Chapter 554: Hiding Soldiers from the People
"Can you kill the Yuwen family this time?" The fourth asked.
Luo Cheng pinched his chin, "This time, the Yuwen family will have to shed its skin if it doesn't die, but it is difficult to say that it will be killed directly." After all, Yuwen Laogou is the emperor's first confidant, and the emperor's eldest daughter is still married in Yuwen's family. ”
The news that Zhang Liang received from Luoyang was that Luo Yi directly punched the old dog in the palace last time, and now the old dog stays in the house every day to lick his wounds, and the old dog also knows that the matter is serious, so he pretends to be dead and sells miserably every day, and Princess Nanyang enters the palace all day long to cry that Luo Yi is fierce and cruel.
After a few days, the emperor's anger gradually faded, and it was almost forgotten, but who would have expected that there was another big news here, or Yu Wenhua and himself, saying that Yu Wenshu was the mastermind behind the assassination of Luo Cheng, especially when he also confided in many other things that should not be said.
For example, Yu Wenshu did some inside stories about Li Hun and Li Min, although this matter was presided over by Yu Wenshu, but the problem is that the emperor is the one who really started it.
Now Yu Wenhua and Big Mouth are breaking the news everywhere, and this thing is out of control.
It is said that after the emperor received the report, his anger jumped like thunder.
Originally, it was said that Yu Wenhua would be severely punished, and this matter would be over, but now the emperor is already annoyed.
"The latest news, Yuwenshu father and son were both expelled from the people's house by the emperor, and even their titles were stripped away, let them go back to Guanzhong Daxing."
The fourth child pouted, "There is a fart, when he conquered Liaodong, Yuwenshu was defeated, didn't he also be expelled as a citizen, and said that he would never be hired, but as a result, he was immediately reinstated, and the title remained the same." There is also Nayu culture and, when the emperor toured the Turks in the north, he was degraded to a slave by the emperor because of smuggling transactions, and then he didn't get up again, I think, it's unrealistic to expect the emperor to kill the Yuwen family, it's better for us to come and treat others in the way of others, and we will also send people to do the black. ”
"You can't be stupid, are you, what the hell did you forget about the assassination?" Luo Cheng reminded the fourth child that it was not the Yuwen family who assassinated Luo Cheng last time, it was just directed and acted by him.
"Oh, don't you say that I almost forgot, it turns out that we have already framed the Yuwen family once." The fourth child touched his head and laughed.
"How can this be considered a frame-up, if the Yuwen family doesn't always trouble us, how can I fight back? It's just a back and forth. Luo Cheng sneered, "Forget it, don't care about the Yuwen family, anyway, this time I cleaned them up once, so that they can't be arrogant for the time being, as for not dying, there is no way, after all, his Yuwen family is the emperor's loyal dog, if the emperor is not ruthless, who would dare to kill him?" ”
It depends on the owner to beat the dog, and Yuwenshu is the emperor's loyal dog.
Luo Cheng is now more concerned about the affairs of Liaodong.
The positions left behind in Liaodong are in hand, and the left-behind mansions have also been erected, and now the first thing is the matter of soldiers and horses.
100,000 horses and horses were reduced to 50,000, which is not unacceptable, Luo Cheng has decided to keep the soldiers as much as possible, especially the heavy cavalry, light cavalry, Mo knife, bow and crossbow and other types of troops, all of which are elite troops.
Now Luo Cheng has 3,000 ironclad heavy cavalry, 20,000 light cavalry, and 2,000 Mo swordsmen. These are the most elite, Luo Cheng will not withdraw, most of these elites are from the original Left Fifth Army, and there are also soldiers and horses left by the original Luo Yi and other departments.
Now Luo Cheng has integrated, eliminated the old and weak, tried to retain heavy cavalry, light cavalry, heavy infantry swordsmen, crossbowmen, etc., and cut some auxiliary soldiers, chariot soldiers, and spearmen.
"It's not a good match, is it?" The fourth child raised a doubt.
"I said are you stupid?"
"The emperor only gave us 51,000 government soldiers, but can't we still form county soldiers? At that time, the soldiers of the government will have heavy cavalry, light cavalry, heavy foot Mo swordsmen, elite crossbowmen, sword players, etc., you will not let the county soldiers practice more spearmen, etc.? If you really want to fight, when the time comes, the county soldiers and the government soldiers will be combined, won't they complement each other? ”
"That's right."
The county soldiers have many deficiencies in armament and training, so it is more suitable for the county soldiers to practice simple spears, etc., in case of war, they can be combined with the government soldiers, then the 50,000 government soldiers can be immediately doubled into 100,000 or even 150,000 horses.
The fourth said with a smile, "When I go back, I'll make up his eighteen thousand county soldiers." ”
"Virtue, how many people are you in Lushun now? Eighteen thousand soldiers? Where did you come from so many people? The meal should be eaten in one bite, and the road should be taken step by step, and you will have nine thousand soldiers in Lushun County, so you can make up four or five thousand county soldiers first. In terms of ordnance, the two expeditions to Liao left a large number of ordnance, and I can equip each of your county soldiers with a spear, a horizontal sword, and a bow, of course, there is no hope for horses. ”
"Only four or five thousand?"
Luo Cheng glared at the fourth child, "Four or five thousand is already good, if you can practice, you will be able to have 10,000 men and horses in Lushun County, and at that time, it will be very good to use the government soldiers as the soldiers and the county soldiers as auxiliaries, and form an army." Of course, in addition to training, don't forget to cultivate the fields, now the Central Plains is becoming more and more chaotic, maybe one day there will be no food to transport through, then we have to rely on ourselves, if there is no food, then no matter how many soldiers have to go hungry. ”
Lao Sidao, "Then I have to find a way to recruit more people from the Central Plains, after agreeing with the Yuan clan this time, they retreated a hundred miles, we can completely occupy this hundred miles, and then recruit some displaced people from the Central Plains to come over and cultivate." ”
Luo Cheng nodded.
"First divide the land to the government soldiers, and each soldier must have at least 100 acres of land, and those who are selected to join the county soldiers must also be granted land."
"That's for sure, but before we gave 100,000 soldiers and horses a field and concubines, and now half of them are leaving, how to deal with this?"
Luo Cheng thought for a while, "The soldiers who left, take back the land, anyway, they are gone, and they can't manage it anymore, but I want to give them a sum of money as compensation, which means something." As for their Silla concubines and exile concubines, those who are willing to bring them back have no objection, but the families of these concubines cannot go together, and if they refuse to take them away, then stay here. ”
Land can be said to be the most worthless thing in Liaodong now, but as long as the Sui army is willing to garrison here and does not give up here, then land is also a very valuable thing.
"Tell the soldiers and brothers we have chosen to garrison that their families have moved over, and we will give them land and land according to their population. As long as they are between 20 and 60 years old, whether they are men or women, we will give each of us 50 acres of land, and for those under 20 years of age, we will divide each of them with 20 acres of land. We will divide as many fields as there are people. ”
"Do I have to pay rent for these plots?" The fourth asked.
"The land of the government soldier himself does not need to be rented, but the land divided by his family and his family will be divided into fifty or five points with them in the first ten years, and after ten years, the rent and tax will be collected according to the rent of the imperial court.
"Fifty-fifty, wouldn't it be too high?" The fourth is staggered.
"We don't harvest according to the ding, but by the mu, how many acres of land, how much we collect, especially we harvest according to the harvest, not a fixed rent, how much we harvest, we take half, we give them more land, even if a family is five or six people, except for the share of the government soldiers, at least one or two hundred acres of land, even if the harvest is extensive, only half of an acre is left, and a few buckets of grain can still be collected."
It seems that he has taken a lot, but if Luo Cheng no longer rents and collects other various taxes and miscellaneous expenses, then in fact, as long as the life is stable, he will definitely be able to eat and wear, even better than the days in the Central Plains, after all, in the Central Plains today, ordinary people's homes are only one or twenty acres of land, or even no land.