Zhao Han admired Li Banghua's suggestion very much. If four acres of land were allocated per capita, he would surely gain the loyalty of farmers and small landowners, allowing Zhao Han to have countless more literate people. Unfortunately, the cultivated land area in Jiangxi is too small. Just take
In Jishui County, only one-tenth of the land can be cultivated, and the rest is either mountains or water!
After Zhao Han thought carefully, he made two decisions:
First, the per capita land allocation for all people within the jurisdiction is increased to three acres. The inherent land of small landowners and large landowners is capped at 20 acres per capita, and any land less than 20 acres is not allowed to be confiscated. This is equivalent to basically dividing the land, and the official
The land occupied is negligible.
Second, let farmers organize people to reclaim wasteland, firstly to strengthen farmers' associations, and secondly to increase cultivated land. As for soil erosion in mountainous areas, let's not talk about that for the time being.
Zhao Han's decision was quickly communicated, and all the people within his jurisdiction rejoiced.
Not to mention the former tenants and farmers, there are also some small landowners who are loyal to Zhao Han. Although those small landowners have dozens or hundreds of acres of land at home, they also have many people. Some of them occupy less than 100 acres per capita.
If the land is less than three acres, once the family is separated, they will actually be farmers. There is so little cultivated land in Jiangxi, and a family with dozens of acres will be considered a small landowner.
Li Banghua used to be a small landowner. After the family split, he only had more than ten acres of land left, and he still needed to support his father and son's education. So he kept selling off his land, so that he couldn't even afford a coffin for his grandmother's burial.
Zhao Han wrote another letter and asked his secretary to copy several copies and take them to Li Banghua, Pang Chunlai, Huang Shunfu, Ouyang Zhan, Fei Chun and others.
The content is about urban homeless people. Let them all think about whether they should be allowed to return to their hometowns to divide their land, and if not, how should they treat the homeless people.
In fact, there is no land left to divide.
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Anfu County.
Fei Ruhe led his troops disguised as merchant ships and headed straight for the county seat.
Luling County bandits came once last year, and then rebel bandits came again to borrow food. Now, this is the third time Anfu County has encountered thieves.
To appease the magistrate Guo Qiao, he also recruited hundreds of soldiers to pretend to defend the city.
There was no way to recruit more soldiers, so the squires in various villages and towns were raising the walls to protect themselves. Without private donations to recruit soldiers, Guo Zhixian had to spend his own money to recruit more than a hundred soldiers. The money and food he spent was already enough for him.
Feeling distressed.
So, the sexy operation came.
Guo Qiao ordered his soldiers to guard the city gates, in the name of preventing spies, and to carefully check those who entered the city. Even the woodcutter who came into the city to sell firewood had to pay a few cents in city entry tax. Anyway, he had to earn back the money he spent recruiting soldiers!
At night, Fei Ruhe took more than 20 soldiers and disembarked from the ship in advance and walked to the county seat.
Some were pushing carts, some were carrying firewood, and some were carrying cargo poles, and they entered the city from all directions.
"What for?" asked the Carmen Guard.
Fei Ruhe was dressed as a scholar, with a few boys behind him. He waved a folding fan and said, "Liu He, a Confucian scholar from Jishui, is here to visit his classmates. How dare you search me?"
The doorman immediately flattered him and said, "Your Majesty, the county magistrate has ordered that spies must be investigated strictly."
"Don't you just want money?" Fei Ruhe sneered, "Give him a few and treat him like a beggar."
Huang Shun threw a broken piece of silver, deliberately throwing it crookedly, but the guard didn't catch it and quickly bent down to pick it up.
Fei Ruhe laughed loudly: "Just like a dog. Let's go into the city!"
This guy just entered the city in a big way. The gatekeepers did not dare to stop him, but instead made a fuss about sharing the money.
When they arrived at the city, Fei Ruhe secretly gathered his troops, only twenty or thirty of them, and they all waited near the north gate.
Wait until evening, when the city gate will be closed.
On the merchant ship at the north dock of the city, Li Zheng suddenly landed with five hundred soldiers.
"The rebels are coming!"
The gatekeepers were shocked and retreated back into the city.
"kill!"
Fei Ruhe did not use a sword this time, but a scribe's sword that he wore with him. The soldiers around him mostly used sticks, because they had to avoid being searched and could not bring in weapons.
Fei Ruhe took the lead and without waiting for the officers and soldiers to gather, he killed two people in succession, scaring the officers and soldiers inside the door to flee.
There is no Wengcheng in Anfu County, so it is easy to seize the gate.
When the county magistrate led troops to rescue, Fei Ruhe had already formed a formation. He was carrying a scribe's sword, and the people around him were all sticks, but the tight formation scared the officers and soldiers and did not dare to attack.
In the blink of an eye, Li Zheng came with five hundred soldiers, followed by Zuo Xiaoliang, civilian personnel and missionary personnel.
Dian Shi was stunned and suddenly knelt down and shouted: "Welcome the general to the city!"
"Welcome General to the city!"
The officers and soldiers knelt down and shouted, saying that as long as the rebels did not kill indiscriminately, they were not willing to risk their lives.
Zuo Xiaoliang asked: "What is your current position?"
The classical historian replied: "Peng Zhengqiu, the classical historian of Anfu County, comes from the Peng family in Fengtian."
That is the descendant of Peng Shi, the number one scholar in the orthodox dynasty. He is considered a famous person and may even be a scholar.
Zuo Xiaoliang said: "You lead people to maintain order in the city. Whenever there is a fire or a riot, you are the only one to ask questions! If you do well, you will be rewarded."
Peng Zhengqiu was a little confused. Shouldn't the weapons of the officers and soldiers who had just committed thief be confiscated and taken into custody? How could he be trusted to lead the troops?
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Peng Zhengqiu suddenly became energetic and ordered his subordinates: "No one is allowed to take advantage of the opportunity to rob. Follow me to maintain law and order in the city!"
As for the soldiers Fei Ruhe brought, they were divided into several groups to occupy the city gate, and the rest all went to the county government.
When they rushed to the county government office, the officials surrendered one after another, and some officials even took the initiative to tie up the county magistrate Guo Qiao in order to claim credit.
In the county school in the south of the city, a group of scholars armed with weapons and shouted to kill thieves and serve the country rushed to the county government office.
After running two streets, only a dozen or so scholars remained who continued to charge.
When we rushed to the county government office, there were only a few people left.
Facing the wolves and tigers of the rebels, several scholars looked at each other in shock. Suddenly someone knelt down and shouted: "We are here to congratulate the general on seizing the city!"
Fei Ruhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said sarcastically: "You are quite smart, please come and help me with my work."
"I am willing to serve the general." The scholars said with flattering faces.
Two or three steps away from Fei Ruhe, a scholar suddenly drew his sword: "Death to the evil thief!"
Fei Ruhe didn't even need to take action, the soldiers around him had already drawn their guns, and three spears pierced the man's body.
Fei Ruhe sneered: "Who else? Come together."
"Don't dare, don't dare!" The scholars knelt down in fear.
At this point, Zhao Han captured Anfu County and completely occupied the three counties of Luling, Jishui, and Anfu.
Huang Shunfu was appointed as the magistrate of Luling County, Ouyang Zheng was appointed as the magistrate of Jishui County, and Zuo Xiaoliang was appointed as the magistrate of Anfu County.
There is no government for the time being. The three counties are all under the control of the General Military Mansion. Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, Fei Chun and others are all civilian officials of the General Military Mansion.
In the north, Governor Li Maofang and Wang Siren, who was preparing troops to serve, were still working hard to suppress the bandits and had surrounded Duchang County for half a month.