"Chitose Lord, under the second mansion of Denglai, it is divided into states, counties and guards. Among them, there are three subordinate prefectures, namely Pingdu Prefecture, Jiaozhou, Ninghai Prefecture, there are eleven counties, seven Weiquan, and there is also a Bei Du Sifu in Dengzhou Shuicheng. In the early years of the dynasty, the seven guards of Denglai alone could pull out nearly 40,000 troops at any time! But now the Seven Guards have long been abolished, and there are no soldiers and horses for a long time, but there are many officials like the commander and Qianhu! Each guard basically has more than ten command families, that is, generals who are qualified for hereditary command. There are even more houses of a thousand households! In addition, there are many military sergeants and doctors, many of whom have been in and out of Jinshi and raised people, and they are intertwined and extremely difficult to rectify.

The minister arrived in Dengzhou for less than a month, and he didn't know where to start, but he repaired the walls of Dengzhou's capital city and water city. He also raised 3,000 strong men in Dengzhou City and formed a patrol for ministers. It also purchased 300 usable bird guns from North Korea, at a total cost of less than 50,000 taels...... Although the number of people is not large, it is enough to defend the city of Dengzhou by risk. ”

Su Guansheng was pale in the bumpy cabin of the Dalongtou, and he dutifully talked to Zhu Cihong about the situation in Denglai. He has been an official in Denglai for many years, and he still has a little foundation, and he has the backing of the first division of soldiers and horses led by Li Ruolian. So he took over the power of the second province of Denglai very smoothly.

However, the Denglai regime led by him was only in the county, and he couldn't even control the seven guards.

If the regime cannot take root, it will naturally have to rely on money for mobilization. Zhu Cihong gave Su Guansheng 300,000 taels before, he used it well, spent less than 50,000 taels to make up the city wall, raised the bidding, and didn't know what channel to buy 300 guns from North Korea - it's really ashamed to say that the Japanese guns can be used in these years, the guns of the Han army in the East can be used, the guns built in Foshan, Guangdong can be used, and even the guns of the Koreans can be used, but the guns allocated to the Ming officials and soldiers can basically not be used......

Zhu Cihong's stomach was also up and down, and he felt nauseous for a while. The taste of crossing the sea on a wooden boat is really uncomfortable!

He glanced at Li Yan who was sitting cross-legged on his right side again, this "white-faced man" did not get dizzy, and hung on a handsome and annoying face with a faint smile, which seemed to be a little mocking.

No wonder Li Zicheng wanted to kill him...... I hate it when I look at it! Zhu Cihong said: Fortunately, he is a wise man and has the capacity to accommodate people!

"Strategist, what do you think?" Zhu Cihong asked.

When Zhu Cihong was in Dagukou, he conveniently sealed Li Yan as a military advisor, which was actually a false position.

Li Yan smiled faintly: "Su Futai is not running Denglai, but Dengzhou. ”

This is true...... But it's too straightforward, offending people!

Su Guansheng's face darkened, "How easy is it to run Denglai?" If you have any clever plans for the military advisor, you might as well talk about it! ”

Li Yan glanced at Zhu Cihong, and the eldest prince of Zhu also smiled and said, "Strategist, if there is any good way, just say it." ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "The minister's method is to exempt from taxation, recruit troops, and Juntian!" ”

"Humph!" Su Guansheng snorted, "The military advisor still thinks it's in Liukou?" How can you still say that Juntian is exempt? ”

Li Yan shook his head and said: "It's not that Juntian is exempt, but that it is exempt, recruited, and Juntian!" ”

Zhu Cihong frowned: "One more recruit?" ”

"What's the difference?" Su Guansheng's face was full of disdain.

Li Yan smiled: "It's different!

Li Zicheng's Juntian is exempt from taxation, but in fact, it is laissez-faire, only exempted, and there is no Juntian. Of course, wherever the thieves passed, the poor peasants would refuse to pay the gentry's grain, which also had the effect of equalizing the land. But that was done spontaneously by the people, and the court of Li Thief did not firmly control the population and land through the exemption of Juntian. That's his biggest failure! ”

"Then what's the difference between your exemption, conscription, and Juntian?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"The minister's exemption, recruitment, and uniform fields are only used for guards, not for people's fields!" Li Yan said, "This is one of them.

Second, the minister's method is to exempt the tax first, and then recruit soldiers, and after the recruitment, Juntian is not spontaneously done by the people, but by the government office after rectification. Through Junda, the population and land on the ground of the health center were completely controlled.

In this way, the Seven Guards of Denglai will be firmly in the hands of the Generalissimo of the Fu Army! Qiwei has 3 million acres of land, at least 300,000 people, and there are no less than 30,000 strong men who can fight and fight! ”

Sounds good...... But can it really be done?

"Why do you want to be exempted from taxation first?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Li Yan said: "There are two advantages to the first exemption, one is to weaken the financial resources of the guard, although the land of the guard is divided and occupied by officers and sergeants, and the lower military households are reduced to tenants, but the expenses of the guard will still be pressed on them.

If Chitose exempted the Seven Guards from paying taxes, the Seven Guards would have no income, and at the same time, the tenants of the Seven Guards would be grateful for Chitose Lord's kindness. ”

"Hmph, I'm afraid that the commanders below won't carry it out!"

Li Yan said with a smile: "These moths are all open-minded people who see money, as long as the Chitose Lord can make them feel profitable, they will naturally carry it out." ”

"How?" Zhu Cihong asked again.

"Recruitment, of course!" Li Yan said, "Suppose there are 300,000 people in Qiwei, and there should be 30,000 or 40,000 strong men!" Chitose can ask the commander of the Seven Guards to help recruit troops...... For each soldier recruited, they were given a commission of 10 taels of silver. In order to get the silver, those people will definitely recruit soldiers for Chitose Lord! And not only can you recruit the strong men of the Seven Guards of Denglai, but you can also recruit the heroes on the ground of Denglai. Shandong has been very chaotic over the years, and many strong men occupy the mountains as kings or walk the rivers and lakes, all of which can be recruited by the local snakes of the guards. ”

"Hmph, three or four hundred thousand taels!" Su Guansheng shook his head again and again, "You are generous!" ”

"It's given out temporarily!" Li Yan said coldly, "Once the thirty or forty thousand strong men of Denglai Qiwei have arrived in Dengzhou, they will be owned by the Chitose Lord...... Chitose was able to remove the officials of the Seven Guards and implement Junda at the same time. Take back all the land occupied by the commander, the family of a thousand households, and the military sergeant doctors, and redistribute it to the thirty or forty thousand strong men! If the Chitose Lord wants to get the 400,000 taels of silver back, it will be easy!

In this way, Denglai Qiwei is the territory of the Chitose Lord! With this Qiwei territory, the three states and eleven counties of Denglai will be easy to rectify! ”

Yes......

This is talent!

Zhu Cihong now feels that Li Yan is not annoying at all, not only is he not annoying, but he is also very likable! No wonder the red lady likes him...... Now Zhu Cihong, a big boy, likes Li Yan and Li handsome guys.

Li Shuai can't go to Henan to fight guerrillas and kill him, the great cause of the Ming Dynasty still needs him!

"Su Futai," Zhu Cihong turned his head to Su Guansheng and said, "Is the military division's method feasible?" ”

"This ......" Su Guansheng was stunned, and he didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

Li Yan's strategy is too fucking clever, and at the same time too shady...... No wonder he was a thief!

Su Guansheng frowned: "Master Chitose, the method is not bad...... But how do the scholars and doctors in the eleven counties of the three states of Denglai deal with it? Will they rebel? ”

Rebel? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: If you can really pull 30,000 or 40,000 people from Denglai Qiwei, your own army will be as many as 60,000 or 70,000.

If there is an artificial anti-...... That's great!

"The doctor is very easy to deal with!" Li Yan smiled, "The land of Juntun is originally official land, and it is justified for the imperial court to redistribute and control it. However, the land of the civil scholars was private land, and there was no reason for the imperial court to implement the equalization of land on these lands...... Otherwise, the imperial court would be the same as Li Zicheng. For the civilian scholars, Chitose only needs to give them a little sweetness! ”

"What's the sweetness?" Zhu Cihong asked, "Do you want to be exempted from taxation?" ”

"No." Li Yan shook his head, "The reason why the military fields are exempted is because they sent troops, why should the people be exempted?" are all exempted, how can the court live? ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, "Li Zicheng's exemption is a mistake!" After the exemption, his court had no income, and the army had no salary, so he could only live by looting, which was not a long-term solution. ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "But the Ming method of collecting taxes is not advisable...... It was too easy for the gentry to be exempt from taxes, and many grain households used trickery to avoid taxes. The government could only pass on taxes to ordinary peasant households, so that a large number of peasant households went bankrupt and land became more and more concentrated. This is the reason for the chaos in the world! ”

"Military advisor," Zhu Cihong frowned, "You want to suggest that this palace implement the integration of officials and gentry to pay food?" ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "The minister will not advise the Chitose Lord to do such an impossible!" And Denglai is the front line of resistance to captivity...... It doesn't matter how much you pay taxes and food, what matters is that you can fight the enemy with one heart and one mind!

The minister's method is Enke, group training, and rerouting to the soil! ”