Chapter 44: Stabilizing Internal Preparations for Expansion (2)
"Although Ji Xia said it well, it is difficult to do. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info is like the east mountain outside the city lies between two public fields, if everyone has the strength to move the mountain, the east mountain will be removed, the public field is connected into a summer canal irrigation, you can have more tens of thousands of acres of high-quality fertile land. It's good to think about, but who can do it? ”
"If I want to say that I shouldn't teach those village clans to plant, they should be directly captured as slaves, and everyone will share one point, except for the public property, and the family can be divided into three or two. Those clan settlements can't defeat us at all, I only need three or five hundred people, and in a year, I can make all the people from all the villages within three hundred miles northwest come to Xia City as slaves. Mining, carpentry, pottery ponds...... There is a shortage of slaves in these places. ”
"If you can't do it, you are willing to be punished, and you are willing to punish my field slaves!"
Even though Chen Jian said it very clearly, opposition still appeared, and some young and strong people with many military achievements were a little dissatisfied with Chen Jian and Yu Qian'er's policy of using Huairou for settlements hundreds of miles away, and those people were obviously good slaves.
When a war starts, he can make another meritorious service, and he can get more slaves with new merits, which is to kill two birds with one stone.
The appeal for self-interest is almost an instinct, which is also what Chen Jian has been instilling in them in the past few years, a subtle way of thinking, and there is not much cover-up.
There are those who oppose it, and naturally there are those who support it, and it is normal to appeal for their own interests, and those who are good at governing the affairs of the village and have made meritorious contributions support this policy, and they do not quite understand the meaning of dividing the jurisdiction, but they understand that their rights can be greater than before.
Most people did not support or oppose it, as before, they habitually believed that Chen Jian's opinion was correct, and supported Chen Jian in a blind way.
The reason why Jian Chen used the Huairou policy was not because of how kind he was, but because he had other feelings.
There are already a lot of slaves in Xia City, if the surrounding settlements are captured, the slaves must be used intensively to play an efficient role, whether they can expand the basic population in a short period of time, not to mention, these slaves used together are a time bomb, not necessarily when they will be detonated.
In order to have an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of Echeng in the future, so that Echeng could ask for himself, he instilled a large number of slaves with a strong sense of resistance in advance, such as Ying, with scientific methods of uprising, and sold them to Echeng.
Now it seems to be very stable, Chen Jian doesn't quite understand what Dongyi has become like in chaos, but Su Yue's choice is undoubtedly to prepare to conquer the rest of his relatives by force with a small alliance, and the clan civil war of the Dahe Group is inevitable.
Once the civil war of the Dahe Group broke out, Xia Ewei would inevitably expand eastward to attack those clans that did not have an alliance with Sucheng, and when the interior was empty, it was the best time for Chen Jian to instill an uprising in the eyes of the others, and it was also an opportunity for Xia Cheng to really have a chance to interfere with Echeng and become the true speaker of the Three Cities Alliance.
Xia E has been linked by roads and sailboats, and once she resists, this fire will inevitably burn to Xia City, and when she goes on the expedition, she must leave enough Chinese troops to prevent uprisings and rebellions.
There was less left, and he was not at ease with the stability of Xia Cheng; There are too many left, and he is not at ease with his seat.
In this way, the only way to alleviate internal contradictions can only be adopted, and the best way for Xia Cheng to expand the population in the next ten years is to naturalize and assimilate, people are not crops, and they can grow up quickly by pouring a little dung.
Xia Cheng did not have so many management talents for the time being, and there were only a few roads, so it was impossible to effectively rule the surrounding area within three or five hundred miles.
It's a pity to throw it away, and if you take it back as a slave and worry about internal instability in the war three or five years later, the best way is to use a variant of the feudal system to distribute it to those who have fame, strength, and fame.
If you do it well, it will naturally be good, and if you don't do it well, you will only affect one or two villages if you try to oppress and cause chaos, and it will not be because you get together to form a spark and fire the prairie fire, and you can also transfer the minds of these people to your own fiefdom, so as to balance the battlefield exploits and the management talents from the academy: the former takes the fief as a fief but no longer manages the internal affairs of Xia City, so as to give them some explanations, so as not to turn the entire Xia City into a military government in a few years.
In the face of those opposing voices, Chen Jian could only dissuade: "You said that you moved away from Dongshan to make fertile land, but that is not possible; But if you want to say that you can't do a village to cultivate textiles, that's not for. It's only been three or five years since our Xia Cheng walked out of the cave, so why can't we do it? ”
"You have done a lot for the city, these should also be the rewards you deserve, in the fiefdom you can tax yourself, build your own, within three years, the city can provide you with farm tools, seeds, etc., in three years, even if it is not as good as Xia Cheng, but there are also hundreds of farmers and ten thousand acres of land, is it not comparable to three or five slaves?"
"After three years, it was nothing more than a tribute to the city and a repayment of the seeds and farm tools. Slaves may die, but this is land but it will not die for 10,000 years. Don't think only of yourselves, for you don't have children or grandchildren? ”
Speaking of children and grandchildren, the eyes of those who were originally against it suddenly lit up and asked in surprise: "Are these villages...... No, no, our fiefdom can be passed on to our children? ”
Jian Chen nodded and said, "Of course, people live for a lifetime, isn't it just for their children and grandchildren?" Now that everyone is divided, the clay pots at home can be left to their children, and the land can also be left to their children, why can't these fiefs work? In the future, children will have no ability, and you will always have something to eat for your merits, and parents should think more deeply for their children. People will always die, but the blood can remain in people for generations. ”
"But if you make a big mistake such as betrayal, murder, etc., it will be taken back."
"You all know that we are going to build a new city in Onozawa, and there must be someone to govern the new city, but who will take care of it? That's a problem. Wild ducks swim fast in the water, but if they walk on the ground, they can be caught by wild cats. Some people are very brave when they fight, but they are not as good as others compared to managing villages and distributing grain, just as emerald stone is good, but it is not as good as the common clay in the pit when it is used to burn pottery. ”
"In the future, if you people are divided, whoever does a good job will mean who can manage the city well, and I don't have to worry so much about the affairs of the new city. The leader of Xia City was chosen by everyone, and it may be okay for someone to want to be the leader themselves, so I will give you a chance now. Thirty miles of villages, if the gathering of hundreds of people is not well managed, how can everyone choose you to manage the summer city with a population of thousands of miles across a hundred miles? ”
Those people were secretly happy in their hearts, and they had no objection to what Jian Chen said about recovering the fief, this kind of thing should be so.
Xia Cheng has just been separated not long ago, and many people have not experienced the problem of inheritance of their children, although their bodies are separated, but there are still many people in their minds who are remnants of the clan society, and they have not thought of a long time away. Chen Jian teased it, and the minds of these people came alive, many of them already had children, and they all felt that this was indeed a good reward, compared to those slaves who would die, these immortal lands and villages were eternal.
As for those who don't have children for the time being, and who still want to make a career and rely on fame to survive until Chen Jian is old and get the support of everyone, the matter of Onozawa's construction of the city also makes their hearts burn.
It was not a village, but a city, a very important city that Ji Xia valued, just like the stage of those people in Shi Xia, only when they climbed up could they have a chance to get applause or boos, and those who couldn't climb couldn't even get boos.
While everyone was in reverie, Jian Chen pretended to cough, waiting for his sister's double reed, Yu Qian'er kept his ears on his ears, waiting for his brother's cough, which was discussed a few days ago.
Finally coughing, Yu Qian'er waited for everyone's discussion to be a little quieter, and asked in a loud voice: "Brother, these fiefdom villages can be passed on to women's children and grandchildren, but how to divide them?" Is it a deuce? Or is it according to the merit and ability? Or is it ...... Feel free to divide it? There has to be a rule, right? ”
As soon as the question came out, someone laughed and said: "Si Xiangji is usually smart and tight, how can he ask such a question today?" It doesn't matter if you divide it evenly, it doesn't matter who you give it to, it's your own thing, just like your own clay pot, if you want to fall, you will fall, and if you want to give it away, you will give it away. Even if there are many heirs, leave one to be. ”
Yu Qian'er shook her head and said, "That's not the case. Last year, the two clans in our city blushed because of the land, and this year the land was divided, and some people quarreled over a row and a half of land. Brothers who are common comrades on weekdays, and they can quarrel because of half an acre of land, not to mention that this is the foundation of the entire family for thousands of years, won't brothers and sisters quarrel because of this? They are all their own descendants and bloodlines, and it is difficult to decide who is divided or not, and it makes brothers and sisters discordant. It is said that it will be decades before this is said, but just like in our city, a large clay jar was prepared on the top before the fire was fired, and how could it be too late to make a clay jar when the house was lit? ”
This is the argument that she and Chen Jian have already secretly discussed, and after saying that, Chen Jian added: "This is really a problem. A village is not a cake, but it is cut into portions according to the number of children. In the future, when you grow old and see your ancestors, your children want to sacrifice ceremoniously and eat abundantly, and a whole village can produce more than they are separated. Besides, it is a village now, and if it becomes a city in the future, will it be possible that it will be a city and be managed separately? You have ten children, and you have ten more, and in a hundred years you have divided a village and a city into hundreds and thousands......"
"Moreover, what Yu Qian'er said is also reasonable, when the time comes, there will definitely be gaps in the children in order to share this thing. If there is a gap in the family, there will be no peace. If you divide it in terms of fame and ability, everyone thinks that they have done a good job and gives it to others, not only will he not be grateful to his parents for giving birth to him, but he will resent, which is what I don't want to see. How many times did you quarrel over land last year? Who dares to say that in the future, their children and grandchildren will be sensible and will not resent their parents or their brothers and sisters? ”
"I think I will set up a rule, and if those people want to hate in the future, they will hate those who set the rules, and they will never hate their parents."
As soon as these words came out, many people shouted: "Who dares to hate the rules? When Ji Song was a priest, those who made mistakes were punished and only hated themselves, where did they dare to say anything about the rules? If you don't want to abide by the rules of Xia City, since you leave Xia City, there are no rules governing the sky and the earth outside, and no one will stop you. ”
"Yes, Ji Xia will set up a rule, just like let's walk along the left side of the road, it doesn't make sense to think about it carefully, but if there is no such rule, the city gate will be blocked."
Jian Chen nodded and said, "Then I'll make a rule, in the future, the jurisdiction of the fief can only be passed on to the eldest son and eldest daughter." They are older brothers and sisters, and they have been through a lot of things, and it is natural for them to take care of their younger siblings if their parents die. Besides, they want to be in charge of the sacrifices behind us, and they can't preside over the sacrifice of sisters and brothers, and brothers and sisters have to listen to their younger brothers and sisters, right? This is the case with fiefdoms, and other fields and slaves are no longer listed, so we will discuss this later. ”
The reason is like this, Chen Jian was afraid that someone would have questions, so he had already told Yu Qian'er, and Yu Qian'er asked: "The rules should be detailed, I still have two things to ask." First, what if the eldest son and eldest daughter are not intelligent, but on the contrary are very dull? ”
"It is still passed on to the firstborn and the firstborn. If he is dull, only his younger siblings will help him. But if you don't follow the rules, your younger brothers and sisters will inevitably disagree with this brother in their hearts, and once you open this opening, the family will definitely be restless. Standing long, not virtuous. ”
Yu Qian'er asked again: "If someone is born into a wild union and does not faint, this is the eldest son." What is the calculation of a child born after a faint prayer with another person, and he is not the firstborn? ”
"Nohe, just for a moment of refreshment, did not swear to each other in vain. As sung in the play, men and women plough with oxen, women weave, women need food, and men need clothes. In this case, only the eldest son after the prayer shall prevail. For example, if Mr. Renye has a son, and in the future, the two will ask their parents and clansmen to testify and swear to give birth to a second son, and the second son will inherit. ”
Jian Chen laughed for a while and said, "Born by Yehe, who knows it's yours, right?" In the future, when you will sacrifice after death, what are those meals for you? Or is it for his own father? Now it's no longer the time to take the mother as the clan, and we men can be more careful. The mother must know that the child crawled out of her belly, but the father doesn't know if he made it himself ten months ago. ”
This is the first city meeting after the division of the family, most of the people who came were men, Chen Jian said this, and the few women below naturally scolded a few times, but the men all nodded yes, and grinned: "What you said is reasonable." When I sacrificed, I only said that my parents enjoyed it, but when I went there, I didn't have anything to eat when I went to the sacrifice, but I saw that the person next door actually ate what he had earned with all his hard work, which was not good. ”
Chen Jian followed a few men and said a few meaty words, and then said, "Since this is the case, then let's set this rule first." Red fish, you write this down and let the acorns be carved on the clay tablet and burned, and then add any problems later. But these two articles cannot be changed, and I don't want to turn this good thing into a source of sibling quarrels decades later. ”
"Three days later, some people will go to the city, and follow me to the villages and see them, and break them down. Let me first talk about the people who have made meritorious contributions that everyone agrees on this time, and let's see which ones disagree? What other feats have been made that I have forgotten? (To be continued.) )