In late March, Wang Xuan went to Pingyang to inspect the fields.
The last stubborn stronghold is left here: the Wubao of former refugee commander Guo Mo and the Guo Zhi brothers.
Guo Mo once led his troops to flee to Henan and helped the King of Liang fight in the war. When he attacked Liu Ya in Hanoi, he led his troops to fight back and occupied Wubao, which he had abandoned.
After several years, he was basically not traced, and others were investigated first. Today, in the ninth year of the Divine Turtle, Guo's Wubao finally ushered in the "big test".
"Yuanxiong, we had a chance encounter in Luoyang in the past. During the Battle of Heyang, Xian Kunzhong was very bloody and fought bravely, and it was not without success." Wang Xuan walked in the fields and looked at the people who were measuring the fields. The minor officials said to Brother Erguo: "The Shan family has withdrawn from the land before Yongjia, so stop your wishful thinking."
Guo Mo was speechless.
Guo Zhi was indignant, but when facing Wang Xuan, he did not dare to say anything unpleasant. He could only complain: "Who can plant all the wasteland? If King Liang needs land, he can just find someone to plant it."
Wang Xuan had a good temper and was too lazy to get to know him. He just looked at the ground where wooden signs were nailed everywhere.
"Zhang Xiaoer!" A civil servant shouted loudly.
Zhang Xiaoer cowered in the crowd, looking at the civil servants and then at Brother Guo Mo.
Guo Zhi glared at him.
"Zhang Xiaoer!" the clerk shouted again.
There was a rough guy in the crowd who pushed Zhang Xiaoer.
Zhang Xiaoer staggered forward, gritted his teeth and said, "Someone is here."
The civil servant glanced at him and said: "This land is yours. Because it is a field, I will give it twice as much, including forty-nine acres of farmland, eight acres of mulberry forest, three acres of river bend grassland, and another five acres for the house." , you can dispose of it yourself. Keep the land deed."
Zhang Xiaoer was originally very scared, but when he saw the land deed, it seemed as if something had been activated. His eyes were red. He took it, carefully put it in his arms, lowered his head and left.
He glanced at Guo Zhi, then quickly looked away, looking for his family.
"Don't leave in a hurry." The clerk shouted after him again: "From now on, you don't have to pay the owner of the dock for food, only taxes and services from the court. If someone takes it by force, you can go to the county government gate to beat drums and redress your grievances."
"Yes, yes." Zhang Xiaoer paused and left quickly.
His wife and children were wiping away tears.
In the past, it was indeed necessary to take refuge with Lord Wubao, otherwise he would not be able to survive, but now that Hanoi is no longer the front line of the war, it seems that it is no longer needed.
There are pros and cons to being a Wubao dealer.
The advantage is that you can get shelter, but the disadvantage is that you can only make a living, which is comparable to Cao Cao's farming, and most of the grain and cloth have to be handed over to the Lord of Wubao.
I just hope that the oppression of the imperial court is not as severe as that of Lord Wubao, otherwise there really will be no difference.
Outside the main entrance of Wubao, the suspension bridge has been lowered. A group of strong men handed over their bows, knives, spears, and cards, and then left with their families.
When Guo Zhi saw this, he immediately walked over.
"Guo Gong." The women and children hid behind, while the men stepped forward to salute.
Guo Zhi looked up to the sky and sighed, and returned the gift without saying a word.
A lot of land was cleared out of Wubao, and a lot of the bankers left. It could no longer support so many elite troops, so a group of people had to be let go.
These people will be registered in the county and given fields and homes. From now on, they will have nothing to do with the Guo brothers.
Of course, that is only theoretical. In fact, you can influence them through kindness and friendship and adopt them for your own use.
But after all, there is no name and no master-slave relationship.
They help you out of love, but not out of obligation. When the next generation comes, they will be even more miserable and won't listen to you anymore.
Shao Thief is really ruthless, and his tricks hit the most important points: land and population.
After the land was cleared, the remaining fields could not support as many people as before, and the strength of the entire Wubao was greatly reduced.
When your strength decreases, everything will go wrong.
Do you have enough money to make friends with noble people?
Can we still make various sophisticated instruments?
Is it possible to raise all the clan members and appoint them as officials, administrators or even tribal officials?
It doesn't seem to work anymore.
This is an all-round decline that is heartbreaking.
Fortunately, the imperial court was quite conscientious and ranked their Wubao at the bottom. They earned a few more years of money and grain, and the hundreds of thousands of dendrobium, millet and wheat in the treasury were not confiscated, which was very particular.
But it’s still uncomfortable after all!
If Shao Thief hadn't been at the top of his game, he would have rebelled long ago. But then again, even if Shao Thief hadn't been at the top of his game, Shao Thief wouldn't have dared to do this.
"Yuanxiong." After watching this great drama, Wang Xuan smiled and said: "The twenty counties of Liang State are responsible for the land distribution. This is an iron law, and no one dares to violate it."
"Yes." Guo Mo responded calmly, as if he had accepted his fate.
Wang Xuan added: "Don't say that the imperial court has forgotten your love for fighting in the past. The post of Prime Minister of Fagan County in Yangping County is vacant, and Xian Kunzhong can be replaced. In this way, he will be an official from now on, which is better than being a person with no foundation."
Is Wubao handsome and strong?"
When Guo Mo heard this, he felt a little relieved, finally he didn't suffer anything.
He planned to become the county magistrate, while his younger brother stayed in Wubao to take care of the family business.
Wang Xuan looked at Guo Mo's face and said nothing more.
The last place in Hanoi County that needs farmland will be clarified in the next few days.
So far, the Liang Kingdom has completed the nine counties of Chen, Liang, Nandun, Xincai, Ji, Dunqiu, Hanoi, Puyang, and Xingyang, and the five counties of Runan, Jiyang, Taiyuan, Xingxing, and Wei have entered the final finishing stage.
It will take some time to complete the five counties of Pingyang, Leping, Yangping, Ruyin and Chenliu, but it will definitely be completed this year.
Shangdang County is rather special and has not yet begun to cultivate land.
And outside these twenty counties, counties such as Yanmen, Xiangcheng, Henan, Hongnong, Jibei, Changshan, Zhongshan, Gaoyang, Hejian, Zhangwu and other counties are not within the territory of Liang State, but either the land transfer has been completed,
Or there is no need to farm.
Although there are many powerful people in Dongping, Gaoping, Jinan, Leling, Boling, Xiapi and other counties, it is not very difficult to conquer the fields, and it is still possible to implement it vigorously.
In short, things are still developing in a good direction, although many people are not happy - Wang Xuan himself does not agree very much, but for various reasons, he acts forcefully.
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On March 25, just as Wang Xuan completed his field work and returned to Yewang, he met a group of scholars heading north from Henan.
"Meizi."
"Yingzhi."
Wang Xuan and Bian Tao looked at each other, smiled, and walked away arm in arm.
"Why did Mei Zi come to Ye Wang?" Bian Tao said with a smile: "If you don't live in Pingyang, you come to Ye Wang to hang out. Is this such a grand scene?"
"You don't dare to live idle." Wang Xuan said: "I don't know how many people are staring at your position now. If you are idle, you will always be idle."
"Official fan!" Bian Tao sneered and said, "I don't want to be an official. I wander around the houses all day long, but I feel at ease. If it hadn't been for the call of the King of Liang and the urging of my father, I wouldn't have bothered to leave Jiyin."
"When discussing Taoism in Jinyang, how come there are so few Bian clan six dragons?" Wang Xuan said with a smile.
"The Six Dragons of the Bian Family have long been a thing of the past, so why mention it again." Bian Tao sighed: "In the past, there were eight kings of Pei Fang and eight kings, all of whom were great men for a while. Not to mention the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest and the Twenty-Four Friends of the Golden Valley Garden, alas. I I just can’t understand why the King of Liang has been in power for so many years, why he didn’t come up with Five Sages, Six Friends, Seven Dragons, Bada and so on?”
Wang Xuan was speechless and could only smile bitterly.
"I met Yang Zuyan in Yuanju a few days ago." Bian Tao continued, as if he was filled with bitterness: "He became a waiter and went to the place to shout and drink. That's it. I invited him for a while, but he actually refused. What are you pretending to be? Back then, we were together with disheveled hair, bare chest and abdomen, drinking behind closed doors for several days, and never saw him absent. Since we went to Liang County, we couldn’t call him out, and we seemed to have suddenly become a hermit in the Qing Dynasty. .When we met this time, I asked him what trouble he had with his official duties. Be more relaxed, throw the official seal to the entourage, and let them do it while we drink and have fun. He hesitated and even slipped away. "
"Alas! It has changed. Yang Zuyan has changed! Meizi, he used to scold me in front of me as 'mediocre officials' and 'common affairs', but now he works for secular affairs every day. Do you think he has changed?" Already?"
Wang Xuan also wanted to run away.
When I first met Bian Tao, I was a little friendly. After all, we had fooled around together before. Even after becoming an official for the King of Liang, we got together several times, and we always came back with great fun.
But in the past seven or eight years, I have increasingly felt that I am not the same person as them. I have gone to many occasions less and gradually faded out. As for whether there will be arrangements for others behind the scenes, it is hard to say. Anyway, he doesn't care much anymore. .
Thinking of this, he suddenly understood why the scholars were no longer as prosperous as before after the king of Liang used them...
"Yingzhi, I——" Wang Xuan hesitated.
"I know, you have something to do." Bian Tao was a little unhappy and said, "Anyway, you and I are not traveling together. I will go to Jinyang via Shangdang, and you will go back to Pingyang via Wangwu."
This was a bit strange, and Wang Xuan felt a little embarrassed when he said it, so he pointed to a group of scholars in the distance and asked: "Are these all Yuzhou's outstanding talents?"
"Yes." Bian Tao looked back and said: "Who dares to disobey King Shao's order? The soldiers of the East China Sea are so powerful that everyone wants to flatter them. They won't let you tell the truth, and they even send people to your door to give advice.
No 'messing around' is allowed, that's awesome."
Wang Xuan felt that he could no longer continue chatting with him. In view of the past friendship, he warned: "If the general trend is like this, why should Yingzhi act like this? Even if he feels unhappy, he should consider it for your father."
Bian Tao calmed down and said after a moment: "You can hold me, but you can't hold others. This is a grudge that has been built up for a long time and is difficult to resolve. Meizi, were you at the Guo brothers' house before?"
"good."
"The Guo brothers have been cleared of a lot of fields, tribes, and countless dealers have dispersed. Do you think they will curse in their hearts?" Bian Tao asked back: "If this is the case with the Guo family, how can I, the Bian family, be any different?"
What about the others? Even if they don't farm outside the Liang Kingdom, they will definitely have ideas after seeing too many such things. The King of Liang has been shouting "tolerance for the sake of the country" for so many years. Now that the world is generally peaceful, he still has to endure.
How long will this last?"
Wang Xuan didn't want to quarrel with him anymore, so he just said: "Some matters can be left to talk about Taoism in Jinyang. Now that everyone knows about it, I might make the villain jealous."
When Bian Tao heard this, he secretly thought that I was stupid. I wouldn't say that in Jinyang. Someone was charging into the battle, why should I stand up again? If my grandfather loses his official position, why don't you beat me to death?
Seeing that Bian Tao stopped talking, Wang Xuan quickly said goodbye to him and left for Pingyang.
Chapter completed!