Within two days, the non-commissioned officers who had been patrolling outside returned to the camp one after another, and the Shunzhou army immediately began to conduct strict training, and a large number of quartermasters and unqualified officers were dismissed, and then disappeared from the world. Come to think of it, most people understand that they are afraid that they have been dealt with by this ruthless Zhao Yan.

The 17,000 Shunzhou army was all dispersed and reintegrated, and in less than three days, 1,000 soldiers were automatically discharged, and 2,000 soldiers were dismissed. Zhao Xun continued as usual, giving each person two pieces of money and ten catties of food to let them go home safely. This also made Zhao Yan's name very popular with the soldiers. Those soldiers who left the team did not make bad moves, and after returning home, it was widely spread that the Shunzhou army and Zhao Yan were good.

Of the three thousand tigers, in addition to one thousand stationed at the city gate, the remaining two thousand inspected the towns and villages of Gaoling County to exterminate some mountain bandits and thieves who had slipped through the net, and more importantly, to defend the Black Snake Army in the northwest. The weather is getting warmer, and the Black Snake Army is bound to become more and more active.

Under Zhao Xun's Jianyi, the Shunzhou Army and the Qingyang Army formed an alliance to help each other and jointly fight against the increasingly arrogant Black Snake Army and the Yan Army that invaded Shunzhou Prefecture.

Zhao Xun was busy in the camp for three days in a row, and in addition to building an alliance with Li Yu and the Qingyang Army, he also notified his spies to ask for help from the Yanzhou Mansion. This request for help is naturally not for reinforcements, but for materials and money. Especially the scarcity of weapons and armor, for this reason, Zhao Xun will mobilize the scimitars captured in Baixian County, and after transporting them to Gaoling County, they will naturally be redone and made into long spears and horizontal knives.

Staying in the camp for three days is also to prevent accidents. Three days is not long, but it can also appease the hearts of these newly incorporated soldiers, and at the same time prevent the retaliation of those who have lost their power in Gaoling County, which is naturally indispensable for Li Yu. Of course, the spies sent by the Huolin Army also kept a close eye on these people, and within three days, more than ten people disappeared, and after arrangement, they all disappeared without abnormality, and on the surface, most of them left by themselves.

On the fourth day, these people put down their military affairs and went to the captain's mansion to visit Li Yu. Since Li Yu handed over the military power to Zhao Xun, he turned to civilian officials, and now Li Yu is more like a county magistrate.

"Meet Master Li!" When he saw Li Yu, Li Yu was busy with some local government affairs, and Zhao Xun did not bow down this time, but just hugged his fists and saluted.

Li Yu returned the salute and smiled: "I didn't expect it! It is estimated that all the people did not expect that the dignified Huolin Army would appear here and become my Li's subordinate. That's ......," he said, shaking his head and sighing.

Zhao Xun shook his head and said, "The commander of the Fire Lin Army is nothing? Except for the people of the four provinces who were occupied by the Yan Army, who else cared? ”

When Li Yu heard this, his face also darkened, and he said bitterly: "My four northern prefectures are also the territory of Yan Kingdom, and the people of my four prefectures are also the people of Yan Kingdom. Why did the Yan Kingdom abandon its own territory and its own people like mustard? ”

Zhao Xun said disdainfully: "The territory of Yan Kingdom? The people of Yan Country? Ha ha...... In the eyes of those in power, we are nothing more than a beautiful wildflower. When he needs us to adorn him with beauty, we are his. When we don't need it, we're just trading chips in his hands. ”

"Since ancient times, no matter what dynasty or generation, the strong make rules, the weak obey the rules, the wise use the rules, the warriors collide with the rules, the righteous maintain the rules, the evil erode the rules, the good improve the rules, and the evil trample on the rules! And we are all weak, we can only obey the rules and obey the arrangements of the strong! ”

Li Yu said angrily: "This is a land with a radius of nearly a thousand miles, how can you give it up and play with it at will like this?" These nearly a million people were abandoned by them like grass and mustard cattle and sheep? ”

Zhao Xun said coldly: "Then what do you want?" Can you fight against the Governor of Youzhou? Against the Dragon Army? Against the Sixteenth Guard? Li Yu suddenly stiffened, looked at Zhao Xun in a daze, and lowered his head helplessly for a while, his face was pale.

Zhao Xun said coldly: "If you want to keep the land of Sifu and want to save nearly a million people, then you can't rely on these bastards, you can only rely on yourself." ”

"On your own? Rely on us? Can we? Li Yu muttered.

Zhao asked: "Why not?" Our Huolin army has recovered the land of the two provinces and defeated the army of more than 100,000 people. Isn't this just relying on yourself? ”

Li Yu's eyes lit up, looked at Zhao Xun, and laughed: "Yes! I forgot, who are you? Zhao Xun! The Huolin army is the commander of Zhao Xun, the Zhao Xun who fought with the Yan Yan army and won consecutive battles. Now it seems that you have also paid attention to the Shunzhou Mansion. What do you think? How long will it take to defeat the Yak army in one fell swoop and regain lost territory. ”

Zhao Xun shook his head and said: "It may not be difficult to defeat the Yan Army, but the situation in this Shunzhou Mansion is complicated, and there are four armies that are not subordinate to each other. In addition, the forces behind the three companies are also involved. Among them, the Black Snake Army is the most complicated, although the Khitan people in the north are not big, but they are not easy to provoke, especially in the south and northeast are the Yan Army, one is not good, it will attract heavy attacks. ”

Li Yu clapped his hands and said angrily: "Hateful! Hateful! If it weren't for the non-support of the governor of Youzhou, how could the Longxiang army be afraid of a small Khitan? Now, we're really ...... Alas...... Regardless of whether we say it, who makes us all ordinary people? ”

"Could it be that Lord Li is just a few shouts in the air, and that's it? This lost territory is enough, could it be that Lord Li can't bear to watch nearly a million people become the souls of the dead under the iron hooves of the alien race? ”

Li Yu smiled bitterly: "Since you Zhao Dutong have said that you are not optimistic about the current situation, what else can I do?" ”

"Just because you don't see it doesn't mean you're giving in. The country of Yan has abandoned us, but we can't abandon ourselves ourselves. Let us break this mighty enemy with the sword in our hands, regain lost ground, and restore our own glory. The big deal is death, so why be afraid of death? Sima Qianshang, a great historian, thinker and writer of the Western Han Dynasty, said that people are inherently dead, either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than Hongmao. Don't you want to fight? Maybe it will go down in history forever! Zhao Xun said with a smile, he also wanted to take Li Yu under his command, with Li Yu's cooperation, Gaoling County would completely belong to himself, and when the time came, the military and government would be completely his own, so that he would have his own base in Shunzhou Mansion.

Li Yu is not a stupid person, and in a blink of an eye, he guessed the meaning of Zhao Xun in Zhao Xun's words, raised his head, looked directly at Zhao Xun, and said after a while: "Do you know why I still handed over the Shunzhou Army to you after I knew your identity?" ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Master Li is far-sighted, Zhao can't guess it, Zhao is willing to hear the details!" ”

Li Yu sighed and said: "At the beginning of my Shunzhou army, its strength was only under the Yan army, occupying two counties, and there were four out of 30,000 troops. However, in just four or five months, the army was lost and the territory was lost. Even his own subordinates have become self-reliant, eager to replace them. You're right, I, Li Yu, am not the material of the leader. In the past, in the government army, it was just a civilian job in charge of the roster of non-commissioned officers and verification of military merits. It's not that I, Li Yu, are greedy for power, if Du Yuan and Gongsun Yang really have the ability, why don't I give way to them? But what their nature is, I know better than anyone else. ”

"Since I learned your news from the mouth of the girl in Ziyan, I suddenly had an idea, why don't you hand over the Shunzhou Army to you. Your Huolin army recovered the two provinces, and defeated the Yan army in a row, and the momentum was unmatched for a while. More importantly, you are really good to the people, and your new policy has benefited the people greatly. That's why I'm willing to give you my military power, not because I'm afraid of you. ”

After a while, Zhao Xun said: "Lord Li praised it falsely, compared with Lord Li, I, Zhao, am really inferior." If it weren't for Zhao's other thoughts, he would never have gotten to where he is now. But Lord Li, he really really serves the people, Zhao is convinced. ”

Li Yu shook his head and said, "Who in the world doesn't have their own selfish desires? The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Li Yu is not to keep the next family safe? If Lord Zhao is willing to treat my Shunzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion as the same, I, Li Yu, am willing to serve the dogs and horses. ”

Zhao Xun was overjoyed, laughed and said, "Okay! That's great! Master Li rest assured, Zhao will treat all the territories under my rule and all the people equally. With the assistance of Lord Li, this commander has the confidence to defeat the Black Snake Army and the Indigo Army, and raise the army to base the northern grassland wolves. ”

When Li Yu saw Zhao Xun say this, he was also relieved and said, "Since Lord Dutong has such confidence, Li Yu will sacrifice his life to accompany you." By the way, what is the opinion of Lord Dutong on the governance of Gaoling County, which is the same as Yanzhou Mansion? ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "This place must be the same as Yanzhou Mansion, the conditions here are worse than Yanzhou Mansion, the four sides are fighting, and the people are suffering." Both the north and south were enemy forces, and the outside trade routes were different, and commerce was poor. Therefore, the people here now depend on the land for their livelihood. It is precisely because of the endless war that the rich and powerful people here have long fled, and the ownerless fertile land is everywhere, and it will be distributed to the people first, after all, spring is coming. ”

"However, although these people are gone, Tian Qi is still there! If the Shunzhou Mansion is pacified and they come back, what will happen? ”

Zhao Xun sneered: "This kind of person, what if you come back?" A notice was immediately issued that Gaoling County would take stock of the land and property on the same day, and that all those who could not produce proof of the terra nullius within three days would be nationalized. Let's prepare to divide the field, don't wait three days, he = they will definitely not come back. As for the future? Pontus doesn't need to look at their faces, if they don't know how to make these bastards who only know how to encroach on the people's land, disappear completely and permanently. ”

Listening to Zhao Xun's words, Li Yu was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it, "That's right, these bastards, they don't do good things, they will only bully ordinary people, and there is nothing wrong with doing this." ”

"By the way, the allocated land shall not be privately bought and sold, exchanged, and once discovered, it shall be permanently recovered, and the purchaser shall be fined five times the value of the field. It is reported that others buy and sell privately, and they will receive one-fifth of the reward. Of course, it is possible to rent other people's land, but these must be taxed"

"In addition to these, in Gaoling County, all miscellaneous taxes under false names have been abolished, 15 taxes for the common people, 30 taxes for merchants, and as for those special materials, such as salt, tea and other materials, they will be transferred according to the actual situation. There is also a household tax, (the household tax is levied according to the level of the household, the high household pays more, and the low household pays less.) The household tax does not have to be money when it is collected, and it can also be replaced by cloth, grain, and other items according to the price. Speaking of which, these are mainly levied on those large clans. Within the whole territory, it will be collected by a unified person, and no additional private taxation is allowed. Therefore, the first thing we need to do is to open up the trade road with Yanzhou Mansion, that is, to go north and open up the passage of Baixian County. ”

"In addition, the population of the territory will be verified and a new household registration system will be established, so that those who do not have a household registration will not be able to travel through the areas under their jurisdiction. The tax collector will issue a receipt voucher, which will then be checked by the supervisor at any time. All account books are in duplicate for easy checking and review. The relevant income must be collected by the relevant person, and no one else can do it on behalf of others. ”

Subsequently, these explained some of the systems of the Huolin Army to Li Yu, and Li Yu sighed when he heard it.

"Lord Dutong, as for the civilian officials, I still have some here, but the intelligence officers you mentioned, we are in the dark here, which is why we have failed three times in a row. How can you defeat your opponent without intelligence? This requires the arrival of Lord Tutong and the summoning of some people from the Fire Lin Army to assist. Besides, this is also a matter for your army. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said, "Okay, the five major divisions related to the military." I'll contact the people of the Fire Lin Army now, there are a lot of them here, and they can be used directly. As for your series of people from the Chief Executive......"

"We also want to let Lord Dutong go out, we don't know much about these......" Before Li Yu finished speaking, Zhao Xun hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, this can't work." My affairs in Shunzhou Mansion must be suppressed and not known to outsiders. With Master Li as the center, without changing the name, I am sending people to assist in building Gaoling County first. This is the place of origin of our Shunzhou Army, and it is extremely beneficial to us if it is well developed. ”

Although he didn't understand why Zhao Xun was reluctant to disclose his identity, Li Yu didn't ask in detail, and then nodded in agreement. Forthwith; The two discussed some issues in government affairs and discussed their own views. Although Zhao Xun is young and doesn't know much about these things, he can't resist his knowledge far beyond more than a thousand years here, which suddenly convinced Li Yu. repeated praises, which made Zhao Xun embarrassed, but also benefited a lot.