The work of relocating the people had not yet begun, and it was imperative for Wei to move the capital first.

In Cao Rui's study, Cao Rui sat on the main seat, and many officials stood below.

Cao Rui looked at the officials below and said, "A few of you are the chief officials of each yamen, so you will go to Yecheng to establish the yamen of various ministries first, so as not to be too busy when moving the capital and affect national affairs."

Chen Qun, as Shang Shuling, you also went with you, and you presided over the overall situation in Yecheng, and handled the affairs of the new capital properly for me. ”

"Your Ministers obey!" The ministers surrendered their hands to the command.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, an attendant walked in and reported to Cao Ruiyu: "Captain Chengmen and Luoyang Ling ask to meet!" ”

"Let them in!" Cao Rui frowned and instructed the chamberlain.

The captain of the city gate and the Luoyang order, one of these two officials is responsible for the defense and security of Luoyang City, and the other is responsible for the political affairs of Luoyang.

The two of them came together, but I'm afraid it's not a good thing.

After a while, a general and a civilian official walked in together.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!" The two saluted Cao Rui.

"Excuse me, why are you two coming?" Cao Rui waved his hand and asked the two.

Luoyang Ling arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, now the matter of moving to Hebei is spreading in the city, and the people are extremely resistant to this. If it is not contained, we are afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Cao Rui's face sank: "How can they resist?" ”

Captain Chengmen said: "Many people marched in the streets to protest the relocation to Hebei, and I led troops to suppress it to control the situation, if it continues, I am afraid that there will be an explosion......

Hearing this, Cao Rui's face became even more ugly.

The news of moving to Hebei has just spread, and the imperial court has not officially issued an order, so the people are so resistant, marching in the streets to express their dissatisfaction.

And this is Luoyang, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, if it is in the locality, those people know the news, I am afraid that they will ......

Chen Qun said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the land is the foundation of the people, and now if the people want to move to Hebei, they will lose the fields in their hometown." Although there is still land in Hebei, there are many people who have migrated, and those lands are distributed to the people, which is certainly not as much as the existing ones, and the people who have left their hometowns are unwilling, and now that their interests have been damaged, they will naturally resist vigorously.

In addition, the biggest loss of benefits in the matter of relocation is the local officials, their power is in the locality, and when the order to relocate reaches the locality, these people are afraid and will not be willing to relocate.

When the time comes, these officials will work with the people to resist the migration, and it will be difficult for the court to move the people. If they forcibly relocate, they are afraid that they will rebel......"

After listening to Chen Qun's words, Cao Rui's face was gloomy and terrifying.

He thought that the work of relocating the people would be difficult to carry out, but he did not expect it to be so difficult.

Cao Rui looked at Chen Qun and asked, "How does Aiqing think this matter should be resolved?" ”

Chen Qun muttered: "Moving to Hebei, no matter what, will cause the interests of the people to suffer, and now we can only find a way to make the people not resist too much." Your Majesty can tell the people how much land there is in their hometown after they relocate, and how much land they will give after they arrive in Hebei. ”

Cao Rui smiled bitterly: "Not long after, millions of people have been relocated, and now in the four prefectures of Hebei, the excess land has been divided, and there is no guarantee that the people who have migrated in the past can have the number of existing fields at home." ”

Chen Qun explained: "Of course, the surplus land in the four prefectures of Hebei cannot meet the needs of the relocated people, but the top priority now is to stabilize the people so that they do not resist the relocation." ”

Cao Rui was puzzled: "In this way, after they relocate, they see that the allocated land is too small, isn't it ......?"

Chen Qun paused and said: "Therefore, Your Majesty should quickly notify the prefectures of Hebei to let them reclaim the land, how much slash-and-burn cultivation can reclaim, and try to let the people be able to distribute more." In the future, other policies to benefit the people can also be used to quell public grievances.

In addition, the people who migrated should also make a choice, only those young and strong men and women and children, and the lonely and widowed old people should be left behind. ”

Chen Qun's meaning is to make empty promises first, calm down the people's grievances, and deceive the people to Hebei first.

Of course, it is not enough to just promise empty checks, and when the people move to Hebei and find that there is too little land, there will definitely be even greater chaos.

Therefore, Chen Qun suggested that Cao Rui send people to reclaim the fields in Hebei and try to distribute as much land as possible to the relocated people.

In ancient times, cultivation methods were divided into slash-and-burn cultivation and intensive farming.

The slash-and-burn method is very crude, cutting down the trees in the mountains and forests, and digging up the loose soil to sow seeds after a fire. After sowing, there is no need to care, because of the rough production method, there is often a slope of planting, harvesting a basket of saying.

Intensive farming, on the other hand, is more troublesome, requiring oxen and ploughing the fields, ridges in the fields, and watering and weeding on weekdays. This method was very common in later rural areas.

However, the sowing method of slash-and-burn cultivation is very backward, and the damage to the environment is also very serious, the primitive society, the Spring and Autumn period was still more popular, and now it has been replaced by intensive farming, only ethnic minorities such as the southern and central regions are still used.

Although the slash-and-burn farming method is now abandoned, it can be used to clear the fields, and it is very fast. It's just that the fields that have been cultivated in this way are very thin and do not grow much food.

Fortunately, sweet potato corn does not have high requirements for soil quality, and planting sweet potato corn on this kind of land can also have a good harvest.

In addition to reclaiming land, Chen Qun also suggested that Cao Rui select the people who had relocated.

For the current situation in Wei, only those young men and women and children have a role, and the prime of life is not only a labor force, can be engaged in production, but also can have children, not to mention the importance of children.

On the contrary, those old people are a burden to the Wei State, and it is very difficult to migrate first, and it will have no effect when they reach Hebei, but will drag down the imperial court.

On the contrary, if these lonely old people are left behind, the Han will be responsible for taking care of them in the future, and these people will become a burden to the Han.

"Good!" Cao Rui nodded and said: "Chen Shangshu, your plan is good, so act according to your strategy, and after you arrive in Yecheng, you will arrange for officials to vigorously reclaim the land." To calm down the people's grievances and relocate the people, I will arrange people to do it! ”

"Wechen obeys!" Chen Qun gave up his hand.

After discussing the relocation of the capital with a group of officials, Cao Rui summoned a group of officials to the study to explain the work of relocating the people.