The sun peeked out of the clouds and poured warm sunlight on the white snow.

The snow has begun to melt, but the land has not yet thawed.

There was not much snow last year, and the only heavy snow in five or nine days was to cover the ground tightly. In some places, the snow was knee-high, and neither the people nor the bandits had a way to go out.

Luo Zheng, Xun Yu, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun and others stood on a high ground to check the terrain on both sides of the Zhishui.

Hundreds of pro-soldiers were scattered around, wearing armor and holding their armour, concentrating on vigilance.

At that time, the snow had not yet melted, and the terrain of the four fields was flat, still covered in silver, even if there was no place for small animals such as rabbits and mice to hide, let alone thieves, there was no concern that someone would come to attack and assassinate.

Luo Zheng pointed to the water that had begun to thaw and said to everyone: "With this heavy snowfall, the amount of water in the spring branch water this year will inevitably be very abundant, and I am not afraid that the river will dry up and there will be no water to irrigate the farmland." ”

Xun Yu stroked his beard and smiled: "I don't worry about running out of water in spring, but the branch water is only one of the smallest branches of the river, after all, the amount of water is too small, and when it comes to summer, if there is not much rain, the water level will probably drop." ”

Luo Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Can we build a reservoir upstream of Zhishui, barrage and build embankments to gather water, so that no matter how much rain there is, even if there is a severe drought, you can open the sluice gate to release water and irrigate the farmland." ”

Xun Yu said: "Building a reservoir is certainly conducive to irrigating farmland, but the lord does not know, once the reservoir is built, the mountain is infiltrated by water for a long time, and it is very easy to collapse. ”

Luo Zheng was awe-inspiring, he didn't expect that building a reservoir would have so much knowledge.

However, as a modern person, the most important thing is to solve new problems.

Luo Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "This is easy to do, find someone who has the right geography to conduct on-the-spot surveys, choose the location of the reservoir to be built in a place where the mountain is not easy to be infiltrated, and then organize the people to dredge the river in a timely manner, repair the ditch, and clean up the sediment accumulated in the reservoir every year, so as to avoid floods caused by flash floods." ”

Xun Yu said: "There is another problem, the branch water originates from Laji Mountain, flows through Lingju, Yunjie, and Zhiyang counties, and joins the river in the northwest of Jincheng. If a reservoir is built, there will inevitably be a severe drought in the downstream Yunjie and Zhiyang counties, which will harm others and benefit oneself. ”

Luo Zheng said with a smile: "This is easier to do, the land under the rule of the Qiang Captain Department is vast and sparsely populated, and the people are less than a thousand households." The people of Yunjie and Zhiyang counties have no water to irrigate their farmland, so let them move to Lingjulai, and the general will distribute grain to them in the farmland, so that they can live and work in Lingju in peace and contentment, and they can be appropriately exempted from taxes in the first few years. ”

Xun Yu was silent, this method was a little too vicious, and it would hurt the heavens and reason.

Luo Zheng comforted: "If Wen Ruo doesn't have to take it to heart, Yunjie and Zhiyang counties have been in war for many years, either there are warlords who have excessively expropriated and expropriated, or they have been captured and plundered by bandits, and the life of the people may not be easy." Moving under General Ben, at least General Ben will not exploit the people like other warlords, and it may not be a bad thing for them. ”

Xun Yu arched his hand and said: "In this case, I will find someone to discuss this matter carefully when I go back, and then ask the general to decide." ”

Wu Yi next to him couldn't help but say: "This is not a long-term plan, even if the general forces the people of the two counties to move to Lingju, but what will happen to these places in the future, if there is no water source, the farmland will be wasted, and it is impossible to cultivate at all." ”

Luo Zheng confidently said: "This is not a problem, Jincheng County is rich in water flow, there is a river flowing through Jincheng in the south, and there are three tributaries in the north, such as Huangshui, Zhishui and Tongshui, and the river is scattered from north to south, almost running through the entire county." After the pacification of Liangzhou in the future, the general will recruit the people to repair the water conservancy, with the foot of the river, even if there are millions of hectares of fertile land, it is enough to irrigate. ”

Wu Yi arched his hand and said, "It turns out that the general has already made up his mind, and he is talking too much." ”

Luo Zheng glanced at Wu Yi, and there was a pimple in his heart.

Wu Yi occupied 2,000 acres of land on the north bank of Zhishui early, and he knew it.

Xun Yu won't hide this kind of thing, and he has already reported it to him.

Luo Zheng was a farmer, and he absolutely did not have a good impression of these wealthy families who wantonly enclosed land.

This is also the main reason why Wu Yi has been looking at Wu Yi unpleasantly, but he just didn't show his thoughts.

In the final analysis, the biggest reason for the large-scale peasant uprising at the end of the Han Dynasty was forced by these powerful landlords.

Land annexation at the end of the Han Dynasty was definitely the most exaggerated era in Chinese history, when the landlords forcibly annexed and occupied the people's land by various means, and the people who lost their land had no way to live, so what could they do if they didn't rebel?

Some large landlords occupy an area of several thousand hectares, and there are tens of thousands of tenant farmers.

However, these tenant peasants who were attached to the powerful landlords were not registered in the official government, and they did not need to tax the government according to their capitation, which caused the grain in the landlords' powerful warehouses to rot when they could not eat up, and the treasury of the imperial court was becoming more and more empty.

The treasury is empty, and the rulers can only continue to increase taxes and desperately squeeze the people.

When the people are forced to have no way to live, they either sell themselves into slavery and become tenant farmers by relying on the landlords, or they rebel.

It can be said that the land annexation at the end of the Han Dynasty has formed a vicious circle.

The landlords became more and more powerful, and the imperial court became weaker and weaker.

The final result is that the world is in turmoil, the powerful and the powerful rise together, and the princes are divided.

Although Luo Zheng understood these things, he couldn't change them, so he didn't trouble Wu Yidi.

These families are not only the largest landlords, but also have another layer of identity, that is, scholars. In this era, very few people were literate and literate, and the scholar class was almost entirely composed of these families.

Not many of the poor people can read and write, and if they want to govern the place, they must rely on these families.

If you want to compete on stage, you must not offend these families to death.

Luo Zheng thought for a while, and said to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, you should draw up a decree, there are many unreasonable places in paying taxes according to capitation, remove all those messy taxes, how much grain should be paid per mu of fertile land, how much grain should be paid in the second field and new field, and how much should be paid according to the different crops planted and different harvests, and adjust them according to the actual situation, and try not to increase the burden on the people." Our ancestors shouted every day that if the people are rich, the country will be strong, if the country is strong, the army will be prosperous, and if the army is prosperous, the world will be prosperous, but they forgot after shouting. Only when the people are truly enriched can our barns be enriched and our army become stronger. ”

Xun Yu nodded happily, "The general is wise, to be honest, the taxes of the imperial court are not only numerous, but also very unreasonable. Now that the peasants are corrupted and the people are no longer happy, it is indeed necessary to reduce taxes and give the people a chance to recuperate. ”

Luo Zheng said: "Therefore, in the future, our governance strategy will revolve around the core of how to make the people rich, and making the people rich is the foundation of governance under the rule of this general." However, anyone who dares to touch this bottom line is damaging the foundation of the general's land, and it must not be taken lightly. In particular, those landlords who are rich and unkind must vigorously rectify them. First, the landlord can take the land and open up the land himself, and he can no longer forcibly occupy the people's land under any name, let alone privately raise a large number of tenant farmers. The people have become tenant farmers, who will the general find to collect taxes in the future? If you want to farm, you should spend money to hire people who want to earn money to work, and you must not be forced to do it; Second, if the land is cleared, the landlords should pay the land tax, and not a single grain can be handed over to the general, and those who dare to report the land privately and evade taxes will be severely punished. ”

This is the foundation of governance, Xun Yu naturally has no opinion, and arched his hand: "Obey orders." ”

Wu Yi's face was a little unpleasant, although these were all decrees of the imperial court, but Luo Zheng changed slightly. But when it came out of Luo Zheng's mouth at this moment, it felt like it was aimed at the Wu family, how could he feel comfortable.

Luo Zheng said that the more his head was brighter, and added: "Also, the wealthy family is not allowed to raise private soldiers and slaves without permission, let alone privately make armor, and those who dare to raise private soldiers and make armor privately will be punished for the crime of treason." ”

Xun Yu's face was embarrassed for a moment, and he said, "General, I'm afraid that this decree is inappropriate." ”

Wu Yi's face was also ugly, if he was not allowed to raise private soldiers, wouldn't his own five hundred private soldiers be confiscated?

Luo Zheng said: "How do you say this? ”

Xun Yu said: "The gate valve is a monk, there are ancient times. Today, as long as there are conditions, the wealthy clan will recruit private soldiers to prevent chaos in the elbows and armpits. Liangzhou is even more war-torn and rampant, and if the powerful clan does not raise private soldiers, it is simply unable to protect the clan. If the general forcibly enforces this order, he will only force the powerful clan to take risks. ”

Luo Zheng was taken aback, so he had no choice but to follow the good and said, "Then let it go first." ”

Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, afraid that Luo Zheng would be in a hurry for quick success and reckless of the consequences.

Wu Yi also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the five hundred private soldiers were saved.

Otherwise, as Xun Yu said, this Xiliang army is in chaos, and there is no strength, how can the clan be preserved.

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