Xian Yufu saw Zheng Xin and Chen Ming walk out of the big tent from a distance, and beckoned to Yan Rou, Jade, Xian Yuyin, and Beard who were standing behind him.

The news sent by Luoyang proved that the central and eastern counties of Youzhou had all been captured by the rebels, and they were very worried about the safety of their families, and they longed for the army to arrive in Jinyang in one day to start quelling the rebellion. As long as Zhang Yan is defeated, the army will rush to Youzhou. But Li Hong's words made their hearts cold. If you only walk fifty miles a day, you will have to walk for at least ten days to reach Jinyang. Ten days later, if the Yellow Turban Army fled without a fight, it would be fine, but if the city was defended, it would have been one more day to prepare, and it would be even more difficult to attack the city.

Xian Yufu is now in chaos, he can't stand the persuasion of Yan Rou, Jade, Xian Yuyin and Huzi, and agrees to stay and persuade Li Hong with them, hoping that he can take into account the situation in Youzhou and calm down and merge the state as soon as possible. Judging from Li Hong's current attitude, he has made up his mind to pacify the rebels, but he seems to be more inclined to fight the Yellow Turban Army for a long time. Xian Yufu wanted to know how Li Hong would fight this battle, and he was eager to return to Youzhou.

Seeing a few old subordinates walking into the big tent, Li Hong immediately understood their intentions. He felt a little guilty. These people followed him all the way to fight without regrets, but when they needed their help the most, not only did they not think about them, but they ******** think about how to avoid fighting and how to stay in Bingzhou, Li Hong was shameless. He thought of the dead Liu Zheng and the comrades-in-arms who died in Western Xinjiang, and he felt very uncomfortable. He sat silently behind the desk, his expression gloomy and speechless for a long time.

"People, the imperial court now has no reinforcements to go north to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, and even if there is, the number is limited, and there is no strength to defeat the traitors." Xian Yufu hesitated for a moment and said, "It's only up to us." Your Majesty said in the holy decree that as long as we defeat Zhang Yan, we can return to Youzhou immediately, and the people ......"

"My lord, we came out of Youzhou, Youzhou is our home, it is our roots, and the people of Youzhou must be looking forward to your army coming back, my lord, please, go back early." Jade was almost pleading.

Li Hong's heart trembled, and he was in pain. At this moment, he faltered, and a strong sense of homesickness filled his body and mind in an instant.

"My lord, the people of Taihang Mountain are people, but the people of Youzhou are also people, and the people of Youzhou are our closest people. You can't save millions of displaced people in Taihang Mountain, but you can save hundreds of thousands of people in Youzhou. Xian Yuyin said emotionally, "Who are we fighting in Youzhou for?" Have you forgotten? ”

Yan Rou said excitedly: "Your Excellency has always said that you will take us back, and now we can go back, but why do you only walk fifty miles a day?" ”

Li Hong slowly moved the map, staring at Youzhou on the map for a long time, without saying a word.

There was silence in the tent.

"My lord, the 120,000 Xianbei Iron Horsemen are all decided by you in a battle, can't you solve this group of ant thieves?" Beard finally couldn't help but exclaim, "My lord, what are you thinking?" You tell us, how long will it take to defeat Zhang Yan? ”

Li Hong shook his head, glanced at him, and said helplessly: "Brother, if we defeat Zhang Yan quickly, it won't do you any good in Youzhou." ”

Xian Yufu and the others were stunned.

"If we attack Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan will inevitably flee eastward, but what about Yang Feng of the party? As long as Yang Feng quickly goes north and entangles us, Zhang Yan can calmly escape to Jizhou. At this time, for Zhang Yan, the safest place is not Taihang Mountain, but to meet Zhang Chun in Jizhou. ”

"We chased to Jizhou, and we faced hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army and Karasuma Iron Cavalry." Li Hong smiled bitterly, "Even if we win, how many more men and horses will be able to continue north into Youzhou?" Countless Yellow Turban defeated troops and displaced people fled into Youzhou, and the captivity of Youzhou can be imagined, coupled with our pursuit and attack, how many people will die in Youzhou, have you ever thought about it? ”

"The most important thing is who can guarantee the continuous supply of grain, grass and baggage for the imperial court? When we arrive in Jizhou, who will replenish our grain and grass? If you attack Youzhou from afar, it is more than 2,000 miles away from Luoyang, so how can you solve the burden of grain and grass? ”

"In addition to 20,000 infantry, the rest are Hu cavalry, of which the Qiang people occupy almost half, they killed from the west to the north in a short time, three or four thousand miles away from home, who can guarantee that they will always follow us?"

"There are also 20,000 cavalry who are newly surrendered Xianbei people, who have only followed us for less than a month, and have not been tamed at all. Once they arrive in the northern frontier, they suddenly betray and flee back to Xianbei, what should we do? ”

Li Hong paused for a moment and continued: "If we hold Zhang Yan and Yang Feng in Bingzhou, just like Lord Huangfu Song said, the rebels in Youzhou are isolated and helpless, and they will not dare to go deep into the hinterland of Jizhou, so that the battle line will be stable in the border between Youzhou and Jizhou. In this way, the people in the central and eastern parts of Youzhou can temporarily avoid the war, and the reinforcements of the imperial court will be gathered to Jizhou one after another. By October, when the grain was ripe and put into storage, and the grain, grass and military supplies were secured, the reinforcements gathered in Jizhou would begin to attack the rebels, but by then it was already very close to winter, and it was estimated that they could only consume each other. ”

"We will spend a few months in Taiyuan and Shangdang to deal with Zhang Yan and Yang Feng's rebels, first, to stabilize the army, second, to accumulate strength, and third, to threaten the Yellow Turban Army in Hanoi Montenegro, to deter the Hu people outside the Saiwai, and to defend the Jingshi."

"Wait until the spring of next year, we will go out of Yanmen to Daijun, and start attacking from behind the rebels, while Jizhou will attack Zhuojun from Hejian State, attacking from the front, under the two-way attack, the rebels will be defeated immediately, this is the best way to solve the rebels in Youzhou."

Li Hong looked at them and asked, "Don't you understand what Lord Huangfu means?" It took a long time to resolve the rebellion in Youzhou, and Lord Huangfu was probably wary that His Majesty could not accept it, so his words were vague, but his intentions were very obvious. ”

Xian Yufu sighed and said nothing more. Although he was anxious, Li Hong was right, and he could only accept this fact.

Hu Zi was still unwilling, he stared at Li Hong, and asked word by word: "My lord, you really have no way at all?" ”

Li Hong's heart was agitated, he could no longer suppress his emotions, and said loudly: "Yes, but what about the state?" What about Jizhou? ”

He smashed his fist into Shanggu County on the map, and shouted at the top of his voice: "I can take the Fengyun Iron Horse from Yanmen to Daijun, from Daijun to Shanggu, I can gather the Wuye Tribe, the White Deer Tribe, and the iron cavalry of the White Mountain Karasuma Tribes to attack Jicheng directly, I can drive Zhang Chun to Jizhou, but what about Merge?" What about Jizhou? ”

Li Hong stood up abruptly and roared angrily: "How many innocent people do you plan to let die in the war for Youzhou? Is it a million or two million? ”

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"I suspect the Shogun's brain is broken." Li Wei wiped the wine stains on his mouth and said with a smile, "We have been discussing it for a long time, but all these methods need the permission of the imperial court, the consent of the Ministry of Assassination and History, the money of the Dasi Nongfu, and especially the presiding over of a minister who holds the military and political power of the state, otherwise, it will not be able to meet the needs of the adults at all." ”

He glanced around at everyone in the tent, shook his head and smiled: "My lord is whimsical, to solve this problem that the Great Han Kingdom has been unable to solve for hundreds of years, his courage is commendable, his courage is amazing, and his behavior is crazy, but we are really powerless to do it. ”

Xie Ming smiled indifferently and said, "Zhong Yuan, the adult's proposal is not untargeted, he still has thought it through. I think that the conditions of the annex state are unique, and it can completely solve the problem of displaced people. ”

"This dynasty has implemented the tuntian system since the time of Emperor Wen. Because several border counties north of Taiyuan County are important towns to resist foreign invasions, the military tun system was first implemented in the border counties of Taiyuan County. Hundreds of thousands of border soldiers reclaimed a large number of land in this area, forming a large area of arable land. At that time, due to the equal emphasis on resettlement and military reclamation, coupled with the improvement of agricultural tools, the opening of ditches, resulting in a sharp increase in grain production, the military and civilians of the border counties can not only be self-sufficient, but also the grain in Taiyuan and Shangdang and other places can also supply the Beijing division, but in the past hundred years, due to the frequent invasion of the Hu people, the south has been plundered for many years, resulting in the cessation of reclamation, the people have moved away, and the land is barren. ”

"If we go to Your Majesty and move the millions of displaced people from Taihang Mountain to Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, reopen the cantonment and cultivate the wasteland, we can not only resettle the displaced people so that they can be fed and clothed, but also increase the taxes of the state. In addition, the border army of the annexed state can also solve the grain and grass on the spot, so that the imperial court does not have to travel thousands of miles to transport supplies to the border counties, and the state treasury can save a lot of money. At the same time, the strength of the border army was also strengthened by the abundance of grain and grass and the increase in the population of the state. As the strength of the border army increases, the invasion of the Hu people will decrease, which in turn will ensure the safety and property of the displaced people, and promote the enthusiasm and confidence of the displaced people to open up the wasteland and fields. ”

"Recruiting the Yellow Turbans, resettling the displaced people, and cultivating the land and tuntian, one can solve the rebellion, the second can defend against the invasion of the Hu people, and the third can increase the tax on the treasury, which is a good thing for the imperial court."

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"Zhizhi, the benefits of this appeasement and tuntian are obvious, but the question is, will His Majesty agree to the appeasement?" Li Wei said, "The Bingzhou Rebellion is different from the Xiliang Rebellion, and there is a big difference between the two. The Qiang rebellion in Xiliang has been repeatedly quelled and rebelled, which is a stubborn disease of the imperial court for decades, and the imperial court is in a difficult situation, because it is worried that the Qiang people will take advantage of the chaos to invade and lose the western frontier, resulting in the loss of the barrier in Guanzhong, so it reluctantly agreed to appease the kingdom and Han Sui and other traitors, but this is purely helpless. The attitude of the imperial court towards the Yellow Turban ant thieves is to kill, kill mercilessly, since the rebellion of Zhang Jiao in the first year of Zhongping, there is no precedent for appeasement, so it ......"

Li Hong snorted helplessly and continued: "There is another question is whether the Yellow Turban Army is willing to be cared for. If the Yellow Turban Army swears not to surrender, what if His Majesty agrees to appease him? If the Yellow Turban Army does not surrender, the displaced people will naturally not go down the mountain, and this disaster will not be able to stop. ”

"Finally, the most important question is who is in charge of this. If the Governor General merges the military administration of the state and personally handles the affairs of Zhaofu and Tuntian, it is estimated that there will be more trust between the two sides and less resistance to implementation, but the reality is that His Majesty will agree to the military administration of the state and the state? Will the ministers of the court agree? Will the Ministry of Assassination agree to it? ”

"In order to prevent the powerful ministers from monopolizing one side and harming the country, the military and the government have always been separated. The general is the main conquest, and he will withdraw immediately. The imperial court would not let a general preside over the affairs of a state or county, nor would it allow a state or county assassin or taishou to lead the army. ”

"In recent years, because of the rebellion, in order to facilitate the counterinsurgency, the imperial court has also let individual ministers take charge of the military and political affairs at the same time, but once the counterinsurgency is over, the military and the government will be separated. For example, Lord Huangfu Song once served as the pastor of Jizhou in Jizhou, and Shi Geng, the assassin of Xiliang, once led an army to attack the rebels. After Geng's death, the general also served as the governor of Liangzhou. But at that time, almost all the counties in Western Xinjiang were occupied by the rebels, and the general was just a false name. ”

"With the current situation in Luoyang, the importance of the state, and the strength of the general, who dares to propose that the general be in charge of the military administration of the state? I guess Your Majesty has to weigh it again, right? ”

"If Your Majesty does not agree to appease, if the Yellow Turban Army does not surrender, and if the general does not personally preside over it, how can this problem of displaced people be solved? These conditions are far more important than the wastelands of the annexed state. We can cultivate no arable land, but without these conditions, we can only stare dryly. ”

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Everyone in the tent was contemplative, at a loss.

Zuo Yan touched the beard on his mouth and said slowly: "Zhong Yuan, Zhizhi, Changfeng, Wenlong, and Bohan, let's not consider these problems for the time being, okay?" My lord means that we want us to give him a solution to the problem of the displaced people, but whether this solution can be implemented is another matter. If we drink wine and talk about whether it can be achieved or not, I'm afraid that after a year, we won't be able to come up with a reason, what do you say? ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed easily.

"Lord Zuo has a point." Yu Peng smiled, "Zhong Yuan, you have been talking here for most of the day, but it is actually all nonsense. I think you'd better think of a few tricks. ”

"Zhong Yuan, I've drunk a lot of wine for you, but there's no way." Tang Yun pointed at Li Wei and said, "You go to the side and sit, don't keep dangling in front of our eyes, your eyes are shaking." ”

Li Wei laughed and said, "Method? Hasn't the solution been said a long time ago? ”

"During the reign of Emperor Wen, Jing and Wu of the former dynasties, because of the adoption of strategies such as immigration and reclamation and military tun, and the implementation of farming methods such as the Daitian method and the district field method, the state was greatly prosperous and developed. I remember that the historical records record that the ancestors opened the canal and led the water of the Fen River and the Yellow River to irrigate 500,000 acres of land in Pishi (now Hejin), Fenyin (now Wanrong), Puban (now Yongji) and other counties, and could get 2 million stones of land every year. At that time, the population of the prefecture was also very large, Taiyuan County alone reached more than 600,000, and the population of Hedong County reached 960,000. ”

"Our ancestors were far smarter than us, and they not only successfully solved the problem of the imperial border through methods such as resettlement and military settlement, but also solved the problem of poverty and poverty in the Central Plains. Whether it is the deceased sages of this dynasty or the great Confucians of today, whether it is Mr. Wang Fu's "Treatise on the Hidden Husband" or Zhao Qi's "Treatise on the Imperial Border", they have all put forward quite far-sighted solutions to the problem of displaced people in this dynasty. Our juniors don't have any wisdom or a more clever way, so we have to use their policies to solve the problem of displaced people in Taihang Mountain. ”

Li Wei waved his hands and said proudly: "What our ancestors did, why can't we do it?" With the consent of His Majesty and the Imperial Court, we will be able to reproduce the prosperity of the three counties in the past in five to ten years. ”

"Today, Taiyuan and Shangdang have a large amount of barren land, there are millions of displaced people in Taihang Mountain, the general has an army of 70,000, and the Yellow Turban Zhang Yan and Yang Feng have hundreds of thousands of troops, all of which just have all the conditions for reopening the military and Mintun."

"But when we implement Tuntian, we must formulate a series of measures to ensure that Tuntian can be effectively implemented for a long time, so as to ensure that the people will no longer fall into poverty and rebellion."

Li Wei frowned and said: "To achieve this step, the most critical thing is the issue of land ownership, if this problem is not solved, land sales and mergers will appear immediately, and the people who have lost their land will become displaced people again, and all the efforts we have made will come to naught in the blink of an eye." ”

"Zhong Yuan, the system of Tuntian must conform to the laws of the Great Han Dynasty, otherwise the imperial court will not agree." Song Wen gently tapped on the desk and reminded in a low voice.

"It's hard in this place." Li Wei hesitated for a moment and said, "At present, Taiyuan County has a population of more than 200,000 people, a small number of land, and a lot of military land and terra nullius. ”

"If it is not sold to private individuals, there will be a lack of money for the later investment of land, and it is impossible to expect the Dasi Nongfu to allocate money, we can only rely on ourselves. What if it's sold? Displaced people can't afford it. Even if they are willing to buy it, and the money they buy is deducted from the taxes they pay every year, but in this way, their burden is very heavy, and if they encounter natural and man-made disasters, the people have no income or no income, and they cannot pay the taxes, they still have to sell their land or flee the land. ”

"I'll talk about this later, so don't talk about it for now." Zuo Yan said while making notes on the bamboo slips, "Zhong Yuan, you go on. ”

"If the problem of land ownership is solved, how can the problem of land sale be solved? Are we allowing land to be bought and sold freely? Li Wei looked at everyone and asked.

"Of course you can't buy or sell." Tang Yun said, "In my opinion, all terra nullius should be owned by the imperial court, and then we will rent the land to the displaced people to cultivate, so that we can avoid buying and selling land." ”

"Where does the money come from for the early and late investments?" Li Wei said, "In order to appease the displaced people, the tax is either completely exempt or very light, where do we get the money to invest in hundreds of thousands of fields?" Seeds, farm implements, ploughing cattle, etc., these things need to be provided by the landowners, do we have them? ”

"There are other ways we can make money to supplement the demand for land." Xie Ming said, "After three years in Tuntian, we probably don't need to invest any more money in this piece of land." ”

"Zhong Yuan, what you said makes sense." Song Wen said, "Let's not keep our eyes on the tuntian, the effect of the tuntian is very slow, it will take at least five years and the harvest will be bumper every year, otherwise we will not see the effect." ”

"Wenlong, you are good at the study of goods breeding, do you have a way to make money?" Yu Peng asked with a smile.

"You all know the methods I said, how can you buy and sell without goods?" Tang Yun smiled bitterly, "Think about it, and what things can be sold for money." ”

"I see." Li Wei suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "I know how to make money." ”

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