Chapter 5 The Situation in Guanzhong was in such a difficult situation, Yuan Shao sent troops to Guanxi to attack the Northern Xinjiang Army, and his purpose was obvious.

Li Hong even suspected that the rebellion of Han Sui and Ma Teng was the work of Yuan Shao. Western Xinjiang and Guanzhong were seriously affected this year, and Ma Teng sent troops to attack Chang'an, where did his money and food come from?

Could it be that Xiliang's army fought by cannibalism? Han Sui and Ma Teng must have received Yuan Shao's help. In his letter, Xu Rong urged Li Hong to urgently transfer the two armies of Jinyang Jade and Linfen Yang Feng to cross the river to Chang'an to protect the Son of Heaven?

Xu Rong was a general of the expedition to the west, supervising the military affairs of Guanxi and Hedong, and was responsible for guarding Guanzhong and protecting the Son of Heaven.

He himself had the right to recruit Yang Feng and Zhang Baiqi from Linfen to send troops to Guanzhong, but not only did he not immediately send troops to support Chang'an at this moment, but he traveled thousands of miles to Handan, obviously with ulterior motives.

"Lord Xu Rong is consulting the general, do you want to take the opportunity to enter the Guanqin King and occupy the Guanzhong?" Zhu Mu put down the book, looked at Li Hong, who was still angry, and said in a low voice,

"Now there is Yuan Shao's army in Guanxi, the combined army of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao in the direction of Wuguan, Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, Li Dao and Guo Yan in Chang'an, and Zhang Ji in Tongguan. Once King Qin fails, he will lose Guanxi at the least, and the Son of Heaven will be harmed at the worst, so Lord Xu Rong does not dare to rush to send troops at all. ”

"Judging from the situation in Guanzhong today, the possibility of King Qin's success is very small." Tian Chou continued,

"Lord Xu Rong may think that since the army cannot enter the Guanqin King and occupy the Guanzhong, it is better not to send troops, lest the army enter the Guanzhong, which will provoke contradictions between the forces of all parties and cause a greater crisis."

"At present, the burden of disaster relief and relief in the border counties of northern Xinjiang is very heavy, and we also have to provide money and food to Guanzhong, so Hebei's financial resources are very tight. If we requisition another 30,000 to 50,000 infantry cavalry troops to fight at this time, I am afraid that Hebei's financial endowment will not be able to bear it. Li Wei said worriedly,

"General, this matter of King Qin can't be rushed, and he can't be in a hurry, the more anxious it is, the more chaotic it is. In my opinion, we are still trying our best to take advantage of the contradictions between the various powers in Guanzhong, and to resolve this crisis as much as possible so as to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong. Li Hong looked at the map on the desk for a long time, and sighed gloomily: "At this time, King Qin, if you are not careful, you will be burned." Zilie was powerless to disobey the holy decree, so he kicked the problem to me. Looks like I'm done with this bad guy. The people in the tent laughed dumbly.

"I'll go and explain to the eldest princess in person." Li Hong said,

"However, we still have to do the posture of King Qin. Let Lord Jade lead the army south to Hedong, and let the right general Zhang Yan lead the army to Jinyang, what do you think? ”

"Did the general deliberately let Lord Zhang Yan go to Jinyang to take refuge?" Li Wei asked with a smile,

"Actually, the general's return to Handan and the transfer of Lord Koyi to Dongwuyang to take charge of the garrison of the Yellow River are enough to explain the problem. The general doesn't seem to need to do anything more, right? ”

"I don't think it's necessary." Xie Ming said,

"General, there are currently 40,000 troops in Guanxi, Hedong, and Jinyang. If Lord Zhang Yan brought 20,000 Black Mountain Yellow Turban troops such as Yu Xuan, Guo Daxian, and Liu Shi to Jinyang, there would be 60,000 troops west of Taihang Mountain. At present, the financial endowment of Hedong and Bingzhou is somewhat tight, and if there are 20,000 more troops at once, the financial endowment will be even more tight. ”

"Jizhou is as supportive as possible. Jinyang must send a large army, which is of great benefit to deterrence and stability in Guanzhong. Li Hong said with a smile,

"What is this difficulty compared to the difficulties of previous years?" Li Wei, Xie Ming and others nodded again and again.

"If there had been no disaster in the border counties of Northern Xinjiang and Guanzhong at the beginning of the year, the situation of our shortage of wealth would have been alleviated, but it is a pity that it ......," Li Wei sighed.

"In the past few years, we have been overwhelmed by the disasters of war and chaos. The big man is bitter. ”

"It's going to be fine." Li Hong said confidently,

"Grit your teeth, stay up for a few more years, and when the wealth is sufficient and the grain warehouse is full, we will send troops to quell the rebellion, sweep the world, and let the community stabilize in the shortest possible time." The right general Zhang Yan rushed to Handan, and the general Li Hong personally greeted him.

"Brother Feiyan, I asked you to go to Jinyang, do you have any opinions?" Zhang Yan said with a smile: "The general's words are serious. The general let me be in charge of the military and political affairs in Handan for more than half a year, and I have eaten enough of the ups and downs. To tell you the truth, if you don't come back, I won't be able to hold on. ”

"Brother Feiyan is too humble." Li Hong said gratefully,

"I should thank you so much. Hebei can have today's situation, and Brother Feiyan has made great contributions. Zhang Yan shook his hand again and again,

"Without the absolute trust and support of the general, I would not have been able to accomplish anything." Then he said with great emotion,

"Since you left, I have hardly slept well, and I have been walking on thin ice all day, trembling and miserable. Well, now that it's not my turn, I can finally sleep for a while. General, you're really bitter. ”

"Haha, Brother Feiyan......" Li Hong looked at him and smiled slightly,

"If you want to get some good sleep, I'm afraid not. If the world is not at peace, you will not think about a leisurely day. ”

"I just lead the troops to fight, no matter how I say it, I have to be more leisurely than you." Zhang Yan said with a smile,

"Today, I bid farewell to the general, I am going to lead the army to Jinyang, take care of the general."

"What are you anxious about?" Li Hong said,

"You're going to be in Xingyuan for a few days, and there's a lot we need to discuss carefully."

"The general plans to march west to King Qin?"

"No, it's a matter of the land." Li Hong said,

"This time you went to Jinyang, in addition to supervising the military power of the southern counties of the Great Wall of the Prefecture, you also supervised the military administration of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties."

"The general is leading the army in a foreign governor?" Zhang Yan said with a little surprise,

"General, this is a serious violation of the law, and it is also a violation of the new system. If you do this, you will be opposed by the whole of Hebei. The new system was revised by ourselves, and now we ourselves are taking the lead in violating it, which seems ......"

"I have already discussed it carefully with the eldest princess and the officials of the three mansions." Li Hong said,

"I will play Your Majesty and allow you to open the mansion. This matter is related to the ZTE of the society and must be handled specially. ”

"The general plans to implement the 'plan to teach the field' in Taiyuan and Shangdang?"

"Yes, I entrust this matter to you with carte blanche on this matter." 'Dictating the field' is a method that we have come up with on our own, and we have not done it before, and we have nothing to learn from. There are no lessons learned, so we don't know whether it can put an end to the generation of displaced people, whether it can increase the tax revenue of the imperial court, whether it can stabilize the people's will and restore national strength, and whether it can become the foundation of Zhongxing Sheji. Therefore, now we urgently need time to try and promote, time to accumulate experience, and time to constantly revise and improve this new system. ”

"If the 'Ji Oral Teaching Field' is successful, the prosperity of the community will be just around the corner." Li Hong patted Zhang Yan vigorously and said solemnly,

"Brother Feiyan, the country is strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is not far from the peaceful world, which is our common wish and ideal. Brother Feiyan, do you believe that we will succeed? ”

"General, we will definitely succeed, we will definitely succeed." Zhang Yan said excitedly. In the line, Zhang Wen, Cui Lie, Ding Gong, Ma Riyan, Cai Yong, Zhao Qi, Zheng Xuan, Xu Shao, Yang Qi, Wang Jian, Hu Zhao, Chen Ji, Yuan Peng, Wang Han, Gai Xun, Wang Rou, Guo Yun, Xun You and many other Hebei officials, Shuo Ru, celebrities and scholars gathered together to discuss day and night

The specific affairs of "counting and dictating fields".

Relying on their rich political experience and profound knowledge, these world-famous Han bureaucrats and scholars began to formulate the land system in view of the current situation of the Han Dynasty on the basis of summing up the successes and failures of various land systems of the previous dynasties

Specific measures and policies for the promotion and implementation of the "system of dictating and teaching fields". Under the strong recommendation of the general Li Hong, the right general Zhang Yan supervised the military administration of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, and prepared for the trial

The system of "counting and dictating the field". Cui Lie, Ma Riyan, Wang Jian, Wang Han, Gai Xun and other five officials each led dozens of disciples to be stationed in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties to help Zhang Yan implement the new system, so that the new system could be discovered, revised and improved at any time.

Zhao Qi also wanted to go, but the eldest princess and Li Hong tried their best to stop him, considering his age and physical condition.

Zhao Qi was very angry, how many days can I live? I'm going to die, and you still don't want me to do something for the big man?

Do something for the people? So he also went to Jinyang. Da Sima Mansion Xie Ming, Zheng Yan, and Liu Fan are specially responsible for giving

The implementation of the system of "counting and dictating fields" provides financial and food support. The general Li Hong sternly told the officials of the three prefectures that no matter how difficult Hebei is, they must ensure it

Trial implementation of the "counting and dictating fields" system. Before the brigade went to Jinyang, the eldest princess and the general convened the Hebei officials for the last time.

Nearly 100 Hebei officials sat together and listened to Zhang Wen

The many problems of the "counting and dictating fields" system and the difficulties that need to be paid close attention to are explained in detail.

The basis of "counting dictation fields" is:

"Counting mouths" means compiling households and making population registers. This is a huge and complex task, which requires the full assistance of the county, township, li, and pavilion.

All the population of the county, from the officials to the slaves and maids, must be registered, and nothing should be omitted.

It is important to note the registration of ploughing cattle. After the abolition of the tuntian system, the cattle originally owned by the government became privately owned by the farmers or jointly owned by a certain number of farmers, and the forage consumption of the cattle also needed to be given to the farmers.

One of the most important features of "dictating the land" is to protect the original private land, that is, to protect the interests of the wealthy from loss.

Although their private land is also part of the granted land, the ownership is their private own, and ordinary farmers only have the right to use the granted land.

The slaves and maids of the wealthy families of the gate lords, like ordinary peasant households, participated in the granting of land. On the basis of protecting the interests of the gate valve tycoons, how to prevent the gate valve tycoons from annexing land?

The system does not prohibit the sale and purchase of land, but on the contrary, it allows the sale and purchase of land.

After the implementation of the "counting and dictating land" system, except for the private land of the gate lords themselves, the rest of the land belonged to the imperial court and the state, and the farmers who granted the land only had the right to use it, but not the ownership, so they had no land to sell.

In other words, the sale of land is effectively limited to those who own private land, and land annexation can therefore be curbed.

Then the question arises, what if ordinary farmers suffer from disasters, or have died and have poor families to bury and cannot survive?

Will they sell their land use rights? Will this be a disguised land annexation? Will this create new displacements?

How can this be prevented? Zhang Wen clapped his hands and reminded the officials to pay attention,

"We plan to grant 40 acres of land for every adult male and 20 acres for adult women, which is basically enough to meet the needs of survival. But the question is, what can we do to prevent farmers from selling their land use rights? Shouldn't we consider allowing farmers to sell a certain amount of land use rights at the right time? If so, what is the approximate number? This question immediately came to mind

"Beda" problem.

"Dou Tian" means that the farmer has double or twice the amount of land granted for fallow. Depending on the region, the fertility of the land is different, and the number of double fields is also different.

The amount of the land is directly related to the sale of land use rights. If a farmer sells all of his fields because of embarrassment, what will he do the following year?

Therefore, even if farmers are allowed to sell some of their land use rights, they must ensure that they still have multiple fields in their hands and can barely survive.

"If you want the people to survive and make them rich, you can't rely on charity, you have to find a way to let them help themselves. Even if they suffer a natural disaster**, they can save themselves, and the only thing that can save them is the land on which they live. Therefore, when you try out the new system, please be sure to find an effective solution on this point. Zhang Wen bowed and said earnestly,

"We can't find a solution here, so we can only rely on you to revise and improve the new system when you promote it." The land system, the taxation system, and the forced labor system are closely linked, and the whole body will be affected by the change of the land system, and the tax system and the forced labor system must be changed along with it.

"The main purpose of the new system is to pay light taxes and thin taxes, so with the implementation of the 'counting and dictating fields', the new tax and conscription system will also be implemented. Although there may be a loss of tax revenue from the imperial court at the beginning of the implementation of the new system, in the long run, this is necessary and necessary, and you do not need to worry about it. Zhang Wen waved his hands and said loudly,

"As long as we solve the problem of the people's stomachs, the Zhongxing of the Han Dynasty will be just around the corner." In early April, Zhang Liao suddenly appeared in the line of the general of Handan.

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