Since the withdrawal of troops from Gaonu City a year ago, Zhou Fei, the Marquis of Guangnian, has actively expanded his army, while Xu Huang, Guan Hai, Song Xian and others have been working hard to train soldiers and horses.

After the beginning of the year, Lu Yi led a thousand people from his family to join Zhou Fei's forces, and was directly appointed as the governor of the northern part of Shangjun, and allocated him 5,000 cavalry and infantry each, plus the people he brought, the total reached more than 11,000 people, but he did not have the right to appoint and dismiss middle-level officers, and the tun commander and military candidate had to be appointed by Zhou Fei; Officials below the commander of the tun had to go through challenges to obtain qualifications, so that Lu Yi could command the army, but could not fully control the army.

This move has made the Koji family very happy, as long as they train a strong army, rely on the huge financial resources of Guang Nianhou, and make contributions in the border areas, it is just around the corner.

In February, Zhou Fei received His Majesty's second reward and order, and in early March, when the weather warmed up, he immediately carried out His Majesty's order and ordered the recovery of the entire territory of Shangjun.

This time, Xu Huang is in Xiayang City to ensure logistics supply. Song Xian was the governor of the southern part of Shangjun, leading 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, and went north with the officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of Lu Yi.

First arrived at Gaonu County, Song Xian took over the management authority of Gaonu City and made Gaonu City his station.

Guan Yu and Lu Yi were to go north to recover the county seat of Fushi and serve as the station of Lu Yi, and then he would recover the county in the north of Shang County.

Guan Yu continued to go north to Meiji County, where the Xiongnu royal court was stationed.

A large number of officers and soldiers under Zhou Fei's jurisdiction went north, causing the Qiang people and clans in the jurisdiction to flee when they heard the news, and all the tribes moved to Beidi County as a whole, and the county seat under its jurisdiction was easily recovered; The Xiongnu Youxian Wang also asked the tribes of Shangjun to retreat to Haoyan County, which was his bottom limit, and he must keep the salt pond, which was a necessity for their life, otherwise he would be subject to others in the future.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to transfer cavalry from various tribes to prepare for a confrontation with the Han army, but this move allowed Lu Bu to take advantage of the emptiness of the Xiongnu Youxian Wang's department to seize Heyin County and Shuofang County.

Haoyan County is located on the bank of the Haoyan River, the water and grass are fertile, suitable for grazing, and there are salt ponds, which can bring them huge profits, and the Huns are naturally unwilling to give up.

Since His Majesty has asked for the recovery of the entire territory of Shangjun, how can he give up all his achievements because of Luyan County? Zhou Fei's order to Lu Yi was to train the Huns, expel them from the country, and expand the number of cavalry to 10,000.

Zhou Fei's move was also an excuse to delay the recovery of Beidi County and Anding County, so as to prevaricate His Majesty.

The rest of the matter is to straighten out the internal affairs and increase taxes; Since His Majesty has given him the taxes of several counties to raise his soldiers, then he has regarded those taxes as his private property, how can he allow the nobles to erode them?

The first order issued was to return the recovered land to the government, and all wasteland, mountains, forests, and Heze were to be owned by the government. Even if the owner of the land held the original title deed, Zhou Fei would not admit it.

Zhou Fei's move was to occupy land and attract and resettle a large number of displaced people.

After that, Zhou Fei continued to issue orders to measure the existing cultivated land, check the respective title deeds, confiscate the concealed land, and impose fines; Population registration, card setting up at important intersections, and random spot checks in various places, if there is a person without identity and household registration, the head of the household will be punished, changed to official slaves, and the registered domestic slaves and maids, etc., will be levied double the head tax.

Zhou Fei arrived in Hedong County for so long, everyone was safe, and Zhou Fei even came out with a new policy, which ruthlessly offended all the scholars in Hedong County, forming a serious confrontation.

At that time, the common practice of the big clans was to conceal the land, conceal the population, raise slaves and maids, and dead soldiers, establish private armies, and evade taxes.

Every order of Zhou Fei was aimed at these families.

Through their own relationships, each family wrote to His Majesty, maliciously slandering and attacking Zhou Fei, hoping that His Majesty would remove or transfer him.

His Majesty saw a large number of letters, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the power of the family is indeed great, fortunately, he did not come out strong, but ordered Zhou Fei to operate, and Zhou Fei really lived up to the emperor's grace and shot ruthlessly.

Emperor Liu Hong scolded Zhou Fei painlessly, and asked him to write a book to explain, using the excuse to delay time, and to see the impact of Zhou Fei's policy-by-item policy.

This was not a difficult task for Zhou Fei, and it was easy for those middle-level scribes to deal with it, reprimanding those big families for their illegal behavior.

Zhou Fei's new policy then focused on taxation, new immigrants, the first year of the tax of 10%, the second year of 20%, the third year and beyond, will be fixed at 30%; If the government needs to provide food rations before the first harvest, and pay for farm tools, seeds, cattle, etc., the tax will be increased by 10%, and it will always be fixed at 40%.

This undoubtedly made many homeless people see the hope of survival, many people in the Sili area dragged their families to come, especially in the Guanzhong area, even many big families hidden house slaves, have fled from the master's house, pretended to be homeless, re-registered with the government, enjoy the benefits of the new policy.

The Liangzhou area has been fighting for many years, people have been displaced, poverty has been helpless, and a large number of displaced people have poured into the Sanfu area, and now they finally see a glimmer of life.

For these people, they don't care whether they own the land, they are content to have land to grow, low taxes, and a place to live.

And Zhou Fei also announced conscription, a generous salary, as long as a family member joins the army, the family members can live a life of food and clothing; Even if you don't have a family member to join the army, as long as you are willing to contribute, there are many opportunities to earn money to support your family's life.

Soon, the number of residents in the Fenhe River Basin, the east bank of Luoshui, the banks of the Yellow River, and the southern counties of Shangjun gradually increased.

Zhou Fei firmly believes that as long as he survives for a year, the tax will double year by year.

However, due to the flight of a large number of domestic slaves, the land was uncultivated, and the tax could not be hidden, the income fell sharply, and the expenses increased dramatically, and even the situation of making ends meet.

Subsequently, Zhou Fei introduced a larger adjustment, strictly managing the entry and exit of materials into and out of the county, and setting up cards in and out of the county sections to strictly investigate.

Several ferry crossings are under the control of the government.

The merchants controlled by the Shi clan were meaningless to Zhou Fei to implement measures such as reluctant to sell grain, raising grain prices, and boycotting the market.

And Zhou Fei controls a huge number of troops, and the dead soldiers and private troops of the Shi family are not worth mentioning in front of the regular army, which makes those people angry, but they can't do anything.

In order to encourage people to join the army and improve the status of soldiers, Zhou Fei issued a policy that all the Wuhuan and Qiang people who were placed in Shangjun and Hedong counties, and the girls in their families between the ages of 15 and 18 must register with the county government offices in various places, and priority will be given to unmarried officers and soldiers of the army to choose as wives, if they are not selected, they can be married after the age of 19, and the relevant personnel who violate this policy will be compiled into official slaves.

If a Han woman is willing to marry a soldier, she can also go to the county government to register, and can enjoy the government's annual subsidy of six stone of grain until she gets married.

Unmarried military personnel in various localities have the right to choose their wives once a year, and those with high official positions have the right to choose first.

Zhou Fei's seemingly absurd policy won strong support from the officers and soldiers and their families, making them more loyal to Zhou Fei; Not only do they have a good salary, but the government even provides convenient conditions for their marriage, which is definitely a pie-in-the-sky thing for the poor, otherwise many people will be beaten for life.

This move caused people from Liangzhou and Guanzhong to flock to the area, especially those who were interested in joining the army. Serving in the army anywhere else not only does not have such a lucrative salary, but also does not have such a high social status.

Zhou Fei firmly believed that a strong and loyal army was the foundation of his governance.

Emperor Liu Hong couldn't help but be proud when he learned of Zhou Fei's measures, and choosing two imperial sons-in-law was one of the wisest decisions he had made in this life, and he looked forward to Guang Nianhou also coming up with corresponding political achievements.

There are two emperors-in-law fighting against the scholars, and he can act as a referee and profit from it, which is the thing he is most happy to see. He will also secretly support the two emperors-in-law, so that they will not be defeated prematurely.