"Okay, with this guarantee of yours, I'm relieved~!"

Yang Lin responded, looked at the chief of staff again, and said earnestly: "My chief of general staff, you must convey the order and strictly implement it." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Whenever they arrived at the new station, they told the soldiers that their task was not only to defend the territory, but also to cultivate grain. ”

"At the beginning, all the living materials will be allocated by the imperial court to replenish them in time. Like the new territories of Southeast Asia, unlike other places, they have just experienced a big war, especially the country of Annam, which has experienced so many years of civil strife, and the people's livelihood has long been withered, and it is impossible to provide any taxes, everything can only rely on themselves. ”

The General Staff nodded seriously and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the last general understands that for the garrisons in Southeast Asia and Tibet, it is still in accordance with the previous policy, they are responsible for clearing the wasteland and planting grain, and the imperial court allocates seeds. At the time of the harvest every year, they cut away the grain they needed to eat and drink, and the rest of the grain was increased to five, half of which was handed over to the imperial court, and half of which was purchased at the court's expense, and the silver was divided equally among each soldier. ”

"Moreover, when a soldier is discharged from the army, if he wishes to stay and live in the area, he can allocate two acres of land from the reclaimed land and give it to them free of charge. Not only that, the soldiers who stayed behind also enjoyed the double preferential policies of the imperial court, and the reclaimed wasteland did not have to pay any public grain for the first two years, and then it increased year by year, and returned to normal payment of public grain and taxes. ”

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While speaking, Liu Yong listened to the ups and downs in his heart, and thought of some things, the imperial court almost borrowed from the army management methods of the Ming Dynasty, all the troops on the border must reclaim the land and guard the territory while tuntian.

However, the Great Guang Dynasty improved and improved a lot, so that every soldier could enjoy the benefits of land reclamation and tuntian. During the Ming Dynasty, although the army on the border was cultivating wasteland, it only fattened those generals, and the soldiers also faced the danger of being deducted from their salaries.

Therefore, the military tuntian system in the Ming Dynasty became a disadvantage.

The border army of the Great Guang Dynasty was completely different, and the reclaimed land had strict management regulations, and the generals had no right to dispose of it, let alone take it for themselves. Moreover, the soldiers in charge of the garrison received great benefits, in addition to the monthly salary, the land allocated to them every year for the cultivated land, after the harvest, the grain was exchanged for silver, which was again a great sum of silver.

Compared with the soldiers stationed in the interior, the simple garrison mission, those soldiers who guard the frontier and open up the wasteland will earn a lot higher than the normal soldiers who receive silver every year!

Therefore, all the soldiers of the Great Guang Dynasty had a certain understanding of these policies, and almost all the soldiers were willing to go to the frontier to garrison troops in the wilderness and cultivate grain. Although those places were full of dangers, they were constantly facing invasion by foreign enemies, and life was difficult. However, the bulging pockets still comforted them.

Moreover, the soldiers are willing to defend the frontier and open up wasteland for farming in some places, and another important point is that in the reclaimed tuntian, the generals and soldiers are equal, and those who are able to work more work and distribute the money from the sale of grain according to their work.

Liu Yong once counted and learned some information: There are hundreds of thousands of mu of land reclaimed outside the Northeast Pass alone, and more than half of the land reclaimed by the army is still increasing.

Unlike the Qing Dynasty, the Great Guang Dynasty did not strictly control the Northeast, and it was free to enter and exit. The soldiers who served outside the Guanxi saw that the land in the northeast was fertile and there were large areas of wasteland, and after the imperial court's pioneering policy, they immediately wrote a letter to their hometown, asking their families to move to the northeast and live near the army, which can be described as very safe.

After a two-year truce, almost all the granaries of the Great Guang Dynasty were filled with grain, and there was no problem at all in supporting Tibet and Southeast Asia. What's more, another harvest season is coming.

While Yang Lin and the two were discussing the new territory of Southeast Asia and Tibet, the Ryukyu Kingdom in the East China Sea was also performing a political show, and the two people were talking secretly in Shuri, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the royal palace.

"Lord Lu, please leave it to you, the success of this operation is related to the survival of the Ryukyu Kingdom, we must borrow troops from China, otherwise, my life and Cheng'er will not be long."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, Weichen will definitely not live up to your trust, even if he dies, he will die on the way to China!"

As soon as the words fell, one of the people in official uniforms was about to kneel, and the other in yellow robes hurriedly stepped forward and stopped the person who was about to kneel.

At this moment, the person in the yellow robe is Shang Wen, the current king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the other person is Lu Ziming, who escorted Shang Weier to Guangzhou, the minister of the Pillar Kingdom of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Both of them looked cautious, and they didn't even dare to speak loudly.

Lu Ziming stopped kneeling, held Shang Wen's arm with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it is summer now, the southeast wind, Weichen will dress up in disguise in the near future, blend into the royal city, take a small boat unconsciously, sneak out of Ryukyu Island, and float to China. ”

Shang Wen was very moved, pinning all his hopes on this loyal courtier, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Hey, Lord Lu, my sister has not been heard from in China, if you can, look for her whereabouts, is she still by that Yang Lin's side?" ”

Lu Ziming hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Your Majesty, since I returned last time, I was discovered by the Japanese and I went to China, and they have been more strict in monitoring the coast of the Ryukyu Kingdom. For the past two years, Wangcheng has been like a deserted island isolated from the rest of the world, and we people have not received any news from the outside world. ”

"Hey, Lord Lu, about Wei'er, this king just said it in passing. In any case, he is also the king's most beloved sister. Ever since my father was assassinated by the Japanese, only my brother has cherished her. Shang Wen sighed and said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, after Weichen arrived in China, he asked the Qing court for reinforcements, and immediately found out the whereabouts of the eldest princess, so that the first king could rest assured."

Hearing Lu Ziming's statement, which was not like prevarication, Shang Wen was a lot more relieved, and said instead: "By the way, Lord Lu, when you act, you can help my younger brother Prince Shang Haoshang." Although Shang Hao is still very young, only fifteen years old, he is a very clever person, and he knows the importance of this matter, which is related to the future of the Ryukyu Kingdom and whether the Shang dynasty can continue. ”

However, Lu Ziming did not have a trace of joy, but instead looked sad, and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not, I am worried that you will misunderstand, and he is provoking the brotherhood of your monk and prince." ”

Hearing this, Shang Wen's heart was sudden, and a bad feeling arose spontaneously, but he still suppressed the irritability, and said in a low and calm voice: "Lord Lu, although you have something to say, you can be loyal to the Ryukyu Kingdom at this time, and be willing to take the risk to ask the Qing court for help, it can be seen that your loyalty is obvious and selfless. ”

With the words of the king of the Ryukyus, Lu Ziming was like taking a reassuring pill, no longer caring about anything, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, you have lived in the palace for a long time, you don't know, in the past year or so, Prince Shang has been very close to the Japanese king, and he has been subservient to Japanese officials, which can be said to be extremely welcome, if Weichen asks Prince Shang for help, it is likely to cause unforeseen consequences, resulting in the leakage of the plan." ”

In an instant, Shang Wen was like a lightning strike, even if he had a guess for a long time, he still didn't expect his own brother to do this, almost without any dignity to please the Japanese, and lose the dignity of the royal family.

Even so, Shang Wen did not doubt what Lu Ziming said, because he knew too well the personality of this old minister, and when he took over the throne from his grandfather, the previous Ryukyu king left him with the minister of the Pillar Kingdom, and he was loyal.

Seeing that Shang Wen had some unacceptable looks, Lu Ziming could make his mood. After all, in any case, the king was eighteen years old, his mind was not yet fully mature, and after his grandfather's death, he took over the Ryukyu Kingdom, and at that time, he was only an eleven-year-old child.

Seeing that the young king was a little stunned, Lu Ziming persuaded him with kind words: "Your Majesty, it is not a pity that Weichen's old life is dead, but the success of the operation is directly related to the survival of the Ryukyu Kingdom." In this year, Japan became more and more powerful and aggressive, and their ambition to annex the Ryukyu Kingdom was already obvious. ”

Immediately, Shang Wen immediately came to his senses, his young face showed a look of determination, and he whispered in a deep voice: "Lord Lu, you are solely responsible for this matter, and this king will immediately write you a document to express his intention to ask for help from the Celestial Empire." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will bring the text and ask for help from the kingdom, unless Weichen dies!"

Although Lu Ziming's answer was quiet, it was full of sonorous power, seeing that the young king had regained his composure and calmness, and reappeared with forbearance, he felt that Lao Huai was comforted, all his efforts and efforts were worth it, even if it was to take the lives of his own family?

Shang Wen was writing hard, contemplating his words, but Lu Ziming was secretly cheering himself up, only asking for reinforcements, and the king had no worries about his life before the reinforcements arrived. Then, the Ryukyu Kingdom will continue to survive and not be annexed by Japan.

Lu Ziming believed that as long as he survived this difficulty, with the king's mind, he would be able to endure all kinds of humiliation, and with all these years of painful experience, Shang Wen would definitely become a master and govern the Ryukyu Kingdom in an orderly manner.