Uncle Yang and Yang Jin entered the city in the evening, but the city was much more empty than usual, and some shops were closed, which made Uncle Yang a little puzzled. Uncle Yang smiled, a little proud in his heart.

The two walked slowly to the west of the city, they were going to visit Yang Jin's mother, and Uncle Yang also wanted Yang Jin to accompany his mother.

After a while, the lonely thatched hut appeared in front of me, and the woman stood by the door with her body bent, as if she was making up something. Yang Jin called "mother", sobbed and ran over, the woman raised her head and looked at her son, the two hugged each other and cried, Uncle Yang looked at it and wiped the corners of his eyes, life is like this.

The woman cried for a while, and when she saw Uncle Yang standing beside her, she hurriedly wiped her tears and said, "Let Mr. see you smile." ”

Uncle Yang waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just human nature." ”

"Sir, come into the house." Uncle Yang walked into the dark room, there was a small oil lamp on the ground, maybe the room was too dark, there was no furnishings in sight, only a few walls.

The woman went out again and hurriedly made some wild vegetable soup and brought it in: "Sir, drink a little to drive away the cold, the cold is not good for your health." Sir, don't be weird and rude. ”

Uncle Yang took it and said, "Thank you, eldest sister, I was also born poor, so it's no wonder, just eat enough." ”

"Sir...... today Did he disobey and make Mr. angry, I apologized to Mr. first. As she spoke, she knelt down.

Uncle Yang hurriedly grabbed the woman's arm and said: "Where, where, this child is very obedient, and helps me handle things inside and out very well, but the new law has been implemented recently, I want to come out to see how it is, it just happens that Yuye County is not far away, and there are not many people with land here, so let's take a look, the child has been away from his mother for too long, and I miss you, so I will bring him with me." ”

"What a hassle sir. Sir will spend the night here tonight, and go back tomorrow, I know that Sir is busy with official business now, but it is night, and it is not safe. ”

"Okay, it's just you ......"

"He and I can lean on wherever we want. Mr. works hard for the country and the people, and has a good rest. ”

Saying that, the woman took Yang Jin's hand and was about to go out, but Uncle Yang stopped them and said, "Now that the new law is being implemented, the fields and properties are divided, have you been assigned to the fields?" ”

"I'll get the seeds, and I'll go get the seeds and the cattle in a few days."

"Where's this kid?"

"Sir, this kid didn't mark it out because he wasn't there when he made the book, but it's okay, I'm enough for one person."

Uncle Yang nodded. The woman saw that he was tired of not talking, and took Yang in and out. Uncle Yang is really tired, he has been visiting everywhere since he arrived in Yuye County, and even the Taishou here didn't know that he was coming, but at this moment he has been thinking about whether to let her give her another two acres of fertile land, but in what way should he say it? After pondering for a long time, it's just that, don't talk about it, it's difficult for one person to farm, two acres is enough, Yang Jin will always follow me, and when he grows up in the future, help him find an errand in the court. At this point, Uncle Yang finally relaxed completely and fell asleep slowly.

In the distance, the roosters crowed, the sun rose red from the mountains, and the clouds on the horizon were dyed red. Uncle Yang got up and cleaned up and went out, Yang Jin and his mother were already preparing breakfast. The smoke in the stove choked Yang Jin and coughed, his face was smeared with a few ashes, Uncle Yang looked at it and smiled, this scene made him feel warm inexplicably, many years ago his mother was also standing in front of the stove stewing rice, he added firewood under the pot below. When the woman saw Uncle Yang come out, she beckoned him to come over and sit down, and brought a bowl of clear vegetable soup, Uncle Yang drank it when she took it, and secretly said in her heart: "Don't worry, it won't be like this after next year." ”

After the meal, the woman no longer kept Uncle Yang, she knew that Uncle Yang's time was extremely precious, and he had a lot to deal with.

Uncle Yang originally planned to leave Yang Jin behind, and life would be better in the future, but the woman said, "Sir, I'm not afraid that we will starve to death here, I just want him to follow you and learn something." Uncle Yang suddenly saw the shadow of his mother in her, so he didn't say anything.

Uncle Yang and Yang Jin said goodbye to the woman and went to the Taishou Mansion, and after reading the decree, they hurried to the imperial city, this time they came out to inspect, which made him feel more urgent, he wanted to implement the "Theory of Rewarding the Army", otherwise Zhao did not have an army that could march and fight, but he was afraid that sooner or later it would be eaten up by others.

It was already the evening of the second day when he returned to the house, and Uncle Yang hurriedly ate a little food and called Guanglu Xun He Bixian, who had handled all the government affairs of Tianzhou earlier, including military affairs, so Uncle Yang wanted to hear He Bixian's suggestion on "The Theory of Appreciating the Army".

He Bi walked into Uncle Yang's study first, Uncle Yang directly asked him to find a place to sit down, and asked the servant to send some wine, the two talked while drinking, and discussed all night, until the sun rose the next day, He Bixian did not leave, Uncle Yang said excitedly: "This He Bixian is really a capable minister." ”

At noon, the "Theory of Appreciating the Army" was completely completed, and the focus was on strict military discipline, rewarding meritorious service, and punishing those who did wrong. Uncle Yang strictly ordered the generals of all ministries to make the military order clear, do a good job in the "merit book", reward according to merit, punish according to the fault, do not show favoritism, treat the veterans well, treat the sergeants well, so that the front-line soldiers have no worries, report to the lord according to the number of enemies killed, and those who behead the first 20 enemies will be awarded the centurion, the first 50 of the enemy will be awarded the commander of a thousand, and those who make major suggestions for the battle will be awarded the general. When there is no battle to fight, 10,000 soldiers are left to patrol and defend the camp to prevent the enemy from sneaking attacks, and the other soldiers are all turned into people, farming with the people, and rewarding and punishing ordinary peasants. All soldiers who have passed the age of 40 will go home to farm, and the government will reward each person with ten taels of silver and five acres of fertile land, which will be exempted from taxes for five years.

Later, some small regulations were added, and the "Theory of Rewarding the Army" on the management of the army was completely issued, which can be said to be the "Tian Theory" after another infringement of those nobles' decrees, at this time Zhao Guojun, Zheng, Tian, etc. are mostly those hereditary nobles in charge, the army is quite rich in oil and water, the state will give a lot of money and food for the army every year, and will give a lot of pensions to the families of the fallen soldiers every year, but most of these money are embezzled by those people, and very little can reach their families. That's why the blind old man is now living alone, barely enough to feed and clothe himself. Uncle Yang's "Theory of Appreciating the Army" is to completely disrupt those children of the world who will always occupy high positions, and he wants to let people who are really capable sit on the leaders of the army.