"Without these old people, there would be no Zhao Xingde."

Zhao Xingde's face was full of reminiscence, and his voice was very soft, but very firm.

Gao Su and Liu Zhijian glanced at each other and sighed at the same time. Zhao Xingde's Kanto feelings, the two of them have long known, although they can understand, but they don't want him to be blinded by this feeling, or even do things that he hates in vain. Although the five governments value talents, once they conflict with the interests of the country, they will definitely not show mercy in dealing with them. Even the more attention is paid to it, the more decisive the means are. At that time, Di Qing could be called a generation of famous generals, and there were many people in the Protector's Mansion and the General's Mansion who admired and respected him, but every time the Song State sent an important person, the vast majority of the people in the Protector's Mansion and the General's Mansion resolutely refused to allow it, and they did not let Di Qing return to Kanto until he died.

"Luoyang redeemed the land, and the people were all organized," Gao Su said in a deep voice, "It's not bad now." ”

"For the sake of the people of Kanto, if the sergeants govern the shade, I am afraid that the life of the farmers will be better than now."

"But it's not necessarily a long-term solution." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said, "In the land of Luoyang, there is a prince in charge, and Lord Yuan is able to govern it, so he is not shocked." In a huge place in Kanto, there are many household registrations, the gentry are intertwined, the poor are rich and martial, and it won't take many years, Haoqiang is still Haoqiang, but some people have changed. He looked at Liu Zhijian and Gao Su's unbelieving expressions, and motioned for the two of them to sit down, and there was no need to be a subordinate courtesy.

"Forcibly implement the sergeant system, I am afraid that oranges born in Huainan will be oranges, and those born in Huaibei will be oranges."

Zhao Xingde poured himself a cup of tea, he was silent for a while, the white mist rose from the tea, and he sorted out his thoughts a little. Gao and Liu are Zhao Xingde's subordinates and friends. Zhao Xingde's thoughts have never been intended to hide from them, but both of them have avoided taboos, and Zhao Xingde is busy dealing with military affairs and has no suitable opportunity to talk about it.

"The suffering of the people of Kanto is due to the fact that there are many people and few places, and the annexation is serious, and corrupt officials and corrupt officials have only contributed to this momentum."

"The more people and less land, the more lowly the manpower, the more valuable the land, and the landlord can naturally pick and choose the fat and the thin, and even collect seventy or eighty percent of the grain rent. On the other hand, if the land is vast and sparsely populated, manpower is expensive, and land is cheap, the landlord will have to beg the tenants to rent the land, and the rent will not be too high. However, in places such as Northern Xinjiang, Hezhong, and Rus, although there was no shortage of land, Hu and Han were mixed, and battles were frequent, and the courage and protection of the sergeants were even more important than the land itself. Therefore, in these places, it is a matter of course for the sergeant to govern the shade. ”

"The system of sergeants under the founding of the country opened up thousands of miles for Great Xia, and if Zhao was born at that time, he would have followed as a sword. However, the situation in the Kanto region today is very different from that of the past. If the world is unified and the imperial court governs the Kanto region with sergeants, the soldiers in the deep hinterland of the Kwantung Prefecture will have no chance to fight. The gentry can also follow the path of being poor, civilized, and rich, and it won't be long before the original gentry and the sergeants will become one,......, and for the ordinary people, I am afraid that the burden will be heavier. This is exactly what the ancients said, orange is born in Huainan is orange, born in Huaibei is orange, the leaves are similar, but the taste is different. So what? The water and soil are also different. ”

"However, Guanzhong and Shuzhong have not been at war for a long time, and the lives of the people are much better than those in Kanto."

"Guanzhong and Shuzhong, the implementation of the system of sergeants to govern the shade of households, at that time was the end of the troubled times, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and there were many abandoned lands. From then on, the people were not allowed to buy and sell land, and it was impossible for large landowners to exist in Lianzhou County, and rich merchants could only operate trade routes, open workshops, and mines. And five generations later, both the gentry and the common people naturally feared the sergeants, and no one dared to oppose the sergeants to take charge of civil affairs. Since then, the life of the people of Kansai has been good, and the most important reason is because of the continuous migration to the west. Under the primogeniture law, the eldest son inherited his father's property, while the second and third sons were entangled and migrated westward to receive the grant. Over the past hundred years, the yield per mu has continued to increase, and the land owned by each family has not decreased, so the life of the people is getting better and better. ”

"To make the people of Kanto live a better life, I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower, which are also far, medium and near."

Zhao Xingde looked at Gao Su and Liu Zhijian and explained in detail. Although these two were only his subordinates and friends in front of him, his solemn attitude was as if he was explaining the national policy in front of hundreds of lieutenants in the Protectorate Mansion. The people around him often have a feeling of "putting their hearts in their hearts". He didn't do it himself, but he treated everyone around him as if he was born to do so. Although this temperament is a little pedantic, it often inadvertently subdues many people's hearts.

"The so-called next policy is to curb mergers. The farmer has land, not subject to the exploitation of the landlord, and the natural life is better, but the difficulty lies in the contradiction of people's hearts. This is because people are not greedy enough and the law of the jungle is the strongest. No matter how determined the beginning is, it cannot withstand the greed of the landlords in the world, so there are few dynasties that can last long to suppress annexation. Therefore, inhibiting mergers can only solve the immediate problem, but this policy alone cannot last long, so it can only be a short-term policy, that is, a lower policy. ”

"The middle strategy is immigration and colonization. Overseas countries are vast and sparsely populated, and the indigenous people are limited to insufficient material resources and have no ability to open up wasteland, which just alleviates the dilemma of many people and few places in the Central Plains. In this way, the poor people can obtain a family property by granting land overseas, and have a new way of living, and there will not be as many potential tenants in the Central Plains as before, and the landlords will not be able to squeeze the tenants as before, and the land rent will fall. As a result, just like what the Xia Kingdom has seen in the past hundred years, whether it is those who move or stay locally, life will get better and better. Although it was difficult at first, it was a matter of conformity, and there was no repeated worries, which can be regarded as the middle strategy. ”

Zhao Xingde picked up the teacup and took a sip lightly, moistening his throat.

"The next policy, the middle strategy......" Gao Su was fascinated by the sound, and asked in a lost voice: "What about the best policy?" ”

"Although overseas land is vast, there will always be an end of time, so it is not enough to call it long-term. In the long run, it is still necessary to develop industry and commerce and attract tenants from the land to the workshops. If the income of the laborer in one year greatly exceeds what the tenant has left after one year of labor and rent, and the landlord does not reduce the rent, there will be no one to farm, or should it be said ......"

Zhao Xingde shook his head again and muttered: "If the landlord doesn't want to make the tenants' income not lower than that of the workers, there will be no one to farm." There are several ways to do this, one is to plant the same land with the same people, but reduce the rent, and the tenants will leave more food. The second is to let the same people plant more land, perhaps the proportion of land rent remains the same, but the grain left by the tenants also increases. Although we know that we can save manpower by using cattle and horses and innovating agricultural tools, because there are many people and little land, neither the landlords nor the tenants have made any effort to save manpower, but do not hesitate to spend manpower, even if they harvest more than a few buckets of grain. Because the manpower of the tenants could not be sold in the past, and idleness is idleness, and it is good to collect an extra liter of grain. After the prosperity of industry and commerce, the manpower of tenants is no longer worthless, and it is not cost-effective to spend manpower on farming as before. Overseas land is endless, and as long as the goods can be sold, the demand for labor is almost endless. Therefore, this road is the long-term plan, and it is also the best strategy to let the people of Kanto live a good life. ”

Liu Zhijian and Gao Su listened attentively, compared with Zhao Xingde, the two of them are more like pure officers, and rarely consider problems from the perspective of governing the country.

"Since you can't govern the shade and the land, what's the use of occupying the Song Kingdom?" Liu Zhijian thought instinctively.

"Could it be that the sergeant system is really not in line with the Kanto region?"

Gao Su spoke to himself with bitterness and contradiction that could not be concealed. In his view, the sergeant system is a one-size-fits-all system, which is also the understanding of the vast majority of Xia people, there are only three kinds of countries in the world, the Celestial Empire that implements the sergeant system, and the Fanbang that implements all kinds of soldiers because it is too barbaric to implement the sergeant nomination, and the Song State that has gone astray and will definitely be able to implement the sergeant system in the future. This is one of the biggest reasons why the Protectorate is determined to implement the sergeant system in the Kanto region. Although Gao Su and Liu Zhijian have long had prejudices, Zhao Xingde is the person they trust and admire the most, and the three of them are both robes and brothers. Zhao Xingde's reasons were very convincing, and they shook Gao Su and Liu Zhijian's confidence in the implementation of the non-commissioned officer system in the Kwantung region, and they even had some doubts about the need for the current dynasty to unify the Kwantung region.

"Not really." Zhao Xingde shook his head, he thought for a while, and muttered, "The essence of the sergeant system is the way of self-defense. Gao Su and Liu Zhijian's eyes lit up at the same time, and Zhao Xingde continued, "The so-called way of self-defense, so that the people can defend themselves, and the world can defend it, this is the essence of the sergeant system. The two ways of civil and military are just skin. Kanto Chongwen suppresses martial arts too much, and this point must also be changed. The way of a gentleman is to be used for two purposes. If the world is really unified, although the system of sergeants that is exactly the same as that in Kansai may not be implemented in Kanto at present, but over time, there may not be no possibility of integration between the two sides in the future. ”