Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 130: Governing the New City, Liu Feng's Registration of the People
The current Xincheng County has nine counties under its jurisdiction.

From west to east, they are:

The main river area of Han River: Xicheng County, Xi County, and Wudang County.

The main river blocking area: Shangyong County, Jianshi County, Wuling County, and Beiwu County.

Zhushui main river area: Fangling County and Changhan County.

Liu Feng retained all the county officials in their original positions.

He also ordered the newly appointed Lieutenant General Li Ping to lead a thousand soldiers to build roads and fortifications in the Wudang Mountain area.

In the past few months, Deng Fan has recruited more than 2,000 Yi households for Liu Feng; according to Deng Fan, there are still more than 3,000 Yi households waiting and watching.

Liu Feng calculated silently for a while.

If Bai Shou of Jingshan could also attract thousands of barbarian families from Jingshan, then the number of registered households in Liu Feng's Xincheng County would reach about 23,000.

If the private households of local forces such as Shen Dan and Shen Yi are added, the number of households can reach 30,000.

Compared with the large counties in the Central Plains, this number may not even be as large as the number of registered households in a large county.

However, in Xincheng County, a remote and poor place with dangerous mountains and fast-flowing rivers, being able to gather 30,000 households can be considered "rich".

Although Yu Fan did not object to Liu Feng's plan to recruit Yi people and make them equal citizens, he pointed out the risks: "The conflict between Han and Yi people has existed for a long time. In addition, the customs and habits of both sides are different. Forcibly making them equal citizens may cause many disputes.

If severe punishment is used, the Yi people will feel that they are too restrained and will return to the mountains; if severe punishment is not used, it will be difficult to punish them according to the law after a conflict between Han and Yi people occurs.

Reality is not a game after all.

If there is no proper solution, even if the barbarians leave the mountains, they will return to the mountains.

not to mention.

Now there are still a large number of Yi people who are waiting to see whether Liu Feng, the governor of Xincheng, is really willing to treat the Yi people as equals to the registered Han people.

Liu Feng leaned against a table and pondered for a moment: "Zhong Xiang has been in Jiangdong for a long time. Do you know how Sun Quan and his subordinates pacified the people?"

There are many Shanyue people in Jiangdong.

In order to pacify the Shanyue, Sun Quan and his generals summarized a number of feasible plans.

Yu Fan said without hesitation: "The strong ones will be soldiers, and the weak ones will be households."

Deng Fan's face changed and he shouted, "No! Absolutely not! If you do this, it will surely make the barbarians panic. Your Excellency is a benevolent and righteous man, so you should lure them with benefits. How can you follow Sun Quan's example and commit tyranny?"

Liu Feng did not comment on the plans of Yu Fan and Deng Fan, but directly asked how to "lure them with benefits."

Deng Fan said: "The Yi people have lived in the mountains for a long time. Most of them are weak farmers and strong hunters. Because they are not good at farming, there are few livestock and the game in the mountains is becoming increasingly scarce. It is difficult to have enough food to survive the winter every year.

Therefore, the barbarians often came down the mountains to plunder the food and livestock of the Han people, and most of the conflicts between the Han and the barbarians were due to this.

Now that we know the root cause, we should solve it from the root cause.

The envoy can diligently implement good policies, give them oxen to plow, increase their livestock, teach them etiquette, and guide the barbarians to change their surnames to Chinese, speak Chinese language, wear Chinese clothes, and marry Chinese people.

After three generations, there was no longer any distinction between Han and Yi in Xincheng County, and all the counties, towns and villages were inhabited by Han people. "

Liu Feng's eyes lit up.

This is a talent!
Deng Fan directly saw through the essence of the dispute between the Han and Yi people in Xincheng: a dispute over survival resources.

The solution, in addition to the conventional good governance, giving them oxen to plow, increasing their livestock, and teaching them etiquette, was to require the barbarians to change their surnames to Chinese, speak Chinese, wear Chinese clothes, and marry Chinese people.

The old days.

After Duke Mu of Qin annexed the Xianyun, he dominated the Western Rong.

After King Wuling of Zhao changed his customs and adopted the Hu clothing, he opened up a thousand miles of land.

Qin Shi Huang unified the world and all ethnic groups.

Emperor Wu of Han also repelled the Huns and opened up vast territories.

In addition, the Han Dynasty had intimidated the people for 400 years, and all the barbarians admired the Han.

Deng Fan’s strategy already has the basic conditions for implementation.

Liu Feng looked at Yu Fan again, smiling: "Mr. Zhongxiang, can my Gongcao compare to the heroes of Jiangdong?"

Yu Fan was also surprised.

At the beginning, he advised Liu Feng to promote Deng Fan to the position of Gongcao, not to recognize Deng Fan's talents, but to find out the loopholes and fill in the system of promotion, demotion and reward and punishment of officials in Liu Feng.

And now.

Yu Fan had a new understanding of Deng Fan's talents.

To have such a profound understanding of the conflicts between Han and Yi people and to be able to propose reasonable solutions, this is no ordinary talent!

Compared with the Jiangdong civil and military officials who first used force to suppress and then appease the rebellion, Deng Fan's plan was obviously more gentle.

Although Yu Fan has a foul mouth, he doesn't talk nonsense.

He immediately cupped his hands and praised: "Master Deng's theory of Han and Yi is amazing, and this move is enough to show the general's benevolence and righteousness."

Liu Feng laughed out loud.

When Liu Feng deliberately asked "Can you be compared with the heroes of Jiangdong" just now, he also wanted to show off.

Although Deng Fan's overall ability was not as good as that of the talented people from the big families, he had made in-depth research in handling the relationship between Han and Yi people in Xincheng County.

And now.

Deng Fan was also needed to use his strengths to add more willing households to the newly established Xincheng County.

Deng Fan was also quite pleased.

He performed perfectly on his first day as Gongcao, so how could his future prospects be bad?
When Liu Feng's laughter subsided, Yu Fan continued, "Kindness and power must go hand in hand. If the general only demonstrates benevolence and righteousness, he will be looked down upon by the barbarians. He must also demonstrate military power to deter those who have second thoughts."

Liu Feng nodded and said, "Mr. Zhongxiang is right. After the soldiers have rested for a few days, I will send the captains to patrol the nine counties to eradicate the old evil and eliminate the bandits. Anyone who is willing to follow me will be protected by my military power."

Since you are the governor of Xincheng, you naturally have to maintain the public order of Xincheng and protect the people of Xincheng.

The war era.

Only when the social order is good and the public security is stable can more population be attracted.

The larger the population, the more talented people there are.

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Feng thought Deng Fan was a talented person.

When people around him act tyrannically, Liu Feng practices benevolence and righteousness, and then the people who yearn for stability will come to the new city on their own initiative.

Although Xincheng did not have many people, there were a large number of Hanzhong and Jingzhou scholars and civilians who were forcibly relocated by Cao Cao in the neighboring Nanxiang and Nanyang, and even in Luoyang and Guanzhong further north.

Building a safe and orderly new city to attract people to return home is also a good strategy.

Today's environment.

There will be no major wars in the short term. The Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Xiangfan dragged Liu, Cao and Sun into the vortex of war.

Whether it is Liu Bei's side, Cao Cao's side, or Sun Quan's side, they all need time to recuperate and resolve internal problems.

After discussing the main strategy for the new city's recent development with Deng Fan, Yu Fan, Fan Cheng and Han Chong, Liu Feng entrusted the specific implementation of the county's affairs to the four of them.

After everyone leaves.

Shuji came from the backyard.

Although Liu Feng is not a playboy who is obsessed with beauty, he is not a straight man who is not interested in beauty.

It's been several months since we last met.

The beauty is alone in bed.

Naturally, there will be some lingering moments.

a few days later.

Bai Yong and Bai Su from Jingshan came to Fangling.

Bai Yong stated his purpose: "My father is busy in Jingshan mobilizing people of all ethnic groups to move to the new city. He has no time for the moment, so he ordered me to bring my sister to see the general."

Bai Su's face was flushed, and she didn't know whether it was because of the cold or shyness.

Among the tribesmen living in the mountains, men would bring gifts and pick an auspicious day to meet the woman they like, or women would give various hints to the men they like to quickly choose an auspicious day to propose to them.

Just as described in Li Bai's poem: "The man comes riding on a bamboo horse, playing with green plums around the bed."

However, when it comes to Bai Su, she has to take the initiative to deliver herself to him.

Bai Su also felt more uneasy.

When Liu Feng saw Bai Su, he understood what Bai Shou meant.

This is because he is afraid that Liu Feng will go back on his word!

When passing through the twelve strongholds of Jingshan, Liu Feng only verbally agreed to bring Bai Su to Fangling.

However, Bai Su did not come with Bai Shou at that time, so she did not go together.

Liu Feng originally wanted to pick someone up after things got stable for a while, but he never expected that Bai Shou would send the person directly over.

"Now that you are here, this is your home."

Liu Feng's gentle voice gradually reduced Bai Su's inner anxiety.

Seeing that Bai Su was shy, Liu Feng called Shen Shu again and asked Shen Shu to take Bai Su to familiarize herself with the environment first.

Bai Yong took out another letter and handed it to Liu Feng, saying, "This is what my uncle asked me to pass on to the general. He said that after you read the letter, the general will reward me with a good horse."

Liu Feng took the letter with a strange expression: "Ma Shuping is really arrogant. You want me to give you a good horse just from a letter? Good horses nowadays can't be bought even with money."

however.

When he saw the contents of the letter, Liu Feng couldn't help laughing: "Ma Shuping is right, this letter is indeed worth a good horse."

In the letter, Ma Yu pointed out the sparsely populated situation of the newly established city, and then introduced Mei Fu, the King of Yi in the northwest of Nanjun, to Liu Feng.

The Mei Fu brothers gathered more than 10,000 families, mainly distributed in the Shanyan and Mian valleys west of Zhonglu and Yicheng.

"Biographies of Elders in Xiangyang" records: The land in the valley is flat and suitable for growing mulberry and hemp. There are fertile fields on both land and water. It is the fertile soil south of Mianyang and is also called the "Luozhongyi".

Mei Fu was originally recruited by Cao Ren as a general. However, due to the powerful momentum of Guan Yu's flooding of the seven armies, Mei Fu could only hide in the valley and did not dare to show up.

Later, when Guan Yu withdrew his troops, Mei Fu also went to Xiangyang to pay a visit to Cao Ren.

When Cao Ren went south to Jiangling, he also summoned Mei Fu to lead troops. However, before Mei Fu could leave the valley, news came that Cao Ren was hastily withdrawing to Xiangyang.

This will make Mei Fu unable to deal with it.

Are we going to fight or not?
Mei Fu sent people to Xiangyang to inquire about the news, but the people who reported back said that "Cao Ren has returned to Luoyang to attend a funeral." Mei Fu did not know for whom the funeral was.

As soon as Cao Ren left, Mei Fu was completely dumbfounded.

If you run away, what should we do?
Coincidentally, at this time, Ma Yu learned that Liu Feng had become the prefect of Xincheng, and invited Bai Shou to move his people to Xincheng to settle down.

So Ma Yu went to contact Mei Fu in person, explained the pros and cons to him, and hoped that Mei Fu would give up his evil ways and settle down in the new city.

Liu Feng's reputation had long reached Mei Fu's ears, and now in Jingzhou it was obvious that the Han Dynasty was prospering and the Wei Dynasty was declining.

So Mei Fu discussed it privately and decided to respond to Ma Yu's call and settle in the new city.

Liu Feng also had an impression of the King of Yi in the northwest of Nanjun.

According to historical records, in the autumn of the year when Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, Mei Fu sent envoy Zhang Jian to seek an audience with Sun Quan, and brought 5,000 families from five counties, namely Yin County, Ling County, Zhuyang County, Shandu County and Zhonglu County, to join Sun Quan.

Now that Sun Quan's forces have withdrawn from Jingzhou, Cao Wei's forces are suffering repeated setbacks in Jingzhou.

It is understandable that Mei Fu would want to surrender.

Liu Feng didn't care who Mei Fu followed before. As long as he was willing to come to Xincheng and sincerely rely on him, they would all be good brothers.

"If you join Sun Quan, you can bring 5,000 families with you. If you join me, you can't bring less."

Immediately.

Liu Feng took a good horse as a reward to Bai Yong, and asked Bai Yong to take the appointment letter and seal of Xincheng County Inspector back to the mountains.

The prefect has three subordinates with extremely high power and status.

They are: Gongcao, Wuguanyuan and Duyou.

Now the position of Gongcao has been given to Deng Fan, the position of Wuguanyuan has been given to Yu Fan, and the position of Duyou was originally reserved for Ma Yu by Liu Feng.

I didn’t expect that Ma Yuren had made such a great contribution before he even arrived.

Liu Feng returned the favor, so naturally he couldn't let Ma Yu feel disappointed.

"Hide the appointment letter and the seal well. If you lose them, your uncle will fight you to the death." Liu Feng instructed carefully.

Bai Yong, who was excited about getting a good horse, shuddered suddenly, and his excitement instantly dissipated. He subconsciously touched the appointment letter and seal in his bag and said, "General, don't worry, they will never be lost."

After Bai Yong left, Liu Feng immediately returned to the Fangling government office and sent spies to the north to gather information.

Although we guessed that Cao Ren was most likely there to attend Cao Cao's funeral, we still need to investigate carefully whether it is true.

Looking in the direction of Luoyang, Liu Feng lowered his head and muttered to himself:

"If Cao Cao really died of illness, Cao Pi would definitely abolish the Han Dynasty and establish his own regime this year.

Since ancient times, those who came to power by illegitimate means would send troops abroad in an attempt to establish prestige through military exploits.

This is a risk, but also an opportunity.”

(End of this chapter)