However, compared with the severe punishment of private fighting, the work of taking stock of the land is more difficult to do, although before the inventory, the government repeatedly ordered the villagers to truthfully report their land and property, and if any hidden land property is discovered, it will be immediately confiscated and punished with three years' imprisonment. However, there are still many villagers who are fortunate and hide their land property when they report it.

Since it was one of the first villages to be investigated, it was eventually discovered that half of the villagers had concealed their land properties, and in some places, the villagers even obstructed the inventory personnel from carrying out the inventory and measuring the land. In addition, even with the household registration statistics, the work of dividing households is not very smooth.

Although the household registration statistics do not touch the private interests of the villagers like the land inventory, the plateau stipulates that the parents of a household can only keep one adult child, and when the second son reaches adulthood, he must be a single household.

The goal of the plateau is to disintegrate the clan power of the people, expand the number of household registrations, and increase the source of income for the government, but in this era of families, more than ninety percent of the children are more than two, and there are not a few children, and the proportion of two children in a family is definitely more than fifty percent, and the Chinese have always attached importance to the family, so parents do not want their children to be single, and children do not want to leave their parents, which is also a human nature. However, the public still has a very large contact with this decree.

However, in the face of these circumstances, Gao Yuan still did not give an inch, and on the one hand ordered the army to be dispatched to protect the inventory personnel, and on the other hand, he still did not show mercy on the peasant households who concealed their land and property, confiscating the land and property that should be confiscated, and arresting those who should be arrested. The household registration statistics are also not relaxed, but a small adjustment has been made, that is, after the household is divided, children and parents are still allowed to live in the same village, but taxes and labor are still levied according to the household division.

Although there were some objections and voices, the local power in the Daigun area was not strong, and the plateau had the support of the army, so they did not have the strength to confront the plateau, so the plateau could still ensure the progress of the land inventory with such an iron fist, and at the same time declare to the people that the orders issued by him would not be disobeyed.

However, this time there is still a lot of public resentment in the Daijun area, and there are also some Zhao clans who are dissatisfied with the plateau, and the Shi clan fanned the flames and instigated the farmers and local powerful forces to make trouble. Of course, no matter when or where, there will be some people who can only see the sky above their heads and can't recognize the situation, so in mid-February, a relatively strict rebellion against the investigation of the fields finally broke out.

More than 20 miles northwest of Daijun City, close to the place of water control (i.e., Sanggan River), there is a village called Linhe Village, there are about 400 households in the whole village, among which there is a large family, surnamed Zhao, the current head of the household is called Zhao Gancheng, and there are seven brothers.

If you chase back, this Zhao family is still a distant clan of Zhao State, in the era of King Zhao Wuling opened up the territory, they settled here, at this time there have been more than ten generations, and now it has developed into a larger clan with more than 200 people, and in the last few generations there were still some people who have been officials in Zhao State, but it is not big, now there are more than 100 men and women in the family, there are more than 20,000 acres of land at home, and there are two shops in the Daijun City, and often go to the north to trade with Xiongnu merchants, In this area, it is regarded as a local tyrant force.

In the past few decades, the Zhao family has led the whole village and other villages to fight, and the Zhao family has contributed money and efforts, and more than a dozen lives have been taken, so the Zhao family has some prestige in Linhe Village, and can almost respond to every call. In the past 20 years, the national strength of the Zhao State has weakened, and the control of the border areas has also been greatly weakened, so the Zhao family led the village clan of Linhe Village, openly confronted the government of Daijun, and refused to pay taxes, and formed a township regiment and village soldiers.

Because the whole village of Linhe Village was mobilized, almost more than 1,000 village soldiers could be dispatched, and the power was not small, and Zhao Gancheng's brothers and nephews had also practiced for a few days, so the government of Daijun in the past couldn't take them, so they had to turn a blind eye and ignore them.

Last year, Zhao Jia occupied Dai County, because he was busy fighting with Li Yinghong and others, so he did not change the status quo of Linhe Village, and the Zhao brothers were even more proud, and Gao Yuan killed Zhao Jia and officially entered Dai County, and the Zhao brothers did not take it seriously, thinking that no matter who occupied Dai County, they did not dare to move themselves.

And after the New Year, Dai Jun sent officials to Linhe Village to reach the decree of the plateau, to count the household registration in Linhe Village, and check the land, but the bamboo slips of the plateau were used as firewood by the Zhao brothers.

In February, Dai County sent personnel to Linhe Village to take stock of the land and re-establish the household registration. As a result, the Zhao brothers led the villagers to besiege and beat, although the inventory personnel accompanied a brigade of 50 soldiers, but the village dispatched hundreds of people at once, naturally outnumbered, although in the end it was still outstanding and escaped from Linhe Village, but the government personnel who checked the land to establish household registration were killed three people, while the soldiers were killed six people, and nearly 20 people were injured. At that time, Linhe Village did not get any better, with more than 20 dead and as many as 40 or 50 injured.

But this news still shocked the entire Dai County Town, although there have been some villages in the past to resist arrest and resist officials, but basically it is an individual act, and there has never been a collective organized resistance to the government in such a village. If it is not properly resolved, it will have a very bad impact on the newly established Daiguni government, so Takahara immediately summoned the officials who remained in Daigun to discuss a solution.

Shen Shen first said: "Lord, in my opinion, this wind must not be promoted, so we should immediately send troops to encircle and suppress Linhe Village, arrest the Zhao brothers, and behead them in public. ”

Ning Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said: "It is natural to deal with the Zhao brothers, but there are more than 400 households in Linhe Village, with a population of nearly 3,000 people, even if they are old, weak, women and children, but there are more than 1,000 people who participate in resisting arrest and resisting officials, can it be said that all these more than 1,000 villagers should be arrested according to the law and served for three years?" ”

Shen Shen said firmly: "Since the lord has issued a decree, then it must be implemented according to the law, otherwise what is the authority of the decree, if the lord issues other decrees after Wu, how can anyone implement it." ”

Han Sheng said: "Although it should be enforced according to law, but the number of people to be disposed of this time is not too much, I think it is better to only punish the Zhao family and the accomplices, and the other villagers will not be held accountable." As long as the Zhao family brothers are beheaded and the Zhao family and accomplices are severely punished, it should be able to deter other villagers. ”

Shen Shen shook his head and said: "Enforce according to law, it depends on the word according to law, not the number of people, if it is only because of the large number of people who violated the law this time, and the people are not held accountable, in my opinion, it may not be able to deter the villagers, on the contrary, it will make many people feel lucky, thinking that as long as there are many people, they can escape the punishment of the law, so it is really an endless disaster." ”

At this time, Gao Yuan spoke: "Have you ever thought about why the villagers of Linhe Village will resist the arrest of the anti-official with the strength of the whole village this time. It was because of the lax law and discipline of Zhao in the past that the villagers ignored the law, or were lucky, thinking that the law could not be held accountable. If it is in the peaceful season of the world, if you don't visit, you can open the net, only punish the first offender, and the followers will not be prosecuted, but in troubled times, you must use heavy codes, so this time it must not be estimated, and the villagers of Linshui Village must be punished to warn other villages. ”

After listening to Gao Yuan's words, only Shen Shen showed joy on his face, while the others were silent, they all knew that what Gao Yuan said was indeed the truth, and the reason why Zhao State had become a popular private fight, and the local powerful forces dared to openly confront the government, was precisely because Zhao State had indeed lax law and discipline in the past, and did not establish a national system based on the rule of law like Qin State. Moreover, as soon as the plateau issued the decree, there was a collective protest order by the entire village, and if it was not severely punished, it would indeed be a serious blow to the prestige of the plateau regime. Not to mention fighting against the Qin State, it is difficult to say whether this regime can be maintained.

Ning Qi said: "My lord, if according to the law, all those who participate in resisting arrest and resisting officials will be served for three years, and all the land must be owned by the government, but how can the relatives, orphans and widows of these arrested people survive?" This is not a dozen, but nearly 3,000 people in the whole village, orphans, widows, old and weak, women and children, I am afraid that there are nearly 2,000 people, don't they all starve to death? ”

Gao Yuan also nodded, Ning Qi's worries are not unreasonable, it is easy to kill people and arrest people, but how to deal with the remaining orphans and widows, the old and weak, women and children, is a big problem, and they must not be allowed to starve to death. Therefore, Gao Yuan also thought about it for a while, and said: "Organize them all and work for the government, because according to this view, we are afraid that we will have to arrest a lot of people to serve in the army, but there must always be some people to cook on the fire, laundry and deliver water, these things, women, the elderly, and slightly older children can do it, and they can also organize to spin and weave cloth, so that not only can they support their families, but also between husband and wife, father and son, they can also meet from time to time, if someone is in charge of the period, the expression is good, and they can also be reunited with their husband and wife for a few days. As a reward, let's see how it goes. ”

Shen Shen first clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the lord's construction is very good, I think it is completely feasible." ”

When Ning Qi and the others heard this, they all nodded frequently, thinking that this method of the plateau was indeed very good, and on the premise of severely punishing the villagers, this could indeed reduce the turmoil to the lowest point, and it was also the best plan at present.

Seeing that no one objected to the resolution of severe punishment, Gao Yuan also immediately ordered to first seal up the Zhao family's shop in Daijun City, and then mobilize the army, and early tomorrow morning, Gao Yuan personally led the team to Linhe Village.