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In Laizhou City, Zhang Zhun pondered alone under the ginkgo tree.

Where he is located, is an old courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard, there is a large ginkgo tree, which is said to have been planted in the Eastern Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,400 years. Now, the ginkgo tree had lost its leaves, the new stamen had not yet grown, and the whole tree was bare, with countless branches, straight and straight, like a sharp sword out of its sheath, trying to pierce the gray and dreary sky.

Under the ginkgo tree, there is a circle of stone tables and benches, just for resting. Here, it was originally the courtyard of a large family, and when they learned that Zhang Zhun was coming, they hurriedly moved out. So, Zhang Zhunque occupied the dove's nest and used it as a temporary residence. Why temporary accommodation? Because his roots are actually still in Aoshan City. Aoshanwei is where he started.

As for the Yamen of the Governor of Laizhou Prefecture, it is naturally Wang Mingyu, Liu Hang, and Liu Baoyu who work there. The location of Ao Shanwei is too remote and not conducive to administrative co-ordination. Therefore, the internal affairs of the Tiger Ben Army were relocated from Aoshan City to Laizhou City. According to Zhang Zhun's order, Wang Mingyu was appointed as the prefect of Laizhou Prefecture, officially announcing the replacement of the prefect of Laizhou Prefecture. The one who assisted them was naturally not an official rank, but it was Zhang Zhun Teacher Gao Hongtu.

For this well-known former waiter of the Ministry of Works, Wang Mingyu and others, they are naturally deeply admired. Compared with Gao Hongtu's knowledge, they are all students who have just entered a private school. They are all deeply honored to be able to receive Gao Hongtu's guidance. Gao Hongtu does not hold any official position, but he has been staying in the prefect's yamen, and if there is anything, several of them can ask Gao Hongtu for advice at any time, and Gao Hongtu will also patiently advise.

After conquering Laizhou Prefecture, the most important task of the Tiger Ben Army was to implement comprehensive land reform in the five counties and two prefectures of Laizhou Prefecture. The quality of this work is related to whether Zhang Zhun can gain a firm foothold in Laizhou Mansion and whether he will become a rogue like Li Zicheng. Therefore, Zhang Zhun attaches great importance to it. He was watching the land reform process in Laizhou's capital.

In the past, with the ability of Wang Mingyu and Liu Hang, it would have been a bit difficult to manage the land reform in the five counties and two prefectures. Even if it is reluctantly implemented, the effect may not be very good. Fortunately, with Gao Hongtu's guidance, they have all enlightened a lot, and their level of governance has also been greatly improved. At the same time, Gao Hongtu came forward, and the related pressure was greatly reduced. Moreover, they also have a good group of helpers. These helpers are naturally those who were included in the "blacklist" by Zhang Zhun.

Sure enough, Liu Guangxin, Tian Feng, Lei Yuan and others were successfully persuaded by Gao Hongtu and were willing to work for Zhang Zhun. In the end, Liu Guangxin served as the county commander of Ye County, Tian Feng served as the county commander of Wei County, Lei Yuan served as the county commander of Changyi, Pu Rongsheng served as the county commander of Gaomi, Xu Xinyu served as the county commander of Jimo, Chen Lieshu served as the governor of Jiaozhou, and Wang Donghua served as the governor of Pingzhou. Zhang Zhun's internal affairs stall was spread out in this way.

According to the detailed requirements of the "Juntian Order", Gao Hongtu has divided his own land property into the head of each son and nephew, and the land under the name of each son and nephew is definitely not more than 50 acres. He had no children of his own, but many of his kindred, and several sons who passed down to his knees. With him leading by example, other big families who still stay in Laizhou Mansion are naturally helpless to follow suit. If you don't follow suit, you can only wait for the Tiger Benjun to raise the butcher knife.

In fact, for these large families, there are generally many children and nephews, even if there are not many of the same branch, there will always be no fewer side branches. If they want to keep their fields, they have to give them to their side branches. In this way, the members of those side branches also wholeheartedly support Zhang Zhun. Without Zhang Zhun, they wouldn't have been able to get so much land.

Zhang Zhun tried to carry out the land reform in a month's time, and the land was actually distributed to each peasant. This is because March is the spring planting season, and if you sow rice, you will start preparing the fields now. If it is winter wheat, it is now necessary to strengthen management and strive for a good harvest. At the same time, it is necessary to gain as much time as possible to encourage the people to reclaim wasteland and increase the area of cultivated land.

The land reform of Laizhou Prefecture is quite different from that of Aoshanwei and Lingshanwei. In the two guards, Zhang Zhun directly confiscated the officers' fields, took them for himself, and then distributed them to military households. However, in the five counties and two states, they should be treated differently. Of course, the fields of the large families who fled were confiscated. However, those who remain will not be confiscated if they take the initiative to meet the requirements of the land equalization order and distribute the land to less than 50 acres. For this reason, the number of fields is actually insufficient.

In order to allow every eligible farmer to get five acres of land, it is necessary to encourage everyone to continue to cultivate land. If you don't need farmland, you can replace it with woodland. One acre of land can be exchanged for twenty acres of forest land. Pingzhou, Gaomi and other places have a large number of forest land, and Zhang Zhun plans to manage these forest lands as well. Because shipbuilding requires a lot of timber, Zhang Zhun must make good use of these woodlands and produce timber as much as possible.

Under the guidance of Gao Hongtu, the various government affairs of Laizhou Mansion are running quickly.

Wang Mingyu, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu, Yang Liren, Hou Shanping and others got Gao Hongtu's guidance day and night, and they also matured quickly. They are originally hot-blooded young people, and they have never lacked enthusiasm for doing things. What they lack is only knowledge and vision. And knowledge and vision, Gao Hongtu has it. Together, the two are a powerful fighting force.

It can be said that they are really dealing with government affairs now. In the past, it was just a few people fighting. In order to speed up the efficiency of land reform, Wang Mingyu and Liu Hang also issued military orders to all prefectures and counties. Before the arrival of March, all five counties and two prefectures will complete land reform.

On the stone table under the ginkgo tree, there are documents sent from all over the world. Mainly about agrarian reform. Judging from the current situation, the situation of land reform is still very smooth. When the Tiger Ben army captured the city of Laizhou, it did not suffer much resistance, and it was completely devastating, which gave the people everywhere strong confidence.

Stimulated by the retribution and the four decrees, the people in all parts of the Lai Chau capital organized themselves to assist the Huben military regime in carrying out land reform. Seriously, the people of Laizhou Mansion are really miserable, and everyone doesn't want to let go of such a good opportunity. Everyone wants to take their own land into their own hands as soon as possible.

In the past, Shandong suffered from severe drought for many years, coupled with the turmoil of the Wenxiang Sect, which caused a large-scale grain harvest failure. The average yield of wheat per mu is only about 250 catties, and some are even less than 200 catties. However, the taxes they need to pay are even more than 200 catties per mu. The government is constantly urging them to pay, and if they can't pay it, they will be arrested and imprisoned. The people are miserable. Zhang Zhun's arrival completely untied this shackle.

Immediately after Zhang Zhun arrived in Laizhou, he issued four decrees announcing the abolition of all original taxes. The tree tablet informed that for each mu of land, only forty catties of rice were levied. Naturally, the people were warmly welcomed. At the same time, the Tiger Army opened all the prisons and released all the people who owed rent inside. These regained people became the most solid supporters of the Zhang Zhun regime.

At the same time, Zhang Zhun promised to invest a large amount of silver in the coming year to help the people build water conservancy, dig deep wells, and increase grain production. This announcement has also been grateful to the people. In the central area of Laizhou Prefecture, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, from west to east, there are rivers such as Baiwolf Water, Weishui, Jiaoshui, Baihe, Gu River, Dagu River, etc., even in the driest years, there is no shortage of water.

However, due to the inadequacy of water conservancy facilities, these water resources have not been fully utilized, resulting in the abandonment of a large amount of cultivated land. If sufficient water conservancy facilities are built, at least one million acres of land could be added along the banks of these rivers. In the past, the entire Laizhou Prefecture had a total field area of 3 million mu. In other words, as long as these water conservancy facilities are repaired, the area of land in Laizhou Prefecture can be increased by more than 50 percent, and the amount of wasteland reclaimed will exceed 6 million mu.

What kind of concept is 6 million acres of arable land? The richest Fu King in the world, rich enough to rival the country, his main source of income is nearly 300,000 dumps of land. 300,000 dumps is 30 million acres. In other words, the fields of Laizhou Mansion will likely reach more than 20% of Fuwangfu's Mansion. That's a remarkable number! According to the tax of 40 catties per mu, the tax income in a year is 240,000 catties (about 1.27 million stones).