Chapter 82 Ordinance
Jinan Kingdom, Tugu County, Jinshibi.
Zhang Chong, Duman and a large group of Duzhi officials stood on the field ridges and talked. The people working in the fields around them looked at them from time to time, with their eyes full of gratitude.
Not far away, there were still more than a dozen corpses floating on the Dagui tree, with signs hanging around their necks. It was too far away, so I didn’t know what was written on them.
Since Zhang Chong led his army to defeat the powerful soldiers in Fenggao County, the strength of his command has increased by leaps and bounds.
First of all, in terms of troops, he organized and trained the two thousand Taishan people he originally recruited into twenty battalions, and promoted a group of warriors to lead the troops. Even Chang Xi and Yu Jin from his collision team went down. Leading troops.
Wei Zhou, Ding Sheng's former deputy, finally got his wish and became a village chief because of his ability to climb the wall first.
In addition, under the leadership of Wu Guan, they collected Wang Qinfeng's millet reserves over the years, which greatly enriched Zhang Chong's reserves.
Zhang Chong was grateful to Wu Taigong and invited him to join his shogunate to help his counselors check for leaks.
Wu Taigong didn't know what to think. He really fell into the trap of killing his fake son and became Zhang Chong's first counselor.
The batch of millet donated by Wu Taigong helped Zhang Chong a lot. Relying on this batch of millet, Zhang Chong asked Yang Mao to start a large-scale military training.
Otherwise, even if Zhang Chong had money, it would be difficult in this era to buy such a large amount of millet. In this day and age, everyone knows that if there is millet, everything is available, so who would be stupid enough to sell it?
In this way, Yang Mao became his training commander again, helping Zhang Chong train the two thousand Taishan soldiers.
Zhang Chong was always there during this process. He wanted to discover the strength among these soldiers and make them become grassroots military officials. It was precisely because of Zhang Chong's presence that the grassroots military officials of these twenty battalions were quickly improved.
These camp heads are still short of armor. Zhang Chong had already coordinated with the nearby Taiping Road. Tang Zhou from Jinan clearly said that there was no possibility, while Xu He from Le'an said that he could provide it as long as the money was in place.
money? Zhang Chong is still short of money?
So, what I haven’t said yet is finalized with you, Xu He.
During the month of military training in the mountains, Zhang Chong led his men to attack several dock walls again. This time he did not attack Licheng, but targeted Tugu in the next county.
Tugu is a small county with less than 10,000 households, but land conflicts are fierce. That's why there are no big aristocratic families here, but only numerous local tycoons.
Contrary to the intuition of many people, it is these small country tyrants who are even worse off. Because the land they occupy is not very large, in order to maintain the basic dignity of the powerful, they need to exploit the poor people even more.
And because the big family has passed through primitive accumulation, its reputation has also spread out. In this case, they will be affected by the Qing Dynasty. If the remnant people are too prosperous, it will affect the future of their children.
But this does not mean that there is no oppression in big families, but that they hide this oppression more covertly.
Take the local tycoon of the Jin family under Zhang Chong as an example. Their slaves and slaves of the grain they squeezed would hand over a share to the nearby big families every year.
Because the aristocratic families hold the power of the county, if you don't hand it over and your opponent does, it will be very dangerous for you.
It is this kind of political power that the aristocratic family holds, so that they can have the rich and powerful families in the countryside pay tribute every year without having to be punished.
At this moment, Du Manzheng and Zhang Chong were reporting on the summary of the field allocation work during this period.
"Qu, based on the several times we have divided the fields, I have made a summary. In the future, we can train the officials who divide the fields to follow this regulation."
Seeing Zhang Chong nodding, Duman took out the regulations he had prepared and began to introduce:
"I will divide the fields into four steps. The first is to publicize. Let all the people realize that the fields they open should be planted by themselves, and what grows in the fields should belong to themselves and cannot be influenced by local tyrants. They squeeze.
Then there is the need to cultivate the fields. We have to rely on the former disciples of the local tycoons to help us acquire the land. They know best how many fields the local tycoons have. Relying on them, we can quickly find out the amount of land owned by the powerful local tyrants.
After that comes division. Based on our previous experience in Xue Shibi, we need to distinguish between the children of wealthy people, the landless peasants, and the landless tenants. Then attack the first category, distribute grain and wealth to the second category, and distribute land and soil to the third category.
In terms of specific implementation, we found that the children of rural tyrants can also be divided.
The long line of the clan often owns the most land and slaves, while the descendants at the bottom of the clan are more impoverished. These people are often literate and are the talents we urgently need, and they are also more obedient to us.
Therefore, those who are stubborn will be put on public trial, and those who are obedient will be transferred to the transport camp to serve as slaves.
The last step is to divide the fields. According to his method, before we allocate the fields, we will call everyone in, burn the original field slips and household slips in public, and then give each household who divides the fields a small flag, write down the head of the household, and then place the flag to determine the field.
The specific division of land is still based on Xue's experience, and the entire village is divided equally among households. However, those whose families have joined the army, or who have joined the army to protect the land, can be divided into upper and middle fields, and the rest can be divided into lower fields. ”
At this point, Duman finished speaking and then handed the manual to Zhang Chong.
Zhang Chong kept nodding. Finally, he thought about it and added:
"This regulation is very good and very detailed. But I would like to add that your first article of publicity and land cultivation can be more detailed. For example, if you say that you can promote to the local people to open their own land and plant their own crops, this is very good.
But how to promote it, this needs to be added. Whether to gather everyone together to recite, or to go into every household, this is all a matter of comparison.
Then in the second article of Dutian, you said that you rely on the disciples, but how to mobilize them, these also need to be written in detail.
In addition, I have no problem with the submissives of the rich and powerful beings being heavily taxed. But we must repeatedly publicize how the world has changed and how we can save it.
They are literate and can understand these principles. Only by listening to the truth can it be in harmony with our hearts. ”
After Du Man heard this, he immediately put a pen on the ground and started to memorize it, nodding from time to time.
Zhang Chong finally said:
"There is another very important thing, which is the field protection soldiers. Although this has nothing to do with the land allocation regulations, it is equally important as the land allocation regulations.
The soldiers who protect the fields are to protect their own fields. If you choose those who are divided into middle fields in the local area to join the army, if this doesn't work, how many people can you save?
After that, the middle field and the lower field were divided equally, and then all the men were allowed to farm during the farm time and serve as soldiers in their free time. The soldiers were selected as training soldiers to help train.
These soldiers who protect the fields will definitely die for the sake of the land if each household gets it. According to your method, the soldiers who protect the fields will not be able to unite. ”
After saying that, Zhang Chong felt a little sad:
"In the past, we couldn't help them build a field guard in Xue's Pi. It would be difficult for them when we left. But now, we want to take root in Mount Tai. We must manage these four walls carefully, not only to help them Dividing good fields also allows them to receive grain.
I don’t want to hear that in the future, it will be said that our Shi family army divides the fields, which means "the small people divide the fields, and the local tyrants cut the grains."
After saying this, Duman nodded heavily.
And just as the two men continued to perfect the regulations so that they could be implemented by the field officials, a flying army scout with a flag on his back came flying from the distant slope, stirring up a cloud of dust.
When Zhang Chong saw it, he frowned and felt bad.
Upon seeing this Feijun scout, he handed a volume of letters to Zhang Chong. Zhang Chong unfolded it, looked at only two columns, looked solemn, and then, regardless of anything else, he rushed into Jin's wall with Du Man!
What happened?
(End of chapter)