Chongzhen for six years.

October.

When Emperor Chongzhen began to worry about the heirloom jade seal, Tang Xidong had already put aside the heirloom jade seal and was busy with other things.

After the Mongol Han tribe began to fall under his wing.

The newly recruited Mongol cavalry had reached 20,000 men, including other small tribes in the steppe.

Tang Xidong promised to provide them with protection.

The prerequisite is that their nomadic livestock must be regularly assembled at the border for trade.

Because of the constant wars in Henan, Sichuan and Chu.

The trade routes of the caravans from outside were blocked.

Tang Xidong had to start to shift the commercial center to Taiyuan Province in the north, and the caravan's trade route was changed from Henan to Jin.

The business environment in Shanxi is much better than that in other parts of Daming at this time, at least very clean.

There is no exploitation along the way, and there are recruits to escort along the way.

The levy of commercial tax is also carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Unified customization, government supervision, and provision of team complaint channels, greatly protecting the interests of businessmen.

At the same time, the large open-pit coal mines, textile factories, canning factories, soap factories, tanneries, and bicycle factories founded by Tang Xidong's men began to increase their output after the expansion of the plant.

There are more resources in hand, especially after the need for coal and stone production in winter.

The trade in Tang Xidong's hands rose to a new stage again.

In addition, Tangxidong also opened the border gates, allowing southern caravans with strong commercial and trade power to enter the border gates, sell goods, buy cattle and sheep, etc.

At this time, the caravan acquisition capacity in Tang Xidong's hands has reached saturation, if blindly suppressing foreign caravans and not allowing them to go north to the grassland, it will also be a great loss for the large and small tribes of the Mongolian steppe, and a heavy snow will freeze tens of thousands of livestock to death, which is a violation of the law of commerce.

At the same time that the foreign caravans obtained customs clearance, Tang Xidong also took the opportunity to put the concept of tariffs on the table.

You earn money to pay taxes, and rightfully so.

After the annexation of the Mongols.

Tang Xidong's troops have reached as many as 370,000.

The previous blind pursuit of quantity was not a good thing for the construction of the army.

And many of them still came from Henan, after dividing the troops according to the principle of stationing in other places.

The ancients were homesick, and as they stayed in the army for a long time, their minds began to waver.

So Tang Xidong began to carry out corresponding political reforms for the New Army.

The first is the regular batch leave system, each recruit in a year, except for the state of combat readiness, can enjoy a one-month leave system, you can choose the time to choose the number of days of vacation according to their actual situation.

But it must be done in batches.

Secondly, it is to solve the problem of starting a family for Henan soldiers and other soldiers who have not yet started a family.

Before, Tang Xidong hoped for a group of unconcerned soldiers who dared to fight, but after the increase in soldiers, now the number of truly unconcerned soldiers is less than eleven of them.

It's not a good thing that the soldiers have concerns in their hearts.

With a small family, you will have the concept of everyone, and if you know how to surround a small family, you will know that everyone is unstable and the small family is not peaceful.

Especially for the soldiers who migrated from Henan, starting a family in Shanxi is equivalent to taking root, which is good for Tang Xidong.

So Tang Xidong proposed relevant actions to solve the problem of soldiers in the army starting families.

There is only one solution, that is, within the six-month period, the soldiers who have formed a family can get ten taels of silver and one stone of grain rewarded by the government.

Where there is a reward, there is encouragement.

It is expected that Tang Xidong will enter the winter season within half a year, and there will be no signs of major war for the time being.

So take advantage of this time to get this done.

It is also equivalent to rewarding soldiers in the army in disguise.

Ten taels of silver is neither too much nor too little, enough for everyone to marry a girl from an ordinary family, and Tang Xidong is also preparing a bride price for the soldiers in disguise.

After all, ten taels of silver is actually a very heavy burden for these Henan young people who have just settled in Shanxi.

While taking care of everyone's problem of starting a family, Tang Xidong also made everyone feel that he cared about them and bought people's hearts.

Finally, it is clearly stipulated that all ranks in the army should be paid during their military service, and it is clear that in war, while raising salaries, military merit rewards and disability allowances are also increased.

In black and white, let everyone know that there is an account in their hearts, and when the war comes, do you want to blindly save your life or fight for a fortune.

Tang Xidong knew that such a policy, in fact, when it was first promulgated, was often just an empty piece of paper, and for people, it was still important and unattractive, but once the war began, when someone received military merit rewards and disability subsidies, it set a benchmark and example in the army, and at that time, after all, it would arouse everyone to fight bravely to kill the enemy.

The last item is that the army regularly conducts training and drills, selects martial arts, rewards the elite, and directly excludes those who are outdated from the army.

His army must be a daring army, and there is no need for cowards who drag their feet.

In November, Tang Xidong was in Pingyang and took his wife and children to attend Jia Jucai's wedding in person.

With the support of Tang Xidong, Jia Jucai's wedding was very grand.

Tang Xidong needs to convey his will to the whole army for everyone to see.

In addition, all ranks of lieutenant colonels and above need to draw time and numbers, see the wedding of soldiers in the army, as a sign of congratulations.

Of course, Jia Jucai, who is still a child, is now in his early twenties, and his thin body has grown taller, and he is still an artillery platoon commander of the Luoliangshan Heroic Regiment.

Looking at the somewhat shy young man, Tang Xidong also sighed: Over the years, everyone has come over and changed a lot.

At that time, Luoliang Mountain walked from Pingyang to Shanxi, and the leather monkey who followed his ass back then also began to get married, with the tenacity of a soldier on his face.

Everyone's life is better, and Tang Xidong has a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

When he came to this world, his biggest mission is probably to watch them grow day by day, and watch everyone's life get better little by little.

In addition to Jia Jucai, there is also a group of skin monkeys around him, some of whom have already started a family, and some are still preparing for the wedding.

But luckily, they're all still there.

Tang Xidong hopes that they can always be safe, because in them, Tang Xidong sees a mirror, a mirror that allows him to see himself clearly at all times, a mirror that does not allow himself to be lost in the future, and remembers the difficulties of the past.

It's winter.

The first snow fell, the mountains and rivers were white, and a red heart was hot.

Tang Xidong ordered local governments to strengthen inspections and pay more attention to the suffering of the people.

The briquettes produced by coal mines in various localities should be distributed to every household free of charge.

In addition, there are local medical centers that provide free medical activities.

Treat the elderly, weak, women and children who may have diseases in winter.

Meantime.

Tang Xidong also instructed Jia Huaizhong to speed up the hoarding of materials.

It's the New Year.

Last year, the people who migrated from Henan did not have a good year.

This year is the first time everyone has spent in Shanxi, which is the Spring Festival after settling down.

Tang Xidong hopes that every family can enjoy this Spring Festival.

Let everyone feel that this is their home!