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Along the south bank of Weishui, after walking for more than two hours, crossing a high post, Zhang Laohan pointed to the field in front of him and said: "The land in front is the former Beitun." ”

Cao Liang immediately on the high post, hand on the pergola, looking east, the field in front of him, as far as the eye can see, is extremely flat, but on the field, there is no trace of crops, only the long and short weeds, shivering in the cold wind, probably because of the fertile land, the weeds here grow quite vigorously, although withered and yellowed, but you can still imagine how lush it is in summer and autumn.

If it weren't for Zhang Laohan's deliberate reminder, Cao Liang would not have regarded this barren land full of weeds as a former tuntian.

Perhaps only the vertical and horizontal Qianmo can prove that this field was once a tuntian rich in grain. In the past ten years, the tuntian here has made indelible contributions to resist the attack of the Shu State, and it is precisely because of the grain produced by the Tuntian in the Wei River Valley that the soldiers who guarded the Yongliang front line fed them enough confidence to deal with the Shu army.

The defeat of the Shu army was due to the logistical difficulties of the lack of grain and grass, and with these tuntians, the Wei army did not have any worries at all.

Grain and grass is the life of an army, and Tuntian is the cradle of life, it is precisely because the Wei army vigorously developed Tuntian, so that the Wei army is invincible in the battle for Yongliang.

And now, these tuntians, which once contributed to the Wei state, have become a barren land, with wild grasses spreading wantonly, and there are no people within dozens of miles, what is the reason for this situation?

"Uncle Zhang, when did you leave Qianbeitun?" Cao Liang asked.

Zhang Laohan revisited his hometown, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and said: "I was the last group to leave Qianbeitun, the winter before last, that is, after harvesting the last batch of crops. ”

"Did someone force you to leave?"

"That's not true, but cultivating the tuntian, can no longer feed the family, stay on this land, only wait for starvation, no one wants to stay, so the tun people gradually lost, and finally there are no more people here, and the land is completely barren."

"Why was there no problem in cultivating tuntian in the past, but then it was difficult to continue?"

Zhang Laohan smiled bitterly and said: "Gongzi doesn't know, when the government used official cattle in Tuntian, the government stipulated that those who used official cattle, officials six people four, and those who used private cattle, the harvest was divided in half. However, in recent years, the government has continued to recruit and send people to build palaces and water conservancy, and to send strong people to enlist in the army, which is already a shortage of manpower, and so many conscripts have taken away a lot of elite labor, resulting in many barren fields and no one to cultivate. The government also stipulates that if the land allocated to each tun is abandoned, it will be paid according to the original tax. As a result, the people were overwhelmed and fled, preferring to be homeless rather than defend the land anymore. ”

Cao Liang also knew that the Tuntian system did make a contribution to the rise of Cao Wei, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty when the world was in turmoil, Cao Cao listened to the advice of Zaoyi, and took the lead in implementing Tuntian among the princes.

In the first year of the implementation of the tuntian system, Cao Cao had to pay millions of grains, which solved Cao Cao's military food difficulties in one fell swoop and laid a solid foundation for Cao Cao to dominate the world.

Cao Cao, who tasted the sweetness, quickly promoted the Tuntian system to all parts of the country, and implemented the method of both military and civilian tun, and the harvest was huge, and the tuntian system continued to the Wei state.

After the Wei state, although it did not continue to develop Tuntian on a large scale, but in Yongliang and Huainan, which are bordered by Wu Shu, it still paid close attention to the construction of Tuntian, and the grain and grass produced here completely supplied the army on the front line, so that the grain and grass on the front line did not need to be transported, and the consumption was very small, which laid a good material foundation for repelling the many attacks of Shu and Wu.

However, everything has changed, the prosperity is bound to decline, the government's exploitation of the people of Tuntian is getting worse day by day, the original Cao Cao stipulated, all the people of Tuntian only Tuntian, do not bear the burden of military service, in this way, can ensure that the people of Tuntian are dedicated to production, no distractions. However, later, the imperial court sent conscription to the people of Tuntian and selected strong laborers to enlist in the army, which seriously dampened the enthusiasm of the people of Tuntian, causing a large number of people to go into exile and give up farming.

Coupled with the family's coveting of the land around Chang'an, after these fields were barren, these scholars could buy these barren lands at a very low price through the government, and the tuntian became private land.

The decline of Tuntian did have an extraordinary impact on the national treasury, and the originally full grain depot became no grain to store, Cao Liang couldn't help frowning, and now it seems that the task of collecting grain has become an almost impossible task.

Cao Liang asked Zhang Laohan a lot of things about Tuntian in detail, Zhang Laohan took Cao Liang's two pieces of gold, but he was also very cooperative with Cao Liang, as long as he knew, he told them one by one, Cao Liang still had a lot of first-hand information from Zhang Laohan.

Tuntian has always been the foundation of Cao Wei's country, and now under the annexation of powerful forces, the Tuntian system has existed in name only, and Cao Liang has reason to believe that the vast majority of these encroached Tuntian have flowed into the hands of the big clans that are close to Guo Huai.

Even they purposefully encroached on the tuntian, using heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes to force these tuntian people away from the land, making a large number of high-quality fields become barren, you know, the price of an acre of high-quality paddy field and an acre of barren land can be hundreds of times different.

Through this means, these wealthy families took possession of the tuntian that originally belonged to the government, and it didn't cost a few dollars, and the price of acquiring wasteland was simply the price of cabbage.

The entire Yongliang officialdom is probably already corrupt.

However, with Cao Liang's authority, it seems that he can't manage it here, all he cares about is the 500,000 grains and grass needed to conquer the western army, even if Tuntian can't count on it, then he has to find another way.

The task of 500,000 grains and grass made Cao Liang have to cheer up, and his ideas must be completed.

"Brother-in-law, what can I do?" Yanghu also realized the seriousness of the situation, these cantonments were deserted, so where would the military rations they needed come from.

PS: There are many things at home in the past two days, and the update may be delayed, so please forgive me.