For Haoqiang, Qin Feng's attitude is to resolutely eradicate it, as long as he is under his rule, there will be no Haoqiang, these people occupy a large amount of land, raise private soldiers, ignore the government decrees, despise the law, often bully the township, buy and sell strongly, run rampant, and even build dock forts to train people and horses, build weapons and armor, and fight against the government.

The presence of such people under the rule is a great obstacle to the law and order in the jurisdiction.

In response to this matter, Qin Feng specially convened his advisers, officials and generals to discuss.

A local official in Nanyang stood up and said: "Lord, this matter is extraordinary, because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, bandits were rampant, many wealthy families built dock forts for self-protection has become the norm, I Nanyang is the founding of the country, the county of Haoqiang, the number of landlords is also a lot of crimes, at present in Nanyang around the number of Haoqiang is not less than 100 people, each has a dock fort, if you rashly start, I am afraid that it will arouse the anger of the people, lead them to unite against the government, and please think twice!" ”

Qin Feng asked: "You mean to let this state continue?" So the decree issued by the Taishou Mansion cannot be carried out because of the existence of these people, what can you do to solve it? ”

"This ······ The subordinates thought that the reason why these people opposed and resisted the decrees issued by the Taishou Mansion was because these decrees infringed on their interests, and they had the confidence to resist and oppose because they had a certain number of private soldiers in their hands! ”

"The subordinates suggest that for the sake of stability in Nanyang, if you can avoid the use of force, try not to use force, and you can first order the powerful people in all parts of the country to disarm and disband the private soldiers within the specified time limit, hand over armor, weapons, bows and crossbows, etc., and only allow no more than 30 guards to be retained!"

"These landlords are definitely unwilling, we can divide and win them over, and for some families who are doing business, we can give them certain conveniences and tax exemptions, so as to gain their support, and we can also give some families the promise of one or two official vacancies, on the condition that they cooperate with the Taishou Mansion to hand over private soldiers and weapons!"

"In this way, the attitude is much more gentle, some landlords are not to resolutely confront the government to the end, with these conditions, they should agree, as long as someone takes the lead in agreeing and making practical actions, other landlords and heroes can not unite, the general trend is on the side of my government, and then win over a group, crack down on a group, for those stubborn landlords and strong, the government can also divide them internally!"

After listening to this official, Qin Feng couldn't help asking, "Who is in the hall?" ”

The official bowed his hand: "Subordinate Governor Xu Cong!" ”

Qin Feng knew that there was a small scholar clan Xu in Wancheng, Nanyang, who once gave advice to Yuan Shao, and later defected to Cao Cao on the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Xu You, who was a member of the Xu clan in Wancheng.

He asked, "Are you from the Xu family?" ”

Xu Cong's face was a little embarrassed, he knew that Qin Feng was not used to looking at people from the Shi clan, so he replied stubbornly: "Yes!" ”

Qin Feng asked again: "What is the relationship between Xu Yu and Xu Ziyuan, who was first Yuan Shao and then Cao Cao, and you?" ”

“······ Xu You is in the next cousin uncle! Xu Cong's face was very unnatural, after all, what Xu You did was very disgraceful, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had just been suppressed, Xu You was still young, and conspired with Jizhou Assassin Shi Wang Fen and others to kill Emperor Ling to support the Hou of Hefei as emperor, but in the end it failed, Xu You and others fled.

This incident also reflected the fierce competition for power between the nobles and the imperial family, and the appetite of the nobles was growing, and as long as the emperor could not meet their ideas and needs, they would try their best to achieve their wishes, and even did not hesitate to depose the emperor and set up a new monarch.

Xu Cong immediately said: "Lord, Xu You is Xu You, he can only represent himself, not the Xu family, not all the people of the Shi clan are short-sighted and selfish, my Xu clan inherits poetry and books, never encroaches on the people's land, nor does it raise private soldiers, builds dock forts, and has always taken the rise and fall of the world as its own responsibility!" ”

Qin Feng heard this: "Really? If I leave this matter to you, can you make these landlords hand over their private soldiers and weapons to cooperate with the government's decrees? ”

Xu Cong immediately said: "As long as the lord trusts the lord, he must share the worries of the lord in the next, and it is limited to one year. ”

"A year? Xu Cong, don't be busy talking big things yet, you have to be responsible when you speak! Qin Feng asked with a cold face.

Xu Cong arched his hand and said solemnly: "Lord, your subordinates can make a military order!" ”

Qin Feng looked at Xu Cong for a long time, slapped the table and said, "Okay, I'll give you a year, if you can really solve the tumor of the landlord's powerful place within a year, you will be rewarded!" ”

"Thank you, my lord!"

Wanxian County and the surrounding counties are okay, Taishou Mansion is in Wancheng, the landlords near this are not too presumptuous, but there are one or two or two still with the decree of Taishou Mansion, Taishou Mansion stipulates that within a certain period of time, the abandoned fields must be reclaimed and planted with food, otherwise these wastelands will be taken back, but these landlords Haoqiang usually have a bad reputation, and like to bully the people, the people have run out, and some people would rather go to beg for food than to these landlords to farm the land.

As a result, the fields of these landlords and magnates were left uncultivated, and all the fields that were not cultivated within the time limit set by the government were taken back by the government, and the previous title deeds were invalidated, and the government redistributed these abandoned fields to landless displaced people or landless farmers to cultivate.

However, when these fields were cultivated by the displaced people and farmers, the landlords and powerful people immediately brought people to loot and seize them, claiming that the fields belonged to their families, and drove these displaced people and farmers away, and the two sides also clashed because of this, resulting in the death of several displaced people and farmers.

When such a serious thing happens, it is simply a contempt and blatant provocation for the government, where would Qin Feng condone such a lawless landlord Haoqiang, and immediately ordered the thief Cao to take the servants to arrest people, who knew that these two landlords Haoqiang openly resisted arrest, and also beat up the officers sent to arrest people.

Su Fei was sent by Qin Feng to lead troops to arrest people, and these two landlords Haoqiang actually hid in their own dock fort, closed the fort door and defended themselves, and confronted the official army.

This is really bold, Qin Feng immediately ordered Su Fei to wave his army to attack, with the assistance of siege equipment, these dock forts are not stronger and taller than the city after all, they were quickly breached, the landlord's powerful private soldiers in the dock fort were killed, and they and their families were all arrested.

In order to set an example, Qin Feng ordered the public beheading of the family members of the two landlords Haoqiang and his co-servants, but instead of pursuing their families, he ordered their release, but confiscated most of their land and property in the city, leaving only one house and one hundred acres of land.