After subduing the generals of Yangzhou, Tuhuan immediately reorganized the various departments, he organized all the infantry troops and the cavalry that lost their horses into six thousand teams, and the cavalry army was organized into ten thousand teams according to the light and heavy cavalry, of which the heavy cavalry was only three thousand people, and it was obvious that the heavy cavalry suffered the heaviest losses in the previous battle, and the rest were assigned to the cowardly Xue army, so that the wounded and sick soldiers totaled more than 17,000 people.

At the same time as mixing thousands of households, Tuhuan also removed some officers on the grounds that the battle was unfavorable, and the vacancies were all selected by his cowardly Xue army. And as the so-called one person attained the Tao of the chicken dog ascended to heaven, the deacons who served around him, including Huo Erchi (the one who wore the bow and arrow), Yun Duchi (the one who carried the sword), Xi Baochi (the eagle man), Bao'er Chi (the cook), etc., were all in the thousand households, and many of those attendants took over the hundred households.

Ma Shao roughly estimated that of the sixteen thousand households newly compiled, ten of them were close to Huan, so that the military power of Yangzhou was firmly controlled in his hands. Such a big personnel change did not cause turmoil, and all the ministries accepted the reorganization in great calm, and went to various places to deploy defenses in accordance with the king's orders.

Marsho was pleased with the smooth transition of military power. He had been in the court for many years, so he naturally knew that the members of the Cowardly Xue army were all personally selected by the Great Khan, and they must serve him loyally, live up to his trust in them, and have strict military discipline. But at the same time, they also enjoyed extraordinary privileges, and the status of an ordinary cowardly soldier was even higher than that of a thousand household officials, which was also widely accepted by the Mongol generals, and their arrival naturally did not cause resistance.

As for the ability of these cowardly generals, although Ma Shao can't fully agree with it, he doesn't dare to underestimate it. The people who can be selected for Cowardice are all nobles and the children of Nayan, among which the children of Mongolian Nayan are the most noble among the hostages. Nayan was in an absolutely subordinate position to the Great Khan and the kings, and the high-ranking Nayan also participated in the election of the Great Khan, discussed national policies, and was in charge of state affairs, and these hostages were natural members of the cowardly Xue army.

Nayan was also a vested interest in the Mongols, who owned a large number of livestock, goods, and slaves through bounty and raids in war. It can be said that the Nayan class is the pillar of Genghis Khan's "golden family" rule, so the Nayan disciples who can be selected as cowardly Xue are also not simple figures.

Not to mention that they have been educated in combat skills such as mounted archery since childhood, and they are often excellent in the family, and even trained as candidates for the hereditary title of the family, and have the experience of accompanying their father and brother to lead the troops into battle. And to be able to enter the cowardly Xue as a hostage, they will regard this as a supreme honor, and at the same time, it will also lay the foundation for future development, because most of the important officials in the court are filled by people from the cowardly Xue.

If at this time, Ma Shao can still tolerate what he does, and even praise his killing decisively, but the next thing has already impacted his moral bottom line. After the military discipline was rectified, Tuhuan did not announce his retirement, but issued a series of orders.

First of all, he ordered the requisition of all the private soldiers raised by officials, nobles and wealthy families in Hangzhou, and brought weapons, horses, and ten-day grain and grass to the South Gate School Yard to receive the point collection before midnight tomorrow. Those who deliberately conceal or delay, or fail to do so by that time, will have their property confiscated immediately, and all men will be confiscated into the army, and women will be treated as officials or slaves in the camp.

Then he ordered that all those who had more than 50 ingots of family property in the city should donate 30% of their family property as a reward for the army, and transport it to the palace by themselves within three days to receive the voucher; From now on, all grain merchants will seal the grain, and the government will send people to sell it on time and ration, and those who have private treasures will be beheaded, all their family property will be confiscated, and the men will be confiscated.

Another order is to sign Ding Zhuang, which is more complicated. And Ma Shao also felt that the reason why he failed to sign the contract was that he was too simplistic, so that he couldn't start. And Tuhuan obviously has a lot of experience in this area, and it is different for different households.

As far as Ma Shao knows, the household registration system of the Yuan Dynasty can be said to include hundreds of schools, which is particularly complicated. The Yuan court divided the residents of the whole country into a number of households according to different occupations and certain conditions, collectively referred to as the Zhushi households. Their feudal obligations were different, their subordination and management systems were different, and once they were naturalized, they were not allowed to change at will, and they often remained for generations. The various types of households are mainly divided into the following categories:

Military households, households that go out into the army for military service. The number of military households is directly related to the safety and survival of the country, and it is especially valued by the Yuan Dynasty government in the planning of various households. According to the Mongolian, Tanmachi, Han, and newly attached armies, military households also have Mongolian, Tanmachi, Han, and newly attached armies. The Mongols who remained in Mobei were still in a certain area according to the establishment of 10,000 or 1,000 households, and generally marched from among them whenever there was a war. As for the Mongols who entered the interior, the vast majority of them were registered as military households, which were Mongolian military households. The number of people in each military household who goes out to serve in the army depends on the specific circumstances such as military needs and the strength of the military household.

Station households, households that serve in the station red system. Military households and station households are exempt from taxation within four hectares of land occupied by military households, and taxes are levied according to routine procedures outside the four hectares. The Mongolian herdsmen were to provide all the burdens of the post station, including all the labor due to the post station, food for the passing envoys, and the horses, carts, oxen, and so on needed for transportation.

Artisan households, people who are engaged in various crafts for the state and the royal family. They had to pay land taxes and pay miscellaneous servitude; Stove households, under the management of the state, fry salt for a living, also known as salt households, pavilion households. The amount of salt shall be paid according to the amount prescribed by the state, the cost of work or rations shall be withdrawn, the sale of salt goods shall be strictly prohibited, and other servitudes shall be exempted or preferential.

Monks, Taoists, and other religious professionals have their own special household registrations. In the land it occupies, all the gifts of the emperor and the old property of the early Yuan Dynasty can be exempted from tax. The renewal of the land is subject to land inspection and land acquisition, and the right to be exempted from easement; Confucian households refer to Confucian scholars who study and teach apprentices, and they are also registered separately and are also responsible for miscellaneous errands. In addition, there are also hunters and eagle houses who hunt animals for the royal family and animals such as falcons used in hunting, and it is stipulated that they must send leather goods and game in lieu of silk and silver that should be paid.

Households are ordinary farming households, including farming households under Zhutou, households from the royal family and princesses, and Yongye households belonging to temples. levy tax and tax on households in the north; The two taxes are levied on the households in the south, and they are both required to bear miscellaneous and miscellaneous labor. In addition, there are hundreds of workers, skills, doctors, grain and sailors, Xiangsha glutinous rice, wealth, fire tenants, foreign merchants, slave expulsion, cotton horses, pearl diving, pension, music, weaving, prostitution, gold panning, banknotes and other households.

In this dynasty, those who are between the ages of 15 and 70 are considered to be the chengding, and all the military households and station households are included in the list of the conscriptions, and join the thousands of households to participate in the defense of the city; In addition to the exemption from military service, the other households are all in the list of conscriptions, and the conscripts who live in Chengguan are bounded by the fangli, and the fang is the centurion and the president is the ten. For those who live in the villages, the head of each township is the centurion, and the head of the capital is the ten-centurion.

The conscripts were ordered to bring their own tools and food to the government office before noon tomorrow to receive the collection, and the division will check according to the register, participate in the construction of city defenses, carry materials, build city defense equipment, and participate in battles at critical moments. Those who are underrepresented can be merged with nearby villages. The land is far away and sparsely populated, and although there are less than 50 families that are difficult to combine, they are allowed to stand on their own. It is also allowed to merge the three villages and five villages into one community. However, if a party is delayed, it will be cut off, a company will be delayed, and the president will be killed, and those who resist the visa will be killed.

After that, Tuhuan issued another ten killing orders: those who defected, those who collaborated with the enemy, those who defected, those who did not obey orders, those who were cowardly, those who spread rumors, those who instigated trouble, those who took advantage of the chaos to rob, and those who hoarded and raised prices. At the same time, a curfew was promulgated, and no one without official business was allowed to go out on the street every day from the hour to midnight, and there was no forgiveness for violators......

"Your Highness, gather all Ding Zhuang, only the old, weak, sick and children are left in the household, how can they live!" The officials took the order and left, and only a few subordinate officials were left in the hall, and after moving to the back hall and taking a seat, he asked with a melancholy face.

"Ma Youcheng, now that the southern army has just besieged the city and has not yet launched a full-scale siege, it is inevitable that there will be cowards and cowards at the time of crisis, or those who defect to the enemy will make the surrender of the city and kill the officials and make trouble. Only by gathering these Ding Zhuang in one place, intimidating them with severe torture, and restraining them with cruel laws, can we avoid civil strife. As for the old and weak women and children, they can only do their best to help, and in addition, they are left to fate, and whether they can survive to break the siege depends on their personal creation. Tuo Huanyan said.

"Isn't this too cruel, after all, the people are the foundation of the country!" Ma Shao frowned when he heard this, and after a moment of silence, he tried to make him change his mind.

"Ma Youcheng, this king doesn't know, but in order to keep the city, it can only be like this, and what should be given up must be given up." Tuhuan sighed and said, "Ma Youcheng is in charge of the city's government affairs, remember that there must be no kindness of women. Tomorrow there can only be one hour to open the warehouse and release grain, and each household shall not be given more than one liter of grain per day. ”

"Even if there are only the old and the young, each household has one liter of rice a day, I am afraid that it will be difficult to survive!" Marsho was shocked again.

"Ma Youcheng, if the southern army can't attack the city, it will definitely besiege the city, and when we run out of food and grass, we will surrender without a fight, so we must prepare early." "Not only should the people reduce the distribution, but even the army should reduce the quota, and the regular army will pay two liters per day and one every five days." Horses cannot graze and consume a lot of food every day, so I am afraid that we can only slaughter sick horses first to reduce consumption. ”

"Your Highness, what about those Ding Zhuang, they have to bring their own food, and the daily supply is very small, I am afraid that they will run out of food within ten days, I am afraid that something will happen!" Marsho was not without worries.

"Alas, you Cheng thinks how many Ding Zhuang can survive for ten days. As soon as the war started, the daily casualties were hundreds or thousands, it was simply a sea of corpses and blood, and human lives were used to fill it! Tuhuan sighed again and said helplessly.

"Your Highness wants to consume those Ding Zhuang first to save food?" Ma Shao said angrily when he heard this, this is simply a careless disregard for human life and treating people like mustard.

"Ma Youcheng is not cruel to this king, but it is true. When our army conquered Taizhou, the siege of the city was only more than a month, the grain and grass were exhausted, the bark and grass roots in the city were gnawed up, people could only eat the child, and the army entered the city only full of white bones. And when our army runs out of food and grass, it will also select one person from every ten people, slaughter it and eat it, just so that more people can live. This king's strict control of food and grass is also to prevent the tragedy of cannibalism, not to be cruel by nature! Tuhuan changed into a compassionate and compassionate appearance, and said in a deep voice.

"Then His Highness ordered the forcible expropriation of the property of the rich and the conscription of his private soldiers, will they make a rebellion?" Marsho couldn't argue with his words, and he turned to his worries.

If you want to defend the city, you must try to boost morale, then only a heavy reward can inspire morale and let the generals fight to the death. And how much gold and silver silk is in the Yangzhou treasury, it is reasonable that those big and wealthy families should offer some rewards to the soldiers. Tuhuan explained.

"Then we have to try to make peace with the southern army and delay time in order to realize the plan of Yuxi Timur. You Cheng went to the camp of the Southern Dynasty empty-handed to sue for peace, and he could persuade the thieves of the Southern Dynasty with only red mouth and white teeth? It is still necessary to offer gold and silver treasures to be able to accept our request for peace, and to reach an agreement, I am afraid that I don't know how much is needed, which is equivalent to us using gold and silver to redeem the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city, and it is not the king and the right man who are greedy to take possession! And we have all their private soldiers requisitioned and incorporated into the army, even if they want to make a rebellion, they will not be able to fight. ”

"Your Highness has a good plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and the lower officials really admire it!" Ma Shao's words are not insincere, thinking that he was helpless in the face of a grim situation yesterday, but Tuhuan easily recovered the generals and controlled all the materials in his own hands, thus further consolidating his power, and he was easily overshadowed by it. And the implementation of these things is also closely linked, which makes people want to resist but are also powerless and have no way to start. Far from being as reckless as it seems, threatening with power and sword, it was well thought out.

"You Cheng praised it, where does this king know what tricks, but he is just clever. And Youcheng is a wise person, only if he can reach a peace agreement with the Southern Dynasty and let him withdraw his troops, can he protect the army and people in the city. Tuhuan waved his hand and said with a smile.

"In the matter of peace discussion, this official is already exhausted, and everything is under the orders of His Highness!" Ma Shao knew that the peace agreement was a matter of disrepute. He knew that the appetite of the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty was the entire Huaidong, not just the gold and silver, once he agreed to withdraw the troops of the Southern Dynasty, he would also be regarded as a traitor, and he would no longer have a foothold in the court, so he had to pull the king of Zhennan, otherwise he would die without a place to be buried.

"Hehe, such a major military event still depends on Youcheng, this king really can't help much, but he can fight for a suitable time for Youcheng!" How could Tuhuan not understand the meaning, and said with a dry smile......