With the Huanshu ancestral tribes in place one after another, and began to repair the Liumen weir, it also marked the official start of the vigorous construction of the northern part of the country.

Although only Huan Shuzu's family won the bidding for Liumenyan, Li Tai took advantage of this to basically get a rough idea of the powerful forces in the territory. Since the masses are enthusiastic to bid, then of course he will not waste this enthusiasm, since you want to work, then there is endless work for you to do.

In the huge north, there is naturally not only a water conservancy project in Liumenyan that needs to be repaired urgently, but also in other counties. Li Tai also singled out a few of the pivotal projects, and then asked other powerful families in the territory to bid for them, taking advantage of the dry water and slack in autumn and winter to work together.

Taking advantage of the large-scale construction in the territory, Li Tai ordered the state capital to open a large field and buy the grain accumulated by the people to maintain the consumption of laborers. Although he brought a large amount of military rations from Kansai, it was for the army and naturally could not be diverted for other purposes.

At present, agriculture in the northern part of the country is not prosperous, and the land owned by poor and small households is very limited, and their income is already small, and they have to endure multiple exploitations by the government and the powerful.

Although the Haoqiang occupy a vast area of wilderness and mountains and rivers, there is basically very little intensive farming, and the farming technology can be said to be a comprehensive regression, and there are many subordinates who need to consume food and clothing, so there is not much savings, otherwise they will not be dizzy by Li Tai with money.

Even so, when the news of the government's grain collection reached the countryside, many families still rushed to sell their surplus grain, and some families did not even keep too much of their own rations.

Li Tai attacked Xiangyang in the south at the beginning of his entry, and proved with practical actions that he had the ability to ensure the safety of Jingzhou and that the cultivation and weaving production in the coming year would not be affected by the war. The construction of water conservancy projects in the counties means that the area of arable land that can be fully irrigated will increase dramatically in the coming year, which means that the price of grain will inevitably decrease in the coming year.

Affected by the war, although the industry is not prosperous, but the folk customs are very lively, the people do not reject the business business, and it is not ashamed to get rich. Even the heroes of Guanzhong, whose folk customs are a little old-fashioned, can't stand the temptation of Li Tai, and the heroes here naturally know more about the trade-offs.

Therefore, the state capital soon collected hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, and areas farther away from the state capital were still sending it in a steady stream.

Li Tai's frequent troubles not only make the people in the state not idle, but the people in the state capital are often busy because of his thoughts, especially Cui Qian, who is in charge of everything, is so busy that the time to eat and sleep is compressed to the extreme.

On this day, Li Tai came to the state capital Zhitang to discuss some things with Cui Qian, and after looking around, he found that Cui Qian was lying in the small space separated by several screens.

After Cui Qian heard the call of the officials, he also hurriedly stood up, rubbed and hurriedly sobered himself up, but he still couldn't help yawning twice, and then returned to the main hall to sit down, looked at Li Tai and asked, "What did you explain?" ”

Li Tai didn't do much nonsense, and said directly: "The former county magistrate, most of them are indecent talents, I am ready to eliminate the incompetent ones before the year, please Changshi recently combined with the situation of the township to formulate a few performance appraisal methods, so as to ensure that a good selection is in office, and the next year can smoothly expand the number of households and grant land." ”

"So fast? Will there be a bit of a rush? If it provokes public resentment and boiling, I'm afraid that the political achievements will be half wasted! ”

After Cui Qian heard this, he said that almost all the county magistrates under Jingzhou are filled by locals, and there are few people who are capable and competent enough.

"It's not too soon, let these unruly people rule the people, and it will be a long time. Now the laborers are tired of the people, and the grain is scarce, and if they still refuse to obey my law, it is useless to keep them! ”

The most important thing in Haoqiang is nothing more than grain and troops, and now several of the most powerful and powerful troops in the territory are concentrated in several construction sites, and the surplus grain of each family is also stored in the state warehouse, which has reached a good time to start.

Li Tai does not want to uproot all the powerful in the territory, the key is to emphasize his own rules, from now on, what official positions you can hold in the state must be my final say, not your own seat and sugar.

It's not that he doesn't want to eliminate all evil, and his key subordinates don't have enough candidates to fill these positions. Jingzhou alone has eight counties and more than 40 counties, and some counties are controlled by the barbarians, and the situation is very complicated, and only the locals can figure it out.

Cui Qian nodded after hearing this, and then recorded the matter in the book and marked it as an important matter. And there are more than a dozen things of the same level.

Haoqiang has existed for many years, and it is difficult to clear the forces in an instant. And purging is not Li Tai's ultimate goal, it is to co-opt and use and rebuild order as much as possible, so Li Tai also prepared a complete set of combination punches for these people.

Most of the people he selected to be in charge of the project were well-known strong sects of force in the territory, one was that only they had enough soldiers to use them to exhaust the manpower of their troops, and second, because of their strong strength, their style was already tough, and they could use them to disintegrate some entanglements of nostalgia.

For example, if the pond weirs and ditches that are privately made by the rivers are not destroyed, even if the fortifications are rebuilt, the effect will be limited. If the government comes forward to prohibit the destruction, it is very easy to cause confrontation between the government and the people, but if these powerful sects in the territory do it, it can get twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, if they don't do it, it's nothing, anyway, if the project is unqualified, don't want to get the final payment. The state government is always undeceived, and whoever can deliver a qualified project will be paid the balance to whomever it wants.

The construction of water conservancy will certainly harm the interests of some people, turning their fertile land, which could have been fully irrigated, into barren and dry land.

Li Tai did not ignore this, and the state government has drawn up an order to encourage land reclamation, which will be announced in due course.

These families only need to pay a small part of the deposit, and in the coming year, they will have priority access to these new irrigation areas, which will not only directly increase the cultivated area in the territory, but also make up for the lack of state and county residents.

The land reclaimed can be returned to the government after three years, and it can continue to be cultivated, but it needs to bear the normal tax.

Of course, if they don't even want to pay such a little money, the state government also has a preferential policy, that is, slaves and maids and soldiers and granting land. As long as you see as many slaves and maids as you are, you can get as much new land as you want, and the treatment is the same as reclamation.

In order to prevent some people from exploiting loopholes in the law, some supporting decrees must also be followed, that is, the prohibition of slavery. It is forbidden to illegally occupy and plunder the Juntian households as slaves and maids, and once the crime is discovered, the soldiers are immediately released and the main family is arrested, and the main family must either bear one year's imprisonment or pay five years' rent to the Juntian family as a fine to atone for their crimes.

This ban on slavery is accompanied by the expansion of the household order, first retrieve the old register, to ensure that the people who see the nationality are real, if there is a concealment, that is, to recover the naturalization, and then expand the flow of people, where the people in the territory are not slaves and miscellaneous criminals, immediately after registering to see the land.

The cultivated capital built by the powerful people, in turn, competes with the powerful for the population of the tribes they cover. As for the assets previously advanced, they will be recovered one after another through administrative fines and other means.

The implementation of this series of decrees will inevitably lead to a large loss of powerful troops, perhaps in one or two years. In short, as long as the general environment in northern China can remain stable and agricultural cultivation continues to develop, the households will always get out of the shadow of the powerful and re-naturalize.

When things get to this point, they can issue a decree and confiscate the wasteland, and all the land where they have been deserted for more than three years will be left unofficial and used as a grant. Without a sufficient tribal population, the land owned by Haoqiang will inevitably be gradually eroded.

This is the trajectory of Li Tai's basic decrees on population and land for Jingzhou over the next few years. It may not be smooth sailing to implement, after all, the whole world trend will be a period of violent turmoil in the next few years, but even if there are any twists and turns, Li Tai has enough strength to put it back on track.

Here in Zhitang, he and Cui Qian sorted out the context of the next decree to determine the timing of the specific implementation and the matters that need to be paid attention to.

But when he saw Cui Qian's tired face and bloodshot eyes, he couldn't help but be a little worried: "Does Cui Changshi want to rest for a few days?" Let the officials take charge of each case, cousin, you can have an overview. ”

"All the incumbents have not been in office for a long time, and there is still no run-in in the process. Once something goes wrong, it will inevitably lead to a deep mistake. ”

Cui Qian shook his head and smiled after hearing this, and then looked at Li Tai with emotion and said: "After working with Ah Pan, I know that you deserve this fame. Jingzhou Pepsi is a deserted place, but you can calmly cook and simplify. We and the people who are affected seem to be busy, but in fact, they are all within your plan and will make up for the shortcomings. You can keep this side, it is the blessing of the people of Chubei, and we are also fortunate to be ordered to be under the government! ”

After Li Tai heard these praises, he waited for a few modest words, and Liang Rui, a young man who had already served as the governor of his tent and had been accompanying him, couldn't help but echo and said: "In the old Taifu, Daxingtai often said that Xihe Gong was a hero for seeking the country, and the old and young people in Guanxi were rarely able to do it.

Since entering the town with the trip, I deeply feel that what Daxingtai said is true, so that the king's strategy is like the abyss and the sea, and the masses inside and outside are in the palm of the hand. ”

Hearing Liang Rui's slightly excited words, it seemed that he had been brewing in his heart for a long time and finally found a chance to talk about it, Li Tai couldn't help but laugh a little dumbly.

He knew that this kid's identity was quite unusual, and he was adopted by Yuwentai since he was a child, and he was treated like a nephew, and he also had the intention of continuing to cultivate here, of course, it was inevitable to be a little eyes and ears.

As a result, this kid has not followed him to Jingzhou for a long time, and he already looks like a little fan brother, which also makes Li Tai feel that he is really charming, if you want to be so used to me again, then I am really welcome!