Jin Leng'er drove away, without a word of nonsense, it was really a cold and arrogant horn, but his head was a little stupid. However, she is much more reliable than the little witch, and she is in charge, and Xiao Rui is not so worried.

Xiao Rui and the four of them continued to hurry, and when the surroundings were suddenly clear, Xiao Rui was still a little uncomfortable, so he chatted with Guo Jia, and came to Licheng Mansion the next day.

After a brief overnight rest in Licheng Province, he continued south to the military town early the next morning.

The Great Xia Kingdom borders the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qi, and the border line is relatively long, so in order to effectively control the border security and deter other countries, military towns are set up in the border to form a local administration of military control. The soldiers of the legion lived in the military town, lived here, were busy cultivating the land or carrying out other productive activities, and trained the soldiers in their spare time, similar to the government military system and the tuntian system. They can also bring their families to live in military towns, called townspeople, and the state will give them arable land, and they only need to cultivate it for a year, and the land will be theirs.

The greatest advantage of this method of integration of military and agriculture, for soldiers in wartime and for the people in peacetime, is to minimize the financial pressure on the imperial court, of course, His Majesty did not let the soldiers prepare their own horses and weapons, but uniformly distributed soldiers and horses, weapons, this money can not be saved, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers must be guaranteed.

Of course, whether it is a military town, a government soldier system, or a tuntian system, there are certain disadvantages, that is, the training time of soldiers is limited, the combat effectiveness of the army is not guaranteed, and the survival guarantee of soldiers is all pressed on the land.

I remember that in the early Tang Dynasty, the government military system was used to ensure the income of soldiers, which made the country strong, but in the later period, with the increase in the pace of outward expansion, a large number of soldiers were forced to leave their hometowns, and homesickness and inability to cultivate land led to a decline in income. Secondly, a large number of landlords poured out one after another to forcibly occupy the land of the government soldiers.

This is also one of the reasons why the Tang Dynasty went to its demise. Later, the Ming Dynasty carried out a cantonment system, although a household registration system was established, and the soldier inherited the military household by his son after his death, but in the later period, it also faced the situation in the late Tang Dynasty, which led to disintegration.

Today, His Majesty naturally knows the disadvantages of military towns, but why not use the conscription system? Soldiers under the conscription system have only one task, that is, training, and then participate in battles, and they are truly professional soldiers, but they are followed by heavy food and salaries, which are very huge for a country.

The Great Xia Kingdom does not count the commanders of all places, and there are one million soldiers in the military towns under the control of the twelve military marquis, and the money spent on the recruitment system is too fierce, and if you encounter a few mediocre emperors, the country will be dragged down.

Therefore, Emperor Xia still uses military towns, but Emperor Xia knows the disadvantages of military towns, how can he let the disadvantages develop?

First of all, in addition to the cultivated land he distributed to the soldiers, he also had a certain amount of money, which ensured the survival and livelihood of the soldiers in a greater sense. In addition, there is also a very high military merit treatment, as long as you make meritorious service, you can get promoted, and the salary will also be improved.

Therefore, this also improves the enthusiasm of the soldiers for their own hard work, and they do not want to die on the battlefield, but also want to get promoted and raise their salaries to get ahead.

Near noon, Xiao Rui and the four of them came to the outside of Licheng Military Town.

It is a vast, sprawling town, and compared with the flowery scenery of other state capitals, the architectural style of the military town tends to be simple and simple, because it is inhabited by soldiers and their families, so there are not so many bells and whistles.

Outside the town, there are four large battalions in the south, east, and west, which are the school grounds for the soldiers' drills. Because 60,000 troops were transferred to Xiangzhou not long ago, the camp seemed very empty.

Xiao Rui and the four of them walked into the military town and found an inn to live in.

Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei went out to inquire about the situation, and Xiao Rui and Guo Jia discussed how to investigate Han Ming. Xiao Rui had already told Guo Jia in detail what he knew, and Guo Jia's judgment was the same as Xiao Rui's, thinking that Han Ming was very strange, whether it was recruiting so many righteous sons, or writing letters without seeing Xiao Yuan, it was all strange.

It didn't take long for Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei to inquire back.

I only heard Li Yuanfang say: "Your Highness, Dian Wei and I walked around the military town, asked a lot of people, they all respected the attitude of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, the former Marquis of Zhenyuan was considerate of the soldiers, and the military affairs were friendly and personal, and he was deeply respected by the soldiers and the townspeople. ”

"Yuan Fang, what did you mean before? What does this mean? Guo Jia asked.

Li Yuanfang said: "Sir, this is the strange place I want to talk about next, in the past two years, the Marquis of Zhenyuan suddenly recruited a son, and secondly, the soldiers began to be harsh, and in the past year, the salary issued by the imperial court to the soldiers was only half of that of previous years, and the explanation of the Marquis of Zhenyuan to the outside world was that the household department of the imperial court was tight, so the salary was halved. Although the soldiers were angry and sensed the problem, Han Ming had so many righteous sons that he forcibly suppressed them. Moreover, in the past two years, the Marquis of Zhenyuan rarely went out to inspect the military town, and handed over the big and small matters to the four general soldiers, and he sat in the military marquis's mansion and commanded the overall situation. ”

After hearing this, Xiao Rui couldn't help but say: "You still deduct soldiers' salaries? Is the Marquis of Zhenyuan so greedy for silver? ”

"Even if people change, it is impossible for them to become earth-shaking in such a short period of time, as if they were two people." Guo Jia said: "And Han Ming recruited his son in the past two years, what did he go through to become like this?" ”

Li Yuanfang said: "Your Highness, sir, we can't get close to the Junhou Mansion, there are a large number of soldiers there, and we can only hear these news through the mouths of soldiers and townspeople. ”

Guo Jia asked: "Yuan Fang, you still have to go out to investigate and see if there are any officers with important positions who can contact Han Ming, but he is honest and honest, and he does not recognize Han Ming as his father-in-law, we need to contact such a person to carefully ask about the trickiness in this." ”

"Don't worry, sir, I'll go now." Li Yuanfang immediately went out to inquire.

And Xiao Rui, Guo Jia, and Dian Wei are also going to go out for a walk, especially to see the Ministry of Industry Workshop in the military town.

When I came to the outside of the workshop, I saw countless horse-drawn carriages parked here, and the ores transported on the carriages were all from the Great Yan Kingdom, which were counted by officials appointed by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and then directly transported to the workshop to be smelted into metal, and then transported to Licheng Prefecture, from where they were transported north to the national capital by sea.

Xiao Rui and the three of them did not reveal their identities, so naturally they couldn't enter the inside of the workshop, and as for wanting to check the accounts between the trade between the two countries, it was not enough to just reveal the identity of the supervising imperial history, but also to expose the identity of the prince, and even to take out the gold medal.

In order to ensure the stability and innocence of trade between the two countries, the imperial court not only appointed officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, but also sent three inspectors to supervise the imperial history.

If you want to get a piece of the pie, these people have to buy it, and Han Ming's righteous son can't do it alone, so Han Ming will inevitably be involved.

All signs seem to indicate that something is wrong with Han Ming.

After Li Yuanfang investigated, he really found a person, Qiu Lie.

This person is a guerrilla general under Han Ming, who is upright and brave and good at fighting, he did not appoint Han Ming as his father-in-law, first, he is older than Han Ming, and second, his character disdains this.

However, he was now greatly marginalized, and although he was a guerrilla general, the 3,000 men under his command had long since been separated and turned into nominal officers.

At the same time, he also inquired that Qiu Lie was once drunk and forced his way into the Junhou Mansion to see Han Ming, and he did see Han Ming, but Han Ming was dragged out with a cane for the crime of breaking into the Junhou Mansion, and he was scolded with a cane for fifty, which was a real cane punishment, and the flesh and blood on his buttocks were blurred, so he lay at home for more than half a month.

But since he was beaten, Qiu Lie has been honest, not only drinking all day long, but also not caring about military affairs, he has no real name, so in the face of his negative attitude, no one asks him.

Han Ming, on his side, did not dare to ignore him, nor did he remove him from his post, or deal with him by military law, and let him fend for himself.

So when they heard about this person, Xiao Rui and the four of them immediately went to Qiu Lie's house.

When I came to his house, I saw the courtyard door wide open, and a man lying on a chaise longue in the courtyard, drinking wine and humming a tune.

Li Yuanfang still knocked on the door.

"Knock knock..."

The knock on the door attracted Qiu Lie, who was drinking, and he raised his head to look at the four people in front of the door, and when he found that he didn't know him, he ignored it.

"Dare to ask, but General Qiu?" Li Yuanfang asked.

Qiu Lie continued to lie down, took a sip of wine, and shouted: "There is no General Qiu, you have found the wrong person, hurry up, be careful that General Ben throws you with a wine jug!" ”

Li Yuanfang frowned, this person is now a drunkard, what can he say?

Just as he continued to ask, Guo Jia stopped him, Guo Jia smiled and said: "Since General Qiu is not here, then we will leave, I originally wanted to ask for some news from General Qiu, it is about the Marquis of Zhenyuan, since this is the case, then it's just that." ”

After speaking, Guo Jia gave Xiao Rui a color, Xiao Rui understood, didn't say anything, turned around and left.

Qiu Lie was still sleeping on the recliner, but the hand holding the wine jug was in the air, and his eyes flickered.

On the way back, Xiao Rui asked, "What did Feng Xiao see?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Your Highness, a general who is depressed and drunk and dreams of death, but keeps the saber by his side all the time, is this what a drunkard should look like?" And his courtyard door is wide open, and he lies in the courtyard and drinks, isn't it just for others to see? ”

Xiao Rui suddenly realized and said: "Feng Xiao deliberately said to this person that he inquired about the news of the Marquis of Zhenyuan in order to arouse his vigilance, if he was not drunk and drunk on wine, then he must have taken action!" ”

"That's right, we're waiting for his good news!" Guo Jia said with a smile.

Night fell quickly.

Xiao Rui was playing chess with Guo Jia, Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei were watching the game, and suddenly, Dian Wei and Li Yuanfang noticed that there were people outside the door, and the two immediately came to the door to observe.

"Knock Knock ......"

There was a knock on the door, and then a deep voice sounded outside the door: "The four friends inside, can you see each other?" ”

Xiao Rui dropped the white son and said with a smile: "Feng Xiao's guess is really accurate, it's really here!" ”

Yuan Fang opened the door, and it was Qiu Lie outside the door!

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