Become a feudal king from today

"You are such good people..." Lu Chang came out of the house, and the old man suddenly knelt in front of him.

"Old man, please get up. This can't be done." Lu Chang quickly helped the old man up and led him to the locust tree in front of the door.

Chang Wei also came over at this time, and the three of them sat on the ground.

At this time, he asked: "My father-in-law, how have you been living under the jurisdiction of the Han family these years?"

The old man sighed.

The soldiers from Yanzhou entered the village and had no trouble with them. They also helped them work and gave them food. This made the old man relax his original vigilance.

He said: "What can I do? I farm the land of a wealthy family, but I am bullied by the wealthy family and can only barely make ends meet."

"Compared to the people in Yanzhou, where everyone has land at home, only pays 10% of taxes, and their children can study and become officials, we are far behind here."

After saying that, the old man sighed again.

Chang Wei heard this and said with a smile: "My father-in-law knows our Yanzhou very well."

"This is what Wang Wu said. He was captured during the battle in Jiangbei. Later, he took your money and fled back to the village and told us these things."

"Oh? Then where is this Wang Wu now?" Chang Wei said, he was interested.

This is the effect of their policy of preferential treatment of prisoners.

The escaped prisoners will invisibly promote Yanzhou.

"Not long after he came back, he was arrested by the soldiers of the wealthy clan. It is said that he was taken to Dongping City and imprisoned by the government."

Then, he said: "There are also some soldiers who have escaped, and they have bewitched some young men and become bandits. They often fight with the private soldiers of the wealthy families. They caused a lot of trouble some time ago, but they were still suppressed by the private soldiers of the wealthy families. "

As if he realized that the word "bewitch" was inappropriate, his expression suddenly tightened and he glanced at Lu Chang and Chang Wei worriedly.

Chang Wei nodded.

He knew about the troubles in the villages near Nan'an.

Because some of these Qi soldiers who escaped have been bribed by Xu Har's Fourth Court.

He has been responsible for spying on intelligence on the south bank, and at the same time trying to win over nearby people to create conditions for them to go south.

The location of the forts at the south bank ferry was what they detected, including some hidden forts.

Otherwise, they will definitely suffer more when crossing the river this time.

After chatting with the old man for a while, Chang Wei and Lu Chang went to other villagers' homes to learn about the situation.

He was not just for chatting, but also to measure the hearts of the people of Qizhou.

Measure their attitude towards the Han family and Qizhou wealthy families.

Since leaving this village, they went to three more villages.

In the evening, they returned to Wubao.

Chang Wei summoned the generals and asked them to discuss the collected public sentiments.

"In general, the life of the people here is more comfortable than that of the people in Yanzhou. At that time, the tax collected by the wealthy families in Yanzhou was 80%, while here it was 70%." Qin Shan said.

Guan Tong nodded, "So although they are looking forward to our arrival, their main idea is to wait and see, and are unwilling to come forward to support us."

"Not necessarily." Zhongli suddenly said, "I will see that the people of Qizhou can be divided into three types. The first type is the wealthy clans and the people who are dependent on the wealthy clans. They hate us deeply. When Wubao is uprooted, Their resistance is very resolute, and they will also be the main enemies in the next war."

"The second type of people are the wealthy households in the village. They are already living a good life. Whether we come or not, it will not change much for them, so their desire to support us is very low."

"The third group is the poor people who have become sharecroppers and the refugees who have lost their land. They are very supportive of us, and many even offer to join the army."

Chang Wei showed a satisfied smile.

Zhongli has a delicate mind and is often praised by King Yan in the military academy.

At this moment, King Yan was preparing to remove Zhongli from the cavalry and only let Chen Hu be in charge of the cavalry.

And let Zhongli serve as the secretary-general of the royal family's army.

Responsible for commanding the entire army and issuing orders, and in charge of educating soldiers.

Qin Shan and Guan Tong looked at each other and laughed at themselves, "We are rough people after all. We can only do rough work like fighting."

Zhong Li shook his head, "You don't care at all. You just want to fight all the way there. What do you do if you don't want to fight down?"

"Zhongli is right." Chang Wei glared at the two of them, "After conquering Qi, we will continue to go south. The further we go, the greater the manpower and material resources will be spent on transporting grain and grass. This is a serious burden on Yanzhou. ”

"And if we can win the support of the local people, this problem can be easily solved. One stone of grain can be obtained in the place where we conquered, which is worth ten stones of grain transported from Yanzhou."

“Besides, with the support of the people, wherever we go it’s like going home.”

The generals nodded.

At this time, Chang Wei looked at Zhongli and said, "General Zhong, how do you think the occupied territory should be governed at the moment?"

Zhong Li thought for a while and said, "Actually, in the military academy, His Highness talked about situations like this on the battlefield. Temporary jurisdictional institutions, such as village yamen, should be established based on the poor people."

"At the same time, establish rural soldiers to protect the yamen and maintain order, so that rich households and wavering people are under the jurisdiction of these poor people, so that there will be no trouble."

"Hahaha..." Chang Wei laughed. Not only King Yan, he also liked Zhongli very much.

Zhongli had to do this delicate work, so he said: "General Zhong, how about I leave this matter to you?".

"Yes, general." Zhongli did not refuse. King Yan actually mentioned to him about serving as secretary general.

In his opinion, this order will come sooner or later.

And in contrast, apart from Mo Yu and him, there is indeed no one more suitable for the position of chief secretary in the army.

Mo Yu was not very proficient in this area in the assessment held in the military academy, and the assessment results were very poor, so the King of Yan simply stopped considering him.

He really became the only candidate.

Chang Wei felt relieved when this matter was decided.

In fact, he didn't want to take over the task of stabilizing the rear.

After all, there are too many trivial things in it.

With Zhongli taking over, he can be a hands-off boss.

Then, they discussed the attack on Dongping City for a while.

Once the war starts, it will not stop until one side finally falls.

While the reinforcements from Qi have not arrived, they must occupy Dongping City as soon as possible.

Use Dongping City as a nail in the territory of Qi, and then wait for an opportunity to move and flatten the entire Qi in one fell swoop.

The next day, Zhongli led 3,000 soldiers to a nearby village, summoned the poor villagers to set up a village government office, and asked the village head and the head of the village government office to lead the people to measure the land and officially divide the land.

At the same time, he announced a tax policy of 10% tax.

Then, he selected six soldiers from his own army to set up a county government office, and let them be responsible for managing all the village governments and implementing military control over this territory.

At the same time, the royal army continued to move south.

In less than half a day, they arrived at the foot of Dongping City.

Just like attacking the three forts, Chang Wei ordered the soldiers to dig tunnels at night and prepare to attack the city the next day.