Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 228 Construction is a Difficult Problem (Second Update)
The newly promoted Qiu Zhitao was imprisoned by Liu Erhu with an excuse.

He had to write a letter to the captain who was five or six hundred miles away.

The officer and the army did not follow the routine to refuse, and really sent someone to negotiate a peace.

If the dog officials in Taiyuan City are really afraid of us and want to spend money to buy peace, how much reserve price should we ask for?
The entire city of Taiyuan was finally surrounded by hammer bandits in a decent manner, and it was guaranteed that no sentry would come out to investigate.

Because the people who are migrating now have not yet reached the place where they took the boat in Lingshi County.

To be on the safe side, at least ten days have to be kept secret.

Hequ County.

When He Jinzhao was determined to govern a county, he realized that there were too few available talents around him.

Only now did he have the heart to study the foundation of Ming Dynasty's rule.

The administrative system is the six ministries of the imperial court - chief executive officer - government - county.

The military system is the Dudufu of the Five Armies-the Commander-General-Wei-Qianhu.

The Procuratorate dispatched the inspecting censor and the procuratorate to supervise the two major systems of administration and military.

These three systems were under the direct responsibility of the emperor.

He Jinzhao now occupies seven counties, only Hequ County is isolated and is planning to focus on development.

I still need to find someone to discuss one or two, before the government and army attack Shanxi on a large scale, I can get more food, grass and population from the remaining six counties.

There are military forts all around Hequ, and He Zan was sent by He Jinzhao to recruit the surrounding military forts.

Among them, guard Zheng Xin was also pulled out, surrendered himself, and registered all the people in the military fort.

If possible, it is best to hold the head off in your hand.

Piantou Pass, located by the Yellow River in Pianguan County, is called "Three Passes" together with Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass.

Because of its terrain facing east and west, it is named Piantouguan.

Piantouguan is not only the gateway to northern Shanxi, but also the trading port between northern Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.

Whenever the beacon of war disappears and the border ban is opened, Guancheng and some surrounding fortresses become the area where Mongolian and Han people exchange markets.

The Mongolian nobles entered the city with a large number of prairie horses in exchange for silk and cotton fabrics, tea and other things from the Han people.

At the same time, it is also the route of every Mongolian invasion. Not only did Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, fight here, but Ida also often came in from here to plunder Jinzhong.

There are more than 20 military forts connected to the Great Wall near Piantouguan.

He Jinzhao could only choose to surrender the surrounding military forts first, and if he couldn't, attack them by force.

The soldiers in these military fortresses were transferred to defend Taiyuan, and He Jinzhao didn't want to be tough, which would also break the fighting spirit of Taiyuan's defenders.

He Jinzhao rubbed his forehead. To be honest, it is much easier to destroy than to construct.

Counting on my fingers, I am not considered a barefoot person.

When He Jinzhao was walking back and forth in the hall, he received a sentinel sent by Liu Erhu.

"Taiyuan actually sent someone to negotiate a peace?"

Suspicion flashed across He Jinzhao's face.

As for Liu Erhu not writing a letter but passing a word of mouth, he snorted, and had to find time to start a class to train and study these people.

"Come on, hurry up and go back and tell Liu Erhu that all the officials from Taiyuan City who were sent to negotiate a peace will be secretly escorted to Hequ by me, and I will ask them to work."

"Yes."

Naturally, a sentry cavalry came out from the side, and left with He Jinzhao's message.

He Jinzhao looked at the deployment map of the entire Hequ, and was about to find a place to accommodate the coming 5000 people, and even more soldiers and horses.

"Captain." Gao Yigong ran over in a hurry, took a sip of water, and then said:

"I found out clearly, Zheng Shoubei is quite rich, and almost all the houses in the East City are his houses."

He Jinzhao raised his eyebrows slightly: "It seems that he is not short of money."

"Control the head, and you can make a lot of money by specifying it."

"East City alone can't accommodate so many people." He Jinzhao pointed in the direction of Dongcheng:
"I'm thinking, whether to build a new city, or to tear down the city wall in the direction of the east city, and expand one or two."

Gao Yigong couldn't give any advice: "Captain, I'll find some old craftsmen for you."

"Go quickly."

After a while, many craftsmen were called over, standing in the hall with some fear.

Although the people in Hequ County have seen the behavior of the hammer bandits in the past few days, it would be a lie to say that they are not afraid.

The status of craftsmen was low. During the Great Yuan Dynasty, it was a slave system. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the household registration of the craftsman households still inherited the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Craftsmen are divided into civilian craftsmen and military craftsmen, and they are under the jurisdiction of the two systems.

The descendants are hereditary, and the household registration cannot be changed at will.

The craftsman system of the Ming Dynasty was based on the two forms of the residence system and shifts, and served a fixed period of unpaid labor.

In any case, they couldn't earn enough food to survive, and they still needed subsidies from the court.

However, with the continuous escape from households, the Ming court could not stop it even with severe punishments, so the squeeze was eased, and only one payment of banjiang silver was required to be exempted from corvee labor.

After they knelt on the ground and said hello in unison, He Jinzhao waved them to speak.

One of the old craftsmen was elected by the crowd and asked, "I don't know what the King He told me to come here?"

"I treat craftsmen kindly." He Jinzhao looked at the crowd and said, "My brother-in-law is a blacksmith."

He Jinzhao shortened the distance between the two with just one sentence, so his brother-in-law might be a folk craftsman.

"Liu Zongmin."

"The amount is here."

He Jinzhao pointed to the man beside him and said, "He is my brother-in-law's apprentice, and we were forced to die by the dog officials in Shaanxi.

The imperial court didn't help the disaster, but had to collect taxes instead, so the brothers killed officials and rebelled, and gained such a big name. "

Seeing He Jinzhao's eyes, Liu Zongmin quickly said:
"The captain is very kind to the craftsmen. The armor and weapons we wear are all made by him in exchange for the dog officer.

The wages are calculated on a piece-by-piece basis. A master teaches an apprentice. Within five years, he can get a share of the wages exchanged for the things made by the apprentice.

As long as you teach enough apprentices, you can make money lying down in the future, and there is no system of shifts to serve.

The more you do, the more you earn.

The specific equivalent master has arrived, he is in charge of all craftsmen, you can ask him. "

After He Jinzhao and Liu Zongmin had finished speaking, the craftsmen exchanged glances.

Is it true?

There is still such a good thing in the world!

The old craftsman clasped his head and asked, "I don't know what the King He wanted us to do today?"

"My brother-in-law brought people here. There are more than ten thousand people. I invite you here today because I want to ask you." He Jinzhao pointed to the rough map of Hequ:
"I want to resettle this group of people in the east city. Is it better to build a new city on the side to serve as the horns of each other, or to tear down the city wall and connect the new city together? Which is more secure?"

"Is Your Majesty planning to stop at Hequ?"

"Correct."

"I suggest King He build a new city."

(End of this chapter)