Chapter 043

In fact, it is difficult for everyone. Military households think it is difficult to become Cheng Shijie's servant, but Cheng Shijie is also in trouble.

The grain he purchased from Dengzhou City, plus the grain seized from Qinwu Mountain Village, was only enough to feed the more than 14,000 people in Zuoqianhushao for more than four months. Now that there are another four to five thousand people, the food is just over the limit.

Not enough three months.

Moreover, two thousand servants were recruited, plus the more than 500 people before, there were more than 2,500 servants. Of course, Cheng Shijie preferred to call these servants warriors. These warriors consume a lot of physical strength.

He ate a lot, almost twice or even three times as much as an ordinary military household. With the food in Cheng Shijie's hands, it would be difficult for him to eat for even a month.

In fact, food is only one of many problems. The most important thing is people's hearts. Cheng Shijie must solve the farm issue as soon as possible, otherwise people's hearts will easily disperse.

Once the people's hearts are lost, it will be difficult to lead the team.

Land is an eternal topic in China, and all wars and turmoils revolve around land. Shang Dynasty slavery, which is slave owner ownership, encountered the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the land was distributed to Duke Bozinan

The advanced feudal system of these princes defeated the relatively backward slave centralization system.

In the Qin Dynasty, Shang Yang established the 20th rank of military merit, and Qin soldiers could obtain land by beheading them. As a result, the six kingdoms of Shandong were defeated by the Qin Dynasty's advanced military merit system.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system and had the Three Feet Green Front to seek feudal lords. It was also the land distribution system that defeated Xiang Yu's feudal system. It can also be regarded as a continuation of the Qin Dynasty. By the Tang Dynasty's land grant system, the country only had 667

With a military palace, you can defeat the surrounding countries and tribes. This is actually a victory of the military rule. With the collapse of the military rule in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty also collapsed.

The system of the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao's farmland system. The refugees had no use for it and were given land. Naturally, they were grateful. However, as the population grew, the per capita land decreased, reaching the limit of what the land could bear. Cao Cao

The family empire was also destroyed. The Sima family was able to usurp the Cao family's empire. It was still not a strategy, but the betrayal of Cao Wei's army and the collapse of the farming system.

Throughout the dynasties, all dynasties with strong armies have one characteristic, which is to use military merit to confer land. Without exception, they have established an advanced and reasonable land distribution system in a short period of time, and have established an army through the redistribution of land.

A powerful army that ruled the roost. In the early Tang Dynasty, the half-peasant and half-military soldiers were able to defeat all enemies on the internal and external battlefields. The fundamental reason was because they had the most primitive desire for survival and life.

Cheng Shijie originally thought of dividing the more than three million acres of wasteland that he had obtained from Sun Yuanhua equally, but the problem is that more than three million acres of cultivated land sounds like a lot, but now Cheng Shijie has a population of nearly 20,000, and each person has an average talent

One hundred and fifty acres of land. Without chemical fertilizers, the fertility of the land is not enough and needs to be left fallow. These are inferior fields and need to be left fallow once a year. In fact, each cultivated land is only 75 acres, and the output is

It is limited and can barely allow a family to live a life of food and clothing.

If it is divided equally, it would be unfair to the families of those soldiers who died in battle and the soldiers who made meritorious service.

Don’t worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality.

The policy of equally dividing the land is actually undesirable. The only way is to use military merit to reward land, which is also the basis for establishing the foundation of the emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang established the guard system. At that time, the guards owned a lot of military land, with Dengzhou Guard as the

For example, when the Dengzhou Guard was established, it had seven thousand-household offices, a full complement of 7,840 people, 1.2 million acres of military land, and an average of 153 acres of land per capita.

These lands were enough to drive the Ming army crazy during the founding period of the People's Republic of China. Being a military household allowed them to conquer the Mobei and sweep through the eight wastelands.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie decided to use military merit to confer farmland. Although this system is unfair to those who work in the big pot, it is very fair to those who dare to trade their lives for wealth.

"Stand at attention, take a break, and look to the right!"

As the command sounded, Dengzhou Guard Zuo Qianhu, no, it should be said that the current Ning Haijun has completed their formation. The total number of military households in the establishment is 1,120, plus more than 2,500 Ning Haijun.

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Cheng Shijie regretted a little. He had known that later generations would come with trumpets. Even if he shouted at the top of his lungs in a team of more than 3,000 people, only a small number of people would be able to hear him.

"sit down!"

With a crash, all the military households and Ning Haijun soldiers sat down one after another.

Cheng Shijie coughed and said: "This defense has been ordered by the governor to form the Ning Navy. Now that the recruitment work has ended and the training of the troops has begun, this defense wants to declare to everyone the issue that everyone is most concerned about. That is land!"

Having said this, the military households below began to whisper and discuss among themselves.

"quiet!"

Cheng Shijie found that the effect of this public speech was very poor. He looked at Shen Mingyu and said: "Shen Mingyu!"

"arrive!"

"If this guard says something, you and your subordinates will follow suit!"

"yes!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Ning Haijun has now been officially established. The entire army has a full strength of 2,500 people. It is divided into five bureaus, and each bureau has a general manager. Each bureau has two divisions, and a hundred generals. Each division has five posts, and each division has a hundred generals.

There are four teams under the sentry...the details will be announced at the meeting with the Ning Navy Military Headquarters. Now let’s talk about something that is relevant to everyone in the army!"

As more than 200 loud voices under Shen Mingyu's command passed on Cheng Shijie's words, all the military households pricked up their ears and listened to matters related to their own vital interests.

"First, establish Ning Haijun Primary School to teach all military children for free."

"Second, establish a medical department in Ning Haijun, set up a chief medical officer, and have two posts under the jurisdiction of one hundred military medical officers, who can treat military families free of charge!"

"Third, establish the Ninghai Navy Military Family Management Committee. The Military Family Committee is responsible for solving military family problems!"

"Fourth, Ning Haijun has the power to reclaim wasteland and land in Ninghai Prefecture. The original land of more than 23,000 acres owned by Thousand Households has been recovered and redistributed. According to the principle of reclaiming wasteland and land, there will be large-scale land reclamation after the beginning of spring!"

"Fifth, establish Ninghai Haijun Urban Management!"

"Sixth, the Ning Haijun Martyrs Cemetery is established. All fallen soldiers are enshrined in the Ning Haijun Martyrs Cemetery and worshiped according to Ning Haijun's seasonal orders!"

A large number of military households knelt down in front of Cheng Shijie because Cheng Shijie brought them too many benefits, including free schooling, free medical care, free entertainment, including weddings and funerals, all arranged.

Cheng Shijie said: "You don't need to thank me for this. You deserve this. Your husbands, sons, fathers, and brothers fought with swords and guns. They gave you these in exchange for their own lives."

Welfare, so you have to live well and don't let their blood be shed in vain."

Then came the most critical part: "The predecessor of Ning Haijun, which is the Dengzhou Guard Zuo Qianhu Post, all previous deaths or casualties will be ignored by this garrison. From the moment this garrison takes office, all fallen soldiers will be counted from the moment this garrison takes office.

One hundred acres of land will be allocated.”

Cheng Shijie said: "Chen Lao'er, the son of Chen He, was named a martyr and was granted a hundred acres of land!"

Chen He tremblingly took the Tian deed from Zhang Ruyi, followed by Zhang Dongfang...

Cheng Shijie distributed land to the 262 people who died in the battle according to the pension standard of one hundred acres per person. Of course, some of the martyrs' relatives were allocated wasteland, because they needed to reclaim the wasteland themselves. These wastelands will enjoy three years of tax exemption.

Five and a half tax concessions.

Of course, the family members who have received the land now do not enjoy tax-free benefits. The military merits of beheading will also be distributed, and the first level will be ten acres of land.

In the battle to annihilate Qin Wu, a total of 1,383 people were beheaded, and Cheng Shijie rewarded these 13,830 acres of wasteland.

Cheng Shijie looked at the officers and said: "From now on, Ning Haijun will make a rule. In addition to a pension of twenty taels of silver or forty stones of food, the fallen soldiers will be rewarded with one hundred acres of land, beheaded at one level, and will be rewarded with five taels of silver and ten stones of food. The injured soldiers will be rewarded

, six acres, twelve acres, and twenty acres of land will be awarded according to the severity of the injury. You should remember that if you escape from the battle and surrender to the enemy and join the thieves, the rewarded fields and houses will be taken back including all preferential treatment, and the whole family will be expelled from Ning Haijun!

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As Cheng Shijie promulgated Ning Haijun's new regulations, these military households were talking a lot about free clothes, free shoes, free bathhouses, free schools, free medicine shops, free medical clinics, and food for New Years and holidays.

Compared with meat, such good welfare benefits made those military households who were wiped out extremely regretful.

Of course, they now also know Ning Haijun's selection criteria. Although height is an important assessment criterion, the problem is that physical fitness can make exceptions for selection. Many military households secretly made up their minds to join Ning Haijun and become Cheng Shijie's servants.

Song Kangnian sighed: "Song believed in his talent, but he underestimated the heroes of the world..."

"Mr. Song is ridiculous, Cheng is not from a high family background!"

"What does one's birth mean? Youdao is a hero regardless of one's birth. Otherwise, wouldn't the likes of Liu Jinu, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, be just lies?"

Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly and said: "How dare Cheng be compared with Han Gaozu and Liu Jinu?"

"Why not?"

Song Kangnian said: "The garrison commander only paid for the farmland, but awarded the farmland for military merit... Such a strange plan!"

"Isn't it strange that military merit is awarded to a field?"

"Naturally strange!"

Song Kangnian said: "Since ancient times, Shandong has been prosperous, but with the erosion of the guards, border affairs were unrest, and people's livelihood was declining. Two hundred years ago, there were 67,426 households in Ninghai Prefecture, with a population of 300,000.

Seven thousand five hundred and thirteen people. This is the crux of Ninghai Prefecture. If the soldiers cannot fight, they will be unable to protect the place and prevent Japanese pirates and bandits from invading and looting. Ninghai is restless. If the disease cannot be cured, the people will not be able to cultivate and cultivate with peace of mind.

The refugees will not be able to settle down and become aborigines, so naturally food production cannot be increased, and household registration cannot be increased... This was originally a knot that could not be untied. But now... now it is..."

Song Kangnian was very excited: "Now this thorny problem has been solved by the garrison master. The conferment of land for military merit is the key to the prosperity of Ninghai. Once Ninghai implements the system of conferring land for military merit, Ninghai will no longer operate in a one-corner-one-place pattern.

It’s not a long-term career, it’s an emperor’s career!”

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Shandong is located in the north-south transportation fortress, but there has never been an emperor since ancient times!"

"Actually, that's not the case. Shandong is rich, and in any rich land, it's hard to produce strong soldiers. But it's different now. Ninghai is poor, Shandong is in poverty, but the soldiers are brave!"

Song Kangnian continued: "My lord, there is no need to be cryptic. There are no outsiders here. To tell the truth, Ninghai has been dormant for several years. Waiting for the world to be in chaos, we can cut off the canal. In less than three months, millions of people in the capital will collapse without a fight and intercept the canal."

With the grain delivered, the lord waved his arms, and a million-strong army arrived. The troops were divided into three groups, marching west to the Central Plains, north to the capital, and south to the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. More than half of the world was captured!"

Cheng Shijie stared at Song Kangnian and said, "Song Xiance, do you want to rebel?"

"The virtuous in this world live there."

Song Kangnian said with a serious face: "The imperial court is immoral, the emperor is immoral, and the lord must do his duty!"
Chapter completed!