Chapter 331 Dispute
Dong Zhao's so-called violent rage of Qu Shuai Lei was just an exaggeration after the news was spread falsely. But that day Zhang Chong did have a dispute with Duman, and it was related to the foundation of the Taishan Army.
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"Who asked you to make your own decisions and divide the fields again?"
At this time, Zhang Chong, who was still beaming with joy, had shock and dissatisfaction on his face after hearing what Duman had just said.
He never expected that Duman would allocate land again around Mount Tai without informing him, and this time the land allocated would be the same to whom Zhang Chong had granted land four years ago.
After a year apart, Duman is darker and more mature.
When faced with Zhang Chong's doubts, he did not panic, but explained:
"Ah Chong, you may not understand the situation very well. Four years ago, we began to allocate land in the Taishan area. But now four years have passed, and the original land has begun to be concentrated in a small number of areas. In this way, tenant farming has begun to appear again. , there is strength and weakness again, and doesn’t this go against our original intention of dividing the fields?”
When Zhang Chong heard this, he suddenly realized, so he said:
"So, you divided these people's land again?"
Duman nodded.
It turned out that after the land distribution in Taishan area, most people had their own land and began to live a good life that they had never thought of before.
But what followed was division.
There are wise and foolish people, and even if we stand on the same starting line, we will make different choices.
After some people got land, they worked hard to increase their harvests and became richer and richer as time went by. Even though some people have land in their hands, their past idle nature has not changed, and they still leave the land there without engaging in production.
In the beginning, these people only rented land to those who were hard-working. They did not do any work themselves and lived off the rented grain. But such tight days cannot withstand a little disturbance. Some people have begun to sell their land directly because of expenses such as weddings and funerals.
Thus, slowly but surely, new land annexations began to occur. The earlier the region is divided, the more serious this merger phenomenon will be.
After Duman, who had always implemented Zhang Chongjun's farmland thinking, learned about this trend, in order to prevent new powerful forces from emerging under his rule, he decisively began to redistribute farmland in several areas where annexation was serious.
Duman knew the consequences of this, which would inevitably greatly dampen the production enthusiasm of the people in the Taishan area. Because even in Duman's view, his behavior was to maintain absolute fairness, but in the eyes of the Guizhou leaders at the bottom, this was just cutting leeks on a regular basis.
Since the result of hard work is that the land is subdivided, it is better to maintain food and clothing, neither up nor down is the best. Therefore, since the redistribution of fields, production in the Taishan area has stagnated and there has been no more growth.
When Du Man told this to Zhang Chong, he naturally felt that something was wrong. But he never believed that it was wrong to equalize the fields again. Instead, he was thinking about ways to increase yields while maintaining a static average.
Listening to Duman's words, Zhang Chong really had a headache.
He is not troubled by the degree, but by the conflict between ideal and reality.
In fact, Duman was right. Didn't they allocate land to the poor just for an era when everyone had land and everyone could keep warm? This is also their righteousness and ideal.
But do you think Zhang Chong has full support? No!
It's not that Zhang Chong has lost his ideals, but that he understands the reality at this stage.
With the confrontation between the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties, the Taishan Army gained an excellent period of development internally. There was no clear winner between the two imperial courts, and no one would waste their strength to conquer him.
This is the same as when the transportation captain fought in the Central Plains war in the future and had no time to take care of Jiangxi.
Therefore, Zhang Chong must vigorously develop farming warfare during this excellent development period. Since we want to encourage people to farm, in addition to maintaining external security, we must also give everyone hope.
But now if the land is equally divided again for the sake of ideals after completing the degree, who can still produce with peace of mind? After all, there is no perseverance without permanent property.
Zhang Chong thought very clearly that at this stage, the development of farming should still be given priority, and dividing land is only a means rather than an end.
But Zhang Chong was thinking about how to persuade Duman, because after all, this matter involves great justice.
After thinking about it, Zhang Chong said:
"Aman, do you think that without us, the ideal of everyone having land to farm would still be realized?"
Duman shook his head, of course not.
In fact, this is what makes Duman proud. After gaining a complete understanding of the present world and the future, Duman has an increasingly sense of mission, that is, we, the Taishan Army, are the ones promised by God to bring a peaceful and prosperous world to the world.
This kind of idea of who is better than me has always been full of confidence that no matter what dangerous situation happens in the future, they can survive it.
So Zhang Chong continued to ask:
"But at this stage, what we need is food. Without food, we are unstable. Without food, our Taishan Army cannot survive, let alone fight it out. And when we allocate fields to everyone, we let them pay us food."
This statement was a bit different from what Duman thought. He frowned and questioned:
"So, we don't care whether we get this food from the head of Guizhou or from the powerful?"
Zhang Chong looked at Duman and couldn't understand.
I wonder how Duman, who was originally a little conservative, became more radical than him after not seeing each other for more than a year? And what he just said, was he questioning me?
Trying to put away some bad emotions, Zhang Chong explained:
"Dividing farmland is not a simple matter, it involves all aspects. How to divide and how to divide is not static, it must serve us at different stages."
"For example, in the early days of the Taishan area or the earlier Xue family, why did we divide the fields? In addition to practicing our ideals, the more important thing is to break up the local control of the Han Dynasty."
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"Destroy the powerful and divide the fields. Use this method to change local relations. The powerful and powerful who relied on the Han Dynasty were knocked down, and the children who supported our Taishan Army stood up. In this way, we can become stronger and stronger as we fight, and fight more and more .”
Having said this, Zhang Chong also criticized Duman:
"And if you do this in the Taishan area, who will follow us? In the end, even those who originally supported us will oppose us, and even turn to the Han Dynasty."
Duman snorted:
"So all this is just the emperor's trick? To help you conquer the world?"
Zhang Chong frowned and said angrily:
"Duman, what's wrong with you? Why do you think of me like this? Do you think all this is my trick?"
Duman also felt a little speechless. He was about to apologize, but was stopped by Zhang Chong. He only heard Zhang Chong continue:
"This is not a matter of means, but any ideal that is divorced from reality will fail. Since you are trying to transform reality, but you ignore the development of reality, how can this transformation be successful?"
"Let me tell you clearly. Our land policy is not consistent, but serves the whole purpose. At this stage, we must be inclusive, and in the process of allocating land, we should fight against the evil powerful and seek benefits for the poor. Get the land. Then let everyone work hard to produce.”
"All this is because we defeated the Han Dynasty and won the world. Without these, your so-called ideal is just a castle in the air."
Zhang Chong's words were harsh, but Duman heard something different.
He raised his head and looked at Zhang Chong: "So this is before winning the world, what about after winning the world?"
Zhang Chong laughed and said inexplicably:
"Then let's wait until the world is over."
So the conversation between Zhang Chong and Du Man ended like this, and their dispute became what Dong Zhao called a thunderous rage.
The aftermath of the incident is this.
The new transfer of Doman was quickly made, and he was transferred from the Taishan area to all government affairs of the shogunate president. There is also a resolution.
That is, many people in various base areas have an absolute concept of wealth and poverty when presiding over the work of dividing land. I feel that whoever is richer will have more food surplus at home, which is a big deal. But the current stage is to let the leaders of Guizhou in the base area work hard to produce so that they can all live a good life.
As soon as this decision came out, many people naturally understood what Qu Shuai valued most now when comparing it with the previous arrangements for Du Man.
As the leader of an army and several places, Zhang Chong could no longer be as arbitrary as in the past. In addition to meeting Duman, other staff of the shogunate also sought rulings on different matters.
In his position, solving problems is not to solve this one problem, but to set rules for a type of problems.
For example, on Zhengdan this time, Cai Yong, the governor of Mount Tai, and Zhuge Gui, the county magistrate, both came. The two of them not only came by themselves, but also brought their respective families.
With the visible decline of the Han Dynasty, the Taishan Army became stronger as the war progressed, and all policies were in line with the people's wishes. Zhuge Gui's attitude became more and more relaxed, and now he almost regarded himself as a member of the Taishan Army.
This time Zhuge Gui brought his family to Yecheng because he was most optimistic about the Taishan Army.
This time, Zhuge Gui also came with a case. This was also a case where he and Cai Yong had big differences, so Zhang Chong needed to rule here.
Zhuge Gui said that there was a man named Lu San in Ying County who had been idle and living as tenants. Later, the Taishan Army came and began large-scale land distribution in Ying County.
Not only Lu San himself, but also his father and uncle received a share of the land.
But later, Lu Sancheng was obsessed with gambling and not only sold his share of the land early, he even sold his father's land while his father was critically ill. Later, Lu San's uncle rebuked Lu San for being unfilial. Later, Lu San accidentally stabbed his uncle to death.
The person in charge of the case at that time was Cai Yong.
With a pragmatic attitude, Cai Yong made a mistake after investigating the case, which can be forgiven according to the law. That is to say, Lu San should be punished accordingly according to his crime.
However, Zhuge Gui, the county magistrate at the time, disagreed with this verdict. He believes that the murderer in this case killed his uncle, violated ethics and principles, and should be dealt with severely and be executed immediately.
After hearing Zhuge Gui's remarks, Zhang Chong thought silently:
"I wonder where Zhuge Liang's technique of conquering Han came from. It turns out that this is the tradition of your Zhuge family."
Of course he knew why Zhuge Gui made this judgment, which was to maintain the patriarchal system of family relations, and the patriarchal system is the core of regional stability.
In ancient times, it was difficult to maintain a large-scale bureaucratic team because of the difficulty in tax collection and the single tax source. So many local affairs have to be delegated. Except for some necessary cases, most lawsuits are settled by local clan heads.
So, this amounts to some level of administrative outsourcing. The local clan chief manages and restrains the clan members, reducing the administrative burden of the government.
The clan chiefs rely on the clan system to adjudicate lawsuits. Therefore, maintaining the patriarchal system means maintaining local stability.
At this time, Zhang Chong was in trouble again.
In addition to dividing fields, he also implemented household division in Yecheng area. It's because he knows that the most powerful local tycoons are these powerful clans.
Without attacking these people, the division of land by the Taishan Army would be nothing more than a paper effort, and the local clan chief could take it back to them with just one word.
But Zhang Chong had to admit that the current Taishan Army was unable to manage such a large situation. To put it bluntly, Zhang Chong doesn't even know how many fields and dings he has under his control.
It’s not that no one is doing it, but that there are not enough planners.
The brave men of Taishan Army are loaded with weapons and equipment, but if you want to find someone who can count to a hundred, you may not be able to find a hundred. It’s not that Zhang Chong used the collision team to develop some literacy skills.
Believe it or not, no matter how much the Taishan Army fights in the front, the wealthy children in the back can break into the house with a rudimentary arithmetic, and then use their skills to plunder.
Therefore, Zhang Chong could only acquiesce to the status quo, that is, he did not intend to make a fat man, and did not expect that with one move, the world would change.
As he told Duman, he divided the land into several steps. Zhang Chong also divided each base area into different levels and managed them differently.
Now under Zhang Chong's rule, there are areas in the upper reaches of the Zhang River, the Heji area, the Taishan area, the central and southern Shandong area, the Laiwu Valley, and some scattered corners.
In terms of power radiation and importance, the Zhangshui, Heji and Taishan areas are the most important. The first two areas have large armies stationed and can implement established policies well, while the latter is the basic base of the Taishan Army and must be handled well, because it is the morale of the military.
This is also the reason why Zhang Chong is dissatisfied with Duman. Most of the soldiers in the army are descendants of Mount Tai. If Duman divides the fields in the Mount Tai area, it will inevitably greatly affect the morale of the old brothers in the army.
Zhang Chong regarded these three as top priority, whether it was dividing fields or households, or grassroots management. But for other areas, Zhang Chong only needs to maintain the situation and recruit troops and collect grain.
This is not appeasement by Zhang Chong, but the result of rational consideration. Although it is heroic to swallow a whale, it can also choke to death. Instead, it can eat away step by step, one step at a time, but it can reach the sky.
Therefore, Zhang Chong nodded in agreement with Zhuge Gui's judgment.
In this way, Lu San's fate was decided.
After the incident was over, Zhuge Gui said another thing, that is, he had been commissioned by Zhang Chong to sort out a detailed classification of various forms of land for Taishan County, and now he was the one to hand over the results to Zhang Chong. It's time.
Looking at the stack of books that were carried up, Zhang Chong sighed that Zhuge Gui was indeed a capable official and someone who could get things done.
Then Zhang Chong asked Zhuge Gui to go back and rest, while he wanted to read the book.
And this look is one day and one night.
The division of land is not a simple division of land. It is actually a change in the economic structure, and the original morals and patriarchal laws must be changed in turn. That is to say, the superstructure and the economic structure do not match. But the problem is that Zhang Chong divided the fields but did not have enough theoretical and executive personnel, so these problems emerged.
Although I am writing a novel, I don’t want to treat the land issue as smooth and natural. It seems that as long as the time-travelers divide their fields, there will be no problems.
Of course, since it is a novel, the story comes first. Therefore, these discussions are only a small part, just to let readers understand that this is a systemic problem, rather than superficial superficiality.
Many of my readers are students at school. Of course they are pursuing my book and want a change, but they also want to explore some in-depth issues, because I came from this age and know that if novels can To help them understand the society in the real world and gain a deeper understanding of society, I think this novel is meaningful.
(End of chapter)