Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Hongxuan smiled and nodded and said:

"Since the general is a close friend of the governors of the twelve counties, I order you to take my order and hand it over to the governors of each county, and have them mobilize and recruit soldiers!"

"You will go together with my personal guards and gather all the new recruits to set up camp outside the city!"

When General Hua Rongsheng heard this, he realized that it was a task of recruiting new soldiers.

The new recruits are all civilians, and their fighting capacity is the weakest. Do I, the Northern King Hongxuan, really intend to use these new recruits to fight?

But it was not something he could interfere with. He just had to do as King Zhenbei wanted.

Hongxuan took a pen and wrote the imperial edict directly on the proposal:

"It is God's destiny, the emperor decreed:

I, King Hongxuan of Zhenbei, am the seventh son of Emperor Dingwen of Dafeng State. I am issuing this decree on behalf of my father!

This king has taken control of the political and military power in Ezhou. Now the rebels in Yunzhou have gathered an army of 400,000 and the situation is critical.

All military and political affairs in Ezhou are decided by this prince.

From now on, all good farmland will be confiscated and belong to the Zhenbei King’s government. Anyone who violates this will be killed without mercy!

In order to maintain the stability of Ezhou, this king intends to recruit young men from the twelve counties and towns to join the army, totaling 100,000 young soldiers, until the number is reached.

Any young man who joins my army can become a crossbowman and enjoy a monthly salary of one tael of silver.

Their families can also be given priority in allocating good land. This is the order of this king. I hope the people of Ezhou will respond to this call! "

Hongxuan wrote the imperial edict issued by Emperor Dingwen, and the officials copied it twelve times.

General Hua Rongsheng received the twelve imperial edicts and quickly arranged military generals and troops to deliver the edicts to the governors of the twelve counties.

The twelve county governors were shocked after receiving the imperial edict.

Qilin Guard informed the twelve county governors to go to the Provincial Administration Office to meet the King of Zhenbei.

"Confiscate all the good farmland in Ezhou and make it the property of the Zhenbei King's government!"

"Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy!"

"Recruit young men from Ezhou to join the army of the King of Zhenbei, until 100,000 soldiers are recruited! Soldiers will enjoy benefits, their families will be given priority to be allocated good land, and they will receive a salary of one or two taels of silver per month."

After the twelve county governors carefully read the imperial edict,

He posted the imperial edict at the gate of the county town, and then went to Ezhou City to meet the King of Zhenbei.

The Qilin Guards and generals who stayed behind recruited young men in the county town to join the army.

The whole Ezhou began to boil.

They had never thought that being recruited as soldiers of the King of Zhenbei would allow them to enjoy one or two taels of silver every month and have priority in allocating good farmland.

In this era where people can’t even get enough to eat,

They could receive one or two taels of silver every month, which meant that their families would not only no longer have to go hungry but could also eat well. Not only that, they could also get good farmland. Every household in Ezhou was excited.

For a while, all families with young men were sent by their parents to the county town to recruit soldiers, for fear that if they went too late, good things would not come to their families.

All of a sudden, young people from Ezhou flocked in and joined the army summoned by King Zhenbei.

For many young people in Ezhou, this is an opportunity to change their destiny.

Becoming a soldier recruited by the King of Zhenbei not only means having enough food and clothing, but also receiving a monthly salary, and the family can also be given priority to allocate good land. This is the biggest temptation.

In just two days, 150,000 people were gathered.

Moreover, these 150,000 are all young and strong soldiers.

Two days later, Hua Rongsheng brought young soldiers who had enlisted from various counties to the outskirts of Ezhou city.

After Hua Rongsheng placed the young men who had enlisted in the army outside the city, he immediately returned to the Governor's Office in the city to report to the King of Zhenbei.

When Hongxuan learned of his imperial decree,

When he recruited such a large number of young soldiers, he was stunned.

"What did you say? General Hua Rongsheng! You said you gathered 150,000 young soldiers in just two days! Great, great!"

King Zhenbei said several good words in excitement.

"I have such elite soldiers and generals! What do I have to fear from those Yunzhou rebels and bandits? Hahaha!"

Zhen Beifang Hongxuan couldn't suppress his excitement and happiness.

"Look at the twelve county governors in the hall!"

"From now on, your position as county governor will become grain officer."

"The grain officer is an official position established by this king, and it is also a core official position among the officials established by this king."

Xiangcheng County Magistrate Li Haiyue stepped out, clasped his hands together and said:

"I, the King of Zhenbei, do not understand, what is a grain official?"

Not only Li Haiyue didn't know what a grain officer was, even the other eleven Ezhou county magistrates were not clear about what a grain officer was.

Hong Xuan said to the ten county governors:

"The so-called food officer is the most core official in charge of logistics support during the march and war."

"War is a special period. Now the military and political power is in my hands. All the fertile land in Ezhou will be brought under the unified management of the Zhenbei King's government.

Regardless of whether it is the land of the gentry, the land of the landlords, or the land of the princes, generals, and nobles, all of them will be confiscated and managed by the Zhenbei King's government."

"After management, all these lands will be distributed to the people. Of course, I have promised before that all the young people who join my army will be given priority to get good farmland!"

"These aftermath tasks need to be done by you grain officers! You grain officers have the greatest power. No matter if they are civil officials or military officers, they all must listen to your orders and cooperate with your work. The best way to describe you grain officers is to say that food is the first necessity for the people."

With King Zhenbei's explanation, they also understood the importance of food.

All the income from the good farmland will belong to the Zhenbei King's government, and then be distributed to the people, so that every citizen can have land to cultivate.

This is a great improvement in social productivity.

It has been successfully verified in Yuzhou and Beiyan.

Zhao Youlin, the governor of Fancheng County, said:

"King of Zhenbei, collecting all the good farmland and distributing it to the people will benefit future generations and the present, but how are we going to collect taxes?"

Hongxuan glanced at Zhao Wenlin and said:

"After the grain officials distribute the land to the people, the Zhenbei King government will collect 30% of the grain grown, and the people will collect 70% without any extra taxes or other levies."

"70% of the population is civilians!"

All the county governors were shocked after hearing this.

Wang Yungang, the governor of Wuyi City, said:

"If the people take 70% of the food, what tax revenue will the local officials have?"

All the county governors in the hall did not understand why King Zhenbei did this?

King Zhenbei smiled.

"If all the people in Ezhou have good farmland to plant, then the result is that the grain harvested will be ten times the original amount. There is no doubt about it, because I have verified it in Beiyan and Yuzhou."

“Most of the good farmland is in the hands of the gentry, landlords, officials, and nobles. How much good farmland do the common people have?

At the end of the year, the only taxes that can actually be collected are from the people.

Those who are powerful don’t have to pay taxes at all. This is a vicious cycle and the root cause of natural and man-made disasters!”

The county governors sitting in the hall were speechless and looked ashamed.

The twelve county governors dared not show such expressions, because they knew that the King of Zhenbei was a wise ruler who cared about the people and truly worked for the welfare of the people.

At the same time, he was also decisive in killing. None of these twelve county governors were clean, and the one who could not be angered the most at this time was the King of Zhenbei.