Each volunteer soldier who went on an expedition was first given five taels of silver as an advance payment.
After the work is completed, each person will be given five taels of silver, and on this basis, rewards will be given based on merit.
Such conditions for an expedition are very tempting.
The volunteer soldiers who were not selected all around looked envious and jealous.
If they had known that they were going to die, they would probably be laughing their heads off right now.
Standing next to Zhou Shixiu, silently watching him dancing, Young Master Wang was not optimistic at all.
Xu Qin's figure kept shaking in front of his eyes.
This young man looks very capable and confident.
Since he dared to venture into the tiger's den, he must have taken very effective precautions.
What a bad thing.
Now, Mr. Wang finally understands:
People like Zhou Shixiu and Fang Xiaoru are all crazy.
Just thinking about one's own scholarly character and leaving one's name in history means risking the lives of hundreds or even thousands of people, regardless of the rise or fall of the clan.
And all without warning.
How is their behavior different from Zhu Di?
They are all extremely selfish, cold-blooded people, sanctimonious executioners.
But now, thinking about it, it’s all self-inflicted.
When his father and son were deceived by Zhou Shixiu, their blood was equally boiling.
He dreamed of using the merits of King Qin to reach the sky and let the Langya Wang family regain the glory of their ancestors.
Now it seems that it is likely to be Huangliang's dream.
Young Master Wang could only sigh secretly.
Everything in the world is for profit.
Young Master Wang suddenly felt that Mr. Zhou, whom he had admired in the past, looked a little disgusting in his appearance as a proud, loyal minister and filial son.
…
"Mr. Xu doesn't know something. Many petty officials in the county government are slippery and slippery. They are absolutely not trustworthy."
"If the imperial court were to clean up the fields again, measure the acres, set taxes by grade, and update the fish scale register, it would have to recruit new talents."
Confucian scholar Su Zecheng and three other people sat in a corner of the house and discussed in a low voice with Xu Qin the specific measures to "divide people into acres and abolish corvee".
This plan to allocate land into acres is of a grand scale and requires a huge amount of work. It is equivalent to a national census, and the land acres are re-measured and calculated.
All completed in a minimum of two to three years.
A large number of officials need to be recruited.
"It is not advisable to recruit too many officials. It is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away, and the government's finances cannot support such a large team of officials."
"We want to streamline our troops and streamline our administration and improve work efficiency. We can adopt 'off-site law enforcement'.
'Volunteer' two major measures. "
The two major measures Xu Qin mentioned are both the experience of later generations.
Of course, Su Zecheng and the others didn't quite understand.
However, after Xu Qin's subsequent detailed explanation, they were enlightened.
"Law enforcement in other places can effectively avoid the original clan relationships and eliminate the official chain of interests to the greatest extent, so that officials can go into battle with ease."
"The volunteer system allows scholars from all over the world to have a place to practice in advance, and the court provides a small amount of living expenses, which solves the dilemma of the majority of scholars from poor families."
"???"
"Master Xu is so wise. Such an idea is really rare in the world. Zhuge Kongming is reincarnated."
The three Confucian scholars Su Zecheng praised him repeatedly and bowed their hands in succession.
They are sincerely admired.
Although there are words of flattery, they are not meant to be flattering.
Xu Qin couldn't come up with this idea even if Zhuge Liang was alive.
This is the accumulation of historical experience and the crystallization of wisdom over hundreds of thousands of years.
These are only theoretical deductions and are successful, but in implementation, they will also encounter unimaginable difficulties and obstacles.
There are many problems such as unreliable minor officials or uneven abilities, clan forces playing tricks, Jianwen restoration forces, etc.
Although I have a mind armed with the knowledge of future generations, I seriously lack practical experience.
This time, I was able to personally lead the team and go deep into the towns and villages in the Yanghuai region to conduct on-the-spot investigations. This was a very correct decision.
This made Xu Qin fully realize the superiority of the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng Dynasty's system of dividing every man into an acre and abolishing the corvee system.
Yongzheng issued an order to carry out the extremely effective policy of dividing households into households, which fully demonstrated that he was a pragmatic emperor.
From now on, the effectiveness far exceeds Xu Qin's expectations.
Especially in the post-war South Zhili-Jiangnan area, there are a large number of refugees, hermits, and tenant farmers.
The reason why they want to farm for others is not only because the war has caused their homes to be broken up, but more importantly, the increasingly heavy corvee has caused huge risks to their farming and life.
But no matter how great the difficulties are, as long as the actual results are good, under the two-way governance of iron fist + faith, the situation will gradually move in a good direction.
No force can stop the wheel of history from rolling forward. It can only stop the wheel of history.
For this reason, Xu Qin seemed a little excited tonight.
It’s one thing to master theoretical knowledge, it’s another thing to witness policies from design to implementation.
What is the sense of accomplishment? It is probably such a process.
It was late at night and no one was sleepy.
Li Xiaoqi and his guards were lying in ambush outside the house, holding bows, arrows and knives in their hands, staring at the path at the entrance of the small courtyard.
Xu Qin and Su Zecheng were having a heated discussion, and they seemed to have completely forgotten that they were in danger.
Tang Wan'er was lying sideways on the straw mat in the corner of the room, but she was also not sleepy.
She was very curious and wanted to see how this very young official managed to remain calm and talk and laugh happily.
Before we knew it, it was past midnight, and everyone could hardly lift their eyelids.
"Attention, the enemy is coming!"
A distant whistle sounded.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Swish swish..."
Li Xiaoqi and their first echelon fired arrows first, and the hard bow arrows shot straight through the three volunteers who were walking in the front.
"ah…"
The three of them screamed and fell to the ground.
"Hurry up and fire arrows... counterattack..."
A volunteer leader shouted.
"Whoosh..."
"Whizzing…"
"..."
Dozens of arrows flew over and hit the position where the guards were ambushing.
There were several cold arrows nailed to the doors, windows and walls of Xu Qin's room.
Unfortunately, the first echelon of guards had already left.
The doors and windows of the house were closed.
The enemies who came up under the cover of night saw that the sneak attack had been exposed, so they simply stopped pretending and crouched forward as a group.
Li Xiaoqi's second echelon of five personal guards fired the bows and arrows in their hands.
"Shhhhh..."
"Shhhhhhh..."
"..."
The sound of a huge bowstring vibrating, and the sound of arrows flying through the air sounded.
Very different from the previous arrows.
This is a crossbow arrow!
Yes, this group of five people holds five-shot riding crossbows with strong firepower.
The volunteer soldiers were in panic, and they all fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
Another string of arrows came over, and the two soldiers beside Young Master Wang were hit in the vital parts and died on the spot.
He was so smart that he rolled into the gutter of the road.
An arrow hit his arm, and his body fell into the gutter.
"ah…"
"I can't stand it and retreat."
The arrows continued to scatter like a storm, hitting the places where they gathered together.
For a moment, the Volunteer Army was in chaos. The soldiers were shouting father and mother and running away with their heads in their hands.
