On the 15th day of the leap month, it is the Ear Grain Festival. The wheat around Luoyang has been harvested, and there is a happy atmosphere everywhere. There are many more vendors selling new wheat on the streets of Luoyang. Regardless of whether they are selling steamed buns, steamed buns, dumplings or any other type of food, they all hang a "New Wheat" flag in front of the vendors. Adults and children alike gathered in front of these stalls to buy a few steamed buns and try this year's new wheat.
There are obviously many more officers in Luoyang City. They were watching and playing around, and the city was much more lively.
After the great victory in Shaanzhou, the war ended, and Wang Xiaolie finally decided to convene the army-wide meeting of commanders and governors that had been postponed before the war. These officers, the governors who came from all over the country, looked at the ancient city of Luoyang curiously.
In the Henan government office, Wang Ruohai said to Wang Xiaolie: "Judging from this war, most of the military governors did not understand the responsibilities of their official positions. They either interfered with the military command of the Henan military commanders, or were suppressed by the military commanders. , the military commander still has the final say on matters in the military. There are very few who can truly take responsibility."
Wang Xiaolie said: "It's normal. This is a newly created position, and everyone is a little unfamiliar with it, no matter how high or low it is. It's not just a problem for the governors, but the officers below are also not familiar with this position and don't know how to treat them. Either use Work slowly and change it bit by bit over time. Or use strong drugs to give the governor greater power, and even be able to restrain the commander of the army, and everyone will know them."
Wang Ruohai smiled and said: "In the Tang Dynasty, when the supervisory army was set up, it was just a matter of using strong medicine. As a result, the supervisory army soon seized power and overrode the commander of the army. All these officials were originally supervisors of the army. How did it happen? To become a military commander in one step?"
Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Yes, that's why I have always advocated not using hard drugs and making changes bit by bit. The biggest obstacle to this is the lack of qualified talents, and the results are very slow. Therefore, these official positions must be advanced quickly. Out. Employ people boldly, and eliminate unqualified personnel in time, so that talents can be selected in the shortest possible time.”
Wang Ruohai sighed: "By doing this, the commander-in-chief can indeed select talents in the shortest time. However, fast in and fast out, and the officials' hearts will be unstable, which does have disadvantages. We still have to give officials a certain term and don't let them go too far. Panic."
Wang Xiaolie nodded and said nothing.
The army was newly formed and rapidly expanding, so it was bound to face a shortage of officers. A large number of officers were pushed into positions for various reasons, but were actually not suitable. Wang Xiaolie's method is to be less strict when appointing, and then eliminate a large number of them during drills and actual combat. Wang Xiaolie calls this method fast in and fast out. After the big waves wash away the sand, the last remaining officials basically meet the requirements.
Less than half of the officers appointed when Xiangyang expanded the army are still in office, and most of them have been eliminated. Therefore, when fighting the Jin Army, the officer's performance was quite satisfactory. Now if we want to double the army in the short term, we will inevitably face the same problem.
what to do? In fact, there is nothing we can do. The quickest result is to lower the requirements, appoint a large number of officials, and then test them in practice. Only when military academies are established and can steadily output talents can this situation be changed.
The officers of the Forbidden Army of the Northern Song Dynasty mainly came from three sources. One is the promotion due to military merit in the battle formation, and the other is the place where the Banzhi, the disciples of Gongma and other places are located. Although there are martial arts examinations, the proportion of military examination officials is very small. These three promotion channels have been perfected over many years. Wang Xiaolie didn't have time, and the current situation didn't allow him to take his time. In extraordinary times, extraordinary means must be used, and now we can only use one method or another.
After reading the official document on the table, Wang Xiaolie said: "Yu Huan has taken charge of camp field affairs. From now on, camp field affairs cannot be the same as before. After the Jingkang Rebellion, there were a lot of idle fields in the Central Plains. I plan to raise part of these idle fields. People cultivate and plant, and part of it is handed over to the camp and field affairs. Our camp and field affairs are different from other states and counties. Instead of recruiting people, we use military management methods. Most of the fields must be cultivated and harvested together. The harvested grain , part is handed over to the public, part is retained by each village, and part is given to the villagers. I think it is better to divide the proportions of the three equally."
Wang Ruohai said: "The people who hire people to farm the fields are divided equally between the host family and the Hakkas after taxes. If it is divided equally among the three, wouldn't the people who farm the fields get less?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "It can't be calculated like this. If it's among the people, the food left by the owner's family has nothing to do with the farmers. The food left behind in each village is different. The farmers still have a share, and the villagers can all benefit. .”
Wang Ruohai thought for a while and then said, "What's the use of leaving so much food in the village?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "First, if the government needs it, it can buy it from the village. Because it is the food in the village, it is much more convenient than buying it from the people. Secondly, if there is something going on in the village, such as building canals and paving roads, you can use the food to make Ben. With these funds, it is much better than collecting money from the villagers whenever something happens."
Wang Ruohai shook his head: "Jie Shuai, what you said makes sense. But I think leaving one-third of the food in the village is too much. The tax of 30% is already heavier than that of ordinary people. If another 30% is paid to the village, who will Are you still going to do field work?"
Wang Xiaolie thought for a while. Said: "That's what the counselor said."
In a normal society without war or natural or man-made disasters, one-third of the customers would be those without land, 10% would be wealthy households, and the remaining 60% would be households with land, but their lives would not be so easy.
Wang Xiaolie's positioning of the life of ordinary people working in the field is the middle and upper class of 60% of ordinary households in normal society. The distribution of their fields and harvests must comply with this principle. There should be no very poor families or very rich families in the villages where farm work is carried out.
After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolie said: "It's better to make a concession like this. In the villages where the field service is carried out, 20% of the harvested grain will be paid to the government, 20% will be kept in the village, and the common people will share the remaining 60%. In this way, it will not be better than The people working in the private fields are missing."
Wang Ruohai said: "That's okay. However, the people in the camp and field affairs are not living a better life than ordinary people."
Wang Xiaolie said: "How could it be? They just hand over grain like this, and the output of other land is in their own hands! What I mean is that in ordinary farming villages, each household is allocated fifty acres of land. Thirty acres of land is public land, and the grain produced is distributed according to what I just said. The remaining twenty acres of land are distributed to each household. The twenty acres of land allocated to farmers are generally not used to grow grain, but to grow mulberry and hemp. And so on. All the money earned from these fields will go to the farmers!"
Wang Ruohai couldn't help but smile after hearing this: "If this is the case, what the people get can't be calculated based on grain alone. Even if the public grain is divided equally between the village and the people, each share is 30%, and the people are willing. Twenty acres of land, one Make a lot of money every year!"
Wang Xiaolie said: "Yes, it's a lot of money a year. A household has thirty acres of land to grow food. If it's all good land, one acre can produce two dan. Even if it's divided into 30%, it's still 20 dan. One household For a family of five, the average ration for one person per year is four stones, which is enough."
Wang Ruohai said: "There are people old and young, and there are more than five people in a household."
Wang Xiaolie said: "I originally thought that if the rations were insufficient, I would grow them from my own twenty acres of land. But if I leave them 60% and thirty-five stones, one family can eat enough. The rest will be enough." The twenty acres of land they own can ensure that they still have money to spend."
Seeing that Wang Xiaolie was taking it seriously, Wang Ruohai asked: "These are not big things, why should Jieshuai be so serious?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "With the army moving in and out, we are faced with the problem of where to go for those who have withdrawn. The camp field service is not only about growing food, but also the main place for the army's personnel to go. A village with fifty households can accommodate one It’s all over my head.”
Wang Ruohai thought for a while and nodded. Said: "If Commander-in-Chief arranges it like this, it makes sense."
If an unsuitable person is chosen as an official, he must be removed immediately. These people who have been cleared out cannot just let go and arrange their lives. If you can't arrange idle jobs and white-collar salaries, places like camp and field affairs are the most suitable.
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