I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 99 Patrol

First, rectify the administration of officials, renovate the military and armor, and restore the country to a level where it can suppress the local areas. At that time, we can take the general trend of the world to carry out changes. Even if there is a rebellion, we can use our troops to quell it just like Emperor Guangwu did back then.

During Emperor Guangwu's time, there were still soldiers who had experienced wars and training in the local area, but with the combat effectiveness of county soldiers today, as long as the loyalty of the Central Field Army is guaranteed and suitable generals are selected, the gap in military force between the central and local governments is very obvious.

Liu Bian knew very well that the dividends from Emperor Guangwu's conquest of fields had been eaten up to Emperor Huan's dynasty. Although the problem of disappearing people's farmland is still unavoidable, in general, Guangwu's land transfer should be considered a success.

Interestingly, during the ten years when Liang Ji, the domineering general who dared to poison the emperor, was in power, the population increased by nine million. Considering that the registered population at that time was only over 56 million even if the nine million were added, it is easy to imagine where the nine million people came from. It couldn't be natural growth.

Of course, things are not as simple as they say. The degree of bleeding should also be controlled as little as possible. In addition, there is no mention of limiting land annexation, improving productivity, etc.

But small goals have been set.

Let’s start by reversing the trend of official governance.

Xun Yu said again: "Nowadays, counties and counties have many people but little land, but there is no such thing as vast land and few people."

Liu Bian thought for a while and asked, "Is it Guanzhong that you are referring to?"

"The land of Guanxi, due to years of Qiang chaos, the people have migrated to other places, so it can be used by Your Highness!"

Due to various reasons such as the Qiang rebellion for many years, the population of the three auxiliary areas in Guanzhong has always been small. Jingzhao Yin is slightly better, with more than 300,000 registered people, but You Fufeng and Zuo Fengyi each have only more than 100,000.

Historically, Dong Zhuo dared to move two to three million people around Luoyang into the Pass. This was undoubtedly tyranny, and many people died on the way. But Dong Zhuo was able to make this decision, which at least proved that there was still land in Guanzhong that could resettle the people.

With today's climate conditions, Liu Bian does not expect Guanzhong to be as fertile and wild as it was hundreds of years ago to supply food to the outside world. As long as the third assistant can be self-sufficient to support the locals and even increase some tax revenue for the court, he will be satisfied.

Make Guanzhong great again!

Liu Bian thought more. Nowadays, the population in Guanzhong is small. If the land is re-measured not in the name of the imperial court, but in the name of the three auxiliary officials, is it feasible?

He asked this question to Xun Yu, but Xun Yu answered Liu Bian honestly that he did not know.

Only then did Liu Bian suddenly realize that the current Xun Yu was not the Xun Lingjun who had been in charge of the Chancery for more than ten years in history.

But it didn't matter, he still had Lu Zhi, and he could still write to Huangfu Song who was in charge of Jingzhao.

However, in order for the people to return to Guanzhong Sanfu, the most critical thing is to solve the problem of Liangzhou Qiang and Bingzhou Huns.

The security issue in Sanfu is more urgent than the climate problem, and Sanfu itself has Qiang and Huns who have not been registered.

On that day, Liu Bian appointed Xun Yu, Huangmen's minister, as his concubine to the crown prince.

Xun Yu's words of encouraging farmers also reminded Liu Bian of something he had forgotten. It might be time for him to examine the current agricultural tools and make some inventions.

But what he can do is limited after all. It is also essential to encourage inventions and improvements in agricultural technology through means such as money and titles.

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On the first day of patrolling inside and outside Luoyang, Guan Yu personally led the team to Mashi and Lishi in the east of the city, and Qianzhao, who was often active beside him, was also entrusted with the important task of leading a team alone.

When Liu Bei was the captain of Anxi County, he had an unforgettable friendship with Qian Zhao. Although the two are slightly different in age, they share the same heroic spirit and are close friends.

Later, Qianzhao followed his teacher Le Yin to Luoyang. The friendship between the two parties did not fade after they met again in Luoyang.

Historically, during the Shi Changshi Rebellion, He Miao's eldest son Le Yin was also killed. Qianzhao, together with Le Yin's disciple Shi Lu and others, risked their lives to collect Le Yin's body and carry him back home. On the way, they encountered bandits, and Shi Lu and others fled in all directions. Qianzhao cried and begged, but the bandits thought he was a righteous man and let him go.

Qianzhao has a chivalrous spirit. Not only is he on good terms with the military commander Guan Yu, but he is also a disciple of the general's chief Shi. He leads the team and is convincing enough.

Qianzhao knew very well that this was the first patrol of the Chariot and Cavalry Generals, and there must be no mistakes. But on the surface, he was still chatting and laughing with the soldiers behind him. Apart from asking the troops to be in order, it seemed like this was just a relaxing game.

On the way, he greeted the people passing by warmly, introduced his identity and mission to them, and told the people that if they encountered injustice, especially if the powerful bullied others, they could come to them to make the decision.

People are also waiting and watching.

Let's wait and see whether these people can really make the decision for Guizhou.

When Qianzhao led the people to Nanshi, where the "story originated", the people watching there were not just the people who had heard the news.

The troops trained by Guan Yu did not take the opportunity of patrol to disturb the people, which disappointed some people.

For several days, several markets inside and outside Luoyang were quiet. Even if there were conflicts between buyers and sellers, they were basically resolved by city officials themselves.

They do not need to intervene in the public security inside and outside Luoyang. They are handled by the four military officers of Luoyang and the Youjiao and Pavilion Chiefs in the countryside.

On the surface, Luoyang City is peaceful inside and outside.

The cavalry general's movement seemed to make no mistakes or meritorious deeds.

Only ordinary people understand the difference between before and after.

Therefore, Liu Bian received a memorial letter, which quoted scriptures. From Zhou Gong's talk about the regulations of the dynasty, he believed that there was no need to continue to let the cavalry generals patrol inside and outside Luoyang. The generals were not used to control the county. What the captain did.

Liu Bian only looked at the signature and threw the memorial aside.

Although he persuaded Zhang Wen at first, there was not anyone who objected during the period. Now as long as Guan Yu and the others don't have any problems, Liu Bian will definitely persevere to the end.

And just when everything was peaceful, Qianzhao discovered that Laihuo was here.

The cause of the conflict is not complicated.

A farmer sold his cattle for 4,000 yuan because they were well-raised.

But the front-leg cow was sold, and the person who bought the cow found that the cow he had just bought was foaming at the mouth.

In this way, the person who bought the cow was naturally not happy, so he caught the farmer and asked for the 2,500 yuan back on the pretext that there was something wrong with the cow.

The farmers didn't know what was wrong with their cattle. They could only pat their thighs and cry bitterly as they watched the money for selling the cattle be reduced by half.

So far, there seems to be no problem.

But soon some onlookers shouted that the foam on the cow's nose looked like lime.

The city officials who had been attracted by the noise hurried forward to check, and when they saw it, it was really lime.

It stands to reason that it would be easy to conclude that the buyer was faking it in order to pay less.

But when the buyer saw this, he cried out.

The city officials did not dare to deal with it because the buyer was a servant of the general's palace.

(End of this chapter)