Half a month after marrying Zhen Jiang, Guo Jia held a simple wedding to marry Cai Yan, and officially brought the mother and son into the general's mansion. In name, the wife was Zhen Jiang's.

This winter was a worse problem for the Yizhou gentry. When the Taiping Army general led the army to escort the new officials to take office, it was equivalent to cutting off the foundation of the gentry. The previous Xuhe rebellion had already caused the Yizhou gentry to suffer heavy damage.

It is indeed ambition and unwillingness to incite the prominent families and the people to cause chaos, but it is not the case. Guo Jia has already prepared for it. The army in Yizhou has taken action to extinguish the rebellion quickly.

Guo Jia actually had other intentions to attack the gentry of Yizhou and to suffer the great family and the unlucky family. He wanted to stabilize the situation before spring came and end the chaos. Those who wanted to cause trouble would be better off before winter passed so that he could catch them all.

The first priority of the newly appointed officials is to resettle displaced people through the severe winter, and then they will start to rectify the situation. Even under the instruction of Guo Jia, there is a vague tendency to attack the rich clans. These landlords used to do something wrong and commit crimes, and do a lot of things that harm the world. In addition to giving the people a blue sky, they are more important to confiscate their land.

But Guo Jia will not make trouble. Some landlords have innocent wealth, legal sources of income, and their own land is obtained by normal trading. Guo Jia does not have to wrongly accuse good people. He does not intend to carry out land reform. The key is whether the method of annexing the land is a legal means. Following Xu He, the rebellion, and the rich family who caused chaos after taking office has been in a difficult situation by Guo Jia. Many of the property has been confiscated and countless land has been confiscated.

Seeing that spring is coming, the purge in Yizhou is gradually coming to an end. In more than a month, there have been more than 40 thieves in the entire territory, but they are all suppressed by Guo Jia using cruel means. If you want to talk about who is the largest rich landlord in Yizhou now, it is undoubtedly Guo Jia.

Guo Jia gained a lot by subverting the gentry forces, curbing the rise of aristocratic families, and suppressing powerful bullies. He had countless fertile land and confiscated oxen and farm tools, but the only thing he lacked was labor.

Therefore, he needs to implement military farming, encourage production, and accumulate food and grass to prepare for future war needs. Moreover, military farming is also a policy to benefit and safe people.

In the meeting hall, Guo Jia paced back and forth in the hall, listening to the advice of the counselors calmly.

When Guo Jia threw out the military farming system, Qin Mi immediately said seriously: "The lord's method can be obtained in one fell swoop. The military camp and the civil camp can store grains, and they can fight and not abandon farming, and they can not abandon guards. If the soldiers have no family, their feelings will not be solid. If they have a family, they will be burdened by the army. They can maintain their families, fight and rest when they return. The military camps will make soldiers engaged in farming, and they will enjoy being close to the people and rest when they are resilient. People from outside are also willing to submit to the lord for their use. They will guard the border and cultivate the land, and the soldiers will farm together with the people. The enemy's territory is difficult to predict, and the defenders can attack in the future and defend in the future. The soldiers will not disperse when they retreat. Therefore, the lord's promotion of military farming is not only feasible, but also must be carried out."

Most of the military generals were confused, but they also understood that most of the soldiers served in the army to support their families, and they expected that food and wages were unrealistic. Now the lord not only wanted the people to farm, but also wanted to implement military garrisons, which was also beneficial to the soldiers.

The strategists nodded frequently, and Qin Mi's words were justified, and they all agreed.

Walking to Zhang Song, Guo Jia asked lightly: "When will the household registration of each county be reported?"

For Zhang Song, who has the ability to remember everything, Guo Jia doesn't care about his wisdom. In terms of internal affairs, he should do more things than others.

Zhang Song, who had a slightly ugly appearance, replied calmly: "Five counties have submitted their household registration, and the rest of the counties should be half a month later."

The most fundamental reason why Guo Jia wants to suppress the local tyrants is not that they plunder the wealth of the people, but that they hold most of the land and privately hiding farmers. When the new official takes office, one of the important tasks is to count household registrations. Those who dare to privately hiding farmers will be severely punished and said a joke. If Guo Jia surrenders to a hero one day, he will submit the household registration book in Yizhou together to show the people's surrender. Therefore, it is very important to re-calculate the population.

What to fight in war? Fighting for military generals? Liu Bei has been bumping for half his life. Isn’t the combination of Guan, Zhang and Zhao enough to sweep the world? Fighting for strategists? Fighting for strong generals and provoking officials like rain Yuan Shao should have been dominating the world long ago. Fighting for the number of troops? The number of troops depends on the base of population, the combat strength of the army depends on the good equipment, the combination of troops, the strength of soldiers, etc.

If Yizhou had only one million people, Guo Jia would not have had an army of 100,000, because it is not considered the elderly, weak, sick and disabled people, and it is a fantasy for nine people to raise one soldier.

The local tyrants and bullies privately hiding farmers, and the benefit is the private individuals, not Guo Jia, so Guo Jia needs to re-count the population, on the one hand, to rescue the oppressed people, and on the other hand, to reduce the losses of the public.

"What was the original land tax in Yizhou? How much were in other states?"

Guo Jia asked Zhang Song another question.

Zhang Song replied without hesitation: "The government orders in various places in Yizhou are different. When Liu Yan was in office, the land tax was at least 16%, the highest was at most 18%, and the same was true for other states."

With local exploitation, the burden on the shoulders of the people is unimaginably heavy. They can only get one or two percent of their income in a year. If they are lucky, they are only 30 or 40 percent. It is indeed difficult to face it with a relaxed mood.

"The military farming system will be formulated as soon as possible, and will be issued to each county to recruit people to carry out military farming. Those with oxen farming tools will be provided by the government. Those without oxen farming tools will be provided by the government, and the tax will be increased by 10%. At the same time, notices will be posted in various places that the tax will never be increased. If there is a natural disaster, the exemption will be reduced as appropriate."

This is Guo Jia's strategy to benefit the people. To win the hearts of the people, it is not to pretend to be polite and ask about the people. The real interests are the fundamentals, so that they can always remember Guo Jia's kindness to them.

People without land and farm tools have the help of the government, and only need to pay 40% of their income a year of work. If they have farm tools, whether it is the land of the government or the land of their own, they only need to pay 30% of their work a year of work. This is many times better than they have suffered from oppression and exploitation in the past, and this can mobilize their enthusiasm.

Refugees who have left their hometowns due to war will also settle down in Yizhou. Over time, Yizhou's population will gradually increase, which is also a must-pass way to become stronger.

As for the situation where the fields are not enough to be cultivated in the future, Guo Jia will also introduce an encouragement policy to reclaim new fields.

Guo Jia, who stood by the door with his hands behind his back and turned his back to everyone, continued: "In addition, various places have posted notices to recruit skilled craftsmen and seniors with skills to recruit efforts, improve crossbows, farm tools, etc., create more powerful weapons, and build equipment that is conducive to farming. This requires professionals to do this."

He has a specialty in his profession. Guo Jia believes that he is not talented and knowledgeable, and others may not be able to cover everything. It is more appropriate to leave some areas to professionals to study. He only needs to lead the way in the general direction.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have already taken countermeasures. Industry and commerce should not be too hasty. The road should be taken step by step. People should take food first and the country should be based on agriculture. First lay a solid foundation and then seek more development. Haste is not achieved. If you want to be in place in all aspects, you may end up in vain.

Guo Jia, who sat back on the main seat, relaxed his expression and asked with a smile: "Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, what are you doing recently?"

The civil and military officials in the hall looked at each other, wondering why the lord suddenly cared about these two people.

"Yuan Shao planned to seize Han Fu's Jizhou, and Yuan Shu still stationed troops in Nanyang. His troops under his command had occasional confrontations with Li Jue and Guo Si around Luoyang, but there was no big battle."

After Xi Zhi finished speaking, he walked back to his original position.

Guo Jia was lost for a moment, and then said, "Li Jue and Guo Si should have plundered the Sizhou area and sent troops. Sun Jian wanted to fight, so there would not be many soldiers. Yuan Shu must be anxious in Nanyang, and he wished Sun Jian would return to his command immediately. Qin Mi."

Qin Mi came out to wait for Guo Jia's instructions.

"Help me write two secret letters to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. The tone of the letter is humble. The first letter is to Yuan Shao. It means that if the son is in Dong Zhuo's hands today, it is like a puppet. The world must be ruled. If Yuan Shao can elect a new emperor, I will definitely support and support in Yizhou. If Yuan Shao can unify Shandong in the future, when he goes south, I will definitely submit to him. The second letter is to Yuan Shu. The letter first explains that I have forgotten my old grudges with him in Luoyang. The past grudges are just private matters. If there is chaos today, official affairs are first. Yuan's four generations and three masters, Yuan Shu is the legitimate son. Tell him that I support him in Yizhou to carry the banner of the Yuan family. As long as he captures Jingzhou, I will definitely follow him and help him unify the south. At that time, we will rush our army north to clarify the inner world."

After Guo Jia finished speaking with a smile, the advisers all smiled knowingly, while among the generals, Xu Chu Dianwei had a gloomy face.

Immediately, Xu Chu stepped out of his arms and said in a deep voice: "Lord, I won't work for others. Why should I work for others? Are you still afraid that they won't succeed?"

Guo Jia laughed, got up, waved his hand and walked towards the inner hall.

Xu Chu, who had not received Guo Jia's reply, was confused. After Guo Jia left, he and Dian Wei looked at each other and saw the strategists leaving with smiles. They blocked Xi Zhicai from the door, one on the left and one on the right, and wanted to ask clearly.

"Military advisor, what does the lord mean? Could it be that Yuan Shu captured Jingzhou and we will follow that guy?" Dian Wei also touched Guang's head at this moment, looking bored.

They have a mortal grudge with the Yuan family!

Xi Zhicai sighed helplessly and said, "Zhongkang, evil is coming. The lord's two secret letters are digging graves for the two brothers of the Yuan family. Do you believe that the lord will join others?"

The two of them shook their heads together, and Xi Zhicai asked back, "Then why are you still anxious?"

Xu Chu curled his lips and said, "The lord's words are not clear, they are all fake. Hi, I won't worry about these things in the future. You all understand in your heart, just let me and the evil ones do it."

Xi Zhicai, who shook his head and said nothing, looked at the backs of Xu Chu and Dian Wei leaving, sighed innocently, and thought of the two secret letters Guo Jia asked Qin Mi to write, and then showed a playful smile.

Yuan Shao, do you dare to risk the world's bad luck and establish a new emperor?
Chapter completed!