Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

The men here are all recruits for the army.

The women here can also farm.

Including the two islands next to it,

There are nearly three thousand residents.

Many of them fled during the Liao-Jin War.

Besides farming

They also fish.

They can basically support themselves.

Li Bao returned to the capital this time to receive his rewards and honors.

They planned to ask the imperial court for some soldiers and armor.

Get some for the residents of Juehua Island.

Get some for the people in Lushun.

They were organized for drills during the off-season of the Baojia system (a system of local militia).

When faced with a situation, one can pick up a weapon and fight.

He could muster at least six thousand militiamen at the two strongholds!

Meanwhile, the Liaoxi and Liaonan regions of the Jin dynasty were sparsely populated.

Especially the Fuzhou area,

The city was burned down.

The people flocked to the Ming Dynasty.

As long as we concentrate our forces and launch a strong attack to capture Huacheng County and Huacheng Pass...

Have the imperial court send another 10,000 soldiers.

Li Bao was able to lead his army straight to Liaoyang.

After a few days,

Two supply ships arrived at Juehua Island.

They unloaded a large quantity of grain, salt, wine, vinegar, and other goods.

They then left, carrying the salted fish from the island.

Li Bao also arrived in Shandong on a return supply ship.

While staying at the Dengzhou Hotel

Li Bao casually inquired,

Only then did he realize that the monk he had thrown back was...

They were all relocated and resettled to farm in Shandong.

Only the abbot of Dalonggong Temple remains.

Carrying the Buddhist treasures from the temple,

They traveled to Tokyo with the officials.

Li Baoxing arrived in Jinan

They encountered Deng Chun and Han Shizhong, who were fully prepared and ready to go.

When the three met, Han Shizhong joked:

"If Lord Li doesn't arrive soon, General Deng and I will have to leave now."

Li Bao explained, "Before setting off, we went to fight another battle."

Han Shizhong said enviously, "Lord Li is lucky; he always manages to find a battle to fight."

"Our journey last year was really boring,"

"They were all troops from the puppet regime,"

"They've never fought a single decent battle."

Li Bao smiled and said, "You can request to be transferred to the island to command troops."

"I've been transferred to the Lin Mansion. Let's deal with the Jin bandits there first."

Han Shizhong chuckled.

He was a general in the Western Army.

Now he's been transferred back to command a part of the Western Army.

This can be considered a true moment of triumph.

Deng Chun asked, "What's the situation in Liaodong under the Jin dynasty?"

Li Bao said, "In western Liaoning, eastern Liaoning, and southern Liaoning,"

“The counties and prefectures of the Jin state were sparsely populated to begin with.”

"I'll lead my troops to cause some trouble,"

"Yelü Yudu also persuaded the remnants of the Liao Kingdom to surrender."

"Most of the counties and prefectures there have been abandoned."

"After I return from Tokyo, I will attack Huacheng Pass."

"In any case, we won't let the Jurchens live a peaceful life."

"Let's harvest the wheat first, then we'll thresh it,"

Deng Chun reminded him,

"Shandong's grain supplies are exhausted."

"Before the new wheat harvest,"

"Even grain merchants can't get much grain anymore."

"Think about it."

Li Bao is from Shandong.

Of course I knew that a major battle had broken out in Hebei.

How significant is the impact on people's livelihoods in Shandong?

Chapter 318 Disgusting Clan

The three of them traveled by boat to the Gyeonggi region.

The closer to Tokyo,

The more bustling the cities and villages become, the more vibrant they become.

This year marks the fourth large-scale relocation of the clan.

The large clans that have not yet been split up,

Finally, the wishful thinking was abandoned.

The family assets were gradually and automatically divided and separated.

After they sold off their land and shops

They then applied to the local government.

Then he went to various counties in Hebei to buy land and acquire property.

The government offices in Hebei and the capital region,

Upon receiving Zhao Yuan's official document,

They even launched a land exchange service.

That is, the land owned by powerful families in the capital region in Kaifeng Prefecture.

The land in various counties of Hebei was exchanged.

As a result,

This can alleviate the land annexation situation in Kaifeng Prefecture.

It can also increase the most scarce resource in Hebei—population.

Land vacated by powerful clans in the capital region

The first reward was given to the soldiers whose household registration was transferred to Kaifeng.

The remaining portion was given on credit or to landless farmers in the village.

The entire Kaifeng Prefecture,

The goal is to ensure that all farmers own land.

Of course, it is not a free distribution.

Farmers buy land on credit at low prices.

They had to pay extra grain every year to repay the debt in installments.

Regardless, everyone is highly motivated.

A scene of prosperity and flourishing.

Zhao Yuan also returned after the spring.

He spent many days with his wives, concubines, and children.

They didn't get down to business until the end of the first lunar month.

"The land administration in Kaifeng Prefecture is proceeding smoothly under the supervision of the imperial court,"

"The goal of ensuring that tillers own their land has been basically achieved,"

"Moreover, no one dared to object to the 'equalization of land tax and poll tax',"

Zhao Yuan tossed out a document bag.

"But once you leave the capital region, the emperor is far away and the sky is high,"

“Local officials and gentry would certainly pay lip service to it.”

Zhao Yuan did not open the document, but said:

"Let's get straight to the point, there's a huge backlog of military matters,"

"I'm too lazy to look at these government affairs in detail."

Zhao Yuan said, "Hunan has suffered from long-term war and is sparsely populated."

"And Jiangxi is also facing a tense conflict between population and land resources."

"I used the form of an imperial edict directly,"

"Proclamation to the officials and people of Jiangxi, encouraging landless people in Jiangxi to migrate to Hunan."

"Guess what the officials and gentry in Jiangxi are doing?"

"They definitely won't release them,"

Zhao Yuan laughed.

"If too many landless farmers leave,"

"How can the gentry recruit tenant farmers?"

"Even if we can recruit tenants,"

"We can no longer exploit them as we used to,"

"Only by improving tenant compensation can we reliably exploit tenants."