Li Wenge, who presided over the meeting, had already added the title of "Yanzhou Jiedu Queen" in accordance with the usual practice, indicating that he was temporarily exercising the power of the Jiedu envoy on behalf of the military and government in Yanzhou.

In fact, in private, these large and small military and political officials in Yanzhou have long begun to regard Li Wenge as the veritable lord of Yanzhou, and what Li Wenge lacks at this moment is not just an edict from the emperor.

Except for Shen Chen, the commander of the Yan'an Regiment, Wei Xun, and Li Wenge himself, there was only one deputy envoy of the regiment who rarely appeared on many occasions, and Zhou Zhengyu, the commander of the army and the commander of the soldiers of the school box, who rarely appeared on many occasions, and the person standing next to him was Liu Dachai, who was hanging the rank of deputy lieutenant of Xuanjie, and his identity was a bit undignified compared to others. In addition to observing Li Bin and Qin Gu, the magistrate of Fushi County, the civil official system came forward this time, as well as Gao Shaoyuan, the magistrate of Yan'an County, and Liu, the judge of Jiedu in the era of Gao Yunquan, and the most special among the participants was Chen Zhe, the son of Chen Shutong, the county lieutenant of Fushi County, who was hung with a military rank but did not wear a military uniform, and Han Wei, the son of Han Tong, an important minister of the imperial court, who was forced by him to die and live by Li Wenge.

As the commander of the Allied forces, Zhi Congruan took Zhi Deyuan to attend the meeting as an observer.

After introducing the corresponding participants to Zhe Congruan, Li Wenge announced the opening of the meeting.

Li Bin stood up first to play the round, and his statement was. The Dingyan army has been threatening Yanzhou for a long time, and when Gao Shizhong was in charge of Yanzhou, the army was weak and unable to fight back, but now that he has won several battles in a row, and there is a big tree to help him, it is time to completely solve the Pingxia problem. Although this is not bad, it is quite strange that Li Bin should start this matter, because the Pingxia issue is fundamentally a military issue, and the civilian officials and businessmen like Chen Zhe cannot intervene in solving this problem at all. What does it mean that Li Wenge called them?

Li Bin finished speaking. Li Wenge was not polite. Immediately stood up and said to everyone: "For several months, my lord and the Observation Envoy, Qin Mingfu and Mr. Chen Zhe have been planning a strategy to completely defeat the Pingxia tribe, in which the role of the army is only a small part, now I will ask Qin Mingfu to first talk about several new policies that will be introduced in Yanzhou......

Qin Gu stood up and said first: "Don't dare to be humble." Then he said: "Among the less than 70,000 people in the eight major tribes of the party, the number of people who really belong to the party is only about 30,000, of which only about 10,000 really belong to the Pingxia Tuoba tribe. There are more than 30,000 people left. They were all Han slaves who were taken captive by the party members. These slaves were originally good citizens of various states and counties, but now they are all branded and driven to labor like cattle, and they are miserable. Therefore, General Li and the Observer made a plan, and led the planning to draw up a new notice for the resettlement of displaced people, called the Yinxia Fugitive Resettlement Notice, which was specifically aimed at the fugitive slaves in the four prefectures of Dingnan. As long as these fugitives flee to the ground of Yanzhou. He was protected by the Yanzhou government and the Eighth Route Army, got out of slavery status, and became a civilian again. In accordance with the system, they can participate in the affairs of land reclamation and livestock breeding, and obtain land by labor in accordance with certain rules. At the same time, these fugitives can also join the Fenglin Mountain Recruit Camp as sergeants - after selection, of course. This is the first new policy implemented by General Li and the Observer in Yanzhou - the method of resettlement of fugitives! ”

He paused and said: "Since the beginning of this year, Yanzhou has accepted nearly 60,000 displaced people, and some of these people may return to their homeland next year, but even so, according to lowly estimates, most of the people will be homeless and have to settle in Yanzhou. At present, although there is a large amount of idle land in Yanzhou, but it is mostly in the hands of high-ranking households, and these lands are being barren in large quantities because no one cultivates them, and you all know that once the land is barren, it will take up to two years to turn it back into fertile land. Therefore, General Li and the Observer Envoy, after discussing with their lowly posts, decided to introduce a new policy, abolishing the current two-tax system in Yanzhou, which is not worthy of the name, and at the same time abolishing the tax system of small households, and changing to a system of integrating mu and ding and giving taxes by mu, uniformly measuring the land of the nine counties, and uniformly manufacturing the utensils used in the nine counties for tax collection, and from next year onwards, the people will all be paid with grain, and the government will no longer collect silver money and silk from the peasant households. In the second half of this year, county officials such as Beizhi and Gaoming Mansion will gradually redeem and recover the land in the hands of high-ranking households, limiting the amount of land owned by a single household to less than 100 percent. In this way, even if there is no need to reclaim the land, the existing land in Yanzhou is enough to resettle the displaced people from all over the world and the fugitives from the party's territory......"

“…… What if the rich landowners in Yanzhou are unwilling to sell their land? ”

The question was asked by Han Wei, who was stunned.

Qin Gu looked at him, before he could speak, Li Wenge smiled and said: "The gateway that is willing to cooperate, the Jiedu Mansion will be the imperial court to seal the world, and the portal that refuses to cooperate is to obstruct the imperial court from dealing with the party, and the spy of the party is disposed of, so there is no need to observe the adults and Qin Mingfu and other civil officials, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are bright and clear, and we are never soft on the enemy!" ”

These murderous words made Han Wei suddenly silent, shook his head and smiled as he listened to Qin Gu continue.

Qin Gu also smiled and said very politely: "The third item is in Yanzhou."

Under the new commercial tax system, the proportion of the state's dealers and the state's merchants to other states to collect profit tax varies, only for the merchants who trade with the Dingyan Army, the state implements a tax exemption policy, and all the state's businessmen who trade with the Dingyan Army will be issued free vouchers, and the Jiedu Prefecture Observer Office will issue free vouchers, and the transactions will be exempted from profit tax. However, there are very strict restrictions on the types of products that can be traded. Merchants go to the party to trade, the trading items are only allowed to carry grain and kudzu linen cloth, grain is not allowed to carry grain, all other items are prohibited items, once found, will be directly confiscated to the treasury; Merchants are also allowed to purchase horses, cattle, sheep, livestock, iron tools, weapons and other materials, and are not allowed to buy leather, silk, antique calligraphy and paintings, which are equivalent to the people's livelihood and economy. ”

He paused and said with a smile: "In this regard, it is better to ask the Chen Dongjia of the Abundant Grain to explain it!" ”

Chen Zhe got up and politely bowed. Said: "My lords, this trip to the north of the camp has made a lot of gains, including countless cattle and horses, a certain amount of grain, and 200,000 loads of forage for the party members. In addition, Master Li burned the grassland of the party in Xiazhou, and the famine in the four states this winter is certain. The party departments have a large population and need a lot of food, and this year a large amount of forage has been burned. A large number of livestock and horses are afraid that they will not live long. If these animals die. Then the party members will inevitably go hungry. The meaning of General Lee and the Observer. It was to buy all these livestock and horses, and at the same time sell some rations to the party members. In this way, if the party members have more winter food, they will not take risks, and at the same time, there will be fewer and fewer horses and livestock within the boundaries of the Dingjia army, and the livelihood of the party members will become more and more strained. These aliens did not know the art of farming, and could not farm, so they gave them grain to buy their livestock and horses. capable of weakening its self-sufficiency and capital. In addition, there is one thing that Qin Mingfu Shicai did not say, this kind of transaction is limited to the seven families in the eight major tribes of the party, and for the Pingxia Department, the state capital and the counties will be blockaded with all their might, and they are not allowed to sell a grain or a horse of silk to the Pingxia Department, otherwise they will be punished for collaborating with the enemy. If the seven tribes have food, they will not be so active in following the Pingxia tribe south. There is no grain and no pasture in Pingxia. It will rob other departments of grain and pasture, so that its internal strife will consume its own strength. Our military state can sit back and watch the changes, and when its strength is greatly weakened, General Li will raise a large army to attack and suppress it, and it will not be difficult to calm it down with one blow......"

Speaking of which, except for Shen Chen and Wei Xun, who only know how to train and fight all day long, almost all the people present have already understood what the newly appointed Yanzhou Li Jiedu wants to do.

“…… What a spicy means......"

The room was quiet for a long time, but it was still Ruan Youyou's words to break the silence in the room.

"Zhaozhou, the hometown of the last general, has been trampled on and poisoned by Hulu for many years, and the Khitan people have to go south every year to fight the grass valley. Everywhere they passed, the lives were ruined, and the families of the villages and villages were in trouble. For many years, the successive Hebei Jiedu and the imperial court have not been able to protect the health of Li Shu, some people say that it is because the Khitan people are born in nomadic fishing and hunting, and they are brave and brave like the wind, and my Central Plains heroes can not resist; Some people say that it is because the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, Shi someone, ceded the sixteen states of Youyun to the Khitans, and I lost the barrier of the high mountains and rivers in Yanbei in the Central Plains, and the door was wide open in front of the aliens, which is equivalent to an undefended ......"

Li Wenge slowly narrated in a deep voice, but when he said this, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "Actually, this is just our own nonsense to deceive ourselves." Over the past few decades, counting the Yellow Nest, the Central Plains has changed seven imperial courts, the world has been torn apart, and the family members and their own families have fought to the death, where is there an undefended imperial court, where is there a feudal town without an army? The Khitan was able to drive straight into the straight down Bianliang, not because they were too strong, but because we were too weak to stop them, and we didn't even dare to stop them......"

"I'm a big man, but I've read some history books. I heard that when Emperor Wen of the Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the Turks occupied the Western Regions, occupied Yinxia, and occupied most of the land north of Taiyuan......

"But after only three and a half years, this vast alien empire has ceased to exist and has vanished...... The Turkic royal family ran to Chang'an, wearing armor and carrying spears, to stand guard outside the palace gate for Emperor Wen......"

"At that time, there were many powerful alien races, after the Turks, Xue Yantuo, and Murong Fuyun in the Western Regions, those people were very powerful, but those people were destroyed one by one in front of the Tang Dynasty, which was not too strong, and the population had not fully recovered......

Li Wenge shook his head: "When Taizong conquered Goryeo, he put the crown prince in Dingzhou, and then wrote a letter to the tribal leader of Xue Yantuo, telling him - our father and son have gone to Liaodong, and the Central Plains is very empty, so you will come to fight!" ”

He smiled: "Xue Yantuo made a commotion on the border...... Didn't dare! ”

He perked up his spirit and said: "When I tell these stories that everyone knows, I actually want to say that Emperor Wen stepped on the four razors within twenty years, and he actually did not rely on a strong military force - at least not a numerical advantage!" ”

“…… To deal with these barbarians outside the Saiwai, first of all, you have to dare to fight with him, he doesn't

We are not afraid of death than him, so that they will not have the upper hand; Second, they are so bloodthirsty to kill people and slaughter cities, if whoever kills more people can win, how many people have been killed by them in the Central Plains for thousands of years? How could they really enter the Central Plains and kill all our Han people? Thirdly, they must not be allowed to huddle together, and all enemies who are united in their internal hearts and minds. No matter how weak they may be, they are terrible enemies, they are extremely difficult enemies to deal with, and all enemies who are constantly suspicious of each other in internal strife, no matter how strong and fierce, are terrible enemies. If the enemy is to be united, the first thing we need to do is not how to completely defeat it militarily. It's about how to strategically disintegrate and divide it internally. A military solution is always a last resort. Our success in this autumn battle is actually a coincidence, the strength of the Pingxia Department is still there, even if we have the support and help of the public land, it will be extremely difficult for us in Yanzhou to eliminate the party members now......"

"Therefore we will make a new policy, strengthen ourselves, and weaken the enemy. weaken its population base, weaken its survival foundation, and weaken its long-term war capabilities...... When the time comes, a large army can be dispatched to disintegrate the eight major tribes with a single blow, and this threat to the north can be completely resolved...... In this way we will be able to have fewer deaths, and we will be able to produce fewer orphans and widows......"

Speaking of this, he smiled: "Let the vast majority of the enemy not die on the battlefield, but starve to death." Killed by his own people. Isn't that much less effort than if we had to kill them ourselves? ”

"Ling Gong is right...... This method is indeed a bit spicy, it is a vicious method for the enemy, but it is very merciful for one's own people! ”

Li Wenge slowly ended his words. At the same time, he glanced at Shen Chen lightly with a little gratitude, and saw that Shen Chen was inexplicable.

Zhi Congruan smiled: "The old man just made a brief comment, which caused Huai Renru to sigh a lot. This method is indeed a bit spicy, if this method can really be implemented seriously, with the foundation of the difficult army, it is already the limit to be able to last for a year and a half. At that time, if the Pingxia Department collapses, my prefecture will be able to breathe......"

Han Wei, who was watching coldly, smiled secretly in his heart, and said beautifully, the old fox of the Zhe family was probably not a threat to the Pingxia tribe at this moment.

Li Wenge smiled and said: "Ling Gong is too careful, the young boy of the Cultural Revolution, many things are not done steadily enough, and it is thanks to Ling Gong to correct him." ”

He paused and said, "If nothing else, the time for Yang Huoshan to return to the imperial court is not far off!" ”

Zhe Congruan laughed: "This time, the old man thought of a place with Huairen!" ”

Li Wenge said: "Today was originally a joint meeting of Yanzhou's civil and military affairs, and Lao Linggong was invited not for someone else, but just to obtain Lao Linggong's consent. In Yanzhou, it was enough for the observation envoy to discuss with the last general, but the camp of the Mabu army in Guanbei was only counted by the old Linggong, and the Cultural Revolution did not dare to trespass! ”

Zhi Congruan said: "Since we have seized a lot of things this autumn, Li Yiyin is afraid that this year will not be easy!" Since there is no strength to go south in Pingxia in a short period of time, we will learn from the Khitans, only fight the Great Grass Valley once a year, and talk about the rest next year! ”

Li Wenge was most worried about Zhe Congruan's insistence on using troops against the Dingyan Army, after all, he had privately agreed that he had agreed to Zhejiadi, and although it was not uncommon to go back on his word, it was better not to be treacherous prematurely for a powerful group like Zhejia. That's why today's meeting was painstakingly arranged, with the aim of gaining a respite and development opportunity for about a year in Yanzhou.

At this moment, seeing that Zhe Congruan was so cooperative, he was very happy in his heart, and got up and said: "Old Linggong can rest assured, the grain and grass spent by the Zhejia army in Yanzhou for the winter are all on the last general and the observation envoy. The soldiers of Fuzhou came from afar to defend the land for the people of Yanzhou, and the people of Yanzhou would not dare to make every soldier of the Zhejia army have the disaster of freezing and starvation......"

Zhe Congruan twisted his beard and said: "The cattle and sheep seized this time, the old man of the sheep is not welcome, according to the agreement with Huairen, all belong to my Guanbei camp for winter food, the more than 3,000 cattle, although Huairen took it, Yanzhou opened up wasteland and farmed, how much use." Although most of them are insufficient precursor and may not be able to go to the ground, it is much more labor-saving than manual labor. However, this is not for Huairen, these cattle are just temporarily lent by the old man to the princes of Yanzhou, and they cannot be killed without permission, and when they are too old and weak to drive them, Yanzhou will return them to my Fuzhou ......"

Li Wenge was unceremonious, and immediately accepted it: "Lao Linggong has a good intention, the Cultural Revolution accepted it on behalf of Yanzhou, and later please sign a loan clause with Qin Mingfu in Zhenyanei, write it down in black and white, write down this debt, and also record the high righteousness of Lao Linggong!" ”

……

After the meeting, Li Wenge sent away Zhi Congruan, but said to Han Wei, who was about to leave: "Brother Qiren, please stay, the younger brother has a few words, I want to talk to Brother Qiren!" ”