"See Ming Gong!"

The prince and the king are different, they don't need to sacrifice heaven and earth, but for solemnity, they built a three-foot high altar, simply recited a sacrificial text, and everyone paid a big salute to worship.

Then Gongsun Du led everyone back to the "Ming Gong" mansion, where the plaque had been replaced, and came to the room at the previous meeting.

"Everyone, please get up!"

"Xie Minggong!"

Gongsun Du stretched out his hand and said, "If you are a Ming Duke, you should each have a reward." ”

"Where is Xu Rong?"

Xu Rong immediately came out of the crowd and bowed: "The subordinates are here!" ”

"You have been fighting with a certain for many years, and you have worked hard and made great achievements, and now you should be the general of the town army, and you will lead the armies for a certain one, continue to fight in all directions, and save the people from difficulties."

"Xie Minggong trusts, Rong will swear to the death to fulfill Minggong's order and wish!" Xu Rong answered loudly, and then took the letter.

"Where is Tian Feng?"

"The subordinates are here!"

"Although the Ministry of the Six Officials was built, but the reputation is not obvious, today when it is the right name, when you are the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, Wan Wanger keeps in mind the original intention, always to the rule of the officials and the Qingming as the priority, do not make the corrupt officials oppress the people so that they have no way to live, and rise up to resist a certain one."

"Xie Minggong! Fengbi always puts the people first, and helps the Ming Gong and the Qing Dynasty to govern! ”

"Where is Wei You?"

"The subordinates are here!"

“…… The left attendant of the ministry ......"

"Where's the frustration?"

"The subordinates are here!"

“…… The right attendant of the Ministry of Officials ......"

Subsequently, Huang Zhongwei was a guerrilla general, Liu Yi was a backbone general, Yang Yi was a general of the Left Army, Zhao Yun was a general of Zhenwei, Zhou Yu was a general of Henghai, and Cheng Pu was a captain of Changshui...... Lu Bu is General Jianwei, Gao Shun is General Fenwei, and Zhang Liao is General Yangwei......

Xun You is the main book of the Ming Mansion's special driving and drama loyalty......

All of them have to be rewarded, ranging from one level to three levels, and none of them are missing. However, Gongsun Du still did not let the remaining five of the six departments except for the official department be established, because the time had not yet come.

After the reward was completed, Gongsun Du raised his voice and said: "If a certain is the Ming Gong, he should do the things of the Ming Gong in the name of the Ming Gong." ”

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, but only a few people heard that something was wrong and faintly felt that it was not good.

Sure enough, I only heard Gongsun Du say: "The former captives, but those who are not the most heinous crimes, can be common people; For those who commit the most heinous crimes, they are divided into five classes according to the severity of the circumstances, severe, moderate, and mild first, second, and third, and they are reduced in turn, from 20 years of hard labor, one step every five years, to one grade every two years, that is, six years of hard labor are still required for the third class to become commoners. Among them, captives do not include the indigenous people of Yingzhou. ”

As a result, the number of laborers will be greatly reduced, water conservancy and roads will be built in various places, new cities will be built, and the speed of construction of villages and towns will be greatly reduced. After that, the new construction of the city and the construction of villages and towns should be mainly carried out by the local people, and the government will recruit and build them with a certain amount of wages per day. ”

"The construction of water conservancy and roads in various places is still mainly based on prisoners, supplemented by the people in various places, and the government is also recruited by the government to build it with a certain amount of wages per day.

"Yes, Ming Gong!" Mi Zhu and Hu Zi responded loudly.

Immediately, Xun Yu came out and said: "Qi Ming Gong, in this way, the consumption of silver money has intensified, and I am afraid that today's taxes will not be able to support such a large consumption." ”

Gongsun Du smiled: "There is a way to do this, and wait a while." ”

"Ming Gong is wise!" Xun You stepped aside when he heard the voice.

Gongsun Du also said simply: "Now that the drought has passed, the captives in Yingzhou have left enough people to deal with the dangers in the process of water conservancy construction, and the rest will be sent back to continue to dig silver and copper mines, and fundamentally supplement the consumption of silver money." ”

"In addition, meet Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Liu Biao and other princes, and tell them that there is a certain crop with a very high yield, and they plan to trade with them, and if they are willing, they can come to Zhuo County at the end of this year to discuss."

"Ming Gong can't!" Xun You and the others were shocked when they heard this, and they all bowed together.

"This is a sharp weapon to restrain the hearts of the people, how can it be easily spread? Once the word spreads, the strength of the princes of all walks of life will be greatly increased, which will be unfavorable to our army, and the reunification may greatly increase the damage. ”

"Yes! Ming Gong, this is really to improve the strength of the rest of the princes, and it is not conducive to conquest! ”

“……”

Everyone persuaded each other, and after a long time, seeing that Gongsun Du was silent and had a solemn face, he slowly stopped.

"What you say is true, but you are really suspicious of being an enemy in doing so."

The people were very embarrassed to say this, although they had this meaning, but they really didn't dare to say it.

Gongsun Du just shook his head slightly, and then said, "But you have thought about a question, that is, how long will it take for us to completely unify the states?" ”

Xu Rong, as the general of the Zhen Army, immediately spoke up: "Duke Qiming, with our current strength, if we go all out, we can defeat the rest of the princes in two years at most and unify the states." ”

Gongsun Du shook his head and said, "Two years? Impossible! ”

Gongsun Du saw that Xu Rong and the others were full of surprise, and explained: "Our strength is indeed good, there are 300,000 elites, and there are naval warships that can attack by surprise, but if you want to take the rest of the states within two years, it requires that you advance fast enough, which means that many cities just take them down, and they don't have time to govern." In this way, countless bandits will breed, and it will take at least a year or two to return to peace. ”

"But how many casualties will there be? Immeasurable! ”

"When they encounter our surprise attack and see that the momentum is unstoppable, won't they unite? No, it will, none of them are stupid, they will definitely join forces! Don't forget, Your Majesty is still in Xuchang today, and once we send troops, I'm afraid we will become thieves and have a bad reputation. ”

"The most important thing is that we are fighting here to the death, what do the aliens outside the Cyprus think? Will they sit idly by? ”

"This is to pull a hair and move the whole body! If it is an attack, in order to prevent the southern invasion of foreign races, it is necessary to leave enough manpower, and leave enough manpower to guard the frontier, if you want to take Cao Cao and other princes as soon as possible, but it has become a delusion, so why not simply release the sweet potatoes, not only in exchange for money, but also to save countless innocent people, and at the same time to get time to recuperate. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, with admiration on their faces, only Xun You, Xi Zhong and Guo Jia were full of solemnity.

"What Ming Gong said is true, this move should save countless innocent people. However, Cao Cao holds the rich land of Yanyu and Xusanzhou, as well as Yangzhou Jiangbei, although the strength is much worse than ours, but they have His Majesty in their hands and have a righteous reputation, if we let the sweet potatoes out, it will inevitably increase Cao Cao's strength greatly, and they will become our biggest enemy at that time. And in the time when we were fighting with Cao Cao, Sun Ce in the south would also be unwilling to be lonely and expand aggressively, with Liu Biao's vulnerable ability, how could he stop the wolf-like Jiangdong army? ”

"In this way, it will be more powerful princes, and the war will be delayed, and more soldiers will be killed in the battle, which will be unfavorable to us. It doesn't match Ming Gong's original intention! ”

Gongsun Du shook his head and said: "This statement is reasonable, however, this transaction is aimed at weakening Cao Cao and the others and gaining time to recuperate, who do you think can compare to us in terms of recuperation?" ”

"This year, our strength will be restored, and Cao Cao and others will recover at most slightly, and next year, the army will go south, even if it can't defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, at least it will cut off its arms and take Yanzhou and Xuzhou, then only Yuzhou and half of Yangzhou, how to compete with us?"

Xun You and the three of them had to persuade again, but they didn't want Gongsun Du to wave his hand, and said toughly: "This matter is so decided, it's a big deal, you should calculate it carefully, and it will take them three or five years to fully expand the sweet potatoes sold to all the people under them." If you think about it for three or five years, those people can still afford to wait. ”

Xun You and the others could only retreat when they heard this, so the practice of selling sweet potatoes was decided.

Gongsun Du continued: "The salaries of all the soldiers will be raised again, and then according to the number of people in the Jiyou and Qing prefectures, we will recruit troops again to increase our strength, so as to weaken Cao Cao as much as possible next year." ”

"Yes, Ming Gong." Xun You and the three of them were completely relieved, but increasing military salaries is also a troublesome thing, which will consume a lot of taxes.