At the same time that Guo Yaoshi had bad intentions, the territory of the Liangshan Army also ushered in a wave of refugees. The source of the latter is mainly Liaodi and the later southwest of Henan.

The former is a chronic disease, the Khitan exploitation is too heavy, the upper nobles do not care about the life and death of the people at the bottom, they only blindly squeeze money and food, expand the army and reorganize the army, then in the autumn and winter, there will be ghosts if they do not roll up a large wave of refugees! In this regard, Lu Qian has long told people to 'be ready for battle'!

After Nayi Prefecture and Zhuozhou were pocketed by the Liangshan Army, the local people were far from rich after half a year of recuperation, but at least they had food for the winter. Compared with the people of other Han Prefectures in Liaodi, it formed a sharp contrast. A cadre of civil and military forces in northern Hebei has long been on the excerpt to play this matter, so the fact is not surprising.

The number of Liaodi people who fled to northern Hebei this year, as well as people from the Khitan and Bohai ethnic groups, is much better than last year.

And then the southwest of Henan is now Jingnan Road, that is, Nanyang, Dengzhou, Fangzhou, Nanfeng Mansion, etc., in the past was the place where Wang Qingjun rose. There is Wang Qing in front of here, and then the Western Army, and now the Liangshan Army has been killed again, the people's livelihood is withering, the people are suffering, and the refugees are displaced in the border areas, and dealing with these displaced refugees is undoubtedly a key point for the Liangshan Army to gain a firm foothold here.

However, the experience over the years and the various officials cultivated by the 'system' all made Lu Qian full of confidence. If the situation can be stabilized if the work is first used for relief, then the households are organized to gather the people, and then the acres of land are cleared, the land is allocated, and the new tax system is propagated. In the coming year, the situation of the year will allow the people to recuperate, and they will know whether it is the Zhao family or King Lu.

Just like the people of Liaodi this year, look at the lives of many other people in Hanzhou, and then look at the lives of the people in Zhuozhou and Yizhou in the second half of the year, there is no harm if there is no comparison.

Even those Khitan and Bohai people who flocked to the south were not like this?

They are all the same people, and when they see people who were as poor as themselves in the past, they live a good life in the blink of an eye, and only saints can be calm.

If so, Lu Qian recruited a group of civil and military ministers to discuss the matter, and those Khitan, Bohai and even Tatars who poured in could not be treated the same as the Han people in the north. Xuanzanyin commanded the Khitan cavalry and was also honored to attend.

King Lu first inquired about the situation of the Khitan camp, and after a year of rectification, it was different from before, and it could be detected just by looking at the look on Xuanzan's face.

Earlier, when Lu Qian was fighting in the Central Plains, Xuanzan wrote more than once to ask for battle, and the Khitan camp was also eager to fight. After all, those Khitan and Bohai people who can join the army are not people who keep their own peace, and they have been in the Liangshan Army for so long, how can they not know that the Liangshan Army can only be rewarded for their military merits by fighting, but they have always been rewarded for their merits, and they have never broken their promises and gained weight.

The soldiers in the Khitan camp all owe a lot of debts, in order to settle their families, or to configure the weapons they have at hand, they have one count, who has not taken out a loan in the bank? That is, in the future, all the military salaries will be used to pay off the debts. It was just when he was in a hurry to use the money, but Lu Qian knew that this battle was not very difficult, how could he be willing to let them go?

Just like the boiling eagle, it is even more advantageous to press it.

If the soldiers of the Khitan battalion were only hungry in the middle of the year, they are now hungry and red-eyed. The Liangshan army swept the Central Plains and returned victoriously, so it was naturally a big reward. But there is no news in the army? How easy it was to win this battle by the Liangshan army, he didn't believe that it could not reach the ears of the Khitan battalion soldiers. So, aren't these people looking forward to war even more?

Facts have proved that as long as there are enough benefits, it is not uncommon to be happy when you hear about war!

"Since September, the people of the northern land have entered our territory, and there are many Han people in it, so there is no need to worry about this. The king is worried about the Khitan, Bohai, Tatar and other tribesmen inside. ”

Lu Qian held an excerpt in his hand, this is the secret fold that Song Jiang, the governor of northern Hebei, has just delivered, he has sent it to the cabinet, compared with the people of the north who poured into the Han realm last year, this year's number is a big increase.

"The appearance of the other generation is similar to that of my Central Plains race, however, the hearts of those who are not of my race will be different, and we must guard against it. And the reason why I treat the Han people in the north is because they are related to each other by blood, and they are all Chinese people. Why should the foreigners be called equal? ”

Lu Qian said these words, and there was no one present who disagreed. The tax strategy of the Liangshan army is much lower than that of Zhao Songke, this is benevolent and good governance, how can it be enjoyed by foreigners? The two are not the same country.

Or some people say that Lu Qian is a nonsense, and the taxes of the Liao Kingdom are lighter than his current ones, and they cannot be compared with the earlier Zhao and Song Dynasty. It can be described as light and thin. Su Zhe recorded in the "Luancheng Collection" that under the rule of Liao, the Yanyun region was managed in an orderly manner and the people's taxes were relatively light, which was in stark contrast to the heavy taxes in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty: "The Khitan people avoided the cold in the Yandi every winter, and they also stopped at the barren land for grazing and living, and did not dare to infringe on the tax land. The concurrent service was quite light, and it was easy for the Han people to supply. ”

However, Lu Qian also has a head on his side, it was the peaceful year of Liao, what about now? The Khitans were eager to snatch the last grain of grain from the Han people in the north. What's more, even if it is a peaceful year, the Liao land is half sandy, and it is cold at three o'clock, and when it is ploughed in spring and autumn, the millet is high and low because of its land, and it cannot be covered with the middle earth. It's also very different.

You must know that this era is transitioning from the warm period of the Sui and Tang dynasties to the "Xiaoice period" of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the climate in the north is colder than other historical eras, even the Central Plains also have a lot of influence. In the first year of Zhenghe (1111), Taihu Lake was all frozen, and the ice could be opened to traffic, and all the famous citrus in Dongting Mountain of Taihu Lake froze to death. That year, the snowflakes fell until late spring. The Central Plains have such an influence, let alone the Northland.

The Khitan people have always taken agriculture and animal husbandry as the main tax object, and the influence is already deep, and they caught up with the Jurchen army, and the country is in turmoil and needs money, so they can only insist on squeezing the people.

At this time, the taxes of the Liao State were two heaven and earth from 20 years ago, and they came to the Central Plains from the Liao Land, which was a blessing.

But this blessing cannot be enjoyed by the Khitans, Bohai people, and Tatars in vain.

Lu Qian's meaning, and the civil and military forces present also mean the same thing, a very simple concept of distance and proximity, but it is deeply rooted in people's minds. The Tatars seem to have no grievances with the Central Plains, but it is enough to know that they are also aliens.

"For these people, this king wants to form a vassal army. The Khitan, Bohai, Tatar and other foreign tribes were all included. Tell each household to send one soldier, or several soldiers, with ten soldiers as a small flag, five small flags as a general flag, two general flags as one hundred households, and one person for one hundred households; 1,000 households for every 1000 households, and one person for 1,000 households; Every 5,000 households is 10,000 households, that is, one flag, and one flag owner is set up for 10,000 households. Ten thousand households can be called the capital. ”

Originally, Lu Qian was going to make a Eight Banners. But words such as Niu Lu and Jia La, which are too nonsense now, think of the guard in the Ming Dynasty. But I still felt that the gap between 100 and 1,000 households was too large, so much so that a main building was added to the original design. This was the official position of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Li Yuan's great-grandfather Li Tianxi was the lord of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he could command 500 people.

But on second thought, it didn't have to be that way. A single thousand households, the power is not out of control.

And this is more conducive to the control of thousands of households over hundreds of households. You must know that the position of this flag owner is not a lifelong system, let alone hereditary. Lu Qian would not give them a chance to lose their tails, which he had already thought of.

Therefore, he only included 5,000 people in 10,000 households, because 10,000 people were too huge and huge.

"Nine is the extreme number, this king will use eight, and there will be eight flags in the future, which will be named after yellow, white, red, blue, yellow, white, red, and blue." Lu Qian will provide the initial armament materials to each banner, but if he wants more and better, he can only go to the battlefield to fight. That military merit points, take money in exchange for armaments.

"The Eight Banners are all slaves of the king. Each banner governs the people with the army, and the subordinates must obey the superiors. Every time there is a war catch, the king takes thirty percent. And the people of each banner, every person who has made meritorious contributions on the battlefield will also receive the same award as the Han soldiers. ”

"Those who can make ten meritorious contributions can give the Han surname out of the flag, which is lifting. Since then, he has been a citizen of China, and he is no longer a slave, and the old things of the past are like this passing time, and he will never return. ”

"Those who are in the other generation can also continue to serve in the banner, with thousands of households as the apex. However, things change from time to time, and the limits of the flag are also different depending on the position. The lord of the banner will also be removed in ten years. When the time comes, the surname of the country will be given, and the title will be rewarded. "Then the master of each banner is chosen from among the thousands of households. It can be said that the status of thousands of households in each banner will be greatly increased, and it will also increase the overall control of the banner owner over his subordinates.

Although the Eight Banners system is a grassroots creation and seems to be simple, it is actually interlocking. After all, there are eight banners in the official history as a reference.

And with the red line of "rewarding meritorious service", any flag owner may not be willing to fall and do nothing. But their merits are all earned by fighting on the battlefield, as long as they fight, there will be casualties, and the banner owner is 'reckless', and the most suffering can only be the banner people. And can the relationship between the two really be like a fish in water?

Ten years, in the period of 'ten years' known to all major households, there is a talent in heaven, and I am afraid that I can only gather the hearts of a flag in my hands. And the eight flags are not subordinate to each other, with only the power of one flag, how dare to go against the general trend?

Lu Qian will not choose someone from the Eight Banners to command the Eight Banners on the battlefield, he will set up a position, just like the Governor of the Prairie, and he will command the Eight Banners. And this person must be Han!

"What do you think of this king's design?"

Lu Qian asked the civil and military ministers who were sitting down. The latter looked at each other one by one, and no one could have imagined that he would design such a behemoth, such a relatively meticulous system.

The nomads on the northern steppes are counted in the millions, and none of the people here are as reckless as Li Kui, so they naturally know the threat of the nomads in the north to the Central Plains, but it is difficult to kill them cleanly when the dynasties are the strongest. Lu Qian's design can be accurately gathered to hundreds of thousands of people, only a small part of them, but it can have the effect of "razing and razing".

"It is impossible for this king to exterminate the Northland, and he cannot do so. can only control one and make them kill each other. "This is essentially a drain on the vitality of the steppe nomads, and it is also a trade in redder fruits. The more ruthless you kill, the greater the credit, for the Eight Banners Banner Lord, for those upper-level figures, whether it is a name or a benefit, it is obvious.

It's just that they want to change their identities and become Han people when they are happy.

"The king is wise, he sees thousands of miles, and the ministers can't wait. It's just that although this law has never been issued before, according to the ministers, there is still an unnamed place. The soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners will inevitably be damaged, and how will the number of soldiers be supplemented? What will be added to the people who have entered the flag? Zong Ze, Wen Huanzhang and the others exchanged glances with each other. Wen Huanzhang was the first to stand up and speak.

Lu Qian naturally considered this, thinking that the Eight Banners soldiers in the official history were as fierce as a tiger when they entered the customs. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was disgusting, the facts could not be slandered. The soldiers of the Eight Banners were still very capable of fighting and fighting at the beginning. Let's see how ...... in the future

The combat power of the abolished Eight Banners is ridiculous.

He didn't want to see the day when the Eight Banners fell, Lu Qian still counted on the Eight Banners to be used as a knife to open up a big scene for him. In the future, the Eight Banners will be indispensable for the management of the grasslands, the opening up of Central Asia, and even the further west. If these people are wasted, it won't be fun.

What Lu Qian wants to raise is a fierce dog, not a Jingba.

Therefore, how to maintain this combat strength is indeed a key issue. The internal self also includes the replenishment of troops.

"Those who are physically strong and good at arching horses should be the first." After all, the main force of these Eight Banners is cavalry. However, Lu Qian was not prepared to establish a reserve, and handed over the military assessment of the Khitan and other foreigners to the military department. As for how to deal with the desperate among the banner people, it should be according to the customs of the grassland people.

Again, how Ding Zhuang in the flag became a flag soldier, that is the family business of each flag. It's just that when the flag is really scarce, the owners of each flag also have the right to write to the military department and recruit the flag people.

The number of people is scarce, that is the decline in combat effectiveness? This is closely related to the interests and merits of the banner owner. However, the number of outsiders will also affect the control of the flag owner. Therefore, the decision is in their own hands.

Therefore, the problem of the decline in the combat power of each banner is something that the banner owners have to consider, their combat effectiveness is closely related to their gains, and if they want to live a prosperous life, they can only establish meritorious deeds on the battlefield. If their combat effectiveness keeps declining, they will naturally not be able to make meritorious contributions, and it is no wonder that others will starve to death.

In short, these Eight Banners are a sharp knife in Lu Qian's hand.

A cadre of civil and military personnel on the field is still digesting Lu Qian's words, and it must be said that the big move released by King Lu is very thoughtful. Judging from the current situation, this master's plan is obviously to prepare for the future, and it is not bad for now.