In the afternoon, the meeting hall of the Vortex Yang Official Office was overcrowded, and the sons and daughters of Haoqiang from all over the country held their breath at this time, and all pricked up their ears to listen to the speech of the King of Xiyang, although the King of Xiyang who sat at the top smiled kindly, full of spring breeze, but no one in the audience at the bottom dared to take it lightly.

For hundreds of years, the strong clans of the land of Lianghuai have formed a set of survival rules in the context of the struggle between the north and the south, that is, the left and right are the source, and in order to ensure the continuation of the clan, the strategy of betting on both sides is adopted to ensure that they can survive under the rule of the northern and southern courts.

No matter which court ruled in the north and south, the local heroes had to be good citizens, and when the army of the other side came, they would be 'forced to provide' some grain and grass, and when the local ownership changed and it was governed by the other court, then they were the good citizens of the new court.

This set of rules doesn't work well now, because they are asked to choose sides, and the clans that try to stand on the right and left, or even on opposite sides, will not end well.

That person is the King of Xiyang, and what happened in the Huaixi region, the people present have heard about it, and even know it relatively clearly, with the rout of the Wei Chi army, the King of Xiyang led a large army to garrison Wuyang, and no one dared to head the rats at both ends.

At least not on the surface.

The powerful clans of the various powerful clans lived in the Wubao as the core, and their Wubao was impregnable for the thieves, but for the officers and soldiers with trebuchets, thunderstorms, and a large number of soldiers and horses, it was only a matter of time before they could break through the Wubao.

And the King of Xiyang has already proved with practical actions what the end is when he goes against him, and only fools dare to do it, so no one dares to disagree with the requirements put forward by the King of Xiyang, and no one dares to disobey the yang and the yin.

After some opening remarks, Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen first expressed his satisfaction to the participants for "their hearts to the court and their enthusiastic support for the army", and then made a straightforward request.

One of the requirements is that the suzerains of each clan must send their sons-in-law to Wuyang to "assist in handling military affairs", which is to send their sons as hostages.

Requirement 2: Deliver grain and grass for military needs, which is to ask the clans in various places to take out a sufficient amount of grain and grass to sacrifice the army, rather than "meaning".

The participants thought that the Xiyang King would open their mouths, but after hearing the amount of grain and grass they wanted to transport, they couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief: the amount they wanted was still within the clan's ability to bear.

In the past few years, the two Huai have been fighting wars year after year, and it is a lie to say that the clans in various places are not affected, whether it is the Sui army, the Zhou army, or the Chen army, they have all controlled the two Huai, and as a result, the land of the two Huai has changed hands several times, and the burden on the clans in various places is a lot.

The participants originally thought that the Xiyang King and the great victory Yu Wei would take it strongly, but now the grain and grass they wanted were not as much as everyone expected, and many people were relieved and couldn't help but worry.

They were worried about whether the King of Xiyang had any more demanding requirements, and sure enough, the third request came.

The king of Xiyang asked the clans in various places to participate in the "joint defense".

What is Joint Defense? That is, under the organization of the local garrison, the clans in various places unite externally to guard against the enemy, and when necessary, send people to assist the local garrison to defend against external enemies, and internally guard against someone to act as the enemy's internal response.

Each clan should keep an eye on its own land, do not let the enemy infiltrate, and if it is found that other clans have signs of collusion with foreign enemies, or if it is found that someone in the clan is colluding with foreign enemies, they must report to the officials in time.

If you don't know, then forget it, if you don't report it, you will be judged as an accomplice, and you will bear the consequences, and if you report it in time, there will be a reward, if you report other clans colluding with foreign enemies, after verification, the other clan's clan will be cut down and eradicated at the same time, half of the clan property will go to the reported clan.

Since we want to carry out joint defense, we must pool our wisdom and efforts, and clans in various localities must send people out to set up "joint defense teams" under the organization of the local garrisons, which patrol all important places every day to check for people with suspicious deeds; once problems are discovered, they must immediately be sent to the garrison for disposal by the garrison.

For this request of King Xiyang, none of the participants dared to say half a "no", after all, as long as there is no such thought, it is nothing to participate in the joint defense, but they think that it is very likely to be falsely accused, so that the officials and soldiers are used to exterminate their families and clans, and many people can't help but feel worried in their hearts.

Even if the King of Xiyang doesn't have this idea, those side branch disciples who want to give up the lord's family and become the suzerain, and those who want to merge other clans, may take this opportunity to make a profit.

No one dared to say this kind of worry, but Yu Wenwen had been prepared for it for a long time and began to explain several principles of "joint defense".

First of all, the joint defense does not practice "joint sitting", which means that once a person does a detailed job of the enemy, without conclusive evidence, his unaware neighbors or clans will not be disposed of because of the joint sitting.

Similarly, if a clan colludes with a foreign enemy, unsuspecting clans in its neighbouring territories will not be implicated without conclusive evidence.

This move is to prevent some people with ill intentions from deliberately coercing the clansmen and even clans to participate in the rebellion by threatening that "after the defendant is accused, they will sit together and implicate the clan."

Secondly, evidence must be told in everything, and the official army (Xiyang Wang) promised that in the absence of conclusive evidence, the suspect will be under house arrest at most, and will not implicate others or clans because of this.

And the most critical point is that whether a person or clan collaborates with the enemy or not, the king of Xiyang will personally make the final decision, and the people involved, the informant, the witnesses and the suzeraint of the clan will confront him in front of him, and other local clans can send people to observe.

The King of Xiyang said everything about this, and all kinds of people present had to convince themselves to believe it even if they didn't believe it, and the fourth requirement of King Xiyang was a little harsher than the previous one: the officials and soldiers should "borrow" from everyone.

According to the situation, each family should "lend" a certain amount of materials to the officers and soldiers, ranging from 100,000 to 300,000 yuan in copper coins.

The term of the loan is one year, and it will be repaid at the end of the year, and there will be interest, and the interest will be 10%.

Of course, there must be a deed of loan for loans, and because the army on the southeast road is a wartime formation, it will be disbanded when the war is over, and in order to eliminate the worries of the "creditors", the main body of the "debtor" is the Huangzhou Governor's Office.

Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen, with his own official (Huangzhou Governor) as the marshal of the Southeast Road March, he has the right to make a decision to borrow, and the deed signed is valid, and the successor cannot disagree.

Therefore, even if the Southeast Road marching army is disbanded, the "debtor" of the Huangzhou Governor's Office still exists, so the creditors can rest assured that they will lend money to the officials and soldiers, and this "loan" and "capital" must be in place within five days.

After listening to this request, the participants did not dare to speak up, nor did they dare to show any dissatisfaction, although this so-called "borrowing" still has interest when it is repaid, but they feel that it is probably a loan or not repayment.

It must be that the king of Xiyang is exploiting the clans in various places in the name of "loans", and he does not say that he will not pay it back, and when it is due, he will say, "The treasury is short of money and grain, and I will talk about it later!" ”

However, thinking so, no one dared not to borrow, because it was obvious that the king of Xiyang wanted to raise military salaries, and if anyone dared not to borrow, the king of Xiyang would probably have to "borrow" the head.

For the loan, Xiyang Wang said a lot, since the other party said everything about this, who in the meeting dared to shirk? Who dares to complain? Who would dare to say a "no"?

Dock fort and field property, but the foundation of the family, is not able to use money to calculate the value, now spend more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan of copper money to protect the dock fort, field property, it is regarded as spending money to eliminate the disaster.

Yu Wenwen looked at the hall and "nodded yes", drank a cup of tea to moisten his throat, of course he would not really believe that the participants were convinced, but he didn't care, since he had made a guarantee in public, he would use practical actions to prove that what he said was true, it didn't matter if the other party believed it or not.

Whether you are willing or not, in front of his soldiers, all the strong clans and snakes have to kneel down and sing about conquest!