eldest son of Ming dynasty

Wang Tingxiang had a murderous look on his face, but Pei Ji's face was actually a little embarrassed.

"Zhongcheng, at the end there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

Wang Tingxiang said: "The imperial envoy is here, you just talk about it."

Pei Ji is the newly promoted commander. He used to be an official of thousands of households, and he did follow suit and occupy some military settlements, but with his official position, he actually did not occupy much. Naturally, everything was handed in.

So he himself has no special interests and requirements, but this matter is not that simple.

"Zhong Cheng, the people who obstructed the boundary survey and destroyed the boundary posts mentioned by the last general are not other people, but the soldiers who are allocated the fields themselves. They don't want the fields to be cultivated."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was astonished.

Zhang Cong immediately asked, "Why is this? There are people in the world who have land but don't want it?"

Ugh.

Pei Ji didn't want to respond at first, but now that his boss is directly asking about the progress of the farm, he can't delay it even if he wants to.

After some ideological struggle, he still said, "Once the land is distributed, you have to pay the number of grains in the field. According to the general tax ratio, you have to pay one bucket of two liters of grain per mu of land. But there are differences between fields. The difference is that in order to show fairness, the imperial court allocated 50 mu of fertile land to each army and 200 mu of barren land to each army. However, when the grain was collected, the sergeants who cultivated the barren land had to pay more grains. If it is a normal year, it is fine , what if there is a bad year and the seeds are pressed hard, so what?

All the adults know that in the current border town, there are military households who have fled, and those who are still want to escape, so who is willing to come in again?
Furthermore, in addition to paying the grain to the army, the army stationed in the army had to pay grain.There are also various servants, such as raising horses, picking grass, cutting firewood, and burning charcoal. In addition, they are also requisitioned to build side walls, castles, and piers.Fortunately, the palace is gone now, and in the past they had to be transferred by the palace to build palaces, mausoleums, and so on. "

As he said these words, everyone's expressions changed.

In fact, when the system of a society has been corrupted to a certain extent, it is really not enough to simply kill a few people to solve the problem.

If this is the case, then Hitler should be the most capable leader in governing the country.

Pei Ji also missed one thing,
In addition to official service, the garrison army also had to face officials at all levels, from hundreds of households to thousands of households, up to commanders, guarding eunuchs and other officials. These people also often "served the garrison army".

The Tunjun itself is both a farmer and an army, with the color of the army, but the border is not always fighting, and most of the time it is mainly production and life, so there is a feeling of "free labor". What needs to be done depends entirely on the orders of the officials. .

Some conscripts cultivate privately owned farmland, just like the original He Jinyi.

Some are building private houses, and even doing business for him, selling goods, private salt, and so on.

I don't know what happened to this thing, as if it was born in our genes.

Even in modern times, there are many people whose work content is infinitely expanded by the leader. Often the work secretary becomes the life secretary. He is used to instructing you, so he will speak up about things that are not within the scope of his duties.

It's hard for a person at a lower level to say 'no'. Even if something is really on the line, he shouldn't let you do it for him, but the leader said it, what should you do?
The status of the Tunjun is somewhat similar to this, except that people in ancient times had more concepts of dignity and inferiority, which made people more indulgent and thorough.

He was thorough, and the military households below could only run away.

Later, a phenomenon called "slack farming" will also occur.

In fact, it is all economic accounts behind it. It seems that I got the land, but in fact the burden behind it is heavier, so there are also records in history.

This is actually a bit complicated and troublesome.

Wang Tingxiang glanced at Wang Shouren and Zhang Cong,

Even if they report to the emperor, as the emperor, in the face of this kind of problem, it is nothing more than issuing a few decrees to prohibit xx and xx.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.

Ugh.

Zhang Cong sighed, it was really hard enough.

Wang Tingxiang frowned and thought, "Commander Pei, the imperial court can make a decision to put an end to military service, and His Majesty will definitely not object. As long as the governor's office and the general army's office set an example, commanders and thousands of households will not dare to think about it. It's just that the sergeant doesn't trust it anymore, and..."

And people die.

The current governor and the current general can do it.Not necessarily the latecomers.

This led to even less trust between officials at the top and soldiers at the bottom.

"Do you want to play it to Your Majesty?" Zhang Cong asked with doubts.

"It's okay to play, but I have to find a solution first." Wang Shouren frowned, thinking about it, "The so-called labor or grain is basically the unsustainable life of soldiers. Men are not soldiers.

Therefore, I personally think that as an official or a general, you must love the 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. No matter how many rules the court establishes, it is useless. "

Wang Tingxiang felt that it made sense, and asked again: "But it's not about caring for soldiers, how can we guarantee this?"

"I have a practice in Shuofang Town."

"Brother Bo'an, please enlighten me."

Everything in the Hetao military area starts from scratch, and many things are determined by Wang Shouren himself.

Wang Shouren was actually surprised, because the emperor really didn't care about him and let him do it.Sometimes he panics himself, and will tell the emperor what I have done recently, you can see if this is feasible, if not, just tell me and I will correct it immediately.

But the emperor's response to this was always one sentence: I know, very good.

Wang Shouren's eyes shifted, revealing the brilliance of wisdom, "everything remains the same. If you want to achieve something, you should associate it with political achievements and promotions. I want generals at all levels to love the people, but I don't know how to do it. Then I included the living conditions of soldiers in the assessment of generals. Even if a soldier’s family is ruined, even if he is brave, I not only don’t use him, but also demote him. No tough fights."

This is a very simple method, and you can understand it as soon as you hear it.To put it bluntly, you can't let your soldiers live in too much misery. If it's too miserable, people must hate the leader.

"What Wang Butang means is to look at 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 glanced at the scholar-like, thin figure in the main seat, and he was curious: who is this person?
"Master, I understand. It is just that you can't use too many soldiers."

Wang Tingxiang cupped his hands in the direction of the capital, "That's right. This method was played to the imperial court at the official meeting. The soldiers of Ningxia Wei are not as good as other guards. That's your problem. Ningxia Town is not as good as other towns. It's a matter of Qiuqian. Shaanxi Dusi is not as good as others." Du Si, that's my problem."

"Yes. Dare I ask Zhongcheng, what if there are still people who don't want to?"

"It's enough to give both kindness and power. You have to explain these reasons clearly. But for those who refuse to obey, you will also be punished slightly. If things go down a little bit, can they still not be military households? Who can tell me about this?" He promises?"

Pei Ji bowed his head, "Yes, then there will be no other doubts, and we must do our best to do a good job in farming."

Wang Tingxiang and Zhang Cong let out a sigh of relief, but fortunately they didn't let Wang Shouren go.

Things involving each specific person are indeed intricate, and there are many things that have not been considered in policy formulation, which is unavoidable.I'm afraid that if you don't have enough adaptability, it will be a headache.

"What about the other three guards? You don't need to talk about similar situations, just deal with it accordingly. You four guards, I will also have to look at it from now on. If the soldiers of any guard are so poor that they want to sell their sons and daughters, I will The officer still wants to trouble you."

Ningxia's avant-garde commander made Zhou Rui stand up, "Zhongcheng, there is a big family obstructing Qingtun here, he has connections in the palace..."