Liu He's affairs in Macheng had been completed, so he didn't stop longer, Zhao Yun sent Xiahou Lan to lead 6,000 cavalry to escort 20,000 infantry who had completed training with Liu He on the road, and hurried in the direction of Yuyang non-stop.

The Xiaocai Guard of the First Army of Youzhou has been formed and expanded, and Liu He cannot favor one over the other, so he must also be present for the formation and expansion of the Zhenbei Army.

Xu Rong, who went south to reinforce Jizhou, received an order some time ago, and had led 10,000 infantry to return to Youzhou, and when he passed through Zhuoxian, he took away 5,000 troops who had been reformed by Xu Miao and Sun Li, and then received a generous amount of food and wine and meat when passing through Guangyang, and then passed through Jicheng without entering, and went straight to Diping, the predetermined assembly place.

Diping is located in the northernmost part of Yuyang County, close to Baoqiu Water, less than 100 miles north out of the boundary line of Youzhou, into the area of Xianbei activity in western Liaoning. Liu He appointed Xu Rong as the general of Zhenbei, leading an army of 20,000 to take Diping as a stronghold and defend the north of Youzhou, which can be described in one sentence, that is, "The mission is glorious and the responsibility is heavy!" ”

When Liu He led the army through Juyong Pass, he let Xu Huang stay, and then allocated him 4,000 infantry, so that he could temporarily take over Weidun to garrison Juyong Pass, and then transfer Xu Huang to the Liao army Xian Yuyin's subordinate as a deputy general after the other armies were adjusted in place.

Weidun, who had already received the news in advance, happily left Juyong Pass with a group of his subordinates and Liu He, and went to Yuyang County to take up his post together.

The journey was uneventful, and Liu He arrived at Diping half a month later. Xu Rong, who arrived at Diping half a month in advance, had already cleaned up the border city of Diping inside and out, and the troops had also set up temporary camps in order, looking orderly and in good spirits.

Liu He came in person, Xu Rong naturally wanted to lead the crowd out of the city for ten miles to greet him, and the two troops converged in one place, and the momentum looked particularly huge.

It was the first time he met Xu Rong. In the future, the two will cooperate with each other in Yuyang, one in charge of the government, and the other in charge of the army, to jointly fight against the evil neighbors in the north. Liu He was introduced in the middle, and the two subordinates of the same age hit it off at first sight, which made Liu He feel a lot more relieved.

The army building ceremony was scheduled for noon the next day, and Liu He took advantage of this free time to have an in-depth conversation with Xu Rong in the Chinese military tent.

Liu He smiled and asked Xu Rong: "General Xu was in Yuyang when he first came to Youzhou, and now he has returned to Yuyang County after a circle, should he have any opinions on me?" ”

Xu Rong shook his head. Zhengse said: "The last general was appreciated and rescued by the son, and now he is trusted and reused by the son, and this kindness is always in my heart." As a general, it is fundamental to obey orders, and since Childe transferred me here, there is naturally a reason. Diping's area has always been unstable, and the Wuhuan and Xianbei people often come to attack and harass, and they are willing to guard the north for their son. Make sure that Youzhou is not harmed by the Hu people! ”

"It makes me feel very relieved that General Xu can think like this! Youzhou has suffered from wars for many years, and the people need a period of recuperation, so I deployed the Zhenbei Army on the northern front. It is hoped that tens of thousands of soldiers can use their bodies to build a great wall of steel for millions of people in Youzhou. The composition of the soldiers under General Xu's command is complex, there is the old foundation of the Xiliang Army, and Yuan Shao's Jizhou surrender, and now I have brought you the surrender of the troops that originally belonged to Gongsun Zhan. This Zhenbei general is not easy to be! ”

"As long as Gongzi can guarantee the food and salary of the Zhenbei Army, he can guarantee that this army will be well managed and brought out elite soldiers!"

"In this regard, General Xu is absolutely assured! In the future, I will be directly responsible for handling and interrogating the logistics supply of the Fifth Army in Youzhou. There will never be any favoritism or withholding. In addition, in order to appease the soldiers, in the future, the soldiers can settle their marriages in the station, and once they get married, the state will give everyone a piece of land according to their rank! ”

"Land for soldiers? But Childe wants to follow the example of Ma Cheng and implement a military camp north of Diping? Xu Rong had a flexible mind and immediately thought of Liu He's intentions.

That's exactly what it means. As far as I know, there is Baoqiu water passing through the north of Diping and Baitan Mountain, so there are still many ownerless wastelands on both sides of the strait for the army to reclaim and recuperate. ”

"The humble post must live up to the trust of the son, use the training interval to organize the soldiers to reclaim the fields, and ask the son to allocate a batch of high-quality farm tools and improved seeds to the Zhenbei Army."

"Well, I have already arranged for this matter, and someone will take care of it at that time."

After talking with Xu Rong, Liu He asked him to find Weidun again to discuss his plan to be in Tuntian, north of Diping.

Wei Dun said: "In the fourth year of Emperor Wu's Yuanjia, after the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, he carried out large-scale tuntian in the Hetao area to feed the border army, and since then there has been a frontier tuntian. Gongzi had previously tried Mintun in a small area in the upper reaches of the Yunqiu River west of Macheng, and now he plans to try out the mixed strategy of military tun and mintun in the north of Yuyang, which is indeed a good thing for the country and the military and people of the border area. I am humble and talented, and I want to ask a few questions to my son about the matter of Tuntian. ”

Liu He nodded and said, "It's okay for the tail county to be straight, don't worry about it." ”

"One of the questions, Mintun needs manpower, the northern part of Yuyang has long suffered from the Hu people, many people have already migrated to Guangyang and the south of Yuyang, now the vicinity of Diping is sparsely populated, where do the people of Tuntian come from? The second question is, even if Gongzi solves the manpower problem, who will belong to the farmland cultivated and planted by these tun people in the future, and how should the identity of these tun people be defined? Question 3: If both the military and the people see that it is profitable, and disputes and conflicts arise in the northern part of Diping, how should they be resolved? ”

The three questions raised by Weidun to Liu He all hit the key point of Tuntian, which made Liu He fall into contemplation for a while.

As an important political, military and economic system, the tuntian system has been practiced in China for nearly 2,000 years and many dynasties, which is enough to prove its great value. Even if the new China was founded in later generations, there was no such thing as the tuntian system, but the 500,000 troops who entered the northwest border to establish the construction corps still followed the path of the tuntian system, but by a different name.

The state forced peasants or soldiers to cultivate state-owned land and levy a certain amount of land rent, which originated in the Western Han Dynasty and formed a complete system in Cao Wei. In the eleventh year of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty used sinners, slaves and recruited peasants to garrison Tuntian, and later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent a large number of soldiers to the Western Regions of Tuntian. However, at that time, Tuntian was mainly concentrated in the western and northern frontiers, and the main way was military cantonment, and the scale was not large, and all the concept and implementation of tuntian were limited to avoiding long-distance transportation of grain from other places and solving the needs of the border garrison army, and did not become an important economic and social system.

The first to propose a complete tuntian system in history was Zaoyi under Cao Cao, in addition to Han Hao, and the practitioners were Ren Jun, Guoyuan and Deng Ai.

As early as Cao Cao's suppression of the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, Zao Yi was very interested in the Yellow Turban Army's practice of fighting and farming, and integrating soldiers and farmers, and in the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Runan, Yingchuan, and captured a large number of ploughing cattle, farm tools and labor. Zao only suggested that Cao Cao use these agricultural tools to reclaim land in the Xuchang area and implement tuntian to solve the grain problem. Cao Cao took his advice and appointed him as the Governor of Tuntian, with full responsibility for Tuntian's affairs.

Zaoyi first confiscated the barren ownerless farmland into the possession of the state, and organized a large number of displaced people recruited into groups according to the establishment of the army, and the state provided land, seeds, ploughing cattle, and agricultural tools, which were cultivated by them, and the harvest was divided proportionally between the state and the peasants in the tuntian. In the first year of the implementation of Tuntian, Cao Cao ordered the county capital to place a field official and recruit exiled people to Tuntian. Later, he accepted Zaoyi's suggestion and ordered the army to tuntian, and the tuntian system was widely implemented.

Although Liu He's account now does not have such capable officials as Zao Yi, Han Hao and Guoyuan who are proficient in Tuntian, he knows better than anyone else the great power of the Tuntian system, and he is also familiar with the increasingly mature Tuntian system of later dynasties and generations, so he does not feel helpless about these questions raised by Wei Dun.

Liu He pondered for a moment, and said to Wei Dun: "There is a lot of ownerless wasteland on both sides of the Baoqiu River, in the future, Xu Rong will lead the army to implement military cantonment in Hedong, and Diping County will organize the people to carry out civilian cantonment in Hexi, and you will be responsible for central dispatch and support, so the third problem will be solved." The loss of people in the north of Yuyang is serious, and there is a shortage of local labor in Diping, so we can spend money to buy slaves from the Hu people in the north, and we can also buy people from Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou in the south, so as to solve the first problem. ”

"As for the issue of the ownership of the tuntian and the definition of the identity of the tuntian people you just mentioned, it is the most critical, if you can't consider the long-term, it will leave a lot of trouble, and even affect the establishment and promotion of the tuntian system. My preliminary idea is that the newly cultivated land should belong to the prefecture and county, regardless of whether it is a military camp or a civilian cantonment, and no individual has the right to trade or buy or sell, and as for the question of the remuneration of the soldiers and civilians participating in the cantonment, it is necessary to carefully consider and formulate a perfect, open, and fair system. ”

"Childe thinks long-term, and he is deeply admired. I suggest that the prefecture formulate and issue a special "Tuntian Order" so that the military and people in Tuntian can have a firm understanding of the minds of the military and the people, and can also make officials at all levels in the counties and counties have something to refer to and follow, so as to prevent different counties from doing their own thing. ”

"This proposal of the tail county guard is very good, when I return to Jicheng this time, I will specially dispatch capable officials to draft the "Tuntian Order"! In addition to promulgating special decrees, I would also like to suggest that Lord Taifu set up a special tuntian official in the prefecture, who will be responsible for and guide the affairs of tuntian in various localities. ”

In March of the second year of Xingping, Liu He discussed with several of his subordinates in a temporary military camp in Diping, Yuyang County, and initially established the concept of the tuntian system, which was one year earlier than Cao Cao's implementation of the tuntian system in the first year of Jian'an.

Yuyang Tuntian began from here...... (To be continued......)