"The Central Plains used the game to enclose the land, and the Guanzhong used the sword to seize the land, and the dynasty did not suppress the method of annexation, is it really wrong?"

In the imperial city of Xiangyang Mansion, the seventy-eight-year-old Cai Jing frowned, and his words were full of desolation.

He feels a little cold now, but compared to him in history, I really don't know how much better.

Because he was replaced by the traitorous minister Ji Yi, he sat on the cold bench in Jiangning Mansion for several years, and he was outside of Ji Yi's restoration, and now no one regards him as the head of the six thieves. His eldest son, Cai You, is still the Dazai of the official Zhao Huan! And he himself was trusted by Zhao Ji of Taishang, and was listed as the Jinghu transit ambassador (the so-called Jinghu is Jingnan Road plus Jinghu South and North 2nd Road), and he is actually the prime minister of the small court next to Zhao Ji.

The father and son were two kingdoms (Zhao Ji's situation in Jinghu was actually an independent kingdom), and they both became prime ministers, and this glory is rare in Chinese history.

"It's hard to say whether it's right or wrong not to suppress annexation, but now it definitely has to change. It's the same here, although Brother Jiu'er and Yue Fei brought back 20 million gold and silver, but there are also many people who eat money! There are more than 20,000 people in Zongzi's army, 6,000 in Yue's army, almost 10,000 in Zongjia's army, and 20,000 in Han's army brought by Han Xiaoxuan. There were also some miscellaneous soldiers, adding up to no less than 70,000. If these 70,000 people are paid, it will not be a few million a year? Now the territory of Jinghu two and a half roads, can you afford it? How long can you survive with that 20 million support? And the army that sells money and lives is unreliable, otherwise how would I have fallen to this point? ”

The soldiers and horses led by Han Xiaoxuan and Zong Ze were disarmed and released to the side of Emperor Zhao Ji. Their arrival also meant that the semi-independent Jingchu royal regime had a military foundation.

But this foundation is not solid, because the 70,000 troops under Zhao Ji are all mercenaries, which need a lot of financial support, and it is easy to defect. For them to be loyal to the ground, they must be firmly anchored in the land!

Therefore, the reform of "suppressing annexation, equalizing land, and administering government soldiers" is also related to life and death for the Jingchu regime.

In addition to Cai Jing, there are also Wang Hao, Liang Shicheng, Yu Shen, Cai Yi (Cai Jing's son), Cai Qian (Cai Jing's son), all of whom are Zhao Ji's most trusted Wenchen in Xiangyang.

"The land of Jingchu is good, there are large paddy fields on Jinghu North Road in Jiangbei, which are fertile and rich, which cannot be compared with the Central Plains. Jinghu South Road in the south of the Yangtze River is larger and sparsely populated, and large areas of land are occupied by Jingman. ”

Cai Ling took over the topic and talked about the land situation on the north and south roads of Jinghu Lake. Although Cai Jing bears the responsibility of "Shoufu", after all, he is old and faint, and it is actually his two sons Cai Yi and Cai Qian who are in charge.

In the view of "Er Cai", there are still many people in the land of Jingchu who have sparse land and fertile land, and there is no need to "compete with the people for land" in the Jianghan Plain.

"If you can place the government soldiers there, you can kill two birds with one stone, you can not only raise soldiers, but also expand the land. And it won't offend the scholars and doctors in the Jianghan area......"

"Hehe," Zhao Ji smiled, "Zong Zijun, Han Jiajun, Zong Jiajun, Yue Jiajun are going to die, or are Jianghan's scholars and doctors going to die?" ”

Of course, it was the Zongzi Army, the Han Family Army, the Zong Family Army, and the Yue Family Army that were going to die......

Seventy or eighty thousand men with knives in their hands can really kill them!

What can the scholars of Jiang and Han do? At most, he wrote an article criticizing Zhao Ji for being mediocre.

And now in this world, there is no "peach source" for scholars. The enclosure of the Violent Circle, the enclosure of the Western Song Dynasty, and the country of the United States of the Thirteen States in the east, not to mention it......

If the scholar doctor of Jing Chu is not satisfied, he will not even have a chance to vote for another master!

Wang Hao echoed Zhao Ji and said: "It's better to use Jing Chu's raw land to make up for the familiar land of Dr. Jiang Hanshi." ”

The ground is raw and cooked!

The so-called raw land is a wild land that has not been cultivated. Of course, reclaimed land is reclaimed land.

The value of the two is completely different!

For the "Jingchu Palace" of the New Zhou, the Eastern Song Dynasty and Zhao Ji, there is a birthplace!

But the value is not very high, at least not at the moment.

Because of the high cost of cultivating raw land, it is necessary to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to clear vegetation, build roads and houses, dig ditches, and of course, educate or remove barbarians from raw land.

In addition, there are many miasma and dysentery on the raw land in the south, and the resettlement of the land has to pay a lot of lives as a price.

And the raw land in the north is bitter and cold, and it will freeze people's lives. Therefore, the development area of the Great Zhou Republic in eastern Liaodong is mainly limited to the Liao River valley - it is not a complete raw land, it is a semi-cooked land that has been developed by the Liao State for nearly 200 years, so it is easy to develop.

The main duty of the government soldiers is to fight as soldiers, not to reclaim wasteland. If they are placed in the wilderness of Jingchu, then they should not be soldiers?

Moreover, the investment in the development of the wilderness is not small, do those government soldiers still have the extra financial resources to afford military service?

"But there are many strong clans in the Jianghan area," Cai Qian said, "If they are forcibly relocated, I am afraid that the sect thieves will make trouble and threaten the foundation of Xiangyang." ”

Yu Shen shook his head and said, "How can the powerful clan of Jianghan threaten Xiangyang? The 70,000 or 80,000 new troops here in Xiangyang are really powerful! However, we don't have to blindly suppress it, we can divide and disintegrate, and grant some of these clans the hereditary land of Jingnan. They can also be allowed to train themselves as soldiers and bring their own equipment. ”

His method was to practice feudalism in the "raw land" or "half-born land" on Jinghu South Road.

In fact, the Song Dynasty was not completely bureaucratic governance, and there were feudal elements. For example, the Zhe family in the northwest Fulin and the Yang family in Banzhou in the southwest are all hereditary feudal foundations.

He paused, and then added: "There are also many strong clans on Jinghu South Road, and those who can be encircled can also seal them...... Each family and sect has a territory and a reputation, and they will not be enemies of the Taishang.

After appeasing these strong sects, the rest will be easy to do, and you really dare to fight against the seventy or eighty thousand strong soldiers of Taishang? ”

"What about the bureaucracy? What about the taxi? ”

Cai Jing, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked two questions. When everyone heard this, they all secretly admired it in their hearts.

Although Cai Jing is old, his brain is still very clear!

The land issue is one, and so is the issue of the bureaucracy.

Only when everything is settled, can the situation of Jingchu secession be maintained for a long time. Otherwise, the Jingchu regime would have to rely on seven or eight military households for military management. After all, it is an ungrounded regime.

Zhao Ji said: "The Northern Zhou Dynasty is a combination of school selection and citizen recommendation. The school selection of scholars is somewhat similar to the imperial examination, while the selection of citizens is similar to the examination examination. And the two origins can be converted to each other, which is still very lively. Saburo's side is similar, but the local authority is heavier. I just don't know what Guanzhong did? ”

This is where I start thinking about plagiarism......

"It seems that Guanzhong still wants to take the imperial examination," Cai Jing said, "It's just that now the Guanlong martial artists are domineering, and it is difficult for the scholars to have ambitions." ”

"Guanzhong can conduct the imperial examination, but we can't open the imperial examination." Liang Shicheng reminded, "Unless Taishang resets in Xiangyang......"

Zhao Ji sighed, "That's divided into three...... Between father and son, how can this be? I'd better continue to be the Lord. When you are too high, you can isolate the eldest brother and the third brother. ”

"Taishang Shengming."

The ministers had their mouths on their mouths, but they were all a little apprehensive in their hearts.

Zhao Ji is alive, and these people can naturally hold high the banner of the Emperor Taishang and enjoy themselves in Xiangyang.

But what about the Emperor's absence? To whom does the land of Jingchu belong?

Official Zhao Huan? King Kang Zhao Gou? Or Zhao Kai in the southeast? I'm afraid it's going to be a fight, right?

Zhao Ji continued: "If you can't hold the imperial examination, rebuild the civil and martial arts school in Xiangyang, and select the Jingchu vassals and the bright children of the army to enroll." ”

"What about the promotion of the poor family?" Cai Jing asked again.

Of course, the children of the poor family do not refer to the poor people whose families are too poor to open the pot, but to the landlord class intellectuals who are not from official households - in the Tang Dynasty, the poor family refers to the non-scholar origin.

The "road to rise from the cold door" that began in the Song Dynasty was actually the promotion map of the landlord class intellectuals.

Of course, it is indeed progressive to let the landlord class intellectuals who are not from official households pass the examination to become officials and break the monopoly of the gate valve.

But here's the problem...... Who will go to war as a soldier?

In the era of the Shi clan, fighting was the main upward channel for the children of the Han family. At that time, there were two paths: "reincarnation as an official" and "meritorious service as an official". In the Song Dynasty, the way of "reincarnating as an official" was a little narrower, but it was not abolished, while the way of "making meritorious service to become an official" was greatly compressed, and "becoming an official by examination" replaced "making meritorious service as an official".

Of course, this substitution is not entirety. Because the Song Dynasty did not raise people and show off their talents and fame, they would not be rewarded if they failed to pass the Jinshi examination. Moreover, the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty were not divided into north and south lists, and there was no regional balance. Therefore, Hedong, Hebei, and Shaanxi along the northern border will always be the top three in the imperial examination.

For the elites of the landlord class in Hedong, Hebei, and Shaanxi, the way to rise through meritorious service is more realistic than relying on the imperial examination. That's why there will be the Western Army, and there will be Hebei fierce men like Yue Fei - if Yue Fei can have a talent and make a name for himself, what traditional martial arts will he practice, and what army will he follow?

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly: "Now that it is the troubled times of the Warring States Period, the eldest husband should be in the army to kill people, and he can stop the violent Zhou East thief by reading poetry and books?" If we could, we wouldn't be wandering.

Therefore, the rise of the cold door still depends on joining the army! The grange we grant out is a hundred acres, which cannot be divided, cannot be bought or sold, and must be linked to military service. However, 70,000 or 80,000 households with 10 million mu are enough, and Jianghan is so vast that it is estimated that one-third of them will not be needed. The rest of the land is considered private land, but private land is also allowed to join the army...... If there is 100 acres, you can set up a military household village, which is still private land, but you can enjoy the treatment of a military household, and the head of the household or his children can be soldiers. As long as they are children of military families, they have preferential treatment for studying and becoming officials, and those who are smart can be promoted.

If you don't want to join the army, then spend money to buy a civil lord. With a civil lord, you can also be admitted to the school palace, but you are not allowed to enter the military academy. In the future, he will also be a runner-up and a household official. ”