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I felt helpless, but when he knew that I had made my decision, he told me his thoughts, "The Jiao Prefecture has always exiled sinners for our men. The land of the Jiao Prefecture is filled with swamps, the land is sparsely populated, and our productivity is extremely low. This is also the reason why we do not have enough national power to support the war. Amongst the outsiders who came to the Jiao Prefecture, there were people from the Central Plains, Jiangdong, Hebei, and all over the West Cold. They had excellent production skills, and as long as their master could get along with the locals, the technology brought by the outsiders could help the locals increase their production efficiency. It was absolutely necessary for the lord to formulate a rule to stop the conflict between the locals and the outsiders! Furthermore, many of the contributions made by outsiders like Mr. Ma Jun to the Jiao Prefecture were obvious to all. In particular, the effects of Mr. Ma Jun's aqueduct and water wheel on the development of agriculture were obvious. Didn't Mr. Ma Jun gain a very high reputation in the Jiao Prefecture because of this? So the gap between the locals and the locals can be removed! "

I smiled and nodded. "Alright! Good! Zi Hong said it well! As long as the Jiao Prefecture can accommodate more outsiders, the population under our jurisdiction will increase, which will benefit from our increase in strength! "Haha!"

He laughed and said: "Jiao Prefecture, your power is greatly reduced. We cannot raise a tiger and create trouble for you. Master should exterminate the remnants of the Scholars immediately and severely punish those who dared to conceal their refugees without reporting! Concentrate all the land and property of the old Scholars within the range that the officials can control, preventing them from owning private departments to threaten the officials. The lord also needed to use the army to exterminate the thieves in the territory, in order to keep the territory peaceful and sweep away the obstacles to the future delivery of food and fodder! Master must also put in a lot of effort to make Zhang Miao and the rest of the soldiers become my tools. Just like before, I must work hard to make Liu Yao and the rest of the soldiers become the national heroes of Jiuzhen and Sunan Prefecture that Master will be able to take back in the future! "

My face was like a blooming flower, and I said happily, "It's not difficult! Zhang Miao and the rest of the soldiers are all hot-blooded men. They are with the soldiers in our army.

His expression was stern as he said: "We still have to show our weakness to Liu Yan, Liu Biao and the others. Even if they wanted us to bow our heads and pay our respects to them, we can only pay our respects to them temporarily! Diplomacy with them must be prudent and must not be hostile! Absolutely not! "

I know that even if I fight against Liu Yan and the others alone, I am not their match, what more letting them join hands? This point, I will definitely abide by it! I asked again, "Zi Hong, other than this, is there nothing else?" His eyes were wide open as he replied loudly, "Yes!"

I sincerely said to Xiao Zheng: "Zi Hong, you have something you can't figure out, please say it all! I'm all ears! " "First of all, my lord should split up his troops and guard against the invasion of the Founan," Chen Zheng said. Especially in a dangerous place like yoghourt, they should send their strong generals and elite masters to guard it! I feel that the people who are most adept at defending the city in our army are none other than Huo Jun and Chen Deng. Great Guardian yoghourt, Chen Deng Guardian Dragon. we will definitely be able to make it so that the FN is not able to take even a single step further, thereby allowing us to win enough time to recuperate! " I nodded and said, "Okay! I will give the orders immediately! "

And he said, "The most important thing of all is that the Lord has brought virtue and education into the land to make the people feel a sense of shame at the loss of the two counties, Jiuzhen and Zhennan, and to make them all come together to reclaim them! "However..."

I asked, "Zi Hong, what else can you do?" Just as he was saying, "But, Master, the pressure and scolding that you have to endure …" I understood my true concern, which had never been dispelled. I had to prove to him that I was not a mortal who could stretch but could not bend. Without waiting for me to finish speaking, I said, "Zi Hong, don't worry! What I have decided, even if the sky falls, it will not change anything! " He was staring at me with eyes full of admiration.

A moment later, he returned to the main topic at hand, "Due to the war, Scholars had wantonly annexed the land, and now the power of Scholars has been greatly affected! Their lord can confiscate all their land and distribute it according to the Jiao Prefecture household registration. Whichever labor force was stronger or was the means of production, the more resources they had, they would be given more land, and the government would only take a small amount of taxes. Because of the light taxes, as long as they worked more, their own harvest would increase and their enthusiasm for production would definitely rise. It was extremely advantageous for the development of Jiao Prefecture's economy! As long as the people's standard of living was improved and they were willing to follow the rule of their lord, if the government made any moves, would they not support all of the government's actions? The same goes for businesses. The taxes are reduced, and there are many openings for merchants to trade with from Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Sun Jian and the others. On one hand, it would show that we do not have any intention to be enemies with them, so as to numb them, and on the other hand, we can increase our income by a lot. "

"I think we should continue to implement the internal strategies I mentioned before, such as production and encouraging population growth and farming! The other difference is that this time is different from the time of the flood a few years ago! The lord should also make a rule that cattle were not to be killed carelessly. Killing an ox was a serious crime, and if it was serious, the punishment could be death! "Even if the cattle are sick, they will not live for too long. We must report this to the government and let them decide after the inspection if we can kill the cattle."

After Chen Zhi heard this, he could not help but have some objections, "Zi Hong, isn't this rule of yours a little too strict? Killing an ox to make someone else pay for their death sentence, didn't that mean that a human's life was the same as a cow's? What would the people think? This is simply insulting! "

He was chuckling softly and said: "General Chen Zhi, Qin Shi is also very concerned about farming cattle. I also think that it should be like what was stipulated by the Qin Clan. If one's own cattle were to lose weight because of insufficient feeding, then the owner of the cattle would be guilty of a crime! Cattle were the treasures of the village. They played an important role in agricultural production! Furthermore, because the Qin Nation enforced such a strict law, it protected the implementation of its basic farming policy. Furthermore, it can have sufficient strength to fight for hegemony in the world and surrender to the six nations! " Chen Zhi heard and was speechless, he nodded and agreed.

He added: "Not only that, but the people should be forbidden to raise chickens and ducks, because not only do chickens and ducks eat a lot, they also eat up crops! What people eat is not enough, why should they waste food to feed these things? Food was scarce in troubled times, so he had to accumulate food! If you want to raise chickens and ducks, you should let the government raise some chickens and ducks. After laying eggs, they are sent by the government to the pregnant women to eat and maintain the fetus. The authorities must double their love for families with pregnant women, for example by exempting them from taxes. Only in this way can the population grow rapidly. "

Chen Zhi still raised his opposition, "Zi Hong, if you don't allow the citizens to raise chickens and ducks, will they agree?" A sharp look shot out from his eyes as he said sonorously, "Use extreme methods in extraordinary times! As long as it was beneficial to the overall situation, he should not hesitate even if there would be sacrifice! If the people did not agree, the government could enforce the order! The citizens had experienced the war, and many of them did not even have time to eat food. They would peel off the bark and eat the soil to fill their stomachs, would they still raise these fowl that consumed a large amount of food? When a policy was being implemented, some people would agree with it, while others would oppose it! As long as it's right, we should persevere and persevere! " Chen Zhi looked serious, he never thought that a weak scholar would actually have such a great charm!

And he said, "My lord, I beg you to abolish the punishment of breaking the limbs of the sinners, and to sentence them to death not easily, but only those who have committed heinous crimes shall be condemned to death! This allows some of the offenders a chance to mend their ways. It would be better to send the prisoners to a deserted area where they could develop and grow their crops. The Jiao Prefecture had always been a place used by the Qin and Han dynasties to send prisoners for exploitation, which was why the Jiao Prefecture had become like this today! It has always been a common method used by countries to send prisoners to develop uninhabited lands. There are still many other places in Jiao Prefecture that are waiting for people to go and develop them, Master can use this method to reclaim new land now! Only when the territory developed by the prisoners could be provided with taxes, the government could collect taxes there, and the government would have an additional amount of revenue. "I wonder what you think?"

Chen Zhi nodded his head, "Zi Hong, you are right! The Jiao Prefecture has always been a place where officials send prisoners or heroes. It was because they and the Bai Yue clansmen worked together to develop the Jiao Prefecture that we have today's Jiao Prefecture! Zi Hong's point is a policy commonly used by previous generations of countries. I agree with it! "

Yet, I kept a straight face because those exact words unknowingly brought back my painful memories. I had long thought about punishing them for their crimes …

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[Note 1]: Qin's laws are very protective of cattle farming. They are very strict. And even in the modern times, the protection of cattle was very strict. This can be seen in the anthology about the protection of cattle by the farmers' association, and the heavy penalties for killing cattle. After all, a country that focused on farming had no choice but to give heavy protection to its cattle. Heh heh, to be honest, the Sick Ox still needs to be reported as having read "Selected Works" and then written into my novel. Also, in "The Records of the Three Kingdoms" Huan Er Xu Wei Lu's biography, there is such a record: the folk disease of Qu Zhou, praying with cattle, county Zhazheng abandoning the city. As one might imagine, in ancient societies dominated by agriculture, laws were enacted to protect cattle.