This piece of ruins seems to have been put to use.
There are herds of cattle and sheep on the hills outside the city.
The broken basins between the hills are full of crops and lush greenery.
At the highest point on the city wall, there was a large flag with the word "Liu" on it. There seemed to be a few soldiers guarding it, but no one knew who they were.
Shao Xun thought carefully and wondered what would happen if he could collect forty or fifty boats and ferry hundreds of people across at a time.
It's still difficult to think about it. These hundreds of people did not cross the river all at once, but in batches. Moreover, there were castles and garrisons on the other side. When you have not yet gained a firm foothold, arrows will rain down, cavalry will charge again, and infantry will follow up to finish off, and those who crossed the river are basically finished.
Even if we successfully cross the river, supply will be a problem.
It is said that landing operations have remained a global problem since ancient times and even in the era of hot weapons in later generations.
It would be great if there were no one defending the other side. Then we could cross the river, reorganize our troops, and store up food and supplies at our leisure...
People will also come from Hehejin and Hehe County.
The Zhou family of Runan was recently targeted by the "cruel official" Fei Li, and the charges were not fabricated. The Zhou family had indeed concealed land and secretly bribed the student soldiers who were measuring the land.
This matter was not a big deal. In the end, it was decided that the sons of the Zhou family in Runan who participated in concealing and bribing were beheaded, and the student soldiers and several minor officials who accepted the bribes were also beheaded.
The Zhou family moved some of their clansmen and two thousand farmhands to Hehe County to find a place to settle and cultivate.
The Puzi Guo family, the Dinghu Jia family, and the Hehe Zhou family are all prestigious aristocratic families with considerable heritage.
In addition to guarding the border, Shao Xun also hoped that they could recruit the Hu people through various means, change their customs, and slowly assimilate them.
People always admire the strong. After the leaders of the Hu people were included in the Lu surname, there were standards for selecting officials, and they would subconsciously imitate and learn, move closer to advanced civilization, and gradually be assimilated.
On the other hand, if you just exploit, ravage and squeeze them, leave them alone, and are too lazy to come up with policies and spend effort to assimilate them, that would be the current situation.
Give them some money when they need them and let them fight for their lives.
How can you assimilate if you stay away from them when you don't need them as if they were stinky dog shit?
During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Zhe family moved to Linzhou and claimed to be descendants of the Yuwen clan. They later subdued the local Qiang and Dangxiang tribes. Over the course of three hundred years, they continued to serve as officials in the Tang Dynasty. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, they had been completely sinicized and became one of the pillars of border defense during the Five Dynasties and Northern Song Dynasty.
You still have to take the initiative to intervene.
The Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Wei, and Western Jin Dynasty all liked to bury their heads in the sand. Their national borders kept retreating, pretending not to see them, and were only satisfied with superficial submission. In fact, even when they were submitting, the other side continued to burn, kill, and loot the Han people. However, in order to avoid war, the imperial court was too lazy to care. When they could no longer tolerate it, they would send troops. However, not many years after they won the battle, they found that the other side had advanced again.
It is impossible to kill them all now, and Shao Xun is also constantly trying to find ways to dismantle this huge bomb that has been there since the Han Dynasty, bit by bit.
After staying in Hehejin for a few days, Shao Xun prepared to return.
Before leaving, he held a grand banquet for chiefs from near and far to comfort them and deepen their feelings.
As for the ferry further north, he was not planning to go there for the time being as it was too dangerous.
That place was already the territory of Tuoba Xianbei. Leading an army of more than 10,000 northwards would easily lead to misunderstanding. He was not yet ready to conquer Tuoba.
Tuoba Xianbei was a serious country.
The ruler was the "Duke of Dai County" conferred by the Jin Dynasty, but internally, he built a capital, appointed hundreds of officials, and even had a royal chariot. He was not a tribal chief.
If they want to attack the State of Dai, they must mobilize all their national strength to march north to ensure stability.
On the 28th, the army marched eastward from Hehejin towards Xiurong.
At this time, the sky was gloomy and the rain was getting heavier and kept falling.
Last year there was already too much rain, and this year it seems to be even worse!
(End of this chapter)