The Zhang family dock is a dock fort where the Zhang family clan gathers. There are nearly a thousand hectares of high-quality fields outside the dock. There are tribe members gathered in the dock, and more than a thousand tenant farmers have accumulated. They do not bring the farmers who serve as guards. The food stored in the warehouses in the dock is enough to support the dock for two years.

In the file records of local prefectures and counties, there are only more than 100 households in the Zhang clan. The land they own has just reached 100 hectares, and the land rent paid every year is comparable to those villages with more than 100 households.

The sharp contrast made Yuwen Wen, who arrived at Zhang's dock, fall into deep thought. He felt that this must be a system issue.

Of course it is a system problem. A clan with more than a thousand households and nearly a thousand hectares of fertile land registered in the government is only "hundred households" and "hundred hectares of inferior land". In addition, there are a large number of farmers in the Zhang clan.

Most of these people were refugees, and were collected by Zhang, acting as a division, guarding the hospital, and thugs. However, the government could not count the number of people. Among these people, there were people such as thieves and wanted criminals, and the government did not know.

Do local officials don’t know whether Zhang’s situation is true or false?

It is meaningless to worry about this issue, because the forts that are everywhere in the world are the characteristics of the times, and the forts are insulated from the government's jurisdiction.

The fort is also known as the dock wall. It has existed since ancient times. It was originally a civil defensive building used to prevent bandits and bandits. When the situation is turbulent, the wealthy and gentry families also built the dock walls in order to protect themselves.

During the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, the fort became a safe haven for clans in various places. Not long after the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, the Eight Kings Rebellion broke out, and the Central Plains fell into a place of doom. The fort became the last support of many clans.

As the times came, families with conditions went south to the riverside to cross south, but ordinary people could not escape to the riverside, so they joined the clan party, gathered in the fort, and defended themselves in danger to avoid the difficulties of the enemy bandits and robberies.

Hundreds of years of war and the Central Plains have suffered from the suffering of the great and small forts. Only by relying on the protection of large and small forts can people survive in troubled times. Therefore, it is common forts to become their own world outside of the rule of the government.

There are docks everywhere in the north, protecting families of all sizes and families to survive tenaciously among the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians. For the rulers of various countries, a single dock is not impossible to conquer, the problem is that the gain is not worth the loss.

The owners of the fortress were willing to pay a certain amount of food and cloth on time, which was not bad for the rulers, so the fortress survived in the cracks.

By the Northern Wei Dynasty, the rulers were unable to change the status quo, so they compromised with the fortress owners and implemented the system of supervision and protection of the sect leader.

The so-called sect master supervision system means that the court recognizes the existing interests of the sect master (sect master), legalizes his interests, and recognizes that the sect master (sect master) has jurisdiction over the people they depend on.

Let the sect leader supervise the people, urge the people to pay taxes and bear corvee service. At the same time, the sect leader also needs to maintain grassroots public order. This practice is to indirectly give up the grassroots regime and the sect leader serves on his behalf.

The sect leader who was born in large and small landlords naturally would not honestly cooperate with the government, hide the number of households and evade taxes and labor service.

Later, the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the "three-chief system" and abolished the system of supervision and protection of the sect leader to curb the tyrants' sash their household registration and evade rent and corvee. The government directly controlled the grassroots government organizations, but the fort was still there, and the sect leader still played tricks of hiding households with the government and evading taxes.

In the south, especially in the Huaihe area, because it is located in the middle of the junction of the north and south, there are sect leaders who rely on the fort, and both ends of the rat, and are also people with headaches in the government.

The sect leaders married each other and helped each other, like a mess. The government wanted to sort out but had no clue. It took time and effort to attack. If they couldn't get rid of it, there would be endless troubles.

Not only that, some more ambitious dock owners rely on their location on the main waterway to catch side doors, that is, they send troops to pretend to be water bandits, horse bandits, block the road and rob, kill and rob people.

This kind of dock is very normal on the surface, but in fact it is a thief's nest, which is a major cancer of local public security. However, it is very troublesome to cure it. With the bureaucrats' virtue of "it's better to do less than more" for thousands of years, as long as the dock owners do not make trouble openly or do too much, they will turn a blind eye.

Therefore, the strong clan of the two Huaihe Rivers lived a life of a dominant life with the fortress. For the officials of the prefectures and counties, these local snakes were enough to not cause trouble. As for the inclusion of the fortress households under the jurisdiction of the government and letting these dominants pay full taxes, it would be boring to make money.

For Yuwen Wen, who is about to use troops to the two Huaihe Rivers, how to deal with the fortress owners in various places is a headache. He does not have so much energy to deal with the other party, nor does he have so many benefits to buy the other party.

Not to mention whether he has such great energy to make the court agree to the "wholesale official position", those local snakes will not be so stupid that they were deceived by a letter of appointment, and then they will send people to pay their food to suppress their wealth and make achievements with Yuwen Wen.

The powerful men put family interests first, and Yuwen Wen can win back the hearts of the other party in a short period of time.

It can be foreseeable that the fortress owners would inevitably be slandered for Yuwen Wen’s recruitment, neither an enemy nor a friend, and would be swaying between Yuwen and Yuchi.

Yuwen Wen's troops are not sufficient. Once he uses troops downstream of the Huai River, he will definitely expose the flanks and rear to the fortress lords at both ends of these rats. It is hard to say whether the other party will take the opportunity to stab him.

Therefore, Wang Jun offered a quick knife to kill the mess: kill all the areas near Guangzhou, the future marching roads and flanks, regardless of whether you are an enemy or a friend.

It can be foreseen that this behavior will cause an uproar, and many wait-and-see fort owners will turn to the Yuchi family or even the Chen State side, but Yuwen Wen doesn't care because he thinks that a joke in later generations is well said.

If Germany wants to eliminate Italy, it only needs a few divisions. If Germany wants to assist in defense of Italy, it needs dozens of divisions.

To stabilize the fortress lords in various places, a large amount of troops is required, but Yuwen Wen does not have that much military force, so he chose the most direct and simple method, and he will take advantage of the bad reputation.

Infamy is a stigma of "slaughtering good people indiscriminately". A strong clan and surname live in forts, and there are always some relatives and relatives in the family and relatives in various places. When the time comes, the emperor will give a letter to the emperor to make a "blood and tears complaint" and there must be an explanation no matter what.

If things get big, Wang Jun, who will come up with bad ideas and follow the military staff, will be in trouble.

As for the benefits...

When he arrived at the warehouse, Yuwen Wen looked at the full warehouse of grain and felt better. The food stored in Zhang's dock, excluding the food left for the civilians, could take out 50,000 hu of food, which was enough for 25,000 people a month.

During this period, Yuwen Shiwu led his troops to defeat ten forts, regardless of the food left for the civilians, and obtained nearly 400,000 hu of grain, which eased the pressure on the official army's grain supply.

Not only that, it also collected nearly 10,000 households and 3,000 hectares of fertile land, all of which were included in the jurisdiction of the prefectures and counties.

This is just the beginning, and the biggest benefit is more than that.

Yuwen Wen turned into the blood-stained conference hall, and a group of men in civilian clothes were crawling in the hall. He slowly walked to the upper head, sat on Hu's bed, looked at the large group of people under his feet, and said nothing.

The person in the head did not speak, and no one dared to say anything on the ground. I don’t know how long it took, Yuwen Wen asked, “Is Master Li?”

A middle-aged man crawling in the front replied tremblingly: "Cao...Caomin...Caomin Li is here."

The voice trembled, and Yuwen Wen could see sweat beads coming out of the other party's forehead, and then said in a calm tone: "Master Li, get up and talk."

"Grass...people, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."

The country rich who had never seen any great world, saw the legendary vassal king who killed more than one million people, it was normal to speak in a bad way. Yuwen Wen did not intend to talk to the other party like this, so he spoke again: "No need, everyone gets up."

The group of people quickly stood up, but still lowered their heads and listened to Yuwen Wen's lecture.

"Zengzhu Li, this time the official army attacked the Zhang family fortress, the children of your clan made great efforts. The main general has reported the specific situation. I am very happy after reading it."

"It is a great honor for the people to contribute to the king!"

"Very good, then, you Li will take care of the mess left by Zhang. Do you understand what to do next?"

"I understand, the grass people understand!"

"I understand? Tell me, what should I do?"

"Return to the king! I will first carry out spring plowing, and then organize manpower and material resources to transport food and grass to the official army to ensure the military needs of the official army!"

"Then..." Yuwen Wen put away his smile and asked coldly: "Can I believe that you Li can accomplish these things?"

"The king is relieved. The Li family will complete these important tasks no matter what. If there is any mistake, I would like to apologize with the head of the entire clan!"

"I misunderstood my affairs, it's not enough for your entire clan to die three times!"

Yuwen Wen's voice suddenly became a little higher, scaring everyone present to the point of trembling, but what he said later made everyone ecstatic: "But if it is done well, this fortress will be passed on to the next generation in the future."

"Thank you, thank you! Even though Caomin and others die, they will be the king..."

"Okay, okay, don't say much nonsense, I have to look at the effectiveness..."

Killing alone cannot solve the problem, and the "vacancies" must be filled. If the original owners of the forts in various places are killed and the troops are divided, Yuwen Wen does not have so many troops, so he needs to support the obedient clan to take office.

There are clans of all sizes everywhere. Most of the clans with strength at the forefront have forts, and those small clans can only rely on others. When these small clans are supported and replaced by the original local snakes, their loyalty will be high and they will work hard to do things.

Not only that, in order to maintain the land that he had finally occupied, the newly promoted local snake must rely heavily on the person who gave them the opportunity to replace them, so as to prevent the counterattack of the remnants of the Yuanqiang Sect.

This is an excellent opportunity to expand its power. On the grounds of using troops to the Lianghuai, the surname Haozong in a large area around Guangzhou was replaced with blood. The newly promoted clan would only hold one person's thigh tightly, and that person was King Xiyang.

These newly promoted clans have unstable foundations and lack the ability to resist the influence of external forces. They need to support the King of Xiyang, who is promoted to the throne, to protect the wind and rain. They need to rely on the King of Xiyang to give the children of the clan the opportunity to enter the officialdom.

Therefore, Yuwen Wen wanted to stabilize the situation around Guangzhou and provide a stable rear for the use of troops downstream of the Huai River. Then supporting the new clan is much more cost-effective than buying the strong clan surname that has become a local snake.

Wang Jun offered advice to Yuwen Wen in Yecheng, including this method, just as Yuwen Wen took advantage of the opportunity of pacifying Jiangzhou and Lingbiao to bring local tyrants into his control.

Yuwen Wen thought it was appropriate to describe this method in one word, that is, "emptying the cage and changing the birds", and changing the fort owners to their own followers.

In order to perform well, these newly promoted clans must be full of energy and there is no problem of lip service. Yuwen Wen can concentrate his troops and fight against the enemy in a field to win.

Let's look further. The Guangzhou area is located on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, connected to the Huangzhou General Administration Area on the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains through the Guanghuangdae Road. It is the only way for Huangzhou caravans to go north. Yuwen Wen, with Huangzhou as the basic board, expanded his power to Guangzhou and surrounding areas, which is most appropriate.

To compete for the world, either launch palace changes or mutinies in the capital, such as the Gaopingling Incident in the Sima family; or rely on a solid foundation to compete with the heroes in the Central Plains, just like Taizu Yuwen Tai started his career in Guanzhong, Wang Jun’s advice to Yuwen Wen was to prepare for both aspects.

Wang Xu proposed this strategy, pointing to Yu Wen Wen's ambition hidden deep in his heart. If you are not careful, you will be in danger of being silenced by Yu Wen Wen. However, Wang Xu made a point, and Yu Wen Wen didn't mind exposing some ambitions a little.

Since you have ambitions, if you want to realize your ambitions, you have to follow them to be your helpers. For a counselor like Wang Jun who is "bringing your own dry food", if Yu Wen Wen doesn't use it, who else can you use?

He did not have the aura of domineering power, nor did he have the ability to make elite elites of the aristocratic families accept their heads and worship them, but only the interest groups that have been cultivated with great effort.

When more and more forces are absorbed into this interest group, Yuwen Wen's wings are getting stronger and stronger. The only premise is to keep winning battles and use victory to inspire followers.

After leaving the conference hall, Yuwen Wen walked up to the wall of Zhang's dock. At this time, the wooden fence had already been erected. He looked at the sun to the west, then looked at the northeast with hazy clouds and mist, and looked for a long time, then sighed.

Continuous victory is easier said than done. He is not a destined god of war. He has absolute confidence to win every battle. All he can do is carefully planning before the war and do his best during the war.

And even if it is a God of War, so what?

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was unstoppable on the battlefield, but there were very few generals under his command who could stand alone. The Chu Han battles and Xiang Yu could win the battles he fought by himself, but without the war he participated in, the Chu army was defeated.

After fighting, Xiang Yu went to the end with repeated tactical victories, and his lessons were thought-provoking.

Yuwen Wen was in a daze. Zhang Yu said he had something to report. Yuwen Wen and his party would spend the night in Zhang's house tonight. Just now, Master Li asked Zhang Yu for advice privately, so Zhang Yu came to report to the boss.

"Ask a question? Is Master Li trying to bribe you? This is not possible. Don't do it just because you are a small person."

"Uh, Lord Lang..." Zhang Yu looked around and his voice became quieter: "Zengzhu Li learned that Lord Lang was in the dock tonight, so he wanted his unmarried daughter to come and serve..."

"Huh?" Yuwen Wen was stunned when he heard this, and his appearance of Yuchi Chifan couldn't help but appear in his mind. Then he smiled: "Go back to him, just say that I miss the princess and have no time to think about it."
Chapter completed!