Zhang Chang met Liu Yong's concerned gaze, and put the note in his sleeve while saying slowly.

"It's strange to say, the old man has always suspected that Chen Kaizhi has anything to do with that Fang Wucai, and His Majesty also mentioned this in the secret decree, saying that although he thinks it is impossible, it is just related to the major affairs of the family and the country, and he ordered the old man to investigate, Your Majesty, you know, on the outside, it looks like a careless person, but on the inside, there is also a careful side, since it is a secret decree, how can the old man not be careful?"

As he spoke, his face revealed a faint smile, and he continued: "Yesterday, I deliberately inadvertently revealed a little Mr. Fang to that Chen Kaizhi to know, just to give it a try, to see what is involved between this Chen Kaizhi and Mr. Fang, who knew that in the blink of an eye, someone impeached the matter revealed yesterday to Da Chen's court." ”

"From this point of view, there should be no collusion between Chen Kaizhi and Mr. Fang, this Chen Kaizhi is insidious enough, this head got the news, and the other head went to sue, which seems to be a little dirty with Mr. Fang. But...... This is also understandable, when Mr. Fang was in Luoyang, he had a very close relationship with King Zheng and the King of Beihai County, and Chen Kaizhi had always been at odds with the King of Beihai County, and now that I think about it, this should be the reason. ”

Liu Yong couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then couldn't help but say: "It's hateful to think about it, this Chen Kaizhi made my Dayan lose the three mansions of Jibei, and the imperial court is still trading with him in Jibei, my Dayan not only lost his land, but also lost face." ”

Zhang Chang smiled instead, and said lightly: "This is also a matter of no choice, you and I are far away in Luoyang, and there are some things that we may not know the inside story, but Your Majesty intends to strengthen the army, and this revenge will be avenged sooner or later." ”

"But that Chen Kaizhi has a warrior camp, and he has firearms, and now he has Jibei Mansion, if he is in the market again, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings? In the future, I'm afraid that sooner or later I will become my Dayan's confidant. Liu Yong said worriedly.

"Not really!" Zhang Chang shook his head, raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Liu Yong, and said word by word: "Your Majesty has long been on guard against this, how can you allow him to sit big?" ”

Liu Yong was a little surprised, and said curiously: "Prevention, what prevention?" ”

Zhang Chang only smiled faintly: "Maybe others don't know much about our majesty, but the old man knows a little bit about it, you don't have to ask about these things, you will naturally know when the time comes." ”

Looking at Zhang Chang's mysterious look, it seems that he won't finish his words, and Liu Yong can only give up.

And Chen Kaizhi, the protagonist of their topic, although he has become the envoy of Jibei Festival, he is not in a hurry to go to Jibei at this time, in his opinion, everything needs to be planned well, and it is more convenient to do things.

However, soon, Li Dongzheng, the prefect who had already begun to go north to deliver Jibei, ordered someone to send a thick official document.

Here, all the information of Jibei Mansion was sorted out by him.

Thinking that he was going to become the Emperor of the Soil, it was false to say that Chen Kaizhi was not excited, he sat in the study with great interest, and it was rare to get rid of the sticky little junior sister, so Xun Ya had no scruples, and a pretty face was attached to Chen Kai and looked at it.

Jibei Mansion, a mansion in Nuoda, this is equivalent to the previous life, a medium-sized prefecture-level city.

It's just that when Chen Kaizhi turned to the household registration information, he was stunned.

One thousand five hundred and thirty-three households.

I'll go, what the hell is this?

What does it mean to have more than 1,500 households? Roughly equivalent to the population is about 5,000, including the old and weak, women and children, and the real strong men are probably only about 1,500.

Lying in the groove, Nuoda is a Jibei Mansion, and the number of strong men is about the same as the population of this Feiyu Peak......

Chen Kaizhi suddenly understood.

The Northern Yan people adopted a policy of clearing the wilderness, and when they retreated, most of them swept away the population of Jibei Prefecture, that is to say, what they left for Chen Kaizhi was just a mouthful of soup, no, theoretically speaking, a mouthful of soup is not as good.

In this era, a government like Jibei that is not up or down, with seven counties under its jurisdiction, will have a population of at least 50,000 to 100,000 households, that is, a population of at least about 200,000 to 400,000.

This is only a medium-sized prefecture, and if you encounter a relatively wealthy one like Jinan, the population size can exceed one million.

Can ...... now Chen Kaizhi can almost imagine the uninhabited scene in Jibei, where ten rooms and nine are empty, a depression, and all that is left is an empty city and countless abandoned land.

In this era, population is the most important resource, with people, the fields can be cultivated, so there will be food, and because of people, the market will be prosperous, and there will be people to consume, so as to drive the operation of the economy, with people, there will be strong men, you can organize them to build rivers, build bridges, and repair roads.

Without population, everything is empty talk.

And in this official document, Li Dongzheng is obviously very angry, because the number of officials in Jibei Mansion is not below this population, that is to say, from now on, the ratio of officials to population in Jibei Mansion will reach one to one from today.

This...... In fact, it doesn't matter, after all, the officials are raised by the imperial court, but there is a more terrible problem, that is, Jibei has become the jurisdiction of the Jiedu envoy, what does this mean?

It means that in this place, the imperial court no longer collects taxes, everything is left alone, and all taxes are dispatched by the Jiedu envoys, so naturally, the salaries and rations of this official are naturally responsible for the Jiedu envoys.

Chen Kaizhi was speechless, and for a while he couldn't say anything about his grievances.

really convinced these Beiyan people, he did a lot of calculations, but he ...... I didn't count this routine.

Then the next official documents, almost no need to read, Chen Kaizhi probably knows how, for example, the grain in the treasury is almost empty, not a grain of grain is left, and from Li Dongzheng's writing, these Yan people are in a hurry, and they don't have time to move the cloth and money and grain in the treasury immediately, so some of the surplus grain in the warehouse was burned and burned very directly.

The only thing Chen Kaizhi is glad about now is that when the Beiyan people are leaving, after all, there is not enough time, otherwise Chen Kaizhi absolutely believes that if there is enough time, they will completely rip up the river and give Chen Kaizhi a flood to Jibei.

"Brute!" When Chen Kaizhi saw this, his eyebrows couldn't help frowning, and he couldn't help but scold, his tone was full of anger.

Xun Ya read the official document, and frowned, looked at Chen Kaizhi worriedly, gently pursed the corners of her pretty lips, and said in a slur manner.

"If there is no one, this Jibei Mansion ...... I'm just afraid ......"

I am afraid that it will be difficult to maintain, they are all old and weak women and children, they cannot do heavy work, and not only can they not help much, but they may also become a burden and need to support them.

Xun Ya anxiously reminded Chen Kaizhi again: "How can this be good." ”

Chen Kaizhi reacted at this time, raised his eyes slightly, but saw Xun Ya's worried face, and now at this time, he couldn't show his worry, so he had to comfort her.

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, people will always have it, but I can't see this Beiyan people so shameless."

Xun Ya couldn't help but smile when she saw him come to comfort herself: "But it's no wonder that they are, if they are...... Ahem...... Kaizhi is a native of Beiyan, so I'm afraid that he won't leave much for the Dachen people. ”

This is the truth, but Chen Kaizhi still thinks it's too pit, and he just leaves an empty city for him.

Although Chen Kaizhi felt that the Beiyan people had gone too far, there was one piece of information that caught Chen Kaizhi's attention.

The two prefectures of Dengzhou and Laizhou also belong to the three prefectures of Jibei, but in these two places, the people of Beiyan and the king of Beihai County who are ready to leave have been handed over very smoothly, although there are many families of Beiyan, but the population of the two mansions has left seventy or eighty thousand households, and some of the money and grain in the treasury have also been reserved.

Chen Kaizhi squinted at the official document, his eyes flashed, as if he was thinking about something, but then he laughed: "I understand." ”

Seeing Chen Kaizhi smile, Xun Ya was a little puzzled, and asked in confusion: "What do you understand?" ”

Chen Kaizhi sighed and said: "This Beiyan people, alone took away the population of Jibei, that is, it is difficult for me to gain a foothold in Jibei, but the population of Laizhou and Dengzhou is left, naturally I know that the relationship between the king of Beihai County and me is tense, so I think about taking the opportunity to use the king of Beihai to suppress me, you think about it, when there is so much wasteland in Jibei Mansion, the population of Denglai, I am afraid that it will also start to flow in, but if the king of Beihai County knows that the population of Denglai has flowed into Jibei, will he give up?" This is the strategy to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, the emperor of Dayan, I heard that he is a young man, and I don't know if he came up with this idea, although I think it is very hateful, but it is also clever, this guy, it seems that it is not so simple, I used to underestimate him. ”

Xun Ya couldn't help but be secretly worried, her eyebrows furrowed even more, at first she just thought that Jibei Mansion might become a burden, but now hearing Chen Kaizhi say this, her thoughts have been corrected, and she can't help biting, and she asked all her questions with some difficulty.

If so, wouldn't it ...... This Jibei Mansion has become a burden? ”

"Who said that?" Chen Kaizhi suddenly laughed and said, "It's a blessing in disguise for the husband." ”

Hearing Chen Kaizhi call himself her husband, Xun Yaqiao's face couldn't help but turn red, she actually showed a hint of embarrassment, but she was so focused on business in her heart that she had to wave away her embarrassment, and looked at Chen Kaizhi with a pair of bright eyes.

"What's the point?"

Anyway, it was husband and wife, and Xun Ya also began to share the business affairs of Feiyufeng and Chen Kaizhi, Chen Kaizhi naturally did not hide it from her, and analyzed it to Xun Ya with a serious face.

"Think about it, if the Yan people in Jibei are still there, will they be towards Da Chen in their hearts? I don't think so, I don't know how much thought it takes to change them, and now that they're gone, wouldn't it be a good thing? And that's not the most important ......"