Chapter 187: Something is happening

On the third day after Xiangyang City surrendered, Fancheng also surrendered. Fancheng was originally a subsidiary city of Maitreya, and everything was followed by the horse leader of Xiangyang City. Seeing that the "capital capital" surrendered, they had no obligation to make the so-called "Great China" death festival. They were too tired, too hungry, and too scared. When Qin Lei agreed to treat them according to the usual rules of Xiangyang Prefecture, he slowly opened the city gate under the gaze of the Buddha.

From the eighth day of the fifth month of the 17th year of Zhaowu to the tenth day of the seventh month of the seventh month, the "Maitreya Rebellion" that lasted 62 days ended in this way. The Maitreya religious believers who put down their weapons will be crazyly liquidated by the aristocratic family in the future, and the Zhennan Army, which lost more than 10,000 people, would not let them go. But at this time, they could not think of this, or some people would be lucky, thinking that as long as they hide far away, they would be fine.

To describe it in one sentence, this turmoil had a cruel beginning, a cruel climax, and a remnant ending.

This two-month civil strife in the south had a profound impact on the situation in the world, whether between the Three Kingdoms or within the Qin State.

From the perspective of Qin, although the powerful border troops were in charge and did not allow Qi and Chu to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits, this time the spread of the southern provinces, affected surrounding provinces, and even affected the country's great riots, seriously weakened the internal strength of Qin, far-reachingly affected the political structure of Qin, and profoundly changed the military structure of Qin.

From an economic perspective, the two southern provinces are the southern granaries of the Qin State, which produces 50% of the country's grain with 30% of the country's arable land. Although the grain transportation is abolished every day and the domestic barriers are numerous, the cost of transporting grain from the south and the north is too high, and the northern provinces are more self-sufficient. This also leads to a ridiculous situation where grain prices in the north and the south are more likely to be more than five times different, and the southern rice is cheap and the northern rice is expensive and the farmers are even more harmful.

However, the position of the south in the Qin State's strategic reserve cannot be denied. The reason why the north did not become chaotic this time was entirely because the court emptyed all the southern kufu and transfused blood in the north, and used this method of tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall. Moreover, over the eastern expeditions, the court all transferred grain from the south and sent troops from the north. Even in normal times, the two southern provinces were responsible for the supply of most of the grain and grass on the eastern front. Without the continuous support of the south, the huge war machine of Qin State would be difficult to operate effectively.

The court's thrust that killed the chicken and fetched the eggs, and the "heroic man cut off his arm" intensified the contradictions in the land of fish and rice to the extreme, and eventually led to this amazing riot that destroyed the riot. This two-month riot swept almost the entire south, and only a few prefectures east of Jingzhou Prefecture to the Zhennan Army station survived, and the losses were naturally terrifying.

From the upper level, in the riot areas, officials and gentry were killed. Although most of the powerful leaders of the clan escaped, it was impossible for them to escape thousands of clans, and most of them were also ruined in this situation. As for the houses and manors, as well as the internal equipment, of course, they could not escape the fate of being snatched and burned by the Maitreya Sect.

It can be said that all the gentry families in the south suffered huge losses in this riot, and the bigger the family, the greater the losses, but their ability to withstand it is far stronger than that of the small gate and small valve, and they can still hold on.

Due to the national policies of the Three Kingdoms, the gentry, which resurrected and reached its peak in this era, controlled more than 90% of the social wealth with less than 10% of the population. There is no doubt that the huge losses suffered by the gentry, that is, the huge losses of social wealth, can almost be equated.

From the lower level, due to the riots, people fled on a large scale during the critical period of spring plowing, thousands of hectares of fertile land were unattended, and the weeds grew higher than rice. The 20% of the summer harvest could be maintained as usual was burning incense. Millions of fleeing refugees not only needed relief during the war, but also had to rebuild their homes and organize summer seeds to restore their hematopoietic function in the south.

In other words, from May to October's autumn harvest, the people of the two provinces not only cannot support the gentry, but also need the gentry who lose too much blood to transfusion blood. Moreover, even after the autumn harvest, because the losses were too heavy before, the gentry could not exploit the people too much. It is very likely that the gentry would continue to transfusion a small amount of blood, so that the people could recuperate and plow over winter and spring. This situation may not be alleviated until the spring plow next year, and it will be completely improved after two or three years.

It seems impossible to return to pre-riot levels without a decade.

This is necessary. The gentry did not work, and even the common landlords who depended on them did not work. Everything came from the ownership of social resources, which must be through the hard work of the lower class people to produce food, cloth, treasures, treasures, and treasures for them to enjoy and enjoy.

Combined with the failed lessons of the gentry during the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the gentry clans of the New Three Kingdoms period have strengthened their attention to the lower class people who depend on them, and generally do not exploit them excessively, and even have to feed back in such a disaster year this year. Of course, the gentry has not become a philanthropist, but they are just paying more attention to avoiding fishing in the excrement of the seeds.

Therefore, it is generally believed that the south cannot return to its original level within ten years.

From a political perspective, although the south has little influence in the political territory of Qin, most of the wealthy families have taken root in the north with Zhongdu as the core, and this riot has not caused much damage to them. However, the northern wealthy families are based on the sacrifice of the southern wealthy families. After this battle, both sides have accumulated deep resentment, so they completely tore their faces and there is no room for turnaround.

The southern gentry, who were greatly weakened in this battle, naturally had to pick up the group like never before and appear on the Qin political stage as a group of interests.

Therefore, Qin Lei's revival yamen was in line with the will of the people and received a surprising response from the southern gentry. Coupled with the relatively fair and reasonable checks and balances, the largest gentry of the two hundred families in the south gathered in a short time, meeting the political requirements of the southern gentry's intention to unite.

Later, Qin Lei judged the situation and proposed that the Revival Office must regard "support and suppress the rebellion" and "organizational restoration" as equally important matters, and arrest both ends. Suppress the rebellion and restore the rebellion in one place, so as to strive to achieve that by the end of the rebellion, the people will basically return to their hometowns to resume production without delaying summer seeds.

This is also what the deliberators of the Fuxing Yamen are most willing to see, so they passed Qin Lei's proposal unanimously. Moreover, the vision and means of Prince Long were unanimously recognized by the southern gentry, willing to accept his protection and support him.

As for the military influence, there are both good and bad ones. The good thing is that after this battle, the southern guards were basically exhausted, and the remaining two or three kittens lost the qualification to challenge and could only be slaughtered by Qin Lei. Qin Lei had already written a letter to the court with the governors of the two provinces as the commander of the southern imperial envoy, requesting the abolition of the two guards in Jiangbei, Shannan, and the prefecture would recruit soldiers on its own to be responsible for local security.

This proposal was undoubtedly something the court was very willing to see. When he threw Qin Lei to Nanfang, the fundamental purpose was to make him move the "empty salary" and "official administration" problems in both provinces. Although this master's method was a bit extreme - since there was no cure, then all of it would disappear - the garrisons and officials of the two provinces were consumed in the overwhelming riots of the Maitreya Cult. Although no one could say that Qin Lei did it intentionally, at least it turned out to be so. The superb political wisdom that Qin Lei showed in the south made people not believe that he was lucky.

But no matter what, the effect is good: as long as this start is started, it will be natural for the garrisons in several other provinces to be eliminated, and there will be no such great resistance.

Compared with the good, the bad always makes people frustrated: As mentioned earlier, the south, as a military ration base, cannot recover its vitality for ten years. In the eyes of Qi and Chu, Qin was equivalent to a decade of abandoning its martial arts. If it weren't for the many problems in the two countries, they would have taken the opportunity to attack.

The reforms promoted by Prime Minister Shangguan of Qi were very unsuccessful. Many places not only touched the interests of the gentry and landlords, but did not benefit the people. The "reformists" who supported the reform and the "conservatives" who opposed the "conservatives" fought happily in the court, so that many military and national affairs were delayed.

The State of Chu was in a fierce battle for the crown princes. Emperor Jingtai's health was getting worse and worse, and his sons who had become young naturally would not be at peace. They would win over the court officials and generals, compete for favors, and even frame and assassinate each other. They almost affected every corner of the court and the country, so they were not qualified to watch the Qin State jokes at all.

Every family has a difficult sutra to recite.

Seeing that the enemy had an opportunity to take advantage of it, his family was not quiet and he was unable to take advantage of it, which made the generals of the Three Kingdoms feel uncomfortable. Even so, the experienced Zhu Lie Ding Zhennan Army was short of strength and bravely pushed the upper defense line of Nanchu eastward for a hundred miles. As expected, Zhennan Army could only swallow its anger and suffered this loss.

When Qin Lei received a complaint from Marshal Boshang, he could only smile helplessly. Even if Yang Wenyu was put back, it would be useless. Moreover, the south was initially settled and the people were unstable, and a powerful army was needed to suppress it. Therefore, Qin Lei could only smile sympathetically at the riverside.

At this time, it had been twenty days since Fancheng surrendered. Three days after the war, Qin Lei handed over the military power to Yang Wenyu and left the Xiangfan area with two thousand guards. Qin Lei estimated that he would be recalled soon after the memorial of the good news was launched, so on the one hand he suppressed the good news and did not send it out, while on the other hand he was rushing to do the things on his itinerary.

On July 14th, we met with the gentry returning from Zaoyang Prefecture to inspect the local post-war reconstruction and the results of summer planting. On the fifteenth, Yiyang Prefecture, on the sixteenth, Pingchun Prefecture, and on the eighteenth, we returned to the prefecture...

Along the way, I almost went by one state a day and took a quick look. Fortunately, I came to an end tomorrow and I could take a few days off.

Even with his iron-clad body, the guards felt very tired. Qin Lei's two thousand guards are composed of five hundred black-clad guards, one thousand black-armored cavalry, and five hundred bows and arrows. The guards who have experienced the devil training in the Beishan Ranch have extraordinary tolerance for fatigue and can still hold on. And those newly recruited in the past six months have already started to sway on horseback, which is a sign of physical exhaustion.

Although Qin Lei in the carriage did not need to wear armor and there was a bed in the carriage. However, the bad road conditions along the way had already broken a carriage, and the people in the carriage naturally felt disastrous and felt all over.

A thin moan like a flute came from the car. Shi Meng, who was alert outside the car, looked at each other. The sound insulation effect of the car was very good, so that the two could hear it. How loud it would be inside. Shi Meng nodded into the car, his eyes making a stunning look, meaning: These two people will not be furious, right?

Shi Gan shook his head slightly, meaning, unlike, this is a man's voice.

Shi Meng showed a look that you didn't understand. Seeing that Shi Gan really didn't understand, he leaned over and whispered in his ear: "When I was with your sister-in-law and I were just calling me..."

Shi Gan opened his mouth wide and looked at Shi Meng with sympathy. At this time, the prince's moans inside became louder and louder, and the two of them sat upright and stopped talking, but their ears were shaking constantly...

At this time, the two of them clearly heard the girl Yun Shang inside and said shyly: "Don't scream, you're so embarrassed. If you shout again, I won't do it for you."

Qin Lei's voice sounded: "It feels comfortable and hurts, can I not scream?"

"Is it comfortable or painful?"

"It feels comfortable and hurts... Oh, don't twist me..."

Qiao Yunshang looked at Qin Lei, who was grinning on the bed with anger and amused, and thought to himself: Why is this person so afraid of the pain? He gave him a few massages and screamed like a pig killing. This made people hear it, and they thought I was wrong. So he pretended to be angry and ignored him. After a while, he heard a uniform breathing sound. When he went to see it, the person was already asleep.

Yun Shang stood up gently, sat in the seat opposite, calmed down, and looked at Qin Lei who was sleeping. Only then could she calm down carefully the guy who made her unable to calm down.

Qin Lei's expression was as quiet as a child when he fell asleep. His eyebrows, which were always slightly locked during the day, finally stretched out, and there was no such a hateful spirit of showing off his power in the daytime. Yun Shang still liked to see Qin Lei like this, rather than the gloomy and fierce Prince Long.

Qin Lei asked her to accompany her to visit the two provinces and prefectures. Yun Shang knew that the Maitreya Cult was not only the people outside the church, but also millions of ordinary believers. These people also left their hometowns during the war. When the war ended, they would still return to their respective homes. Although these people did not participate in the burning, killing and looting of the escort army, they believed in the Maitreya Cult and naturally worried that they would not tolerate the village. At this time, it would be great to use Qin Lei's influence to restrain those who were revenge and make the frightened Maitreya cult free. Therefore, Yun Shang agreed to Qin Lei's invitation with a little thought.

With this open and upright reason, I could stay with this bad guy for a few more days. Yun Shang couldn't help but think. When he found that his shameless thought, Yun Shang's pink cheeks suddenly became hot. He quickly stretched out his cold little hand and applied it to his cheeks, which not only cooled himself down but also covered him with ugliness.

At this time, the carriage bumped, and Qin Lei woke up. He opened his eyes slightly and saw this picture of the crabapple with spring. He had been together with Yun Shang for some days, and he could vaguely notice what the girl was thinking. Although he knew that it was unlikely that the two of them, he still felt secretly happy and couldn't help but say, "Yun Shang, do you have a fever?"

Yun Shang moaned, lowered his head shyly, and thought to himself: This person is used to being unfair. When he wakes up, he knows to tease people, but he pretends to be a gentleman. He slightly raised his scallop-like eyelashes and saw Qin Lei looking at him with an intoxicated look on his face. He quickly put his last sentence back and turned his head away and dared not look at him.

In fact, Qin Lei clearly looks like a pig brother...

Qin Lei knew that Yun Shang's face was tender, so he would ignore him for a long time after he teased him. He diverted his attention: "We can rest for a few days when we arrive in Tangzhou, but it makes me exhausted."

Since when, when the two were alone, Qin Lei began to call himself "I". The careful Yun Shang naturally noticed the change in this title and was really happy for a while.

She herself couldn't explain why she was happy for a long time because of this small change. And every time she heard Qin Lei say "me", she would be happy.

He was in a good mood and his tone was naturally gentle: "Your Highness only trains his muscles and bones outside. Although he is strong, his endurance is less than that of his internal family."

Qin Lei became interested, sat up cross-legged, and asked curiously: "Listen to Yun Shang's meaning, do you have internal strength?"

Yun Shang raised his eyebrows beautifully and said proudly: "Yun Shang has been weak and sick since he was a child, so his father sent me into the mountain and learned to breathe with his master. He practiced diligently for more than ten years, which was a bit of a small success." Yun Shang always hid in front of others, but when Qin Lei asked, she wanted to tell Qin Lei all of her. After saying that, she couldn't help but secretly said: Am I stupid?

"Can you fly into the sky and earth, open monuments and crack stones, and kill people invisibly?" Qin Lei asked Tie Ying this question once, but the guy looked stout and must have never seen any advanced skills. Qin Lei thought so.

Yun Shang chuckled beautifully and said, "You have seen too many legends of chivalrous powers..." Qin Lei sighed again, it seems that seeing the flying scene was only in a dream.
Chapter completed!