In the middle of the month, Shen Zhezi left Tongguan and returned to Luoyang. He was accompanied by some representatives of the Kansai Shiliu and the Xiangzong, and although Xingtai did not force them to follow, they each had to have a certain sense of being conquered.

The question of how to arrange the township portals in these newly restored territories is also a big and small problem for Xingtai.

In previous years, during the period of the Huainan Governor's Office, although there were many frontiers, the problem was relatively not too serious.

At that time, Shen Zhezi, as the governor of Huainan, had far more military powers than administrative powers, so it was inevitable that the promulgation of government decrees would be simple and simple, and everything would serve the military. Coupled with the contradictions between the central center and Huainan at that time, the atmosphere was quite tense, and even if those township sects had any political intentions, they did not dare to be too eager.

But now, Xingtai itself is a hegemonic institution under the control of the military and government, and Jiangdongtai Province has been completely hollowed out. Therefore, it is also a matter that needs to be paid attention to quickly incorporating these newly attached township sect portals into the order of Xingtai.

At present, the company has a complete personnel structure and execution efficiency, and even the echelon of talent training has been formed. Therefore, in terms of the actual reconstruction of local order, in fact, there is no need to rely on these village sects too much.

Just before Shen Zhezi returned to Luoyang, Xingtai had selected and requisitioned nearly 1,000 grassroots officials and officials in local townships and tuns, and the current Hongnong and Shangluo were also ruined places, plus there were tens of thousands of royal divisions stationed in the realm, and during the period before and after the year, the top-down order could almost be constructed.

But this does not mean that these rural sect portals can be completely ignored and not dealt with.

Regardless of the people, land and other resources in the hands of these people for the time being, they alone have no lack of ability to organize production, combat and other abilities, and may have different patterns and visions, but they are definitely relatively scarce talents in the current world.

If these people are completely excluded from the ruling order, they will become a destabilizing factor in the world. Therefore, even without considering the actual contribution that these people can make, simply enclosing them within the ruling order is itself an important means of stabilizing the social order and eliminating potential threats.

In terms of local governance, there are two red lines that exist in practice, that is, land and people. In fact, if it weren't for the sake of abiding by these two red lines and not crossing them, with the strength that Xingtai possessed at the moment, he would have been able to directly enter Guanzhong, and the local heroes would definitely be invincible, and they would not encounter any too stubborn resistance.

Just like this attack on Hongnong, although it seems that the Hongnong Yang clan colluded with the countryside to hold on, but in fact, as long as Shen Zhezi is willing to negotiate terms with them, he can recover Hongnong without the addition of swords and soldiers. For example, in Hedong, when Shen Zhezi was willing to lower the extortion of those township sects, they were also happy to return to Shunxingtai.

At present, Wang Shi's battle strategy is also deliberately increasing the difficulty, because Shen Zhezi is stubborn in these two red lines and is unwilling to retain too much of the previous local order. In this way, it is necessary to take every step of the way, and be vigilant at any time against the backlash from these township sect portals.

Even so, the digestion and absorption of the talents of these rural sects is also a problem that must be solved.

After returning to Luoyang, Shen Zhezi did not have any leisure, and immediately convened Du He and other officials to discuss how to arrange these township clansmen in the newly restored counties.

In fact, in this regard, Xingtai already has quite mature means, and we will discuss it now, but it is only determined that this matter will be regarded as a clear goal after the New Year.

The township sect is difficult to deal with, one is the actual township resources such as land and tribes mastered by their respective portals, the second is the reputation and appeal accumulated in the township, and the third is the relatively excellent clansmen in their respective families.

In fact, regarding these issues, the Huainan Governor's Mansion in previous years also had various decrees implemented, but some of these regulations were temporary expediency that the time did not have, and some were full of military colors, such as the Jiagong food of the Governor's Mansion in the early years, and the military merits after entering Heluo, etc.

Land is the foundation of the people's livelihood and the foundation of governance, so in the past few years, in terms of land distribution, Shen Zhezi has also implemented a number of decrees to experiment and reform. It wasn't until last year that Xingtai promulgated a relatively tough land policy, called the Returning to Cultivation Order.

There are many aspects involved in the recultivation order, one of the more important of which is the abolition of the feudal system.

Whether it is a family or a wealthy family, the thirst for land is an instinct that penetrates into the bones.

Especially in war-torn areas, those township heroes who have their own considerable fighting power have no competitors in this regard, and they each control a large number of mountains, forests and farmland. Ordinary people have no objection to this at all, because they also demand refuge in these powerful people in order to ensure their personal safety, and they can only produce by relying on the organizational protection of these powerful people.

For example, the Xue clan in Hedong is the largest landlord on the ground in Fenyin, and the land under his name is simply more cultivated land than the Wuxing Shen clan, who is known as the leader of Jiangdong. Of course, this has nothing to do with morality, but a special phenomenon formed in a special context, and only in this way can effective production be guaranteed to survive.

In this regard, the requirement of the recultivation order is that as long as there is no record of reclamation within three years, all acres of land will be nationalized, and this is mainly aimed at the land south of Huaishui, similar to Luoyang and the land along the Yellow River, and it will only take a few years to recover the land.

This regulation is tantamount to a one-size-fits-all approach, collecting and sorting out a large amount of land beyond the reclaimed capacity of the countryside, and with the local government in hand, the implementation of various government decrees has a foothold.

On the one hand, there is still a problem of underdevelopment in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is still a large amount of wasteland except for some particularly developed areas, and on the other hand, the production order in the north of the Yangtze River has been extremely seriously damaged, and there is also a large amount of abandoned land.

Therefore, on the land issue, except for some special areas such as Guangling and Xiangyang, where a large number of displaced people gathered, there was no serious problem of annexation that often occurred in the middle and late stages of the great unified dynasty.

During this period, the most serious problem was the lack of productivity. The land is sufficient, but the labor is limited, and the most sensitive parts of the township are also the shady tribes.

This problem has not been highlighted too seriously in the short term, not to mention that during the period of the Huainan Governor's Office, no effort was spared to recover the displaced people, and the defeat of Shikan in the Central Plains War alone collected tens of thousands of people from the surrounding areas of Yecheng, Hebei, and it has not been until now that it can be said to be completely digested, and all of them have been arranged into production, providing vigorous vitality and vitality to the Heluo area.

Since then, however, the demographic problem has gradually become prominent. Whether it is Guanzhong or Hebei, these villagers who survived in the troubled times have a stronger sense of crisis, and it is almost impossible to pull out manpower from them through peaceful means.

Therefore, in this expedition to the west, Shen Zhezi's tough attitude is actually a kind of excuse to play, since conventional means do not work, then it will be violently destroyed. The control of the population does not matter the cost, and is the most important objective constraint on the development of Xingtai.

Even if these heavy-handed measures might force some of the township sects to the hostile side, Shen Zhezi did not intend to give in, and wanted to ensure the continuous growth of the registered population in Xingtai. Only when the population continues to grow, can the various constructions of Xingtai have their meaning of existence.

In other words, in the future, these rural sect portals are open to debate, whether they demand political prestige or personal future. But only in terms of population, whoever dares to cross the border is a death!

Even if the process of unification of the entire Northern Expedition would be delayed, Shen Zhezi would not allow the existence of the kind of rural forces that sheltered and occupied a large number of people under the rule of Xingtai.

At the Xingtai meeting, Shen Zhezi once again emphasized this issue, and all the Xingtai officials also felt the firmness of the general's determination in this regard.

In the final analysis, each of them can become officials in the office, and the most brilliant road in front of them is still a lofty political future.

In the post-war reconstruction of Shangluo, Hongnong and other places, there was basically no problem of rural capital. Even the old Wanggao Sect like the Hongnong Yang Clan has been eradicated with iron blood, and even if those township sect forces are unwilling, they can only endure it temporarily.

As for a place like Hedong that has not been ravaged by swords and soldiers, it will not become a place outside the law. Although it will not force those shaded households to return to their hometowns for the time being, the creation of the Hedong Military Government is itself a beginning, through which a part of the private shade township will be transformed into in-service armor soldiers, and the fighting power of the people scattered among those township sects will be integrated.

In terms of the promulgation of various government decrees, Shen Zhezi has one of the biggest advantages is that he has plenty of time, and he does not force everything to be done in one step, competing for the success of the day.

Whether it is the original Huainan or the later Xuzhou, including the current Heluo, in fact, they do not force unified standards in terms of government decrees, but each has a lot of differences. Through this kind of governance, which is accumulating step by step, a situation of unification of government decrees is gradually reached. Beneath the strong exterior, it is also full of flexibility in governing according to local conditions.

For example, this time, the newly recovered Shangluo and Hongnong, and later Guanzhong, wanted to quickly restore the construction of order, Shen Zhezi planned to adopt the Juntian order and directly grant land according to his nationality.

This is also one of the reasons why he did not plan to negotiate peace with those Guanzhong heroes in the first place, only by completely crippling and subduing them, can the implementation of the decree be less restrictive. Otherwise, even if the army rashly invaded Sanfu and occupied Guanzhong, once it was implemented in this way, all parties would definitely be in turmoil, and it would be impossible for those powerful people to tolerate the implementation of such a government decree that lost both people and land.

The reason why this kind of decree that has not been implemented before is implemented in Guanzhong is because the situation in Guanzhong is too complicated, there are too many miscellaneous people, and it is the next resort to force them to be wiped out, and without that time, the cost is too great.

After all, the Han and Hu in Guanzhong have lived together for a long time, and even if they blindly kill by force, they lack an effective means of screening. If the Hu people kill too hard, the Han people will also be greatly injured by this.

And it is very likely that the Han people in Guanzhong are not necessarily much more credible than the Hu people. After all, they have grown up in such an environment for a long time, facing various practical problems and dilemmas that need to be solved, and the appeal and identity of the bloodline and legal system have become extremely fragile.

Only by compelling them to change the most fundamental mode of production, to stimulate their enthusiasm for production through the land, which in turn will bind and restrain them.

The terrain of Guanzhong itself is relatively closed, and based on this, the integration of local forces can be used to remove those thorns one by one in an orderly manner, without the need for heavy troops to be stationed in Guanzhong for a long time, which seriously slows down the pace of the entire Northern Expedition.

Of course, these considerations are based on the fact that in the current battle in Guanzhong, the Wang Division occupies an absolute advantage in terms of combat effectiveness. Only through this kind of devastating coercion can the implementation and maturity cycle of a decree be shortened to the greatest extent, and at the same time, all kinds of opposition momentum in the realm can be quickly and effectively extinguished.