As soon as Zhang Liang's words fell, Zhou Jin stood up and said, "Then I dare to ask Master Zhang if you have ever known me Jiujiang and military food reserves?" ”

"I don't understand below." Zhang Liang said truthfully.

"Why did the good prince expand his army? In three months, even if we have 60,000 troops now, the current grain and grass may not be able to support it! Zhou Jin said.

"Could it be that the good prince wants the king to increase taxes? Don't forget, the king has just sat in Jiujiang now, and this sudden increase in taxes will cause you to provoke a popular uprising, Lord Zhang, you can't afford it, right? If, as you say, sweep away all dissenting forces. Could it be that while sweeping away the forces, our troops will not have to eat food? Zhou Jin directly hit Zhang Liang twice.

In the face of Zhou Jin's rebuttal, Zhang Liang smiled instead of anger: "Gong Jin, in the future, you will call me Zhang Liang or the ovary, after all, the ovary is more than twenty years younger than Gong Jin." To call me a good man like this is really tormenting me! ”

"What Gong Jin just said is extremely true, this grain and grass is a problem, but there is a plan to let the troops have food to eat, and it can still be fed by war!" Zhang Liang has a good mind.

"Humph! Please come and hear about it! When Zhou Jin heard Zhang Liang and his plan, he still hummed out with his nose.

"Oh? What about the ovary? Come on. When Cao Cao heard this, Zhang Liang actually said it so confidently that he could use war to nourish war, and he was very happy.

After all, Cao Cao is also a person who is familiar with military books, how can he not understand: the truth that one grain for another country will arrive at ten grains for his own country! The reason for Liu Bang's failure this time is also indispensable from this point of view.

After all, the battle line was too long, and the supplies behind could not quickly keep up, and there were no heavy troops on the grain road, so people intercepted the grain. In the end, he could only return to the Central Plains in vain.

"In this plan, it is the Tuntian plan!" Zhang Liang said.

"Oh? Why have we never heard of Tuntian? As soon as Zhou Jin heard what Zhang Liang's strategy was called Tuntian, he blurted out and asked.

After all, Zhou Jin has studied the Four Books and Five Classics and various ancient books since he was a child, but he has never heard of the word "Tuntian". When the officials below heard this, they were also confused, and they whispered one after another, expressing their opinions.

When Cao Cao heard this, he also looked at Zhang Liang with a puzzled expression.

When Zhang Liang saw the reaction of everyone, he immediately smiled and said: "The so-called tuntian is the use of soldiers and farmers to cultivate wasteland in order to obtain military supplies and tax grain. In this way, not only can the people have surplus food for the year. The matter of our military rations can also be solved at the same time! ”

When everyone heard this, they began to whisper again. It is said that Zhang Liang's plan is a clever plan; Some people also say that Zhang Liang's plan is a fool's dream, this common man is so good, why should he help the army farm? Some people remained neutral and expressed their willingness to listen to Zhang Liang's words.

And Cao Cao didn't know why at this time, after listening to Zhang Liang's plan, he found that in his heart, he couldn't control his desire to support Zhang Liang's plan.

At this time, it was still Zhou Jin who asked first: "This Tuntian plan, if it is as good as Mr. said, you can give it a try, but if it is not so good, I am afraid that it will provoke a civil uprising!" After all, eighty percent of the arable land outside the city is now occupied by the rich in the city. Although Zhou Jin's temper and personality are too stubborn, he is also an official who understands the overall situation, and when he hears this tuntian plan, he can let the people and the troops recuperate, and his attitude of questioning is no longer as mean as before.

When Zhang Liang heard this, he smiled and said, "Respectfully! Liang had already thought about this matter. As Lord Zhou said, the land around here is basically occupied by everyone in the world. However, in the Jiujiang area, the terrain is flat. With a casual fire, you can burn a piece of cultivated land, and the matter of the land is not a problem!

Second: As Lord Zhou said just now, why do the people work for us for no reason? In fact, Liang had already thought about it. There are two ways to pay this grain tax, the first is that the people who do not use official cattle to plough the land will receive the military rations, and the soldiers and civilians will divide them equally. The second type is the people who use the official cattle, and for the people who use the official cattle, the food they get is the army and the people. As long as the implementation of the Tuntian Law will certainly stabilize the people's minds, the military ration problem can also be solved. Then the people's grain tax will be paid. ”

"But where did this official cow come from? Although there are cattle in Jiujiang, there are no more than 100 cattle under our control now! Zhou Jin shook his head as he spoke.

"Oh, I'm in a hurry, and the next thing is to solve the cow matter! Third: Tuntian tax: The so-called Tuntian tax is to collect taxes from those families. The nobles of the family who do not go to Tuntian need to pay a cow for every three people. This exempts you from paying taxes for one year. Zhang Liang smiled and signaled Zhou Jin not to worry, and continued to speak.

When Cao Cao and Zhou Jin heard this, their hearts were all open, after all, there are not a few rich people in the Jiujiang area, and some rich families cover an area of 100 acres, and the small ones are dozens of acres. The people have long been complaining that the people are not living! Cao Cao had already thought about the family, but the family had a big business, and that's it, when it was attacked from the outside. They will also hug each other and be unanimous to the outside world. For Jiujiang, which had just stabilized, Cao Cao was extremely jealous of these families. Now it's okay, with Zhang Liang's way of playing, he can finally slaughter those clansmen with a knife!

Don't look at the fact that it takes three people to hand over a cow, but those families have more than 100 people, and there are dozens of people, and the number of cows handed over is not ordinary! This is not a joke, think about it, you have to hand over dozens of cows a year, even if the family business is big, can it withstand for a few years? This is simply equivalent to suppressing the nobles of the family in disguise!

"Good! The ovary is a very good plan! Come on, quickly draft the paperwork, and paste it in the counties! Cao Cao just finished listening, and clapped his hands directly.

And Zhou Jin also nodded frequently to praise Zhang Liang for this plan, and personally apologized to Zhang Liang for his rudeness just now. As soon as the other officials below saw it, even Zhou Jin, a stubborn old man, agreed, and they also expressed their support for the implementation of the tuntian system. Some officials even offered to donate a cow for the implementation of the new law. When Cao Cao heard this, he was also overjoyed, and immediately asked people to prepare a banquet and drink happily with the ministers.

However, what Cao Cao didn't know was that the tuntian system was a product of the Western Han Dynasty a hundred years later, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao himself did the same thing, further improving the tuntian system. This time, I don't know if it's the butterfly effect brought about by the summoning system that made this tuntian system born early!