Chapter 480 A New Beginning
The war is over.
Sixty-eight young men from the tribe who joined the army came back in full force.
In the past, the tribe would have held a grand welcome ceremony with singing and dancing to celebrate such a happy event.
But today’s situation is too embarrassing.
Because Dayuan was defeated and Dayuan was gone.
When he heard the news from his son, Bucha was silent for a long time.
Due to the defeat, the emperor burned himself in Qingtongxia City. He ordered Gao Qunshu, the Yu envoy in front of the palace, to lead the remaining troops to surrender. Fortunately, the sixty-eight of them stayed here and did not leave after entering Qingtongxia City. As a result, there was no damage at all, while many other tribes that applied for the draft suffered worse.
Of the 40,000 to 50,000 people who set out, only half remained in the end.
Now, the army of Qin Beiting Protectorate has arrived at Zhending, and the Queen Mother, holding the emperor's only child, announced her surrender to Qin Beiting Protectorate.
Dayuan is gone,
This makes Bucha very sad.
Because he once sweated, shed blood, and sold his life for this empire. How powerful they were at that time!
But despite being sad, there is some small comfort.
Because the war is over, his children no longer have to fight, and they no longer have to live in fear and worry. .
Only those who have experienced war know how terrible war is.
If possible, people like them hope to never encounter war.
For careerists, war is an opportunity for them to make contributions and establish wives and children, but for ordinary people, war means parting, death, blood and endless pain.
Four people from the Qin State came back with the sixty-eight young men from the tribe. These people could speak fluent Dayuan dialect, and one of them looked familiar to Bucha, as if he had been there before. I have seen this person myself. After thinking hard for a while, Bucha suddenly remembered that the salesman who left two days ago suddenly remembered that the leader of the four people was once the leader of a caravan.
There are many caravans traveling on the grassland, bringing goods that the tribe urgently needs.
When talking about this matter to this person named Chen Fei, the man laughed loudly and said that Bucha had a good memory. He said that he had indeed been here two years ago, and it was precisely because he was familiar with the Bucha tribe, so This time, he is here to discuss future matters with everyone.
How to survive in the future is what Bucha and the others are most concerned about.
This is a discussion, not an order!
Chen Fei particularly emphasized the difference here.
Dejun and the others look very happy, but in the eyes of a experienced person like Bucha, there is not much difference here.
Winners can be generous, but losers cannot be ignorant.
So, the more Chen Fei emphasized, the more Bucha knew that this was something that could not be discussed at all.
They can only obey.
The most respected old men and the bravest young men of the tribe sat on the ground. In the circle where they sat, a huge map was spread out.
Bucha touched the map and found it was paper.
This surprised him.
Paper is still a luxury product for tribes like them. It is rare to see it. A piece of paper as big as this is even rarer.
But it seemed that the man named Chen Fei didn't care very much. He picked up a few stones and pressed them on the edge of the paper. Finally, he even picked up a piece of dried cow dung and placed it on the edge to avoid the wind. Come and raise the paper.
Qin people are so rich!
Bucha said in his heart.
This is a map.
Everyone present has been a soldier and been on the battlefield. Bucha and his son are the little leaders among them. They know the value of such things as maps. A map like the one Chen Fei took out, None of them had seen it before. Bucha had also entered the captain's tent that year, but he had only seen the very simple drawings drawn on parchment.
The map in front of you can tell at a glance that it is not ordinary. The densely packed various lines and marks have already shown their value.
"I think Dejun has already told everyone everything!" Chen Fei said: "Then I won't stop talking nonsense. Dayuan is gone. From now on, we will all be the capital of Beiting. The people under the rule of Hufu. In fact, it has nothing to do with us ordinary people, right? We are still herding cattle and sheep, making cheese, and brewing kumiss. Leather making and so on." Everyone was silent and looked at Bucha.
"In the past, the government required our tribe to hand over five hundred sheep, fifty cows, ten horses, one thousand skins of various colors, five hundred catties of cheese, one hundred catties of kumiss, one hundred catties of horns, tendons, etc. every year. Forage, etc., and you must prepare your own weapons at any time to be summoned by the king." Bucha asked tentatively: "Will the Beiting Protectorate continue to do this in the future?"
Chen Feixiao. He started to cry: "The Yuan Kingdom taxed the people violently, was cruel and harsh, and tortured them at every turn. I have seen a lot of them during my travels over the years, and I always lamented them. Our Beiting Protectorate is an army of benevolence and righteousness, and we sent troops to the Yuan Kingdom to understand How can the people be exploited like this when the people are hanging upside down?"
"What kind of regulations will it be like in the future?" Another old man beside him asked impatiently.
“Our Beiting Protectorate naturally has to pay taxes, but there are not so many categories. We are all herdsmen. Basically, there are only two taxes that we need to pay in the future, one is convenience. It's a head tax, and everyone pays it every year." Chen Fei smiled and said authentically: "For example, we, the Abu tribe, only have about five hundred people in total. Let's calculate it as a round number. The head tax we have to pay in the next year is five hundred guan. ."
"What is the other one?"
"In the whole world, is it the land of the king? On the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers? This land is naturally owned by the government. Everyone grazes cattle and sheep on it, and of course they have to pay a use tax. Our Beiting Protector's Office It's called land tax. Once you pay the land tax, you can live freely on it. Grazing."
"How much is the land tax per year?"
Chen Fei pointed to the map in the middle of the crowd and said, "Everyone, this is the entire territory of our Zhending County. Picture.”
Everyone was amazed.
Then Chen Fei's hand fell on a point and said: "This is where our Abu tribe is located. Now Zhending County has divided the area where the Abu tribe is located into a county, which is called Hengshui County, Hengshui County is more than 120 miles long and about 80 miles wide. , converted to about 1.44 million acres, with an annual usage fee of one penny per mu, that is 1,400 guan and 500 guan each year. The county needs to pay a tax of one thousand nine hundred and forty dollars to the county.”
Bucha silently calculated in his mind that a sheep is worth about two guan of money, a cow is worth about five guan of money, and a good war horse is worth fifteen to twenty guan of money. This tax, Compared with the previous burden, it is indeed greatly reduced.
“Then the usage fee paid by the Abu tribe in Hengshui County does that mean that other tribes cannot enter our territory to graze?”
“That is natural. !" Chen Fei said: "If you want to come in, you have to pay and be managed by you. Of course, if you cross the line, you will be recruited in the same way!"
"You will be recruited in the future! Fight?"
"Our Beiting Protectorate implements a government soldier system!" Chen Fei said with a smile: "Because the government soldiers enjoy many privileges, not everyone is qualified to be a government soldier. Yes, for people like our Abu tribe, according to the current regulations, there will be about ten to fifteen places to become government soldiers. We will learn about this later. As for the current tax issue, Chief Bucha thinks it is acceptable. ”
"Sir, can you make the decision on these matters?" Bucha asked.
Chen Fei laughed loudly: "Chief Bucha, Chen is now serving as a household officer in Zhending County and joining the army. He is in charge of taxes. This time, he will travel throughout Zhending. Around the government, finalize these matters with the tribes, and once they are agreed, they cannot go back on it!"
"It will never increase?"
"That's not necessarily the case!" Chen Fei said: "But even if If it goes up, it will be like now. A certain family will come back to discuss with you. And everyone has paid the tax, which means that the people under my rule in Beiting will receive tax exemptions, tax exemptions and even disaster relief pensions in disaster years. It is us. The obligations that Beiting should fulfill.”
“Are there any other taxes besides these?”
"If everyone goes to the city to sell what they produce, there will be commercial taxes, but that's another story!" Chen Fei said with a smile. "If everyone has no objections, then sign this contract."
Compared to the past, this burden has indeed been reduced a lot.
No one had anything to say, Bucha signed the contract on behalf of the Abu tribe, and Chen Fei immediately took out the letter of appointment from his bag and filled in Bucha's name on the spot. , From now on, Bucha will be the magistrate of Hengshui County.
Of course, I will give you a name now. As for management, the Beiting Protectorate will not care about it for the time being, at least not for now. Everything must have a process and everything must be done slowly.
Now, what Beiting needs is stability. First, determine the status and let everyone get used to the fact that they are the people under the rule of the Beiting Protectorate, and then slowly, little by little To assimilate and integrate.
Maybe five years, maybe ten years, maybe it will take even less time, and everyone will no longer be able to tell the difference between them. To do this, Li Dachui has a lot of talents.
Chen Fei only stayed in the Abu tribe for two or three days, and then set off to the next tribe. Before leaving, he left another map to Bucha, which was the newly established Hengshui A detailed map of the county. With this map, there will be a basis for disputes between different counties in the future.
On the grasslands, fighting for pasture and water sources is not unusual at all.
The replacement of the old with the new is going on all over the Yuan Dynasty.
In some places it was carried out silently, while in other places sparks flew and fights broke out.
Some people are docile, and naturally some are stubborn, but stubborn people are useless. If the skin is gone, how will the hair be attached? Sometimes the rebels will make the occupiers more excited, because they can start to suppress with good reason, and once they start to suppress, it means wealth.
(End of this chapter)