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In addition, with the social and economic recovery, the population increased, and the landless peasants appeared in large numbers, and they could not catch up with the first wave of land distribution, so they had to work as long-term laborers and tenants for those who had a large amount of land.

Due to the high land rents collected by the landlords, the tenants often worked hard for a year to farm the land, but they could not even solve the problem of food and clothing, and naturally they were very dissatisfied. As a result, disputes between the two sides continued, and there were even large-scale armed fights between tenants and landlords. Development has become a major problem in some areas where land annexation is severe.

Yuming also knows that land management is a very serious problem in all dynasties. In the late years of many ancient Chinese dynasties, social contradictions intensified, leading to the rise of peasants, because many peasants who had no land and little land could not live.

He naturally didn't want his Zhou Dynasty to follow the old of other dynasties.

And as a traverser, Yuming also knows the way to solve the problem of land annexation. That is to transfer the surplus labor of the countryside to commerce and handicrafts. After the labor force in the rural areas is reduced, the contradiction between more people and less land will be greatly eased. In order to find long-term workers to farm for them, the landlords will also increase the treatment of tenants accordingly. The issue of land annexation was resolved.

However, at this stage, it is obvious that the Zhou Dynasty has not been able to do this. It is impossible for Yuming to launch an industrial revolution at this stage. He can only make up his mind in Liaodong, after all, the Northeast Plain is rich in land resources, and it is full of fertile black soil, which is suitable for farming. Although due to the cold climate, it can only be harvested once a year, but the yield is still not low. Therefore, after discussing with the ministers, it was decided to settle the new landless and landless peasant households in Liaodong, which is relatively vast and sparsely populated, in order to solve this problem.

Subsequently, Minister of Finance Sun Wujian raised the issue of financial embarrassment in a timely manner. And Yuming's idea of issuing banknotes was explained to several ministers one by one.

When the ministers heard this, they were all stunned, and while they admired Yuming's whimsy, they were also really worried that the people would not accept this paper currency.

In this regard, Yu Ming said that during his Northern Expedition, the imperial court began to issue paper currency pilot work, starting from Luoyang, and if the pilot was successful, it would be implemented throughout the country. If there is really a lot of resistance from the people, it will be temporarily suspended.

In addition, Fang Xuanling, minister of chemical education, also raised the issue of whether or not the imperial examination will be held in the newly liberated Jiangnan region next year. Because the first pass of the township examination in the imperial examination began after the Spring Festival. Now it is less than half a year before next year's Spring Festival. If you really want to include the Jiangnan region in the scope of the national imperial examination. You have to be prepared in advance.

For this matter, Yuming is naturally strongly supportive. He also felt that Jiangnan was a place to produce talents, and passing the imperial examination could also try to discover talents and inject fresh vitality into the imperial court. After all, almost all of the generals and ministers in the Great Zhou court are from the north. Although they are also talented people, they are not as proficient as Jiangnan merchants in foreign trade. Moreover, from the perspective of the balance of power within the country, the emperor also hoped that his ministers could come from different regions as much as possible, so as to achieve both division of labor and cooperation, and mutual containment.

In the next few days, Yuming was busy dealing with the backlog of government affairs that had been backlogged for half a year. Although these things have been annotated by Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others. But in some major matters, it is up to him to make decisions. Coupled with the visits of some envoys from Japan, Ryukyu and some small countries in the South Seas, Yuming felt that he did not enjoy this good time of "ten days off for the whole army".

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Ten days passed in a flash, and soon it was time to set out again. This time, although Yu Ming's troops were only 100,000, they were all elite generals who had gone through several major battles.

Of the 100,000 troops, 50,000 were cavalry and 50,000 infantry. Among them, 10,000 cavalry were ironclad cavalry. Among the infantry, 10,000 were Modao troops, and the remaining 40,000 were hoplites.

Considering that the enemy facing is the Don Army, and it is also an elite unit in the Don Army. The war that the Zhou army will face will be extremely cruel. Therefore, Yu Ming did not send light infantry into the field.

At this time, he felt that his troops were a little stretched. After the occupation of Jiangnan, more troops were needed to defend and maintain local order. At the same time, it was also necessary to set up heavy troops on the line from Xiangyang to Jiangling to guard against the armies of Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong. Luoyang also had to leave a lot of troops stationed, which made Yuming can't help but rise up the idea of expanding the army.

However, when he thought of the current financial situation of the imperial court, he could only sigh again. Now only after this delay for the time being, after the issue of paper currency is completed, and the financial pressure on the imperial court is relieved, can the matter of conscription be considered.

And the latest intelligence from the Hebei front also came. Just ten days ago, when Yuming had just returned to Luoyang, Hejian County was lost. After Li Jiancheng occupied Hejian and other counties in southern Hebei, he had de facto divided the Great Monday into two. To the north are the northern counties of Hebei, such as Beiping, Zhuo County, and Shanggu County, as well as Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula. To the south are Shandong, Henan, Jiangnan and other places.

If Hebei is not recovered as soon as possible and Li Tang is allowed to gain a firm foothold in the southern part of Hebei, the Great Zhou will face a situation of being divided into two and will be in trouble in the battle for the world.

After Yu Ming and the generals learned the news, their faces became a little solemn. This battle is important to the Zhou army, they can only win, not lose.

After crossing the Yellow River, the army marched north for a few more days and came to the outside of Handan County. This is the closest county to Henan in southern Hebei, and it is also the only county in southern Hebei that still remains in the hands of the Zhou army

Here, Yu Ming ordered his troops to divide and launch an attack on the Tang army, which was entrenched in Hebei.

The commander of the left army was Wei Chi Jingde, and the deputy general was Guo Yi, who led the troops to attack Zhao County.

The commander of the right army was Qin Qiong, and the deputy general was Cheng Yanjin, leading the troops to attack Pingyuan County.

The 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Chinese army were personally commanded by himself, with Luo Shixin and Song Jingang as deputy generals, and Xu Shiji as the military division, and went straight to Hejian County.

At the same time, in response to the attack of the Zhou army, Li Jiancheng, who had just occupied Hejian County and was preparing to launch an attack on Beiping, after discussing with Wang Junlang and Liu Jing, in order to ensure the security of the perimeter of Hejian County, let Wang Junlang guard Hejian County. He personally ordered 50,000 Tang troops to go out of the city to meet the battle, trying to defeat the main force of the Zhou army led by Yu Ming himself.

Li Jiancheng and Yuming had never fought each other, although he had already heard that Yuming was powerful in commanding battles, and even his second brother Li Shimin was full of praise. But the more this happens, the more he wants to defeat Yuming.

Because Li Shimin couldn't suffer a lot of losses in the hands of Yuming, but he never took any advantage. If he can defeat Yuming head-on, he will definitely make a name for himself in the Tang Dynasty, and let the people of Tiance Mansion who are waving the flag for Li Shimin and calling him the number one general of Li Tang will shut up from now on. Only in the heart of his father Li Yuan can his position in the East Palace be more stable.

Li Jiancheng prepared to turn around and attack the left army of the Zhou army, led by Wei Chi Jingde, after repelling the Chinese army of the Zhou army. As long as the two Zhou armies were repulsed, Qin Qiong of the right army would definitely not dare to advance further.

It would not be a problem for him to hold Hejian County, and once the two armies entered into a stalemate in southern Hebei. He could then send a deputy general to stay in Hejian County, and the main force of the Tang army went north to attack Beiping.

As long as Beiping is taken, the situation in Hebei will undergo a fundamental change. Judging from the map, the Tang army will form a situation of encirclement of Luoyang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, from Hebei to Hedong, Guanzhong, and Jingxiang.

By waiting for the beginning of spring next year, the Tang army, after recuperation, launched a large-scale attack from the north, west, and south, and believed that it would be able to take Luoyang in one fell swoop and completely reverse the original unfavorable situation of the war. Let the qi run to Li Tang's side.

For Li Jiancheng's personal battle, Yuming also attaches great importance to it. Although this Tang Dynasty is far inferior to his younger brother Li Shimin, both in history and today. But Yuming knows very well that Li Jiancheng's skills are not bad at all. In history, Dou Jiande's subordinate Liu Heimin was killed at his hands. Even in this time and space, Li Jiancheng also showed outstanding talent in eliminating Li Rail, capturing Hetao, and Hedong, and he must not underestimate the enemy.

Moreover, the interception place of the Tang army was Julu, which was also on the necessary passage of the Zhou army's central army to attack Hejian County, and if it wanted to pass smoothly, it was necessary to defeat Li Jiancheng's 50,000 army.

After summoning Song Jingang, Luo Shixin and Xu Shiji to the big tent, Yu Ming said: "Li Jiancheng came this time, he was well prepared, and he won consecutive battles, the soldiers were very sharp, and the limelight was flourishing, and the terrain here was dangerous, mostly mountainous and jungle, and it was difficult for our army's cavalry advantage to be brought into play. If we fight head-to-head with it, we will suffer heavy casualties in our army. Do the generals have a plan for how to break the enemy? ”

After Xu Shiji heard this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, all those who fight, win with the right and the odd." According to Wei Chen's opinion, His Majesty can lead the main force to meet the enemy with regular soldiers, confront Li Jiancheng's two armies, and put on a posture of steady defense and counterattack, so that Li Jiancheng thinks that our army is fighting against it with regular tactics. And General Song can lead a partial division, sneak into the Lingxiao Mountain in the west, make a detour to the back of the Tang army, and then attack its camp with surprise troops! When General Song launched an attack from behind the enemy, His Majesty attacked from the front. In this way, under the front and rear attacks, the enemy generals will not be able to take care of each other, even if Li Jiancheng is brave and good at fighting, he will be defeated in this battle! ”

After hearing this, Yu Ming couldn't help but show surprise on his face. Although he loved Xu Shiji in the past, he was also famous in history, and he had countless thoughts about whether he was really as powerful as in history. At this moment, Xu Shiji's combat method of luring the enemy with a correct division and then winning with a partial division is indeed a clever plan.

It's just that Yu Ming also said with some worry: "The mountains around Lingxiao Mountain are very steep, and it is said that no one has ever walked through there, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the army to pass." ”

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