Overlord!

Chapter 69 Overlord's True Time Travel Change

Embroidery is not as good as leaning on the city gate.

Although Sima Qian's words were straightforward, they simply revealed the truth of reality.

This reminded Sun Ce of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty. Due to the extremely poor treatment of most of the soldiers, the Forbidden Army was mostly poor and poor.

Soldiers in front fight on the battlefield to defend their home and country.The wives in the rear couldn't eat enough, and were sexually cared for by the scholar-bureaucrats.

Don't blame the Song Dynasty's millions of forbidden troops for being hanged and beaten by tens of thousands of Hulu.

The same implementation of the recruitment system, of course, Sun Ce should learn from it.

So Sun Ce said solemnly to Zhang Hong: "Your words are very true. Most of the soldiers in my camp are away fighting, and it is difficult for wives and daughters to farm at home. If you don't want them to rely on the city gate, it is indeed not appropriate to simply divide their fields. How do you think it should be settled? ?”

Zhang Hong said seriously: "In the past few days, when I was in charge of military affairs for the general, I met a small soldier named Pan Mingzhang. Therefore, I often drink wine on credit, and when the debtor comes to the door, he will boast that he will repay it when he is rich in the future. The debtor asks for it to come to me. I only know about this, and I use his half-year salary to pay back the debt."

"Taking this person as an example is to let you know better. In Jiangdong, a large number of powerful and wealthy businessmen have paid attention to the army. They are willing to associate with the soldiers in the army and seek wealth from the soldiers. You only need to give the soldiers the money to settle down , It will inevitably attract Haoqiang to trade with him more and more closely, selling his houses, equipment and even grain."

It is not a special policy to give subsidies to soldiers.As early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, subsidies were given to soldiers, and the soldiers themselves bought pork or pigs into the water to improve their food.Families who joined the army also received hundreds or thousands of dollars in gifts.

As for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who enlisted in the army, if they were cavalry, the imperial court would directly give them tens of thousands of dollars to subsidize their purchase of war horses.

So when Zhang Hong proposed to pay the soldiers directly for their settlement, Sun Ce was not surprised, but thoughtful.

"When you say that people who have registered households use poverty to seek wealth, agriculture is not as good as industry, and industry is not as good as business. Does the implication mean that their wives and daughters should focus on business?"

Zhang Hong nodded solemnly: "Since the general does not establish a land system, he should allow the farmland to be circulated to young and powerful households who are capable of farming. If the farm can be cultivated as much as possible, why send more than ten thousand women to cultivate it?"

Sun Ce agreed with what Zhang Hong said.It is the key to make the most of the fields.

An important reason for the prosperity of the people and the rapid development of agriculture in the Song and Ming dynasties was that under the non-establishment system, the land was freely circulated to those who were able to cultivate it, so that the fields could be cultivated as much as possible, and a large amount of food was produced.

Therefore, since the fields can be cultivated as much as possible, there is no need for Sun Ce to force every family to engage in farming.Not to mention the wives and daughters of a group of soldiers staying at home.

As an agricultural civilization, the Central Plains has emphasized agriculture since ancient times.However, Sun Ce has always been inclined to the land system of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. Emphasis on agriculture does not necessarily require every family to guard dozens of acres of land and produce on an equal basis.As long as some people can cultivate all these fertile fields intensively, there is nothing wrong with other people engaging in business.Only then did the highly developed urban economy of the Song Dynasty and the budding capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Ce really didn't like to limit everyone's land equalization to a small piece of land for smallholder production, and he had to apply for a guide even when he went out.

After all, absolute average means absolute inefficiency.

However, Sun Ce really couldn't find any way to arrange the relatives of these more than ten thousand soldiers into industrial and commercial households.

Gonghu! This is very rare in the Central Plains.Throughout the Yuan Dynasty, there were only hundreds of thousands of craftsmen.

With only a few counties in Sun Ce's hands, it is indeed extremely stressful to support tens of thousands of craftsmen.

If it wasn't for standing in the land of fish and rice in Wu County, Sun Ce wouldn't even dare to think about this kind of idea.

This place is really too rich. If one county gets rich, all three counties will forget their hunger for a few years.

Sun Ce solemnly asked Zhang Hong: "What do you think should be done to arrange for the wives of soldiers to make them feel at ease?"

Zhang Hong carefully sorted it out for Sun Ce: "Food, clothing and housing are essential to the people's livelihood, so Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor, taught the people to raise silkworms and weave silk cocoons for clothing. I thought we should start with weaving and arrange for the wives and daughters of officers and men. "

"The general's concern is that there is not enough goods to support the craftsmen. But if the craftsmen themselves produce goods, such as cloth and silk, which can be used as currency, then in addition to supporting the craftsmen, the surplus can be used to expand the general's mansion. treasury wealth."

"The general must have confidence that in any county, as long as war chaos can be eliminated and production can be stabilized, the wealth produced will generally outweigh the consumption."

Sun Ce pondered and nodded slightly.He couldn't help thinking of Yun Jin again.

The most important thing about industry is a scale effect.There is no such thing as big but not strong.

The charm of heavy industry lies in its large size and its abundance.Big is strong, more is beautiful!

A textile factory with a scale of tens of thousands must have better textile technology, production scale and technical level than 1 small peasant families working behind closed doors.

Yunjin was born after Liu Yu moved a large number of northern craftsmen to Jiankang and set up brocade bureau after Liu Yu's Northern Expedition.

Sun Ce does not need the Northern Expedition now, and a large number of northern craftsmen have fled to the south of the Yangtze River. If these people can be organized to engage in weaving.

It may not be possible to change the appearance of the entire Jiangnan, but it is not a problem to raise the textile level of Wu County to a new level.

Sun Ce thought about it, and asked, "What do you mean by your words, are the soldiers in the army, and the wives and concubines in the government workshops, all paid?"

Zhang Hong added: "I am in charge of military affairs for a general, and I know that the source of soldiers in the camp is varied and complicated. In the future, the general must not always rely on refugees and captives as his source. If he wants to recruit troops from his subordinates, he must let the people see the benefits of joining the army."

Sun Ce nodded firmly!Absolutely.

When Sun Ce chooses soldiers in the future, he must choose the best soldiers and talents under his rule.It is absolutely not allowed. Under the recruitment system, it is still full of criminals and bandits like the Song Dynasty.

This will greatly degrade the status of soldiers and cause the people to be unwilling to join the army.Outstanding people are ashamed to join the army.

This is a reason that is easy to understand.

If a teacher, let all students clean the toilet on duty.Then cleaning the toilet is a class obligation.

But if a teacher usually only asks poor students to clean the toilet.Let a middle-class student clean it, and he will sink into self-doubt and devaluation.If a top-ranked student is asked to clean, he will directly lose his mentality and give up on himself.

That's why in the Song Dynasty, there was a change from a seventh-rank civil official to a third-rank military general, and the civil officials were unwilling to agree.

That's why the Song Dynasty's army kept pulling its hips. No matter how the king and prime minister reformed, their combat effectiveness could not be improved.

One of the important reasons why the Yue Family Army's combat power suddenly increased was also the collapse of the original ruling order. A large number of ordinary people in the Central Plains lost their jobs and flowed into the army. The main personnel in the army were ordinary people rather than criminals.Joining the army at this time, the mainstream of society does not think it is a shameful thing.

When Sun Ce promoted the recruitment system, he must avoid the situation where the bandits of the Song Dynasty would join the army, and captives, bandits and the like should not be allowed to become the main force in the army.It is to let all the people see that joining the army is the best choice for the people.

To control the nobility with the virtuous, the people will be prudent in virtue; to control the salary with the mediocre, the people will prosper.

Sun Ce wanted to realize the ethos of enlisting soldiers and taking pride in the military, and the common people would join the army enthusiastically.

Under the current circumstances, it is impossible for Sun Ce to want to rejuvenate himself.After all, he was just a small captain of the Han Dynasty. Before he completely became the lord of the six counties in Jiangdong, his official position was even lower than that of Zhang Fei's Zhonglang General.

For Sun Ce, the only choice is to make salary for soldiers.Let the people see that the households who joined the army, both men and women are supported by the government, and their wealth is all from the upper class in Jiangdong.

Even this salary is enough to make the powerful children excited.The salary of an ordinary Xuanjia cavalry is comparable to that of a petty official.

It can be seen that under the Chaju system, most of the children of powerful families have no chance to become petty officials.

In this regard, Zhu Zhi, the prefect of Wujun today, is the most typical. After the founding of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, he served as the prefect of Wujun. Most of the sons of the public family and the four surnames of Wu came to the county, and there were often thousands of county officials.Zhu Zhi sacrificed hundreds of people every year.

There are thousands of county officials in a county mansion. It is conceivable that these children of the public clan have no power and salary?

But this is the treatment that only the children of the public clan and aristocratic families can have.

A powerful son?Continue to line up later.

Unless the genius of the sky is recommended by a high-ranking official.Otherwise, even if there are thousands of children from a powerful family, they can only stay in the countryside, without any possibility of becoming an official.

And enlisting in the army, especially joining the elite cavalry such as the Xuanjia cavalry, is undoubtedly the best promotion path for the powerful children.

The grandparents of the Sun family were still selling melons, but the fathers were already the top princes of the Han Dynasty, and there was nothing to seal them.By the time of Sun Ce's generation, he had begun to overlook royal power and even imperial power.

Such a fast promotion speed is entirely due to military merit.

Therefore, Sun Ce hopes to keep this path of class promotion as one of the most valued paths under his rule, attracting a large number of powerful children to join the army, so that all social strata, regardless of level, can rely on joining the army to achieve class leapfrogging.

There must be no such thing as the Song Dynasty, where the mainstream of society rejected joining the army, and the army was filled with criminals, prisoners, hooligans, and scoundrels.

On the other hand, Sun Ce has always believed that powerful children are the best source of soldiers in this era.none of them.

They come from excellent backgrounds, and they are basically enhanced versions of good families.Not only is there a family business, but generations of people have lived in prosperity.

The Central Plains was called the land of giants by the barbarians. One of the important reasons is that many children of landlords did not have to worry about food and clothing. They even had clan private schools where the whole clan could practice literature and martial arts together.

This is what impressed Sun Ce the most.

The children of the whole family study together and are taken care of by the elders of the family, which is a tradition that has been maintained throughout the Central Plains for thousands of years!It lasted even more than 5000 years from the rough roads of the ancestors of Zhuxia, who started their businesses in the Central Plains, to before the new century.

On the contrary, before Sun Ce crossed over, there was a general consensus in society that a small family with two parents raising a child was a new situation that was born less than 20 years ago.

Therefore, it is not only Sun Ce who is close to the children of the clan, but also Sun Ben, Xu Kun and others.

Once the heroes came to seek refuge with him, they also brought their clansmen, township party and others to seek refuge with him.It can be said that these people are all enhanced versions of the Yiwu miners of the Qi family army.And the stature is generally tall, more than seven feet and seven inches can be found everywhere, and many people can also read and write.

Sun Ben, Xu Kun, Lu Su, Jiang Qin, Zhu Huan, Ling Cao and other famous generals of Soochow Wu all had this kind of background.

If the status of the army cannot be improved, all these outstanding people will be ashamed to join the army, and instead go to write and write, and take part in the imperial examination... It is simply the tragedy of the times.

Sun Ce couldn't imagine that the sons of clans like Sun Ben and Xu Kun, the heroes of Jiangdong, lost their heroic spirit and became weak Jiangnan scholars. The family did not teach the art of war and martial arts. , Memorizing "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius", how sad it should be.

Sun Ce is a hero, not only to change the fate of Xiaobawang alone, but also to change the fate of the entire Jiangdong, and even the entire nation.

The generosity and heroism of the nation will never be allowed to be wiped out, so that in 2000, all the heroes have lost their lives, and the youthful blood of generations of young heroes and the high-spirited spirit of tens of billions of Central Plains teenagers are all wasted in "The Analects of Confucius" ", "Mencius", "University", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and other classical scriptures!
Otherwise, it would be too tragic and desolate.This is the real end of the hero, the tragic end of the overlord.

But to change all of this, Sun Ce felt that the first thing to do was to give the world's outstanding people more opportunities for promotion.

After pondering, Sun Ce said to Zhang Hong: "Your suggestion is very suitable for me. It is necessary to properly arrange the soldiers and their wives and daughters, so that the families of the soldiers are all households in the east of the Yangtze River and rich in wealth."

As for how to arrange the tens of thousands of soldiers and women, Sun Ce planned to unite first and then separate.That is to say, these people are managed in a centralized manner first, and then resettled in batches.In particular, the women living in the south of the Yangtze River were directly placed in textile workshops, and the government provided board and lodging. After marrying soldiers in batches, they were gradually dispersed among households.

Of course, it is not an easy task to house tens of thousands of women, and even one textile workshop may not be enough.

Sun Ce planned to follow the example of the brocade department and set up a special government agency to organize women's official weaving.

It's just that he hasn't chosen the talent in charge of this organization yet.

After all, no matter which hero under his command is assigned to be in charge of Jinju and manage tens of thousands of women, it is a bit awkward, and he is likely to face fierce resistance from the generals.

Sun Ce even considered whether to transfer Shao Zhuo, the magistrate of Liyang County, because he should not care about managing women, and even readily agreed to take up the post.

It's just that Liyang is so important that Shao Zhuo needs to serve as the county magistrate there to buffer the power conflict between Sun Ce and Yuan Shu.After all, this is about Sun Ce's entire Huainan strategy. Jiangdong has never been firmly in the south of the Yangtze River, even if Sun Quan's Ruxu is still north of Liyang.

In any case, Sun Ce could not give up the bridgehead of Liyang.

Sun Ce hadn't decided who would be in charge of the female family members, but Jiang Qin suddenly reported that his Sun Ce's female family members had also arrived in the county, and he needed to arrange them.

(End of this chapter)