Chapter 368: People's Hearts Seek Profit, Great Joy

At the time of the change of Shang and Zhou, King Zhou organized an army of slaves to meet the coalition of princes led by King Zhou in the capital, but the slave army fought back, which accelerated the demise of King Zhou.

Since then, except for the dark Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the country's army has always selected civilians as much as possible, the Song Dynasty tattooed on the soldiers' cheeks, regarded them as prisoners, and the Ming Dynasty incorporated soldiers into military households, regarded them as subordinate households, and the combat effectiveness of the armies of the two dynasties was in everyone's eyes.

"A slave cannot be a good warrior" the Roman Emperor Trajan also said something like this, there is such a consensus in the East and the West, there is no sense of belonging, soldiers who do not know what they are fighting for, can not become real warriors, even if they train hard and are well-equipped, they also lack a spirit.

Soldiers who do not have this kind of spirit, not to mention that they cannot play a role at a critical time, are very likely to be the cause of trouble for the army.

Nearly seventy percent of Shandong's population is working as a tuntian household in the Tuntian Grange, which is enough to supply the army of more than 100,000 people, which is also a great burden for the Jiaozhou battalion.

Because of the source of soldiers and the financial burden, more than seventy percent of the troops in the Jiaozhou battalion were Tuntian soldiers who were only responsible for food and were not responsible for military salaries.

At present, it seems that the problem is not big, in the troubled and famine years, it is a great blessing to have food and clothing, and the family has a place to live, and I dare not ask for anything else.

But how can the people's hearts be analyzed, there has been no new blood in the past two years, and the Tuntian Grange has gradually settled down.

Without the previous kind of gratitude, inertia will arise, although the Jiaozhou battalion has given promises, but there is no real policy, and the Tuntian soldiers feel that they are desperate to work outside. Except for being lucky enough to become a free citizen, he is still a farmer, he has no personal freedom, and he has been farming for generations, what is the meaning of this.

People are not satisfied, even if the soldiers of the Jiaozhou battalion are like this, Li Meng is still a general in the imperial court system, and he has no righteous name. There is no reason to save the country, only to motivate the soldiers themselves from the interests of themselves. Use very realistic things to make the soldiers fight to the death for you......

The above things are not impassioned, but they are very realistic, and they are in front of Li Meng.

With the scale of the battles and the results of the battles in the various places of the Jiaozhou battalion today, there will be no problem in maintaining the system of Tuntian soldiers, but what Zhou Yang said and Li Meng are thinking about the future.

With the current size and development momentum of the Jiaozhou battalion, future operations. It is necessary to take into account the psychology and mentality of the officers, officers and men, and even the logistics personnel under the Jiaozhou battalion, so that they feel that they share weal and woe, life and death with the Jiaozhou battalion system, and that their own battles and struggles are worthwhile.

The lights had begun to be held in various parts of the General Army's mansion, and Li Meng leaned back on the chair with his arms folded. After a long silence, his expression was extremely solemn, and he opened his mouth and said to Zhou Yang:

What Mr. Zhou said was something that Li didn't expect. If you bring it up today, you must already have a case in your heart, and if you say it, Li will not forget this kind of great achievement. ”

Li Meng really didn't expect that he, who was born in the People's Liberation Army, took many things for granted, but he didn't expect this. Zhou Yang's speech tonight had an excellent effect. I was also happy in my heart, but my expression was still pretending to be solemn, and I bowed and said:

"Today, I went to Master Ning to ask, because there is more Caoyun Lijin, there will be no major accidents this year, no big accidents, and our Shandong income is a lot more than last year, and there is more of this input. It just happens to be able to fill the gap drawn by the military family accounts in Tuntian. ”

Speaking of which. Li Meng flipped through the scrolls on the side and wrote them down, and took out a scroll. smiled and said to Zhou Yang:

"This is a report sent by the Dengzhou Armed Salt Ding Brigade three days ago, the re-mining of the gold mine in Dengzhou Mansion has been eyebrows, and several large local households have been secretly mining, and it has finally been found out, which is also an income that can be made up."

The Zhaoyuan Gold Mine is not as easy as Li Meng said, and several big families there have always pretended to be extremely close to the Jiaozhou camp, and then mined the gold mine privately and blocked the news from the outside world. When the armed salt ding used to check the place, the local big wealthy families naturally did not want to, and used a lot of means openly and secretly, and finally used a small bloody storm as a game.

For the benefit of the gold mine, these small gangs in Shandong even dared to use knives with the Jiaozhou battalion, of course, this fate can be imagined

However, there is no need to let Zhou Yang know about these things of fighting and killing, just tell him that with the gold mine, the reform on the side of Tuntianhu can be carried out boldly.

"The military dependents of the tuntianhu were changed to civilians, but they were still managed according to the tuntianhu system for three years, but the income from the fields, in addition to 40% of the land used for their own food, was retained for their own use, and the rest was taxed, and after three years, it was equivalent to civilians, and the tuntianhu was no longer related, and they enjoyed preferential treatment for the military dependencies."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yang laughed a few times and said with a smile:

"In the grange, according to the gross estimate of 50 mu per person, the consumption of the tuntian households is almost 50%, and the consumption of many lands is 60%, so calculated, in fact, the Jiaozhou camp has not lost too much, but the worry is that it will ...... in three years."

Zhou Yang hesitated, and asked cautiously:

"Dashuai, is three years enough?"

This question is already very direct, three years, of course, it is to ask what kind of state the Jiaozhou battalion can achieve in these three years, Li Meng naturally understood the meaning of Zhou Yang's words, thought for a while, and said with a smile:

"The southern expedition is imminent, if it is successful, it won't take three years, you just let it go!"

Zhou Yang hurriedly got up and camped, for his suggestion, Li Mengshen thought that for him, the sooner this matter was done, the better, and then opened his mouth and ordered:

"In this case, Mr. Zhou will come up with a charter, these Tuntian military dependents, it doesn't matter if they are civilians, but the new land given to them must not be native to their hometown, and they must change places."

The Tuntian Grange in Jiaozhou Camp is all land bought in the famine year, and many of the Tuntian households are simply cultivated in their own hometowns, or even on their own land, if they are returned to them like this, it is difficult for people to feel what kind of kindness, but they will feel that the things have returned to their original owners, and maybe there will be other thoughts in their hearts.

Of course, this can't be broken, both sides are just understanding, since Li Meng officially ordered, Zhou Yang hurriedly stood up and respectfully agreed, Li Meng accepted his words in full, this is already an affirmation of him, Zhou Yang was also happy in his heart, and he had to retire after saluting.

"Give me a document for this plan first, this is a big morale thing, every step you take, you must let the people below know that things can be done slowly, but this propaganda must be indispensable, slowly give them hope and hope."

Before going out, Li Meng opened his mouth again and said that this policy is a good way to gather the morale of his subordinates, and it is natural to make this propaganda effect of grace sufficient, so that everyone will be grateful, and let these Tuntian soldiers be grateful to death.

Here Zhou Yang turned around and went out, but saw a maid hurriedly running towards this side, this is the lady of the inner house, unless there is something important, it is easy not to come here, Zhou Yang hurriedly lowered his head and turned to the side, so as not to be rude, the maid ran over breathlessly.

Zhou Yang wondered in his heart, thinking about what was going on in the inner house, but this thought flashed, and then he stopped thinking about it, this is not what he should care about. Zhou Yang knew that Li Meng's proposal to turn the Tuntian soldiers into civilians was agreed to today, and there would be a lot of work in the future, and if he couldn't do a good job with his staff team and the Tuntian system, he would have to be busy with this in the next year, or even a few years.

But Zhou Yang also knew that this proposal would almost determine his status in the Jiaozhou camp, and the chief Wenchen could be expected.

Looking at the maid who hurriedly ran in, Li Meng's brows furrowed, there are always too few times when everything goes well, the official business is smooth, but the family affairs are not stable, since the army of displaced people is stationed in a place thirty miles outside Kaifeng City, Mu Yunyao is worried, he doesn't think about tea and dinner, and he is even more uncomfortable in the past few days, and Yan Ruoran has already sent someone to invite Lang Zhong to come in the afternoon.

This maid is in such a hurry, there should be a result, Li Meng is very concerned, for a few girls in the inner house, he feels that the one who owes the most is Mu Yunyao, this girl gave up her glory and wealth for him, and even her own status, and was willing to be unknown, but Li Meng could only give the other party the identity of a concubine, and the girl's contribution and return were really disproportionate.

Worried in his heart, Li Meng left his seat here, but by the light of the lights at the door, he saw that the girl's face was full of joy, and he was immediately confused, it's okay, but there is no happy event!

"Master, master, second lady...... The second lady was overjoyed. ”

This is really a sudden surprise, Li Meng was a little stunned all of a sudden, this time at home is not short, naturally he is diligent in farming, but he didn't expect this to have a result.

For a while, Li Meng's heart was full of joy, and he was so happy that he just wanted to laugh out loud.

The big war is imminent, and the inner house is happy, which is really a good omen......