Chapter 236: The New Year 3/4

Chapter 236: A New Year

"If the general can't seize the Central Plains this year, it will inevitably lead to civil strife." Jia Xu said: "Xiliang is far away from Luoyang, so Chen Yuanjun may not know that near Luoyang, there are already several bucket rice. In many parts of Yingchuan and Hongnong, the people abandoned their fields and fled. In broad daylight, there are bandits on the roads. Moreover, it is said that the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains has shown signs of resurgence. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xu couldn't help but shake his head and said, "He Jin is okay in governing the army, but he doesn't have any talent in governing the country. ”

It's always a thousand dollars, and if you count it, it's thousands of dollars. The rice near Yinchuan is only 30 yuan, and compared with the price of rice near Luoyang, the price difference is nearly 100 times. Chen Cheng imagined that kind of situation, and sighed in his heart: "There has been a war around Luoyang last year, and the harvest must be very small, but I am afraid that many people will not be able to survive this spring." ”

The so-called lack of green and yellow refers to the time in March and April, when the crops in the field are not yet ripe and the rice grain at home has been eaten up, which is the most difficult day of the year for the poor people.

Seeing the unbearable expression on Chen Cheng's face, Jia Xu's heart moved, and said: "He Jin has gone against the grain, so that the people have been displaced, and it is necessary to make a hero like Jun stand up and save the people of the world from fire and water." ”

Chen Cheng smiled: "I don't have that kind of ability, so it's thankful to let the people of Liangzhou eat enough." ”

He turned his head to Yan Zhong and said, "Since Dong Bingzhou has sent an envoy over, should we also send an envoy to Bingzhou?" ”

Yan Zhong smiled and said, "That's what I mean, and I've even thought about the choice of the envoy." ”

"Oh, who does Bo Dao want to send?"

"How about the Korean Covenant?"

Chen Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did Bo Dao think of him?" ”

Yan Zhong said: "Although Han Wenyue resigned from the position of Taishou, he is still the general of Liangzhou. The main thing we discussed with Dong Bingzhou was military issues, and wouldn't it be appropriate to send Han Sui over? ”

Well, he has a point....... That's weird! Chen Chengxin said: Yan Bodao has never been able to catch Han Sui's handle, so he simply sent him out. Leaving his hometown in Liangzhou, Han Sui didn't have any plans, and he couldn't do it.

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Since Bodao thinks that Han Sui is suitable, then let the Ministry of Rites give him an order tomorrow." ”

The few people continued to talk for a while, and then Jia Xu got up and said goodbye and left. Yan Zhong was also about to leave, but was stopped by Chen Cheng.

"Slow down, I still have something to discuss with you."

Yan Zhong sat down again and said, "I also have something to say to the prince. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Jia Wen and the world's wizards, don't let him go back to the state."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Is there no Maxima in the world?" But I don't have much to say about hating Bole. If Jia Xu can stay, of course it would be good, but our Liangzhou can't leave him. No matter how strong one person is, how can it be worth the power of tens of millions of people? As long as we can bring the people of Liangzhou to their hearts, we will be able to have more than 100,000 Han households, plus the Qianghu tribe in the territory, and we can get 50,000 elite soldiers. In the past, Fan Xu once said that if you have 100,000 elite soldiers, you can run rampant among the Huns. But as long as I have 50,000 elites, I dare to compete with the heroes of the world! ”

Yan Zhong thought of the bravery of "trapping the camp" and "flying bear hussar", which were indeed rare strong soldiers in the world. If there are 10,000 of such elites, they can be worth 100,000 soldiers. It's just that the training of tooth soldiers is not easy, and the configuration of weapons and armor takes a lot of manpower, material resources and a long time.

He said to Chen Cheng: "If they are all elites like tooth soldiers, they don't need 50,000, 10,000 are enough." ”

Chen Cheng laughed, he wanted to sleep all the soldiers and horses under his command into elite troops, but his ability was limited, and now he can add "buffs" to more than 100 people, and if he wants to train 10,000 elites, he really doesn't know when he will have to wait. Among the current tooth soldiers, there are only more than 400 elites who have been upgraded to the apex.

He said to Yan Zhong: "If they are all elites like tooth soldiers, we can't afford 10,000 people." Every tooth soldier has a few tens of acres or hundreds of acres of tax-free land, if there are too many people, who else can we find to collect taxes? That's why I said that I need 50,000 soldiers and horses to dominate the world. ”

"What the prince said is good, then let Jia Xu go back to the state." Yan Zhong said regretfully: "It's a pity, there are not many people in this world who can compare with Jia Xu, except for him, we in Liangzhou can no longer find a second person." ”

The people of Xiliang are fierce, and people have developed a brave and ruthless character. It's easy to recruit some elite soldiers here, but it's difficult to find someone as smart as Jia Xu. Yan Zhong looked at the entire Liangzhou, and there were only two and a half smart people.

He counted one himself, Jia Xu counted one, and the other half was Han Sui. Yan Zhong thought that Han Sui was only a little smart, but not a big one, so he could only be regarded as half a smart person.

"By the way, just now the prince said that there is something to discuss with me, I don't know what it is?"

Chen Cheng took out a few pieces of paper, handed them to Yan Zhong, and then said, "That's it, I just asked someone to invite Zilong, wait for him to come over, and we will discuss it together." ”

Yan Zhong took the paper, looked at it for a while, and asked, "This military rank system looks very good, is it only implemented among the tooth soldiers, or is it extended to the entire Liangzhou and all the soldiers and horses are included in it?" ”

Chen Cheng said: "First implement it in the tooth soldiers for a year, see how the effect is, if it is not good, we will modify it." If it works well, then it will be promoted to other troops. ”

What Chen Cheng showed Yan Zhong was the military rank system of "private-non-commissioned officer-school officer-general". This system is similar to the military merit system since the Qin and Han dynasties, but it is very different. The military merit system has also undergone many changes in the later period, and has become a title system that can be owned by both soldiers and ordinary people.

And the article he wants to implement is purely applicable to the army, and it is made to facilitate the command of the army. In the Battle of Chencang, because the generals were not there, he was not able to command the soldiers and horses under the command of the princes. If there was a military rank system, the situation would probably be a little better.

After a while, Zhao Yun arrived, and Yan Zhong handed Zhao Yun a few pieces of paper that he had read.

Chen Cheng poured tea for Zhao Yun and asked, "Zilong, do you think this military rank system is necessary?" ”

Zhao Yun thanked him, then picked up the paper and looked at it. He looked at it very carefully, and after reading it, he thought for a while before replying: "This is very different from the current title system, but it is more similar to the twenty-level military merit system of the Qin State. If it can be implemented, it will definitely improve the combat effectiveness of the army, but how good it can be is not something I can know now. ”

Chen Cheng put his mind at ease, he is not a native of this world after all, and he has been focusing on production and machinery manufacturing for a while now, not as good as Zhao Yun who has been living in the barracks. In many cases, the original intention of the reform is good, but when the steps are bigger, there is always a situation of pulling the egg, and then the reform becomes synonymous with plundering wealth and raising taxes.

Since Zhao Yun and Yan Zhong had no opinion, thinking that they could implement it first and then take a look, then Chen Cheng asked the subordinate province to write the regulations, and after he used the seal himself, he sent it to the tooth soldiers to implement it. This reform only involves tooth soldiers, and there is not much money and food to be used, so the outside world does not even know about such a thing.

Now the most popular topic inside and outside Yinchuan is that Han Sui was sent to Bingzhou, and he will stay there for a long time. According to the Ministry of Rites, it is necessary to establish an office. When Yan Zhong proposed that day, there were many other people present, so everyone knew that Yan Shangshu had driven Han Wenyue out of Liangzhou after offering a plan to trap Han Sui. This kind of ruthless method has made many people feel cold behind their backs.

On the day he left Yinchuan, Han Sui only took five entourages and followed Jia Xu on the road. They will follow the route of the mission and go to the state. First cross the Yellow River, from Lingzhou to Anding, although the road is relatively bad, but after all, there is still a road. Then enter Shangjun from Anding, and then enter Hedong. There are no roads on this part of the road, which will only make it worse.

Jia Xu looked at the farewell crowd and said to Han Sui, "Does General Han want to say goodbye to his family again?" ”

Han Sui shook his head and said, "Forget it, everything that should be said has already been said, what else is there to say now?" ”

There was a strange expression on his face, as if he was smiling, and he seemed to be sad, "Let's set off and rush to Jinyang as soon as possible to visit the state pastor." ”

Jia Xu said in his heart: Sending Han Sui to Bingzhou seems to be a good idea. But is this really a good idea?

His mind turned around a few times, and then he smiled: "Then we will be on the road." ”

Time flies, time flies. In a blink of an eye, it's spring again. Farmers go to the fields to plow, workers go to work in the factories, herdsmen drive their animals out, and they go all over the world to chase grass. The territory near Yinchuan erupted with strong vitality and vitality, which surprised everyone who saw it.

Chen Cheng has completed the improvement of the textile machinery, the factory has also been built, and the lot of wool harvested last year can finally be useful. Weaving requires a lot of workers, and although the work is not heavy, the working hours are very long. No less than six hours a day are told. Except for the time to wash, eat, and sleep, there is basically no free time.

After working in the factory for a few days, many workers can't stand it and prefer to go back to farming or herding sheep. In this case, the government reduced the number of male workers and increased the number of female workers. Women who were previously unappreciated are now able to work in textile factories and receive a lot of copper coins every 10 days when they take a bath.

However, the fact that women can earn money also brings many problems, the most important of which is that family relations are not harmonious. In the past, when the old men were unhappy, they could beat the mother-in-law of the family to death, and the women did not dare to resist. But when they were able to earn their own money, there began to be discordant voices.

Quarrels can often be heard on the streets, and the number of people in the yamen who come to fight lawsuits has increased. After killing someone because of the discord between the husband and wife, Chen Cheng knew that things had become so serious. Then he put down the development of the hydraulic hammer and hurriedly got a "Marriage Law" to defend the rights and interests of women.

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