Chapter 160 Women’s Affairs
At this time, people were coming and going in the Yamen of Fenggao Mansion. They were all warehouse officials from the Holy Treasury, reporting back and forth on military orders from the army.
Zhang Chong's holy treasury was set up in Fenggao's grain warehouse, and all seized and copied items were sent to the holy treasury for registration and storage. The Taishan Army's holy treasury system has been established for more than two years, and all systems are gradually becoming formalized.
A new system always only has a broad framework when it is first thought of. Only in the process of specific implementation, it adapts to local conditions and changes with time, and continuously solves problems one by one, can it gradually be finalized. Moreover, the relevant staff also need time to become familiar with the system, so naturally there are many loopholes in this process.
For example, the biggest thing that happened in Shengku this year was the Zhang Goudu corruption case. In fact, the total amount of corruption committed by Zhang Goulv at all levels is not much, probably around 8,000 yuan. But the worst thing about this matter is that first of all, this is the first corruption case in the holy treasury system, and more importantly, because of Zhang Goudu's corruption, the leader of the Qujiang almost got into trouble, so he had to be dealt with it strictly.
Not only were the relevant responsible persons reprimanded, but the various responsibilities of the Holy Treasury were once again detailed. For example, money, grain, millet, and silk were all stored together in the past. Now it has been refined into three major systems: dian of grain, dian of silk, and dian of money. Each system has three parts: director, planning, and supervision.
The warden is responsible for auditing the details of various materials in the warehouse, including losses and depreciation. The plan is responsible for formulating the daily and monthly fixed money, food and silk for each camp. The inspection is an independent inspection team independent of the three major systems. It is responsible for auditing the accounts every month, counting one warehouse every three months, and verifying the materials in the three warehouses every six months. In addition, the income and expenditure of the three treasury have dedicated personnel and full-time managers to keep accounts and prepare books for inspection. Receipts are issued for each income, and expenditures need to be reported for approval and documented for receipt. In short, we must make sure people are clean, accounts are clean, and things are clean.
Among them, planning is the most demanding part of mathematical ability. Zhang Chong opened a speed calculation class in Suijun Academy three years ago to teach quick calculations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This speed calculation class is held twice a year, with 60 people in each class. After three years of running, it has only trained a total of 360 people, half of whom have been involved in this class. It can be seen that the plan in this holy library is to recruit more mathematical talents.
But with this advantage, the army is stable. Each unit has customized grains, oil and salt, which ensures logistics, frees the army from financial matters, ensures the hard and simple military atmosphere of the team, and ensures that all military disciplines can be strictly implemented.
To be honest, the holy treasury system should not be too powerful for the Taishan Army, which is mainly composed of Shanliao and Tufu. People don't worry about numbers but about inequality. All the officers and soldiers in the army treat each other equally, share the joys and sorrows, and work together as one. I don't know where they are better than the troops in the Han court, but they are just like cattle and horses. Therefore, the Taishan Army successively entered Mou County, Fenggao and other cities, but they were not corrupt and vain, and they did not build any houses, women, servants, money, silk, or carriages. It can also ensure a simple style, and the holy treasury system is indispensable.
In addition, speaking of chariots, it is said that Zhang Ju, the leader of Quzhou, rushed into the county governor's office and chopped up Zhang Ju's luxurious silver chariot. He wanted the whole army to be simple and hardworking, and not to be flashy.
Here, Zhang Chong has been handling the situation of various ministries since entering the city without touching the ground. Over there, Ding Sheng sneaked into the government office. As soon as he saw Zhang Chong handling city affairs, he stayed around and did not dare to enter.
While Zhang Chong was drinking water, he saw the Ding Daqi spinning around. Knowing that something was up, he had someone bring him in. After coming in, Ding Sheng kept saying some incomprehensible flattery. Zhang Chong had so many things to do, how could he have time to hang around with him? He cursed angrily:
"Say what you have to say, I'll do it for you if I can."
Upon hearing this, Ding Shengxi smiled and said cautiously:
"Qu, brothers want a wife."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chong spurted out water? Where did the brothers get their wives? Later, when I saw the coquettish look on this big girl, I immediately understood that the hot girl wanted to come to him to ask for a wife.
He was about to scold, but then he thought about it and knew that this matter had to be done. Indeed, the brothers followed Zhang Chong through life and death, claiming to do justice for heaven, but we could not let these people not even have a daughter-in-law. And one thing is that the struggle between Zhang Chong and Han Ting is difficult, and a strong counterattack by Han Ting is expected to come. As he breaks through Taishan County, the encirclement and suppression troops from various counties will come soon. He, Zhang Chong, will not let his brothers stay behind, and he, Zhang Chong, will not be able to survive.
But this cannot be done haphazardly. Since ancient times, snatching women has easily created conflicts. For example, the conflict between the powerful and the head of Guizhou is so acute at this time. Part of the reason is that the powerful and powerful can raise more women because they occupy more resources, but the head of Guizhou cannot survive himself, so how can he raise women? Naturally, the rich have dozens of concubines, while countless poor people can only fall into the misery of incompetence. Therefore, if this matter is not handled well, then the Han court will find a place to slander them, Taishan Fang, for stealing someone's wife or sharing their wife with someone else. This had a great impact on the image of the rebels established by the Taishan Army.
Ding Sheng was already prepared to risk being scolded by Zhang Chong, but suddenly he heard Qu Kui say:
"I know, I'll think about what to do about this matter. You go down first."
Ding Sheng was suddenly stunned, then ecstatic, then he mumbled and explained:
"Qu, this time I really said it for my brothers, I don't like women."
Don't like women? Zhang Chong immediately looked wrong. Then Ding Sheng hurriedly explained:
"I mean, I think women are quite troublesome now. They are nagging all day long. I have to be nagged about everything I do, so it is better to be comfortable by myself. I still feel comfortable with my brothers, and besides, I have brothers at home. , already gave birth to a baby, don’t point to me to carry on the family line.”
Zhang Chong smiled. He never expected that Ding Sheng, who was looking away, had never touched a woman. Otherwise, how could he say that his life was more comfortable than having a wife? This young stubble, I don’t know how comfortable a woman is. Finally, Zhang Chong asked Ding Sheng to go back and he had to think about it carefully.
Looking at Ding Sheng's leaving figure, Zhang Chong was thinking about what to do about this matter.
They destroyed various powerful officials and powerful families, and indeed filled them with many women. But there are also problems. First of all, they are the wives and daughters of the former county officials. After their husbands and fathers were executed by them, they have become like fire and water. It is not safe to send these people to their generals. Secondly, the number of these women is limited. Although he does not have a specific number, it is certainly not enough for the entire army to find wives. Then this will naturally happen, who will be given it and who will not be given it. If this is not handled well, it will destroy the atmosphere of unity in the army, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
This is also the practical reason why egalitarianism cannot be sustained for a long time. In the early days, when everyone is in need, everyone is selfless and things can naturally be averaged out. But once the life gets a little better, all kinds of selfish desires appear. This person wants women, that person wants some money, that person wants to have a good meal, and another person wants to dress decently. But when resources are limited and these selfish desires cannot be satisfied, differentiation and competition will naturally occur to compete for the limited resources.
Taking the matter of marrying a wife as an example, he dared to bet that if he let it go, the generals at all levels in the army would marry first, and there would even be three wives and four concubines. This is the current situation of human beings. Just take the liberated concubines and let them choose. They will also choose the military officers who have their own future. Who cares about the big soldiers?
Yes, this is indeed the status quo, but if it is implemented like this, why should Zhang Chong do justice for heaven? Isn't this what those powerful people do? They can also say that they did not steal their children by trick, but that the women voluntarily took advantage of them. Didn't they use their more resources to seize the few women? So what is the difference between Zhang Chong and those powerful men?
Therefore, this matter must be intervened. But it should not be too strong. If all the women were given to the soldiers deliberately to show fairness, it would be unfair to the military officials. They would not even have a chance to marry a wife. After all, there was nothing wrong with them. They became military officials because they followed him, Zhang Chong, through bloody battles. And many soldiers in the army even have former prisoners of war anyway. If an old man who works hard can't marry, but a newcomer can marry someone who is a prisoner, isn't that a blow to the hearts of the old men in the military? And it’s not humane either.
Zhang Chong wanted to find a balance between the two. After thinking about it, Zhang Chong called the baggage chief and ordered him:
"You go and count all the concubines in the prison camp later, and then set up a special surgical camp for them, and let the army's surgeons train them. From now on, they will be the female doctors of our army."
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The man accepted the order and went down immediately.
After that, Zhang Chong asked Fan Chang, the reporter's secretary, to draw up a military statement:
"From now on, the army will implement separate camps for men and women. But every day, the male and female camp leaders of each battalion will have meals together, and bonfire parties will be held together. With my order, from now on, the army will allow men and women to combine freely. As long as both men and women agree, report to the Military Justice Department , the Department of Military Justice has set up a special military marriage department, and after the registration is completed, each officer in the army is only allowed to marry one wife. In the end, only the woman agrees to get married. If there is a robbery, military law will be enforced. "
Zhang Chong was dictating the general idea, while Fan Chang was already writing. He was indeed a good pen holder. Afterwards, Fan Chang took the note and showed it to Zhang Chong. Zhang Chong saw it and did not change a word, so he ordered a copy to be sent to the entire army.
Soon, the county's scribes began to copy the documents quickly. Although they were familiar with it, the efficiency was still slow. Zhang Chong was thinking about engaging in engraving printing, but he estimated that the quality of the current paper was still poor. Fortunately, he had already asked the craftsman camp to start improving it. When he destroyed Dongpingling before, he brought a group of papermakers with him. Before he led his troops out of the mountain, he told them some improved techniques. I believe that when he returns to the mountain next time, he will see new results.
Zhang Chong looked at the busy officials in the government office and felt full of confidence:
"Take your time and everything will be fine."
As Zhang Chong's instructions about military marriage were copied and posted on the public notice wall outside the Zhangfu Yamen, the soldiers coming and going from the county government office saw it and rushed to tell each other. Then bursts of cheers pierced the sky, and they shouted:
"Long live Qu Kui! Long live Qu Kui!"
Zhang Chong, who heard all this, said silently again:
"It'll be fine."
(End of chapter)