Chapter 131 Tokyo Chaos
Pulling down the curtains, covering the window of the car, feeling the bumps, Liu Chengyou looked at Li Shaoyou and asked, "These days, it's probably very lively here in Jingji."
"It's not just lively, it's like a group of demons dancing in chaos!" Li Shaoyou said with emotion with a serious expression.
"What a mess?" Liu Chengyou asked calmly. He was not too surprised when his eyebrows were too cold. He had heard of some situations long ago.
"The people are in chaos, the soldiers are in chaos, and the government is in chaos." Li Shaoyou summed up three chaos, with a solemn tone.
At this time, hundreds of thousands of people had gathered in the capital. After the destructive plunder of the Khitans, most of the people fled and took refuge, but there were not so many people. However, as the situation in the Central Plains gradually settled, many people returned to the news. At the same time, the economy of the entire Central Plains region was completely collapsed, and the survival resources of various prefectures and counties were lacking, and many hungry people also migrated to the Tokyo area to invest.
Liu Zhiyuan took Tokyo, which was justified and the country was determined, but in fact he received a huge burden. After entering the city, he was busy buying people's hearts (the founding ministers and the officials and soldiers of the previous dynasty), rewarded him for his merits and was awarded the title.
After a slow reaction, he did not care about the refugees gathered by ants for a short time. When he found that more and more people gathered, he later issued an edict to the generals and officials of various states to conquer the people in various places and make them move to prefectures and counties. At the same time, he also sent officers and soldiers to guard the passes to set up passes to block the refugees and block them from the capital, and even drove the people out of the capital.
Under the tough measures of the Han court, the trend of "just eat Tokyo" finally subsided, but in this process, how many people would die and how many people would lose their hearts, it was temporarily out of consideration.
Even so, there were tens of thousands of people who fled to Kaifeng with their families and were blocked by the city. The court could not ignore these people, and simply opened some relief points and distributed some "grain" to raise animals. Even so, these people were also an extra burden for the new court. Some people advised to disperse these refugees and let them die. Fortunately, at the foot of the emperor, Liu Zhiyuan deliberately kept this fig leaf and did not listen.
Tens of thousands of chaotic people are in the capital, but the problem is not big, and it has always been within controllable range. What really broke out in civil unrest was after the families of the Hedong Imperial Army moved in.
Including the Longqi Army under Liu Chengyou, there were about 50,000 infantry and cavalry soldiers and horses who followed Liu Zhiyuan out of Hedong to conquer the country. These troops were the imperial guards guarding the capital, and their families who remained in Taiyuan also migrated in batches.
More than 100,000 people have come to the south. These people, but the families of the imperial guards, cannot be treated as roughly as ordinary refugees. This must be taken seriously and must be properly placed. The resettlement areas are not difficult to find. There are some unowned land and houses around Kaifeng, and even if there is not, they can be temporarily built.
Not only the families of the former Hedong Imperial Army, but also the soldiers of the newly recruited Imperial Army of the previous dynasty. Fortunately, the relatives of these people were originally mostly in the capital, but they saved a lot of relocation.
However, hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, newcomers and latecomers, foreigners and locals, and refugees, all kinds of chaos. Contradictory basically emerged, land, houses, food, water sources... and even a quarrel would become the fuse of a conflict.
The people in the capital were suffering a lot. In fact, Liu Zhiyuan's entry into the capital did not bring them any benefits. He did not talk about freedom, dignity or nonsense, and he didn't want any plundered property. He had to satisfy his food and clothing. Unfortunately, this was impossible to do the most basic thing. Instead, tens of thousands of people migrated, squeezing or even seizing their living space and resources.
You should know that the families of Hedong Army who moved south were basically "proper people". Their families moved south to Tokyo to enjoy their happiness and become masters. Since mid-last month, there have been bullying and bad situations of robbery, until a major riot broke out, targeting the newly arrived people of Hedong. Those hungry refugees also participated in it.
However, those who were the families of the Hedong Army immediately attracted suppression and arrested and dealt with the rebels. Now the old army that surrendered was quit, and they were also taken into the imperial guards, all of which were imperial guards of the court, so his family was easy to bully? The army of this era dared to use a knife and almost caused a direct battle.
Fortunately, Liu Zhiyuan was very sensitive to changes in the army and had a strong control over the army. Seeing that something was wrong, he directly sent someone to kill several military generals who led the trouble and dozens of middle and lower-level officers to intimidate the entire army. Killing sometimes stimulates people to lose their minds, but more often, the shock effect is greater.
At the same time, Liu Zhiyuan sent people to mediate and divide the military and civilians. In the end, the crime of causing the riot was entrusted to those foreign refugees. He arrested some people who committed crimes and committed crimes and killed them, and sent troops to implement military control over those refugees, enclosed them in a certain area, beating, punishing, and killing them at will, and there was a bit of a concentration camp...
When he heard this, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but speak: "How could it be so messy! What is the court doing? Why don't it divert refugees and place them in a scattered manner?"
Li Shaoyou shrugged and sighed: "Are hundreds of thousands of people so easy to support?"
"The summer harvest has passed, and summer grain has been put into storage long ago. Also, the harvest from Hebei cannot be alleviated by those camels, sheep, and grain goods?" Liu Chengyou asked.
"It's not enough to make ends meet! If you want to raise soldiers and officials, you have to reward meritorious officials and soldiers, you have no spare time to support the people. You can give them a bite and prevent them from starving to death. It is already the court's kindness." Li Shaolou said.
"That's not that!" Liu Chengyou said coldly. He remembered the situation in Zhenzhou before. He could not withstand even more than 100,000 refugees who had to support their troops and defend against the Khitan. In Liu Chengyou's opinion, the situation in the Central Plains may be difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it will not be so.
"It must be the court's inability to deal with it!" Staring at Li Shaoyou, Liu Chengyou clenched his fists: "If this continues, I am afraid that the people will be lost!"
Liu Chengyou's cold eyes frightened Li Shaoyou, and his bitter smile showed a pale look: "People's hearts? I have sent someone to secretly visit. In the eyes of those refugees, our Han Dynasty is worse than the Khitans."
Li Shaoyou's words made Liu Chengyou's heart cool a little, and the blood that almost rushed to the top of his head turned cold.
"How could it be?" Liu Chengyou asked: "Didn't the imperial court have issued a few edicts to benefit the people?"
"I'll do something for you." Li Shaoyou stretched out his left hand and leaned his fingers.
"Issue 1: In the world, all sinners will be pardoned except for the ten evil and five rebellions. Those who are imprisoned may have unjust cases, but most of them commit crimes will forgive the people and conquer the people. That is what is done in the prosperous era. In this world, how can these sinners be released for the country and what is the benefit of ordinary people? Moreover, they are suffering from detention and have a lot of hatred towards the imperial government. Let them go out, not to cause trouble or harm the people? I can guarantee that many of the bandits and thieves who have been active in various states have been pardoned."
After bent his fingers, Li Shaoyou continued: "The second imperial edict said that the remaining taxes in the states were released last year. Within one hundred miles of the east and west capitals, all summer taxes were released. A hundred miles away and the capital city, half of the house taxes were released this year. The taxes were reduced a lot, but with the situation in the Central Plains at this time, there was only a small amount of money that could be collected. How much benefit can the people be expressed?"
"As for the rest, they are all similar to this kind of person." Li Shaoyou shook his head.
If you think about it carefully, what Li Shaoyou said is really aimless. I guess Liu Zhiyuan himself was wondering that what he did was not much different from the establishment of the new dynasty in the past. Thinking about the fact that Emperor Shi Jingtang, who entered Luoyang, basically did this way, why was the effect so different?
The reasons may be complicated, but one thing is clear. At that time, the people of the Central Plains were not harmed by the Khitans as plowed, and the stall Shi Jingtang needed to clean was not as bad as that. However, everything always had pros and cons. The Central Plains and even the entire country were crushed and crushed, which was conducive to reshaping. However, the new Han Dynasty obviously did not do well, and even couldn't sort it out clearly, let alone reorganizing the mountains and rivers.
"Why are the army in chaos?" Liu Chengyou asked.
"You don't know the habit of being a arrogant soldier in Hedong. It's okay if you were suppressed before. Before entering Bian, you can still be in violation of military laws. After entering the Central Plains and easily invaded Tokyo, you are despised everything. The generals and the school are arrogant and lazy, and the soldiers follow the same thing. The officials' control over them is not as strict as before..."
Li Shaolou said: "Since entering Bian, the forces of the former imperial guards who had been collected, the troops of the towns that surrendered to the towns and the recruits had tripled. The conflict between the old and new imperial guards was not small at all. The officials needed Yuan of Hedong to suppress everything, so they had been left alone."
"During this period, the military discipline of the imperial guards has become worse and worse. I have seen many people who are swaying and domineering. This combat effectiveness has probably declined sharply."
Liu Chengyou's brows were locked tighter, and he couldn't help but interrupt him: "As the commander of the guards, hasn't he always been strict in governing the army? What responsibilities does he, the commander of the imperial guards, bear?"
"Shi Hongzhao's military harsh management is true." Li Shaohao said, "Sarcastic" was almost written directly on his face: "That is to outsiders, to those who are close to their confidants. It can be said that the most rampant imperial guards in Tokyo must be Shi Hongzhao's people!"
"It was because Shi Hongzhao's handling of unfairness and his punishment of being selfish, which caused indignation among the soldiers inside and outside, and there was almost an armed fight some time ago."
Liu Chengyou took a deep breath: "Father, are you indifferent and doing nothing?"
"How could it be? It was because the officials were furious and dealt with a group of criminal officers that they had restrained themselves. However, as long as the generals who were commanding the army were still those, the sensational trend in the army would be difficult to eliminate. I heard that the officials were all sick. Recently, they are planning to rectify the imperial guards and reorganize the troops..."
The fingers knocked on the knees were very fast. After a long time, he stopped, leaned back and leaned against the carriage. Liu Chengyou said quietly: "If the army is so chaotic, what kind of chaos is this political chaos?"
"It's said it's political chaos, but it's actually a ministerial chaos!" Li Shaolou said.
After Liu Zhiyuan entered Kaifeng, although he retained a large number of Jin ministers from the former dynasty, such as Zhao Shangjiao (formerly named Zhao Yuan, changed his name to name), Bian Wei, Wang Jingchong and others, all the political facts were left to the "Second Su".
Although Su Fengji and Su Yugui each have their own strengths, their personality flaws are extremely obvious, and they are basically verbal, and they may not be able to do a good job in governing a state or a county. Moreover, they adhere to the politics of a country. For nearly a month, the Tokyo dynasty was in chaos, and it was even worse than the short-term "Longde Dynasty" of Li Congyi. These two Sus are still competing for favor and power.
It was not until Yang Bing and Wang Zhang brought Liu Zhiyuan's original tyrant team from Taiyuan, and quickly filled the center and regained the power of Privy Council and financial planning. Liu Zhiyuan obviously also supported Yang and Wang. After all, for so many years, these two have always been in charge of their political affairs.
Wang Zhang continued to hold the shriveled purse of the Xin Dynasty, and his hair turned white and he wanted to increase his treasury. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a practical man. Seeing that the capital was very expensive, he wrote a statement to state more than ten things, and he could stop and save useless expenses. In fact, Wang Zhang was grateful to Liu Chengyou. At least the wealth he took back from the Khitans was really effective, otherwise he would lose more hair.
However, the method of poverty and wealthy, even if you make up for more from outside, is still not enough. The treasury of the Han Dynasty is still empty and the word "purposes to overcome the burden" is only found in the memorial. As the court's plan, he still has to work hard to increase his wealth. However, although Wang Zhang has always been in charge of the money bag, this person is not particularly good at "financial management". What he is better at is searching and constraining...
As for Yang Bin, this man has a strong personality, a bit arrogant, and a tough style. He is not afraid of offending others and cannot get into the sand in his eyes. After becoming the prime minister of the empire and adhering to power, he vigorously rectified the government affairs, clarified government affairs, and appointed and removed officials.
He reported to Liu Zhiyuan, dismissed dozens of incompetent officials and dealt with several people for dereliction of duty. This time, he completely offended Er Su, especially Su Fengji.
During his reign, he did a lot of bad things, one of which was "selling official positions". Before he entered Kaifeng, he had already given up dozens of official positions of all sizes and sizes, and went to Tokyo to fulfill them one by one. Most of the officials who were dismissed by Yang Bin were those who relied on bribes to obtain positions, which were extremely targeted.
He was dissatisfied with his power being occupied, and this angered Su Fengji even more. Then he began to attack Yang Bin's people. The officials of this period, who wiped clean under their butts, including Yang Bin himself, also did a lot of things to use his power for personal gain.
"This Su Yugui is a mellow elder in my impression!" Liu Chengyou's mouth twitched.
"This mellow elder now has many industries inside and outside Tokyo. However, this person is smart and cannot compete, so he simply does not fight. Two days ago, he sent his servants to help the refugees." Li Shaolou said.
He glanced at Liu Chengyou and continued, "As for Su Fengji and Su Xianggong, he bought a wide range of land and houses. Not to mention Tokyo, I heard that he occupied four or five manors and hundreds of acres of land in Xijing. Now I want to buy him again, Erlang, you can come to your door with 100,000 yuan, but I am afraid you can only meet..."
After listening to Li Shaoyou's report, Liu Chengyou's expression was already extremely autistic.
"This is not the prosperity of the empire's initial establishment, it is clearly a sign of the destruction of the country!" After a long silence, Liu Chengyou suddenly suppressed his voice and said angrily, with a clear murderous intent in his eyes.
"Erlang, you can't say this randomly!" Although it was rare to see Liu Chengyou so excited, Li Shaoyou was shocked and quickly persuaded.
"When I was in Hedong, a group of civil and military officials still mocked the Khitans for not being familiar with our country's feelings. We must not have China for a long time. Look at what the heroes of Hedong did, how much better than the Khitans?" Liu Chengyou's tone was filled with resentment. Did he feel so emotional that he just felt that his fighting in Hebei seemed a bit unworthy...
"It's not all like this." At this time, Li Shaoyou was a little afraid to look directly into Liu Chengyou's eyes and said embarrassedly: "For example, Deputy Sumi Guo has always restrained his subordinates and worked hard on the king's affairs. The officials also distributed more troops to calm the hearts of the people."
When Liu Chengyou heard him mention Guo Wei, he subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
Li Shaoyou continued: "The recent situation is much better than before. It should be that chaos cannot get messy. It has already begun. After experiencing autumn, everything will be fine when the autumn harvest is over."
"I hope!" Lifting the curtain of the car, Liu Chengyou looked out, looking outside, the sky was high and the clouds were wide.
Chapter completed!