Chapter 567: Eliminate 100,000 soldiers in Pingzhou 4
In Zunhua City, under the arrangement of Zhou Nan, the selected elite soldiers have been mixed with Xi soldiers and started drills. The closest to Zhou Nan's method of training was that Yang Keshi's original pro-army was headed by Shi Yue, so Shi Yue first took Tao Gu, Di Zhuang, and Li Peixian to practice together, and after Tao Gu and others were familiar with the drill process, they divided the horse infantry army of nearly 30,000 people into four parts, which were led by four people. The four men and horses happened to live in the camps left by the Pingzhou army on all sides of Zunhua City.
Those soldiers who were not chosen were handed over to the treasury after handing over their armor, and then received two copper coins on the spot, and each went home to earn a living. It was only when these people took the money and went home that there was one more step, and Li Shi told Zhou Nan afterwards.
It turned out that when Li Shi sent money to these soldiers who went home, he had to tattoo the word "Wan" on his left arm to show that this person was the person who was spared by Wan Shengjun, and Li Shi also sent a message to these people that in the future, those with the word "Wan" on their left arm would oppose Wan Shengjun and would not be spared. As long as you are diligent and do not go against the imperial court, not only will each person be given a piece of land, but with the word "10,000" on his left arm, the government will reduce the rent by 20% compared with ordinary people.
Li Shi pulled and beaten, and the conditions given were rich, and these soldiers were naturally happy. Who wants to be a soldier? Soldiers' salaries are often deducted from above, not to mention, and I don't know when my life will be lost. Not to mention the distribution of land now, and paying less rent than ordinary people, this naturally makes these soldiers feel that they will have a lot of face in front of the villagers in the future, gain fame and fortune, and no longer have to worry about their lives.
Zhou Nan only learned about Li Shi's practice later, although he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to tattoo the arms of these eliminated soldiers, and felt that it was an insult to these soldiers. But Li Shi had already done this, and those soldiers were all happily going home, Zhou Nan could only accept it, and wondered if he was too soft-hearted. In fact, Li Shi's approach is humane enough in this era. If it is more brutal, it is one thing to let these soldiers go home to work in the farm, that is, if they are willing to let these soldiers go, they will also be put into slavery on their own territory. A tattoo on the arm is nothing compared to that.
Since Yang Keshi and Representative Agu Zhe left, Zhou Nan calmed down and wrote out the main content of the land law and the law on the supervision that he had been thinking about. In fact, this can only be regarded as a framework, for example, in the land law, each household must be allocated a field, and if you are good at farming, you can cultivate your own land. If you are good at craftsmanship, then you can rent your land to others, or you can sell it to others in one go, or return it to the government, and if you don't have land, the government will not collect rent from you.
After the death of a person, the land under the person's name is also returned to the government, which will redistribute it. One person can buy a lot of land with no restrictions. However, the more acres of land a person has, the higher the rent he receives.
The reclaimed wasteland should be reported to the government to determine the scope and number of acres, and the government will not collect any rent within five years; After five years, it is considered the land of the government and is distributed by the government like other cultivated land.
Zhou Nan is not very clear about taxes, and I don't know how much to collect. According to Zhou Nan's idea, he wanted to establish the lowest rent system for farming, so that the peasants, who account for the largest number of people in the current society, could actually benefit from it, so as to win the support of these farmers. Although these peasants were the lowest level of society in ancient society and the most exploited type of people, only with the support of these people can they make the royal paradise they want to build as stable as a rock.
After asking Li Shi, Zhou Nan learned that Yelu Yu Liyan collected thirty taxes in Danzhou, which was already a very low tax burden. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, a large reason why the people were able to recuperate was because of the low tax burden of 30 taxes. No matter how low it is, it will be difficult for the imperial court to continue. Zhou Nan agreed with Li Shi's opinion, and the initial agricultural tax was set at 30 taxes and 1.
What Li Shi said to those soldiers who were eliminated and went home was that those who had a tattoo on their left arm would receive a lower rent than ordinary people, which was what Zhou Nan mentioned, and those who had soldiers in their families would be exempt from rent in their homes. If there are people in the family who have fought in the imperial army, their rents will be lower than those of ordinary people. These were also told to him by Zhou Nan, so he dared to make promises to those soldiers.
Zhou Nan also referred to some practices of later generations to enhance the sense of glory of these soldiers, which can be regarded as a means to gain the support of these soldiers.
As for those who still owned a large amount of land, Zhou Nan did not intend to forcibly take back the fields of these people. If you really want to ignore it, all the fields will go to the government, and then the government will divide the land according to the head, I am afraid that these people who have been confiscated will secretly attack the court.
As for how to distribute the fields according to the order of good and bad, how many times a year to collect agricultural taxes, how to prevent competition for land reclamation, these details were solved by Li Shi one by one, and supplemented and recorded in the back of the land decree, and after the basic revision was completed, Zhou Nan was ready to report to the Left-behind Division and the Nuhanlin Yuan, so that the two yamen could discuss it again, and finally decide whether it could be issued to various localities and implemented according to the law.
The decree of the superintendent is slightly more cumbersome than the land decree. There are also prisons in Daliao, and various craft categories are also set up in the Daliao official mansion, such as the dyeing and weaving institute for bleaching and dyeing clothes, the iron smelting for making ironware, and the building of Xiche to build a museum, etc., which are nothing more than the imperial court setting up and working hard for the imperial court. The most important problem is that Li Shi has never thought or seen that he can bring together the world's skilled craftsmen, without portal prejudice, but still be able to fight and explore together.
Li Shi also asked Zhou Nan how to let these people who regard their skills as unique skills sit together and discuss? Zhou Nan explained, "The imperial court provides for these craftsmen who will be in prison, so that he does not worry about food and clothing, if there are new and useful things to create, and there are heavy rewards, why don't they sit together?" ”
The main purpose of the decree is that the imperial court will recruit skilled craftsmen from all over the world and divide them into various courts according to their skills. The supervisor is divided into two parts, one is the research supervisor, in which the craftsmen are the most skilled and are brought together to develop new techniques and new handicraft products; The other part is the production superintendent, which is called by skilled craftsmen, which is used to produce and produce new trial products, and then selects some of the most reliable craftsmen to manufacture all kinds of weapons used by the Wansheng army, among which the craftsmen who make suppressive weapons such as explosive arrows and magic cars must eat and live in the prison, and the families of these craftsmen must also live in it, similar to the military households of later generations, so that they do not have to worry about their skills being stolen by their opponents.
It is rare to be quiet, and these two decrees are basically written. As soon as it was written, the pro-army on duty outside came in to report, saying that General Gao, General Yang and others had returned with their troops. Like Song Chungui, please collect x Song Chungui.