Chapter 27: The Great Leap Forward in Youzhou (I)

Five days after Yan Bin's family reunion, Yan Bin convened all his subordinates to hold a plenary meeting on the development of Youzhou. The civil officials who attended the meeting were: Tian Feng, Ju Su, Jia Xu, Zhou Yu, Tian Chou, Xu Shu, Guo Jia. The military generals were: Yan Yan, Huang Zhong, Wang Yue, Zhang Ren, Guan Yu, Wei Yan, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zangba, Yan Zheng, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Ding Feng, Gongsun Zan, and Gongsun Du. The entire meeting was divided into civil affairs and military departments, and it took three days.

Yan Bin first spoke: "Everyone, the Yellow Turban riot has been basically suppressed. However, the root cause of the turmoil in the world has not been lifted. Let's not talk about the constant natural disasters over the years. The ten eunuchs in the court are still making trouble and persecuting loyal and kind-hearted. The wealthy families in various places are still annexing the land and enslaving the common people. Think about the fact that the Yellow Turban Army who were deceived by the Zhang Jiao brothers is really pitiful. They were already living in a difficult situation and were used by the Zhang Jiao brothers' ambitions. We are powerless to do the situation in the whole world. But we can still do it and we must do it. Now Your Majesty has exempted Youzhou for five years of taxes. Let's talk about it, how can we use these five years to develop Youzhou as soon as possible?"

Tian Feng said: "The words of the lord make sense. Although the Yellow Turbans are destroyed, the situation in the world is still turbulent. Youzhou is located on the border and has its advantages. The advantage is that we can temporarily avoid the impact of the turbulence in the Central Plains on us and develop in a concealed way; the disadvantage is that Youzhou's foundation is too poor, and it is difficult to develop, and it also has to face the harassment of foreign barbarians from time to time."

"Yes, I also know that the development of Youzhou faces many difficulties, so everyone will put forward the difficulties specifically. Let's find ways to solve them one by one."

After a while of discussion, Yan Bin concluded: "From everyone's discussion, I think of the difficulties in Youzhou: First, the cold weather is not conducive to farming; Second, the population is too small; Third, the mixing of Han and Hu is not conducive to management; Fourth, the yield of fields is too low; Fifth, the transportation is inconvenient; Sixth, the frequent faces harassment from barbarians.

In fact, the first problem is not difficult to solve. When Su Wu was exiled to the North Sea sheep by the Huns, both the Huns and Su Wu could survive in the ice and snow. Moreover, the climatic conditions in our Youzhou are much better than those in Beihai. We can develop animal husbandry, commerce, and industry while paying attention to agriculture. The second problem can be solved in this way. Our Youzhou implements a policy of encouraging childbirth, and the state government provides financial subsidies for the third child of each household. The more you give birth to, the greater the subsidy. In addition, after Yan Zheng and others, I will assign you as the envoy of the Pacification Envoy, and you will go to various places where the Yellow Turbans are making trouble to guide the remaining Yellow Turbans and refugees to Youzhou. You can tell them that as long as you come to Youzhou, you will get free land, seeds and farm tools, which are completely exempt from taxes in the first two years. Xuangao I envoy you as the envoy of the military farm, and you will be responsible for resettling those immigrants. When you encounter difficulties, the prefecture will fully support you.

The unfavorable management of Han and Hu is not conducive to management. This cannot be completely solved in a short time. This is a long-term task for all of us. I want to start with education, and stipulate that no matter whether Han and Hu children are 7 years old, they must be admitted to school and learn Chinese dialect and Chinese characters. It takes 10 years to Chinese. After they are promoted to Ji Society, you will immediately send someone to find Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and Wang Lie in Liaodong. I heard that they are now avoiding chaos in Liaodong, and I want them to be responsible for the education of the entire Youzhou.

I can't solve the low yield of Youzhou fields for the time being, but I want to plant more cold-resistant crops first to save the emergency.

As for the fifth and sixth, we can solve it together. Bogui, I order you to attack Wuheng and Xianbei by yourself. But I want to remind you two points. First, but the army goes deeper. At present, we do not have the ability to attack Wuheng and Xianbei. If you lead your troops too deeper and are surrounded, we will not have time to rescue you. Second, I do not oppose you killing all the Wuheng people and Xianbei people, but I want to tell you that killing alone will not solve the fundamental problem. For those prisoners

You must treat them well and send them back to Youzhou. Let them build roads for us. Bogui, you must remember that when we kill not only those barbarians, excessive killing will only deepen their hatred for us. Therefore, we must 'match the magnanimity and strength, and be strong and soft'. Whether it is a human being or a war, pure and soft will inevitably be weak. Pure and strong will inevitably be forgotten. It is neither soft nor hard, and it is in harmony with the Tao." Yan Bin finally stole a passage that Zhuge Liang said and ended his concluding remarks.

Gongsun Zan asked, "Lord, how can I distinguish between those barbarians who are friendly to us, and those who should be killed and killed?"
Chapter completed!