The tuntian system has existed since ancient times, but the previous tuntian was only to avoid long-distance transportation of grain, and Xu Chuzi would not follow suit, but would use the method of jujube to Tuntian.

After Zao Yi came, Xu Chu asked him about the lack of food in the county. After only a little thought, he told the story, presumably he had already planned about Tuntian.

Zao only said that there are four major drawbacks of Yingchuan field farmers: first, there are too many ownerless wasteland, and there is not enough manpower in the county to develop, resulting in a sharp drop in harvests; Second, the act of forcibly annexing land and concealing the number of acres of land is becoming more and more serious, and the figures in the county government books are too large, and the land tax will naturally be less; Third, after the war, the number of displaced people has surged, and there are countless displaced people from other counties to Yingchuan, and these displaced people have no land, which is easy to damage the public security of the county and affect production; Fourth, there is a lack of farming tools and cattle, and many people have reduced their harvests because they are poor and have no farming tools, and then they become poorer, so they are forced to rely on Haoqiang.

Xu Shu couldn't help but take a closer look at the jujube and exclaimed: "Wei Cao Peng is proficient in agricultural affairs, and he can't be compared." ”

Zao's slightly dark skin was a little red, and he said solemnly: "Don't dare to be." ”

Xu Chu said with a smile: "Zaojun is a beautiful person, and when it comes to farming alone, there is no one in the world who is unsurpassed." The top boss did not hesitate to praise the words, and Zao Yi was even happier, and the restraint dissipated.

The key to finding out the problem lies in how to solve it.

From the perspective of the ownerless wasteland, Xu Chu's policy in Yanling County was to let people from other counties who were fleeing the war and the people in the county reclaim some of the wasteland. Although this increased the field tax to a certain extent, it was a drop in the bucket, and it only made a slight change in the area of Yanling County.

Zao only suggested that the wasteland should not be easily handed over to the people or large households, but should be taken over to the county, or received from Xu Chu's own pocket.

Xu Chu was happy and asked Xu Shu to write it down.

Xu Shu nodded and said: "The land belongs to the county, but there is a shortage of manpower in the county, so it is better to put the soldiers in the military camp in the west of the city and the Weishui camp into the tuntian." ”

What Xu Shu said is the army, a farmer when he is busy, and a soldier when he is war. Mintun is similar, but the two differ in emphasis. But in this way, the combat effectiveness of the army will suffer, the conditions for joining the army will be too harsh, and the number of conscripts will decrease.

Xu Chu said that he was worried about what would happen, and Zao Yi admonished: "The army and the people are all involved in the tuntian, and the army and the people can also be the army, so the government no longer has to worry about the source of soldiers." If you are afraid that the non-commissioned officers will not be trained enough, you can choose a few thousand people as elites and not participate in the tuntian. If the prince wants to train tens of thousands of elites, then he is too eager to do it, and with the power of Yingchuan County, it will be difficult to provide for it. ”

Xu Shu also thought that what Zao Yi said was reasonable, Xu Chu thought about it for a while, food is the foundation of conquering the world, and in a sense, it is more important than soldiers, so he no longer insisted.

However, it is obviously not enough to rely on soldiers to tuntian, and Zao only offered advice and asked Xu Chu to send a document to recruit displaced people. As long as the exploitation is not too severe, they will definitely be willing to serve the king.

These fields were received from Xu Chu's private pockets, and instead of being taxed according to the Han system, a new tax rate was formulated. In Zaoyi's view, those who use official cattle, Xu Chu is six and four people, and those who have their own cattle are divided into five or five.

Xu Shu licked his lips, six or four points, five or five points, compared to the Han system of thirty taxes and one is a robbery. He looked at Xu Chu and saw Xu Chu with a fascinated expression, which showed that he was very satisfied.

Xu Chu just wants to rob, if he doesn't rob, the grain will also flow into other people's pockets, why not rob it?

"After there are more iron ore such as farm tools, you can build it, but what about the cattle? There are not many cattle in the county. Xu Chu asked again.

Xu Shu first said: "After the Yellow Turban returns, nearly 1,000 cultivated cattle will be handed over, which can be used." ”

Xu Chu nodded slightly, he knew these cows, but the number was obviously not enough.

looked at Zaoyi, Zaoyi lowered his head and was silent. Xu Chu saw that he seemed to have scruples, so he glanced at Xu Shu, and Xu Shu nodded knowingly.

After the two retreated, they went out, and Xu Shu asked Zao Yi why he suddenly didn't speak just now.

Zao only smiled bitterly: "I am a member of the scholar clan, how can I contribute to harm the interests of everyone." I really can't say. ”

Xu Shu had an epiphany, Zao Yi should have just wanted to suggest that Xu Chu order to borrow the farming cattle from the wealthy families in the county, but because of his identity, it was difficult to say.

Xu Shu is different, he and Xu Chu are both prosperous and lossy, and they are not afraid to carry this black pot. Then he said to Zao: "Zaojun rest assured, you have the bottom in your heart." ”

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"Turning the jujube into Wei Cao Peng? It's hard to figure out how to employ people. ”

Xun Yan, who was supposed to command Tuntian in the three northern counties of the county, was in Xun Chen's mansion in Yanling County at this time, not only Xun Yan, but also Cao Peng under the prince's door basically arrived, and even Chen Qun arrived from Xu County.

The iron ore incident has made some scholars in the county nervous; Now it's good, yesterday there was another rumor that the county was going to renovate the fields.

"One stone stirs up a thousand waves, and the name of the Fujun Tiger Idiot, it seems that he is not only brave and brave." Xun Chen took over the conversation, he looked at Chen Qun, and said: "Changwen, the prince of the palace has Guo Jia and Xu Shu as his staff and Dian Wei Ganning as his minions, and his status is difficult for us to shake. In this case, why did he not only promote the Han scholars, but also attract such a famous scholar as Zaoyi? ”

Chen Qun glanced at everyone, and finally his gaze fell on Xun Yan, "Xiu Ruo, the prince of the mansion ordered you to rectify the north of the county, how many people have been allocated?" ”

Xun Yan replied: "There are four thousand old Yellow Turbans, and in addition, the Ganxing Batun Army and the Weishui Upper Reaches can also be called to us in name." ”

Chen Qun sneered: "The prince of the mansion rarely ascends to a high position, and his ambition is not small, but he regards me as nothing. ”

Chen Qun said that judging from the promotion of jujube, which has always been known as a knowing farmer, the improvement of acres of land is certainly not groundless. Xu Chu was probably dissatisfied with the grain storage in the county, his ambition was not small, and the annual grain ration of hundreds of thousands of stones could not meet the demand, so he was in a hurry to change.

After hearing this, Xun Yue agreed: "We can persuade others to give up some iron mines, but the land is difficult. If the ruler of the government acts reluctantly, I am afraid that there will be a change in the people. ”

Everyone thinks that iron is much more important than the earth, and who is willing to cut a piece of flesh out of himself? And they have already thought of a candidate in their minds, as long as this person waits for Xu Chu to make a mistake, he will definitely be the first to jump out and oppose it.

Yangcheng ordered Li Min.

Yangcheng is an important town in the west of Yingchuan, Li Min has good governance, and because of his close relationship with Yuan Shao and others in the court, Yingchuan's position was originally his. Who wanted to kill a Xu Zhongkang halfway, led his troops to pacify Huang Shao, and was elected as the new Taishou by Xun, Chen, and Zhong.

For wealthy families such as the Chen family and the Xun family, Li Min only fears and does not dare to hold grudges, but it is different for Xu Chu.

Xun Chen thought for a while and said: "However, it is a matter of rectifying the fields and increasing taxes. We need to think of a proper reason to dismiss it. ”

Zhang Li, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spit out two words: "Disturb the people." ”

Chen Qun squinted, the word 'disturbing the people' can be big or small, the Han Dynasty took Qin's tyranny as a lesson and set up a light tax of thirty taxes and one in order not to disturb the people. This reason can be said to be very useful.

"No matter how the prince of the government tries to change, he will definitely break the inherent rules, in addition to disturbing the people, he can also refute it with the quiet inaction of the yin prince." Xun Chen said. There are two major principles for Yin Xiu to govern Yingchuan: he will do whatever is good for the scholars, and he will resolutely not do anything that is bad for the scholars. The prosperity on the surface of Yingchuan was built by the county sergeant clan for Yin Xiu, but behind the prosperity, hundreds of people were displaced, and thousands of families were hungry.

Of course, Yin Xiu itself is not bad, at least he will not add all kinds of nominal conscription to the people, and he has promoted some useful talents, and among the more than 100 Taishou of the Han Dynasty, he can still be called middle and upper.

The same is true of these scholars here, in their opinion, with the current situation of the Han Dynasty, it is good to be able to give the people a way to live. And they won't believe that Xu Chu can do better than them, and all Xu Chu's decrees are just to get resources out of the hands of the scholars and into his own pocket.

"There will be a call in the near future, as long as we have a unified voice, even if the prince is the head of a county, we can't help it." Xun Chen said with a smile.