The reform envisaged by Zhao Yu is to strengthen the power of the grassroots political power in the townships and districts on the basis of completing the rectification of the rule of officials in the prefectures and counties, and change their long-term state of being loose, scattered, poor, and weak. As soon as something happens, the government and personnel at all levels immediately and efficiently mobilize to complete the tasks of collecting grain, recruiting new soldiers, preparing funds, paying military supplies, and mobilizing people. In this way, the army will be able to specialize in operations and avoid being burdened by logistics.

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to strengthen the management of the township and the village level, and the most effective way is to integrate personnel into the government system, set up full-time officials, so that they can deal with rural affairs, intervene in the lives of villagers, and often call in their subordinates for education and propaganda without worrying about their livelihoods. In order to encourage them to work hard, they can be given money and food according to their grades, provide a good channel for promotion, and also accept examiners. Those who do a good job can be transferred, promoted, and even served as state and county governors.

Regarding the selection of officials, Zhao Yu thought that the first thing to do was to change the rules of coercing the children of the upper families to serve, and instead select those with reputation and ability from the countryside, and even in the form of public election. One can change the state of the good and bad officials and improve the quality of the whole team; These officials are from their hometowns and are familiar with the local conditions, which is convenient for their work. And it is supported by the villagers, so as to achieve the effect of consciously participating in all calls, rather than relying on coercion to accept the state of recruitment.

At the same time, the armor protection system was strengthened, and Ding Zhuang was incorporated into paramilitary organizations in the form of township soldiers and archers, so as to facilitate management and recruitment. In the case of serious losses of people and soldiers in war, it can be replenished in time, and it can defend the township and arrest thieves on weekdays. Of course, at the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to improving the treatment of the people and the village soldiers, strengthen the management of material rewards and regulations, reward those who complete the task, punish those who are lazy and lazy, and those who flee and derelict their duties must be held accountable and severely punished.

In addition, those who are subject to conscription may be appropriately subsidized or exempted from taxes, while those who are killed or injured during their service may be given a pension in accordance with the regulations of the army, and compensation may be given for the loss of livestock and tools, so as to reduce their losses during their service. So that the people have no worries, no worries, and then stabilize the thoughts and emotions of the people, to achieve the purpose of reducing the escape and negative treatment, and to establish a reliable logistics support and reserve troops......

"Your Highness has a good idea, if this move is implemented, it will definitely make the military and the people unified, and the government decree will be accessible. But this move will definitely touch the current official system, and it will be difficult to get the support of the imperial court, and even if you can get the permission of Your Majesty, it will still be difficult to implement, and even if you force it, I am afraid it will be difficult to last long! Ying Jieyan listened to His Highness's ideas and said in a deep silence.

"Sir, I don't know why it's a good thing, but it's still hard to implement?" Zhao Hao asked puzzled.

"Your Highness, do you know how much land there is, how much tax there is, and how much population there is in Qiongzhou?" Ying Jieyan did not answer directly, but asked.

"This ...... I only know the approximately, but I don't know the specifics! Zhao Yu thought about it, the data he knew was still the estimate before he came to Qiong, and the actual data was not clear, but it would not be much, so he was not in a hurry to ask for it.

"Your Highness, recently, the old man has cleaned up the account books reported by various states and counties, and there are more than 92,000 households and more than 160,000 mouths on the whole island. The situation in Qiongzhou is the best, there are 78,000 households, and the number of mouths is more than 120,000, but the autumn tax is only 16,000 stone a year, and the Jiyang army is only about 1,600 stone. Ying Jie Yan said leisurely.

"How...... How can it be so little? Although Zhao Hao had been mentally prepared, he was still shocked. He knew that in ancient times, the household registration was not as delicate and strict as it is now, the population was only counted as Ding, and women and children were not among them, plus the hidden household and the unnaturalized slang, so it should be true that the population was about 300,000, but the tax was disproportionate.

"Your Royal Highness, the taxes collected by Qiongzhou are too insufficient to maintain the turnover of the yamen, and in previous years, it was all up to the imperial court to help, and it was even more difficult to maintain it in case of disaster and famine. Now that His Royal Highness has awarded all the officials, where will he get the money and food to support him? However, the imperial court still needs to be supported by various prefectures and counties, and the governors can only rely on our marshal's government to raise its own funds and increase miscellaneous donations to maintain it. But His Royal Highness also knew that the people of Qiongzhou were in distress, which made it even worse, but it went against His Highness's original intention. Ying Jieyan knows that His Royal Highness has always been bold, and if he only uses the court to suppress him, I am afraid it will be difficult to persuade him. Therefore, he could only find another way and settle the account for him first.

"Oh!" Zhao Yu nodded to show that he understood, thought about it and said, "Sir, we still have some money in the Shuai Mansion, and we can take out some of it for this expense." ”

"Your Highness, the Shuai Mansion has some surplus money, but the expenses are also huge." Ying Jieyan smiled bitterly, "There are nearly 50,000 soldiers in the army of the Marshal's Mansion, and only one million yuan is needed for salary, clothing and weapons every year. And this is only necessary to maintain on weekdays, if there is a war, the consumption and maintenance of weapons, the replenishment of clothing and armor, and the pension of casualties are several times that of normal days. ”

"In addition, the expenses of the various departments and yamen are all paid by the marshal's government, which is also a large amount. In addition, the construction of city defenses, the construction of new ships, the dredging of post roads, and the resettlement of recruited homeless people are all required to be huge, and these funds are all spent like flowing water. In addition, the taxes collected in Qiongzhou are insufficient, and can only be paid by the marshal's government, so the money and grain we have accumulated can only last for two years at most, and then they will be exhausted, and we must not increase our expenditures. ”

"In short, it's a lack of money!" Zhao Yu immediately wilted when he heard this, and sighed.

When he was in Jiazi Town, he was able to spend only two or three hundred thousand yuan seized and the queen mother's reward, and Zhao Yu thought that as long as he found a territory, he would be able to collect taxes and keep it running. After conquering Guangzhou, he gained nearly 10 million yuan, and he thought that with this money, he could build an iron army and build a defense line to prevent the enemy from attacking. But he was still inexperienced, and he did not foresee that the expenses far exceeded the budget, but Qiongzhou was also really poor, not only could it be difficult to maintain the operation of the Shuaifu, but also needed to be reversed. As a result, the ideal was defeated in the face of money, and a penny still stumped the hero.

"We have to do it no matter what, we can only talk about it after we get through the present. And if you lose, what's the use of keeping the money! But Zhao Yu came out of his frustration again in a blink of an eye and said viciously.

Zhao Yu knew that Qiongzhou was already himself and the last place of existence of the Great Song Dynasty, but only if he held it could it be theirs, and he had no way out. And there is a life in the flower, now desperate to keep this isolated island of life, a year later, maybe he will ascend to the throne, but these can't be said, otherwise he will really become a criminal of rebellion, and the old man in front of him must strangle him first...... (To be continued.) )