Chapter 043
In fact, it is difficult for everyone. Military households think it is difficult to become Cheng Shijie's servant, but Cheng Shijie is also in trouble.
The grain he purchased from Dengzhou City, plus the grain seized from Qinwu Mountain Village, was only enough to feed the more than 14,000 people of Zuoqianhu House for more than four months. Now that there are another four to five thousand people, the food is just too much. Not enough for three months.
Moreover, two thousand servants were recruited. In addition to the more than 500 people before, there were more than 2,500 servants. Of course, Cheng Shijie preferred to call these servants warriors. These warriors consume a lot of physical strength. He ate a lot, almost twice or even three times as much as an ordinary military household. With the food in Cheng Shijie's hands, it would be difficult for him to eat for even a month.
Food is actually just one of many problems. The most important thing is people's hearts. Cheng Shijie must solve the farm issue as soon as possible, otherwise people's hearts will easily disperse.
Once the people's hearts are lost, it will be difficult to lead the team.
Land is an eternal topic in China. All wars and turmoil revolve around land. Slavery in the Shang Dynasty, that is, ownership by slave owners, encountered the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which distributed land to princes such as Duke Bozinan. The advanced feudal system defeated the relatively backward slave centralization system.
In the Qin Dynasty, Shang Yang established the 20th rank of military merit, and Qin soldiers could obtain land by beheading them. As a result, the six kingdoms of Shandong were defeated by the Qin Dynasty's advanced military merit system.
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and only then did Sanchi Qingfeng seek feudal lords. It was also the land distribution system that defeated Xiang Yu's feudal feudal system, and it can also be regarded as a continuation of the Qin Dynasty. By the time of the land grant system in the Tang Dynasty, there were only 667 military mansions in the country, which could defeat the surrounding countries and tribes. This was actually a victory of the land grant system. With the collapse of the land grant system in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty also collapsed. .
The system of the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao's farmland system. The refugees were naturally grateful to receive land from nothing. However, as the population grew, the per capita land decreased, reaching the limit of what the land could bear. Cao Cao The family empire was also destroyed. The Sima family was able to usurp the Cao family's empire. It was still not a strategy, but the betrayal of Cao Wei's army and the collapse of the farming system.
Throughout the dynasties, all dynasties with strong armies have one characteristic, which is to use military merit to grant land. Without exception, they have established an advanced and reasonable land distribution system in a short period of time, and have established an army through the redistribution of land. A powerful army that rules the roost. In the early Tang Dynasty, the soldiers who were half peasants and half soldiers were able to defeat all their enemies on the internal and external battlefields. The fundamental reason was that they had the most primitive desire for survival and life.
Cheng Shijie originally thought of dividing the more than three million acres of wasteland that he had obtained from Sun Yuanhua equally, but the problem was that more than three million acres of cultivated land sounded like a lot, but now Cheng Shijie has a population of nearly 20,000, and each person has an average talent One hundred and fifty acres. When there are no chemical fertilizers, the fertility of the land is not enough and needs to be left fallow. These are inferior fields and need to be left fallow once a year. In fact, each cultivated land is only 75 acres, and the output is limited, barely enough to allow a family to live a life of food and clothing.
If it is divided equally, it would be unfair to the families of those fallen soldiers and the soldiers who made meritorious service.
Don't worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality.
The policy of equally dividing land is actually undesirable. The only way to reward land for military merit is to establish the foundation of the emperor. The guard system established by Zhu Yuanzhang had a lot of military land at that time. Take the Dengzhou Guard as an example. When the Dengzhou Guard was established, it owned The seven thousand-household units, with a full complement of 7,840 people, owned 1.2 million acres of military land, and the per capita land ownership was 153 acres.
These lands were enough to drive the Ming army crazy during the founding period of the People's Republic of China. Being a military household allowed them to conquer the Mobei and sweep through the eight wastelands.
Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie decided to use military merit to confer farmland. Although this system is unfair to those who work in the big pot, it is very fair to those who dare to trade their lives for wealth.
"Stand at attention, take a break, and look to the right!"
As the command sounded, Dengzhou Guard Zuo Qianhu, no, it should be said that the current Ning Haijun has completed their formation. There are 1,120 military households in the establishment, plus more than 2,500 Ning Haijun. .
Cheng Shijie regretted a little. He had known that people from later generations came with trumpets. Even if he shouted at the top of his lungs in a team of more than 3,000 people, only a small number of people could hear him.
"sit down!"
With a crash, all the military households and Ning Haijun soldiers sat down one after another.
Cheng Shijie coughed and said: "This defense has been ordered by the governor to form the Ning Navy. Now that the recruitment work has ended and the training of the troops has begun, this defense wants to declare to everyone the issue that everyone is most concerned about. That is land!"
Having said this, the military households below began to whisper and discuss among themselves.
"quiet!"
Cheng Shijie found that the effect of this public speech was very poor. He looked at Shen Mingyu and said: "Shen Mingyu!"
"arrive!"
"If this guard says something, you and your subordinates will follow suit!"
"yes!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Ning Haijun has been officially established. The entire army has 2,500 men and is divided into five bureaus. Each bureau has a general manager. Each bureau has two divisions and a hundred generals. Each division has five posts, and each division has a hundred generals. There are four teams under the sentry...the details will be announced at the meeting with the Ning Navy Military Headquarters, now let’s talk about something that is relevant to everyone in the army!”
As Shen Mingyu's more than 200 loud voices passed on Cheng Shijie's words, the military households pricked up their ears and listened to matters related to their own vital interests.
"First, set up Ning Haijun Primary School to teach all military children for free."
"Second, just set up a medical department in Ning Haijun, set up a chief medical officer, and have two posts under the jurisdiction of one hundred military medical officers, who can treat military families for free!"
"Third, establish the Ninghai Navy Military Family Management Committee. The Military Family Committee is responsible for solving military family problems!"
"Fourth, Ning Haijun has the power to reclaim wasteland and land in Ninghai Prefecture. The original land of more than 23,000 acres owned by Thousand Households has been taken back and redistributed. According to the principle of reclaiming wasteland and land, after the beginning of spring, large-scale land reclamation will begin!"
"Fifth, establish Ninghai Haijun Urban Management!"
"Sixth, establish the Ning Haijun Martyrs Cemetery. All fallen soldiers will be enshrined in the Ning Haijun Martyrs Cemetery and be worshiped according to Ning Haijun's orders!"
A large number of military households knelt down in front of Cheng Shijie, because Cheng Shijie brought them too many benefits, including free schooling, free medical care, free entertainment, including weddings and funerals, all arranged.
Cheng Shijie said: "You don't need to thank me. You deserve this. Your husbands, sons, fathers, and brothers fought with swords and guns. They gave you these benefits with their own lives." , So, you guys should live well and don’t let their blood be shed in vain.”
Then came the most critical part: "The predecessor of Ning Haijun, which is the Dengzhou Guard Zuo Qianhu Post, all previous deaths or casualties will be ignored by this garrison. From the moment this garrison takes office, all fallen soldiers will be One hundred acres of land will be allocated.”
Cheng Shijie said: "Chen Lao'er, the son of Chen He, was named a martyr and was granted a hundred acres of land!"
Chen He tremblingly took the Tian deed from Zhang Ruyi, followed by Zhang Dongfang...
Cheng Shijie distributed land to the 262 people who died in the battle according to the pension standard of one hundred acres per person. Of course, some of the martyrs' relatives were allocated wasteland, because they needed to reclaim the wasteland themselves. These wastelands will enjoy three years of tax exemption. Five and a half tax benefits.
Of course, the family members who have obtained the land now do not enjoy tax-free benefits. Then the military merits of beheadings will also be distributed, with the first level receiving ten acres of land.
In the battle to annihilate Qin Wu, a total of 1,383 people were beheaded, and Cheng Shijie rewarded these 13,830 acres of wasteland.
Cheng Shijie looked at the officers and said: "From now on, Ning Haijun will make a rule. In addition to a pension of twenty taels of silver or forty stones of food, the fallen soldiers will be rewarded with one hundred acres of land, beheaded at one level, and will be rewarded with five taels of silver and ten stones of food. The injured soldiers will be rewarded , depending on the severity of the injury, six acres, twelve acres, and twenty acres of land will be awarded respectively. Everyone should remember that if anyone escapes from battle and surrenders to the enemy and joins the thieves, the land and house he was rewarded will be taken back including all preferential treatment, and the whole family will be expelled from Ning Haijun! "
As Cheng Shijie promulgated Ning Haijun's new regulations, these military households were talking about free clothes, free shoes, free bathhouses, free schools, free medicine shops, free medical clinics, and food during the holidays. Compared with meat, such good welfare benefits made those military households who were wiped out extremely regretful.
Of course, they now also know Ning Haijun's selection criteria. Although height is an important assessment criterion, the problem is that physical fitness can be selected out of the norm. Many military households secretly made up their minds to join Ning Haijun and become Cheng Shijie's servants.
Song Kangnian sighed: "Song believed in his talent, but he underestimated the heroes of the world..."
"Mr. Song is ridiculous, Cheng is not from a high background!"
"What does one's birth mean? Youdao is a hero regardless of one's birth. Otherwise, wouldn't the likes of Liu Jinu, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, be just lies?"
Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "How dare Cheng be compared with Han Gaozu and Liu Jinu?"
"So why not?"
Song Kangnian said: "The garrison master only paid for the farmland, but awarded the farmland for military merit... Such a strange plan!"
"Is it strange that military merit is awarded to a field?"
"Naturally strange!"
Song Kangnian said: "Since ancient times, Shandong has been prosperous, but with the erosion of the guards, unrest, and people's livelihood declining, two hundred years ago, there were 67,426 households in Ninghai Prefecture, with a population of 300,000. Seven thousand five hundred and thirteen people. This is the crux of Ninghai Prefecture. If the soldiers cannot fight, they will be unable to protect the place and prevent Japanese pirates and bandits from raiding and looting. Ninghai is restless. If the disease cannot be cured, the people will not be able to cultivate and cultivate with peace of mind. The refugees cannot settle down and become aborigines, so naturally food production cannot be increased, and household registration cannot be increased... This was originally a knot that could not be untied. But now... now it is..."
Song Kangnian was very excited: "Now this thorny problem has been solved by the garrison master. The conferment of land for military merit is the key to the prosperity of Ninghai. Once Ninghai implements the system of conferring land for military merit, Ninghai will no longer operate in a one-corner-one-place pattern. It’s not a long-term career, it’s an emperor’s career!”
Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Shandong is located in a transportation fortress between the north and the south, but there has never been an emperor since ancient times!"
"Actually, that's not the case. Shandong is rich, but in any rich land, it's hard to produce strong soldiers. It's different now. Ninghai is poor, Shandong is in poverty, but the soldiers are brave!"
Song Kangnian continued: "My lord, there is no need to be cryptic. There are no outsiders here. To tell the truth, Ninghai has been dormant for several years. Waiting for the world to be in chaos, we can cut off the canal. If we don't get out for three months, millions of people in the capital will collapse without a fight and intercept them." With the grain delivered, the lord waved his arms, and millions of troops arrived. The troops were divided into three groups, marching west to the Central Plains, north to the capital, and south to the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. More than half of the world was captured!"
Cheng Shijie stared at Song Kangnian and said, "Song Xiance, do you want to rebel?"
"The virtuous in this world live there."
Song Kangnian said with a serious face: "The court is unruly, the emperor is immoral, and the lord will do his duty!"
