"Erlang," Han Zhongyan looked at his son-in-law and began to explain to him, "In the confrontation between the Eastern and Western Wei dynasties of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the later confrontation between the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi dynasties, there were few people in the world, and the population was the most expensive, so it was possible to engage in the uniform field system back then." This Juntian is actually to grant the ownerless public land to the people who have no land, and the government military system is to let the people who grant the land serve as soldiers.

In the final analysis, in fact, the state tried every means to pull the population out of the hands of the nobles and the powerful, and changed it from a subordinate to a government soldier and a peasant who gave land. Do you understand? ”

"Is this something that offends the powerful room?" Wu Haowen kind of understood.

Han Zhongyan shook his head lightly, "It's not entirely about offending Haoqiang, this matter can't be generalized...... Didn't the Haoqiang of the Northern Zhou Dynasty get the benefits? Guan Longxungui, as well as those Guanzhong tyrants who followed Guan Longxungui.

Oh, didn't your ancestors also do the Sui Dynasty's eastern capital Luoyang County Cheng and Yingyang Mansion team Zheng? Later, he also followed Li Yuan to raise troops and became the Duke of Yingguo. ”

"But that was in the Northern Zhou Sui and Tang Dynasties," Wu Haowen shook his head, "My dynasty is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and it is not as easy as it is for the local heroes to hand over the strong men." ”

He is very clear about this, isn't his "second sister-in-law" Ximen Qing's family a local tyrant? Those "cavalry generals" of the Ximen family are willing to take the martial arts exam, but let them join the army to fight for the imperial court, that is not even a thought.

Not to mention that they have to bring their own dry food and weapons, and they don't have the surname Zhao, why are they so hardworking...... Unless the imperial court is willing to give an official body or 1,500 acres of knight land! However, the government military system is to first exert death force and then talk about merit, if it is now in the era of instant fame, everyone will fight for a chance to be an official.

But now that we have to take the official examination, there are more than 900 and nearly 1,000 jinshi (including special performances) in one subject, and everyone has an officer, which is much more than the officers who fought and died in front of the Northwest Army.

Han Zhongyan pressed his temples and smiled bitterly. What his son-in-law said, how could he not understand? The Xiangzhou Han family is actually not a family of imperial examinations, but a real scholar family! His family is a wealthy family with "hereditary" knowledge of Xiangzhou, and he has great power in Xiangzhou, so he naturally controls a large number of Baoding.

In fact, the best place for the pilot government soldiers is Han Zhongyan's hometown of Xiangzhou! As long as Xiangzhou Han Jiaken fully cooperates, there is no problem in setting up a few folding mansions in Xiangzhou.

But can the Xiangzhou Han family really ascend to the top and shout, and there are tens of thousands of followers? Isn't this looking for your own death?

Therefore, the matter of the government soldiers, that is, it looks good, it is really difficult to do! A family like the Han family wants to avoid suspicion and dare not grasp the armed forces with great fanfare. And a local tyrant like the Ximen family has not received the favor of the heavenly family, and he knows the rules of the imperial court that emphasizes literature over military force, and they are not necessarily willing to be utility soldiers with an annual income of more than 100 yuan, let alone the government soldiers who do not take money and have to prepare their own dry food?

Han Zhongyan looked at his good son-in-law in silence, this person really had much less ideas than his brother, and it seemed that he had put all his mind into the sage book.

After a long time, Han Xianggong smiled bitterly: "...... It's not easy, or it wouldn't be an opportunity. But it's not impossible, this thing that is difficult to do in principle can also be solved with magic. Being an official can't just know reason and not power, do you understand? ”

"Quanju?" Hearing this word from his father-in-law, who is known for his "cowardice", Wu Haowen was really surprised. "Yuezhang means ......"

Han Zhongyan said with a smile: "There are many illegal things in the wealthy and powerful households, or hidden fields, or smuggling, or fraud in the imperial examination, or bullying and dominating the market, or forcing the good to be slaves. You just have to grab their handles...... I'm not afraid that they won't give in! ”

"Handle?" Wu Haowen frowned and thought hard, "The son-in-law is not afraid of offending those local tyrants, but how to grasp this handle?" ”

Han Zhongyan smiled, "I have to ask your eldest brother, he is in Cangzhou this time, and he probably has to find someone to trouble, right?" ”

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On March 19 of the first year of the founding of the Yasukuni Dynasty, the dilapidated town of Qingchi was shrouded in the dripping spring rain.

Although it is now in March, Qingchi County, which is located on Hebei East Road, is still a bit cold in spring. It may be nothing for a young man with strong blood, but for the elderly Shi Dazhizhou, this chill is still very uncomfortable.

Therefore, when Wu Haogu visited, he saw a red clay stove in the inner hall of the backyard of Zhizhou Yamen, and the charcoal fire was burned in the stove, the fire was not prosperous, and the stove was still hot with shochu (not liquor), and the whole house was filled with the attractive aroma of wine.

Shi Guozhong didn't look very energetic, sitting behind the desk and looking a little sluggish, he couldn't help yawning. Seeing Wu Haogu and Gao Yu in high spirits, the old man sighed with a wry smile: "It seems that it is better to be an official as soon as possible, old man, I am just late, and I will not be blessed if I want to enjoy it......"

I don't know what this old man enjoyed? Wu Haogu looked at his appearance, and couldn't help but think of Sister Wan's graceful figure in his mind.

"Taishou is a tired journey," Gao Yu and Shi Guozhong were not familiar with each other, so they respectfully called each other Taishou, "Just raise it for a few days, and it will be fine." In addition, a certain and Wudongmen also brought you some nourishing things from the Jiehe Commercial Market, and you will be more energetic if you eat more. ”

The nourishing things are ginseng, deer antler velvet, tiger whip...... I'm really going to eat too much, and the old man is afraid that he's going to whine!

"Thank you very much." Shi Zhizhou arched his hand, and then looked at Wu Haogu, "Don't hide it from the East Gate, last night it was Qingchi County who ordered the old man to pick up the wind, so he invited the head of the big family in the county and the steward of the wealthy grange." At the banquet, the old man inquired about it...... The matter of the East Gate and the High Commander is a bit difficult to do. ”

It's normal that it's not easy! However, Wu Haogu and Gao Yu are not worried, they have trump cards in their hands, and they can always pick out a lot of land.

Wu Haogu asked: "Taishou, what's so difficult?" ”

"Some people want to rent a large amount of land in Beicang Prefecture to graze sheep, and the annual rent per mu is 150 yuan, giving cash and including taxes."

"One hundred and fifty dollars in cash, including taxes?" Gao Yu was stunned for a moment, "Why is the land rent in Cangzhou so high?" ”

One hundred and fifty wen is almost two-tenths of a penny, and the annual output of wheat on one acre of land in Cangzhou is more than 100 catties. If you deduct the costs and the deficit in the famine year, it would be good to have a gross profit of 450 yuan (including tax and rent) on an average of one acre of land. After deducting all kinds of harsh taxes and apportionments, there will be 300 wen left, and then you will burn high incense. As soon as the rent of 150 wen is paid, there will only be 150 yuan of profit left for that mu of land...... That's just a few dozen catties of wheat!

Some people may think that the land rent in the Northern Song Dynasty seems to be not high, and it cannot reach fifty percent of the legendary harvest...... In fact, this fifty percent of the land is rented depending on the place and the variety of crops. The landlord and the old wealth also have to leave a way for the poor middle peasants to live! If they are all starving to death, to whom will the land be rented?

In the Song Dynasty, there were no high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, so the peasants needed more agricultural products to not starve to death. Moreover, after the three easy return to the river in Cangzhou, the population decreased greatly (the population of the Northern Song Dynasty was much less than that of the Qing Dynasty), and the whole situation was that there were fewer people and more land, and the rent of the land was naturally cheaper.

"If you rent land and raise sheep at such a high rent, don't you lose money?" Gao Yu shook his head, "Who did such a stupid thing?" ”

Now the market for wool is not large, and the economic value of sheep is to slaughter and eat meat, so raising sheep is not very profitable. Even if you use the method of grassland rotation, it is impossible to bear the land rent (including tax) of 150 wen per mu, so the loss is certain.

"This is someone looking for trouble!" Wu Haogu smiled coldly, "We have set a lot of tricks on others, and it is also appropriate for others to fight back against us." ”

"Do you know who it is?" Gao Yu asked with a frown.

"Of course it's the New Party!" Wu Haogu thought for a while, "Maybe Ji Yizhi is doing it." ”

"Him?" Gao Yu snorted coldly, "Zhang Dan's henchmen, the official family spared him, don't you know how to die?" Da Lang, let's jointly file a complaint with the official family and send him to Haizhou. ”

"People are in officialdom, and they can't help themselves." Wu Haogu smiled indifferently, waved his hand and said, "Zeng Bu, An Tao, Li Qingchen, Zhao Tingzhi, and Lu Jiawen don't want us to succeed!" In my opinion, it's better to keep him...... At least we can know where the dark arrows came from. ”

Shi Guozhong saw that Wu Haogu seemed to be confident, so he asked, "Dongmen, do you have an idea?" ”

"Yes!" Wu Haogu nodded, and told Shi Guozhong the idea of "exchanging land for knights".

Old man Shi's brows suddenly opened, and then he twisted up again: "Dongmen, what is the difference between your method and selling that knight's identity?" I'm afraid Yushi won't be able to spare us, right? ”

Wu Haogu waved his hand, "It's none of your business, the trouble is me and Commander Gao." ”

What kind of old fox Shi Guozhong is, as soon as he heard Wu Haogu's words, he already understood, "The old man is a confused Qingtian who specializes in finding trouble?" ”

"That's," Wu Haogu nodded and smiled, "Someone must be looking for trouble!" ”

Gao Yu was confused, "Da Lang, what trouble do you want Shi Taishou to look for?" ”

Wu Haogu glanced at Gao Yu and spit out two words: "Land inspection!" ”

"What?" Gao Yu took a breath, "This thing offends people!" ”

Land seizure is to check out the concealed land, or confiscate it, or apply for the title deed to become taxable land. That is, snatching food from the mouths of the powerful and powerful! How offending this kind of thing is, just think about it.

Shi Guozhong patted his chest and said: "For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, for the sake of the official family to get elite soldiers, the old man is not afraid of offending people!" ”

What a good officer! Gao Yu listened to Shi Guozhong's statement, and said in his heart: "I must recommend this Shi Taishou to the official family...... There are really not many officials who are dedicated to serving the country and the people and the king, and are not afraid of offending the powerful. ”