After dealing with the mining business, Yang Lin once again focused on military construction, as mentioned earlier, while forming regular field troops, he also formed local garrison units.

The local garrison mainly consists of a garrison squadron stationed in the county seat.

Each township formed its own security team led by the township chief and the security officer (officer).

While paying attention to the formation of various field battalions, Yang Lin mainly focused on the construction of local garrisons, patrolling along the way, and often asking local township chiefs and security officers to convene local security teams to test the results.

Due to the repeated expansion of the army, or the local government does not pay much attention to it, along the way, the construction of security teams in various places has been two-fold, some of them have begun to take shape, the queues are neatly arranged, the operation is in a good way, and some are still a showcase.

Three township chiefs were dismissed in a row, five security officers (responsible for the tolerance of the township security team) were dismissed, and the local earthquake caused everyone to dare to make a show of their fists and legs, and began to form and train the security team.

On this day, I came to Dazhou He's Dam and rode a tall horse to watch the security team drill.

Although the formation is still quite messy, everyone's movements are not very neat, the clothes are colorful, and the weapons are not uniform, but at least compared with the past, the mental outlook has changed greatly.

Yang Lin was sitting in a precarious position, and next to him, Xu Kongtu, the governor of Zhouzhou, and Wu Siwen, the head of the township, wiped the beads of sweat on his face again and again, quite frightened.

He already felt that the atmosphere around him was quite embarrassing, and Yang Lin felt that he needed to say something, since this was the case, why not shout directly to the security guards in front of him?

After the training was completed, Yang Lin immediately stepped forward and began to speak.

From the original intention of forming a security team, the significance of the formation, to the personal benefits to everyone, every word goes to everyone's heart.

There is nothing wrong with farming, but we must always ensure the safety of farming, in the past few years, local riots were rampant, and everyone was worried all day long, not only did not guarantee safety, but also the harvest in the field was limited.

Set up a security team to protect the family and township, and it can also solve everyone's livelihood and find a way out for everyone in the future.

The Yamen provided a large amount of funds for the formation of the security team.

Each security guard is exempt from the Ding Fu, and each person is one dollar and two taels of silver.

Training for one month a year, 2 catties of rice per day, 3 cents of silver subsidy, 1 cent of silver for food, it can cost 6 cents of silver every day, and 1 tael of 8 dollars of silver in a month.

If other expenses are added, each security guard will not be less than 2 taels of silver in a year.

Each security squadron was calculated according to 34 people, and each township spent nearly 70 taels of silver on the security guards.

If you perform a mission, you will also have a 5 cent silver subsidy every day, and if you make meritorious service on the battlefield, the government will also have rewards, including being promoted to local tolerance.

The Yamen invested so many resources in the hope that the security forces would be able to maintain local stability, and that they would be able to protect their families and townships after the main force went out to fight.

Everyone held their breath, many people didn't calculate the economic accounts at all, and it was true when you think about it.

Although the adults are very strict about the training requirements of the security team, they are much better for the brothers than in the past.

In the past, there were militia forces in all localities, such as Wang Anshi's most important change of law was the Baojia Law, and one ding of the two dings in the family participated in the training as a baoding.

You need to bring your own food during the training process, and there is no subsidy.

Now, although they have their own weapons, they have enough food every day (two liters of rice, one cent of silver for food), and a subsidy of three cents of silver, which is not much worse than that of migrant workers (3-7 cents of silver).

In addition, adults are also very kind to people, and for some practitioners, or those who are well trained, they often say two sentences, three words or two words, and often talk about everyone's heart.

In fact, Yang Lin has a fixed pattern of questioning, just like asking these security guards.

Generally, he patted the other party on the shoulder and said, "Brother, what is your name?" ”

Ordinary people would be particularly timid, and replied softly: "My lord, the small people's surname is Wang, and he is rich." ”

At this time, the full name of the other party will be called, and Yang Lin will ask softly: "Hello Wang Fu, how many people are in your family?" ”

At this time, the other party will feel a burst of cordiality, and ordinary people will raise their heads and reply: "My lord, there are ** people in the grass people's family." ”

Under normal circumstances, he will listen patiently to what the other party has to say, and then Yang Lin will continue to have how many acres of land the other party has, how many fields have been paid, and how many ding dollars have been paid?

This has almost become Yang Lin's fixed model, casual dialogue in a few words, in fact, it is also the most important policy focus now, that is, population, land, and taxes.

Back in the teahouse, everyone sat down separately, and Xu Kongtu, the governor of Dazhou, said: In the past, I was full of poetry and books, and everyone pretended to be all-rounders in civil and military affairs, but it was not the case at all.

Take Township Chief Wu as an example, Chongzhen has been showing talent for seven years, and although he has participated in the township examination many times, he has not won the imperial examination.

This time, let the local townships and towns preside over the training of the security team, although Township Chief Wu also tried his best, but he really didn't know how to start. ”

Looking up at the township chief who was sitting precariously, Yang Lin nodded and said: "What Xu Zhizhou said is true, and I blame me for not thinking well at the time, so the security teams in various places have not been effective for more than half a year." ”

Everyone was shocked, Xu Kongtu hurriedly stood up from his seat, and explained again and again, there was absolutely no other meaning, and he looked worried and afraid.

After some discussion, everyone understood Yang Lin's intentions, or they had already felt the lack of training of the militia group.

Since then, certain remedial measures have been taken, so that the training of local militia groups has gradually become regular.

Its measures mainly include:

1. Send professional officers from local garrison units or field infantry battalions to guide the training of security teams.

2. During the training, an infantry squad will be dispatched for sparring training.

3. Only those who meet the training standards can receive training subsidies (3 cents of silver per day), and those who do not meet the standards will only be provided with food.

4. Clarify the assessment requirements, including:

Cohort assessment

Physical strength assessment, an hour running standard of more than 20 miles.

The musketeer fired three guns fifty paces away, hitting two of them

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After the problem of training the security team was solved, Xu Kongtu still frowned, thought about it, and still proposed: "My lord, the old man has been an official for more than ten years, and he used to think that it was easy to be an official, but now he knows many of the mysteries.

In the past, we didn't care much about money and food, but now I know the importance of money and food, and after the implementation of the new policy, the common people live and work in peace and contentment, local taxes have increased a lot, and adults have also implemented the sharing law.

But there are too many local governments, and the counties below complain that the money is not enough to spend. ”

Yang Lin was shocked and glared at the other party to explain.

In the past, all taxes were sent to the imperial court (Emperor Qianlong, the head of the Tartars, actually argued with the local governor all day and night, whether to leave a few hundred taels of silver for the local government to repair the official office), and now the law of sharing is implemented, and 2% of the tax is collected and returned to the locality.

Xu Kongtu is also quite aggrieved, although there are more places to spend money now, but it is difficult for the local government to achieve financial balance.

For example, there are 400,000 mu of land, including 150,000 paddy fields and 250,000 dry land, which can harvest 9,000 quintals of rice and 15,000 quintals of wheat every year.

If the income of the official fields is included, there are 12,000 quintals of rice and 15,000 quintals of wheat every year, which are converted into 20,000 taels of silver and divided into 4,000 taels.

With a population of 120,000 and 30,000 men, 3,600 taels of silver can be collected according to 1 yuan and 2 cents per ding.

There are 10 townships, which can collect 8,000 taels of silver from merchants and 1,000 taels of silver from Guan in a year, divided into 1,800 taels.

The salt refund is 2,400 taels of silver (the amount of salt is calculated according to the population, and then the return is 2%).

plus other miscellaneous income of 1,000 taels, divided into 2,200 taels.

The income of the yamen reached 1,600 taels

In one year, the county yamen earned a total of 10,600 taels of silver.

The actual expenditure includes:

The county government and local townships spent 4,000 taels on 150 people

The local township mayor will receive a subsidy of 100 taels and a subsidy of 600 taels for the mayor

900 A long subsidy of 1,800 taels

Office expenses 500 taels

Council expenses 10 people 200 taels

The cost of various sacrifices is 300 taels

The cost of the local garrison is 800 taels

The local security team spent 600 taels

In this way, only 1,800 taels of silver were left for local construction.

Now the yamen is demanding road repairs, water conservancy construction, and the opening of public schools, all of which require money.

Listening to the other party's long sigh and short sigh, Yang Lin felt funny, unlike in his previous life, most of the Ming officials came from well-read people, although some people were determined to forge ahead, but most of them were inadequate.