The end of the rebellious family in Bingzhou was tragic, although Hu Zhao was merciful, but after all, it was a crime of rebellion. Although Xiang Ping is young, he has an imperial prince who has been in charge of the infinite territory, how can he be soft-hearted.

The Wang family, the Guo family, and the Wen family, who took the lead in raising the matter, were sentenced to death, sat in nine clans, and confiscated their family property. The land of the rest of the rebellious families was confiscated by Hu Zhao in the name of the General's Mansion, and the slaves and tenant farmers in the major families were not liberated, and they were given their own bodies, and leased the land in the name of the General's Mansion to preserve their livelihood.

The newcomer looked at Hu Zhao and Xiang Ping in horror as they dealt with the rebellious family ruthlessly, and they couldn't stop worrying. I don't know if it is wise for my family to join Xiang Ao and join the state.

However, since it has been put into effect, Fu Zhi will not defect casually, and work hard to adapt himself to the various decrees of the state. After following Hu Zhao to personally deal with the affairs of the family and the people, he slowly discovered how important Xiang Ao's decree was to the people and the consolidation of Xiang Ao's power. Xiang Ao is not a member of a family, and the consolidation of his power is based on the support and love of the people under his command, so cohesive.

In the name of the General's Mansion, Xiang Ao collected most of the land in the prefecture under the unified management of the General's Mansion, and then distributed it to the people in the form of lease. In addition to paying the corresponding land lease fees, the people only paid the poll tax on the basis of the Han Dynasty. The taxes that each household needs to pay are recorded in the local government offices, and the counties are reported in a quarter, and then the clerks in charge of statistics in the counties and counties are sorted out and handed over to the general's mansion, which is checked by Hu Zhao, Xiang Ao and others.

However, now there is one more Youzhou, and under Hu Zhao's suggestion, Xiang Ao followed the Han court system and still set up two major states, Merge Prefecture and Youzhou. The government affairs of the two states, and the history of the state assassin appointed by Xiang Ao was sorted out and handed over to the general's office for review. As for the military power of the two states, Xiang Ao has no subordinates, and the regular armies in various places can only obey the orders of the general's mansion. No one is allowed to intervene without Xiang Ao's permission.

Hu Zhao had already planned about the rebellion of the family, and took this opportunity to issue a decree that no matter which family, the number of slaves and maidservants should not exceed twice the number of members of the family. In other words, in the future, the slaves who can serve the children of the family will be assigned to each person, and at most one person will have two subordinates. In order to curb the family from recruiting village warriors and secretly raising soldiers and horses.

Following the example of the Eastern Han Dynasty as an official system, no matter who works in the general's mansion, they cannot be too close to the place of origin, and from the county order to the state assassin history, they are all changed every two years, and they are frequently transferred.

It takes a long time for the implementation of the decree promulgated by Xiang Aoxin to mature, and there is no need to go into too much detail at this time. The top priority for the state is how to deal with the families that did not rebel with the Wang family and the Guo family in the state. For example, Taiyuan's Linghu family, such as Shangdang's Bao family.

For the family, Xiang Ao once said that if the hands and feet are not clean and do not obey the orders of the general's government, they will be killed; But whether it is a superficial or a truly obedient family, it is necessary to give enough sweetness. And those families who keep to themselves and guard the one-acre and three-point land that have been passed down from generation to generation have always been an unstable factor within Xiang Ao's forces, and they may burst out at any time under the guidance of others.

Xiang Ping led the troops to kill the enemy generals, coupled with Xiang Ping's calmness and wisdom in his daily life, Hu Zhao wrote to Xiang Ao in Yi County, requesting that Xiang Ping take over many military and political affairs of the general's mansion. First, he can exercise Xiang Ping's growth as soon as possible, and second, he can also reduce the burden on Hu Zhao. Xiang Ao was clear about his son's talent, and after a little consideration, he agreed to Hu Zhao's suggestion and asked Xiang Ping to temporarily serve as Hu Zhao's deputy to deal with the affairs of the rear family.

At this time, Xiang Ping was arranged by Hu Zhao to visit one of the few remaining large families in Taiyuan, the Linghu family. Xiang Ping led Jiao Meng, Dianman, and more than a dozen elite guards from the Rongwei General's Mansion to the Linghu Clan's mansion.

The Linghu clan is not as powerful as the Wang clan and the Wen clan in the past. There are only two or three people in each generation, but the reputation of the Linghu clan in Taiyuan is very good and won the respect of the people.

"Grass people Ling Hu Shao, I've seen Gongzi!"

Xiang Ping's arrival made Linghu Shao, as the head of the Linghu family, secretly worried, not knowing whether it was good or bad. At the same time, all the clansmen and slaves who were still at home came to the door to greet Xiang Ping, so that the reception of the fox clan was not ungrand.

However, even if it was solemn, the Linghu clan also dismissed many slaves and tenant farmers, and at this time, standing in front of Xiang Ping to receive Xiang Ping's people, plus the Linghu clan, there were only twenty or thirty people.

"Mr. Kong, how polite!" Xiang Ping also returned the salute and said indifferently: "The kid is a late generation, and he can't stand such a big gift from Mr." ”

"Where is it, the son's martial arts and wisdom are all the demeanor of the town and the country, and he deserves it!"

"Sir, praise falsely!" Xiang Ping was neither humble nor arrogant, and said modestly.

Linghu Shao also smiled lightly and calmly, no longer entangled in this, and gently measured his body to lead everyone into the door and said: "Son, please come into the house, the grass people are not well entertained, and a little tea is prepared." ”

When Xiang Ping heard this, he saluted again, turned around and ordered, let the pawn man and the guards wait outside, led Jiao Meng alone, and followed Linghu Shao into the house. Before coming to visit Linghu Shao, Xiang Ping also did some homework. I learned that although the Linghu clan has a big family, the Linghu clan never is extravagant and wasteful, and everything is frugal. Even if an ancestor dies, it will not be too grand, and it will cost the people and money.

Moreover, in the past few years, the Han Dynasty has had many natural disasters, and the Linghu clan has also opened the granary of the clan and helped many refugees. As a result, even if the Linghu clan did not plan to accept too many people as servants, many people voluntarily stayed and settled near the Linghu clan's ancestral home, firstly to repay the favor, and secondly, to hope that under the protection of the Linghu clan, they could live a better life.

"The grass people dare to ask what is the matter of Gongzi's visit this time?"

After entering the room, Xiang Ping had been chatting with Linghu Shao all the time, and he didn't seem to have any other intentions. But as the head of the family, Ling Hu Shao, how could he not see that Xiang Ping just wanted to take the initiative in his own hands, and never said the key point, so Ling Hu Shao had to take the initiative to ask Xiang Ping's intentions. After learning that the general's mansion sent him was the prince of Zhenguo who was not yet an adult, Ling Hu Shao was lucky enough to think that he could fool the past, and wait for the humanity of the head of the general's mansion to come.

But after welcoming Xiang Ping, who was neither humble nor arrogant, Ling Hu Shao knew that there was no better day today, but he didn't expect that such a young Xiang Ping seemed to be even more difficult to deal with than those old foxes.

Xiang Ping smiled lightly, put down the teacup and said: "The boy's father is from a humble background, but he has ambitions that do not match his identity, and he hopes to let the people of the world live a peaceful life. Since he was a child, his father taught the boy not only to treat the people under his rule as relatives, but also to maintain due respect for the master of the Linghu family. ”

Linghu Shao didn't want Xiang Ping to open his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he would deduct such a big name for Linghu Clan, a master! Since Xiang Ao took charge of the state, Ling Hu Shao has seen how many so-called families of the so-called masters have fallen into the abyss. And Xiang Ping said so indifferently that Ling Hu Shao was terrified, could it be that the General's Mansion was going to do something to Ling Hu's family?

Thinking so, Ling Hu Shao unconsciously began to seep cold sweat on his back. Linghu Shao was slightly flustered and waved at Xiang Ping, and reluctantly smiled lightly: "Childe is joking." Taoism has a saying that all things are equal, how can people say it. Besides, there are many families in the world, and the Fox Clan is just a drop in the ocean. ”

"Sir modest!" Xiang Ping looked at Linghu Shao and said indifferently: "Linghu has a reputation in Taiyuan, and it has relieved so many refugees. ”

After that, Xiang Ping got up, came to the door, pointed to the people who had gathered outside the gate of the Linghu clan at some point, and said with a little admiration: "Mr. despises it, the kid just came to visit Mr., and the people are afraid that the Linghu clan will be misunderstood by the general's mansion!" ”

Xiang Ping didn't say that the people outside the door were okay, Xiang Ping pointed to the people outside the door, so that Hu Shao was not calm, and hurriedly stepped forward to kneel on Xiang Ping's knees, and said with a little trembling: "Don't blame the son, the people just look at the excitement, and nothing else." I ordered the fox clan to only want to be able to protect the peace of the party, and had no other ideas, and asked the son to investigate. ”

Seeing this, Xiang Ping hurriedly stepped forward to help Ling Hu Shao, and said with a slightly reproachful face: "Sir, what are you doing?" The boy has said that the kid is just a late born on his back, how can he keep the gift of the gentleman? ”

"But Childe..."

Ling Hu Shao was reluctantly helped up by Xiang Ping, his face had become a little frightened, and he was going to say something to continue to defend himself. Xiang Ping's strength is not much greater than that of Linghu Shao, and he stubbornly helped Linghu Shao up and said: "The General's Mansion has eyes and ears all over the world, how can you not know how the Linghu clan is in charge of Mr. Don't worry, sir. ”

"Mr. is benevolent and wise, such a great talent only protects the peace of one side, isn't it a waste of what Mr. has learned in his life?" Xiang Ao chuckled and continued: "Being able to learn and apply it is a teaching that the boy's father often talks about, and the boy doesn't dare to forget it. ”

When Linghu Shao heard this, his heart suddenly changed. It turned out that Xiang Ping came not to ask for guilt, but to let the Linghu clan go out of the General's Mansion.

Linghu Shao, who understood Xiang Ping's intentions, was greatly relieved, slowly returned to his bed, and knelt down. Xiang Ping didn't intend to urge Linghu Shao to answer, he smiled faintly, and continued to drink tea in front of Linghu Shao.

At this time, Linghu Shao's heart was entangled and full of worries. If the Linghu clan does not choose the descendants to enter the general's mansion, then the Linghu clan will merge the state in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to move an inch; But now that the decree of merging the state, nine times out of ten, is not beneficial to the family, and even suppressed, how can Xiang Ao make a fortune and merge the state, how can he compete in the world?

In this case, if Linghu Shao surrenders to Xiang Ao, when Xiang Ao is defeated by the world's family, how will the Linghu clan respond?