Jizhou, Qingzhou.
The two places entered a period of peaceful development.
In two months, the Ye Marquis Manor was completely established.
Even Yan Gang and Cheng Yu had rushed back from Qingzhou, preparing to participate in the first meeting of the Marquisdom.
Mid-September.
The first meeting of civil and military officials was held in Lord Ye's manor.
In the hall.
The officials and generals all looked up with burning gazes.
On the main seat, Gongsun Jing finished flipping through the internal affairs documents of Qing and Ji and said in a deep voice,""Qingzhou has more than two million people, and Jizhou has nearly five million. Perhaps there have been frequent wars in the past two years, but the taxes shouldn't be so low!”
"Yes, sir!"
Xun You nodded.
Xun Chen said respectfully," Young General, Qingzhou's tax revenue is higher than Jizhou's. The reason is that there are too many large clans in Jizhou. They monopolize more than half of Jizhou's fertile farmland. The taxes of these clans are pitifully low. The retired civilians and the people of the Black Mountain Army who have turned over a new leaf only get one mu of thin farmland. Next year, the tax revenue will rise!”
"Next year?"
Gongsun Jing raised his voice.
Seeing this, Du Xi stood up and said," Young General, we can't wait for next year. The Black Mountain Army and the surrendered troops of Jizhou will return to Jizhou as citizens. What they pray for is stability and a ruler of Jizhou that will allow them to live on. Once good governance is not achieved, rebellions will definitely arise in various places. We need to spend a lot of energy to suppress the rebellions!”
"Not bad!"
Cheng Yu and Guo Jia said in unison.
"Hey!"
Xun You rubbed his forehead.
Now, the internal affairs of the two states were built with him as the core.
The great clans had always been powerful existences in the Great Han Dynasty.
Even he was from a noble clan, so he really did not have any way to deal with these large clans that were entrenched in Jizhou.
Gongsun Jing threw the document on the table and said in a deep voice,""Mencius said that the people are more important than the country. As long as the people are uneasy, our rear will never be stable. Who has a way to deal with these large clans?”
"Young General!"
Cheng Yu stood up and said," Not only did the great clans annex the fertile land, but they also exploited the tenants, making it impossible for us to replenish the army with strong men. I thought that we should use the most brutal method to directly uproot these powerful clans!”
"No!"
Xun You's expression changed drastically.
Xun Chen's gaze was strange as he said," Zhongde, we've just settled the two provinces. We need the descendants of these big families to govern the provinces and counties. If you anger them all, it won't be chaos. It'll be a catastrophe!"”
"If you don't make a decision, you'll be thrown into chaos!" Cheng Yu said fiercely.”
"Noble clan!"
Gongsun Jing's eyes flickered with a fierce light.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed by the aristocrats.
According to historical records, the nobles had hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth, fertile land in the kingdom, nearly a thousand maids, and more than ten thousand tenants.
An existence of this level would be the root of chaos in any dynasty. If he did not eliminate this root of disaster, how could he sit firmly in the Central Plains?
"Young General, be careful!"
Xun You took a deep breath and said.
"Da!"
"Da!"
"Da!"
Gongsun Jing knocked on the table and glanced at the civil and military officials below. He said in a deep voice,""If the powerful clans want to fight, quickly sort out a list of merits and demerits. Those who have committed serious crimes will be posted in the provinces and counties and punished according to the law. Those who have committed minor crimes will be confiscated and fined gold and silver. Those who have good actions will talk to them and ask them to return the fertile fields they have annexed!”
"Young General!"
"The moment this decree is announced, the gentry will rebel!" Xun You said with a wry smile.”
"Rebel?"
"What are they going to do?"
Gongsun Jing sneered." Today, a document will be sent out from Lord Ye Manor. At the end of the year, all the citizens registered in the state will be allocated fertile land according to the number of people. The land will belong to the people and will be under Lord Ye Manor's control. Anyone who sells fertile land will be killed!”
"For the people?"
Xun You was startled.
"The commoners have been suppressed by the gentry clan and the government!”
"That's why I had no choice but to give up my fertile land and become a tenant!”
"You have to make full use of the people to contain the aristocrats. Without the support of the people, these aristocrats are paper tigers that can only be destroyed under the impact of the sea of people!”Gongsun Jing said in a low voice.
"Here!"
Xun You bowed.
Gongsun Jing looked at Gao Lan and said," The Divine Arms Battalion will cooperate with the officials of Lord Ye's Mansion. Suppress all rebellions!"”
"Here!"
Gao Lan said respectfully.
Gongsun Jing looked at Xun Chen and said," Youruo, bring some people to the counties where the aristocrats are entrenched. Find the old tenants and talk to them. Tell them about the benefits of the new policy. As long as you can convince the old tenants, these tenants will naturally not support the aristocrats!"”
"Here!"
Xun Chen said respectfully.
Gongsun Jing took a deep breath and said,""Everyone knows that today's meeting is for the construction of Lord Ye's mansion. This is also one of the reasons why Yan Gang and Zhong De returned from Qingzhou!”
"Here!"
The civil and military officials agreed.
Now, under Gongsun Jing, the Prefecture Overseer's Office was nothing. Only by entering the Lord Ye's Office would he become a true confidant.
They were also nervous, not knowing if they could become a member of the Ye Marquis Manor.
"Gongda!"
"What do you suggest?" Gongsun Jing asked.”
Xun You stroked his beard and said helplessly,""The six battalions are different from the officials. It can be seen that the young general wants to separate the military and the government. When I saw the letter from Fengxiao, I only knew that the young general wanted to build six divisions, but I didn't know what these six divisions were.”
"Eh?"
Gongsun Jing was dumbfounded.
Only then did he remember that the Han Dynasty still had the political system of six Cao and six Si.
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