At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 125: The bitter Yingchuan tycoon and the seeker seek refuge

Yingbu smiled embarrassedly for a long time, but he still appreciated Xu Fan's praise in his heart. When he was in the army, he was a fierce general who could kill generals and capture flags. Even if he was not in the army, he could still achieve great achievements.

Ge Ying said: "The general also praised you as a talented person in governing the country. You can kill the enemy when you mount your horse, and you can calm the people when you dismount."

When Yingbu heard this, his teeth were almost exposed when he laughed.

Ge Ying continued, "You might as well become a county guard and help Zhou Changshi manage the territory of our rebel army."

At this time, Yingbu said in a panic: "How capable I am, don't you know? The reason why Yingchuan County can be governed so well is thanks to the general who sent me a good chief secretary."

After speaking, Yingbula led a scholar to Xu Fan and said, "His name is Chen Ping, and he is now my chief clerk. He has extraordinary knowledge. Yingchuan County replanted so quickly, thanks to his method."

The name Chen Ping was a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember what Chen Ping had done for a while, but Xu Fan knew that those who could leave a name in his memory must be people who left their names in history, and were outstanding figures of this era.

So Xu Fan raised his hand to Chen Ping and asked, "Master Chen, I wonder how you managed to make the Yingchuan County replanting recover so quickly?"

Chen Ping was obviously surprised by Xu Fan's gift and quickly returned the greeting: "I don't dare to be such a gift as a general."

Then he explained: "Because the Qin officials violated the law, the land registration in the entire Yingchuan realm has been completely messed up. It is impossible to distinguish the land properties in a short time, and the time for replanting is not enough." So my subordinates and others made an agreement with the local people to plant the fields first and then divide the fields. Each household will plant 100 acres of land first. After the autumn harvest, it will be distributed according to the way of citizens. Everyone sows first and chooses who will have the land after sowing. Over time, the people slowly took back their fields."

Xu Fan asked: "Are the people willing to do this?"

Even if you think about it, you know how difficult it is to divide the fields, let alone ask the people to cultivate other people's fields.

Xu Fanke remembered that he had read several historical novels, all of which recorded the ways in which powerful people exploited the people. A piece of land was left uncultivated by the people, and the powerful people immediately took out the land deed and claimed that it belonged to their family. These tycoons asked the common people to help them cultivate fields for a year without harvesting any grains. They also helped these tycoons to develop cultivated land. This method of the tyrants saves their own effort. They peel off the skin and bones and leave no profit to the people. , and asked the people to subsidize them, making 200% profit at zero cost.

But this method has caused great harm to the world. This has led to the people being willing to become tenants, and the refugees not daring to easily cultivate the wasteland. The powerful people have made too much money and can easily squeeze the people, and they are not willing to work hard to cultivate the wasteland. The whole world is in trouble. Falling into meaningless internal friction, until there are more and more refugees and the whole world collapses completely, the development of Jiangnan will continue for thousands of years in later generations, because these powerful people have been having side effects.

Chen Ping looked at Xu Fan with admiration and said: "Since the general uprising, he has been true to his words and resolute in his actions. He has done nothing wrong with the people. The rebels are the king's army in the eyes of the people. The people in Yingchuan will naturally believe that our rebels are fair and just. It will engulf their land.”

Moreover, this division is not harmful to them, and may even be beneficial. Most people do not have hundreds of acres of land at all, and now they are just renting hundreds of acres of land at a low price. If they continue to waste time, Yingchuan County The people could only harvest nothing. Ordinary people did not have much surplus food at home. They could not waste a year's sowing time. The people were also afraid of starvation, so they naturally did not dare to waste the land. "

Xu Fan sighed: "Credit is not only the foundation of a person, but also the pillar of a country."

Chen Ping's words reminded Xu Fan of the victory that was pushed out on a trolley in later generations. This was a victory built on credibility.

It's a pity that future generations don't cherish it at all and discard it like grass.

The good reputation of the current rebel army was also achieved little by little by Xu Fan himself who strictly enforced the military discipline of the rebel army. Therefore, as the old saying goes, the eyes of the people are sharp. Who treats them well and who treats them badly, they are It can be felt that although the rebels have been in Yingchuan County for a short time, the people know that the rebels are good to them.

But now Xu Fan has been rewarded, and the people of Yingchuan County are willing to believe him. They will plow other people's fields first and wait for the autumn harvest before dividing the grain.

It is impossible for Qin officials and local officials to do this kind of thing, because the people will not believe him at all. They prefer to do things to deceive the people, and then eat them up, leaving no benefits to the hard-working people. This kind of thing will not change much throughout the ages.

Then Xu Fan preached to Ying: "You are the county guard here, show me how you are doing during this time."

Yingbu smiled and said: "I promise not to disappoint the general, but my subordinate also has a request."

Xu Fan smiled and said, "Say."

Ying preached: "If you are satisfied, general, I will no longer be the governor of this county. I want to continue to lead troops to attack the city and seize the territory."

Ge Ying smiled and said: "You are not worthy of being a county guard worth 2000 shi, but this is a big official."

Ying preached: "Listening to you annihilating Li You's 5-strong army in Sanchuan County makes my heart itch. I wish I could lead an army of 1 to attack the city as a general."

Xu Fan said: "This is a waste of your credit. After this time, the rebel army will change its strategy and go south to attack other counties in the Chu region. You are the top three generals in our rebel army, and you will definitely lead an army to attack the city and plunder the territory."

Yingbu smiled and said: "General, your news is a reward for me."

Not far from them, there were several people staring at Xu Fan and the others. These people were the powerful men of Yingchuan County, and there was also a very special person, Zhang Liang, who had been hiding for many years.

More than two months ago, Xu Fan's formation beheaded Wang Li and wiped out 3 elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty. Even Zhang Liang, who was far away in Donghai County, was shocked. At the same time, his hometown was recaptured by the rebels, and he set off for Yingchuan County. , not only wanted to see his hometown, but also wanted to investigate the situation of the rebels.

He has been in Yingchuan County for a month. Under the leadership of his clan brother Zhang Zhong, he has seen the situation around Yingchuan County and also inspected the situation of the rebels.

As a result, he found that many rebel soldiers helped the people farm. Zhang Liang was also a man who had seen the world, but this was the first time he saw this situation. The Chen County rebels had strict military discipline and fair sales. The people of Yingchuan County were not afraid of them at all. This made Zhang Liang have an extremely high evaluation of the rebel army, calling him the army of kings.

Zhang Liang also watched Xu Fan's operas "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive". After watching it, he applauded and exclaimed: "These two operas can withstand an army of 200,000 people."

This was simply a blow to the Qin army's fatal weakness, especially when Zhang Liang saw that every time these operas were performed in the village, there were huge crowds of people. All the people who watched the opera cried bitterly and shouted to kill the Qin officials and the First Emperor of Qin. . He somewhat understood why the rebel army could quickly transform the captured Qin army. As long as they were oppressed by Qin, the Qin army who had watched these two operas would be full of hatred for Qin.

Zhang Liang even remembered that ten years ago, when Korea had just been destroyed, a severe drought occurred the next year and the fields failed to harvest. At that time, the nobles of Korea wanted to rely on this natural disaster to overthrow the rule of Qin, but it was a pity that they It failed, and Zhang Liang's brother died in the uprising.

Now he thought about it, they were not as good as the rebels at that time. The rebels used opera to guide the people to hate Qin, and used land equalization to buy the people. After gaining the people's trust, they resisted the violent Qin. At first, they just used the people, but did not give them much benefit. That It was also a conspiracy, and now that I think about it, this was probably the reason why they failed and the rebels won.

"What's the point of watching these operas? I really don't know why these people are crying and crying." Zhang Zhong couldn't sympathize with "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive". Because these are too far away from his life, even if the country is destroyed, the Zhang family is no longer a noble, but they are still local powerful, and they will not be able to do corvee and heavy taxes.

"Zifang, you don't know that the rebels were so ruthless in their violence against the Qin Dynasty that our land was expropriated by them. They said that the land could not be left uncultivated. If it was left uncultivated, a land abandonment fee would be charged. The servants at home We were also dismissed by them, saying that this was an evil policy of tyrannizing the Qin Dynasty, and it was a big joke in the world. There have been slaves for thousands of years, so how could this be an evil policy of tyrannizing the Qin Dynasty?"

Zhang Liang asked: "Why did my clan brother waste his fields?"

Zhang Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "I don't want to waste this. My family has a lot of fields, which were cultivated by tenants in the past. However, there was a big war in Yingchuan County some time ago. Tens of thousands of young people died, and then the rebels again Equalize the land and divide all the official land. Now the tenants have gone to grab the land of the rebels. How can they come to my house to rent the land? The slaves were forcibly dismissed by them and changed to some kind of employment. But as soon as this slave is released, he will be divided into the rebels. The fields were gone, and only a few people remained.”

"Then the most shameless thing happened. You don't know about Zifang, because too many slaves were released. Later, the families of the rebels came to Sanchuan County. They didn't have enough land, so they confiscated all our land. Whatever we can't grow, the rebels buy it and plant it for others so it won't be wasted.

But they didn’t give us any money. They said they would give us money all at once so that we wouldn’t spend it all. They gave us 10% of the money to redeem our crops every year. They also said they would give us three cents of interest and pay it back in years. They were simply bandits. I gave them three cents. Interest. "

"This rebel army is simply more violent than the Qin Dynasty. If we had known that the rebel army would be so hateful, we should not have helped them capture Yangdi City in the first place." Of course, Zhang Zhong was speaking angrily.

Even without them, Yangdi City would not have been able to hold on to the original situation. The redemption policy was also a new policy implemented by Xu Fan in Yingchuan County, in order to reclaim the land of these local powerful people.

Xu Fan evolved very quickly and understood the essence of politics. Almost all the powerful people in Yingchuan County did not join the rebel army. Naturally, they were not their own people. No one would stand up for them when they were bullied and give all their land to them. The common people have no way to retaliate against the rebels. Instead, the rebels can get the support of hundreds of thousands of people throughout Yingchuan County.

What else is there to say? I can only suffer from the tyrants of Yingchuan County and bear the infamy of Xu Fan.

Zhang Liang nodded with understanding and said: "This leader of the rebel army values ​​the common people and despises the powerful. After all, it is our lack of strength that is why we are not underestimated by the rebel army."

Zhang Zhong was stunned by these words, and felt as if he had been pricked by needles in his heart. South Korea seems to have always been a country that can't avoid being bullied and bullied. It is said that there were seven heroes in the Warring States Period, but only South Korea was always being beaten, even if it was weaker than them. The State of Yan also rose to prominence once and almost destroyed the State of Qi. Zhang Liang continued: "But among the rebels in the world, the ones with the greatest hope of destroying Qin are ultimately the Chenjun rebels."

Zhang Liang also met the Sishui Rebel Army along the way. Compared with the Chen County Rebel Army, they were just a grassroots team. So far, Qin Jia has not conquered the entire Sishui County, and even in the areas controlled by Qin Jia, Qin Jia and his men only knew Destroying Qin's laws and systems, killing and destroying their Qin officials, venting their dissatisfaction with Qin officials against Qin. This is human nature, but Qin Jia and the others only know how to destroy, but do not know how to build. They only know how to destroy Qin's system, but do not know how to build his own system. Seeing all this, Zhang Liang understood that Qin Jia and the others There is no future.

So Zhang Liang left Sishui County after only getting to know him briefly. Later he heard that the Tian Dan brothers were defeated and Qi was almost recovered by the Qin army. This made Zhang Liang understand that the Qin army's combat effectiveness had not weakened, and now after actually arriving at Yingchuan County, he discovered that Xu Fan's victory was indeed not a fluke. Unlike Qin Jia of the Caotai team, the rebel army fully inherited the Qin state. Such a war machine-like system has completely weakened its brutal Qin laws. After Xu Fan destroyed the Qin system, he selectively retained some good systems, some that are conducive to the current war.

The military honors of the Qin State were replaced by land equalization, and the conscription system that penetrated the common people, such as the Tingli System, was also retained. It can be said that the Chenjun Rebel Army was a Qin Army system that was not brutal, or a Qin Army version of the King's Division.

Originally, he was wondering where the money and food for the rebels came from. The Qin army was brutal in order to support this huge military merit system. The rebels reduced the punishment system, but it was impossible for them to conjure up money and food out of thin air.

Now after hearing the clan brother's complaint, he understood that the rebels were distributing the benefits of the upper class to the lower classes, and Zhang Liang was surprised to find that the only one who could do this was the Chen County Rebels, because all their upper classes were Those who came from the bottom, the top rebels have not completed the change in status, so they recognize this system that takes care of the interests of the bottom, while the other rebels are local powerful forces united in the uprising. They can share Qin's interests with the people, but they cannot harm themselves. The benefits are distributed to the people.

Zhang Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "What's the use of this? All countries in the world have been restored. Only South Korea has not been restored. Xu Fan doesn't want us to be restored. What can we do?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "Brothers, you are too impatient. You only made a small contribution, and you want the rebel army to spit out Yingchuan County. Xu Fan was generous by not driving out his brother and others. If you really want to restore the country, then We must join the rebel army and make contributions, so that the rebel army will not be able to refuse our restoration."

After Zhang Liang inspected the status of the rebels, he found that they were most likely to overthrow the Qin Dynasty, so he planned to join the Chenjun rebels. In fact, with Zhang Liang's wisdom, he had discovered that a unified country was the most suitable system for the world. However, the Qin Kingdom was destroyed He lost his motherland, killed his brother, and ruined his family. This became a knot in his heart, making it difficult for him to live with peace of mind under the sky of Da Qin.

Xu Fan also noticed Zhang Liang and his group. He came over and asked, "This brother is very unfamiliar."

Zhang Liang has a unique temperament. Although he is nearly forty years old, he is tall and has a great appearance. In the words of later generations, he is a handsome uncle who makes people look good.

"Zhang Liang, a Korean, met General Shangzhu."

"Zhang Liang!" Xu Fan's face changed slightly. The Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty, the military strategists who have left their names in history, are not ordinary famous people. Even in the 5000-year history, Zhang Liang can be ranked among the best.

Zhang Liang saw Xu Fan's expression and said strangely, "Does Shang Zhuguo know that I'm below?"

Xu Fan smiled and said: "The warrior of Bolangsha, the hero who assassinated the First Emperor, the name of Young Master Zhang Liang is known all over the world."

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "Compared to Shangzhu Kingdom, this little reputation I have is nothing."

Then he raised his hands and saluted: "I came here to see Shangzhu Guo this time because I want to join the general, so I ask the general to stay with me."

Xu Fan held him up and said: "What our rebel army lacks is talents like you. We welcome Mr. Zhang Liang to join our rebel army."

Zhang Liang said: "I don't dare to call you son. General, you can call me ovary."

Xu Fan nodded and said: "Mr. Zifang will inspect Yingchuan County with me first. After I understand Mr. Zifang's talents, we will use them accordingly."

After more than a year of war, Xu Fan is now very calm about seeing celebrities. He will not be too happy when he gets it, and he won't be too disappointed when he loses it. The strength of the rebel army does not depend on the strength of one or two people. , but the overall strength of the system. Even if Mu Sheng arrives, it will not be able to bring a qualitative leap to the rebel army, so naturally there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

In the following time, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping followed Xu Fan and inspected the replanting situation in various counties in Yingchuan County. Xu Fan was very satisfied. There were basically no vacant fields, and food was planted wherever food could be grown.

At the same time, Xu Fan also inspected the living conditions of the people who moved from Sanchuan County to Yingchuan County. I found that it was pretty good, most of them had houses and divided into fields. After a fierce battle, Yingchuan County lost tens of thousands of people, and these immigrants just made up for the missing population.

Of course, hundreds of thousands of people have been relocated at one time. There are still a large number of people in Yingchuan who lack houses. The climate in Yingchuan is pretty good now and people can still live in tents, but it will definitely not be possible for a long time. After the replanting is completed, , people began to cut down trees, bamboo and other construction materials in preparation for building their new homes.

Chen Ping said to Xu Fan: "We have tried our best to help people solve the problem of tools for building houses. Each village has been allocated 10 sets of saws, 30 iron axes and other tools."

Xu Fan asked: "Can't each household be given one set?"

There are hundreds of households in a village, and Xu Fan is worried that they will not be enough if they are given only these tools.

But Chen Ping could only smile bitterly and said: "Ironware is precious, Yingchuan County can only make a small amount of it, and Chen County has also accepted a large number of immigrants, and transported few ironwares. These can be distributed without affecting the military industry. .”

Xu Fan could only sigh helplessly and said: "After all, productivity is insufficient."

Ironware in this era was extremely precious. One pound of iron could be exchanged for one stone of grain. This shows the backwardness of iron-making technology. Xu Fan did know about blast furnace technology, and even knew about coal coking and coke-making iron. The big hammer was already used under Xu Fan's prompting. After making coke, you can also smelt some high-quality iron.

But this progress is not enough to allow the iron-making technology to change from quantitative changes to qualitative changes. After all, Xu Fan only heard about blast furnace iron-making from novels. In fact, he has never seen what a blast furnace looks like. Xu Fan has theoretical knowledge, but he Without hands-on ability, he needs the cooperation of high-tech talents of this era to refine the technology in his mind.

Chen Ping continued: "So for the sake of fairness, the bamboo buildings are all built in a unified way. It is faster for everyone to build together, and the tools can also be used uniformly."

Xu Fan could only walk to the house where the bamboo house was being built and shouted: "Brother, I'll help too."

The host didn't know Xu Fan's identity and said with a smile: "Thank you, young man, we can have a good meal."

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Okay, I am very strong!"

After saying that, Xu Fan joined in the construction of the bamboo house. Moreover, Xu Fan really only did heavy work, such as carrying moso bamboo and chopping moso bamboo. He rushed to do the difficult things. One person supported three people. Such heavy labor was extremely popular. , Xu Fan soon became a group with the local people.

See Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looking at each other.

"Is General Shangzhu always like this?"

Chen Ping said: "It's not that General Shang Guozhu is like this, but the Rebel Army has always been like this. When we were in Chen County, the Rebel Army would also help the people with farm work and build houses. Shangzhu Kingdom has always said that the Rebel Army comes from the people, and the Rebel Army is Soldiers who are the sons of common people, when they work for farmers, they work for their own families."

Zhang Liang exclaimed: "There are no monarchs like this in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States centuries. The last time a monarch did something for the people dates back to ancient times."

Xu Fan's wisdom was beyond his imagination. A poor man suddenly became rich, occupied the land of two counties, and became the monarch of millions of people. He could still maintain his character. This alone has surpassed all the rebel leaders. Zhang Liang Now I am even more optimistic about Xu Fan's future. At this point, he has been so quiet, so Xu Fan must be a king with the world in mind.

Xu Fan went to work, and his subordinates Chen Ping and Zhang Liang couldn't stand it, so they also joined the construction team.

Chen Ping was born into a poor family and was no stranger to doing these things. Although Zhang Liang was a child of a nobleman, he had been in the world for more than ten years. He had to do many things with his own hands, so he also knew how to do these carpentry jobs.

While the house was being built, an older man sang: "The fire flows in the seventh month, and the clothes are given in the ninth month. On the first day, hair is done, and on the second day, the chestnuts are fierce. Without clothes and no brown, how can one die? On the third day, he is in Shu. , on the fourth day, raise your toes. My wife and I are enjoying the southern acres and the fields are very happy!"

The old man sings, and others sing along. Everyone sings and works at the same time, and everyone is full of energy.

Zhang Liang looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh: "Working and having fun only appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Warring States, the people in the world were completely reduced to ants, and they no longer had time to express their hearts in poetry."

The three of them stayed until night and had a full meal before leaving.

(End of this chapter)