"In addition to going out to perform tasks, the rest of the soldiers have to go out of the camp for training every day, and in addition, limit the number of times soldiers can enter and leave the Yiren Inn, no more than twice a month, my lord, what do you think?" Hong Chengchou had no choice but to adopt a compromise approach.

Shi Kefa still refused: "Can you guarantee that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will not decline?" ”

"My lord, His Majesty once told the last general that in different places, different methods should be used to command the troops, and now it is outside the border, we must let the soldiers adapt to life here, and now if the soldiers are forcibly forbidden to go to the Yiren Inn, in case the collective disgust of the soldiers is aroused, the situation will not be able to be cleaned up."

Shi Kefa pondered for a while, but he still disagreed, "Hong Junzuo, I will write a letter to His Majesty and tell him about the situation here, if His Majesty agrees, I will naturally not object, if His Majesty opposes, we must resolutely ban the Yiren Inn." ”

"Just do as the adults say!" Hong Chengchou bowed for a long time.

Shi Kefa returned the salute: "However, we said that before the arrival of His Majesty's edict, Hong Junzuo should also appropriately restrict the soldiers, just like you just said, the soldiers go out every day, visit the Yiren Inn every month, no more than twice, and do not stay at the Yiren Inn at night." ”

Throughout the winter, Hong Chengchou arranged soldiers every day to go to various villages around Chita to check the situation of the herdsmen, and now the herdsmen no longer have war horses, even if they flee, they can't escape far for a while, and it is enough to check once a day.

Soldiers who do not have duty assignments must go out for exercises in the morning, and only in the afternoon, they are free, but Hong Chengchou has made a new rule that they must stay in the barracks in the afternoon, and if the soldiers go out, they must ask for leave to register at the staff office, not more than twice a month.

Hong Chengchou also made a special statement that if a soldier has no spirit in training or fighting, he is not allowed to ask for leave to go out.

Throughout the winter, Lingbei Province was covered with snow or thick ice, and as a civil official, Shi Kefa really had nothing to do.

It wasn't until the first day of the third month of the third year of Chongzhen's reign that the three Confucius schools in Lingbei opened, and Shi Kefa became busy again.

According to Zhu Youzhen's instructions, all children between the ages of six and ten, regardless of gender, must enter schools to learn Chinese and Chinese.

The Confucius School in Chita Province has more than 400 children in eight classes, while the Confucius Schools in Hengjiu County and Beiwang County Confucius Schools have fewer than 300 students in six classes.

These children spend eight months in school every year, and the remaining four months are on vacation, of which December, January, and February are winter vacations because the weather is too cold, and July is too hot for summer vacation.

The eight-month school year is divided into two semesters, March, April, May, and June for the first semester, and August, September, October, and November for the second semester.

All books, even writing brushes and paper, are free of charge, but children's meals and clothing must be provided by their parents and managed by the school.

Shi Kefa believes that these students who learn Chinese in the city can not only speed up the speed of sinicization, but also that the children live in the city, and can be used as hostages, which can prevent their parents from fleeing.

Hong Chengchou is the happiest, since the school opened, he has changed from once a day to inspect each village once a day to once every three days.

As soon as the opening of the school was stabilized, the felons exiled by the Criminal Department in Lingbei Province arrived, and they arrived with Zhu Youzhen's handwritten letter, which was his reply to Shi Kefa and Hong Chengchou, Zhu Youzhen did not issue a holy decree, but in the form of a private letter, and told Shi Kefa and Hong Chengchou that after reading the letter, they should immediately destroy it and not keep it, as long as they understood the spirit of the letter.

In the letter, Zhu You reported to the two that the soldiers were outside the border, far away from their relatives and hometown, and their lives were very monotonous, and they tried to enrich their spare time, such as various competitions and entertainment.

If the soldiers are homesick, they will inevitably not be able to serve with peace of mind, not only the combat effectiveness of the army will decline, but also affect the soldiers' determination and initiative to defend the territory and open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty, after all, they will be stationed outside the customs for five years.

With regard to the matter of soldiers looking for women, Zhu Youzhen believes that it is not appropriate to absolutely prohibit it, but it is necessary to ensure the safety of soldiers, and if it is handled properly, it can also inspire the spirit and courage of soldiers to fight for the country and open up frontiers for the country.

Zhu Youzhen believes that this kind of thing must be incorporated into the daily management of the provincial government, for example, to strengthen the supervision of the Yiren Inn, and if conditions permit, relevant institutions can be set up to serve the soldiers, so that management can be strengthened and the problem of insufficient money for the soldiers can be solved.

Regarding the problem that the soldiers had no money to spend, Zhu Youzhen also gave an idea, that is, let the soldiers participate in the construction of roads, and the imperial court was temporarily unable to build cement roads in Lingbei Province, but they could build the roadbed first, and pay the corresponding remuneration according to the road construction workers.

If the soldiers are accustomed to life in Lingbei, are willing to marry and have children in the local area, and have suitable partners, the imperial court and the military should allow them to settle in the local area after they are discharged, and the provincial government should distribute the corresponding arable land and pastures to the retired soldiers.

Shi Kefa and Hong Chengchou burned Zhu Youzhen's letters, and the two were relatively speechless.

On the one hand, Hong Chengchou is grateful to the wise and martial Zhu Youzhen, on the other hand, he feels that behind him, there is a pair of eyes from the imperial court, always paying attention to him, so that he does not dare to have the slightest slackness.

In the end, he agreed with Hong Chengchou that Hong Chengchou should strengthen the management of the army, and strictly control the entry and exit of soldiers into and out of the Yiren Inn, and he was responsible for strengthening the management of the Yiren Inn.

In Shi Kefa's heart, there is already a draft, on the one hand, to limit the price of the Yiren Inn, maintain fifty copper coins each time, and not increase the price, otherwise the inn will be heavily fined, in addition, the industrial and commercial tax on the Yiren Inn will be levied, according to the standard of fifteen taxes and one, it will be settled once a month, and the tax will be compared with the records of the soldiers leaving the camp, and it can be seen whether the soldiers strictly abide by the rules of the army and whether the military discipline is corrupt.

He is an upright civil official, since the main source of customers of the Yiren Inn is the soldiers of the Ming army, it must be on the right track, clearly marked the price, fair trading, soldiers for the imperial court to defend the territory and open up the territory, and must not be pitted.

Zhu Youzhen advocated the road construction movement, Shi Kefa also discussed with Hong Chengchou, and when the Chita was completely frozen, he mobilized soldiers to build the roadbed, and first built the section from Chita to Hengjiu, and started construction from Chita and Hengjiu at the same time.

Hong Chengchou built yì, so that the herdsmen who had spare energy also joined in, and implemented the daily new system, and the remuneration was settled daily.

As for the amount of daily wages, Shi Kefa built yì, compared with the monthly salary of one or two silvers in Daming, a little lower, twenty wen per day, all road construction personnel, equal pay for equal work, but the premise is that they have been naturalized as Han Chinese, and a small number of Mongolians who are still not naturalized resolutely refuse their participation in road construction.

After Hong Chengchou left, Shi Kefa had to face the prisoners who were escorted by the Criminal Department to be exiled alone.

According to the documents of the Criminal Department, there were 2,038 prisoners, of whom 1,121 were accompanied by family members, and nearly 1,000 came to Lingbei alone.

Shi Kefa placed 1,121 people accompanied by their families, along with their families, around Chita and mixed with the herdsmen, while the remaining nearly 1,000 prisoners were equally distributed to Hengjiu and Beiwang counties, where they also lived with the herdsmen.

He was grateful to Zhu Youzhen from the bottom of his heart, because with these exiled prisoners, the herdsmen could learn Chinese as soon as possible and join the torrent of the Han nation, and moreover, these prisoners could live with the herdsmen, and they could also speed up the herdsmen's learning of farming.

From nomadic herding to farming, the herdsmen did not lack cattle, what they lacked was farming technology, and these exiled prisoners just made up for the lack of herdsmen, and also saved Shi Kefa a lot of things.

In order to let the prisoners settle down in the local area with peace of mind, Shi Kefa found Li Lun, who joined the army.

"Knock on Master Shi." Li Lun knelt down in front of Shi Kefa's chair uneasily.

"Li joined the army, during this time, he made a lot of money, right?" Shi Kefa held the teacup without any expression on his face.

"My lord......" Li Lun's heart sank, and it was really for the Yiren Inn, "My lord, the villain didn't do anything illegal!" ”

"Didn't do anything illegal?" Shi Kefa stared at Li Lun's eyes, "Have you filed the matter of opening the Yiren Inn in Chita Mansion?" ”

"Filing? The villain doesn't know how to file! Li Lun felt a little aggrieved.

"Any industry and commerce, must be filed with the county government, the county government agreed, can be opened, this is the law of the Ming Dynasty, since you open an inn, why don't you understand the law? If you don't know the law, why don't you consult the people of the government? ”

"Adult ......"

"Okay, it's useless to say more, now you know, Lord Ben reads that you have made a merit in naturalization, so you will open the net, and you will go to the government office tomorrow to supplement the record."

"Yes, yes, the villain will go to the government office tomorrow for the record."

"Since you open an inn, you must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, buy and sell fairly, and you must not fool customers."

"Yes, yes, the villain understands that the villain will never fool the guests."

"Li joins the army, you get up first," Shi Kefa softened his tone, "I heard that the soldiers stayed with you, and each person was fifty copper coins?" ”

"Yes, sir."

"This price, but not low, in the future, you must not increase the price at will, even if the price increases, it must be approved by the government, otherwise, the government will impose a heavy penalty on you, at that time, you can't eat and walk around."

"Yes, yes, villains will never raise prices."

"Daming encourages the development of industry and commerce, and Lord Ben does not object to your Yiren Inn, but, according to the law of Daming, all industry and commerce must pay taxes, according to the "Law of Industry and Commerce", fifteen taxes and one one, and then come to the government once a month to settle."

"Adult ......"

"This is the law of the Ming Dynasty, even the emperor must also pay taxes, if you dare to evade taxes, Lord Ben will definitely seize your Yiren Inn, besides, you are engaged in a business without capital, fifteen taxes and one, which is already the lightest."

"My lord," Li Lun calculated, fifteen taxes one, and three of the fifty copper coins had to pay taxes, he cried with a sad face, "The villain will definitely pay taxes on time." ”

"As long as you can pay taxes normally, and the young and old are not deceived, I will allow your Yiren Inn to save zài," Shi Kefa took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Li joined the army, but he was a person who took the Ming Dynasty, he can't just think about making money for himself and not doing things for the court, right?" ”

"Please make it clear to the adults, how do you want the villain to work?"