The king of Hanzhong wanted to make a strong attack on those big clans, and Wang Hewen naturally had no objections. In fact, he was also extremely annoyed by the fact that he saw that the Han army surrendered to the king of Luoyang after the defeat of the Han army and the hands of the Shu army, and did not give the envoys sent by the king of Hanzhong a good face. In any case, he is also an important minister under the command of the king of Hanzhong, and the strength of the king of Hanzhong affects his interests. These heroes who turned their backs on the king of Hanzhong were naturally also his enemies.

"My Majesty, since we are going to attack these people, will we also move the families and families of the officials who serve in our territory into our territory? At the same time, we can also hint at the heroes of those families who serve in the Luo army, and allow them to leave freely. After all, our relationship with Luo Jun is already very bad. Presumably, after this move, I am afraid that our relationship with the Luo Army will be worse. ”

In fact, as early as after the king of Hanzhong returned from Hanzhong, he began to secretly monitor the courtiers of the Zhong family under the rule of Luo Jun. At the same time, some people's positions have also begun to slowly adjust and move away from idle positions. Although the Luo army did not do anything to himself, Situ Fei, the king of Hanzhong, understood very well that if it were not for the fact that Zhao was in the north and did not want to see Jingzhou being ruled by a prince, he was afraid that the king of Luoyang would have already annexed the Han army in Jingzhou in the next life when the Han army was defeated in Hanzhong and the hands of the Shu army. Therefore, the king of Hanzhong could not be unguarded.

King Hanzhong nodded and said, "It's okay, let them choose for themselves." In addition, increase the surveillance of the Luo army. If the Shu army is allied with the Luo army and the Qi army, the situation will be a little bad for us. ”

"The minister understands, and the minister will make proper arrangements."

Immediately afterwards, the king of Hanzhong began to take action against those big clans under his rule, and the action was fast and fast, so that everyone was caught off guard, and the Han army took these powerful clans to collude with the Shu army, which was the reason for the careful actions of the Shu army, and shot at these powerful people, in just a few days, the Han army dispatched the army, and destroyed more than 30 big clans and powerful families, and the number of people killed was as many as 10,000, so that the atmosphere in Jingzhou was tense. And those heroes who offended the Han army in the past are full of regret and horror at this moment. They were afraid that they would become the next great clan to be wiped out by the Han army. And the same is true of other powerful families. They did not know what the purpose of the king of Hanzhong was, and they were equally terrified.

As a result, these powerful people took out their belongings one after another to show favor to the king of Hanzhong. The king of Hanzhong would not have attacked these heroes, so he unceremoniously accepted the overtures of these heroes. Especially those heroes who used to ignore the Han army, they regret and feel distressed at the moment. In the past, the king of Hanzhong borrowed money and grain from them, but they coldly refused. But at this moment, they had to take out their family wealth for free to dedicate to the king of Hanzhong. Moreover, the king of Hanzhong will not let go of his mustard against them because of this.

I have to say that this operation of the Han army has also gained a lot. The dozens of powerful families that were wiped out were all big clans that dominated one side. The accumulated wealth and food are not a few. Now, they have all become the things of the Han army. Subsequently, the king of Hanzhong used this to expand his army again.

Zhao Xun, who was in Luoyang, naturally didn't care about the changes between the southern princes, of course, Zhao Xun was still happy to see the disputes between the southern princes. The various projects in Yongzhou are now gradually being completed, especially the galloping road in Yongzhou, which has basically run through the provinces and practiced the Yongzhou provinces into one.

The opening of Chidao has also increased the number of merchants coming and going in Yongzhou. From Qingxu in the east, Youliao in the north, and in the Western Regions in the west, merchants came and went, and gradually made the land of Yongzhou more and more prosperous. Compared with the melee between the southern princes, Yongzhou, which is now connected to Liangzhou, can be described as a paradise on earth.

Of course, what made Zhao Xun and others happy was not only the completion of the Yongzhou Chidao and various projects, but also the end of the Hanzhong War and the problems of Hanzhong. In a hurry for more than a month, Yongzhou has been delivering grain to Hanzhong. In addition to going south from Xiyongzhou, it also transported grain to Hanzhong through merchants through the land of Jingbei and from the jurisdiction of the king of Hanzhong in the form of hired caravans. Today, the situation in Hanzhong has finally stabilized. Therefore, after getting the reply of Yang Wangqing, the governor of Hanzhong, Zhao Xun, who lives in Luoyang, couldn't help but be secretly happy.

"The grain stored in Hanzhong now is enough for Hanzhong to use, even if there is any emergency, it can last for three months. Yes, Hanzhong is not as nervous as it used to be. Therefore, from now on, we can transport grain to Hanzhong without having to do it with all our might before. Zhao Xun said with a smile to several important ministers in the hall. Obviously, the current situation in Hanzhong made him very satisfied.

"This time, in order to transport grain to Hanzhong, we have put everything else first, and now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After Hanzhong is in our hands, we will be able to launch an attack on the Shu army in Yizhou at any time. In the past, this Shu army relied on not bordering us and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, supported Jingzhou several times, and failed to occupy the absolute upper hand in several confrontations between us and Jingzhou, which led to us having to stop taking action against Jingzhou. This will never happen again. From east to west, all the princes are now within the range of our Zhao army. And the alliance of the princes was also broken by the Shu army himself, and the current situation is favorable to us. ”

Situ Liang laughed and said: "Speaking of which, this land in Hanzhong can be easily occupied by us, and the Han army has formed an alliance with us, and this Shu army is indispensable." In summary, they are also our heroes. ”

Situ Liang's words immediately made everyone laugh. That's right, now that the alliance of the southern princes no longer exists, the Han army in Jingzhou has formed an alliance with itself, so that there is a fracture layer among the southern princes, even if these princes still have the intention of joining forces to resist the enemy, but the problems between the Shu army and the Han army make them no longer able to cooperate well with each other. If you really want to talk about it, this Shu army is really the hero of the Zhao army.

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Speaking of meritorious heroes, all of you who are doing it, the generals and officials in the land of Hanzhong, the officials who are responsible for their own responsibilities in my Zhao country, the soldiers stationed at the border and the people in Zhao country, are all meritorious heroes." However, having said that, this Shu army has really helped us a lot this time. However, the trouble caused us is not small. If it weren't for the problems between them and the Han army, I am afraid that the land of Hanzhong would be dangerous this time. ”

"Situ Liang, let the officials in charge of the merit examination in Hanzhong and Yongzhou record the battle of Hanzhong and the heroes who transported grain and grass materials for Hanzhong to the west, so as to reward them heavily, and there must be no negligence. Even if we win, we have paid a lot, we can't let our soldiers suffer any grievances, meritorious service will be rewarded! Zhao Xun's face was straight, and he commanded in a deep voice.

"The minister understands that the minister has arranged for the people below to do it before, and now he is verifying."

"By the way, it is said that Situ Che, the king of Shu, is restructuring the Shu army at the moment, and this king asked you to summarize the investigation of the Shadow Guard and the Black Eagle Guard, I don't know what the situation is?" Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice. Zhao Xun has always been very cautious about the changes in the enemy's military. After all, above the military, any abnormal situation will bring unpredictable changes.

Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "Returning to the king, it may be the defeat of the Shu army and us in Hanzhong this time, and the king of Shu, Situ Che, took the opportunity to propose to reform the Shu army and concentrate the military power more in his hands. The general situation of the restructuring of the Shu army is somewhat similar to ours. Situ Che, the king of Shu, saw that the recruitment, training, mobilization, leading the army in battle, and garrisoning were assigned to different yamen and generals, so that the generals of each army no longer had a great autonomy and control over an army as before. ”

"In addition, the evaluation of military merits, the promotion of officers, the distribution of salaries and the distribution of logistics grain and grass materials are also directly arranged by the king of Shu to be responsible for the officers, and in addition to the generals of each department, in this way, the full strength of the generals of each department is also divided a lot. It can be said that on top of the army system, the current Shu army is already somewhat close to us. ”

Zhao Xun's face turned straight, and he said in a condensed voice: "In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Shu army will become stronger. The control of the army by Situ Che, the king of Shu, will also be greatly strengthened. The Shu army was inherited by Situ Che from the Yong army, and most of the generals in the army were veterans of the past. The existence of these veterans has more or less an impact on the control of the army by him, the king of Shu. Even, in some armies, the influence of these generals is even more powerful than that of him, the king of Shu. Now after such a restructuring, Situ Che can gradually replace these veterans and let his descendants take over the army. Situ Che did this, and those important ministers of the Shu army did not object? ”

Situ Liang smiled bitterly: "Among the important ministers of the Shu army, the leader is Lin Shiwen, who was the most trusted by King Yong in the past, and Lin Shiwen supports Situ Che's army restructuring, and many other important ministers also agree. More importantly, the defeat of the Shu army in Hanzhong this time was used by Situ Che, which directly became an excuse for him to speak. In fact, the military restructuring of the Shu army this time was actually already in Situ Che's plan. And this time our big battle with the Shu army has made the restructuring of the Shu army more smooth. The ministers also did not expect that Situ Che at this moment would make such a big change to the Shu army. ”

Zhao Xun said thoughtfully: "Perhaps, the Shu army did not immediately counterattack the defeated Han army of its former subordinates this time, which is also one of its important reasons. In addition to the lack of food and grass for the Shu army, which was worried about being attacked by us and the Han army, the restructuring of the Shu army also forced it to stop its conquest operations. ”

"Although the Shu army has fought with the Han army and us three times, the logistics of the Shu army have problems. However, the Shu army still has the ability to counterattack the Han army. In the east of Yizhou, the northwest of Jiaozhou, and the northeast of Ningzhou, the Shu army was stationed with heavy troops. They will definitely not lack the strength to counterattack the Han army, nor will they lack the logistical materials to start a war with the Han army in the short term. In this way, it seems that this time it is not only the Han army that has helped us, but we have also done the Han army a great favor. If it weren't for the fact that we had stationed heavy troops in Hanzhong, the army in the south of Liangzhou would also have begun to move south, and I am afraid that the Shu army would have launched a counterattack against the Han army. With the current strength of the Han army, I am afraid that it will not be enough to resist the strong counterattack of the Shu army. ”

Immediately, Zhao Xun smiled: "However, even so, we are not afraid." However, let the garrison in Hanzhong be careful. In addition to the army restructuring, are there any other changes in the Shu army? There is a big difference between us and the Shu army, is Situ Che starting to follow us in other ways? ”

Situ Che shook his head and said: "That's not true, I'm afraid that Situ Che won't dare to follow us in other aspects, after all, the system of our Zhao State needs to withstand a lot of pressure, and it needs to offend all the big clans and some scholars to implement it." We can do this, it is because our Zhao State has been this system since the beginning, but other princes can't. If they follow our system, they are afraid that their power will collapse immediately, and not only will they not expand their strength, but they will become in internal strife. ”

Regarding Situ Che's words, Zhao Xun and others were noncommittal. The various systems of the Zhao State were indeed implemented under a lot of pressure, and even opened the way by force. In the past, in order to set this system as the basic system of Zhao Jun, Zhao Xun didn't know how many big clans and heroes were eliminated, how many landlords and squires were destroyed, and how many people were relocated. If the other princes dare to do this now, they are afraid that they will immediately be the first to collapse and chaos internally, as Situ Liang said.

Situ Liang continued: "Now not only the Shu army is following us, but also the Han army in Jingzhou is also beginning to move closer to us. It's just that the Shu army is being restructured in the army. The Han army, on the other hand, emulated us civilianly. However, it is still related to the field. ”

"What? The king of Hanzhong dares to follow our example? Still in the civil system? Isn't he afraid of opposition from those big clans? Zhao Xun couldn't help but be stunned, there are a lot of civil matters, but the biggest impact is indeed to limit the number of fields owned by the powerful clans, the hierarchical collection system of land taxes, and the restrictions on the rent collected by the large clans who own a large number of fields for renting their fields. In the past, the Zhao army was forced to limit the number of fields of each big clan, but with the continuous expansion of the Zhao army in the two states of the Western Regions and the Liaozhou in the northeast, the people were constantly moved to these two places, making some areas vast and sparsely populated, so the compulsory restriction on fields was changed to a hierarchical taxation system, so that the more fields, the higher the field tax levied, thus restricting the annexation of land.

Zhao Xun was surprised that the king of Hanzhong dared to attack this. Even if the king of Hanzhong did not follow Zhao Jun's previous example of forcibly restricting the amount of land owned by all the common people, but only a hierarchical taxation system, it would hurt the foundation of countless great clans. Where will these big families be willing? The big clans in the territory ruled by the Han army will inevitably be dissatisfied, and with the current strength of the Han army, they should not do such things that hurt themselves.

Situ Liang explained: "As far as we know, the king of Hanzhong only implemented the system of dividing the land equally in Wuling Mansion, and the big clan of Wuling Mansion was also cleaned up by the king of Hanzhong on the grounds of the remnants of the Shu army. It can be said that in Wuling Prefecture, the measures implemented by the Han army on the fields are basically the same as the system we implement. In addition, the king of Hanzhong also wielded a knife to attack dozens of big clans under his rule, raiding them and exterminating them, borrowing it from collusion with the Han army. ”

"This approach of the king of Hanzhong has indeed caused a series of reactions from the great clans of the Han army. However, the king of Hanzhong did not implement this system in other regions, nor did he continue to make a strong attack on other big clans, and in addition to the pacification of the important ministers under the command of the king of Hanzhong, there was no big chaos, and even, after knowing that these big clans were strong, the king of Hanzhong also obtained a lot of money, food and materials, and also used this to expand the army. ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "According to what you said, the king of Hanzhong should be related to the fact that when he was weak in the past, he was despised by these big clans. ”

Situ nodded and said: "That's true, judging from the information collected outside, the king of Hanzhong was defeated in Hanzhong in the past, and there was a lack of grain and grass materials, so he sent people to borrow grain from the powerful clans who ruled the land, but most of them were rejected and even treated coldly." Therefore, the king of Hanzhong is very dissatisfied with these big clans, and the reason why the big clans in Wuling Mansion were wiped out by the Han army is also related to the dissatisfaction of the king of Hanzhong with those big clans. ”

In addition, the measure of dividing the land equally in Wuling Mansion was not suggested by the important ministers under the command of the King of Hanzhong, but the King of Hanzhong took the lead in proposing it, and after the King of Hanzhong took the Wuling Mansion and expanded the army, what he said in public surprised the courtiers under his command. Subsequently, many officials from the Han army raised objections, and in addition, the big families in the Han army also put forward the idea of buying the land of Wuling Mansion from them. ”

However, in the end, the king of Hanzhong still divided these fields to the people of Wuling Mansion on the grounds of appeasing the people who suffered from the military disaster in Wuling Mansion. Therefore, the Han army's recruitment of new soldiers in Wuling Mansion was very smooth, and it quickly won the hearts of the people in Wuling Mansion. ”

Hearing Situ Liang say this, Zhao Xun said in a condensed voice: "In this way, the king of Hanzhong is already dissatisfied with those big clans and strong, and he doesn't want Wuling Mansion to be infiltrated by the big clans. It should be that after the defeat of Hanzhong, the king of Hanzhong has seen the true face of these powerful clans, so he directly distributed these fields to the people below. Although it was under other pretexts, he still succeeded in keeping the big clan strong out of Wuling Mansion. ”

"If the king of Hanzhong had done this as early as when he still occupied the land of Xiyongzhou, Hanzhong and Jingzhou in the past, our Zhao army wanted to take the land of Xiyongzhou, but I am afraid that it would be much more difficult, but fortunately, now, the strength of the Han army is already the weakest existence among the princes. Even if he wants to reform now, he has no power to return to the sky. Otherwise, we are afraid that we will face a difficult enemy. Zhao Xun couldn't help but sigh.