Xian Dynasty Era

Chapter 251

Chapter 251

Su Guo·Wenyi

The autumn rain was hazy, covering the earth, and a chill swept across the entire country of Su.

It is already the golden autumn September with the fragrance of sweet osmanthus, and the country of Su also ushered in an autumn harvest. Horse-drawn carriages full of rice and millet were urged by officials in black and black hats, and the wheels rattled, running over the fine dust after the rain. The unstained and radiant road leads to several granaries built by the Situ government office.

The green plants on both sides of the street are swaying in the breeze and drizzle. Since Yan Chang came to power in Wenyi, he has widened the streets, repaired the road surface, sorted out the law and order, and cracked down on bandits. This big city with a population of nearly one million has also begun to take on a new look.

For the prime minister who once ruled the big country of Qi and Chu, the small Wenyi City is naturally easy to handle, no problem.

However, amidst the bleak wind and rain in autumn, along with the vigorous Qingzhang Tianmu in a radius of [-] miles around Wenyi, the severe punishment of slavery, and the local purge of Su's powerful and nobles also reached a peak.

The Yushitai and the Sikou Mansion interrogated the case almost all night long, collected all the dirty money, pulled out the old cases one by one from the pile of old papers, and then powerfully imprisoned the criminals, and even filled the prisons.

Inside Wen Yizai's yamen, with lights in hand, Yan Chang, Wen Yicheng and other subordinate officials were discussing matters, and a dozen or so small officials were writing and liquidating at their desks.

Wen Yicheng said in a deep voice: "Master Yan, since more than a month, eleven families of lawless tyrants in Shanyang counties have been rectified, nine families in Ningguo, seven families in Fengchi, eight families in Guyang County, Jiqing County. The number of households increased by 29, with a population of 160 people."

Under Wenyi, Fan ruled three counties. These three counties had fertile land and were adjacent to Wenyi. Therefore, business and trade flourished, and culture and education prospered.

At that time, Su Zhao discussed with Yan Chang that all farm houses with more than [-] hectares in the three counties should be registered and recorded, and at the same time, the monster generals in the secret realm of the fairy garden should secretly investigate and record.

There is no doubt that this is an out-and-out "cutting leeks". It is as powerful as leeks, and it should be harvested regularly, which is understandable.

The reason why the land system is not completely shaken up is because the national war is imminent, and Su Zhao does not want to affect the stability of the army, because some time ago, after the Su Zheng Guo War, there were many meritorious military academies who awarded land and houses, thus creating a group of military academies. noble.

It is also necessary to consider the productivity of this era. Officials are not engaged in production, but they want to maintain a decent life. If there is no public land to support them, it is really unreasonable.

And one hundred hectares is the red line drawn by Su Zhao, five thousand acres of land, three or four stones per mu, which is [-] stones, if this is not enough to satisfy the extravagant life of some meat eaters, then it is greedy, It's a dead end.

Going up to accumulate land property, on the one hand, it is necessary to restrict transactions, and on the other hand, it is necessary to severely crack down.

For this reason, Su Zhao formulated the Regulations on Land Mu Gongqing a few days ago, which stipulated that the nobles of the State of Su should purchase land and property, and the camp land was also limited to less than [-] hectares.

Some people are allowed to be the first... Well, no, the talented are allowed to have a better life, but the gap between the rich and the poor must be limited within a certain range, so as to expand the number of self-cultivating farmers, and a family of five can rely on a hundred acres of land , out of one person, to serve in the military, so how many soldiers can be provided for Su.

Not to mention anything else, the counties that were severely attacked in Fengle at the beginning all promoted Su Guo by [-] to [-] soldiers. This is also the confidence that Su Zhao dared to launch a war against Zheng.

Of course, the calm and powerful surrounding Wenyi is a kind of experiment, but from the current point of view, the results are remarkable. After all, Su is in the final stage, and the intensity of mergers is unprecedented.

Bring to justice some tyrants who have committed many evils and great public anger, and deal with the nobles and ministers behind them, and increase the population by nearly 30 people at once.

This is only the original territory of the Su State - three counties out of the 53 counties in the seven counties. If it is generalized, it can only calm down the powerful families with more than [-] hectares of land, and it can release millions of people for the Su State.

Yan Chang naturally saw the details of this, and his eyes were burning. Once the innovation is successful, even if Su Guo faces Zheng Guo, it may not be invincible.

But this kind of thing can't be done overnight. If Su Zhao hadn't won a brilliant victory over Zheng Guo and narrowed the attack area to a powerful family of more than a hundred hectares, otherwise, the hearts of the army and the people would not have reacted flatly.

If it is really necessary to implement the policy of equalizing the land, men, women, old and children, the land will be equally divided, but it will lead to dissension within the military and political ruling class of the Soviet Union.

It is a huge injustice in itself for some fleeing households, or hermit households, to own the same fields and houses as the soldiers of the bloody battlefields of the Soviet Union without even doing business.

And in Wenyi Ling, outside a government hall a few miles away from Wenyi's magistrate's office, soldiers of the Soviet Union in red uniforms were guarding with knives.

At this moment, in the Privy Council, the Privy Envoy Shentu Fan held a letter, opened it to read, and raised his head. His majestic and resolute face showed a strange color.

"Mr. Shentu, what did your majesty say in the letter?" Feng Kuang, the deputy privy envoy beside him, asked curiously.

Shentu Fan said: "Your Majesty, let me wait for the deployment of troops to attack Li County."

Feng Kuang heard the words and said, "Isn't it difficult to enter the army because of the rampant corpse plague?"

"Your Majesty already has a solution, and told us." Shentu Fan said.

Hearing this, Feng Kuang walked to the map of mountains and rivers in front of the screen, and said happily: "There were [-] imperial troops stationed in Li County, and [-] soldiers from the county. It's not difficult either."

Of course, all of this is based on Su Zhao's method of avoiding the poison of the corpse plague.

Originally, Feng Kuang had made a plan to seize Li County, but Su Zhao asked Yu Shentufan for the plan because he was worried about Zheng Guo and Wei Guo's north-south attack.

And this former Yan Guowei was also very bold in using troops. He suggested that Su Zhao send [-] soldiers to attack Li County, and then he would lead the troops in person, using the attack instead of the defense, threatening the southern border of Weiguo at any time, in order to devour it later.

But in the middle, because of the outbreak of the deadly plague, the state of Wei was too busy to take care of itself, and had no motive to join forces with Zheng Guo to attack Su.

For a while, the situation between the two countries fell into a strange calm.

But until now, with Su Zhao's Zhengyang Talisman in hand, he has the confidence to invade the land regardless of the corpse epidemic.

Shentu Fan looked at Chunyu Shuo at the side at this time, "Old General Chunyu, how is the training of the army going?"

Chunyu Shuo frowned, and said: "The troops are full, it's just that the time is short, and the combat power may not be enough."

At the beginning, Su Zhao decided to expand the army to 20 in preparation for annihilating the guards in one fell swoop, but it has only been [-] days since the decision was made.

Most of the newly recruited [-] troops are farmers who put down their hoes and shoulder their weapons. It will take at least three months to form a fighting force.

This is still with the help of the middle and lower rank officers of the martial arts hall, who are constantly replenishing the newly formed army and improving their combat power.

Shentu Fan frowned, thought for a moment, and asked, "How many imperial troops can Wen Yi mobilize?"

Feng Kuang, who was in charge of military affairs, took up the conversation and said, "Three thousand soldiers are available."

Three thousand forbidden troops, this is the largest forbidden army force that can be mobilized after excluding the soldiers guarding the palace.

Shentu Fan pondered for a moment, thinking about the comparison of the strength of the troops, and said: "It is difficult to gather strength if you blindly train and drill without going through a battle with soldiers. Select the elite and gather [-]. The old man will lead the troops to march into Li County."

Today's opportunity can be said to be once in a thousand years, not to mention other things, the Wei country is deeply mired in the quagmire of corpses, and there is no time to take care of Li County and Huailai County.

As long as he leads his troops to take it lightly, he can quickly go down to the two counties in the south of Weiguo. He thinks that Weiguo will take care of the internal corpse plague and attack again. It will be a few months later. Also in the second county, he has completely gained a foothold.

When Feng Kuang heard the words, his eyes fell on the map, and he thought: "Although there are risks, the chances are great."

And with the military order issued by the Privy Council, the whole Wen City started to move again like an efficient machine.

Momali soldiers, fighting together!

(End of this chapter)