Wang Tingxiang looked murderous, but Pei Ji actually looked a little embarrassed.
"Zhongcheng, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
Wang Tingxiang said: "The imperial envoy is here, just say it."
Pei Ji is the newly promoted commander. He used to be an official with thousands of households. He did follow the trend and occupied some military villages, but with his official position, he actually didn't occupy many. This time the court wanted to clear out the occupied military villages, so he Naturally, they all turned in.
So he himself has no special interests or requirements, but this matter is not that simple.
"Zhongcheng, the people who obstructed the demarcation of the boundary and destroyed the boundary stakes as mentioned by the last general are not other people, but the soldiers who were allocated the fields themselves. They do not want the fields for farming."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Zhang Cong immediately asked, "Why is this? There are people in the world who have land but don't want to?"
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Pei Ji originally didn't want to react, but now that his boss is directly questioning Tuntian's progress, he can't delay it even if he wants to.
After some ideological struggle, he still said, "After you get the land, you have to pay the number of grains. According to the general tax ratio, you have to pay one bushel and two liters of grains per mu of land. But there are differences between fields. The difference is that in order to show fairness, the court gave each army 50 acres of fertile land and 200 acres of barren land. However, when collecting grains, sergeants who cultivated barren land had to pay more grains. In normal times, it would be fine. , what if there is a disaster year and the seeds are pressed tightly?
As you all know, in the border town, there are fugitive military households. Everyone who is still there wants to flee. Who is willing to come in again?
Furthermore, in addition to paying grain, the troops stationed in the army had to pay. There are also various types of servants, such as raising horses, gathering grass, cutting firewood, and burning charcoal. In addition, they are also requisitioned to build side walls, castles, and piers. Fortunately, there is no royal palace now. In the past, the palace had to be transferred to build palaces, mausoleums, etc. "
As he said these words, everyone's expressions also changed.
In fact, when the system of a society is corrupted to a certain extent, it really cannot be solved by simply killing a few people.
If this is the case, then Hitler should be the leader who knows how to govern the country.
Pei Ji also mentioned one less situation.
In addition to official service, the garrison army also had to face guantun officials at all levels, from hundreds of households to thousands households, to commanders, guard eunuchs and other officials. These people also often "serve the garrison army."
The garrison itself is both a farmer and an army, with the color of the army. However, the border is not always fighting. Most of the time, production and life are the main focus, so there is a feeling of "free labor". What needs to be done depends entirely on the orders of the officials. .
Some soldiers cultivate private farmland, such as the original He Jinyi.
Some are building private houses, and even doing business for him, selling goods, selling salt, and so on.
I don’t know how this thing works, it seems to be born in our genes.
Even in modern times, there are many people whose work content has been infinitely expanded by their leaders. Often the work secretary becomes the life secretary. He is used to giving you orders, so he will talk about things that are not within the scope of his responsibilities.
It is difficult for a person at a subordinate level to say 'no'. Even if something is indeed on the line, he should not let you do it for him, but the leader has spoken, what should you do?
The status of the garrison is somewhat similar to this, except that people in ancient times had a greater sense of superiority and inferiority, and their servants were more indulgent and thorough.
If he did it thoroughly, the military households below would naturally have no choice but to run away.
Later, a phenomenon called "idle farming" will also occur.
Behind the scenes are actually economic accounts. It seems that I got the land, but in fact the burden behind it is heavier. Therefore, there are also records in history that after military households got the land, they would "let the grass grow" and "abandon the land without planting."
This is actually a bit complicated and troublesome.
Wang Tingxiang glanced at Wang Shouren and Zhang Cong.
Even if they report it to the emperor, as an emperor, facing this kind of problem, he can only issue a few decrees to prohibit sex and sex. But the specific implementation still depends on them, and they have to rely on thousands of households, hundreds of households, and hundreds of households? There was nothing he could do, the people under his command were running away.
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Zhang Cong sighed, it was really difficult.
Wang Tingxiang frowned and thought, "Commander Pei, the imperial court can decide to put an end to military service, and your majesty will definitely not object. As long as the governor's office and the general army's office lead by example, commanders and thousands of households would not dare to do it. It’s just that the sergeant no longer trusts this, and..."
Moreover, people die and government ceases to exist.
The current governor and the current commander-in-chief can do it. Not necessarily for latecomers.
This leads to even less trust between upper-level officials and lower-level soldiers.
"Do you want to report it to Your Majesty?" Zhang Cong asked with doubts.
"I can report it, but we have to find a solution first." Wang Shouren frowned and thought about it, "The so-called labor or grain is basically the unsustainable life of the soldiers. In the words of ordinary people, well Men should not be soldiers.
Therefore, I personally believe that as an official or a general, you must take good care of the officers and soldiers in your hands. In times of peace, they farm for the court, and in times of war, they risk their lives for the court. Such people, as officials and generals, do not care for them but instead humiliate them. That is No matter how many rules the court establishes, it is useless. "
Wang Tingxiang thought it made sense, and asked again: "But if you don't care for the soldiers, how can you guarantee this?"
"I have a method in Shuofang Town."
"Brother Bo'an, please give me some advice."
Everything in the Hetao Military Control Area is started from scratch, and many things are decided by Wang Shouren himself.
Wang Shouren was actually surprised, because the emperor really didn't care much about him and just let him do whatever he wanted. Sometimes he would panic himself. He would report to the meeting and say, "Your Majesty, what have I done recently? Please see if this works. If not, give me a message and I will correct it immediately."
But the emperor's response to this was always: Got it, very good.
Wang Shouren's eyes turned to the side, revealing the light of wisdom, "Nothing can be separated from the original. If you want to achieve something, connect it with political achievements and promotion. I want generals at all levels to love the people, but I don't know how to do it. Then I will include the living conditions of the soldiers in the assessment of generals. If a soldier's family is ruined, even if he is brave, I will not only use him, but also demote him. Because I always feel that if the generals are not in harmony, they will fight. No tough fight."
This is a very common method that you can understand as soon as you hear it. To put it bluntly, you can't let your soldiers live a miserable life. If it's too miserable, they will definitely hate the leader.
"What Wang Butang means is to see the results." Zhang Cong also began to nod, "Maybe we can give it a try."
"Pei Ji, do you understand?" Wang Tingxiang asked.
Pei Ji took a quick look at the scholar-looking and somewhat thin person sitting on the main seat. He was a little curious: What kind of person is this?
"General, I understand. You cannot use too many soldiers."
Wang Tingxiang cupped his hands in the direction of the capital, "Yes. This method will be reported to the court. The officers and soldiers of the Ningxia Guard are not as good as other guards. That is your problem. Ningxia Town is not as good as other towns. That is a problem of Qi Qian. Shaanxi Dusi is not as good as others." Dusi, that’s my problem.”
"Yes. I dare to ask Zhong Cheng, what if there are still people who are unwilling?"
"Just use both kindness and power. You have to explain these principles clearly. But those who refuse to obey should also be punished slightly. If things are done step by step, can they no longer be military households? Who can give this point? He promises?"
Pei Ji lowered his head and said, "Yes, then there will be no more doubts, and I will do my best to do a good job in farming."
Wang Tingxiang and Zhang Cong breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately they didn't let Wang Shouren leave.
Things involving every specific person are indeed complicated, and there are many things that are not taken into account in policy formulation. This is inevitable. I'm afraid if I don't have enough adaptability, I will have a headache.
"Where are the other three guards? There is no need to talk about similar situations. Just handle it according to this. I will also look at the four guards in the future. If any soldier of the guard is so poor that he wants to sell his son or daughter, I will The officials are still looking for trouble for you."
Zhou Rui, the Ningxia vanguard commander, stood up and said, "Zhongcheng, there is a big family here who is blocking Qingtun. He has connections in the palace..."
