I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 179 It's time to show off
It is completely reasonable for Liu Jian to set up farmland in Jizhou. After all, Jizhou is the headquarters of Zhang Jiao's uprising, and it is also the place where farmland and war damage are most serious.

Due to Zhangjiao's war disaster, there are a lot of barren land in Jizhou. In some places, the famous families Haoyou were successively attacked by the Yellow Turban Army and the Black Mountain Army, and their land became ownerless. Other prominent families took advantage of the virtual annexation.

But in any case, whether these fields are abandoned or abandoned, they must be re-owned by the state, which is a necessary prerequisite to ensure the issuance of the garrison system.

First of all, there must be fields, so that more refugees who lost their fields due to wars can be resettled.

This matter must be approved by all the rich and right families in Jizhou, as well as the poor and common people.

Of course, the current farming is only on a small scale, because in history, Cao Cao was able to carry out large-scale farming only after he broke through the Yellow Turban Millions in Qingzhou and captured a large number of refugees. He recruited refugees, and he didn't want to expand the scale to such a large size all at once.

Regarding the matter of taking the barren land as state-owned and using it to raise the refugees, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and his descendants helped Liu Jian go to Chen Yiwei on the side of the poor family.

But Tian Feng and Ju Shou were the ones to persuade them on their behalf.

Liu Jian issued a death order to those who went to various places to speak. No matter what, this decree must be implemented, whether it is from a poor family or a noble family, it must be implemented unconditionally.

The reason why Liu Jian's attitude is so tough is not that he is unreasonable.

On the contrary, he is very reasonable.

First of all, the land that he wants to take back for farming is originally unowned land, and there are no apprentices or tenants on many fields. After the nobles embezzled it privately with the government behind their backs, there is no extra manpower for farming. Simply put it in the long grass.

Why can't such a field be used for farming?
But it is obvious that some families, especially those who are well-dressed, just don't think so!

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping persuaded many poor families of common people that they would no longer forcibly occupy the barren land in Jizhou. At the same time, after discussion, they were also willing to accompany the animal husbandry office and borrow cattle from the villagers. Withdrawal from the harvest.

Although it was also exploitative, it at least gave the refugees a way to survive.

However, the progress of Tian Feng and Jushou is obviously not very good.

Most of the well-dressed nobles and prominent families do not approve of this move.

In their view, the land that has been annexed by them privately after the war belongs to them!There is no such thing as private or private mergers.

If you want to recruit refugees to cultivate, you can!

But you must not use the method of farming.

They offer a "practicable" scenario.

It is to recruit refugees and use them as apprentices in the barren fields under their names. The newly reclaimed fields and fodder will be handed over to the state office at a rate five times that of the Han Dynasty's land rent in previous years to support Liu Jian and raise soldiers.

Although they all handed over part of the harvest of the field to Liu Jian, the meanings are very different.

Liu Jian took the initiative in the farm system. He was in charge of the wasteland in Jizhou, and he alone had the final say on how to distribute the food to whom.

Others are playing with him.

However, the plan proposed by the prominent families in Jizhou is that they are the active party.

The fields are still theirs, and the refugees are the same as before, working for them unconditionally as apprentices and hidden people, and they double the harvest they get to supply Liu Jian.

Since it is doubled, it means that the extra multiple does not need to be handed over to the state, but can go into Liu Jian's private pocket.

To put it bluntly, the prominent Jizhou family wanted to support this Jizhou shepherd as a living ancestor.

In fact, this is also a strategy used by aristocratic families from all over the world to treat local leaders.

The high-return support allows the local chiefs to earn a lot of money, and they don't care about anything. The government is devolved, and everyone wins.

Obviously wanting to seize Liu Jian's initiative, but insisting on a win-win situation, this is a sick mentality of the prominent families in Jizhou in this era.

Everything is given priority to the noble family, no matter whether it is reasonable or not.

It is the same as the beautiful country in later generations.

That innate sense of superiority has been engraved in their bones and cannot be erased.

They don't understand at all what it means to be reasonable.

But in their view, this very good deal made Liu Jian furious!
Now he finally understands why Yuan Shao didn't implement the farming strategy in Jizhou in history!
Yes, in history Yuan Shao occupied four prefectures and was rich in resources. Compared with Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan, his family was indeed much richer!He does not have food and grass available like farming.

But no one would dislike having a lot of food and grass. The 300 million stones of food and grass accumulated by Gongsun Zan's farmland were all obtained by Yuan Shao after he defeated Yi Jing.

In a poor place like Youzhou, where Gongsun Zan can benefit so much by farming the land, wouldn't Yuan Shao be moved when he saw Gongsun Zan's family background?
Jizhou is also a place that has been devastated by the Yellow Turban and Black Mountain, especially the land of Weijun...

Even if Yuan Shao had enough food and fodder to supply his own army, who would think there was too much food?
But now Liu Jian understood that it wasn't that Yuan Shao didn't want to farm, but that he couldn't do it at all!

The aristocratic families in Jizhou can be said to be the most arrogant and domineering group in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty!

As far as Yuan Shao’s family background is concerned, these people are his base. He doesn’t want to offend them, or they are people of the same class. Yuan Shao’s background is doomed that he can only share interests and policies with these people. .

Therefore, it is difficult for Yuan Shao to implement the strategy of farming.

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Liu Jian looked at Tian Feng and Ju Shou with a frosty face, and asked: "Who is the person who divides the refugees into various families to cultivate barren land for the disciples, and then all the families pay me grain, fodder and land rent?"

Ju Shou stroked his beard and said nothing.

But the upright Tian Feng didn't have any scruples, and said directly: "It's the judge and match of the Yin'an people in Wei County."

Liu Jian narrowed his eyes and said, "What is the status of the examiner in Wei County?"

Ju Shou sighed, and said: "Wei County's Shen clan is the leader in Wei County, and Shen Pei is an old official of Taiwei Bo Zhengong, and Bo Zhengong was a loyal pioneer who condemned eunuchs in the past..."

Liu Jian narrowed his eyes.

And who's so-and-so's protégé and old official are used to suppress me?

These days, this set is no longer popular!
Liu Jian didn't continue talking, he just asked, "Where is the interrogator?"

Tian Feng said: "Under the eyes of the judge, he is living idlely in Wubao, where his family lives in Yinan."

"Okay, I see. I will visit you in person someday."

Hearing that Liu Jian was going to meet the judge, a smile appeared on Ju Shou's face.

"The examiner is the leader of Jizhou, so that the relatives can go to see the examiner. If they can get the help of the examiner, they will be like a tiger with wings added in Jizhou."

Liu Jian said expressionlessly: "Understood."

After Tian Feng and Jushou went down, Liu Jian ordered someone to find Cheng Pu.

"The envoy called me?"

Liu Jian stood up from where he was, walked quickly to Cheng Pu, and said coldly, "You five thousand generals, how are you practicing? Have you fought against the Black Mountain Army recently?"

Cheng Pulang said: "Recently, the soldiers have fought against the bandits, and the results are quite impressive!"

"Okay, let's order the generals, let's go to a place together, and let the soldiers of the three armies practice martial arts for me!"

Liu Jian ordered, Cheng Pu didn't dare to neglect, and immediately accepted the order.

Later, Liu Jian ordered someone to find Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, go to Liyang Camp yourself, and wait for me to send a letter to Li Yangying Captain. I have something to ask him to help."

Zhao Yun was quite surprised when he heard the words: "Your envoy is familiar with Liyang Camp Captain?"

"Naturally, that's my foster brother Zhang Fei!"

(End of this chapter)