Tang Qing was bullied by Wu Ming and couldn't raise his head, and now he can finally raise his eyebrows.

Although Wu Ming was about to be beheaded, he still deliberately stimulated this despicable villain.

Wu Ming was stunned by Tang Qing on the spot, but he also fell on a benefit, and his head moved unconsciously, and he didn't feel pain.

Seeing Tang Qing coming over, a dozen or so brothers under his command immediately gathered around him, looking at the eldest brother with a worried face.

"Big brother, how's it going? The general didn't deal with you, it's all because we have caused the big brother......"

"Yes, this world is like this, the villain is ambitious, the hero is short of breath, we will never care about idle things next time!"

Seeing his brothers worried about him so much, Tang Qing's heart was warm, although the world was hot and cold, but the brotherhood was deep.

"Brothers, you don't have to worry, the eldest brother has told you good news, Wu Ming was killed by the general."

Before Tang Qing could finish speaking, the brothers began to jump, and they forgot the pain of their wounds for a while.

"Great, the general is a good guy, the bad guy has finally been punished, we must swear allegiance to the general......"

"Puff ......"

Tang Qing couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Don't worry, eldest brother has better news to tell you, eldest brother is now appointed as a commander of a thousand and will officially take office tomorrow......"

Tang Qing thought that the brothers should be very happy, but the reaction of these people made Tang Qing speechless.

A brother stepped forward and touched Tang Qing's head and smiled:

"Big brother, you don't have a fever, how can you talk nonsense......"

"That's it, big brother, don't be funny, do you know how big an official the commander is? If you are promoted to 100 households, you can barely make up ......"

Tang Qing smiled and shook his head, no longer explaining to the junior brothers, and pulled them towards the military doctor's office.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, hurry up and treat the wound, otherwise it will be infected......"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Youzhen asked Li Dakai about the situation in Fengyang.

"General Li, it's been more than half a month since you arrived in Fengyang, tell me about the situation here."

Li Dakai hurriedly got up and replied:

"Back to the saint, Wei Chen is not very clear about the actual situation in Fengyang, and he can't talk irresponsibly, Wei Chen will tell you everything he knows, and he still has to ask Lord Zhu, the governor of Fengyang."

Li Dakai is really a good official, and he never hears about things he doesn't understand.

Zhu Youzhen nodded approvingly:

"Well, Aiqing is right, what I want is to seek truth from facts, and there must be a reason why my reform cannot be carried out smoothly here."

……

After Zhu Dakai told Zhu Youzhen about some of the things he knew, Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought for a while.

As a traverser, Zhu Youzhen still has some understanding of the system of the Daming Guard.

I have also seen the officials and gentry of Fengyang, relying on the identity of Taizu's hometown, to disobey the yang of the imperial court.

There are many rivers such as the Huai River in Fengyang Prefecture, as well as many large and small lakes, and the soil quality of the land is not bad.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of water conservancy and irrigation, coupled with the drought of recent years, these once excellent fields are now barren.

According to the records in the Yellow Book, Fengyang Mansion originally had at least more than 10 million mu of cultivated land, but now it is estimated that millions of mu have been abandoned.

After the famine and war, many places were deserted, and there were even thousands of miles of people.

Now there is too much barren land in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and those gentry and landlords originally took the opportunity to buy land at a low price, but now they are too lazy to buy it, and they only pick up good land to buy

The Ming Dynasty learned from the experience of Tuntian in Chinese history, and implemented a system of guards that combined soldiers with agriculture and guarding, and set up more than 300 guards in the world.

In fact, it is to divide the land to the army, let them be stationed all over the country, an average of 50 acres of land for a military household, more officers, support themselves, the military household is hereditary, and the soil of the Ming Dynasty is guarded from generation to generation

Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, once said: "I raise millions of soldiers, and it doesn't cost the people a grain of rice." ”

The imperial court not only divided the fields in the local guard offices, but also sent cattle and seeds, etc., so that the military households could cultivate and concentrate on watching, and each mu of land had to pay two buckets of rent.

Although it is twice as heavy as the rent of ordinary households, fortunately, it can still live a good life.

This system was originally very good, but after a long time, all the drawbacks came out.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and all year round, the military fields of ordinary military households have been almost encroached upon by officers.

The military households also gradually became tenants of various officers.

Military households not only have to work for the officials and generals who have usurped the land every year.

According to the size of the official position, each military general is given a certain amount of incorruptible land, but it is a pity that it is meat buns and dogs.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has been founded for 270 years, there are countless military households that have fled, and the guard system has long been useless.

Most of the military households' land became the private land of the officers of the guards, and these officers became the local tycoons.

Most of the tuntian fields of a large number of military households in Fengyang Mansion were occupied by officers at all levels of the guard.

Even more than half of the fields in the private households were occupied by the local literati gentry and powerful landlords.

There are less than 30 percent of the military and civilian people who can own their own military land and civilian land.

The official gentry of the Ming Dynasty are not completely tax-free, strictly speaking, whether they are officials or gentry of the Ming Dynasty, they all need to pay grain.

However, the land tax of the gentry is preferential and exempt, and the preferential exemption is also a certain number of acres.

It is with this kind of preferential exemption that the gentry can include the military land and civilian land that they have encroached upon.

Even if it is a few thousand acres of land, there may only be dozens of acres of land on the tax-exempt registration book, which is a common operation in all dynasties.

Some powerful officials and gentry have too much land in their hands, and the relationship is not enough, so they cannot be registered in the preferential land.

They will do everything possible to avoid the collection of taxes and grain, and pass all the taxes on to the tenants, increasing the tenants' rents.

Because of this, it was very difficult for all dynasties to clear the land.

The promoter's life will even be in danger, and there are too many interests involved.

After a while, Zhu Youzhen said:

"Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were all pacified by me, and the Eastern Exile was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty sooner or later, and a few guards were nothing.

Since they don't know what to do, then I will cancel the Fengyang Guard, and this system will be abolished in the future.

Yuhuatian, you go to Gao Jie immediately, and let him lead his headquarters to enter the five counties of Fengyang within two days to wait for my will. ”

"Obedience"

Yu Huatian agreed, and immediately left the tent to adjust Gao Jie.

Zhu Youzhen's this definitely made Li Dakai shocked, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said:

"Your Majesty, this is a bit risky, what if the Eight Guards rebel?"

Zhu Youzhen's gaze suddenly became cold:

"Li Dakai, the 5,000 soldiers you brought won't be vegetarians, right? I will equip you immediately, and you must become familiar with the use of weapons as soon as possible, and all those who resist will be killed. ”

Li Dakai had long known that the Ming army of the Eastern Expedition was very advanced.

In order to protect the peace of the Ming side, his army has been training.

Not only are the soldiers of high fighting quality, but the military regulations and military discipline are also very strict, and they have not committed any crimes against the people.

The only flaw is the lack of good equipment, and when they heard that the emperor wanted to renew their equipment, they hurriedly received a decree of thanks:

"Your Majesty Shengming, thank you Lord Longen."