It was the end of January when Huan Tan went south. The ice and snow in Huaibei had not completely melted. When he came back to report, it was late February. On the coast of Sishui, Huan Tan saw this scene:

A group of people were busy in the field. One of them was holding a plow and ploughing. There was an old horse in front of them. Then everyone was either raking the land or holding hoes. People holding a planting basket were careful to sprinkle precious grains.

Not far away, a group of Wei soldiers holding soldiers sat under the tree and chatted, both as supervisors and as protection.

Looking at this scene, Huan Tan burst into tears.

This surprised the members beside him. You know, Huan Tan met his clan nephew Huan Rong in Huannan. He has been together for many years since he was separated from his family, but the two did not hug each other and cried, but instead kept facing each other.

When Huan Tan returned, he heard that his hometown, Long Kang, was destroyed by war. The old house of Huan, who survived the Red Eyebrow torrent, never escaped the catastrophe again. As for whom it was, the Han army said it was Gaiyan's Yuyang cavalry, and the Wei State said it was burned by the "Wu gang" when retreating south, and it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity for a while.

Even so, Huan Tan did not shed a single tear. Why did he cry when he passed by Sishui when he saw the extremely ordinary spring plowing scene?

After wiping his tears, Huan Tan said to the people on the same boat: "If you are from Huaibei like me, you will understand it."

He sighed: "Since the chaos in the world in the Mangma period, Huaibei has been in chaos. First, the Red Eyebrow swept across, killed officials and slaughtered large households. After the Red Eyebrow left, order in various places was gone. For a time, bandits were rampant, and they were famined and refugees were everywhere."

"Liu Xiu's entry into Huaibei is short and he was in trouble again. The people had just returned home, but they were forced to migrate because of Wei and Wu Zhengheng. I went south this time and saw that the former rich land was empty but not living, and there were countless people who had no people in a hundred miles. The city walls were like this, and the inner villages were empty, and the best fields were empty and no one was cooking, covered with artemisia and grass, and wild rabbits ran around."

"Thus, from the third year of the Dihuang in the previous dynasty, for seven years, the people of Huaibei can farm peacefully in spring. Some counties and townships have lost their harvest year after year, and even cannibalism at one time. How can you not cry? Today, when Your Majesty first entered Huaisi, he could restrain his soldiers and resume farming as soon as possible. How can you not cry with such good governance?"

Everyone suddenly realized that looking at the spring farming scenery again, it felt difficult, and then they thought of their hometown Guanzhong, isn’t Hebei the same?

Before the fifth relationship came, it was completely different from after the fifth relationship. The warlords had no plan to end their lives. When they were hungry, they were abandoned, and when they were full, they were dispersed and dispersed. The so-called "Bronze Horse Emperor" Liu Ziyu, his subordinates once survived by eating mulberries, while when Qin Feng, the King of Chuli of Jingxiang, could not eat, they relied on harvesting "puzi", that is, water plants and snail meat.

"The art of establishing a country is to strengthen the army and have enough food. Now the survivors of the princes, Liu Xiu and Gongsun Shu, all value farming affairs and have plans, so they can be successful for a while, but the two of them combined are not as good as Your Majesty."

Huan Tan said this with a basis. When he arrived in Xia Pi, Fu Long, the "Governor of Xuzhou" who took office, was traveling to the Chun-di field here. Fu Long told Huan Tan: "Your Majesty had already expected that Liu Xiu would refuse. Wei and Wu could not resign. Although the war had not yet ended, Your Majesty decided to use war to support the war and use the policy of military farming in Yuzhou and Yanzhou to use Xuhuai."

Farming farming was naturally not the invention of the fifth relationship. From Emperor Wen of Han to Emperor Wu of Han, he planned to recruit people to farm in the border Bingzhou, Hexi and even the Western Regions, and also to build troops to farm. He usually produces grain, and when the Huns invaded, they could fight with weapons. During the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han, Zhao Chongguo took three strategies to farm and marched in Hehuang to defend against the Di Qiang.

As far as Huan Tan knows, when Liu Xiu in the south took Huainan and Jingnan, he also imitated his ancestors to engage in military farming, but they were all small-scale and needed to consider the interests of the powerful people in various places, which was far less bold than the fifth reunion.

The Red Eyebrow Army general Yanzhou and Yuzhou were all over the case tables, which made it easier for the Fifth Reunion to clean the house and then treat him. He then issued an edict saying: "The Qin people were eager to farm and the whole world, and Xiaowu used military farming to settle the Western Regions. This was a good example of the previous generation. Now after the chaos, the people were scattered and the land industry was unowned, and they were all public land!"

So he recruited people to farm in the Central Plains. After two years, he had already obtained one million hu of grain. If it were still entirely relied on Guanzhong, Hebei's grain would have no way to conquer all directions.

Now that we are eager to build military farms in Huaibei, the fifth reunion has its own intentions.

Fu Long smiled and said, "Some ministers were worried that Xuzhou, Huaibei, had been ruled by Liu Xiu for two years. This person is famous for his benevolence, virtue, trust and righteousness, and he also has methods to govern the country. I am afraid that scholars and people will misunderstand their words and have a heart of thinking about the Han Dynasty."

"But Your Majesty does not 'people' think about the Han'."

Fu Long learned the actions of the fifth reunion at that time and showed it to Huan Tan: "When Your Majesty was in the suburbs of Pengcheng, he grabbed a handful of grain and showed it to everyone, saying 'People's minds of grain'! Huaibei is so ruined, who can restore local production and who can accumulate millions of grain to win the hearts of the scholars and people in Xuzhou!"

"It's true." Huan Tan believed that the fifth reunion was very accurate. Those illusory propaganda could not be left behind, but real things were the most important.

"Many Yanzhou and Yuzhou have been changed to Mind Tunnel and are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Commander Ren Guang, but this Huaibei is still a military Tunnel."

Fulong told Huan Tan: "What Doctor Huan saw along the way should be that the soldiers stationed in the army were supervising the labor of prisoners of war in Huainan and Jiangdong of the Wu army."

Speaking of this, Huan Tan will not praise the fifth relationship. The emperor is good at everything, but some places are too meticulous. He thought, "Does your Majesty think that even if Liu Xiu agreed to replace prisoners and before the official handover, these 4,000 prisoners could still cultivate tens of thousands of acres of land for the Wei State?"

Now that the prisoners are not replaced, the prisoners of war in Huainan and Jiangdong may have to stay in the north for a long time, so they naturally cannot eat anything. If they are unwilling to join the Wei army on their own initiative, they may have to become military farmers in their lives and be firmly bound to the land.

When Huan Tan returned to Pengcheng, the suffering city was finally no longer full of wars. The damaged walls and gates were being repaired, and only countless graves appeared in the wilderness outside the city, telling the fierce battle.

Huan Tan entered the Chu Palace to visit the Fifth Reunion. The emperor asked him indeed: "When Junshan goes north, can you see spring plowing everywhere?"

The fifth reunion said proudly: "We must make Yanzhou and Huaibei connect each other, from Pengcheng to Zhongdu (Luoyang), farmers, fields and soldiers, chickens and dogs, and fields and fields, and return to the grand occasion of the past."

"I hope I will see this situation as soon as possible." Huan Tan expressed his cautious blessings, and immediately briefly explained his experience in Huainan. At the same time, he presented a thick memorial, which contained details of the oral report. He recorded it on the way back.

"Liu Xiu refused to truce, refused to replace prisoners, and even did not see Junshan. He only threatened to counterattack Huaibei, and Liu Zhi's body was sealed from the Gu Shu'?"

The fifth reunion immediately asked someone to draft his own reply: "Dong Mu of Qin was defeated in Jin for three times, Wen Shu was defeated in Jingxiang, and tens of thousands of people drowned in the Han River, and Xuhuai and his good generals and ministers died in battle. If you lose another battle, lose Huainan, how can Wei and Wu rule the river?"

Seeing this, the civil and military officials felt that Liu Xiu was tough and that the war between the two Huai Rivers was endless. It seemed that His Majesty’s plan to withdraw troops must be slowed down, and the military farming plans of Sishui and other counties must also be shelved.

However, the fifth reunion said: "Liu Xiu replied in this way that he hoped to hold the Wei army and to send more than 100,000 troops to stay in the two Huai Rivers for a long time. In this way, the soldiers would be exhausted and the food would be poor."

At this point, the Wei army had already completely "outside combat". As long as Huaibei cannot take care of its own grain for a day, the transportation line from the Central Plains to this place will be enough to drag down the country.

Although Liu Xiu lost Huaibei, he had Huai River as a screen, and extending westward was the three passes of the world. Although the attack was insufficient, the rules were sufficient. Relying on the Jianghuai River Network, personnel and material exchanges were even more convenient than the fifth connection, and it was considered an inside battle.

Therefore, the fifth reunion did not plan to spend a long time in Lianghuai and Liu Xiu.

"More than 100,000 soldiers can be withdrawn and half of them will be renovated back to the Central Plains for rest."

The withdrawn part was naturally Geng Yan's Youji Corps. Since the assembly began last year, this group of soldiers have been fighting outside for a year. They have not adapted to the climate in Huaibei. They suffered a defeat and encountered a severe typhoid epidemic. The combat effectiveness has been greatly eliminated. If they are not allowed to go home, they may feel resentful and have no desire to fight.

Geng Yan, the general of the chariot and cavalry, was also a sharp blade, which was used to defend, but was a waste. The fifth reunion planned to let him rest in the Central Plains. Once there was a war between Jingchu and Huai, he would hand over the tiger talisman and a mobile force to Xiao Geng, which was enough to help all parties.

As for the left-behind person, the fifth reunion has long been chosen, which is the left prime minister Geng Chun.

"Boshan has been governed by Jizhou for several years, and not only destroyed the remnants of copper horses, but also pacified Hebei and made the thieves calm. He also recruited people to farm in Julu and other counties. The prefectures and counties established land officials, and their locations were accumulated, and they received millions of hu of grain. They were able to conquer all directions without any shortage of food."

Geng Chun has a stable personality and is well-known enough in military affairs. It is naturally the most suitable to take charge of the overall situation in the East.

The fifth reunification also selected three subordinates for him, including one literature, two martial arts, and three subordinates.

The article is Fulong. Since entering Qingzhou, Fulong has made many contributions in diplomacy, and even entered Chengyang alone, persuaded King Zhang Bu of Qi to surrender, and led the Youji Army to march southward, laying the foundation for the fifth reunion to take Huaibei. Most importantly, Fulong was loyal enough and promoted to the "Governor of Xuzhou" and became the fastest-promoted person among the first batch of civil servant examination candidates.

General Zhang Zong of the East, General Zheng Tong of Hengye, each led Yanzhou and Yuzhou troops to stay in Sishui and Pei County.

In this way, Cen Peng in Nanyang, Runan was in Huaibei, and Geng Chun and others formed the first line of defense for the fifth reunion against Liu Xiu. Even if he did not have martial ethics, he would have sneaked into Huaibei, and the generals could withstand the first wave of attacks and give the Central Plains troops time to rush to rescue.

At this point, the Fifth Reunification also completed the goal of the "Xu Huai Battle", but this war also exposed a large number of problems of the Wei army, so that in the late stage, the war was at the end of the force and even suffered minor defeats in succession. This means that the Fifth Reunification cannot drag the ills until after the unification, and necessary reforms must be carried out before the final decisive battle.

Before leaving Pengcheng and going north to inspect Qilu, the fifth reunion looked back at this "Xuzhou place" and left a sentence for Geng Chun and others.

“This is not peace.”
Chapter completed!