Age of mythical princes

Chapter 193 Food is hard work and salary is meritorious
I can't deal with the stupid nobles under Wei Jun's command, and I can't deal with Chaoguo?
First practice with the nobles of the Chao Kingdom, and after getting familiar with them, go to deal with those under Wei Jun's command, it's perfect!
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Li Kui's face: "The old aristocrats must be eradicated. This is a truth that even those Qi practitioners who don't understand politics understand, but many people pretend to be confused!"

"There are only so many positions in this world. If the old nobles are not eradicated, how will the new nobles come to power?"

"The Shiqing Shilu system must be abolished."

"In the past, nepotism, whether a person was appointed as a county magistrate or prefect did not depend on his ability, but on whether he was a relative of the lord, how close he was to the lord, and whether he was a hereditary nobleman."

"Nowadays, what we have to do is to appoint people on their own merits and give hope to lower-level officials, and they will give us a big surprise."

"We need to promote the legal system, formulate detailed legal provisions, and use these legal provisions to replace the past rule of man, so that we can build prestige and convince the people."

"When the common people are convinced of us, they are willing to die for us. With such common people, you can gain the hearts of soldiers when you go to military training, and get twice the result with half the effort."

"We must choose the best and appoint the best, and the rewards and punishments are strict!"

"It is necessary to make food work and pay merit, so that those who are capable must be rewarded and punished!"

"I want to seize the money of the silver people and the people from all over the world!"

"From now on, the real nobles in the entire Hanoi County can only enjoy various tax burdens in the fiefdom. As for the right to govern the people, they will be directly transferred to the prefect's mansion."

"From now on, the entire Hanoi County can only have one voice, and that is the Prefect's Mansion!"

"All officials above and below, regardless of their origin, are subject to the provisions of the law!"

"Do your best, level the law, follow the scriptures..."

Looking at Li Kui who stood up and talked about his ideas, Young Master Si felt that his friend's eyes were shining brightly at this moment!

Young Master Si has known about these decrees for a long time.

When he was in the Qufu Academy, Li Kui talked about his ideas more than once, and now he finally has such an opportunity to practice. If you ask Young Master Si what he thinks, of course he supports it!
While feeling happy for his friend, Young Master Si took a pen and paper to record silently. He had already thought about it, and later he would send these contents to the opposite Hundred Schools of Contentment, so that the whole world can take a good look, not just Qi practitioners. There are heroes, and our nobles also have real heroes!

Looking at his heroic friend, Young Master Si felt that as long as he continued like this, he estimated that by the time of Hanoi County Dazhi, his friend would be able to break through directly. In this way, no matter what, this trip will not be a loss!
As expected, my young master Si personally chose to be in power, that's amazing!

"The entire Hanoi County, if described by the standards in the Yancheng Journal, the area of ​​the county is about [-] square kilometers, of which the area of ​​undeveloped mountains and rivers is about [-] square kilometers, and the area that has been developed is about [-] square kilometers. square kilometers."

"Among them, [-] square kilometers of land are directly in the hands of the nobles, and they are their fiefdoms. There are also [-] square kilometers of private land, the owners of which are also nobles, and... the real direct control of Hanoi County The land of the prefect's mansion is only [-] square kilometers."

"It's clearly not enough!"

"If we can hold all the land in our hands, the theoretical limit is 500 million mu of land."

"Actually, this is of course impossible. Considering various factors, it is almost the limit to reclaim 8000 million mu of land."

"If the 8000 million mu of land can be fully irrigated, we can introduce improved varieties from Yancheng, learn the knowledge from the latest agricultural journals published by Yancheng, and spend money to hire people from Yancheng to teach us how to farm..."

Young Master Si was listening with gusto, when suddenly Li Kui stopped, because many people looked puzzled, so Li Kui began to explain.

"Needless to say, farming is a great subject, and the importance of agriculture goes without saying."

"One mu of paddy field, according to the past farming method, is three to four shi of grain."

"However, if we adopt Yancheng's improved seeds, soil treasure (fertilizer), and farming methods, we can increase the yield to ten stones, which is a qualitative change."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Using spells on a small scale, using the power of Taoism, I believe that a few acres of land can be harvested, and the yield can reach ten stones, but I don't rely on Taoism. Yield, this is bragging, didn't I never grow land when I was young?"

Li Kui didn't care about the other party's rudeness, because most people would think it's nonsense when they hear this kind of thing for the first time: "It's already summer, in fact, as early as last winter, Dongning Island began to With struvite, the yields are amazing."

"Nowadays, Yancheng has invented earth treasures, but not many people in the world know about it, because earth treasures were only invented this spring, and Yancheng intends to prove the effects of earth treasures in a variety of places, and then spread them to the public. .”

"The reason why I learned about this is that I have been paying attention to farming. If you don't believe me, you can go to Dongning Island to observe it yourself. Seeing is believing."

"When the yield per mu reaches ten shi or more, the annual output of a thousand mu of land is ten thousand shi. We can use the leveling method to purchase grain in unlimited quantities at the standard of one hundred yuan per shi. The total income per mu of land is 100 million yuan a year."

"One million yuan a year is enough to support a Taoist soldier, so that he can live a relatively good life with enough food and drink."

"Out of the 8000 million mu of land, 2000 million mu of land can be dedicated to raising and training the army, so there are [-] Dao soldiers!"

"In order for the Taoist soldiers to train well without any worries, the 2000 million mu of land will be directly cultivated by the prefect's mansion. Every year when the autumn harvest comes, just pay the Taoist soldiers on time."

"In this way, Taoist soldiers can devote themselves to the barracks and practice hard every day. The prefect's mansion is directly under the jurisdiction, and it can also ensure that no one will stretch out their hands indiscriminately, and eventually destroy the entire system."

"As for how to train soldiers, that's up to Brother Pang."

Hearing this, a young man sitting nearby nodded triumphantly: "Brother Li, don't worry, I have learned a lot of art of war under my master, and I also have a lot of experience in Taoist training."

"It's actually not difficult to be a Taoist soldier at the yellow level. You just need to have enough soldiers and enough food."

"The most difficult thing here is not the various training methods, but whether the prefect's mansion can always ensure sufficient food and soldiers."

"If there are really 2000 million mu of land, and the yield per mu is as high as ten shi, then the annual military expenditure will be 200 billion yuan. As long as this amount of money is spent properly, it is not difficult to train ordinary people to become Dao soldiers."

Speaking of this, the young man hesitated for a moment, and then said: "However, the Taoist soldiers who have been trained in such a short period of time have a poor foundation, and it will be difficult to improve in the future. It is basically impossible to become a Xuan-level Taoist soldier. Even if you want to It is also very difficult to become a stronger yellow-level Taoist soldier."

"One million yuan per soldier every year seems like a lot, but in fact it's not spent at all."

"A set of good iron armor costs tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the Xuanjia sold on a large scale in Yancheng starts at several million dollars."

"Nowadays, if you want to train Dao soldiers, it has become a standard equipment to give a black armor."

"It's not difficult for ordinary people to become qualified Dao soldiers within three years, and there are more than one ways to cultivate them, but they basically consume their future potential. After becoming a Dao soldier, it's over and it's hard to continue. progress."

"And this kind of Taoist soldiers are basically relatively weak. If you want to increase your strength, you can only find a way from armor and weapons, and a set of Xuanjia costs several million dollars. If you add the magic weapon Like, a Taoist soldier will have to start with 1000 million dollars."

"And if you want to keep the potential of Dao soldiers, you must either extend the training time from three years to ten years, or select the right soldiers first. Everyone has different backgrounds. Some people can, Some people can't."

"Either increase the investment, a million dollars a year, or less!"

"In particular, after training, if you maintain it every year, a million dollars a year is enough, but training an army from scratch, and preparing Xuanjia and magic soldiers, it will cost a lot of money."

"And if you want to train Xuan-level Taoist soldiers, it will be even more difficult, not to mention more costly, and it will take longer. Ten years is the minimum starting point, and there is still a risk of failure."

"In today's world, there are only a handful of people who are absolutely sure that they can train Xuan-level Taoist soldiers. Even at this moment, I am not fully sure. I may have to reach the level of Master Changqing."

Hearing what the professionals said, Li Kui nodded to show that he understood, and then looked at Young Master Si beside him.

Young Master Si coughed: "For this reform, we can stay in Hanoi County for at least 20 years, and 30 years if necessary."

Young Master Si gave reassurance, and Li Kui continued: "Young Master has already said that we have 30 years this time."

"However, it is impossible for us to wait 30 years before going to a decisive battle with Taiping County."

"So, we can make a date."

Speaking of this, Li Kui looked at the young man again: "Brother Pang, you have enough soldiers and food. After three years, can you refine a yellow-level Taoist soldier with potential retention? The number is only a thousand."

The young man thought for a while: "No problem, there are still 150 million people in the entire Hanoi County, among which there are at least 15 middle-aged men. Even if you pick one out of a hundred, you can pick out 500 people."

"There are enough soldiers and enough food. You can pick one out of ten and train these 5000 people from scratch."

"After one year, 5000 of the 5000 were selected for further training."

"After another year, 5000 people will be selected from 2000 people for final training."

"In this way, it won't be a big problem to train two thousand yellow-level Taoist soldiers who maintain their potential after three years, and their strength is not bad."

"Then the first step is to block the Chaohe River, crack down on human trafficking, and deprive the land of the real nobles, so that they have no right to govern the people, only the benefits of taxation."

Hearing this, a nobleman finally spoke up: "Brother Li, we have no reason, no excuses, to directly deprive the nobles of their right to govern the people, isn't that inappropriate?"

Following the sound, Li Kui saw an old acquaintance, his name was Gong Shucuo, a thousand-year-old minister, and also an old minister sent by Prince Si's father to assist Prince Si.

In fact, Gong Shucuo doesn’t think he is getting old, on the contrary, he always feels that he is in his prime, has a bright future, and is still young.

However, when he came to Young Master Si's side, he found that he was indeed old compared to these young people who were not even [-] years old.Therefore, Gong Shucuo has rarely spoken out, and once he speaks out, it must be that he really can't stand it anymore.

Just like at this moment, Gong Shucuo feels that your reform is understandable, but you can't use any means.

"At least on the surface, politicians still have to be reasonable and face-saving."

"Brother Li, you have great talent, I know that."

"Brother Li, your reform is very beneficial to Hanoi County and the son, and I know it too."

"However, at least on the surface, the nobles cannot be deprived of their right to govern the people at will. In any case, for so many thousands of years, the world has been governed by the nobles. Even if officials are to replace the nobles, it is justified, right? This is justified. The truth, but Kong Shengda highly respected."

Hearing this, the smile on Li Kui's face became even brighter, and Uncle Cuo looked puzzled.

Regarding Uncle Cuo's doubts, Li Kui was eager to ask more.

"It's very simple. Depriving the nobles of their right to govern the people is not justified, everything will be very reasonable."

"Next, the lord just needs to declare that Yancheng is the enemy of the Chao Kingdom."

"Before today, we didn't care about the behavior of the nobles, whether they betrayed the country or not, we didn't care."

"After today, betrayal of the country is prohibited!"

"And this group of nobles has already made a lot of money in the process of doing business with Yancheng. It is impossible for them to stop."

"This move is aboveboard, and no one can say anything."

"Those traitorous nobles, after being caught, the prefect's mansion must be determined to execute and even deprive them of their fiefs. However, you are kind, only a very small number of heinous people will be deprived of their fiefs, and the rest will only be deprived of the right to govern the people. Preserve the tax benefits."

"As for those who escaped by luck, it doesn't matter. The nobles here are intertwined, and everyone is relatives. Since they are relatives, they are also suspected of collaborating with the enemy..."

"Also, even if we really didn't do anything, it doesn't matter. We will compile the law next, and after the law is compiled, it will be published throughout the county. The nobles must not be able to do it, because in the past, They don't have the word law in their minds."

"There's no need to push the envelope, just wait for them to make mistakes."

"Colleging with the enemy and confiscating a group of fiefs, violating the law and confiscating another group of fiefs, the remaining ones are the real honest nobles, and the number is definitely not many."

"For these nobles, you can fire Yancheng's old wisdom and buy them directly."

"Yancheng tried every means to send the families of county lieutenants and county magistrates from past dynasties to Dongning Island to cultivate immortals. These are the famous Donghai 170 families."

"We can send these few nobles to Wei Jun's fief, or send them to Qufu Academy and Donghai Academy to serve as the cultivating family."

"Small Yancheng can bring out the treasures that the nobles are interested in. The young master is the young master of the Wei family. There will only be more good things."

(End of this chapter)