Chapter 239: The situation is still not optimistic

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"More than 700,000 stones?"

Luo Zheng's spirits were lifted, and the military rations were enough.

However, Xun Yu soon poured another scoop of cold water over, "Lord, these more than 700,000 stone gold rice can't be moved, except for the expenses of the Tuntian soldiers, the rest should be kept as seeds to further expand the planting scale." ”

Luo Zheng frowned and said: "More than 700,000 stone grains, how much can you keep even if you keep seeds?" ”

Xun Yu Zhenzhen said: "The lord doesn't know, it has been calculated that the current population of the ten counties of Liangzhou is about 300,000, if you add the Qianghu tribe, the population will not be less than 500,000, according to the average of five acres per person, the farmland under the rule of the lord is about 25,000. This is only the area of farmland cultivated by the common people, and the official land of the Tuntian soldiers will also be expanded to more than 5,000 hectares this year. Even if only half of the golden rice is planted in these three hectares of farmland, it will cost nearly 200,000 stones to grow grain! ”

"So much!"

Luo Zhengmeng's eyes widened, he really hadn't counted this account.

Xun Yu nodded, "In addition to more than 200,000 stone grains, the expenses of the Tuntian battalion are also a lot, and according to the distribution standard set by the lord, the government will get sixty percent of the gold and rice production, and the Tuntian soldiers will get forty percent." In addition to more than 200,000 stone of grain, the remaining more than 100,000 stone gold and rice can not be used lightly, after all, corn has just begun to be planted on a large scale, and enough seeds must be left, otherwise if there are any unpredictable changes, if there is not enough grain, it will be troublesome to accumulate again. ”

Luo Zheng nodded speechlessly, this is indeed sloppy.

Xun Yu said again: "In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, I also plan to exchange forty percent of the gold and rice distributed by the Tuntian soldiers for wheat and millet as much as possible, and prepare all of them." to deal with some unexpected situations! ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand weakly and said, "If these Wen Ruo look at it, General Ben only asks one question." Since there is a bumper harvest of autumn grain, there is no surplus grain and grass. But it's no problem to raise an army of sixty or seventy thousand for General Ben! ”

Xun Yu immediately shook his head, "It's too much, about 30,000 at most!" ”

"Thirty thousand is not good!"

Luo Zheng said categorically: "Wen Ruo also knows what the situation is under the rule of this general, all places have to divide troops to garrison, thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses can barely hold the counties of Liangzhou, once the situation in the Central Plains and Guanzhong changes greatly, there is no extra troops to deal with, so General Ben has only recently incorporated the soldiers of Ma Teng, Duan Xuan, and Lu Bu." It will take at least 70,000 troops to take care of it! ”

Xun Yu frowned and said: "It is really impossible to rely on only 300,000 people to raise an army of 70,000!" ”

Luo Zheng said with a smile: "Wen Ruo is extremely good at internal affairs, this can't be difficult for you!" ”

Xun Yu said bitterly: "It's not a question of whether it's difficult or not, fifty dings raise a soldier, and the treasury is empty; Thirty soldiers raised one soldier, and the people were overwhelmed. Now the lord wants to raise a soldier, which is not a question of whether he can support it at all! ”

Luo Zheng said: "The yield of golden rice is so high, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?" ”

"How can it be a big problem!"

Xun Yu said bitterly: "It is simply impossible for more than 300,000 people to feed an army of 70,000. And the people must have enough young and strong labor to farm. Due to the death of a large number of young and strong men in battle, most of the people under the rule of the lord were old and weak, women and children, which has severely affected the agricultural production under his rule. If it weren't for the lord, the ploughing oxen and bad horses captured from the Qianghu people and Hutu Gehu would not be given to the people to cultivate the land. A large number of iron farming tools were distributed free of charge, and the people could not even grow their land. ”

Luo Zheng was extremely helpless, spread his hands and said, "What should Wen Ruo do?" ”

Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Liangzhou has been in turmoil for many years, and the gate lords of the Shi clan have suffered heavy losses, although the lord has captured the five counties under the rule of Ma Teng and Lu Bu, but most of the five counties do not even have county orders, and the chaos of the decrees is simply outrageous. The most urgent task at the moment is to straighten out internal affairs and recuperate with the people. And not in a hurry to expand externally. Therefore, the necessary garrisons in various places were removed. The lord can only retain a maximum of 30,000 mobile troops, and the rest of the soldiers and horses must all be unarmored and returned to the field, and the cultivation will be restored to the best of their ability. ”

Luo Zheng nodded silently, knowing that what Xun Yu said was all the truth.

The situation in Liangzhou is indeed not very good, and most of the five newly occupied counties do not even have county orders.

In these years, only a very small part of them are literate, far from being like the later Song and Ming dynasties, when they were literate.

I can't even read words, so what kind of official is it?

Even if Luo Zheng wanted to recruit a strong man, there was no scholar to let him recruit him.

As a result, in order to prevent chaos, it was necessary to divide troops and garrison the cities and impose military control.

However, this is not a long-term solution after all, and if we want to straighten out internal affairs, we must do everything possible to solve this problem.

The seasons of the four seasons, spring planting and autumn harvest, building water conservancy, building bridges and paving roads, collecting taxes, dividing land and households, and so on, all have to be handled properly, and the trivialities of internal affairs are much more complicated than military affairs.

The more Luo Zheng thought about it, the bigger his head became, and he said unhappily: "If you think of a way to this article, General Ben won't be able to give you any advice!" ”

Xun Yu said happily: "Yu is divided into internal affairs, as long as the lord agrees not to expand the army and use troops abroad." ”

Luo Zheng rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Okay, according to what Wen Ruo said, in addition to the necessary troops and 30,000 motivated troops in various places, the surplus army can be unloaded and returned to the field, but it will only be done when Zhang Liao takes the three counties of Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang." ”

Xun Yu had no opinion, nodded and said, "That's fine!" ”

Luo Zheng suddenly remembered something, and said: "How about those young men captured by General Ben from the Central Plains, are they properly settled?" ”

Xun Yu replied: "All of them have been settled, but there is still a problem, these young and strong men are all energetic, if they don't have a family, they can't completely settle down and take root in Liangzhou, it is always a hidden danger!" ”

Luo Zheng said with a smile: "This is not a problem, didn't General Ben capture seventy or eighty thousand women when he slaughtered Hugh and Tu Gehu?" Give one to each of the young and strong men, and as long as the cubs are born, the heart will be settled. ”

Xun Yu said helplessly: "Obey the order!" ”

It's shameless, but it's an extremely effective one.

When Luo Zheng talked about women, he remembered another thing, and said: "Also, a large number of young and strong people have died in battle over the years, leaving behind a lot of orphans and widows, which is not good. There is no young man in the family, and it is difficult for those lonely widows to live, so let the government give some supplies and come forward to encourage those lonely widows and bachelors who can't marry their mothers-in-law to get together and live as a family! ”

Xun Yu's face immediately straightened, and he arched his hand and said, "The lord is wise!" ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said: "Confucianism pays attention to etiquette, righteousness and shame, but if the people can't live, what kind of etiquette, righteousness and shame are there." Cang Liao is honest and knows the etiquette, but there must also be a premise. If the people are not satisfied, the society will naturally return to the era of drinking blood, which is an objective law, and it cannot be changed by Confucianism. Wen Ruo was deeply influenced by Confucianism, and he was able to figure this out, and General Ben was really pleased! ”

Xun Yu smiled bitterly: "The lord is inevitably biased towards Confucianism, although Confucianism pays attention to etiquette, righteousness and shame, and advocates etiquette, but there has never been a point of view in the classics that people do not respect social development. Those scholars who can't eat the ancients are stupid when they read books by themselves, so they don't know how to be flexible, and it has nothing to do with the ideology of etiquette advocated by Confucianism itself. ”

"Don't talk about this!"

Luo Zheng waved his hand, not wanting to argue with Xun Yu about this.

This kind of academic ideological problem has always been that the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable.

Even if you fight for ten days and half a month, there will be no result.

To go on further, it is a pure waste of saliva.

Xun Yu was helpless, so he had to talk about other government affairs.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded outside the hall, and Cheng Ying walked in quickly.

"Lord!"

As soon as Cheng Ying arched his hand, he saw Xun Yu sitting on the side seat, so he had to arch his hand to Xun Yu, "I've seen a long history!" ”

Xun Yu got up and returned the salute, "Chengying doesn't have to be polite to join the army!" ”

Luo Zheng waved his hand and let Jia Xu enter the seat opposite Xun Yu before asking, "Gongying is in a hurry, but is there something?" ”

Cheng Ying said: "Our army sent back news from Chang'an, Lu Bu was recalled to Luoyang by Dong Zhuo, and Chen Cang has been taken over by the soldiers and horses sent by Duan Xuan. And there is also a piece of news that has not yet been confirmed, so I don't know whether to say it or not! ”

"Lu Bu has returned to Luoyang?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Luo Zheng's mouth, and he said, "It seems that Dong Zhuo has already tasted the bitter fruit, and leaving Lu Bu, a wolf, outside, will sooner or later be out of his grasp." Summoning Lu Bu back to Luoyang, this is to tie Lu Bu to his side as a dog! ”

Xun Yu and Cheng Ying both nodded, Dong Zhuo had indeed tasted the bitter fruit.

Lu Bu is ambitious, such a person must indeed be firmly tied to his side and cannot be let out.

Luo Zheng asked again, "What else is there, tell me if you haven't confirmed it!" ”

Cheng Ying said: "It is said that Dong Zhuo has sent the general Xu Rong to lead 10,000 troops out of Guanzhong, preparing to take over Duan Xuan to guard Guanzhong. The news sent back by Xizuo was five days ago, if the news is reliable, I think Xu Rong has arrived in Guanzhong now. ”

Luo Zheng nodded and said, "If the news is true, plus Xu Rong's 10,000 soldiers and horses, Chang'an will have more than 20,000 troops." Xu Rong can fight well, not comparable to Duan Xuan and the like, more than 20,000 troops are enough to guard the pass. ”

Xun Yu thought deeply and said: "What the lord said is extremely true, if you talk about the generals under Dong Zhuo who can fight well, Xu Rong should be the first to be promoted, and the princes of the Eighteenth Road in the past raised troops to fight against Dong, Cao Cao and Sun Jian were all beaten by this person, it is not a fluke." ”

Luo Zheng said with regret: "It's a pity that such a good general can't be used by this general!" ”

Xun Yu stroked his beard and said: "Don't think about it, it's really difficult to make someone like Xu Rong apostatize!" ”

Luo Zheng said 'um', called into the soldiers and ordered: "Go, please Jia Wenhe come over!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers agreed, and immediately ran out.

Not long after, Jia Xu came suddenly, saw Jia Xu at a glance, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Xun Yu's long history!" ”

Xun Yu hurriedly got up and returned the salute, "Mr. Jia Xu!" ”

Luo Zheng raised his hand, "Wen He sit down and talk about it!" (To be continued)