Wang Hewen naturally had no objection to the King of Hanzhong wanting to take action against those powerful people. In fact, the King of Luoyang did not give a good look to the envoys sent by the King of Hanzhong to the envoys sent by the King of Hanzhong who surrendered after seeing the defeat of the Han army and the Shu army.
He was also extremely annoyed. After all, he was also an important minister under the King of Hanzhong. The strength of the King of Hanzhong affected his interests. These powerful people who betrayed the King of Hanzhong were naturally his enemies.
"Your Majesty, since we are going to attack these people, shall we also move the family members and families of the officials who serve in our territory into our territory? At the same time, we can also hint at those family members who serve in the Luo Army.
You are powerful and allow them to leave freely. After all, our relationship with Luo Jun is already very bad now. I am afraid that after this action, our relationship with Luo Jun will be even worse."
In fact, as early as after the King of Hanzhong returned from Hanzhong, he began to secretly monitor the courtiers of his family who were under the rule of Luo Jun. At the same time, the positions of some people also began to slowly be adjusted and transferred to idle positions. Although
Luo Jun did not take action against him, but King Situ of Hanzhong
Fei knew very well that if it weren't for the fact that Zhao State was in the north and he didn't want to see Jingzhou ruled by a prince, he was afraid that the King of Luoyang would have already annexed the land of Jingzhou in the next life when the Han army was defeated by the Shu army in Hanzhong.
The Han army was left behind. Therefore, the King of Hanzhong had to be on guard.
The King of Hanzhong nodded and said: "Okay, let them choose. In addition, increase the surveillance of the Luo Army. If the Shu Army forms an alliance with the Luo Army and the Qi Army, the situation will be a little bad for us.
."
"I understand, I will make proper arrangements."[
Immediately afterwards, the King of Hanzhong began to take action against the powerful clans under his rule. His actions were swift and swift, catching everyone off guard. The Han army claimed that these powerful clans had colluded with the Shu army. It was a trick of the Shu army. They attacked these powerful people.
In just a few days, the Han army dispatched its troops and destroyed more than thirty powerful families and killed them.
There were as many as ten thousand people, which made the atmosphere in Jingzhou tense. Those powerful people who had offended the Han army in the past were now extremely regretful and terrified. They were afraid that they would become the next big family to be wiped out by the Han army. And the others
The same is true for powerful families. They don't know what the purpose of the King of Hanzhong is, and they are also very frightened.
As a result, these powerful people took out their belongings to show their goodwill to the King of Hanzhong. The King of Hanzhong would not attack these powerful people, so he accepted these powerful people's overtures unceremoniously. Especially those who were cold and cold in the past.
Looking at the strength of the Han army,
At this moment, they felt even more regretful and distressed. In the past, the King of Hanzhong asked them to borrow money and food, but they refused coldly. But at this moment, they had to sacrifice their wealth to the King of Hanzhong. Moreover, the King of Hanzhong would not let this happen.
Let go of your grudge against them.
It has to be said that this operation of the Han army also gained a lot. The dozens of powerful families that were wiped out were all powerful families that dominated the area. The accumulated wealth and food were not a few. Now, they have all
It became the property of the Han army. Later, the King of Hanzhong used it to expand his army again.
Zhao Xun, who was in Luoyang, naturally didn't care about the changes among the southern princes. Of course, Zhao Xun was still happy to see the disputes between the southern princes. And the various projects in Yongzhou are now gradually progressing.
The completion of the road, especially the Chidao in Yongzhou, has now basically penetrated all the prefectures, integrating all the prefectures in Yongzhou.
The opening of Chidao also brought an increasing number of merchants to and from Yongzhou. From Qingxu in the east, to Youliao in the north, and to the two states of Xiyu in the west, the merchants coming and going gradually made the land of Yongzhou prosperous. Compared with the feudal lords in the south,
After a period of melee, Yongzhou, which is now connected to Liangzhou, can be described as a paradise on earth.
Of course, what made Zhao Xun and others happy was not only the completion of the Yongzhou Chidao and various projects, but also the end of the Hanzhong war and the problems of the Hanzhong land. During the hurried period of more than a month, Yongzhou has been
Transport grain to Hanzhong. In addition to going south from Xiyongzhou, there are also
Passing through Jingbei, they hired caravans from the jurisdiction of the King of Hanzhong to transport food to Hanzhong through merchants. To this day, the situation in Hanzhong has finally been stabilized. Therefore, after receiving a report from Yang Wangqing, the governor of Hanzhong,
Zhao Xun, who lives in Luoyang, couldn't help but be secretly happy.
"The grain currently stored in Hanzhong is enough for Hanzhong to use. Even if there is another emergency, it can last for three months. Therefore, Hanzhong is no longer as nervous as before. Therefore, from now on, we will provide Hanzhong with
We don’t need to put as much effort into transporting grain as before." Zhao Xun smiled and said to several important ministers in the palace. Obviously, the current situation in Hanzhong made him very satisfied.
"In order to transport food to Hanzhong this time, we have prioritized all other matters. Now, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. With Hanzhong in our hands, we can attack the Shu army in Yizhou at any time from now on.
Launch an attack. In the past, the Shu army relied on not allowing us to border and sat back to watch the tigers fight. They supported Jingzhou several times, allowing
In several confrontations with Jingzhou, we failed to gain the absolute upper hand, which resulted in us having to stop taking action against Jingzhou. This situation will never happen again. From east to west, all the princes are now
It is within the strike range of our Zhao army. And the alliance of princes was also defeated by the Shu army personally, resulting in the current situation that is beneficial to us."
Situ Liang laughed even more and said: "Speaking of which, the land in Hanzhong can be easily occupied by us, and the Han army formed an alliance with us, and the Shu army is indispensable. After all, they are also our heroes."
Situ Liang's words immediately made everyone laugh. Yes, the alliance of southern princes no longer exists. The Han army in Jingzhou has formed an alliance with itself, which has caused a fault layer among the southern princes. Even these princes still join forces to resist.
However, the problems between the Shu army and the Han army prevented them from cooperating well with each other. If we really talk about it, the Shu army was really the hero of the Zhao army.
Zhao Xun smiled and said: "Speaking of the heroes, all of you who are doing it, the officers and soldiers in Hanzhong, the officials responsible for their respective responsibilities in our Zhao Kingdom, the soldiers stationed on the border and the people in the Zhao Kingdom are all meritorious officials. However,
Having said that, the Shu army has really helped us a lot this time. However, it has caused us a lot of trouble. If it were not for the problems between them and the Han army, I am afraid that the land of Hanzhong would be in danger this time.
."
"Situ Liang, ask the officials in Hanzhong and Yongzhou who are responsible for the merit examination to record the battle of Hanzhong and the heroes who transported grain and grass supplies to Hanzhong to the west, so as to reward them generously, and there must be no negligence. Even if it is
We have also sacrificed a lot to win. We cannot let our soldiers suffer any injustice. If you have merit, you will be rewarded!" Zhao Xun's face straightened and he ordered in a deep voice.
"I understand that I have arranged for the people below to do it before, and I am now verifying it."
"By the way, it is said that the King of Shu, Situ Che, is reorganizing the Shu army at the moment. I asked you to summarize the investigation of the Shadow Guard and the Black Eagle Guard. What is the status of the investigation?" Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice. Regarding the enemy
Zhao Xun has always been very careful about changes in the military. After all, in the military, any abnormal situation will bring about unpredictable changes.
Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "Reporting to your Majesty, it may be because of the defeat of the Shu army and us in Hanzhong. King Situ Che took the opportunity to propose a restructuring of the Shu army, and the general power was more concentrated in his hands. This situation of the Shu army
The general situation of this restructuring has something to do with us
There are some similarities. Situ Che, the king of Shu, saw that the recruitment, training, mobilization, leading troops in combat and garrisoning of the army were assigned to different yamen and generals respectively, so that the generals of each army no longer had a great influence on an army as before.
autonomy and control.”
"In addition, the King of Shu directly arranges officers to be responsible for military merit assessment, officer promotion, salary payment and distribution of logistics supplies, independently of the generals of each department. This also diverts a lot of the efforts of the generals of each department. It can be said that,
In terms of the military system, the current Shu army is already somewhat close to us."
Zhao Xun's face straightened up and he said in a serious voice: "In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Shu army will become stronger. King Situ Che's control over the army will also be greatly strengthened. The Shu army is the successor to the Yong army from Situ Che.
Come, most of the generals in the army are veterans of the past. The existence of these veterans has great influence on the control of the army by him, the king of Shu.
, have some influence. Even in some armies, the influence of these generals is more powerful than that of him, the King of Shu. Now after such a restructuring, Situ Che can gradually replace these veteran generals and let his own
The direct lineage took over the army. When Situ Che did this, the important ministers of the Shu army did not object?"
Situ Liang smiled bitterly and said: "The leader of the important officials of the Shu army is Lin Shiwen, who was the most trusted by King Yong in the past. Lin Shiwen supported Situ Che's army restructuring, and many other important officials also agreed. More importantly, this time Shu
The army was defeated by us in Hanzhong and was used by Situ Che to directly become
His excuse for speaking. In fact, the military restructuring of the Shu Army has already been planned by Situ Che. And this battle between us and the Shu Army has made the restructuring of the Shu Army smoother. Minister, etc.
I never thought that Situ Che at this moment would actually make such a big change to the Shu army."
Zhao Xun said thoughtfully: "Perhaps, the Shu army did not immediately counterattack the defeated Han army this time. This is one of the important reasons. In addition to the fact that the Shu army was short of food and supplies, it was worried about being attacked from the east and west by us and the Han army.
In addition, the restructuring of the Shu army also forced it to stop its campaign."[
"Although the Shu army fought with the Han army and us three times, which caused logistical problems for the Shu army. However, the Shu army still has the ability to counterattack the Han army. In the east of Yizhou, the northwest of Jiaozhou, and the northeast of Ningzhou, the Shu army can
They are all stationed with heavy troops. They will definitely not lack the strength to counterattack the Han army, nor will they lack the ability to fight the Han army in the short term.
Logistics supplies. From this point of view, not only did the Han army help us this time, but we also did a big favor to the Han army. If we hadn't stationed heavy troops in Hanzhong, the army in the south of Liangzhou would have also begun to move south. I'm afraid that the Shu army
We have already launched a counterattack against the Han army. With the current strength of the Han army, I am afraid that it is simply not enough to withstand the powerful counterattack of the Shu army."
Immediately, Zhao Xun smiled and said: "However, even so, we are not afraid. However, the garrison in Hanzhong must be careful. In addition to the military restructuring, are there any other changes in the Shu army? Between us and the Shu army
, but there is a big difference, has Situ Che begun to imitate us in other aspects?"
Situ Che shook his head and said: "That's not true. I'm afraid Situ Che wouldn't dare to imitate us in other aspects. After all, our Zhao country's system needs to withstand a lot of pressure and offend all the powerful people and some scholars before it can be implemented.
We can do this because our Zhao State has had this system since the beginning, but other princes cannot. If they imitate our system, I am afraid that their power will collapse immediately. Not only will they not expand their strength, but they will
It will cause internal turmoil on its own.”
Zhao Xun and others did not comment on Situ Che's words. The various systems of the Zhao State were indeed implemented under a lot of pressure, and even used force to open the way. In the past, in order to make this system the basic system of the Zhao Army, Zhao Xun then
But I don’t know how many powerful families have been eliminated, how many landlords and gentry have been wiped out, and how many people have been moved with their families. If other princes dare to do this now, I am afraid that they will immediately collapse and become chaotic internally, as Situ Liang said.
stand up.
Situ Liang continued: "Now not only the Shu army is following our example, but also the Han army in Jingzhou is beginning to move closer to us. However, the Shu army is undergoing restructuring within the army, while the Han army is undergoing restructuring.
Civilly, we follow our example. However, it is still related to the fields."
"What? The King of Hanzhong dares to imitate us? Also in the civil system? Isn't he afraid of the opposition of those powerful families?" Zhao Xun couldn't help but be stunned. There are many related to civil affairs, but the most influential one is indeed to restrict the powerful families' control of their fields.
Ownership quantity, a hierarchical system of levying land taxes, and restrictions on the land rents that wealthy families with large landholdings could charge for leasing their fields
.In the past, Zhao Jun forcibly limited the number of fields for each large clan, but with the continuous expansion of Zhao Jun in the two states of the Western Region and Liaozhou in the northeast, people continued to migrate to these two places, making some areas vast and sparsely populated. Therefore,
The mandatory restrictions on fields were changed to a hierarchical taxation system, so that the more fields there were, the higher the field taxes levied, thereby limiting land annexation.
Zhao Xun was surprised that the King of Hanzhong dared to take action on this. Even if the King of Hanzhong did not imitate Zhao Jun's previous method of forcibly limiting the amount of land owned by all common people, and it was just a hierarchical taxation system, it would still hurt several wealthy families.
The foundation of tyranny. How can these powerful people be willing to do so? The powerful people in the areas controlled by the Han army will definitely be dissatisfied. With the current strength of the Han army, they should not do such things that harm themselves.
Situ Liang explained: "As far as we know, the King of Hanzhong only implemented the equal land distribution system in Wuling Mansion, and the powerful families in Wuling Mansion were almost eliminated by the King of Hanzhong on the grounds that they were remnants of the Shu army. It can be said that in Wuling Mansion,
,
The measures implemented by the Han army on the fields were basically the same as the system we implemented. In addition, the King of Hanzhong also wielded a sword against dozens of powerful families under his rule, confiscated their homes and exterminated them, using the method of colluding with the Han army.
."
"This approach of the King of Hanzhong did indeed cause a series of reactions from the powerful families in the area where the Han army was located. However, the King of Hanzhong did not implement this system in other areas, nor did he continue to attack other powerful families. In addition, the King of Hanzhong's important ministers
He was appeased and there was no big trouble. In fact, after knowing about these powerful families, the King of Hanzhong also obtained a lot of money, food and materials, and used it to expand his army."
Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "According to what you said, the reason why the King of Hanzhong did this must be related to the fact that he was despised by these powerful families when he was weak in the past."
Situ Liang nodded and said, "That's true. Judging from the intelligence collected from the outside, the King of Hanzhong was defeated in Hanzhong in the past and lacked food and supplies. Therefore, he sent people to borrow food from the powerful families who ruled the area, but most of them were rejected. Even
They treated each other coldly. Therefore, the King of Hanzhong was very dissatisfied with these powerful people. Thinking about it, the reason why the powerful people in Wuling Prefecture were wiped out by the Han army was also related to the fact that the King of Hanzhong was dissatisfied with these powerful people."
"In addition, Wuling Mansion's measure of equalizing the land was not suggested by the important ministers under the King of Hanzhong, but by the King of Hanzhong. Moreover, after the King of Hanzhong captured Wuling Mansion and expanded the army, he said it in public, which shocked all the ministers who went under his command.
.Afterwards, many officials from powerful families in the areas governed by the Han Army raised objections. In addition, powerful officials from powerful families in the areas governed by the Han Army also proposed the idea of purchasing the land in Wuling Prefecture from them."
"However, in the end, the King of Hanzhong still used the excuse of appeasing the people of Wuling Prefecture who were suffering from the war, and evenly distributed the land to the people of Wuling Prefecture, except for the land rewarded to meritorious soldiers. Therefore, the Han army recruited new soldiers in Wuling Prefecture very smoothly, and
He quickly gained the support of the people of Wuling Prefecture."
Hearing what Situ Liang said, Zhao Xunning said: "So, the King of Hanzhong is already dissatisfied with the powerful people and does not want Wuling Mansion to be infiltrated by the powerful people. It should be that after the defeat of Hanzhong, the King of Hanzhong has already seen this.
The true face of powerful and powerful families, so he directly allocated these fields to the people below. Although he used other excuses, he still successfully shut out the powerful and powerful families in Wuling Mansion."
"If the King of Hanzhong had behaved like this in the past when he still occupied the land of Xiyongzhou, Hanzhong and Jingzhou, it would have been much more difficult for our Zhao army to capture the land of Xiyongzhou. Fortunately, now
, the strength of the Han army is already the weakest among the princes. Even if he wants to reform his system now, he has already recovered. Otherwise, I'm afraid we will face a difficult enemy." Zhao Xun couldn't help but sigh.