readx; The reform of the military fields of the three major battalions began with the handling of the "official fields in the army." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When the military household system was first introduced, the military land of the three battalions was basically evenly distributed. However, over the past 200 years, with the continuous annexation of land and the continuous loss of military households, hundreds of thousands of acres of "official land" in the military have appeared. Nominally, these fields did not belong to any one military household, but belonged to the imperial court; But in fact, who is the eunuch of the supervising army, and who controls the income of the "official field". Although the Jingshi area is not a traditional grain-producing area, hundreds of thousands of acres of land can collect at least tens of thousands of stone of grain every year, which is more than 100,000 taels of silver.

In the past, whether it was Wang Chaofeng or other eunuchs in the prison army, this huge income has always been to fill their own pockets, and they have never given a copper plate to the officers and soldiers of the three major battalions. Now that the dynasty has been punished as a criminal in a reverse case, the eunuch system no longer exists, and these hundreds of thousands of acres of "official land" are suddenly "ownerless".

In addition to "Guantian", there were also some high-ranking generals who were attached to Wei Zhongxian and had all their family property confiscated. They are all hereditary military generals, who have accumulated over the past 1,200 years, and each of them owns tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which together with the "official fields" amounted to more than 800,000 mu, accounting for almost half of the military fields in Beijing.

According to the meaning of the household department, these fields should be officially taken over to the imperial court, and then the imperial court should sell them to the people and pay the land taxes as usual. Zhu Youzhen rejected this suggestion, because he knew very well that it would be good for ordinary people not to sell land, so how could they have spare money to buy land? If this were the case, the land would have to be sold to large landlords. And some of these people have the means to pay less or no land endowment, so the more land is concentrated, the less land the state can collect. Before carrying out a thorough reform of the land endowment system, Zhu Youzhen would never take the initiative to intensify land concentration.

Therefore, he used high-sounding reasons such as "the military land in Beijing should not be reduced, and the fear of the army's heart will be shaken" and other high-sounding reasons, the 800,000 mu of land remained in the army, and divided it into three types according to its use.

The first is the "resettlement field", that is, all the Qin soldiers who were incorporated into the three major battalions were given one mu of land each. This measure can be said to have greatly boosted the morale of the original Qin soldiers, because theoretically with land, they could settle their homes in Beijing, and they could bring their families from Shaanxi to live in Beijing. The geographical location of Jingshi is of course much more advantageous than that of Shaanxi, who doesn't want to have a "Beijing hukou"? The Qin soldiers fought bloodily for the country, and now that they have received such a generous "gift" from the emperor, they feel that their sweat and blood have not been shed in vain, and they are more loyal to the emperor and the country.

The second type is the "military merit field". From the beginning of the reorganization, whether it is the Qin soldiers in the past or the officers and soldiers who have been selected by the martial arts competition, as long as they perform outstanding in training and battle, and make military achievements, they will be eligible for field rewards. Three points for third-class merit, one mu for second-class merit, five mu for first-class merit, and special merit will be discussed for special merit.

This move has greatly aroused the enthusiasm of all officers and soldiers. In fact, there were rewards for military exploits in the past, but they were all cash, and they were squandered in a few days. Now the land is rewarded, which can be passed down from generation to generation, and it is also more popular with the officials and soldiers. Since the promulgation of this regulation, the three major battalions have all been filled with a mood of looking forward to fighting and longing to make meritorious contributions, and some officers and soldiers who had been afraid of strict training have also taken on a new mental outlook.

The third type is "official land", which still accounts for the majority of the 800,000 mu of land. This part of the land does not belong to any military household, to put it bluntly, it is directly allocated by Zhu Youzhen.

In the past, the eunuchs of the supervising army forced the officials and soldiers to cultivate the "official fields" for him, but now Zhu Youzhen has copied the successful experience of his time in Qinwangzhuang and paid for the families of military households to farm. Of course, the enthusiasm of paid labor and doing it in vain is very different, and now these hundreds of thousands of acres of land have been planted with sweet potatoes in accordance with Zhu Youjian's requirements, and the growth is gratifying. If the harvest is normal in autumn, a new crop of potatoes can be planted.

According to the experience of last year's trial planting, the yield per mu of sweet potatoes is about 800 catties, and the yield of potatoes per mu is about 700 catties. Although this yield is far worse than the yield per mu of several thousand catties in the previous life, compared with the past when wheat was planted, the yield of one or two hundred catties per mu can be regarded as a super bumper yield. If the harvest can really be carried out smoothly, the harvest in these two seasons will be more than 8 million stones, and not only will the military rations be completely worry-free, but they can also be invested in the grain market in Jingshi, and the grain prices will be suppressed in one fell swoop!

As for the more than 60,000 "disarmament troops", Zhu Youzhen did not let them go directly to farm work. In addition to building fortifications, he mainly asked these people to build basic farmland water facilities.

There are five large rivers near Jingshi, namely Wuding River, Chaobai River, Juma River, Wenyu River and Lu River, among which Wuding River has the largest water volume. Due to the lack of financial resources of the imperial court, there has been no river management for decades, these rivers have flooded many times, especially the Wuding River, because the soil erosion of the Sanggan River in the upper reaches is more serious, the river water has a large sediment content, and the river channel is seriously silted, and it is nicknamed "Little Yellow River" by the common people.

Zhu Youzhen, on the other hand, had the experience of repairing canals in Jingyang to irrigate farmland, and second, he carefully studied the manuscript of the "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" presented by Xu Guangqi, and highly recognized Xu Guangqi's views such as "agricultural administration is more important than agricultural technology" and "water conservancy first". Therefore, he first ordered the "Liberation Army" to concentrate on the control of the Wuding River, and in addition to conventional measures such as dredging and damming, he also vigorously dug diversion canals and stored several small lakes in low-lying areas. With the diversion of canals and small lakes, the water level of the Wuding River has dropped significantly, and the ability to pass through floodwaters has been greatly enhanced.

At that time, the people of Beijing were deeply affected by the Wuding River, and Zhu Youzhen also dealt with this harm by rectifying the three major battalions, which won the support of the people, and even the ministers of the Donglin Department who often worked with him had to praise from the bottom of their hearts. Cabinet minister Qian Longxi also gave a poem, praising Zhu You's merits in controlling the water, and his words are as follows: Shougong blessed land opens Saga, and the high autumn wind returns to Xihe. The feather ride is the beginning of the Dayu Ridge, and the Luan Yu carries the Sanggan River.

The water of Sanggan is turbulent, touching the rocks and bursting into the sand moraine. The turbidity rose and frustrated for 900 miles, and the waves erupted 3,000 feet.

Shimose suddenly sounded like the sound of wind and rain, and the waves suddenly changed to a hazy color. The heavy pupils sighed three times, what was as turbulent as Sifu.

I see that this water is only a belt, and it is still overflowing for the people. The situation of the Yellow River came up from the sky, and the twists and turns tended to Bohai.

At different times, the land is flooded, and the flood is not only like people. The beautiful jade is not sorrowful, and the money is so much.

Weichen praised our emperor and gave an example to Fu Taotang. If you want to laugh at the King of Qin, he can call it water, and he also builds a Xuanfang with light Han Wu.

Allah's words thundered, and the gods were appointed. Sitting on the land and sea are peaceful, and also see Artemisia Lai Cheng millet. Chuanlun Yue tribute for hundreds of millions of years, rest and glory are often stuffed!

Zhu You inspected the poetry of the dragon and Yan Dayue. Qian Longxi took the opportunity to play: "The original name of Wuding River is Sanggan River, because of its flooding, so it has the name of 'Wuding'. Now that the Holy Lord rules the world, not only the river, but also the world will be determined, and then in the name of 'uncertain', there will be a sense of disrespect. It is better for Your Majesty to rename this river. ”

Zhu You's spiritual inspection machine moved and said with a smile: "In the past, it was 'uncertain', but now it has been settled, I hope it will not flood again in the future, and it will be stable forever." Doesn't Jingshi have a Yongding Gate? Let's just change the name to 'Yongding River'! ”

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