The early years of Jian'an, autumn.

Although Lu Bu did not participate in the construction of the tuntian system, but under the call of Zheng Hun, many officials sent their servants and miscellaneous servants to participate in the labor, and occasionally let the officials of the four county government offices work in the fields, but the significance of this is indescribable.

When Xiliang's good news was sent from Longxian to the counties and counties of Dahan, it was the end of the autumn harvest, and for the people of the four counties who still had their own land, this year was the most down-to-earth year for them, and it was also the happiest year.

The tyrants who usually annexed the land at every turn collected a lot after Lü Buxi's expedition, at least they did not blatantly commit lawlessness as before, and the county officials were also much more diligent, often inspecting the farmland, and leading the county soldiers to repair water conservancy and irrigation facilities.

Jincheng County, looking at the grain sealed in the treasury, Li Ru, who served as the main Bo, finally breathed a sigh of relief, since Gan Ning came back from the western expedition and told him that Lu Bu attaches great importance to this year's autumn harvest, he has not dared to slack off, and often goes to the counties under his jurisdiction to inspect, for fear that something will go wrong in the middle.

In other places, many officials, like him, were admonished by their relatives and friends who were officials in Longxian County, or they were severely stared at by their superiors. This tuntian system was proposed by Lu Bu himself, and how much grain the four counties could produce this year was well known to Lu Bu and his staff.

In the past few years, after Lu Bu's suppression and support, those local heroes have also paid taxes in full, and the taxes converted by the population they concealed are still not counted, but compared to the past when Emperor Ling was in the past, the taxes collected by the four counties in the early years of Jian'an were enough for the pawn farmer Zhonglang to slap Zheng Hun and his subordinate officials to celebrate.

Presumably a bumper harvest of grain. The end of the ten-year war to pacify the Qiang people allowed the finances of the four counties to breathe, and the high military expenditures in the past could finally be reduced, but instead of ending the tomb robbery, Cheng Lian and Wei Yue became more and more ferocious, and every time they came back, they would gather to tell their thrilling journey in the tomb. Every time, it makes everyone sigh.

Lu Bu also turned a blind eye to such a thing, and let Cheng Lian and Wei Yue let it go, but then again, they were all low-class, and their peers were enemies, and Lu Bu began to carry out a mausoleum protection campaign with great fanfare in order to cover Cheng Lian's actions, suppressing those tomb robbers who specialized in digging tombs.

He didn't do it for his own selfish gain. With that money, more money can be used to build water conservancy and further restore agriculture.

In the Wenhou Mansion, in the conference hall, Zheng Hun, who served as the general of the Diannong Zhonglang and the chief Bo, announced the taxes of the four counties during the autumn harvest this year at the military meeting, and in the early years of Jian'an, the four counties reclaimed a total of 300,000 acres of land, with a yield of 2.2 stones per mu and a total output of 160,000 stones. After converting the tax, it is converted into tens of millions of dollars.

Just in numbers. The taxes collected were undoubtedly huge, and after excluding the salaries and salaries of the officials and the army in the four counties for the coming year, the surplus in the treasury was left with hundreds of thousands of stone grain reserves and tens of millions of money. For Zheng Hun, an official who has been worried about the fiscal deficit in office every year, this can already be regarded as good news worthy of universal celebration.

It has only been implemented for one year that the tuntian system has been in place, and it is already very difficult to achieve such huge results. Zheng Hun and the others found that there were many mistakes in the implementation of the tuntian system, and he joined hands with Jia Xu to solve this series of problems, and prepared to implement a new tuntian system in the coming year.

Looking at the excited staff in the council hall, Lu Bu naturally couldn't sweep away their interest, not to mention that it was a good start to have a surplus, after discussing the issue of taxation, the elimination of Zhang Liao, Gan Ning and the Bingzhou army stationed in the Qiang Realm was brought to the table.

When Gan Ning returned to Jincheng, he told Lu Bu what Li Ru was worried about, although there are now more than 100,000 horses in the Bingzhou army, although the momentum is very grand, most of them are miscellaneous troops.

This so-called miscellaneous army refers to the army in Bingzhou, in addition to the old soldiers of Bingzhou, there are also Xiliang people, Yongzhou people, Qiang people, Di people, due to the different regions, there is a world of difference in combat effectiveness.

Because Bingzhou and Liangzhou are located on the edge of the Han Dynasty, they often fight with foreign races, so that the people are fierce, and most of the men in the two states are bears, and they are not afraid of death when they fight. In contrast, the soldiers elsewhere were a little shorter.

Yongzhou is located in the land of Gyeonggi, creating too many princes and generals, where the men are used to living a comfortable life, and they seem weak to fight, and it is good to fight a good battle, but if they fight against the wind, they will lose their armor and be exhausted, and if it is serious, it may lead to the defeat of a battle.

As for those Qiang, Di and other foreign soldiers, they may not be afraid of death in battle, but they are used to plundering, and when they are victorious, they will plunder the common people, disobey discipline, and everywhere they go, not a single grass grows, which is also a very serious problem.

Sun Tzu said: "The soldiers are not many but fine", which means that the quality of the army does not lie in the number of soldiers, but in whether it is elite, compared to the battle of Julu, it can be understood, so when Li Ru raised this question, Lu Bu discussed it with Jia Xu and them, and they all felt that this matter was imminent and needed to be implemented as soon as possible, so as to remove the chaff and keep its essence.

Since the Guangwu Emperor Zhongxing, the national defense policy of the Han Dynasty was generally conservative, even negative, after the Guangwu Emperor fixed the capital of Luoyang, not only the county troops and border troops were greatly disarmed, but even the central army was adjusted and downsized.

In particular, the dismissal of the lieutenants of the county and the state; Strike the county and state light chariots, knights, timber officers, building boats, and military officials; These three policies of striking out at the border county pavilion and marquis directly led to the decline of the border defense armed forces, the country has no standing soldiers, and the non-commissioned officers lack training.

As for the worries of the staff, Lu Bu naturally knew that the ranks were uneven and there were often brawls, and it was inevitable to reduce the troops, but how to reduce them was a big problem.

"Lord, it is estimated that we will enter Shu after a period of time, those foreign soldiers mixed in the army are easy to do, select them and put them in General Jiang Xu's tiger and leopard battalion, as our vanguard troops into Shu, if they are unwilling to join the army, they will be sent back to Qiang, as for the Yongzhou soldiers, they can be selected as Tuntian soldiers, if they are unwilling, we can give them a sum of money to return to their homeland, for the Bingzhou army and Liangzhou soldiers, the military age is limited to between twenty-five and forty years old, and the rest will also let them return to their hometowns!" Jia Xu saw Lu Bu's sword eyebrows wrinkled because of this question, and immediately told Lu Bu what he thought in his heart.

"I think so, too!" Chen Gong followed closely and agreed with Jia Xu's decision, and then Cheng Yu also seconded it, so that the three chief strategists under Lu Bu's account were all together.

Looking at the military generals who were suddenly silent, Lu Bu finally spoke: "Mr. Jia's words are not unreasonable, but the treasury is financially tight, and it can't keep too many soldiers, so let Gan Ning and Zhang Liao disarm 20,000, and you can dismiss those soldiers who are unwilling to fight on the border, I don't know what you think?" ”

Lu Bu and Jia Xu both expressed their positions, and naturally no one in the council hall would raise any objections.

After the discussion was dismissed, Jia Xu and several strategists were not in a hurry to leave, and after everyone dispersed, Jia Xu said: "Lord Qiqi, there are people outside the hall who want to ask to see, they are all the best of the young talents who came to Hanyang County this time. ”

Lu Bu was overjoyed in his heart and said curiously: "Oh? Since Mr. has become a leader in the world, he would like to meet them, so let them in! ”

"No!"

Jia Xu saluted, then turned around and walked towards the outside of the conference hall, and without letting Lu Bu wait too long, Jia Xu came back again, followed by six people.

Of these six men, five of them looked very young, with beautiful faces, all of them were Confucian scholars in single clothes and shoes, and the other was wearing a hat and his face could not be seen clearly, he was wearing a half-worn white Confucian robe, with a sword hanging from his waist, and he carried a breath of wind and dust on his body.

"Ma Xuan", "Ma Kang", "Ma Jin", "Ma Liang", "Ma Tan", "Fa Zheng", "Shan Fu"

"Meet Wen Hou!"

After the six of them entered the council hall, they reported their names to Lu Bu in turn, and then stepped forward and bowed together.

Cheng Yu said: "Sima Bada, Ma's Wuchang, are all the leaders of the younger generation of the Han Dynasty, and when I see them today, they are really extraordinary!" ”

Ma Xuan, as the boss of the Ma family's five constants, did not dare to slack off after listening to Cheng Yu's praise, and hurriedly saluted at the moment: "Mr. has praised falsely, and the younger generation is sincerely afraid!" ”

According to etiquette, Cheng Yu is the same generation as their father, Ma Xuan is Cheng Yu's junior, and Cheng Yu has long been famous, so they naturally dare not slack off, Confucianism, what is important is respect for teachers, although Cheng Yu is not their teacher, but his knowledge is higher than them, and there is no difference between Yu and the teacher.

Cheng Yu smiled and nodded, and set his eyes on Fazheng: "Fazheng, Fa Xiaozhi, Fufeng people!" ”

Fa Zheng said strangely: "How does Mr. know about me? He dared to say that he had never seen Cheng Yu, and he was not as famous as the Ma Wuchang, he wondered how Cheng Yu could know about him.

Cheng Yu said: "If I am right, you are a descendant of Qixiang Wang Tian Fazhang!" ”

Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Yes, the Qin State destroyed the Qi State, and the descendants of the Tian family did not dare to call themselves surnamed Tian, so they changed their surname to Law!" ”

Cheng Yu nodded: "Your grandfather was recruited as the county commander of the Ping clan back then, he was good at handling government affairs, and he was good at investigating traitors and bad things, so during his tenure, thieves rarely suffered from trouble, and he was a famous celebrity at that time. ”

After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he set his eyes on Shan Fu again: "Shan Fu, his real name is Xu Shu, the character is straight, I am not wrong!" (To be continued......)