At first, Zhang Ran's proposal did not surprise Liu Che. It was just a cliché. The so-called teaching and teaching are spreading kindness to the barbarians. Liu Che has heard too much in recent years.

However, when Zhang Ran proposed the strategy of giving land and compared the Huns' Chanyu with his Han emperor, Liu Che suddenly realized that it was such a simple thing to start from the bottom and surpass the Huns' Chanyu.

This system of land granting has existed since Shang Yang's reform during the Qin Dynasty. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it was adopted by Liu Bang and conducted a nationwide and large-scale land grant. Even after Liu Che ascended the throne, he had several small-scale land granting actions.

Therefore, it is not unacceptable for Liu Che himself to teach the land.

If he could compete with the Xiongnu Chanyu for the people by granting fields and put himself in a halo of holy kings, Liu Che would not mind.

However, some things are easy to say, but extremely difficult to do, especially the Huns were nomadic tribes. Not only did their lifestyles and ethnic customs differ from those of the Han Dynasty, but they didn't even have the same language... Even if Liu Che wanted to give land to herders, it would not be possible to solve it with a decree.

Seeing that the emperor was silent, Wei Qing, beside him, could only explain to Zhang Ran: "Xiaolang, the Xiongnu is a nomadic citizen who lives by grazing cattle and sheep, and lives by chasing water and grass, so he often moves. How can people who live in such a place be taught to them? Moreover, most of the Xiongnu herders only know the art of grazing and do not know the method of farming. The fields are useless for them! Even if they are useless, how can they win their hearts? What's more, the cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock in the tribes are mostly the private property of the tribe and are the masters. If our great man rashly intervenes, it may cause riots... If a tribe is resentful and rebels from the Huns again, my Shuofang defenders will be attacked from both sides?"

Faced with the various questions raised by Wei Qing, Zhang Ran chuckled and replied confidently: "I know the worries of the king and the prince. But I still think that if we teach the land strategy, the benefits will be greater than disadvantages for our great man."

"Oh?" Seeing Zhang Ran's confidence, Wei Qing couldn't help but smile and said, "I hope to listen to Xiao Lang's detailed explanation!"

Zhang Ran took a deep breath and replied: "First of all, the fields I mentioned are just general terms. What we want to grant to those herders is not just farmed fields, but also grasslands for grazing. We can give them corresponding grasslands according to their population to provide them with the needs of grazing cattle and sheep.

As for herders who don’t know how to farm? It doesn’t matter, just let them plant grass! Plant grass in the wilderness in spring, harvest and dry in summer and autumn, and feed cattle, sheep and livestock in winter. In this way, they can turn their nomadic things into fixed herds! Herders no longer have to suffer from migration.”

"Planting grass?" After hearing Zhang Ran's answer, Wei Qing was stunned and couldn't help but say wonderingly: "This grass is everywhere in the wilderness, and still needs to be planted?"

"Haha..." Zhang Ran smiled slightly and said, "June, there are many kinds of grasses, some grasses, cattle and sheep like to eat, while others don't like to eat grasses... The grass I mentioned is not ordinary grass, and it is also a forage for raising livestock! Those Huns don't know how to farm, can they even plant grasses?"

As he said that, Zhang Ran couldn't help but sneer and said, "Even if you don't know how to plant grass, it doesn't matter. You will always mow grass? The people of the counties in the northern part of the Han Dynasty can use weeds to feed nearly 200,000 war horses. It can be seen that this method is not impossible... Let the Huns follow this method, and if they don't follow it, they deserve to starve to death!"

After hearing this, Wei Qing couldn't help but sigh: "Xiao Lang's words are reasonable. Qing always thought that the nomadic Huns were naturally not allowed to change. However, today I realized that it was necessary to change, but I never thought about changing it!"

Zhang Ran smiled and replied with a smile: "The Huns lived in the water and grass, which was in accordance with the actions of the heavens and the times, and had their own convenience. However, they could not be changed when they flew together, but the Huns did not want to change it. Ordinary herders, under the rule of the Shanyu, were like slaves. Although there were many cattle, sheep and horses, they were not all their own property. How could they have the motivation to study better herding methods? As for the powerful and wealthy people of the Huns, they only care about their wealth and never care about the life and death of the herders. The existing system is enough to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing. What does it have to do with them?"

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After hearing the conversation between Zhang Ran and Wei Qing, Liu Che on the imperial bed couldn't help but rekindle a glimmer of hope in his heart, and asked Zhang Ran: "Zhang Qing, if you follow your words, this strategy of teaching fields is somewhat feasible. However, there are still many problems, and I wonder if Zhang Qing can solve it?"

Zhang Ran thought for a while and replied: "If Your Majesty wants to teach the land, first of all, he should cut off the leaders and powerful people of the tribes. These people own a lot of land, cattle and sheep. If they do not remove them, there will be no way to talk about the land granting! We can't distribute our cattle and sheep to the herdsmen, right?"

"Zhang Qing's words are reasonable!" After Liu Che heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes. However, when he thought about it, he hesitated and said a little hesitantly: "Now my Han Dynasty is fighting with the Huns. If I do killing, I am afraid that it will cause trouble. If it is taken advantage of by the Huns, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"

"Uh" Zhang Ran hesitated for a few seconds, and soon said to Liu Che: "I think that Your Majesty can follow the strategy of Master Yan's establishment of a magistrate, and move all the famous tribes of Shuofang and Wuyuan County to Maoling, and give them more wealth and goods to appease... In this way, he can separate him from the clan. After his powerful and powerful arrived in Chang'an, he thought that the birds in the cage could still cause trouble?

In this way, the biggest obstacle to landing can be easily removed. Your Majesty only needs to send elite troops to escort officials to various tribes, divide their cattle and sheep, and give them to herders in the pastures!"

The remnants of the Xiongnu forces in Shuofang and Wuyuan counties belong to the defeated side. Their most powerful force has been eliminated by the Han army and they cannot make too big waves!

Therefore, the resistance to implementing land grants here is actually not great. As long as the problem of nomadic migration of the Huns was solved, the mature county system of the Han Dynasty and the corresponding household registration system were only required to be implemented step by step. The officials of the Han Dynasty had rich experience in land granting.

What's more, compared with the people in the Han Dynasty, the situation of the Xiongnu herders was even more miserable. The living standards of their ordinary herders were even worse than those tenants, or even those slaves who sold themselves to the landlords and powerful people...

Therefore, Zhang Ran felt that those oppressed herdsmen may even have a stronger desire to obtain land and cattle and sheep than the Han people!

So, there are conditions here and there are opportunities to carry out land reform!
Chapter completed!