Yun Zheng made up his mind to stick to it, and as long as he didn't let Xiao Dahu run out, he won the biggest victory. ☆→☆→,

Xiao Dahu did not lead his army to break through at the first time, which made Yun Zheng underestimate him three points. Insufficient food was his biggest weakness, and continuing to shrink in Xijing City would only make his strength weaker.

In contrast, Yun Zheng was not so anxious. He had prepared five years of supplies and was transported here from Yanmen Pass. As part of the relay race, after the beginning of spring, Yun Zheng would have a full army again.

The achievements of the Song Dynasty's energy conservation in recent years have been quietly revealed. The wars in the north have continued, but the domestic taxes have not been increased. With a large amount of food support from Lingnan, the emperor even ordered the reduction of money and grain in Shaanxi.

This was an amazing achievement. Sima Guang even specially submitted a memorial to the emperor for asking for merit and blessings. Yun Zheng also signed his name on this memorial.

However, there are also places where light cannot shine in the brightest sunlight.

The refugees finally arrived in Xijing on a sunny afternoon. Their appearance was so miserable that they could not bear to see. Thirty thousand people climbed in the extremely cold weather and came to Xijing, which was full of war. After the final count, there were only less than 25,000 people left, which means that a total of 5,000 people had died on the journey from Yanmen Pass to Xijing.

Wang Anshi himself was also sick, and the high fever did not subside. Since the heavy storm began, he had been moving forward endlessly. He knew that once this army of refugees stopped at a certain place, he might no longer have the ability to reach Xijing.

There may be another way to move forward. There is no second way to go except death.

After Wang Anshi, whose lips were dry, saw Yun Zheng, his eyes that were deeply sunken were like ghost fires. He pointed at the refugees and shouted at Yun Zheng, "Don't let them die again!"

This guarantee is that Yun Zheng can't give Wang Anshi. In fact, Wang Anshi himself knew that Yun Zheng could not do this at all. The reason why he yelled out was that he had seen too many deaths these days, which almost broke his spirit.

When the soldiers saw the refugees, they could not help but whisper and point, and were extremely impressed by the men who could get here from thousands of miles away with barefoot.

Only Chen Lin's expression was still very calm.

These people respond differently to refugees when seeing refugees and ordinary people. People only sympathize when seeing refugees, while officials and emperors see refugees. They seem to see turmoil and uneasiness.

In Chinese history, there are only two types of ambitions who compete for the throne, one is the wealthy family, such as Yang Jian, Li Shimin, etc.

The second is hooligans, such as Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang, etc. This is because the wealthy clan has some support to gain power. The hooligans have no scruples and are brave to take risks.

What do the wealthy families rely on? Since ancient times, our country was established by farmers, and land was the only tool of production and the only basis of power. However, among the four people, farmers were the most miserable. The inheritance system of our country was mainly divided by all sons. Even if it was a large farmer, after it was passed down again and again, the land must be subdivided, and from a large farmer to a small farmer, the production of land could no longer maintain the life of a family. Rent and taxes were mainly based on land taxes, and farmers were oppressed by harsh taxes. The result was as Chao Cuo said:

‘There is no need to avoid wind and dust in spring, summer heat in summer, rain in autumn, cold in winter, rest on the day of death... I work hard and still suffer from floods and droughts... The tax is collected from time to time... Those who have it should sell it at half price. Those who have it will earn it twice the amount, so there are people who sell their land and houses to pay off their debts.’

These people who have no land and no means of production have no other way out except to be refugees.

China has been an agricultural country since ancient times, and China's agriculture is very naive.

The naive technology can hinder the development of productivity, and farming in too small land makes it difficult for technology to be improved.

As a result, farmers certainly did not store, and reproduction could only be repeated on the same scale. However, the terrestrial capacity was limited and the harvest was decreasing. Every year on the same land and farming, how could the harvest not decrease year by year?

During the Western Han Dynasty, "a hundred mu of harvest could not be a hundred stones." In the Eastern Han Dynasty, productivity seemed to have increased, "three hu of a mu of harvest". From the Three Kingdoms to the Jin Dynasty, harvest of one mu of harvest "may not be enough to compensate for the seeds". To the Tang Dynasty, "more than fifty hu of rice were produced in one hectare". In the Song Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, "a mu of harvest was about three hu" and during the reign of Emperor Shenzong, "around one shi of a mu of a mu". However, according to Lu Huiqing's words, "the land was four or five or six tumbles a year." The productivity was so low, and due to the heavy taxes, the people "abandoned the land and moved to idle people."

The number of idle people increases, and poverty has become a common phenomenon.

The reason why Wang Anshi fell ill was purely because he had close contact with the refugees at the bottom this time. It was also through this long journey that he had a very pertinent understanding of the composition and causes of refugees.

Looking at these refugees who were crying for survival in the cold wind, thinking about their reform creeds that were full of loopholes, they were ashamed and angry, and finally fell ill.

However, what he was most worried about was that once refugees were in disaster, the ordinaryization of poverty implied that chaos was about to occur in the Song Dynasty society.

In the Wang Mang era, "Everyone in the world was hungry, cold, poor and sad, and became thieves. They gathered a little, and often thought that they were familiar with each other. They had to return home. Although there were tens of thousands of people, they did not dare to have cities or cities, but they turned to plunder and sought food, and they just sank themselves."

During the reign of Emperor Hui of Jin, "there were frequent famines, and the people moved to the valley."

"As for Yongjia, the mourning and chaos were even worse. To the east of Yongzhou, there were many people hungry and hunger, and they even sold each other, and they were influx and moved, and countless people were in trouble." In the end, it caused trouble for refugees.

During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, "the people were poor and had exhausted their financial resources. If they lived in peace, they would be unable to win and hungry. When they died, they would be in a hurry, and if they plundered, they would still be able to prolong their lives. So they gathered together as thieves."

During the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty, "thieves all rose from the world, all due to hunger and cold." The taxes and labor were heavy, and the people abandoned their land and did not farm, and "the people rarely came to the forefront". The thieves disturbed the people again, "the heroes in the countryside gathered poor and noisy people because the people could not bear it, and they started to cause chaos, destroying six prefectures and fifty-two counties, killing two million civilians."

All this kind of history can prove that those who cause rebellion due to poverty are mostly initiated by hooligans. They have no "family, life, and life", and their lives are unstable, and they have never experienced the joy of life, and the pain of death is not terrifying.

They are the most willing to take risks, and suddenly they are in the sky in a life of death. Although they have no power in individuals, they can roam in the world after they are in groups. Gentlemen are afraid of them making trouble, and farmers are afraid of their fish and meat. In Chinese society, they are the people who are transforming from others and secretly become a force.

Vagrants have played an important role in Chinese history. They often become bandits, first plundering the most unresisting farmers, which makes the exhausted rural areas unable to protect them. After the rural destruction, the government's land taxes have decreased and the finances have become increasingly poor. They have to use heavy taxes to plunder the people, but all the plunders are finally passed on to the farmers.

This becomes an unsolvable vicious cycle, and farmers continue to become refugees, and refugees continue to plunder farmers. In the end, the power of refugees is huge to a certain extent, the dynasty will end and will eventually be replaced by other forces, and then the large distribution will be started again, and then continue to follow the old path of our ancestors.

The green forests and red eyebrows of the Western Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turbans of the Eastern Han Dynasty, many bandits of the Jin Dynasty, Dou Jiande of the Sui Dynasty, Liu Heita of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao of the Tang Dynasty all exhausted the central government, and the Chaozuo was cut off.

Wang Anshi was still in a state of high fever. Even in his dream, he still waved his arms and shouted: "How amazing, how amazing!"

Strangely, after Xiao Dahu stopped bluffing and the trencher stopped throwing stones, Wang Anshi's high fever finally faded.

Wang Anshi was dying of illness, and Yun Zheng couldn't help but be nervous. After returning from the camp, he came to the ice and ice house where Wang Anshi lived without even dismantling his armor.

After entering the room, he found Wang Anshi sitting on the bed, touching the colorful light and shadow casting the ice layer with his hands, his eyes were extremely intoxicated, and even Yun Zheng did not notice it when he walked in.

Yun Zheng didn't bother him, so he found a chair and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea and drank it slowly, not wanting to disturb Wang Anshi's happiness at this moment.

After a long time, Wang Anshi sighed: "As cruel as dreams, as beautiful as dreams, I spent my time and became a frog in the well."

"How can I see it?"

"It's a completely different direction. Build a palace on the beach and build the Great Wall with ice and snow. I'm afraid the tide will attack you, and the spring sun is warm!"

"That's right. The successful great man I know says that he is crossing the river by feeling the stones. At least what you think of in your heart are the people."

Wang Anshi smiled bitterly and said, "You told me back then that the most terrifying thing in this world was to harm the people under the guise of benefiting the people. Now I understand, this is true!"

"I usually don't think too far. Being able to arrange things within five years in advance is a great victory for me. I have said before that your starting point is too high and you think of all the people in the same way. This will naturally be troublesome." Yun Zheng smiled and comforted Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi smiled bitterly and said, "I stood under Fanlou last autumn. After being humiliated by the people, I still don't understand why this is for. Now I understand that I am just taking self-indulgent that day and cannot blame others."

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "What do we want to do so much? What we have to do now is to kill Xiao Dahu, and then place these refugees in Xijing City. When the flowers bloom next spring, we will leave Xijing and embark on our journey again. The families of these refugees will also come to Xijing City, and join them in Xijing to reclaim wasteland and farm land and resettle their own homes."

Although the land of Xijing is vast, it is probably not enough to accommodate these foreign refugees. Resetting refugees is always a big problem, and it is not a matter of overnight success.”

Yun Zheng took off his helmet and put it on the table and laughed: "Who can't tolerate refugees? Who can't tolerate refugees? Wherever General Yun goes, can't he forget the famous saying, "Don't you forget it?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!