The next day, Pei Shu submitted the detailed information about the Qinzhou rebellion to Pei Gai, and at the same time, Pei Cui also sent a messenger asking for help, and Pei Cai convened the civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures.

Pei Wei's idea was very close to Pei Xu's, believing that since the rebellion was instigated by the Jin landlords, it would not be difficult to bring it down, and only the generals who were familiar with the situation in Longshang needed to lead three or five thousand troops to go there, and they could make a contribution. Of course, at the same time, it is necessary to scatter the wanderer far away to achieve the effect of combining grace and power, and soothing and suppressing.

Tao Kan agreed, and said: "The ministers sent people to build a fort in the northern section of Feng Yi as previously discussed, and advance to the north, with a view to reaching Gaonu within the year; And General Zhen was in Hedong and confronted Liu Cang. The grain and straw materials in Guanzhong are already insufficient, and at this time, it is really not appropriate to mobilize troops in Qinzhou, and the mobilization of three or five thousand troops is probably the limit. ”

Pei Gai asked, "Then who is the best soldier?" ”

Chen An immediately stood up and arched his hand: "The minister has been in Longshang for a long time, and he is familiar with the geography, and he also knows all the chiefs of Xirong, so I implore you to lead the army to the expedition." ”

Pei Gai did not incorporate Chen An into the three armies of the Great Sima and make him lead the troops, but gave him the title of a five-rank doctor, making him a subordinate of the cardinal, and assisting Guo Mo in the ministry. The cardinal department is in charge of military orders, and its main work is to collect military intelligence on all quarters, make suggestions on strategic guidelines, and draw up plans for specific military operations. Guo Mo is very interested in this brand-new department and brand-new work, and has been fighting with the Ministry of Industry recently, asking for craftsmen to make a set of three-dimensional maps of Yong, Qin, and Liang counties for him. But Chen An was originally a general who charged into battle, and he had no ability to coordinate the overall situation, but he was so depressed that he sat in a daze all day long, not knowing what he could do.

Therefore, when he heard the news of the war and was in his hometown of Luoyang, he couldn't help but be enthusiastic, and he got up to ask for war in a hurry.

Pei Cai stretched out his hand, palms facing down, pressed slightly, motioned for Chen An to sit down, and said with a smile: "It is precisely because Qing is familiar with the geography and situation of Longshang that he should sit in the center and coordinate the strategy, and it is not appropriate to take Rong Xing lightly." ”

Pei should know that sooner or later, Chen An will be thrown out, and with that guy's dedication, he will sit in the rear as a staff officer, which is really wrong. The reason why he temporarily appointed Chen An as a subordinate was to see if this guy had the hidden talent that could go from being a general to a handsome, which was worth cultivating - after a few months, according to the reports of all parties, it was basically determined whether there was a ...... The second is to sharpen its nature, so as to avoid being unable to hold it as soon as it is spread out in the future.

It is precisely because Chen Anjiu is in Longshang, prestigious, and familiar with Rong love, that he can't let him go back to Luoyang and Tianshui - in the original history, he raised his arms and shouted, and claimed to have pulled up an army of 100,000 Jin Rong there! Even if Chen An is to be used to lead the troops in the future, in Pei Cai's mind, a soldier cannot exceed 10,000, and it is estimated that Chen An will not be able to control it after 10,000; The second rule will be used elsewhere, not on Longshang.

Only by completely stripping Chen An from Qin Longjian can he use his talents with confidence.

Therefore, Chen An's request was declined. Immediately, Peng Xinpan of the Ministry of War recommended Yao Yizhong, the brigade of the First Brigade, and he said: "Although Yi Zhong is originally from Nan'an, it is not far from Tianshui and Luoyang, and if he is ordered to be a general, he can calm Nan'an and Longxi Zhuqiang, so that the non-party will rise up in chaos." Previously, the court ordered our army to postpone the northward march of the Hedong Army, so that Liu Cang and Liu Yao would compete with each other, and then take the benefits of the fisherman, and Yi Zhong would temporarily leave the east of the river, and it would not be harmless to the east. ”

Everyone thought that although Yao Yizhong had not been attached for a long time, he had first joined Pei's battalion, accumulated merit and released him, and Pei should be quite important to his people - that is the only brigade-level general with the rank of captain - he must be willing to order him to be a general and set Qinzhou in the west. However, after pondering for a long time, Pei Cai asked, "Are there any other suitable candidates?" ”

While asking, he seemed to be intentional, as if unintentionally, and moved his gaze to You Yaoziyuan. Seeing this, You Yao bowed his hand to the seat: "The courtiers don't need to go to the expedition to Longshang, and the grain and straw will be wasted, that is, the auxiliary army left by Qinzhou, and the army must be summoned to join the Rong Department to ask for it, and it will be enough to quell the chaos." ”

Pei Cai's eyes wandered, and he said slowly: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Pei Gongyan to take on such a heavy responsibility. ”

You Yao immediately asked for an order: "The minister is very familiar with Rongqing, and he will go west to help Pei envoy Jun and supervise the army of Qinzhou." ”

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In fact, before the formal meeting on this day, Pei Gai summoned You Yao in advance to ask for the other party's opinion on the chaos in Qinzhou. You Ziyuan is the head of the line, and he is also the captain of Xirong, so he is related to the situation in Longshang, and he also has his own special intelligence channels, and even has more detailed insights into some internal situations than Pei Xu's investigation.

For example, Pei Xu's report did not mention the name of the leader of the rebellion, and You Yao also submitted a report, but listed two of them, both of whom were chieftains, one was named Xu Kupeng, and the other was called Ju Quzhi.

Pei Gai couldn't help frowning when he read the book - these two names are a little familiar......

It was not easy to recall that in the original history, after Liu Yao occupied Guanxi, Yin Che, the captain of Changshui, colluded with Xu Kupeng, the chief of Ba Yi, in a vain attempt to rebel, and the matter was discovered by Liu Yao, who killed Yin Che and imprisoned more than 50 Xirong chieftains such as Xu Kupeng in Afang. When you were the former doctor of Zhao Guanglu, he admonished Liu Yao not to kill Zhu Rong, Liu Yao did not allow it, who thought that the butcher knife fell, Ba Yi was opposed, and recommended the sentence Qu Zhi as the main one, and the number was returned to the good king, and the people of the four mountains Qiang, Di, Ba, and Qian Ying reached more than 300,000, and Guanzhong was in chaos......

This turmoil was finally pacified by You Ziyuan, who took the initiative to ask Liu Yao for his life, with 5,000 soldiers, and declared amnesty for the chaos, and as a result, more than 100,000 people and Qiang surrendered to Yongcheng; He immediately marched to settle down, pacified more than 5,000 families of the Ju clan in Yinmi, and forced Chen An to go out of the suburbs to greet him.

In the end, Youziyuan went to the county again and defeated the Void Quan Canal.

Since Pei Gai remembered these "aftermaths", he thought about it - this time to quell the chaos, I might as well let the wanderer go away.

So he summoned You Yao and asked for his opinion. You Ziyuan said: "Luoyang, Tianshui Zhudi, Ba (Ba Yi is one of the branches of the Di people), more than 100 large and small, originally half of them formed an alliance and supported the Fu clan. Later, the Fu clan was in civil strife, and General Guo advanced into Luoyang, destroying its alliance, and the Fu clan was almost wiped out. Xu Kupeng and Juqu know, so they gradually became stronger, and there is the meaning of overlapping all departments.

However, there are no less than 50,000 households in the two counties, and now there are 15,000 people who have rebelled, which shows that the momentum of Xu and Ju is not enough to shake Longshang. The ministers should use Rong to control the army, summon the army to wait for the troops to attack, and pardon their assistants, only suppress Xu and sentences, then the chaos can be calmed down in an instant. ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and arched his hand: "The minister still has a word, I implore Ming Gong to listen." ”

Pei should say that if you have any ideas, you don't have to say it bluntly, you don't have to hide it.

You Yao said: "The tax of my Jin is quite heavy. According to the calculation of 50 acres, the household collects four hundreds, and the household produces three horses of silk and three catties of cotton, and the house of the foot field has a tax of eight liters per mu - and the tax per mu of Cao Wei is only two liters, and only two horses of silk and two catties of cotton. Wei fashion has enemy countries side by side, the rent is heavier than the Han Dynasty, and when I Jin Xing, Xishu has died, the Eastern Wu is destroyed, the country is not in great trouble, why is the tax heavy Wei nearly twice? It's incomprehensible. ”

Pei Gai smiled and said, "This matter is not difficult to solve. "As for the tax system of the Jin Dynasty, as the ruling minister, of course, he had to do a detailed investigation. He did feel that the tax was too heavy, and he had planned to reduce it lightly, but Pei Wei and others said that the state used troops in Hu, and the grain and materials were insufficient, and it was inconvenient to change the tax degree - the important thing is that you change from heavy to light, once the state is insufficient, and you plan to increase taxes, the resistance will be too great, so it is better to maintain the status quo for the time being.

Therefore, Pei Gai explained to You Yao, saying: "First, the previous generation had land endowments and household taxes, but at the beginning of the chaos, I built in the Jin Dynasty, and the number of households per mu of land was incomplete, which made the total number of households in the counties and states temporarily inferior to the fields. The rent collected is actually one of the fields and the household tax, and it is calculated according to one per household, in fact, there are two or three people in the people's homes. Second, at the beginning of the country, the feudal princes were excessive, and one-third of the rent and silk collected in the territory were paid to the princes, so that they had to pay heavy taxes for the state.

"There are still thirds, those who have officials and qualities, all of them share the land, they can shelter tenants, do not pay rent, and even ...... Shade kinship ......"

All in all, there is no big problem with the tax system of the Jin Dynasty itself, the problem lies in the social system, there are too many food classes, resulting in the real tax to the treasury and the number of acres of land is more reduced than in Cao Wei, so in order to make up for the lack of national use, it is natural to re-impose harsh - the death of the Western Jin Dynasty, not only the internal strife of the princes, Yidi rebellion, the tax is too heavy to cause the common people to not survive, have to rely on the big clans, resulting in the local sitting, the central weak, is also a very important reason for the frequent turmoil.

You Yabi listened respectfully to Pei Gai's explanation, nodded his head, and added: "What Ming Gong said is true." If it is only calculated according to one household, and the household is full of 50 acres, although the rent is heavy, the people may not be unable to bear it. However, as far as the minister knows, before Yongjia, most of the land in Weigu was occupied by the eunuchs, and the common people could have 20 acres, which was already considered the middle class, so how to raise land endowments? Twenty acres, but the number of women's fields, even a man can not do his best, and there is more than a Ding, why do they want to live?

"As for the barren places in the distant counties, even in good years, the yield per mu is often less than two hundred, and even if one hundred acres are cultivated, after taxation, the rest is not enough for one family. It was Jingzhao, Feng Yi, eunuchs, and large households who invaded the people's fields, and the people had no way to make a living, so they had to be attached as tenants, and even sold themselves as slaves; As for the counties of Longshang, every time there is a famine, the people will flee, and most of them will be taken in or taken in by the Rong tribe, and the Rong will gradually become stronger......"

Pei Gai was confused in his heart, and said that I told you about the chaos, why did you talk to me about taxation? It wasn't until I heard the phrase "the momentum is getting stronger" that my spirits lifted.

I heard You Ziyuan gradually get to the point: "As for the Rong Department, according to the system, those who do not teach the field lose righteous rice, the household is three, the far one is five buckets, and the extremely far one loses the money, and the person is twenty-eight Wen, although it is less than the Jin people, it is also quite heavy." It must be known that Di and Qiang Zahu are nomadic for a living, planting less grains, and have no way to meet the needs of the official family, so they have to sell cattle and sheep to make a real number, and they are exploited by merchants and have no hope of being full, and once they encounter animal disease, it will be difficult to survive.

Therefore, the Di people, especially the Qiang people, gradually reclaimed the wasteland and turned to farming, but the harvest was very small, and it was still difficult to count. The chieftains of the Rong tribe often bribe the officials privately, and undercount the number of households, so their situation is slightly the same as that of the eunuchs and large households who do not pay the land, and the people of the Jin Rong are mostly attached to slaves to escape from servitude. And if the little one can't do this, it will inevitably happen to take risks.

"Check the chaos in the two counties of Shui and Luoyang today, and most of them are sporadic and small. As for most of it, the minister traveled west to Furong before, except for its harsh servants, and asked the Ming Duke to confer a knight, so there will be no chaos for the time being. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Regardless of Jin Rong, the reason why it is chaotic is because it is forced by the harsh government, and it is just a matter of trying to survive when there is no way out." If you really have ambitions and want to divide the territory, then it is not the right time to make trouble. ”

Pei Gai nodded again and again, and said in his heart that You Yao's analysis was very reasonable. To tell the truth, from the end of the Han Dynasty to the early period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the rebellion in the northwest direction almost never stopped, and there would be such a battle in three or five years, and it was often huge, and it could gather two or three hundred thousand rebellious people at every turn. Not long after he got to Qinzhou, he encountered such a turmoil, which was originally reasonable-even if there was no Pei Cui's wanton behavior.

It's just that for the majority of the ambitious chiefs, the timing of the rebellion was poor. If there is a great chaos in Guanzhong, or Hu Kou is attacking, then taking advantage of the chaos and raising a counter-flag, there is a considerable possibility of expanding the power and attacking the city; However, Pei should have been settled, Hu Kou 200,000 will fall in one dynasty, basically, there is no emergency outside, you rebel at this time, don't you scold yourself on the tip of the knife, how can you have a chance of winning?

As for the big tribes, as long as we come up with countermeasures in time and don't sit back and watch the chaos spread like a spark, most of those chiefs are not stupid and will not easily jump into this fire pit.

"If the Ming Duke wants to level the world, he must first protect the people and make the people have food, so that he can hope to accumulate. Today, the people of Yongzhou are mostly returned to the tun, and even if they are allowed to divide the land after three years, they will not hurt the hearts of the people, even if they are confiscated......"

-- The exploitation under the tuntian system is quite serious, but on the one hand, it excludes all intermediate links, and on the other hand, as the tuntian people, unified management and unified distribution, it is theoretically unlikely that people will starve to death, so in a short period of time, this system can indeed squeeze more harvests.

However, there are only a dozen new tunquarters in Qinzhou, and there are only three or five thousand households gathered, and the rest are still scattered in the four fields, plowing barren fields and paying heavy taxes. Then the big households in the counties were forced by Pei Yuanjun, and if they were slightly incited, the people of Jin Rong would be prone to chaos. If you want to quell the chaos today, you must first pay taxes lightly, and the minister asked the Ming Gong to order that the Jin people's taxes should be halved, and those who pay the fields in the Rong Department will also be slightly reduced, and those who do not teach the fields will be allowed to lose cattle, sheep, furs, etc. That is, if this edict goes west, Zaiyun Association never asks, only punishes the evil, and the roaring gathering will be dispersed in one day. ”

Pei Cai twisted his beard and groaned, and after a long time, he suddenly asked: "Qing thinks that what Pei Yuanjun did in Qinzhou is ...... the right way" Thinking about it, such a question is really biased, so he immediately changed his words: "Is it beneficial to the country?" ”

You Yao's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his head turned around several times, and then he replied tentatively: "Zaichen thinks that it is really beneficial to the country, but it's a pity that it is too manipulative......"

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