Chapter 30 Liangzhou New Deal (2nd Update)
In October of the fourth year of Zhongping, Qin Hua wrote that Liangzhou was vast and sparsely populated, and there were large tracts of fertile land for reclamation, and in order to resist the lack of Xianbei army, he hoped that the imperial court could migrate the population into Liangzhou.
Because of the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion, there are now a large number of displaced people in all counties of Dahan, some of whom claim to be the Yellow Turbans and occupy the mountains as kings, some have directly become robbers and bandits, and some can only wander around and beg for a living.
But in any case, if there are more displaced people, it will cause public security problems, and the county guards and governors in various places will also have a headache.
Because of Qin Hua's heavy gifts, this request was quickly satisfied, compared to the imperial court who didn't care much about it, the officials at all levels around Liangzhou were very grateful to Qin Hua's request.
Some officials even sent some food to the displaced people to ensure that they could reach Liangzhou smoothly.
Many people who fell into the grass or became yellow scarves also walked towards Liangzhou after knowing about it.
Most of these people didn't want to leave their hometowns, but when they learned that there was land for them to plant in Liangzhou, they resolutely embarked on the journey.
In their minds, they will not starve to death if they have land, even if the fields are not theirs.
Because of the inconvenience of transportation, only the displaced people from the nearby state capital could go to Liangzhou, but even so, by the time of March of the fifth year of Zhongping, Qin Hua had received nearly 200,000 displaced people.
With such a large population, it's just that the fields of those families are obviously not enough, so Qin Hua began to reclaim the land everywhere.
All newly opened fields are free of rent for three years, and they are also given a small bag of grain seeds every year, much to the delight of the displaced people who were originally just looking for food and clothing.
And Qin Hua also announced that the government only collected thirteen taxes on the grain obtained from farming in the future, which means that each harvest of grain needs to pay thirty percent as a tax.
It's not so much a tax as a rent, because their land belongs to the Liangzhou Pastoral Mansion, and they just rent it.
It is precisely because of this that these people will be grateful to Qin Hua.
If they were just ordinary tenants renting the family's land, they would need to pay sixty percent, or even seven or eight percent of the harvest, and even if it was a big harvest, they would barely have enough to eat.
Qin Hua's policy made the family very dissatisfied, because this tuntian policy was not only aimed at the displaced people, but also the local residents of Liangzhou could also rent land from the pastoral government, so that the land in the hands of the family was gradually uncultivated.
But because of Qin Hua's majesty, they didn't dare to tell Qin Hua about it directly, so they thought of two people.
One of them is naturally Qin Hua's father, Qin Huang, and the Qin family is also a veteran family in Wuwei County, so there are many families who are good friends with Qin Huang, so the major families in Liangzhou entrusted them to intercede with Qin Huang.
Qin Huang used to be just an ordinary head of the family, but after Qin Hua's power became stronger day by day, he had begun to get rid of the identity of the family, but really regarded himself as the descendant of the first emperor, and did not disdain to talk to these families on an equal footing, and he also trusted Qin Hua very much, although he promised to put forward the views of the family to Qin Hua, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
And the other person they asked for was Xun You, one of Qin Hua's two great strategists.
The Xun family is also a big family in Yingchuan, and the Xun family has eight talented people, known as the Eight Dragons.
Although Xun You is not from the Eight Dragons of the Xun family, he is also a member of the Xun family, and all the families regard him as their own.
And they also inquired about Xun You's views on the previous handling of the family issue, and they agreed with this even more.
It's just that in their conversation with Xun You, they found that this person didn't seem to want to speak for the Liangzhou family, and even returned the gifts they had prepared.
"Wait patiently, the lord will answer this question soon."
During the period when Qin Hua was rectifying things in Liangzhou, Jia Xu and Xun You took the lead, and Qin Hua's henchmen had officially worshiped Qin Hua as the lord.
This also means that they will be Qin Hua's retainers in the future, rather than the relationship between colleagues.
Originally, Qin Hua didn't think of this, although he remembered that in the book and on TV, these generals should all call their monarch the lord, but he didn't know why Zhang Liao and the others always called themselves adults, until Jia Xu told himself, Qin Hua didn't understand.
Once they call Qin Hua the lord, then it is equivalent to being tied to Qin Hua's chariot, once they leave, it is a betrayal, in the Han Dynasty, an era that focuses on fame, the price of betrayal is very large. But if they just call Qin Hua Lord, it means that they are just a relationship between superiors and subordinates, even if they betray one day, although it will have an impact, it is much smaller than the former.
When the time came to May, Qin Hua finally completed the restructuring of the army, and now the size of the army in Liangzhou has reached 100,000.
However, there are 30,000 Qingyang troops who need to guard Qingyang City, and it is difficult to mobilize them in peacetime.
The rest still need 20,000 to be stationed at the major passes and border stops, and only 50,000 can really be called.
However, these 50,000 troops are much stronger than ordinary armies.
In addition to long-term and rigorous training, Qin Hua also changed all of them into new armor, instead of just one weapon and one leather armor like ordinary troops.
Thirty thousand of the 50,000 troops were infantry, and the rest of the troops were also very good, except for the 3,000 trapping camp that Qin Hua was most proud of.
During the period of rectifying the army, Qin Hua replaced all the old and weak in the original army with young and strong, and all the overall strength was greatly improved.
In the past, the army's salary was only enough for the soldiers to feed themselves, but after the Qinhua reform, the soldiers had food, and in addition to their own food, they could also bring their military salaries to their families.
Moreover, the military also has a perfect military merit system and a pension system.
The military merit system is very simple, that is, to kill the enemy, and the more enemies you kill, the more rewards you will get, which is a bit similar to the military merit system of the Qin Dynasty, but it is different.
The military merit system can obtain the title by killing the enemy, but Qin Hua's side can only get the reward of coins, even if he is promoted, he can only be promoted to the level of a thousand commanders, and if you want to become a general, you need to have enough military knowledge.
This will be assessed by a special person.
The pension system is much simpler, meaning that the family members of soldiers who die on the battlefield receive a pension.
Unlike the previous pension mechanism, Qin Hua gave a lot of pensions, and the families of soldiers who died in battle could receive a pension of 2,000 yuan.
However, this is not a one-time distribution, Qin Hua will distribute it according to the standard of 100 per year, and at the same time, he will also send some meat, cloth and the like.
Moreover, the families of soldiers who died in the war can be exempted from paying taxes for three years, and the children of the family can also study in the public school that Qin Hua just opened.
This is also the reason why so many people are willing to join the army, if it weren't for Qin Hua's intention to control the numbers, the size of his army could reach 150,000, or even more.
However, Qin Hua believes in the policy of elite soldiers, and the soldiers are not many but fine, which can be seen from the performance of the rebels in the kingdom.
The remaining 20,000 were cavalry, including 8,000 Iron Eagle Cavalry, a lightly armed cavalry used to harass and pursue the enemy. The rest of the rest were ironclad cavalry who wore iron armor and used to charge into battle.
However, these iron armors are not particularly heavy, and they are not considered heavy cavalry.
In fact, Qin Hua also considered establishing a heavy cavalry, and he knew what kind of lethality the heavy cavalry could bring to the enemy.
However, due to the limitations of the heavy cavalry and the high cost, Qin Hua did not establish a heavy cavalry team.
As for the public schools mentioned above, they are actually public schools.
Now the conditions are not very mature, Qin Hua can only establish a public school in each city first, and he does not have the ability to carry out free education in an all-round way, and most of the people who come to these public schools are some rich families, as well as the children of those soldiers who died in battle.
Most of the children of the family study at home, and not many come to the public school.
After taking over the entire Liangzhou, Qin Hua felt that the money was not enough at all, he thought that he didn't have to worry about financial problems at all, and now he began to regret his previous lavishness.
"The gifts given to He Jin and the Ten Standing Servants should have been less."
This is what Qin Hua has said most often recently.
In order to improve his financial situation, Qin Hua decided to start trading.
And his trading partners are the Xianbei people in the north, the Qiang tribes in the west, and the countries of the Western Regions.