After Xiong Huai's casualties and exploits in Hanbei County came out, he once again personally went to Fangcheng County, where the casualties were the heaviest, to comfort the local people, and according to the war exploits reported by the guards of Hanbei County, he also gave the promised titles, land servants, and other rewards.

Moreover, for the families with the heaviest casualties in the county, as well as the families with the most military exploits, Xiong Huai personally gave them priority to the most fertile Wang Tian in the local area. Then, Xiong Huai issued an edict to let Yin of Fangcheng County assign Wang Tian to the people according to the military merits of the people.

After all the people got the corresponding land, Xiong Huai gathered the local nobles and representatives of the people in Fangcheng County, agreed with them in public to pay taxes, and announced in public that all the nobles and people in the county would be exempted from taxes for five years, and that the widows and children would be exempted from taxes until the orphans reached adulthood.

As soon as this news came out, it was immediately strongly welcomed by all the people in Fangcheng County.

As a result, under the comfort of heavy rewards and tax exemptions, the people of Fangcheng County, who were greatly traumatized by the war, also got some comfort.

Subsequently, Xiong Huai dealt with the affairs of Fangcheng, and directly issued an edict to carry out rewards and tax exemption activities in the whole county of Hanbei.

Xiong Huai himself began his journey to inspect the county and comfort the people.

On the way to Xiong Huai's inspection, on the other side, Jing Que, who was guarding Luyang, learned of the actions of the King of Chu in Fangcheng, but he was so angry that he pulled out his sword, and then split his table in half with a sword.

"Damn, the king has really issued an edict to thoroughly investigate the land of the whole county of Hanbei, and to distribute the land to the people, and also exempt the tax of Hanbei County for five years!"

Ye Xiu, a guest of Jing Quemen, nodded and said: "Sima, this matter is absolutely true, after the king gathered the people and nobles in Fangcheng County, he personally issued an edict in front of everyone, and now this edict of the king should have arrived in Wancheng, and it has begun to be announced to the counties." ”

When Jing Que heard that the king of Chu personally issued the edict in front of the people and nobles, he immediately smashed the sword in his hand to the ground in anger, and said anxiously and angrily: "Damn, this bastard of Jiezi actually instigated the king to follow Tang Yu's example to change the law in Hanbei, and the king was also confused, he actually listened to the encouragement of Jiezi, not only rewarded the people with the scholars, but also divided the Wang Tian."

Although it is true that the people are the cornerstone of the country, it is the nobles and doctors who govern the country with the king, and now the king has encircled the people and suppressed the nobles, so that the people and the nobles are not distinguished, and the upper and lower are not distinguished, so that the country will not fall into chaos. ”

Ye Xiu saw that Jing Que was furious and slandered the King of Chu, and immediately looked at his nose and nose, as if he hadn't heard anything, he was not alone, he was a branch of Ye Gong, and he was still implicated in the Chu State, but he would not slander the King of Chu with Jing Que.

After a pause, Jing Que's anger in his heart receded slightly, and seeing Ye Xiu silent on the side, he thought about it and asked, "What is the situation on our side now?" ”

Ye Xiu shook his head when he heard this, and said with a heavy face: "Sima, our situation is very bad. When the great war came, the people who depended on us would not only receive land, but also knighthoods and even servants, as soon as they heard that they were fighting for the country. As a result, many people who were lucky and greedy went to Fangcheng to join the army.

It is said that although the defense of Fangcheng was fierce, some of the fleeing civilians still survived and had been rewarded by the king. Moreover, one of the fugitive civilians named Da Li, because of his courage in battle, killed seven enemies on the square city, and had been given a knight by the king.

After the news spread among the people, some people fled disguised as refugees from Yegun, preparing to flee back to Hanbei County through Yejun in order to obtain the land promised by the previous king. ”

When Jing Que heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Bastards, they are all a group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves, after they went bankrupt back then, it was Ben who accepted them and sheltered them, avoiding them from becoming thieves in the mountains." But now they don't know how to be grateful at all, and they have betrayed me for a little bit of land. ”

At this time, Ye Xiu arched his hand even more heavily: "Sima, not only that, but the minister is worried that after the edict of the king to divide the land comes, more people will flee for their own land and the five-year tax-free gift promised by the king.

After all, as Mencius said back then, if the people have their own land, who will depend on others and rent other people's land. ”

"Damn!" Jing Que was furious, his fists clenched, and a series of sounds suddenly came out, obviously he hated it in his heart at the moment.

Then, Jing Que suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, sighed helplessly, and asked Ye Xiu: "Sir, the matter has come to this, what should be done." ”

Ye Xiu was silent for a moment, and then arched his hand: "Sima, what the minister means is to immediately give up the land and population of Hanbei. ”

"Give up" Jing Que said unwillingly with a hideous face: "Ben will work hard for decades and operate hard for decades, so he will get a foundation in Hanbei County, just because of an edict from the king, and give up in vain, Ben will not be reconciled." ”

"Sima, there is a gift to get, now the king's edict to transfer Sima back to the capital has been issued, the next Fangcheng Shouzhuang is already on the way to the post, and will arrive in Luyang in a few days. As soon as Zhuang arrived, he accepted the defenders of Fangcheng, at that time, the army that Sima used to intercept the people would inevitably be transferred by him, without the interception of the army, in the current situation, we would not be able to prevent the people from fleeing at all.

And after the people flee, the fertile land that we have worked so hard to open up will be reduced to wasteland because there are no people to cultivate it. For the sake of thousands of acres of wasteland, the lower part is resentful of the people, and the middle is evil to the colleagues in the northern Han Dynasty, and the king will not like it, leaving a stain on Sima as an official in the court, isn't this a big loss because of a small loss? ”

Jing Que was stunned for a moment, he has successively opened up and occupied thousands of hectares of fertile land in Hanbei County in the past few decades, but if there are no people to cultivate, then what is the difference between these fertile fields and wasteland!

As for transferring people from other places, it is impossible, not to mention that he Jing Que or Jing's foundation is not in Hanbei, even if he can transfer Baixin over, with the current situation in Hanbei County, he will not be able to prevent the people from fleeing.

So Jing Que's eyes sank:

"If you give to you, you will get, so what will Ben get?"

As soon as Ye Xiu saw that Jing Que agreed to give up the interests of Hanbei County, he immediately responded: "The gratitude of the people, the support of the soldiers, and the good name of the government and the opposition." ”

"The support of the soldiers, the virtuous name of the government and the opposition!" Jing Que was stunned for a moment, looked at Ye Xiu and said, "Please tell me one or two more about Mr." ”

"Yes, Sima." Ye Xiuying said: "Sima, now our interests in Hanbei are destined to be lost, so what I mean below, why not follow the example of the king and distribute all Sima's private fields in Hanbei to the people, so that the people can avoid the pain of fleeing after they get the land, wouldn't they be very grateful to Sima."

In addition, because of the flight of the people, we already have some surplus fertile land, so the minister means to convert all of Sima's private land near the first line of Fangcheng into military land, and the proceeds will go to the defenders of Fangcheng. In this way, Sima will inevitably be supported by the defenders of the entire front line of Fangcheng.

Sima Zhen guarded Fangcheng, and had the responsibility of absorbing the people of other countries and holding the power of the customs army. Now that Sima has stepped down, he has left thousands of people from other countries for the state of Chu and opened up thousands of hectares of fertile land for the country.

And this virtuous name of the government and the opposition is the most favorable guarantee for Sima to stabilize his position in the court. ”

Jing Que was silent for a long time when he heard this, and then touched his heart with his hand, and said with a painful look on his face: "If you can exchange 10,000 hectares of wasteland for these, let alone 10,000 hectares, it is 20,000 hectares of land, and it will also be a big profit."

However, as long as Ben Jiang remembered that the 10,000 hectares of fertile land was the private land that Ben Jiang had carefully cultivated for decades, and those so-called foreign people were also the private subordinates of Ben Jiang, Ben Jiang felt that this transaction was a big loss. ”

When Ye Xiu heard this, he thought that Jing Que was still unwilling to give up his interests in Hanbei County, and immediately persuaded: "Sima, the title and official position are this."

At this time, Jing Que waved his hand and sighed: "The general knows the trade-off, Mr. immediately went to apply for household registration for the people, and included the general's private land in the military field, and it must be done before Zhuang arrives." ”

"Sima Yingming."

Jing Que shook his head and sighed when he heard this, and then, after Ye Xiu left, he said with an angry face: "Damn, I'm so unwilling!" Thousands of acres of fertile land, thousands of households or even tens of thousands of private households, just scattered in one fell swoop.

Ben will not be reconciled, Ben will have to give a profound lesson to the flattering king's son, Ben will let him know that Chu is not only the Chu country of the king, but also the Chu country of my Chu nobles.

I was going to tell him that if he offended the nobles of my Chu State, even if he had the support of the king, then he would not be able to go far. ”