Great Han Empire

Chapter 662
Yang Qi and Yuan Pang firmly opposed it.The issue of land annexation has a long history and did not develop overnight.If the general wants to solve the problems that have not been solved in decades or even hundreds of years in this dynasty, it is pure nonsense.Today, Jizhou has not yet been pacified, and the imperial court immediately began to clear the land, and investigate and deal with the persistent disease of land annexation, which will seriously infringe the interests of the rich and powerful in Jizhou, and the consequences are unpredictable.

Chen Ji groaned silently, neither expressing objection nor affirmation.When Li Hong asked him to express his opinion, Chen Ji said something that gave Li Hong a headache.

"Once this proposal is passed by the imperial court, the counties in Northern Xinjiang will also implement it. Taiyuan and Hedong counties have many powerful and rich people, and they have contributed a lot to the stability of Northern Xinjiang in the past few years. Will the general anger them by doing this? , and then affect the stability of northern Xinjiang, and affect the advancement of the Hebei strategy?"

Li Hong nodded, "I know, some people will call me ungrateful, mean and shameless, and some people will use knives behind my back, but this is the only way to keep the refugees all over Jizhou alive. The people are poor and the refugees are endless. It will repeat the disaster of the Yellow Turbans in the early years of Zhongping. My lords, look at the disasters of the Yellow Turbans in Yan, Qing, Xu, Yu and other counties. The scourge of the Yellow Turban will surely spread to Jizhou quickly. Once the Yellow Turban rises again, not only will the imperial court not be able to normally advance the Hebei strategy, even we may not be able to gain a foothold in Hebei.”

Yang Qi and Yuan Pang agreed with Li Hong's analysis of the situation, but they stubbornly believed that the reason for the refugees was not because of land annexation, but because of rebellious riots and continuous natural and man-made disasters.

"The continuous concentration of land in the hands of princes, dignitaries, powerful and wealthy people has not happened in the past few years, but has a history of decades or hundreds of years. In the early years of Zhongping, before the Yellow Turban riots, there were not as many refugees as there are today. The country has always been very stable. From this we can see that the land annexation and the Yellow Turban riots have no direct relationship with the generation of refugees."

The two agreed that the current solution to the refugees is relief and appeasement, and they should try their best to arrange for the refugees to rent the fields of the rich and powerful, and at the same time supplement them with the policy of light taxation and low corvee to ensure a smooth transition through the immediate crisis.In the future, when the country is stable, and the states and counties in various places submit to the imperial court, the problem of refugees will be easily solved.Because continuous wars will lead to the death of a large number of innocent people, some states and counties will be severely underpopulated.With more land and less population, the refugees have land to grow, and of course the problem of refugees will be solved.

Li Hong waved his hands again and again, "I'm going to solve the refugee problem now. According to the method of the two adults, all the taxes in Jizhou for a year are not enough for relief. The imperial court took Jizhou to save the country, not to relieve and appease the refugees. Don't the two adults know about this?"

Li Hong didn't want to argue with them any more, and he couldn't argue with these two ministers either.He started farming in northern Xinjiang, and from the mouths of young scholars like Li Wei, Song Wen, and Xie Ming, he already knew that the root cause of the disaster of the Yellow Turban and the disaster of refugees was land annexation.After several years of practice in northern Xinjiang, he deeply felt that the land is the life of the people, the cornerstone of the stability of the country, and the blood of the continuation of the country.If the land issue is not resolved, there will be no way to talk about the revitalization of the Han Dynasty.

All these old ministers were born in powerful families. If the imperial court started to crack down on land annexation in accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty, it would be tantamount to cutting their flesh and robbing their families of money.

For the first time, Li Hong felt the huge resistance he was facing.How can the imperial court pass this policy and implement it smoothly?

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The carriage stopped slowly in front of the suspension bridge.

The cavalry guards in front lined up with two people, riding on the bridge one by one, and kept shouting at the refugees near the city gate to get out of the way.

Yang Qi and Yuan Pang argued fiercely.Chen Ji sat beside Li Hong, closed his eyes and meditated.

Li Hong looked at the refugees on both sides of the road, frowning.

These refugees were unkempt, disheveled, emaciated, and almost all of them were covered with bones. They seemed to fall down at any time, and would be blown into the sky by a gust of wind. An unpleasant rotten smell filled the sky of Yecheng.

The refugees gathered in groups of three or four, whispering and pointing at the cars and riders on the road.Some stood on the field with dull eyes, staring blankly at the cars and riders on the road.Many old and weak women and children lay on the ground, dying of hunger, waiting helplessly for the arrival of death.Occasionally, a few hoarse and desolate cries could be heard from a distance.

Li Hong trembled in his heart, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.He thought of the northern Xinjiang a few years ago, and thought of the refugees and disaster victims all over the northern Xinjiang.

Li Hong once saw countless people fall, saw the piles of bones in the mountains and plains, and saw the tragic scene of thousands of people freezing to death on the Yellow River embankment overnight.His heart was convulsing violently, and he felt suffocated.

Under the surprised gazes of Chen Ji and others, Li Hong jumped off the carriage, staggered to the side of the road, and squatted down his tall body.He panted heavily, he wanted to leave here, to leave this miserable and painful world far away.

Ever since I set foot in Dahan, this homeland I have been dreaming of, I have lost the fresh air, happiness and soul.I live in a daze, day after day, not knowing when I will see peace and when I will hear laughter.

Father, mother, where are you?who am I?Why did I come to this strange world?Why did I suffer this pain and suffer this inhuman torture?
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"Father...Father..."

A panicked and immature cry suddenly rushed into Li Hong's ears.Li Hong was shocked and stood up abruptly.

In the distance, a naked, dirty and black boy, so thin that only a few bones can be seen, is holding a little hairy boy who is also naked, so thin that only a big head and a pair of big eyes can be seen.The two stood in the crowd, shouting at the top of their voices, "Dahei, Dahe, Dahei, Dahe..."

Li Hong stared blankly for a while, his heart suddenly felt sad, and tears immediately moistened his eyes.

"General, we are entering the city..." Yang Qi stood up from the carriage and greeted him loudly.

Li Hong slowly stepped onto the carriage, sighed deeply, and closed his eyes tightly, tears rolled out of his tightly closed eyes unstoppably.

Yuan Pang, Yang Qi, and Chen Ji stared at Li Hong in astonishment, at the tear stains on his face, at the glistening teardrops hanging on his beard, at the little tears falling on his armor, their hearts were at this moment was greatly impacted and shocked.

The general was in tears.

Yang Qi sighed, turned his head to look at the blue sky, his eyes were quietly red.Yuan Pang opened his mouth to comfort Li Hong, but he didn't say anything.Chen Ji smiled bitterly, thinking of his hometown Yingchuan.The flames of war are raging there, are the wives and children still alive?

The wheels screeched harshly and monotonously as the carriage drove up the drawbridge.

"Father... Dahei, dad..." The sad and helpless cry followed the light wind on the moat, faintly passed into Li Hong's ears, and penetrated into Li Hong's heart.

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Li Hong raised his hand to gently wipe his tears, and suddenly he thought of something, and stopped his big hand on his face.

"My lord, what did you hear that child shouting?" Li Hong asked eagerly with a hoarse voice.

Yuan Pang listened intently, and said in a low voice, "Father... Dahei... Dahe... General, this kid is looking for his father, and his father's name is Dahei."

"This kid keeps yelling at our army, maybe his father left home to join the army." Chen Ji looked back and whispered.

"Stop..." Li Hong roared, soared into the air, jumped off the carriage that hadn't stopped yet, then turned around and rushed on the road.

Yuan Pang and others were taken aback, they all stood up and looked at Li Hong who was running wildly in bewilderment.

Seeing the general galloping across the field, Sun Qin, Ji Feng and hundreds of names jumped off their horses and rushed after Li Hong, yelling and shouting for some reason.

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The refugees scattered in fright.

Caught in the crowd, the two children ran away.The little boy who was twelve or thirty held the little fur boy's hand and would not let him go.The little fur boy fell down, startled and frightened, and cried loudly.The little boy got the strength from nowhere, hugged the little fur boy's waist, staggered and ran with his arms under his arms, "Mother...Mother..."

Sun Qin hurriedly caught up with Li Hong and shouted: "General, what happened? Is there an assassin?"

"Stop that kid, I know his father, stop him quickly." Li Hong pointed to the two children in the crowd in front of him, anxiously, "Hurry up..."

Several black panther justices quickly grabbed the two children.The two children were terrified and howled.

"Your father's name is Dahei?" Li Hong squatted down and asked kindly.

The little boy nodded repeatedly while crying.

"Do you know what your father looks like?"

The little boy shook his head, trembling all over.Li Hong waved his hand and ordered Yi Cong's soldiers to retreat.The little boy saw that all the big men around him retreated ten steps away, and his fear eased a little.

"This is your brother?" Sun dearly patted the little boy's head and asked with a smile.

"No, this is my younger sister. My mother couldn't support my younger brother, so she gave her to someone else. My sister belongs to someone else, and she couldn't be supported by someone else, so she gave her to our family." heap.

Li Hong and Sun Qin's faces were painful, and they bowed their heads in silence.In order to survive, the refugees often change their children and eat.The little boy's mother probably couldn't bear it, so she kept the little girl who was supposed to be a meal.

"Where's your mother?" Sun Qin asked.

"My mother is dying by the river." The little boy cried, "Uncles and uncles said that there is no way to save her."

"You stand on the side of the road and call your father's name, do you know that he is in the Northern Border Army?" Li Hong asked eagerly.

The little boy shook his head suspiciously, "Mother said, six years ago, Dad went down the mountain and never came back. Later, Mom heard people say that Dad, together with many uncles and uncles, was taken to a place by a villain named Leopard. I went to a war far away. My mother is dying, and she misses my father. I have no choice but to stand here and call. Do you know my father?"

"Take me to see your mother." Li Hong stood up, took the little boy's hand, and strode towards the embankment.

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Dusk, Handan.

"Urgent military situation." An eight-hundred-mile gallop galloped into the station like lightning, "The general has an order, so don't delay for a moment. Anyone who violates the order will be killed!"

With a long hiss, the vigorous horse rushed into the twilight with all four hooves flying.

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Late at night, Taihang Mountain, Sheyi.

Under the hazy moonlight, the sound of horse hooves shattered the silence of the night, and a fast horse rushed out of the pitch-black pine forest like a ghost.

"The general has an order..." The roar awakened the resident birds in the forest, and the terrified birdsong was accompanied by a hoarse roar, resounding through the mountains.

Two fast horses rushed out of the station, and the thunderous hooves were lost in the dark forest.

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Early morning, Shangdang County, Huguan.

As the sun rises in the east, Xiongguan is bathed in the golden sun, majestic and straight.

Babaili Kuaiqi stepped on the mist of the morning sun and rushed towards the pass like flying through the clouds.

"Urgent military situation is urgently sent to Kansai." The knight held up the token, and roared along the road in front of the pass from far to near, "The general has an order, open the door quickly, and anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!"

The bright red morning sun gushes out, and the scenery of the Han River is boundless.

A black steed raised its front hooves high and neighed proudly in the face of the red sun.

"Drive, drive..." The knight immediately raised his leather whip and pulled it out in the air, "Little brother, let's go..."

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Dusk, Taiyuan County, Zhongdu Station.

Under the urging of the knight, the white horse neighed long, like a silver dragon stepping on auspicious clouds, rushing into the stream.Under the trampling of iron hooves, the clear stream water splashes in all directions, and the blossoming crystal clear water splashes emit gorgeous colorful light under the reflection of the blood-colored sunset.

"Urgent military situation." The white horse, carrying the knight on its back, soared into the air, like an angel from nine heavens, descending on the station, "The general has an order, go down to Kansai as soon as possible, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded."

The tall bay red horse roared all the way, leaped over the fence with a howl, and galloped away under the red clouds all over the sky.

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In the early morning, in Hedong County, Linfen Xingyuan.

On the fields on both sides of the road, there are green grass.An unknown wild flower on the side of the road is about to bloom, and a few dewdrops lie on the green leaves docilely, warm and comfortable.

Suddenly, the ground shook violently, and thunderous hoofbeats resounded from the sky.

Yehua's delicate body trembled, and the startled Dewdrop raised her head nervously.

Two fast horses galloped by, and suddenly brought a violent gust of wind.The wild flowers were so fragile that they were blown to the ground by the strong wind.A few dewdrops slanted into the sky, they screamed in horror, and flew down.The moment it landed, a round of red sun rushed out of the horizon.

Riding one man and two horses for eight hundred miles, he swept into the gate with flying smoke and dust.

Then, a fast horse rushed out from the camp, and the rider was lying on the horse's back, and the whip in his hand slammed on the horse's buttocks, "Drive, drive..." The horse hissed like lightning Usually fly out of the gate.

Captain Xie Ming of Yantie, who presided over the Xingyuan, stood outside the big tent with disheveled clothes, watching the fast horses disappearing in the distance, feeling very disturbed.What happened to Jizhou?
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In the afternoon, Pubanjin, Hedong County.

The fast horse galloped on the road leading to Pubanjin Camp.

"call out……"

Suddenly, a long arrow shot out from the bushes by the roadside.The fast horse was caught off guard and watched the long arrow shoot into the horse's neck.The war horse hissed in pain, its hooves flew into the air, and the knight on its back fell off immediately, then screamed frantically, its legs flew like flying, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Two strong men rushed out of the bushes, each holding a short halberd, and rushed towards the knight.The knight was thrown so blindly that he couldn't move.In his arms was the military order sent by the general to Kansai, so nothing could be lost.The knight turned over with all his strength, and pulled out the hand crossbow from behind.

The two strong men who were ambushing obviously did not expect that the knight recovered his strength in just a short moment.The crossbow arrows screamed, one of the two strong men was shot, and the other was startled, and his galloping pace immediately slowed down.

Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent was horrified, the knight got up in a hurry, drew out his sword, "Kill..."

This place is only two miles away from the Pubanjin Camp, and patrolling soldiers of the Northern Frontier Army will appear at any time.The Northern Army scout was very nervous, so anxious to drink again and again.

The two of them hadn't played more than a dozen moves, and there was a sudden sound of horseshoes from the direction of Daying.The patrolling soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army spotted the wounded fast horse and rushed to kill it.

The enemy was panicked, but the morale of the knights was like a rainbow, and their swords roared upwards like a storm.The two fought hard for several moves, and the enemy's saber suddenly snapped.The knight roared and swung his sword.

The battalion patrol soldiers came flying like flying horses.

"Military order of the general, send to Kansai urgently, send to Kansai urgently."

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On the eve of dawn, in Hedong County, Maojin crossed the Yellow River.

Babaili Kuaiqi, holding the torch high, rushed into the ferry, "The general ordered to send Mr. Xu urgently, without delay."

The clipper sailed across the shore in the darkness of night.

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In the early morning, Kansai, Shancheng Daying Camp.

Xu Rong was woken up by his personal guards, "My lord, the general has come to write, it's urgent."

Xu Rong's heart trembled, he lost all sleepiness, and jumped up from the ground.He hastily glanced at Li Hong's letter, his face changed drastically, "Hurry up, get your horse ready, I'm going to Hongnong Camp."

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In the morning, Kansai, Hongnong Camp.

In April, under Xu Rong's order, Yan Liang led his army to approach Hongnong City.The army, led by Gao Shun, Wu Xiong and Xiang Cheng, is preparing to attack Hongnong City.

In the big camp, the sound of drums shook the sky, and the roar was like thunder, and all the ministries were training their troops.

Xu Rong led a team of cavalry guards into the gate like Hurricane.

Yan Liang, Gao Shun, Wu Xiong and other generals rushed to meet them.

"Where is Dahei?" Xu Rongfei got off his horse and asked anxiously.

Yan Liang pointed to the soldiers who were practicing in puzzlement, "My lord, what happened?"

"Call him quickly, quickly."

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Dahei stood awkwardly in front of Xu Rong.

More than a dozen military commanders, captains, school lieutenants, and generals surrounded him.Except for Xu Rong, everyone looked serious. I don't know why the commander-in-chief of the army rushed dozens of miles to find a team leader.

Xu Rong stretched out his hand and patted Dahei's shoulder, "The general issued an urgent military order. From now on, you are no longer the leader of the Northern Xinjiang Army, you can go home."

"Go home..." Dahei was puzzled and asked in disbelief, "The general wants me to go home? Let me go back to Montenegro?"

"Yes." Xu Rong said with a smile, "the general has found your wife and child. You go home, go home immediately, don't delay for a moment. I prepared a horse for you, and I will let ten cavalry guards escort you back to Jizhou .”

"Great General... Your Excellency..." Dahei was shocked by the great news, and was at a loss for a while, standing dumbfounded, tears welling up in his eyes, "I can go home, I can go home."

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