From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 301

Zhou Yuan arrived at the North City Military Division in advance, and naturally received great respect when he met many old subordinates.

Mainly because Zhou Yuan's performance in the military exercise was so beautiful, now the whole Shenjing is spreading his deeds, and people call him the living little Zhuge, and he is the most popular.

Of course, there are also a few people who say that Zhou Yuan is the contemporary Cao Wu Emperor, and this kind of talk is obviously spread by people with ulterior motives.

The other party was also very punctual, notifying at the first quarter of the hour of Hai, and then came to the office building to meet.

"I am Tian Ren, and I am here to see Zhongwu Bo. I have heard of Zhongwu Bo's name and admired him for a long time. Now I finally meet him, which is a great honor."

His tone was gentle, neither humble nor arrogant, and there was a faint calmness and confidence.

He looked about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, younger than Lord Wangwang, wearing a traditional style robe, and had a Confucian temperament.

"Sit down."

Zhou Yuan pointed to the chair casually, indicating Gao Biao to make tea.

During this period, he did not speak, but occasionally glanced at Tian Ren, and the atmosphere was both solemn and awkward.

But Tian Ren was not nervous at all, but sat upright with a slight smile on his face.

Zhou Yuan could not help but look up to him again, and then chuckled: "Tian Ren, from Xuchang, 40 years old this year, a small flag officer of the Northern Pacification Division?"

Tian Ren smiled and said: "Yes, I have just taken office for half a month. It is shameful to say that I am only in this position at my age, and I am not as promising as you are young."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "In the current court, the Zhejiang Party is the only one, followed by the Chu Party, and the Qi Party still has some luck. I, Zhou Yuan, do not form a party, and I have offended all the ministers. The road ahead will not be easy."

"If you surrender to me, I am afraid there will be no good results!"

Tian Ren's eyes were calm, his expression did not change, and he just said slowly: "Your Excellency cares about the people and has a talent for the world. I really admire you, so I surrender to you, not necessarily in exchange for a good result."

"Everything in this world is either success or failure, but success is a minority after all, I can take it easy."

Zhou Yuan said: "I heard that you have a letter of surrender?"

Tian Ren shook his head and said: "Actually no, I just know the detailed history of Zhang Bailong's rise, which may be helpful to you."

Zhou Yuan said indifferently: "What does Zhang Bailong's rise have to do with me? I am just a young man who has just been granted a title. It is not my turn to fight in such a big event."

Tian Ren clasped his fists and smiled: "Zhongwu Bo is too modest. I am afraid that there is no other suitable candidate to wipe out the bandits in the Central Plains except you."

Zhou Yuan did not answer, but waved his hand and said: "In any case, tell me about the situation in the Central Plains first."

Tian Ren was silent, and he was slowly organizing his words.

Then he said solemnly: "Zhang Bailong's original name was Zhang Xian, a native of Runan, and he was also the earliest refugee."

"In the past two years, the Central Plains has been drought-stricken, locust plagues have ravaged the fields, and grain prices have soared. Then, there was no price and no market, and people were starving everywhere."

"In poor areas, a large number of villagers fled and begged, gradually forming a refugee wave."

"Later, the refugee wave intensified, and eventually formed a huge army of refugees, eating everything they could eat, and exchanging children for food, selling wives and daughters was everywhere."

"Until the beginning of last year, Zhang Bailong and other villagers, about thirty or forty young and middle-aged people, They couldn't survive any longer, so they attacked the county government in groups and stole the silver. "

"They entered the wealthy villages and towns in the name of merchants, provoked conflicts between tenants and landlords, and then stood up to kill the landlords and divide the land."

Speaking of this, Tian Ren frowned, and then said in a deep voice: "They handled affairs very systematically, such as re-measuring the land and trying to distribute it fairly in front of the villagers."

"After the tenants were allocated land, they followed him wholeheartedly. Zhang Bailong led the peasant soldiers to kill landlords and divide the land everywhere, and gradually expanded to a large scale."

Zhou Yuan didn't speak, but just lowered his head and remained silent.

But his heart was full of huge waves. Zhang Bailong's terrible means could actually force the land reform in this era.

The Jin Dynasty has been around for four hundred years, and land annexation has come to an end. Almost all the land in the world is concentrated in the nobles and gentry.

Now the land is remeasured and distributed to the people. What a terrible killing power! As long as they are individuals, as long as they are farmers, they will definitely fight for him, or to be more precise, for the land.

This kind of cohesion is extremely terrifying and should not be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuancai said: "Go on."

Tian Ren said: "Zhang Bailong revised the law and used it in the villages and towns he ruled, including suppressing land annexation, abolishing the class gap between nobles and civilians, and making the civilians submit to him from the bottom of their hearts."

"More importantly, he is very frugal, eating the same food and living the same as the people."He called on the people to dig wells and divert water. Although it took a lot of effort, some farmland was irrigated, so the land had a harvest. Although they still couldn't eat enough, they didn't starve to death." "The news spread to the surrounding areas, and even many villages took the initiative to ask Zhang Bailong to take control. They were fed up with the wolf-like court." Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "So, Zhang Bailong was unstoppable and occupied most of the Central Plains and established a pseudo-court." Tian Ren said: "Yes, the pseudo-court was very united. The people worked during the busy farming season and trained during the slack farming season. Almost everyone was a soldier. "

Hearing this, Zhou Yuan felt his scalp tingling.

No wonder the senior sister said that the Central Plains bandits should be dealt with first. Everything Zhang Bailong did was to slay dragons!

Is he also a time traveler?

This series of methods is so advanced that it makes people feel scared.

But Zhou Yuan quickly rejected this idea. If he was a time traveler, he would definitely realize that the current Jin Dynasty has not accumulated enough to change the world. The gentry is still the master of the world. Killing landlords and dividing land will undoubtedly be counterattacked by the gentry class.

Such a model can only achieve short-term success. Once the territory is too large and the time is too long, it will soon lose the overall control over the grassroots, and the internal corruption will continue to intensify, and eventually collapse.

Zhou Yuan had to admit that this was an extremely terrible opponent, but Zhou Yuan also had to sigh that such an opponent was destined to be only a short-term opponent, not a long-term enemy.

"How is the pseudo-dynasty doing in mining, iron manufacturing, especially armor and swords? ”

Tian Ren said: "These aspects are very general, mainly because the pseudo-dynasty was established too recently and it is impossible to arm the people on a large scale. Only elite troops have such support."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Hearing what you said, the pseudo-dynasty is a good place and a good court. How did you escape?"

Tian Ren smiled bitterly: "My family is a landlord."

If you are not a landlord, how can you have the conditions to study and learn so many classics and avenues.

Zhou Yuan said: "I remember that you also got rich in the pseudo-dynasty. Why don't you want a high-ranking official, but come to be a small flag officer?"

Tian Ren sighed: "There is not much difference between being an official and being a civilian there. You can't be greedy or partial, and you are not allowed to take concubines. What's the point of that?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, go back and wait for news. I will give you an answer in the near future."

"Yes. "

Tian Ren responded, and did not dare to ask more questions, and quickly stood up.

Zhou Yuan said: "Tell me to say hello to Zhang Bailong, and say that I will definitely go to see him as soon as possible."

Tian Ren was stunned. He looked at Zhou Yuan's sharp eyes, and was silent for a moment before saying: "I think I hid it well. How did you see it?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Your attitude does not seem like someone who is seeking a future. People who are seeking a future will not be so calm and self-assured."

Tian Ren sighed and said: "I can't hide it from Lord Zhou. I came here this time just to say hello, and there is no other meaning."

Zhou Yuan said: "Next time if you have something serious to find me, you can ask Gao Biao to go away."