Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 268 Liu Yu's "Experimental Field"

When Tian Feng led his people to fully control all the land in Chengmu County, he began to implement the land equalization system according to the manual left by Liu Yu.

The so-called land equalization system is a new system of allocating land according to population.

The land under the equal-field system is owned by the cultivator after a certain number of years of cultivation, and returned to the government after his death.

The implementation of the land equalization system affirmed the ownership and possession of land, and reduced land disputes, which was very conducive to the reclamation of unowned wasteland, and thus played a positive role in promoting the recovery and development of agricultural production.

In addition, the implementation of the land equalization system will also help the people get rid of the control of the powerful and powerful clans and transform them into state-registered households.

Liu Yu knows that the people are the foundation of the country, whether it is production and construction, or marching and fighting, the support of the population is indispensable.

However, most of the land at the end of the Han Dynasty was controlled by the rich and powerful families, and those people who were attached to their fields became the private property of the rich and powerful families.

The sharp decrease in the population in a disguised form led to a sharp decrease in the source of taxation for the imperial court. Over time, the rich and powerful families became wealthy and even developed into princes of one place, while the imperial court became an empty shell.

Of course Liu Yu knew that if he wanted to implement new laws, he would inevitably have conflicts with the original forces.

So he needs to experiment to see if the land equalization system is suitable for the big man at this time, and to see what obstacles and setbacks he will encounter when implementing the New Deal.

In fact, the entire Chengmu County is Liu Yu's "experimental field". Whether it is planting new crops, equalizing the land, expanding towns, re-registering people, etc., these are all part of Liu Yu's experiments.

Fortunately, there are not many powerful big households in a small Chengmou County, but behind Tian Feng there are more than 2 armored and armed soldiers, which makes it difficult for him to carry out these experimental projects in Liu Yu's manual. No major obstacles were encountered.

At the same time, this also reflects from the side that if you want to break some established rules and formulate new laws, the best way is to use powerful force to control them.

And all of these are valuable experience, which is an important support for Liu Yu to promote to the whole world in the future.

Tian Feng was fortunate to be the first implementer, so he will record his experience every step of the way, and whenever he encounters doubts, he will immediately write to Liu Yu, who invented these new ideas, for help.

Liu Yu was able to answer questions about urban construction and land division through letters, but the fact that Cheng Mou was going to be short of food made him feel a little tricky.

The expansion of cities and towns in Chengmou County is at a time when human labor is needed. Although the increase in refugees has made up for the shortage of labor, the supply and demand of everything has become tense with more people.

The spare food and grass that had been hoarded in Chengmou gradually became insufficient.

"Mr. Jia Xu at Hulao Pass is also leading the soldiers to carry out military settlements, but most of the crops are planted in spring and harvested in autumn, so it is difficult to fill up this hole for a while! How about... allocate some food from here?"

Liu Bei pointed to the underground palace behind him.

Liu Yu directly shook his head and rejected the proposal.

"How can it be so easy to allocate grain and grass here? Ma Teng and I worked together to intercept some, and the third step of the plan to reduce Dong has already begun. This batch of intercepted grain must be reserved for military use."

Once the three armies of Li Jue, Xu Rong and Niu Fu go to war at the same time, a large amount of food and grass will be needed as a backing, otherwise the soldiers on the front line will not have the strength to fight.

But if all goes well, after defeating these three legions, a large amount of food and supplies will be confiscated.

But I don't know when the war will start, and Chengmou County can't wait for long.

"Zhang Yang in Hanoi...seems to be quite rich, why don't you ask him to borrow some food for emergency?" Liu Yu shrugged his shoulders with a smirk
Liu Yu said that borrowing food is impossible, but grabbing food is serious.

In troubled times, the strong is king, if you don't take the initiative to fight others, others will come to rob you, that's why the battles between princes are so frequent.

This is a trend of survival of the fittest, so Liu Yu never minds getting rough with the princes.

And more importantly, Suohuai County, the county seat of Hanoi, is less than three hundred miles away from Chengmu County.

How can others snore on the side of the couch? Liu Yu intends to build Chengmou County into a secret base, so Zhang Yangjun who occupies Hanoi County has long been among the targets he plans to get rid of.

"I heard that Zhang Yang has [-] strong soldiers, and Yun Chang and Boping only have three battalions of Habayashi troops. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to attack by force." Liu Bei showed a little worry on his face.

Although the Seventh Battalion of Yulin had all been expanded, the three battalions had a total of more than 5000 soldiers. Liu Bei felt that there was still a big gap in strength.

But Liu Yu suddenly laughed, "Xuande is worrying too much, you underestimated Yunchang and Boping's military capabilities, and at the same time overestimated Zhang Yang."

Liu Yu's opinion is different from Liu Bei's, because he is too familiar with Zhang Yang's history. Although he is called a prince along the way, he was one of the first warlords to be wiped out at the end of the Han Dynasty.

"Don't worry, Zhang Yang is definitely not the opponent of Yun Chang and the others. Besides, Jia Xu will also send troops to help. This battle is not about asking for a strong attack. It is just for 'borrowing food'. I believe that Zhang Yang should know the current affairs."

In history, Zhang Yang was good at making money from both sides, and liked to rely on his backers. As long as Guan Yu and Jia Xu sent troops to "borrow food" under the banner of the imperial court, Zhang Yang would definitely lose money and eliminate disasters.

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For the three things mentioned in Tian Fengxin's letter, Liu Yu has a clear plan in mind.

Because it was about to start a war with the little prince Zhang Yang, Liu Yu asked Liu Bei about the latest movements of several nearby princes and warlords.

After Liu Yu arranged Liu Bei to the position of Jiuqing, the biggest advantage is that Liu Bei can participate in the court's large and small court discussions at any time.

Then at the meeting, he can learn about the latest movements of some princes from various places.

At this time, the transportation and communication were very backward, and it was difficult to transmit information in time. Often the information sent to the court was old news more than half a month ago.

Therefore, in order to grasp the latest information, Liu Yu came up with the idea of ​​adapting the Shadow Guard to become an intelligence agency.

It's just that the reform of the Shadow Guard has just started, and Liu Yu can only rely on the channels of the court if he wants to know the situation of the surrounding princes.

Liu Bei mentioned Yuan Shao first, because Liu Yu had said something earlier, telling him to pay special attention to the movements of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu.

Later generations did not have a high evaluation of Yuan Shao, but we must know that Yuan Shao was the most powerful prince in the troubled times at the end of Han Dynasty.

The status of the Yuan family is naturally the root of Yuan Shao's fortune, but if he only relied on his laurels, he would never have become the most powerful prince in the late Han Dynasty if he did not have certain abilities.

Liu Bei said that Yuan Shao annexed Han Fu's territory a month ago, and then proclaimed himself Jizhou Mu.

He used Jushou, a native of Guangping, as a separate driver, appointed Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Shen Pei, and Xu You as counselors, and Xun Chen, Chen Lin, Wang Xiu, and Cui Yan as his officers.

Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Lan were also appointed as the four pillars of the court, and Chunyu Qiong, Qu Yi, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang were named the four generals. The momentum in Hebei was unmatched for a time, and counties and counties all over the country concurred.

(End of this chapter)