Is it feasible to rely mainly on the poor and strong? Of course not!

Most of the poor and powerful people who Cao Wei reused acquiesced to this situation, and even became important contributors to the Sima family. After all, this did not harm their interests, and they could still get a piece of the pie, so why not.

The collapse of the Han Dynasty and the disaster a hundred years later in history are closely related to these scholars, as well as the poor and powerful who took refuge in the scholars. He came to this era, and if nothing else, he must not allow this land to usher in the changes of the times in a state of fragmentation or turmoil.

We must grasp the changes of the times with a stronger foundation and a positive way than history. Otherwise, it can be said that this era has come for nothing.

You have to have enough power to control these guys, which is much smarter, more mature, and more scientific than going straight to the enemy, and certainly more challenging.

Tong Yuan gritted his teeth and pinched himself fiercely, he had just had a little foundation, and he had relaxed a little in the past few days, and he had even slacked off in rectifying the troops and recruiting talents.

He summoned Hu Lang'er and Huang Yu to the school field to practice horsemanship, archery and formation. Sure enough, as he expected, not only himself, but also his subordinates were already lazy in Chang'an.

"Remember who we are? We are the New West Liang Army! Our mission is not only to take revenge, but also to carry forward the will of the Dong family and our border army. There is far from peace in this world, and we want everyone to understand a truth in Chang'an in the past few days. ”

"Is it a good day like this? Very good! But you can't have it yet, unless you want to enjoy the last few years and then go back to being in a state of displacement. ”

Most of the soldiers present today are from the border, and with the rebellion of Xiliang several times, the hometown may no longer exist, and the family members are either settled in Longxi, Tianshui, and Anding counties, or temporarily live in Sanfu, or have already been tragically destroyed and turned into loess.

"For the sake of our hometown, for our lives, for the sake of the world, let's fight! You can only really have it if you pay more! ”

"Roar!" The new Xiliang sergeant knew that Tong Yuan was the new general of Pingbei, and of course he had to respond to his orders.

"In three days, we will go to the three counties of Xiayang, Haoyang, and Ya. However, what awaits us will be Hedong, Shangdang, Shangjun, Hetao, and finally the entire annexed state. ”

"The land and hometown promised by the Dong family and me, you can have it when you get to the three counties, if it's not enough, continue!"

"Roar, roar, roar!"

The soldiers heard this far louder and more active than before. Hu Lang'er, Huang Yu, and Geng Qing admired Tong Yuan more and more, not only did they have a good prospect with him, but the entire army began to change a little bit.

Three days later, the Dong family's army set off in a mighty manner. The reason why it is huge is not because of the large number of soldiers and horses, but also because the accompanying convoys, livestock, and porters are very large.

With food rations and a small amount of money to supply, a large number of refugees and poor villagers in Sanfu took the initiative to carry the supplies. Hearing the prestige of the Dong family and the huge amount of materials, no one was worried that they would not be trustworthy.

With the support of more than 100,000 people, nearly 10,000 cattle, horses, donkeys and mules, and more than 3,000 vehicles of all kinds, they also went back and forth three times, spending 50,000 stone of grain and a lot of money, before all of them crossed Luoshui and entered the land of the three counties.

Xiayang County Ling and Zhang Ji and others led nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians to greet them, but under the influence of more than 10,000 soldiers, 70,000 or 80,000 people, and refugees, there was little momentum in this regard.

Now that he arrived, Tong Yuan ordered the distribution of grain and grass, which was carried out by the Xinxi Liang Army, and supervised by Dong Jiahu.

In addition, he ordered that "all the strong laborers who contributed this time can voluntarily bring their families to move here, and then arrange the land and officials to carry out the tuntian." The Dong family and this army gave them protection. ”

"But tuntian is different from one's own land, you need to farm on weekdays, work in your spare time, and fight in wartime. If there is no way back, the door is open at any time, and you are welcome to join us. ”

The news caused a stir, but it was only for a while. After all, many of them still think that if they go home and continue farming, their lives will be fine.

In the end, only 6 or 7,000 people were willing to stay, and of course they and their families would gradually move in.

Tong Yuan is not in a hurry, now that he has soldiers, horses, food, land and righteousness, it is time to show his strength.

If you want to survive in these troubled times and not be destroyed by the war, the best way is to join Tuntian and defend your property by yourself. After all, the smallholder economy is too fragile, and in these troubled times, more than eighty percent of them and their families have quickly turned into yellow dust.

Historically, Cao Cao appeased a large number of Yellow Turban thieves in Tuntian, and finally achieved a large and powerful Qingzhou army, which became the basis of Wei Wu's conquest.

The Qingzhou Army was matched with the most elite Han cavalry, Wuheng cavalry, Hun cavalry, and Qianghu cavalry of this era. There is no one to stop the real rampant in the north.

However, Tong Yuan is not "one-size-fits-all", he plans to take the lead in the severely damaged Yaxian and Haoyang, and Xiayang has no major adjustment plan except for allocating unoccupied land and reclaiming wasteland.

Implement tuntian, develop animal husbandry, encourage business travel, straighten out soldiers and horses, and arrange officials......

There were too many things for him to grasp alone, and most of the people in the army were illiterate and vulgar, and it was difficult for him to take on the above heavy responsibilities. Most of the local officials are mediocre......

Hey, by the way, how did I forget him. Zhang is a great talent and proficient in civil affairs, can he take him for his own use and entrust him with important tasks?

Whether it works or not, let's start with this.

He initially settled the soldiers and repaired them, and ordered the materials to be scattered and stored in Xiayang and Haoyang, and it was rare to have half a day to spare. At this time, he came to find Zhang Ji, who was leading the Xiayang officials to count the materials and prepare for transshipment and warehousing.

Tong Yuan didn't have any of General Pingbei's shelves, and he didn't arrange for his subordinates to support him in front of him. went straight to find Zhang Ji, and after some greetings, he was invited to sit on the ground under the tree.

He first started with the placement of soldiers and horses, "Now that the army has returned to Xiayang, the number of troops has increased to more than 10,000 people, but the various departments are mixed, including more than 2,000 people from the Dong family and the New Xiliang Army, 4,000 people from the Xiliang Army, 3,000 soldiers from Xiayang County, and 4,000 people from the newly attached Yang Feng Army. ”

"In addition, this time there are also captured soldiers and horses, and I asked my subordinates to provide food and preliminary screening, of which 3,000 are suitable for recruitment. In addition, there are homeless refugees and followers, more than 40,000 men, women and children. ”

"I think that how to reorganize and reorganize the army and how to settle the population is a knowledge, and I need the support of Brother De Jong."

Zhang knew that he was now the Cheng of Xiayang County, and he was actually responsible for the main affairs here. In the future, he will definitely have to contact Dong Bai and Tong Yuan for a long time, and he can only go all out, and there is no possibility of inaction.

He replied: "I heard that the general has a plan to Tuntian, I don't know if there is a plan?"

Tong Yuan said: "Yes, I have this intention, I have preliminary ideas and plans, but I don't have any experience in specific operations. In addition, although there is an abundance of food, how to supply it also needs to be considered. ”

"Yes, although two million stones are enough for thirty or forty thousand soldiers to eat, there will be a time when they will run out. In a certain opinion, keep 5,000 off-duty elite troops, and the rest try to participate in production. ”

Tong Yuan knew that most of the soldiers would be willing to share a piece of land before going to farming, if the land belonged to the public family, everyone cultivated this mode of tuntian, I am afraid that only thirty percent of the soldiers were willing.

"If the tuntian is implemented, how will the people who are included in the tun households distribute the grain?"

Zhang Ji was confident about this kind of affairs, and replied: "If you want to do a good job, you can give two stone of grain per month to the soldiers who have left their jobs, one and a half stone per month to the soldiers of the military cantonment, one stone and one stone per month to the strong laborers of men and women in the cantonment, and one to two hundred catties (Han) for the rest of the women, the elderly, the weak, and the children."

Tong Yuan thought a little, of course the Jin here is Han Jin, but this number still sounds exaggerated, the main reason is that the labor intensity is high, and the lack of meat and oil and water.

Zhang is proficient in people's livelihood, what he said must be suitable, he runs his own tuntian, and his subordinates eat food on this basis, plus his own planning.

Tong Yuan continued his plan of high rationing: "I think that the elite soldiers are two stones, but they also have to be rationed meat, milk and vegetables, but correspondingly, only the strongest in the whole army can be elites. All those who participate in the tuntian are well fed, but they are all my men from now on. ”

"The same is true for women, children, and the elderly, and the supply of those who have moved into the cantonment has increased this year. They are also my men, but in order to ensure that they do not deceive their superiors and subordinates, if they perform well, they can increase their food. On the contrary, if it declines, it will be blasted out of the jurisdiction, and the heavy one must let them know how the prestige of the Dong family came about. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Ji thought for a moment and asked, "Does the general also plan to classify tens of thousands of captives, refugees, and newly attached people into tunhu to reclaim and cultivate Haoyang and Yaxian?"

Tong Yuan didn't know why Zhang Ji asked this when he already knew that he wanted to Tuntian. In fact, at this time, there was no Tuntian for the resettlement of displaced people created by Cao Cao in later generations. The largest number of county soldiers in the Eastern Han army were also soldiers and farmers, and they would also cultivate when the war was suspended. Therefore, others still don't know that Tongyuan's tuntian is to change the tuntian system of the two-county system.

Without hesitation, he replied: "These tens of thousands of people are all settled in the two counties, and they are assigned to the tunhu households, and they are given monthly rations. ”

Zhang was amazed by Tong Yuan's generosity and courage, but the effect depends on the specific implementation.

Considering the military disaster this year, he said: "Jayang and Yaxian are so arranged, how to deal with the original refugees in the two places?" Are they also included in the cantonment? ”

At this time, he already knew that the two of them might have different understandings of Tuntian, so he said seriously: "Exactly, no matter whether they can fight or whether they have strong labor at home, they only need to work hard and do their best within this year, and naturally they will not be starved." I am thinking that in this troubled era, I can concentrate my efforts to earn space for survival by implementing large-scale tuntian. ”

Tong Yuan didn't notice that Zhang Ji was slightly moved, once ordinary people in this troubled world encountered a change, they could only sell their land to the scholar clan Haoqiang to seek refuge.