"There were several heavy snowfalls last year. There should be no drought in Guanzhong this year. It is the time to vigorously promote agriculture. The resettlement sites for the soldiers and their families mobilized from various places have been built, but the fields allocated to them are not enough.

We are preparing to reclaim a piece of land, and of course we will provide the grain and grass needed to reclaim the wasteland." After being busy with the New Year's chores, a few days later, Chen Mo summoned everyone to the government office to discuss the development of Guanzhong this year.

If there had not been a severe drought last year, it would have been the best period for development. Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world, and if there had not been a severe drought, Chen Mo would not have had the opportunity to deal with the evil spirits and monsters in the court. Things in this world have never been the same.

Blessings and misfortunes are all interdependent. It just depends on whether you can find blessings in misfortunes and detect the existence of disasters in blessings.

"My lord, there is not much food in the palace. Not to mention that the Qiang rebellion is still going on. Ma Teng and Han Sui are watching from the side. A war may break out at any time. It's not that my lord is wrong to promote agriculture. It's just that the food and grass in the palace are tight at the moment.

If we want to distribute it to the people, it will probably be difficult to deal with if there is a war." Xu Shu said with a bitter smile. Last year's severe drought almost emptied the Guanzhong government treasury. Chen Mo built water conservancy projects so that there would be no shortage of food during the autumn harvest. He harvested it from the fields controlled by the government.

There is a lot of grain, but Chen Mo was tax-free last year and this year. In other words, except for official fields, even if there is a bumper harvest this year, Chen Mo will not be able to harvest much grain. Investing in grain and grass for development at this time will make Chen Mo lack the ability to fight the war.

coping ability.

"Of course I've thought about this." Chen Mo nodded and smiled.

Li Ru looked at Xu Shu and said with a smile: "Yuanzhi doesn't know that last year we reached an agreement with Zhang Lu and purchased 300,000 shi of grain from him. It will be shipped in two days. After the autumn harvest,

I will also buy a batch of about 500,000 dan. In terms of military rations, our army is actually not too short."

"There is so much food and grass in Hanzhong? And are you willing to sell it to us?" Xu Shu said hoarsely.

In this day and age, when the princes are on campaign, no one will have too much food and fodder.

"Yuan Zhi doesn't know something." Jia Xu twirled his beard and said with a smile, "Yuan Zhi should know that Liu Yan died of illness last year."

Xu Shu nodded, Liu Yan died of illness, and his son Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne. Last year, he sent a memorial to the court. In fact, this is not in line with Han law. How can the state pastor inherit it? But now the court does not even have an emperor, so how can it have the ability to take care of it?

The problem of princes inheriting territory.

Earlier, Liu Yan ordered Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu to kill Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong, and cut off the Xie Valley, refusing to pay tribute, so there was relatively little news about Shuzhong.

Jia Xu said: "You know, after Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, the first thing he did was to kill Zhang Lu's mother and family members on the grounds that he did not obey him. Therefore, Zhang Lu separated Hanzhong and was afraid of being attacked from both sides. So,

When we sent people to discuss the matter of purchasing grain, Zhang Lu was also interested in making peace with the imperial court, ordered people to dredge the Xie Valley again, and was willing to trade with our army."

Of course, there are many checkpoints in Xiegu. Zhang Lu's willingness to make peace with the court does not mean that he is willing to give up his current rights and troops.

Xu Shu's eyes flashed and he looked at Chen Mo and said: "My lord, this place in Hanzhong..."

"It's useless." Chen Mo shook his head and said, taking Hanzhong, the biggest role is to defeat Shu, but even if he has never been there, Chen Mo has heard about the difficulties of Shu. Even if he takes it, it will be difficult for Shu to provide for Guanzhong.

What kind of help is there? On the contrary, its special geographical location makes it easy to separate the regime. Therefore, Chen Mo's current focus is on the struggle for the Central Plains, supporting the separation between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang. If necessary, he can give some help, but taking Hanzhong will not help him.

It didn't mean much for Chen Mo, but he had to divide his troops to guard against Liu Zhang.

In comparison, now that Zhang Lu is in the way, I can support Zhang Lu from behind, and at the same time, I can get enough support from Zhang Lu, not only in terms of food and grass, but also other support such as reputation, which can be regarded as an alliance.

,Although Chen Mo didn't take Hanzhong, Chen Mo was able to mobilize Hanzhong's resources. This is the most ideal situation.

Of course, the premise is that Zhang Lu has no ambition to expand northward and can only be the governor of Hanzhong. Otherwise, this relationship will not last long, but as long as it can be maintained for now, it is enough.

After Guanzhong has overcome this difficulty, as long as there are no more natural disasters, there will be great prosperity. Perhaps in just two or three years, I will have enough strength to clear the rear and eliminate the two bastards Ma Teng and Han Sui.

After that is sorted out, you can focus on the Central Plains.

"There is no need to worry about food and grass for the time being. We can also buy some from the Qiang people. Although the Qiang people are still in chaos, there are still many Qiang people who are willing to make peace with us." Chen Mo said with a smile.

Regarding the issue of the Qiang people, Chen Mo had several disputes with Huangfu Song and others.

In fact, in Chen Mo's view, the Qiang people can be integrated into the Han people. Regardless of their living habits or the degree of Chineseization, the Qiang people are more accepting of the Han people than the Xiongnu and Xianbei outside the Great Wall. In the past, the Han Dynasty, in the war against the Qiang people,

After several great victories, if the Han Dynasty was willing to accept the Qiang people and integrate the Qiang people into the Han people, there might not be any Qiang people today.

But in this regard, the Han Dynasty excludes the integration of other ethnic groups, and the view that those who are not our ethnic group must have different hearts cannot be said to be completely wrong. However, under the situation of absolute strong occupation, the Han Dynasty actively assimilated these so-called foreign ethnic groups into itself to strengthen itself.

In Chen Mo's opinion, the most correct method is to deal with foreigners.

If you talk about blood, whether it is the Qiang or the Xiongnu Xianbei, going back thousands of years or even more, they are all ethnic groups that came out of the Yellow River Basin. Chen Mo even knew that many tribes in the Xiongnu and Xianbei were composed of exiled Han people.

Later they were assimilated into the Xiongnu and Xianbei people.

Now that Chen Mo is sitting in Guanzhong, the problem of the Qiang people has become something that Chen Mo cannot ignore. Fufeng, Feng Yi, and farther away in Longxi, Anding, and Beidi all live together with Qiang and Han people. If they can be included, the resulting population will be huge.

Less, and it can reduce many military disasters every year.

But in this matter, even Cai Yong did not support Chen Mo's doing this.

Chen Mo can only take it step by step, starting with trade. At least these Qiang people who are willing to make friends and even have aspirations for the Han Dynasty, Chen Mo feels that he cannot give up and needs to win over.

"Lord, you need to be careful about the Qiang people." Li Ru on the side couldn't help but remind him. As Chen Mo's core team of advisers, Li Ru naturally knew that Chen Mo advocated the integration of the Qiang people, but the resistance to this kind of thing was not just the opposition of the DPRK and China.

That's all.

"Don't worry Wen You, this is not a one-time achievement, and it may not be possible in a lifetime, but at least it is a direction. If the Han Dynasty wants to be stronger, it should have an open mind to embrace all rivers. If the Qiang people can succeed, others such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wu

Wan Ye may not be able to do it. According to what Batagan said, everything outside the Central Plains may not be barbaric, and the world is not only as big as we see it." Chen Mo smiled and nodded.

Batagan opened up a wider horizon for Chen Mo. To the west of the Han Dynasty and further west in the Western Regions, there are also thousands of miles of fertile land. It may be difficult for the Han Dynasty to occupy it, but exchanges are possible, and even necessary, in the West

The culture of the Han Dynasty also has its merits. The Han people need an open-minded mentality to absorb and tolerate these so-called foreign ideas.

Li Ru nodded. It's good that Chen Mo has this idea. What he is most worried about is that Chen Mo is young and energetic and is too radical. Even if Chen Mo's idea is right, if he is eager for success, it will disrupt their original steps.

After everyone discussed the possibility of compatibility with the Qiang people, the topic returned to the governance of Guanzhong. Those things are too far away from now. As Chen Mo said, maybe Qiuji may not be able to achieve it in his lifetime. What is important now is

Or develop and strengthen yourself.

"Now that the people in Guanzhong are gradually calming down, if they don't have any worries about food and grass, I think that the Lord's strategy of concentrating military households can be more perfect. After all, I have to leave my hometown, and there is some resentment. I think that some preferential treatment can be given to the families of the soldiers. In this way, both

It can eliminate the resentment of the people and win the morale of the military." Xu Shu said with a smile.

Chen Mo's approach of concentrating military households may seem a bit unkind, but if done well, it can make the military's morale more aligned with Chen Mo.

"It's already being done, the academy has been built, and the sons of meritorious soldiers can study in the academy, but I'm afraid these are not enough." Chen Mo nodded.

Although studying is a luxury for many people, and many people spend their entire lives wanting to learn but never succeed, not everyone thinks so. After all, for ordinary people, what they can see is more than what is in front of them.

They have three meals a day and are running for a living. If they can't even fill their stomachs, I'm afraid not many are really dedicated to studying. Chen Mo's establishment of an academy so that the children of meritorious soldiers can study may make some aspiring soldiers motivated, but most soldiers will probably

Don't care about this.

We cannot laugh at them for their short-sightedness. They cannot even maintain their livelihood, so how can they talk about the future?

"This, we can imitate Qin's method, but we can't imitate it completely. If we exchange military merit for fields like the pre-Qin Dynasty, we can indeed train a tiger and wolf army in a short time, but there are only these fields in the world, and there will always be feudal

The end of the day, and if it cannot be cashed in, it may backfire on itself. Confucianism believes that military families can be exempted from some taxes. If they have made meritorious service, they can be exempted from more. If they die in battle, the taxes can be directly reduced by half until their children and their children.

Crown." Li Ru said while stroking his chin.

It's a bit too extreme to do what the Qin Dynasty did, and if it were to directly enclose the land, the ultimate threat would not be less than the current aristocratic family, and it would be useless to the people's livelihood. After all, it was something from four hundred years ago, and it may not be suitable for today. Li Ru obviously considered

At this point, we did not copy the Qin law from back then.

Chen Mo rubbed his chin and nodded: "What Wen You said is indeed feasible. Let's draw up a charter first and we will discuss it later."

Although some matters will be brought to the court for discussion, Chen Mo will not go to the court to discuss some fundamental matters, but will directly make the decision here. If such matters are brought to the court for discussion, based on Chen Mo's experience

, it’s not surprising at all that it took a year and a half.
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