As night falls and the lanterns are turned on, Beiping Mansion is still noisy and lively, and the sounds of musical instruments and drinking orders in the restaurant can be heard far away.
Businessmen are celebrating.
The new business policy gives all businessmen the most basic dignity and no longer requires any household registration.
A businessman is a businessman, and business status is equal to civilian and military status. There is no such thing as being without status.
The ancestral rule that merchants were not allowed to wear silk and satin was also abolished. As long as it does not violate the court etiquette and folk customs, no one will care if you wrap yourself in eighteen layers of silk and satin.
While the businessman was singing drunkenly, the atmosphere in Dusi Yamen seemed very heavy.
Ping An was pacing back and forth, Zhang Bing sat aside and frowned, and Sheng Yong sighed.
"Master Tosi, please stop walking around."
Zhang Bing was shaken by Ping An and had a headache, so he rubbed his eyebrows and said.
Ping An stopped, looked at Zhang Bing, and said, "You have also read the documents from the imperial court. You are always very talented, but you have some ideas. If this continues, should we continue the new army strategy?"
Zhang Bing picked up the tea bowl, opened the cup and saw it was empty. He placed it heavily on the table and said, "The New Army strategy cannot be stopped and must be implemented."
"Execute, implement, how to implement? The new army's policy emphasizes training and strengthening the army, but what about now? The sergeants from various guard stations are mobilized. People's hearts are wandering. They are all thinking about that place. How can they still think about training!"
Sheng Yong knocked on the table and said impatiently.
Zhang Bing glared at Sheng Yong and said, "That's the problem. If the court doesn't explain the solution clearly, we need to think about how to let the sergeants train without delaying farm production."
Sheng Yong snorted coldly and said: "Sheng doesn't know that much, but he has also heard that you can't have both fish and bear's paws. Now, the envoy Zhang Bu wants to eat both fish and bear's paws. How can there be such a thing in the world? Such a good thing."
Zhang Bing stood up and said sternly: "Then what do you think we should do? The emperor asked us to think of our own solution. Can we ask the emperor again?"
Sheng Yong choked immediately.
The emperor allowed the new commercial policy to be implemented in Peiping, but did not deal with the issue of the new army policy at the Peking Guard. He only gave the instruction to "find a way yourself".
It's so straightforward and clear.
The emperor's attitude is obvious, training cannot be relaxed.
As for the issue of farm production, we need to find a solution ourselves.
Although Ping'an is the capital of Peking, if he is asked to fight, kill people, and break up formations, there is no problem, but when it comes to the issue of military settlements, he is blind.
Although the military settlement is a military administration, it is actually not fundamentally different from a civilian administration.
Ping An cannot handle it, nor can it handle it well.
Sheng Yong is similar.
Therefore, although it was Du Si's business, Ping An still invited Zhang Bing over.
Zhang Bing was in charge of Beiping's political affairs, and he was a relatively strong person. He used a whip to curb the national policy of annexation, and implemented it in Beiping and its surrounding areas so fast that even Ping'an and others were surprised.
According to Zhang Bing's speed, among the top ten prefectures in the future, Beiping Prefecture will definitely be named.
Ping An hopes that Zhang Bing can contribute his wisdom to help him solve the biggest problem of the new army strategy.
"Sheng Yong, be careful what you say."
Ping An frowned and blamed.
Sheng Yong sighed, leaned on the chair, and remained silent.
Ping An personally poured a cup of tea for Zhang Bing and said: "You also know that the current sergeants in Beiping City, except for the basic guards, Dusi sergeants, and the three guards of King Yan, are all transferred from the local guards, such as Huacai Guards, Yanqing Guards, There are as many as 80,000 people in Baiyangkou Institute, Bohai Institute, etc. It is almost March, and the wheat seedlings always need someone to take care of them."
"If we let them return to the guard base and cultivate the fields, the new army's strategy will become a mere formality, and the road to a strong army will fail. We have no way to explain to the court. If we can't find a way, Sheng Yong and I may not have a way to survive. ”
Zhang Bing looked at Ping An with a sad face and knew the difficulty he was in at this time.
Although the Beiping Mansion is now completely under the control of the imperial court, and the three guards of King Yan have returned home, the three guards of King Yan are still controlled by Prince Yan's Mansion.
Zhu Di was not in Peiping, and Zhu Gaochi was the supreme commander of the three guards of King Yan.
At least, that was the case in name until the imperial court abolished the three guards of King Yan.
Therefore, Ping An has always maintained a large number of sergeants in Beiping Mansion, firstly to select sergeants and strengthen training, and secondly to be prepared for any emergencies.
But now the sergeants from various military posts are anxious to go back to water the wheat fields. Should we let them go back or not?
Let them go back and come back after harvesting the wheat?
Well, harvest the wheat.
The wheat harvest is over. Are you coming back for training?
The sergeant said, sir, I still have to grow cotton.
Give him time, after planting cotton, and just after a month of training, he started to report again: "I have to go back and water the fields."
After riding the horses and watering the fields, they returned to Peiping to continue training. Within two months, it was time to harvest cotton again.
After the cotton harvest is over, it’s time to plant wheat again.
After planting the wheat, I patted the soil on my body and reported back to Peiping: "I'm done, let's train."
A gust of wind blows, winter is coming.
All year round, eight months of farming, one month on the road, and three months of training, can we produce elite soldiers in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?
But don't let them go back. The guard system and the farming system are still there.
Fifty acres of land, eighteen shi of grain. When the officer collects grain, he doesn't care whether you have been trained or not, he only cares about the grain.
If you don’t pay enough for food, you have to pay for it.
No money?
It's impossible. Soldiers all have military pay, so it's okay to deduct it.
The sergeant asked, if we are not allowed to go back to farm, then the officer will deduct our military pay, can we ask for it from you?
Ping An and Sheng Yong were also in trouble. They had 80,000 sergeants, 1.44 million shi of grain, equivalent to 720,000 taels of silver. Even if they sold their mansions and pawned their pants, they still couldn't fill such a big hole.
"Let's make things clear."
Zhang Bing's face became solemn, he looked at Ping'an and Sheng Yong, and said, "The strategy of the new army is to strengthen the army. Therefore, it is definitely not advisable to let the soldiers go back to work in the fields, right?"
Ping An nodded heavily and said solemnly: "We must never let them farm again! They are my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty! The soldiers can only hold spears and sabers in their hands!"
Zhang Bing sat down, picked up the tea bowl, looked sharply, and said: "Okay, now let's not discuss the issue of whether the sergeant will go back. It's determined, the sergeant will not go back! From this moment on, all discussions will be Assuming that the sergeant will not go back, I believe there must be a solution!"
Sheng Yong wanted to speak, but Ping An glared back.
Ping An respectfully asked for advice: "Mr. Zhang, if the sergeant doesn't go back, the biggest problem is that there is no one to take care of the farmland of the guard sergeant. Once the fields are deserted and there is no output, how will the guard respond when the grain is collected?"
yes.
If no one is farming, you can't expect to grow crops.
The system of guard posts requires sergeants to farm, and the strategy of the new army requires sergeants to train. A soldier cannot do these two things at the same time.
yes!
A soldier cannot do two things at the same time, but if another person is brought over...
Zhang Bing drank tea, sip after sip. It seemed that his throat was a little dry and could not be relieved. He put the empty tea bowl on the table and was silent for a while. Zhang Bing looked at Ping An and said seriously: "Then ask the emperor for it. A permission!”
"Permission? What permission?"
Ping An and Sheng Yong stood up quickly and asked at the same time, their eyes full of expectation.
