Zhang Mai's words made Li Nuan return to his heart, and he changed his position, who was originally opposed to the thorough investigation of the grain concealment incident, and told him to let the local scholars in Hebei know Zhang Mai's determination to rectify the matter. The local forces in Hebei, which had tried their best to resist this matter, were divided, and a considerable number of them began to support Zhang Mai's decision—these people either had a clear conscience and felt that the sovereign had such a lofty ideal that should be supported; Either it is more sensible and can see that Zhang Mai is going to be serious.

After the news spread, some gentry in Hebei who had a keen sense of smell knew that there was no good result if they continued to carry it hard, and within a few days, there were seventy-nine families, and Zhang Mai only fined them food according to his previous promise - for these families, this little money and food could not hurt their bones.

However, there are still a considerable number of people who hope to hide from the world by luck.

At this time, Zhang Mai's second wave of offensive moved, before he had asked Xue Fu to select more than 10,000 people from the army who were nimble-toothed - especially those who spoke with a Hebei accent were preferred, and then conducted intensive training for several days for more than 10,000 people, and then all of them were sent to various states, and there were hundreds of people in each state.

In recent years, the text has become a popular culture, and there are always storytellers in the Tiance army, who often perform as entertainment in the army between battles, and the sergeants have listened to a lot, most of them "can't chant poetry and chant", plus after intensive training, everyone can talk about the tax-free policy very slippery, and more than 10,000 sergeants went to the countryside and county, and publicized the government's tax-free policy, some gentry evasion of taxes, and the government's punishment measures for concealers all over the world, and encouraged the people to sue the lawless squires. On average, hundreds of people in each state go to the mountains and go to the countryside, and how dare the gentry and heroes in various places stop these soldiers? Such a scale is enough for this decree to penetrate into every township, and in just a few days, it will be known to all the people of Hebei.

At the same time, Zhang Mai sent more than a dozen important ministers and generals, Wu Ze, Yang Xin, Zhi Congshi, Guo Zhang, Wei Fei, Gao Xingzhou and others, Wen Zewei Renpu, Li Nuan and others, respectively led the headquarters to supervise several counties as a threat.

There are three major difficulties in the implementation of the tax exemption policy. The first is that the gentry and the powerful control of the channel for the transmission of the decree, so that the decree does not leave the county and the people do not know the government's policies, the second is that under the prestige of the local heroes, the small people do not dare to make a mistake even if they know it, and the third is that the gentry and heroes of Hebei protect each other and form a huge protection network. Therefore, even if there are judges, it will not be able to make most of the lower-class people dare to sue for a while.

Now some of the gentry and heroes have fallen to the top, and the protection net has been broken everywhere. The heavy supervision of the important ministers in the states made the local snakes in the states and counties dare not take drastic measures to suppress the low-level people, and as for soft deception, it is naturally impossible to achieve it under the current situation.

These three offensives came so violently that they created a great momentum in a short period of time, and most of the gentry who had evaded taxes saw that the situation was not good. One after another, only a small number of people who are stubborn are mostly exposed by tenants.

In fact, the "trend" did not last long, and it only took less than half a month to enter the "gaochao", but the tense atmosphere quickly eased after entering the "gaochao".

The surrounding forces, such as Shi Chonggui and Liu Zhiyuan, were originally looking at the jokes, wanting to see Zhang Mai cause civil strife in Hebei, but the chaos did not arise, and Hebei had already returned to calm - why is this?

It's just that at this time, it is impossible for Hebei to organize a force to confront Tiance head-on. And Zhang Mai Xu gentry and strong self, and left room for them to turn, plus the cost of self is not something they can't bear, so when Zhang Mai's big knife is raised high, everyone knows that there will be a big difficulty in carrying it, most of them choose to give in.

After the atmosphere has been established, Zhang Mai has reined in his original high profile and asked the judges of all states to seriously try the case. The innocent gentry could not be wronged, so the incident was quickly calmed down after reaching "gaochao". Only more than 50 families refused to take it upon themselves and were finally exposed, and after the case was decided, they were severely punished, not only fined ten times the grain, but also the eldest son of the family was exiled to the Western Regions, and seven or eight of them had an extremely bad attitude, or openly confronted them. or assassination of investigators, all of them will be sentenced in accordance with the law, punished for evil, and their property will be confiscated. The family went into exile in the Western Regions.

This matter is established, Zhang Mai's fame, this time the reputation is not only in the gentry and the strong reputation, but deep into the bottom of the whole Hebei, everyone knows that Hebei has a good marshal, not only to give himself tax exemption, but also to make his own decisions, at the same time Tongguò This incident also established the authority of the new courts in the states, and the new judicial system began to take root in Hebei.

The turmoil feared by Li Nuan Fan Zhen and others, and the civil strife that Shi Chonggui and Liu Zhiyuan were looking forward to, were all unsuccessful.

The aftermath of this incident was everywhere, and the gentry and heroes of Shandong were afraid of being affected, so they opened positions one after another and returned the overcharged field tax. The tax exemption order will not be pushed on its own in Shandong.

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Time into the late September of the seventh year of Tiance, Wei Renpu is about to go to Yedu, before leaving for this incident is extremely emotional, deeply convinced by Zhang Mai's means, he said to Fan Qian: "The marshal has this heart for the world, for the people is great, but what is even more remarkable is the ability to carry out this ambition into reality, you and I are so lucky!" Such a holy lord is rare in a hundred lifetimes! ”

He felt that Zhang Mai's method of moving the masses had never been done since ancient times, so he wanted to summarize this method, and it would be easy to apply it in the future. If the soldiers are taken by surprise, they can be so effective the first time, and if they do too much in the future, the people below will have policies and countermeasures, so it is not a panacea, and it is impossible to use it as a conventional means, and it is still necessary to establish a new system and a new order, which is the long-term way. ”

He said so, but Wei Renpu still felt that this method was very easy to use, and he taught Zhang Mai this method before he was willing to go south.

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When Wei Renpu went south to Yedu at the same time, all the troops and horses also returned to Youzhou, early winter, the autumn harvest and the aftermath of the northern land have ended, and the military parade that Tiance warriors are looking forward to is finally about to begin.

Now Zhang Mai divided the area under the control of the eastern pivot into six military regions: the Shangjing and Zhongjing areas of the former Liao State outside the Great Wall were designated as the Monan Military Region, and the core of the garrison was Dingliao City; The northern part of Shanxi Province together with the Elechuan area is the Yunzhong Military Region, and the garrison center is Yunzhou; The land of Yanji in the east to Yuguan, west to Taihang, north to the Great Wall, and south to Yixian County is the Yanjing Military Region, and the garrison center is Youzhou; South of Yanjing and north of the Yellow River is the Hebei Military Region, and the garrison center is in Yedu; South of the Yellow River and east of Puzhou is the Shandong Military Region, and the garrison center is temporarily in Qufu; South of the Yellow River and west of Puzhou is the Central Plains Military Region. The garrison center was in Kaifeng.

Under the major military regions, a military territory was set aside in each prefecture, which was called a military town, and below the military town, a district was set aside in each county to garrison troops, which was called a military government. Unless the defenders are given a task, they are not allowed to leave the military town and military office without permission. In the future, the military power will be vested in the garrison generals, the administrative power will be vested in the state and county officials, and the judicial power will be vested in the judges.

After the tax exemption incident, the political situation in Hebei gradually stabilized. The focus of the world turned to the setting of the major military regions.

Among them, the biggest focus is the competition between the six military regions and the six governors.

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In Wuqing City, Fan Yanguang was also discussing this matter with him. After the law enforcement team incident, although Fa Cao continued to investigate in Wuqing County, Zhang Miracle blocked the investigators left and right, allowing the investigators to return in vain. It seems that there is no follow-up from then on, and Fan Yanguang gradually calms down.

Nowadays, the administrative areas under the jurisdiction of Dongshu are also under the adjustment of Zhang Mai, except for several special areas such as Youzhou, Yedu and Kaifeng, which are standardized as a state-county two-level system, the county magistrate is called Zhixian, and the governor of the state is called Zhizhou, which can be regarded as matching historical inertia. The state and county officials were all directly appointed by Dongshu, under the sweep of the Tiance Tang Army. The converts of the small warlords and bandits in various places have been reorganized, and the non-converts have been exterminated - this is a military operation carried out at the same time as the tax exemption incident, the action is rapid and short-lived-with the current combat effectiveness of the Tang army, dealing with these fragmented small forces is simply a storm sweeping away the leaves, and the situation in which the warriors from the Central Tang Dynasty to divide one place and control the military and political power has been completely broken in Hebei.

It is conceivable that this system can be established in Shunlì, Hebei. In the future, it will be implemented as usual in Shandong. Although Fan Yanguang still has the name of the Jiedu Envoy, he also knows that it is impossible to continue to live the life of an earth overlord somewhere in the future.

"I won't be able to meddle in civil affairs in the future." Fan Yanguang's aide Zhang Miracle said: "But although the six military regions have been established, the positions of the six governors are still vacant, and it is speculated that they will be born later." With these six positions, Ling Gong should have the opportunity to be in it. ”

Sun Rui said: "Then we have to fight!" ”

Now the new military system under the jurisdiction of Dongshu, a county has a garrison, called the military government, the guard will be the captain, the defender of a state, called the military town, the guard will be the town, a military district, the main general is the governor. With Fan Yanguang's status, Junzhen is naturally not under his nose, and what he wants to fight for is the governor.

Zhang Miracle said: "If you can fight for the governor, you will be a powerful general in the future, if you can't fight for the governor, you will be an idler with the title of festival envoy." ”

Although the six major military regions have been demarcated, the generals stationed there have not yet been divided. For example, Zhe Delan burst to Kaifeng as a striker and temporarily took charge of the big city of Kaifeng, and Chenzhou and Yingchang were also controlled by him, but with his qualifications and status, it was obviously impossible to dominate the entire war zone; Yang Guangyuan's garrison in Qufu is only temporary, and it will definitely move south in time; The soldiers and horses of the Yunzhong Military Region are outside the void, and the troops are arranged outside the Yanmen Pass to encircle, but there are not many troops in Yunzhou; Most of the soldiers and horses in Monan also went south, and they are currently gathered in Youzhou; Only Yedu, after more than half of the grain in Pingyoucang was transported to Hejin Town, it lost its strategic significance, and Gao Xingzhou was ordered to go south and garrison Yedu - in the future, he is likely to become a resident general here, which is optimistic to everyone.

Fan Yanguang said: "Gao Xingzhou is a native of Hebei, and has won the trust of the marshal, the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment has strong machine power, Ye is a place that extends in all directions, he is stationed there, not only can deter the entire Hebei, suppress the possible rebellion at any time, and at the same time, if there is something in the south, the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment can also quickly gallop to help Shandong, so he is in Yedu, it should not change." ”

I have to say that Fan Yanguang, as a general, has a very accurate vision, and all the generals are convinced.

Fan Yanguang said again: "Since Youzhou has been designated as Beijing by the marshal, even if he does not use it as the national capital in the future, at least he will be one of the capitals, and he will not be a general who is not a close confidant." It's not Yang Yi, it's Xue Fu, we can't fight for this place. In the Central Plains and Shandong, the Huangkou child is a child, but for the time being, there will definitely be a general in the future, but Kaifeng is a springboard for entering Luoyang, and the siege of Luoyang is a battle to destroy the country. Even if the marshal does not come in person at that time, he will definitely send a general with his cronies. In short, the marshal would most likely not give us such a great credit. ”

"What about Mo Nan?"

"The north and south of the desert are connected to the north of the desert, and the east is bordered by the Khitan. First, that place was too bitterly cold, and we would suffer if we went, and second, that place was too important, and I don't think we could get on the list. In the future, it will most likely be guarded by some important general who has been on an expedition. ”

"Then only Yunzhong and Shandong are left."

"So. What we can fight for is Yunzhong and Shandong. In fact, there are no guards in Yunzhong now, only Cao Yuanzhong is registered, and we have a chance to fight. And on the Shandong side, Yang Guangyuan is also a new general, and his prestige is far inferior to mine. If I can fight for this position, it will be of great use in the future to Huainan and Pingjiangdong! Credits and riches are in this battle! ”

Now Zhang Mai is powerful in the world, the strength of the domestic foot battle is none more than Shi Jin, the strength of the cavalry battle is no more than the Khitan, the Khitan has been broken, Shi Jin will die, in the eyes of the people of the world, where is there still the opponent of the Tiance Tang Army in the world? In this case, Jiangnan has become a piece of "fat" in the eyes of the generals - no one thinks about victory or defeat. They all think that winning will definitely win, it's just who picks the fruit.

"But who is in charge of these six governors?" Zhang Miracle said: "In my opinion, this time the marshal summoned all kinds of soldiers and horses to Yanjing for a military parade, and most of them will be assigned seats at that time. ”

"Exactly!" Fan Yanguang said: "So this military parade in Youzhou is our last chance!" ”

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When Fan Yanguang was thinking about the future position of the six governors and preparing to compete, Dengzhou was overseas. Fu Yanlin has been a guest on Penglai Island for a month.

Fu Yanlin didn't expect that he would be delayed here for so long, he originally thought that after that "heart-to-heart", he would at least be able to promote Zhao Zan's determination to return to obedience, but he didn't expect Zhao Zan to hesitate for so long, but when he wanted to go back, he was always kept by Zhao Zan's kind words.

Zhao Zan didn't tell him a specific plan, but always said, "Don't worry." When the time comes, Zhao Zan will definitely give his uncle a satisfactory answer. ”

Zhao Zan didn't lie, he was indeed preparing for a generous gift - since he had the heart to belong, then he had to do things beautifully! In this way, you can leave a good impression in the mind of the new owner and lay a high starting point for your family.

But. Zhao Zan didn't mean to continue to observe - he also wanted to see Zhang Mai's next governance measures, and he also wanted to see if there were any changes in the last period of time.

If Zhang Mai exposes his fatal flaws during this time, then he will rein in the precipice, but if Zhang Mai's strength goes to the next level, then his gift will increase the bargaining chips.

When the news of Hebei and Shandong was reported to Penglai, Zhao Zan's last hesitation was completely dispelled!

Even his mother, Princess Xingping, after hearing about Hebei's birth, was extremely in awe of Zhang Mai: "No wonder he can pacify the Western Regions, no wonder he can pacify Mobei!" No wonder he was able to break through the Khitan! With such a mind and such means, not to mention the heroes of the world, even your grandfather (Li Siyuan) is beyond reach! Child, this Tiance general, we can't fight him! Absolutely no fight! This is a first-class figure of Henkel and Tang Sect! Being contemporaneous with such a person is the greatest misfortune of Yelu Deguang and Shi Jingjiao! ”

"The mother's opinion is slightly the same as that of the child." Zhao Zan said: "Fortunately, the child has been prepared, and the child is ready to participate in this military parade." ”

"Military parade?" Princess Xingping was stunned and said, "But your soldiers and horses ......"

Zhao Zan's soldiers and horses, it is difficult to have opponents on the sea, but the sailors and sailors of this era, whether in appearance or combat techniques, are no different from pirates, once they wash their feet and go ashore, compared with the proud soldiers in the Central Plains, it is a group of mud legs, not to mention in front of the majestic cavalry, even compared with ordinary infantry, it is really a little unacceptable.

"Of course, our men and horses will not go ashore, but since Marshal Zhang opened the port in Tianjin, I think there is room for us here." Zhao Zan said: "The warship went north, plus a generous gift, coupled with my sincerity, I hope to buy our Zhao family's generation of ministers." ”

"Sincerity?"

"I will leave all the warships in Tianjin, and then go to Youzhou alone." Zhao Zan said: "I want to set a positive example for the people of the world, Fan Yanguang will not be a horse bone, he lost a good opportunity in vain, and this opportunity is left to us." I believe that with Zhang Longxiang's vision, he will definitely pay a lot of money for this. ”

Fu Yanlin finally waited for Zhao Zan's reply, Zhao Zan took him to the beach, Fu Yanlin raised his eyes and couldn't help but be surprised! On the sea surface of Penglai Island, large and small ships are densely packed, and there are eight three-story giant ships. More than 60 broad-bellied sea ships, more than 30 narrow-sized oars warships, plus other types of sub-boats, boats, yachts, fishing boats, and three boards, all set sail.

Fu Yanlin knew that Zhao Zan had so many ships, but she didn't know that he was going to take them, this was simply going north, this was going to the court. Or do you want to go to war? You must know that so many large ships, if all used to transport troops, are enough to transport tens of thousands of troops. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "This fleet, ready to go out?" ”

Zhao Zan said with a smile: "The small fishing boat can't go that far, and now it's to help transport things." Three plates with some. All other big ships are going to go out. It contained a gift I had brought for the marshal. ”

"Gifts?"

"I've got the gift list ready, and I'll present it myself when the time comes."

"Personally?" Fu Yanlin said: "Does Yuanfu plan to enter Youzhou in person?" ”

"This is natural." Zhao Zan said: "If this is not the case, how can I show my sincerity." ”

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In this era, most of the shipping was offshore navigation, and the shipbuilding technology of the five dynasties was more developed than the Tang Dynasty in some parts. But by and large, it is a step backwards.

Zhao Zan occupies Deng and Lai, and basically controls most of the northern sea ship manufacturing, but there are not many ships under his command that can sail to Japan, and the probability of an accident is not small. But littoral navigation is no problem. The so-called coastal navigation is that the sea ship is not far from the shore, half by the sail and half by the current to the north, the Chinese navigators used the sail division technology at a very early stage, so that the ship is feasible downwind. The oblique wind is feasible, and even the headwind can be zigzag-shaped, and several large sea ships have set up animal power oars, so slowly going north, in terms of walking degree, it is extremely slow, and it is not far from the Shandong Peninsula to Tianjin, because the monsoon is missed. Therefore, the driving degree is very slow, and the fleet has not yet taken a fifth of the sea route, and the light cavalry has already transmitted the news to Youzhou.

And because it is an offshore voyage, news from the coastal counties is constantly spreading north. Gao Xingzhou and other generals were quite nervous after knowing that Zhao Zan was going north, and Fan Yanguang immediately wrote to Zhang Mai after hearing about it, building a strict defense against Tianjin Port, and asked Ying to be willing to go to the fortification.

Zhang Mai smiled at the generals: "Tianjin is now a small fishing port, and gains and losses have a fart impact on us." As for Youzhou's side, I don't believe that Zhao Zan will be stupid enough to attack ashore, if he dares to attack Youzhou, I can retreat and let him land, even if he entangles the Khitan Japan, Goryeo, Wuyue, Min and Han to transport an army of three or five hundred thousand, I will follow it together. ”

Whether it was Liu Heihu or Shi Jian, whether it was Yang Xin or Zhi Congshi, all the generals laughed out loud after hearing it.

That's right, if it's a sea battle, Zhao Zan may still have an advantage, but once he lands on the shore, who is Tiance Iron Cavalry afraid of now?

Zhang Mai immediately ordered: Tianjin will be fully opened to the port, and Zhao Zan will be let in! Didn't Zhao Zan say that he wanted to enter Youzhou to see me? If his boat can enter the river, let go of the river defense and let him in!

I have to say that the navigation technology of this era really made Zhang Mai speechless, and he waited for another seven or eight days before hearing the news of the fleet's entry into port.

After Zhao Zan entered the port, the giant ships and big ships were left in Tianjin, and he himself only took five oars to enter the inland river, this time he came quickly, and arrived at Hejin Town in one day, and then landed in Hejin, only brought a few entourage, which can be regarded as entering Yan alone.

Fu Yanqing was relieved at this time, and said to Zhang Mai: "Zhao Yuanfu's soldiers and horses all stayed in Tianjin, and they came alone without mentioning a single condition, which shows that this annexation is very sincere." ”

Zhang Mai smiled: "Yes, he has a vision, and he is really ruthless!" If I have such a big family business, I may not be willing to give it away. ”

Fu Yanqing smiled slightly and said: "With the last general's understanding of Zhao Yuanfu, he is not ambitious, and he is different from the marshal. ”

It should be said that although Fu Yanqing is a mediocre person, he is good at observing words and feelings, and he has already touched Zhang Mai's temper a little after getting along for a while, and now he dares to joke with Zhang Mai.

Zhang Mai really didn't think it was wrong, and said with a smile: "That's." Then he said, "People respect me for a foot, and I respect people for a foot!" Zhao Yuanfu is coming from afar, I can't be too rude, how about General Fu go out of the city on my behalf? ”

Fu Yanqing saluted: "Willing to serve." ”

Zhang Mai said again: "Yi Zhonglang will go to greet him, and he can't get on the scene." Let's be promoted to the rank of general Fu, from now on, it will be the rank of general. ”

Fu Yanqing was overjoyed.

Tiance Tang Army now has a valuable military rank, and there are a large number of meritorious soldiers in the Mobei Campaign who have not yet entered the position, the reason is that there are Yang Yi Xue Fu and Shi Bading there, the general is currently the highest level among the Tiance ministers, Yang Yi Xue Fu is not promoted, the people below are embarrassed to rise, and Yang Yi They are marshals again, Fan Zhen Wei Renpu and other cadres are unwilling to let anyone stand side by side with Zhang Mai, and they are desperately unwilling to take a step back on this issue. They have already released their words to solve this problem, one is to adjust the military rank, and the other is Zhang Mai's ascension to the throne - as long as Zhang Mai becomes the emperor, the position of monarch and minister is certain, and it doesn't matter how many marshals there are at that time.

Fortunately, most of the generals who have made meritorious contributions in Mobei are also Zhang Mai's cronies, and they are not in a hurry in this matter, but for those generals, it is quite difficult to get the high-level military rank under the inherent system of Tiance.

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Zhao Zan was dressed in elegant clothes, and entered Youzhou City under the greeting of Fu Yanqing, and when he entered the golden tent, the generals thought at first glance that it was a civil servant. But the inadvertent deterrent in his eyes reminded everyone that this was a figure who held power and condemned death.

Zhang Mai smiled: "Zhao Donghai has worked hard. ”

Zhao Zan was stunned, not knowing who Zhao Donghai was.

Zhang Mai said: "Now the power of the sea, with the king as the strongest, Brother Zhao is enough to be the number of the East China Sea." ”

Zhao Zan was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed down and said, "Marshal Xie gave me the number!" ”

Zhang Mai smiled again: "You came alone, without a single soldier, aren't you afraid that I will kill you here?" ”

Zhao Zan had heard some about Zhang Mai's temperament from Fu Yanqing along the way, and when he saw Zhang Mai joking with himself when he met, his mood relaxed, and he also smiled: "If the marshal wants to kill me, I can't hide even if I hide to the ends of the earth." Penglai, who is alone in Yan and the sanitation of the warships, is actually no different in the eyes of the marshal. ”

Zhang Mai laughed: "Set up a banquet, set up a banquet!" At today's banquet, Zhao Donghai is the guest of honor, and everyone else is an accompanying guest. ”

Others, naturally, even Xue Fu and other cronies and generals were included, and Zhao Zan hurriedly said: "Don't dare!" ”

Zhang Mai said: "Don't shirk. Now I'm more enthusiastic and you continue, that's when we see it at first sight, I want to wait for you to bring the gift and I will show you again, and others will say that I am a philistine. ”

Zhao Zan said: "Does the marshal know what gift I want to give?" ”

Zhang Mai said with a smile: "Since you went north with great fanfare and entered Yan alone, then that huge fleet is naturally not for transporting troops, not transporting troops, it is mostly for transporting goods." Such a large fleet of ships, even if it is sand, is enough to pile up a mountain. But Brother Donghai, I have always advocated equivalent exchange, no matter what you take, I will never let you suffer, but I have been too poor recently, and you are not afraid to kill me if you suddenly ship so many goods! ”

Zhao Zan smiled slightly and said, "The things I shipped are not very valuable. In other words, when it comes to purchase, it is not very valuable, but it is an extremely common thing. ”

"Oh? When you say that, it makes me a little curious, I don't know what it is. ”

"Grain." Zhao Zan said: "Grain from the south, and a ...... that can be endless Grain Road! ”

When these two words were spoken, all the generals in the tent were moved, and even Xue Fu cheered up.

Zhang Mai's eyes opened, and his eyeballs lit up.

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