The autumn wind was blowing the flag of the Long family army in the fields, and the skin of Long Jun, who had just returned to Chang'an with his troops, had become wheat-colored. The 5,000 new troops who took three months to train were even more energetic, as if they had inexhaustible energy, which made the dragon and tiger guards who came to greet them yearn for it. The other generals were eager to try, and they all wanted to compete for the position of the commander of the new army.

However, Long Jun's mind was not on these people at all, looking at the young man in front of him who couldn't wait to see him, Long Jun turned over and dismounted, and asked casually, "Why did you come to me Guanzhong?" Listening to Wen Ruo, your knowledge is not below them, don't you know the current situation in Guanzhong? Or do you think that's what you can do? ”

"The king chooses the minister, and the minister chooses the king. Hou Ye sacrificed himself for others and opened an advanced move for the world's poor scholars, the merit is in the future, and the virtue is in the present. Some people think they are smart, but they ignore what is really important. As for whether there is a work that can show my ability, I think Hou Ye has his own plans in his heart, so he will not let me be a literati to work as a groom for these generals, right? ”

To be a groom? Hearing this, Long Jun smiled ridiculously, and asked the famous military genius Xu Shu to be a groom, not to mention that Long Jun was distressed, I am afraid that the history books of later generations will have to write him as a mediocre person who does not know talents. Then he chuckled and said, "Feng Xiao has been promoted to the general of the military division, and there is still a lack of a military division in the mansion, I don't know what Yuan Zhiyi will do?" ”

"Do you want to sacrifice wine?" He sighed as if dissatisfied. This made everyone around stunned, Ma Chao's face instantly fell, and he was actually dissatisfied with the position of a military advisor sacrificing wine, which was simply unbearable. But before Ma Chao could attack him, he saw Xu Shu clasping his fists with both hands, and said with a straight face, "Yingchuan Xu Yuan will go straight to the lord!" ”

"What the hell!" Seeing that the other party finally accepted Long Jun's assignment, Ma Chao muttered dissatisfiedly. Long Jun smiled indifferently when he saw this, now the power of the Long family is getting stronger and stronger, and competition between colleagues is inevitable, seeing that there are more and more military generals in Wenchen, if it is still a pool of stagnant water, it will inevitably reduce everyone's fighting spirit, and Xu Shu happened to take this opportunity to express that he has set his sights on a higher position. But there are so many positions, and who will move Xu Shu at that time depends on everyone's means and contributions.

Subsequently, Long Jun ordered Zhao Yun to take the 5,000 new troops to the Baling camp, and he took the rest of the people to the Tai Academy in a carriage, which was regarded as inspecting the situation of the Tai Academy. On the way, Guo Jia reported all the political affairs in Guanzhong during this period to Long Jun, and learned that the farmland had been measured, so Long Jun started to clean up the black households in the northwest.

Since Emperor Huan, there have been turmoil in the world one after another, many people in order to escape the danger, have taken refuge in the mountains and forests or the manor of the family, according to incomplete statistics, there are at least 400,000 black households in Yongliang two states, if calculated according to the population tax, Guanzhong lost at least two full years of tax within ten years.

Seeing Long Jun frowning and pondering, Guo Jia's eyelids jumped unconsciously, thinking in his heart whether to stop Long Jun's dangerous thoughts, after all, the class division of Shinong industry and commerce has passed for hundreds of years, if you force that group of families to do business in exchange for the loss of land, isn't this tantamount to stepping on people's face to death and forming a mortal enemy?

So Guo Jia put down the account book in his hand gently, leaned on the carriage, and said lazily, "Lord, if it is something else, a few subordinates will pinch their noses and do it, but don't say that this matter can't be done now, I'm afraid it won't work in ten years, even if you give them half of the profits from Zibo's business, they won't agree to this!" Ordinary people have a good face, not to mention these pretentious children of the scholars. If you have to contribute to this matter, I advise you to let Zilong and the others sharpen their knives first, and save the time to kill until the time comes. ”

When Long Jun heard this, he looked at Guo Jia bitterly, and said melancholy, "I know that this matter is not easy, but the eldest husband has done something and not done something, as the lord of Guanzhong, if I don't think about the people under my rule, am I still waiting for that group of families to show kindness?" Since the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, the original tax of ten taxes and four taxes was stubbornly mentioned ten taxes and seven taxes, and the people were worthy of hunger. Isn't that the case with the Yellow Turban Rebellion? There is a great drought in the north, starvation is everywhere, and people who can't survive can only follow Zhang Jiao and others to rebel. ”

"Population and land are the necessities for the continuation and growth of a family, and this matter affects the whole body, not to mention the reaction of the local heroes, many of the soldiers who have joined the Long Family Army alone are from the family, if the lord moves these two things, I am afraid that it will cause a mutiny in the army, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"But this is also the innovation that the development of Guanzhong must undergo in the development of the two states, do you believe that there are less than 80,000 farmlands in the two states? Anyway, I don't believe it, and under the Qinling Mountains, I have seen a lot of private estates, and there are several unknown villages living in the mountains, but you tell me where these people and estates come from? ”

Seeing that the two were arguing endlessly, Xu Shu, who had been carefully inspecting the political newspaper, suddenly interjected, "Actually, this matter is not without a solution, it depends on whether the lord can be ruthless and punish the person who is the leader." The most ruthless thing in the world is not the knife but the human heart, as long as the lord holds the people's heart, why worry about this matter! ”

When the two of them heard this, they turned their eyes to Xu Shu one after another, with an inquiring look in their eyes. Seeing this, Xu Shu explained with a chuckle, "I just looked at the reports sent from all over the country, except for Feng Yi and Hongnong, the reports are true, and the rest of the counties are not realistic, which is enough to see that the local government has been connected with Haoqiang." As long as the lord chooses a few more serious county magistrates to impose capital punishment, and then publicizes the wrongdoing of his office, the lord will soon be popular with the people. At this time, the lord will bring the general trend to negotiate with these families, I am afraid that they should not also respond. ”

"Killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, a good plan to kill two birds with one stone, is worthy of being the military priest's sacrificial wine valued by the lord. It's just that Yuan Zhi has ever thought that now that Guanzhong is in ruins, killing this group of officials, where can we find someone to fill the vacancy? Don't forget the reputation of the lord now, it is simply smelly! Saying that, Guo Jia also slapped his nose at Long Jun, making Long Jun roll his eyes.

In this regard, Xu Shu laughed, then shook his head and said, "Fengxiao Junshi praised it falsely!" I also know that this plan is not suitable for the moment, but this is the safest way now, once this matter is too hot, that group of people may not take the lord in their eyes, and then mention this matter, it will be more than ten times more difficult than now! ”

It was another endless cycle that could not be taken into account, Long Jun patted his head, and his face was full of helplessness. Thinking that there were other political matters to deal with, Long Jun planned to put this aside in advance, and wait for everyone to come together to think of the best of both worlds. So he casually picked up Xun You's report on salt and iron, and then a brilliant plan suddenly appeared in his mind, so he laughed wildly, making the two people in the carriage look at each other.

Feeling the doubts of the two, Long Jun laughed heartily and said, "Shinong Industry and Commerce, what a Shinong Industry and Commerce, since they are not willing to exchange with us for the interests of businessmen, what about exchanging land for land?" Let's immediately send troops to Xiqiang, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, more developed than farmland and animal husbandry, and the benefits are quite rich. As long as we buy their cattle and sheep at a fair price afterwards, do you think they will still object? ”

"Xiqiang?" Xu Shu muttered silently, as if he was calculating the gains and losses of this plan. Guo Jia remembered Xun Yu's reaction when he discussed the matter of salt and iron with Xun You and others that day. Then he looked at Long Jun meaningfully, and wondered, "Could it be that the salt and iron that the lord said are also in Xiqiang?" ”

"That's right, on the plateau of Xiqiang, there is a saltwater lake that can be refined from salt, and it is very rich in minerals, as long as we take Xiqiang, we will not lack land and resources, and there is also an additional place to train troops."

"If that's the case, sending troops to Xiqiang is a sure-fire deal, but the so-called plateau problem, has the lord ever had a solution? Or are you planning to rely on the newly formed 5,000 new army to conquer Xiqiang? "To be honest, Guo Jia is actually not optimistic about the 5,000 new army, even if it is the elite selected by each army, after three months of training, it may not be as strong as the Dragon Tiger Guard.

As if he could see what Guo Jia was thinking, Long Jun said confidently, "Of course let them go, otherwise wouldn't my three months be wasted?" Taking Xiqiang to open the knife, it can be regarded as a note that I left for future generations, the plateau problem Xiao Daoer! ”

Self-confidence, arrogance, domineering and a little complacent, not to mention that Xu Shu began to be curious about the combat power of the 5,000 new army, even Guo Jia, who knew the actual combat power of the Long family army, was a little puzzled, what kind of training the new army had undergone, so that his lord could threaten to capture Xiqiang with 5,000 troops.

As the saying goes, if there is a good thing at the top, it must be very bad, and when I learned that Long Jun rushed to Tai Academy, many people in Chang'an City who wanted to cling to the Long family also rushed to this place, so that they could be familiar with Long Jun in front of him, so that he could go out in the future. Unexpectedly, Long Jun and his party did not enter from the front door with great fanfare, but changed into a student's costume and quietly sneaked in through the back door.

Looking at Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who didn't look like students next to him, Long Jun drove the two away in disgust to prevent them from being recognized by others, and then took Guo Jia and Xu Shu to walk comfortably on the path of the academy.

According to the lord's instructions, Taixue did not force students to learn anything, but learned from others and let them choose what they learned. The collection of books collected by Qingfeng Bookstore from all over the country has been put into the library for everyone to study, and the Xun Bookstore is guarded by the children of the Xun family who came from Yingchuan on its right side. The books sent from Taiyuan are in the library building on the left, and Dean Cai personally copied some unique books for students to study, which were originally properly placed on the third floor. ”

Before Long Jun could answer, a young woman suddenly walked out in front of the three of them, showing her temperament without powder, and her gestures made people sway. Seeing this person, the corners of Long Jun's mouth twitched suddenly, and then immediately turned around and walked out under Guo Jia's playful gaze, and kept praying in his mouth, 'Don't see me, don't see me'.

But God didn't seem to hear Long Jun's prayers, and with a burst of laughter like silver bells, Long Jun patted his head fiercely, and then put on a flattering smile, turned around and shouted in surprise, "It turned out to be Miss Cai, Ben Hou thought he had broken into the women's school!" ”

"Oh, editor, you continue to make it up, this girl also wants to see the world-famous Dugu seeking defeat, what other stories can be made up to deceive me, a little woman."