Chapter 38 The Ceremony of Giving Fields

"On behalf of the people of Runing, the lower official has thanked the general." Zhang Zhen bowed and said.

"Why thank me." Zhang Xuan picked up Zhang Zhen and said: "This is the eldest brother's struggle, I want to thank you, eldest brother." However, this matter must not be ruined by the major matter of granting land, and the field granted to the soldiers must be the best, and this matter can only be put later. ”

Zhang Zhen said: "General, please rest assured, you will never be able to make a mistake." This side please. ”

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Xuan rode over together, standing on a high place, and saw that squares had already been drawn on the ground, separated by wooden cards, Zhang Zhen said: "This is Chongwang several Zhuangzi, connected into one gas, there are as many as 100,000 acres, but last year the soldiers crossed the border and burned them all, but the field is still a good field, very fat." ”

Zhang Zhen dismounted, grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, and said, "General, please look." ”

Zhang Xuan took this handful of soil and looked at it, but he was very sorry, he really couldn't see the fat and thinness of this soil, so he just gave it to Zhang Yuanhai and said: "Take a look for yourself, your land should also be in this area, and now there are dissatisfactions, and you can also say, how to divide it, and then talk crookedly, I can do military law." ”

"Yes." Zhang Yuanhai said loudly, the joy on his face could barely be hidden, he took this piece of soil with both hands, pinched it, smelled it, and even put it on the tip of his tongue and licked it, and said: "General, this is the best land, and the land of my Zhang family in Linying is not so good." ”

"This land has already been divided, and it will be occupied by lottery when the time comes." Zhang Zhen said: "This piece of land, but the heart of the king, how can it be bad? ”

"Wait a minute." Zhang Xuan said: "The order is that Deng He can set off with the Linying camp, the destination is here, arrive before noon, start them, if they can't arrive on time, their land will be gone." ”

"Yes." Zhang Yuanhai said loudly. Immediately send someone to Runing City to give an order.

It seems that once anything in China is related to the land, it is very important, so Deng He heard about it. He immediately urged the whole battalion to go out, and crossed the Joux before noon to this place.

Zhang Xuan had already ordered his soldiers to erect a wooden platform. The whole army stood below, Zhang Xuan read a name, and a person went up, because of his different positions, divided into different specifications of land, Zhang Xuan personally handed him the wooden sign of the land with the troops.

The wooden sign is ordinary, only the number of A is written, or the number of B, etc., all of which are prepared.

Zhang Xuan's performance was also very simple, he just patted the person on the shoulder and said, "Work hard, you will have a greater future in the future." Or said, "It's you, boy, have you married your mother-in-law?" "They are all the kind of scholars who are led by later generations, and they are very strict with their subordinates who are in direct contact, and they are extremely amiable to their subordinates who are not in direct contact with themselves.

Most of these soldiers are from hungry people, even if there are a few families who are in the middle of the road and participate in the rebel army, but the number is very small, and many people have never seen such an approachable lord, not to mention a general.

In fact, Zhang Xuan didn't know all of them.

First, the expansion of the army is too fast, and second, their number is too much, three or four thousand, and Zhang Xuan does not have such a large brain capacity to remember them one by one.

At this time, Zheng Lian's role was reflected.

Zhang Xuan had already asked Zheng Lian to make a file for the people below, as soon as Zhang Xuan read his name, Zheng Lian immediately turned out the file, and Zhang Xuan glanced at it, such as what kind of battle this person fought, whether he was from Nanyang or Linying. Or somewhere else.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan saw people, and a few words made people feel that the big boss had been paying attention to him, and he couldn't help but be grateful.

However, Zhang Xuan's names were changed to them casually.

"What Li donkey, what is it called, I think you are a thousand miles of horse, you are called Li Qianli." Zhang Xuan patted a thin soldier and said.

"Thank you, thank you---" Li Donkey, who had just been renamed Li Qianli, suddenly stammered and couldn't speak.

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Don't be nervous, go and see your land." ”

In addition, there were three or four thousand people in the horse team to divide the land, so Zhang Xuan did not divide it for a day, and it took two days to divide all the land. As soon as Zhang Xuan went down, Zhang Zhen immediately sent someone to verify and fill in the field deed. King Chuang had already issued an order that all newly acquired lands would be exempted from taxation for three years.

For this order, Zhang Xuan's implementation is not very thorough, for example, those places where the village is built to protect itself, and where it is not under Zhang Xuan's direct control, Zhang Xuan still ordered each village to hand over some grain in exchange for peace, otherwise Zhang Xuan's army of 10,000 or 20,000 will have to eat, where does this meal come from, and Xiangyang will not allocate a penny.

However, for the children of their own cronies, this policy is very strict, and they are exempted from conscription for three years, which is not less than one year. Even because of the lack of labor on the ground in Runing, Zhang Xuan was ready to give the army a holiday during the busy farming period, so that they could go back to help.

When the land was finally divided the next day, all the soldiers were elated, and I don't know who shouted first, "Hurray, hooray, hooray." ”

Thousands of people shouted at their throats, and the sound shook all over the world.

Zhang Xuan immediately frowned, Zhang Yuanhai immediately knew that something was wrong, and he hurriedly ordered the people around him to shout: "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng." ”

The two voices were packed together, so that many people didn't know whether they shouted long live or win.

In any case, this situation shows one thing, that is, after the land was divided, the morale of the army was greatly stimulated, and now the military spirit can be used.

Zhang Xuan followed

He ordered everyone to disband, and everyone went to see their land.

Zhang Xuan watched them disperse, turned his head and saw that Deng He's face was a little ugly, and asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Are you not happy that you have divided the land? ”

Deng He said: "General Lai is kind and has divided my thousands of acres of fertile land, but now I am alone now, and I have no relatives, where can I take care of it?" ”

"What's going on?" Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Governor Zhang, tell him." ”

"Yes." Zhang Zhen said: "I have long thought of this, if you want to manage these good land, you can do it, but if you feel that you can't manage it, you can rent it to the government, and the government should rent it with the official land, and the government will take one percent of the rent, and the rest will be yours." ”

When Deng He heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "Since this is the case, my thousand acres of fertile land will be handed over to Governor Zhang." ”

"You can trust me." Zhang Zhen said: "Many people have newly acquired the field, and they can't wait to leave one of their eye beads in the field. ”

"Haha." Deng He said: "How can I not trust Governor Zhang. Having said that, Deng He's gaze was vaguely aimed in the direction of Zhang Xuan.

Obviously, Deng He believed not Zhang Qian, but Zhang Xuan.

Indeed, Zhang Xuan will never pit these subordinates, I am afraid that even if the harvest in the field fails, Zhang Xuan will have to make up for the poor harvest by asking for his own pocket. Anything can be messed up, but the morale of the army can't be messed up.

Many people couldn't sleep that night.

Zhang Xuan stood in front of the gate, looking at the piles of bonfires, lit with their heads bowed one by one, many people spent the middle of the night in their own fields, anyway, they were all fighting men, and there were comrades nearby, even if there were wild beasts coming, they were not afraid.

"General." Zhang Zhen didn't go back, came behind Zhang Xuan, and asked softly, "I have a question I don't understand." ”

"Just ask." Zhang Xuan turned his head and said.

Zhang Zhen said: "Since the general has decided that Runing is not a place to stay for a long time, why should he give them land, these people have given them land, and when they want to leave in the future, I am afraid that many people will not follow the general." ”

Zhang Xuan sighed lightly and said, "I know, but who can accompany who to the end." All I want is a word of faith. ”

"Faith." Zhang Zhen was a little puzzled.

Zhang Xuan said: "Yes, 'Believe.'" As for the soldiers, I have blown them countless times, it is better to do it again, and with this example, all the soldiers recruited in the future will come forward bravely. The soldiers believe in me, and follow me to have a share of the field, which is the greatest benefit. ”

What Zhang Xuan hasn't said yet is that after the training of household arrangement, measurement, and field granting, he also has a good administrative team, both of which can quickly gain a firm foothold anywhere.

That's the biggest takeaway.

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