Great Han Empire

Chapter 694
When the situation in Guanzhong was so difficult, Yuan Shao sent troops to Kansai to attack the northern border army, and his purpose was obvious.Li Hong even suspected that Yuan Shao was responsible for Han Sui and Ma Teng's rebellion.Xijiang and Guanzhong were severely affected by disasters this year. Ma Teng sent troops to attack Chang'an. Where did he get his money and food?Could it be that Xiliang's army relies on cannibalism to fight?Han Sui and Ma Teng must have received Yuan Shao's help.

In his letter, Xu Rong urged Li Hong to send the two armies of Jinyang Yushi and Linfen Yangfeng across the river to Chang'an to protect the emperor?

Xu Rong is the general who conquers the west, and he supervises the military affairs in Guanxi and Hedong. He has the heavy responsibility of defending Guanzhong and protecting the emperor. Immediately sent troops to support Chang'an, but traveled all the way to Handan urgently, obviously with ulterior motives.

"Master Xu Rong is consulting the general. Do you want to take the opportunity to enter Guanqin King and occupy Guanzhong?" Zhu Mu put down the letter, looked at Li Hong who was still angry, and said in a low voice, "Now there is Yuan Shao's army in Guanxi, There are Yuan Shao and Liu Biao's coalition forces in the direction of Wuguan, Han Sui and Ma Teng in Xiliang, Li Jue and Guo Si in Chang'an, and Zhang Ji in Tongguan. With so many troops concentrated inside and outside Guanzhong, it is very difficult for King Qin. Once King Qin fails, the light If you lose Kansai, it will harm the emperor, so Master Xu Rong dare not rush to send troops."

"Judging from the situation in Guanzhong today, the possibility of King Qin's success is very small." Tian Chou continued, "Master Xu Rong may think that since the army cannot enter Guanzhong and occupy Guanzhong, it is better not to send troops, lest the army enter Guanzhong. It will cause conflicts between various forces and lead to a bigger crisis.”

"Currently, the burden of disaster relief in the northern frontier counties is very heavy. In addition, we have to provide money and food to Guanzhong, so Hebei's financial resources are very tight. If we recruit another [-] to [-] cavalry troops to enter the customs at this time, Hebei I'm afraid we can't afford the wealth." Li Wei said worriedly, "General, this matter of King Qin can't be rushed, and it can't be rushed, the more urgent the more chaotic. In my opinion, we still try our best to take advantage of the conflicts between the various forces in Guanzhong. Contradictions between the two sides, unite vertically and horizontally, try to resolve this crisis as much as possible, so as to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong.”

Li Hong looked at the map on the table for a long time, and sighed: "At this time, King Qin, if he is a little careless, he will be destroyed. Zilie is powerless to disobey the imperial edict, so he kicked the problem to me. It seems that I'm done with this bad guy."

Everyone in the tent laughed dumbfoundedly.

"I'll go and explain to Princess Eldest myself." Li Hong said, "However, we still have to do King Qin's attitude. Let Lord Yushi lead the army south to Hedong, let the right general Master Zhang Yan lead the army to Jinyang, what do you think? "

"Did the general intentionally let Mr. Zhang Yan go to Jinyang to avoid it?" Li Wei asked with a smile, "Actually, the general returned to Handan and transferred Mr. Qu Yi to Dongwuyang to be in charge of the Yellow River garrison, which is enough. That explains the problem. The general doesn't seem to need to do anything more, does he?"

"I also don't think it's necessary." Xie Ming said, "General, there are currently [-] troops in Kansai, Hedong, and Jinyang. In Jinyang, there are [-] troops to the west of Taihang Mountain. Now the wealth of Hedong and Bingzhou is a bit tight, if there are [-] more troops at once, the wealth will be even more tense."

"Jizhou supports as much as possible. Jinyang must send a large army, which is of great benefit to deter and stabilize Guanzhong." Li Hong smiled, "Compared with the difficulties of previous years, what is this difficulty?"

Li Wei, Xie Ming and others nodded repeatedly.

"If there were no disasters in the northern frontier counties and Guanzhong at the beginning of the year, our financial shortage would have eased, but unfortunately..." Li Wei sighed, "In the past few years, wars and disasters have followed one after another, and we are a bit overwhelmed. The big man is suffering."

"It will be fine." Li Hong said confidently, "Grit your teeth and wait for a few more years. When the wealth is sufficient and the grain warehouse is full, we will send troops to suppress the rebellion, sweep the world, and stabilize the country in the shortest possible time. .”

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The right general Zhang Yan rushed to Handan Xingyuan, and the general Li Hong went out to meet him in person.

"Brother Feiyan, I let you go to Jinyang, do you have any objections?"

Zhang Yan smiled and said: "The general is serious. The general let me take charge of the military affairs in Handan for more than half a year. I have had enough of the ups and downs. To be honest, if you don't come back, I won't be able to hold on." .”

"Brother Feiyan is too modest." Li Hong said gratefully, "I should thank you very much. Brother Feiyan owes a lot to Hebei's current situation."

Zhang Yan shook his hands again and again, "Without the general's absolute trust and full support, I can't do anything." Then he said very generously, "Since you left, I have hardly had a good night's sleep, walking on thin ice all day, trembling It’s unbearably miserable. Well, now I’m not in charge of this hard work, and I can finally sleep for a while. General, you are really miserable.”

"Haha, Brother Feiyan..." Li Hong looked at him and said with a slight smile, "I'm afraid you can't sleep if you want to sleep peacefully. If the world is not in peace, you can't imagine a day of leisure."

"I just lead the troops to fight, and I'm more relaxed than you." Zhang Yan said with a smile, "I bid farewell to the general today, and I will lead the army to Jinyang. Take care, the general."

"What are you in a hurry for?" Li Hong said, "You are staying in Xingyuan for a few days, there are many things we need to discuss carefully."

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

"No, it's about the land." Li Hong said, "This time when you come to Jinyang, in addition to supervising the military affairs of counties and counties in the south of Bingzhou Great Wall, you will also supervise the military administration of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties."

"The general supervises the military administration outside?" Zhang Yan said with a little surprise, "General, this is a serious violation of the law and the new system. If you do this, you will be opposed by the whole of Hebei. The new system is revised by ourselves. Now that we're leading the breach ourselves, it seems..."

"I have discussed it carefully with the eldest princess and the officials of the three mansions." Li Hong said, "I will report to Your Majesty to allow you to open the mansion. This matter is related to the rejuvenation of the country and must be handled specially."

"The general intends to implement 'dictation of land' in Taiyuan and Shangdang?"

"Yes, I entrust you with the full power of this important matter. 'Dictating the fields' is a method we came up with. It has never been done before, and we don't have any references. We don't have any lessons. So can it put an end to refugees? We don’t know whether it can increase the tax revenue of the imperial court, stabilize people’s hearts and restore national strength, or become the foundation of ZTE’s society. Therefore, now we urgently need time to try and promote it, to accumulate experience, and to constantly improve Revise and perfect this new system."

"If the 'dictation of land' succeeds, the rejuvenation of the country will be just around the corner." Li Hong patted Zhang Yan vigorously, and said solemnly, "Brother Feiyan, the country is strong and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the world of peace will not be far away." Far away, this is our common wish and ideal. Brother Feiyan, do you believe that we will succeed?"

"General, we will succeed, we will succeed." Zhang Yan said excitedly.

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In Xingyuan, Zhang Wen, Cui Lie, Ding Gong, Ma Rixun, Cai Yong, Zhao Qi, Zheng Xuan, Xu Shao, Yang Qi, Wang Jian, Hu Zhao, Chen Ji, Yuan Pang, Wang Han, Gai Xun, Wang Rou , Guo Yun, Xun You and many other Hebei officials, masters and scholars gathered together to discuss the specific affairs of the system of "dictation of land by word of mouth" day and night.

"Dictating land by dictation" is a brand-new land system without any reference. These well-known Han bureaucrats and scholars rely on their rich political experience and profound knowledge to summarize the success and failure of various land systems in the previous dynasties. On the basis of this, in view of the status quo of today's Dahan, we began to formulate specific measures and strategies for the promotion and implementation of the "dictation of land system".

Under the strong recommendation of the general Li Hong, the right general Zhang Yan supervised the military administration of Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, and planned to try out the system of "dictation of land by oral counting".

Cui Lie, Ma Rixun, Wang Jian, Wang Han, and Gai Xun each led dozens of disciples to stay in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties to help Zhang Yan implement it in order to discover, revise and improve it at any time. new system.Zhao Qi wanted to go too, 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, why don't you let me do something for the big man?Do something for the people?So he also went to Jinyang.

Xie Ming, Zheng Yan, and Liu Fan of the Da Sima Mansion are responsible for providing money and food support for the implementation of the "dictation of land by dictation" system.

General Li Hongyan told the officials of the three prefectures that no matter how difficult it is in Hebei, they must ensure the trial implementation of the system of "dictation of land by dictation".

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Before the brigade went to Jinyang, the eldest princess and the general summoned the officials of Hebei for the last time.

The big tent was brightly lit, and nearly a hundred officials from Hebei sat together to listen to Zhang Wen's detailed explanation of many problems in the "dictation of land by dictation" system and the difficulties that need to be paid close attention to.

The basis of "accounting orally granting land" is "accounting", that is, household registration, or population registration.This is a huge and complex task that requires the full assistance of counties, townships, villages and kiosks.All the population of counties and counties, from officials to slaves, must be registered one by one, without any omission.What needs attention is the registration of cattle.After the abolition of the farming system, the farm cattle originally owned by the government government became privately owned by farmers or jointly owned by a certain number of farmers.

One of the most important features of "dictation of land by dictation" is to protect the original private land, that is, to protect the interests of the rich and powerful from loss.Although their private land is also part of the granted land, the ownership is their own, while ordinary farmers only have the right to use the granted land.The servants of wealthy and wealthy families participated in the grant of land just like ordinary farmers.

On the basis of protecting the interests of the rich and powerful, how to prevent the rich and powerful from annexing land? The system of "accounting for dictation of land" does not stipulate that the sale and purchase of land is strictly prohibited, on the contrary, it allows the sale of land. After the implementation of the system of "dictation of land by dictation", except for the private land of the rich and powerful, all other lands belong to the imperial court and the state. Farmers who grant land only have the right to use it, not ownership, so they have no land to sell.In other words, this land sale is effectively limited to those who own private land, so land mergers can be curbed.

Then the question came again, what should ordinary farmers do if they suffer from disasters, or if they die and their families are too poor to be buried, and they cannot survive?Will they sell their land use rights?Will this form a disguised land merger?Will this form new refugees?How to prevent this from happening?

Zhang Wen clapped his hands and reminded the officials to pay attention, "We plan to grant [-] mu of land to each adult male and [-] mu to each adult woman. This amount can basically meet the needs of survival, but the question is, what method can we use? Prevent farmers from selling their land use rights? Should we consider allowing farmers to sell a certain amount of land use rights at an appropriate time? If allowed, what is the approximate number?"

This problem immediately involved the "Beda" problem. "Beida" refers to the land used for fallow that the farmer owns one or two times the amount of granted land.Different regions have different degrees of land fertility, and the number of Beitian is also different.The amount of Beitian is directly related to the sale of land use rights.If a farmer sells all Beta because of embarrassment, what will he do in the next year?Therefore, even if farmers are allowed to sell part of their land use rights, it is still necessary to ensure that farmers still have Beta in their hands and can barely survive.

"If you want the people to survive and make them rich, it is absolutely impossible to rely on relief. You must find a way to let them save themselves. Even if they suffer from natural and man-made disasters, they can save themselves. Land, so when you adults are trying out the new system, please be sure to find an effective solution on this point." Zhang Wen bowed and said sincerely, "We can't find a solution here , can only be revised and perfected by your lords when promoting the new system."

The land system, the taxation system, and the corvee system are closely linked, and one event affects the whole body. If the land system is changed, the taxation system and the corvee system must be reformed accordingly.

"Light taxation and low corvee is the main purpose of the new system, so with the implementation of the 'dictation of land', the new tax and corvee system will also be implemented. Although the new system may suffer a certain loss in tax revenue at the beginning of the new system, but in the long run Look, this is necessary and necessary, and you adults don't need to worry about it." Zhang Wen waved his hands and said loudly, "As long as we solve the stomach problem of the common people, the rejuvenation of the big man will be just around the corner."

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In April, Zhang Liao suddenly appeared in the Xingyuan of the General of Handan.

(End of this chapter)